Time Out New York's "50 Funniest New Yorkers."

[Jason from Huntsville, AL]

Time Out New York's "50 Funniest New Yorkers." Congratulations on being #20, Tom.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/50-funniest-new-yorkers?fb_ref=.T410GsqKYO8.like&fb_source=other_multiline

The gravity of Tom's funny launched him across the Hudson.

[King of Breakfast]

Love the picture with the President and David Letterman, helpfully labeled "David Letterman, right." Hey, maybe not everybody knows.

[~L]

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/50-funniest-new-yorkers

20. Tom Scharpling

Yeah, yeah, the host of call-in radio program The Best Show on WFMU technically resides in New Jersey. But since its start in 2000, his show has remained an excellent platform for spotlighting comics from across the Hudson, both established (Aziz Ansari, John Oliver, John Hodgman) and up-and-coming (John Mulaney, Chris Gethard, Kurt Braunohler). Not to mention that Scharpling, who's a pop-culture junkie in the best sense of the term, has found a new role off the air as a director of indie-rock music videos—he's produced some hilarious NYC-set vids for the likes of Real Estate, and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. But the real reason we love him? His lengthy on-air "feuds" with pal Jon Wurster's characters are some of the funniest radio bits ever recorded.—TL

[Alex P.]

I'm so glad they didn't fit a "Funniest guy you haven't heard of" type thing into that. Those are the worst.

[bananagrabbers]

Too local.