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Kliph Nesteroff

Kliph Nesteroff
Kliph Nesteroff has been called the “premier popular historian of comedy” by the New York Times. He is the author of two previous books, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy, a definitive volume, and We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy. His work has been praised by comedy legends from Gilbert Gottfried to Mel Brooks to Norm Macdonald.


When the Culture Wars Came for Monty Python’s Life of Brian

“A film so funny they banned it in Norway!”
December 8, 2023  By Kliph Nesteroff
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You Need to Read These Writers to Understand Native American Comedy

Kliph Nesteroff Recommends Ben Yagoda, Arthur Manuel, and More
March 5, 2021  By Kliph Nesteroff
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