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17 Facts About Kliph Nesteroff

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Kliph Nesteroff is a Canadian author, best known for his 2015 history of American comedy, The Comedians.

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Kliph Nesteroff has made multiple appearances on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast and WTF with Marc Maron.

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Kliph Nesteroff is of Doukhobor heritage and from South Slocan, British Columbia.

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Kliph Nesteroff was expelled from high school for giving a speech exposing "salacious dirty laundry" about the teachers, and within a year had moved to Toronto to take a sitcom writing class.

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One act barely somersaults offstage before Kliph Nesteroff leads on the next.

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Kliph Nesteroff said that he approached the book by emphasizing the comedians telling their own stories.

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Kliph Nesteroff's book provides context for an argument about the importance of representation, detailing an exhaustive history of the racism suffered by Indigenous people in popular culture.

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Kliph Nesteroff was the consulting producer on both seasons of the CNN series The History of Comedy, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Kliph Nesteroff hosted the Viceland mini-series Funny How from executive producer Spike Jonze in 2016.

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Kliph Nesteroff was the research consultant for Rob Reiner's documentary about Albert Brooks on HBO Max.

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Kliph Nesteroff has appeared onstage with Mel Brooks, Peter Farrelly, Joel Grey, Gilbert Gottfried, Ronny Chieng, 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.

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Kliph Nesteroff addressed the Mensa International Annual General Meeting in July 2016.

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The Hollywood Reporter announced in May 2016 that Kliph Nesteroff was curating the National Comedy Center, which houses George Carlin's personal archive.

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Kliph Nesteroff previously toured with a one-man show about the history of comedy.

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Kliph Nesteroff shared dozens of unforgettable stand-up-related tales from the early 19th century to now.

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Kliph Nesteroff 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.

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Kliph Nesteroff has appeared on the programs of Adam Carolla, Illeana Douglas, Dana Gould, Greg Fitzsimmons, Moshe Kasher, Slate.