page_title: Kliph Nesteroff
section_title: Live Shows and Podcasts
hierarchical_section_title: Kliph Nesteroff / Live Shows and Podcasts
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeff Goldblum, Kliph Nesteroff, and Illeana Douglas attend a book event in Hollywood.
context_page_description: Kliph Nesteroff is a best-selling author regarded for his vast knowledge of show business. Vice Magazine has called Nesteroff "The Human Encyclopedia of Comedy," and Los Angeles Magazine profiled him as "The King of Comedy Lore." The New York Times has deemed some of his theories "provocative" while Vanity Fair calls his work "essential." He is the consulting producer of the CNN series The History of Comedy, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. He is the host of the Viceland television series Funny How from executive producer Spike Jonze. He was named by LA Weekly on their Best of LA list in 2016.
  After eight years as a stand-up comedian, Nesteroff became a frequent contributor to WFMU and a national, on-air contributor for CBC Radio One. For several years he moderated Classic Television Showbiz, a website devoted to classic show business and comedians. The A.V. Club referred to Nesteroff as their "favorite pop culture historian." He is a regular on NPR affiliates in Dallas, Las Vegas, New York, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles.
context_section_description: Nesteroff has appeared at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, the New York Comedy Festival, the Los Angeles Cinefamily, Chautauqua Institution, SF Sketchfest, Caroline's on Broadway, Drawn and Quarterly, Mark Twain House, the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and Harvard. He has hosted live shows in which he has interviewed Mel Brooks, Peter Farrelly, Joel Grey, Lewis Black, Robert Klein, Larry Wilmore,Buck Henry, Robert Morse, George Schlatter, Anthony Atamanuik, Judah Friedlander,  Rip Taylor,Baratunde Thurston, Lizz Winstead, Fred Willard, Alan Zweibel, and Robert Smigel with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Nesteroff addressed the Mensa International Annual General Meeting in July 2016. The Hollywood Reporter announced in May 2016 that Nesteroff was curating George Carlin's personal archive. He became a semi-regular on the CNN Newsroom in Spring 2017.
  Nesteroff occasionally tours with a one-man show about the history of comedy. One critic described his Toronto engagement as "heroin for comedy nerds ... Nesteroff shared dozens of unforgettable stand-up-related tales from the early 19th century to now. The depth of his knowledge about the history of American comedy combined with his off-the-cuff and funny yet eloquent stage presence made this entire show utterly engrossing."
  Nesteroff has appeared on a number of podcasts including WTF with Marc Maron three times, and three appearances on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. He is a frequent presence on the CBC Radio programs Day 6, Q, and The Current, and NPR programs Air Talk with Larry Mantle, The Leonard Lopate Show, Press Play, and Morning Edition. Additionally he has appeared on the programs of Adam Carolla, Illeana Douglas, Dana Gould, Greg Fitzsimmons, Moshe Kasher, Slate.com, Longform, Tom Scharpling, and Doug Stanhope.
caption: Jeff Goldblum, Kliph Nesteroff, and Illeana Douglas attend a book event in Hollywood.
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