GGACP Classic: Kliph Nesteroff

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday of best-selling author and pop culture historian Kliph Nesteroff (b. February 20) by revisiting this classic (and frequently hilarious) interview from 2016. In this episode, Kliph joins Gilbert and Frank (along with recurring guest Drew Friedman) for an informative analysis of topics covering ten decades of popular entertainment, including: the dark secrets of vaudeville, the tragic childhood of Eddie Cantor, the phenomenon of Martin & Lewis and the strange death of “Parkyakarkus.” Also, Jack Benny swipes his stage name, Rodney Dangerfield runs afoul of the feds, Don Knotts sends up Hugh Hefner and the mob releases a comedy album. PLUS: Batman & Rubin! “The Baileys of Balboa”! Aunt Esther goes electric! And the angriest man in showbiz history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	TV comics, movie stars hit singles and some toys.
0:06.0	Trivia and dirty jokes.
0:09.0	An evening with the boys.
0:11.0	Once is never good enough for something so fantastic.
0:17.0	So here's another Gilbert and Franks. Here's another Gilbert and Franks, here's another
0:23.6	Gilbert and Franks, here's another Gilbert in France.
0:26.6	Colossal podcast. I'm here withfried. This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
0:56.1	I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and we're here once again at Nutmeg Post with Frank Verde Rosa.
1:07.6	And our guest this week is a best-selling author and comedy historian with a vast, almost scary
1:15.7	knowledge of old-time show business. Vice Magazine referred to him as the human encyclopedia of comedy,
1:24.9	and Los Angeles Magazine called him the king of comedy lore.
1:30.3	His work has been praised by the Atlantic Monthly, the Chicago Tribune, Vanity Fair,
1:37.3	and Comedy Central.
1:39.5	His website, Classic Showbiz, a site devoted to comedians and showbiz, was called Invaliable by the Onion's A.V. Club and his new book from Grove Press, The Comedians, Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the history of American comedy.
2:01.5	Please welcome to the podcast, unofficial Jack Carter biographer, Cliff Nestorff.
2:11.3	I thought you were going to say unofficial jackass.
2:14.3	Yes.
2:15.1	Well, that too.
2:16.5	Which brings us, and thank you for the one sentence about me in a book about comedy.
2:25.1	Well, you're in there a lot more than some other people.
2:29.0	I think Red Skelton is maybe not mentioned at all.
2:33.3	But, you know, every person that is in there,
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