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Bruce Vilanch (born November 23 , 1948 ) is an American gag writer who turned into a celebrity after becoming a wisecracking regular on the revamped '' Hollywood Squares '' game show, next to Whoopi Goldberg in the left center square. He is openly Gay and is notable for breaking the Hollywood stereotype of a Homosexual man. An obese man, his trademark appearance includes long blonde hair, a big, bushy beard, and glasses. He has a Penchant for wearing wacky t-shirts and purports to have the largest collection in the world. He is known to be a provider of topical joke material for Academy Award hosts, notably Billy Crystal , and for comedy personalities on the road such as Bette Midler . He commands high fees in Hollywood for emergency script rewrites. Vilanch attended Ohio State University in the 1960s as a theater and journalism student. He graduated with a BFA in theatre in 1970 . He has a musical comedy background, and claims to have done every Stubby Kaye role written. In 2005 he starred on Broadway as Edna Turnbladt in the musical '' Hairspray ''. He was on the show '' Celebrity Fit Club '' 3, where overweight celebrities lose weight, Bruce managed to lose almost 20 pounds. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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