Thomas John Giuliano II (born February 9, 1969), known professionally as Tom Scharpling, is an American comedian, television writer, producer, music video director, voice actor, and radio host. He is best known for hosting the weekly Internet radio call-in comedy program The Best Show with Tom Scharpling (formerly The Best Show on WFMU), the voice of Greg Universe in the animated series Steven Universe and its sequel series Steven Universe Future, and for acting as a writer/executive producer for the TV show Monk.
Scharpling was also a writer on Tom Goes to the Mayor. Beginning in 1999, he released six albums with comedy partner Jon Wurster under the moniker Scharpling & Wurster.
As a writer, Scharpling has had work published in GQ, New York Magazine, and Harp. Since 2010, Scharpling has directed music videos for MGMT, The New Pornographers, Ted Leo, Titus Andronicus, Wild Flag, Aimee Mann, Real Estate, Frankie Cosmos, and The Ettes.
In 2017, Rolling Stone named Scharpling one of the "50 Funniest People Right Now," and in 2019, Vulture named The Best Show one of the "10 Essential Comedy Podcasts That Shaped The Genre."
Lees meer...9 februari 1969 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♒. Het was de 39e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Richard M. Nixon.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 57 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op maandag 9 februari 2026, 134 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op dinsdag 9 februari 2027, in 230 dagen. Je hebt 20.953 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 502.889 uur, of ongeveer 30.173.386 minuten, of ongeveer 1.810.403.160 seconden.
Date: 09 February 1969
Special to The New York Times
Prace publishes satiric article by journalist J Hochmann on charges by USSR occupation newspaper Zpravy that he and 26 other progressive journalists are spies for Brit intelligence
Date: 10 February 1969
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Group for Ad Progress (GAP), comprised of ad people (mostly Negro), begins series of workshops conducted by volunteers to teach ad to Negroes; details
Date: 09 February 1969
By J. KIRK SALE
J. SALE
article on 'Negro' newspaper Amsterdam News; illus
Date: 09 February 1969
Special to The New York Times
Govt rescinds '66 forfeiture order against New Nation Press, Dacca, which closed Bengali daily Ittefaq and an Eng-language wkly
Date: 09 February 1969
By JONATHAN RANDAL
Jonathan RANDAL
Czech youth movement pub repts successful efforts by Dr A D Sakharov to prevent N I Nuzdin and S Trapeznikov from being elected to acad a few yrs ago
Date: 09 February 1969
J Weismuller Tarzanland buys land for tourist attraction
Date: 10 February 1969
Special to The New York Times
in news conf at Saigon airport, says talks are deadlocked because of enemy s stubbornness; describes France as 'hostile' country
Date: 10 February 1969
Mayrand, Oswald