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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 2m

A Rude Awakening for the Tourists from Riverdale

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SCTBlueJay

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Mapping mundane filming locations all across Los Angeles:

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Mapping mundane filming locations all across Los Angeles:

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SCTBlueJay

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 3d

I really do love a good episode of the E! True Hollywood Story..

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1973.

Hollywood and Vine.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 13d

An article I wrote for @wfmu.bsky.social 's Beware the Blog 14 yrs ago.

It led to Marc Maron talking about it on WTF and then booking me on his program.

That led to my first book The Comedians - and a career.

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/201...

Thanks, Beware the Blog. Thanks, @marcmaron.bsky.social

The Schleppers: Stale Gags & Stale Food in Mid-Century Manhattan by Kliph Nesteroff

SCHLEP or SCHLEPP also SHLEP - Slang vb schleps, shlepping, schlepped to drag or lug (oneself or an object) with difficulty n 1. a stupid or clumsy person 2. an arduous journey or procedure [ Yiddish,...

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 13d

An article I wrote for @wfmu.bsky.social 's Beware the Blog 14 yrs ago.

It led to Marc Maron talking about it on WTF and then booking me on his program.

That led to my first book The Comedians - and a career.

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/201...

Thanks, Beware the Blog. Thanks, @marcmaron.bsky.social

The Schleppers: Stale Gags & Stale Food in Mid-Century Manhattan by Kliph Nesteroff

SCHLEP or SCHLEPP also SHLEP - Slang vb schleps, shlepping, schlepped to drag or lug (oneself or an object) with difficulty n 1. a stupid or clumsy person 2. an arduous journey or procedure [ Yiddish,...

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 13d

An article I wrote for @wfmu.bsky.social 's Beware the Blog.

It led to Tommy Smothers phoning Steve Martin and telling him to call me.

Now decades later, SM graciously blurbs my books.

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/200...

Thanks, Beware the Blog.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 13d

An article I wrote for @wfmu.bsky.social 's Beware the Blog almost 20 years ago.

It directly led to George Schlatter befriending me. He wanted to use it as the basis for a documentary he was producing with Whoopi Goldberg.

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/200...

Thanks, Beware the Blog.

Moms Mabley - Agitation in Moderation by Kliph Nesteroff

"Offstage Moms Mabley is a striking figure in tailored slacks, matching sports shirt, Italian shoes, horn-rimmed glasses - and teeth. She looks utterly sophisticated. Onstage, however, is a different ...

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 14d

The Life of Joe E. Ross - King of Slobs:

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King of Slobs: The Life of Joe E. Ross by Kliph Nesteroff

"I guess he was funny in his own way. I don't think he had a very good nightclub act." - Ronnie Schell, comedian "His life centered around dating strippers." - Steve Rossi, comedy straight man Joe E. ...

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 14d

The article that scored me my first book deal:

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 14d

The Sordid History of the Red Buttons Show:
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Red Buttons and the Acrimony of Hilarity by Kliph Nesteroff

"Television has never seen anything like the turnover of personnel on The Red Buttons Show. The writers, directors, producers and supporting players come and go so fast the star can't learn their name...

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 14d

(Cont'd) These pages will not be available to the public after that date, so get 'em while you can! There's a lot of great audio and written material on the blog, so if you want to grab any of it, please do it now: blog.wfmu.org (2/2)

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 14d

The old WFMU blog, Beware of the Blog, has not been updated since 2015, but we've continued to keep all the pages accessible to the public. Our host Typepad is now going out of business (let this be a lesson as to how unsafe "the cloud" is), and all blog pages will disappear on September 30. (1/2)

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 20d

February 1962.

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June 1982.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Oh! I forgot to mention I did see YOU HAD TO BE THERE, the doc about the 1972 Toronto production of GODSPELL, and however many sizes you think it will make your heart grow, you’re thinking too small. It’s really wonderful, at a great moment to be sentimental and emotional about art and human beings.

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