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Kliph Nesteroff writes for WFMU's Beware of the Blog. His book, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy, was released in November.\n\n\u201cWell, comedy always becomes stale. Whether it\u2019s offensive or not offensive, it has an expiry date, unfortunately. A lot of people don\u2019t want to hear this because that means a lot of their favorite comedians suddenly become irrelevant. But that\u2019s the history of comedy: the hippest, coolest guy today\u2014whoever that is to you in comedy\u201450 years from now, the new generation is going to say, \u2018That guy\u2019s not funny, and he\u2019s square.\u2019 And they\u2019re going to say, \u2018This new young guy is funny.\u2019 But in another 50 years that guy becomes the square who isn\u2019t funny. And it\u2019s not that they weren\u2019t funny and everybody was wrong; it was that that person was relating to their time.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Casper, Squarespace , and CreativeLive for sponsoring this week's episode. If you would like to pitch in, please become a Longform Supporter.\n\nShow Notes:\n@ClassicShowbiz\nNesteroff on Longform\n[1:00] The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Grove Press \u2022 2015)\n[14:00] Monty Python: Live at Drury Lane (Charisma \u2022 1974)\n[14:00] Stan Freberg with the Original Cast (Capitol \u2022 1959)\n[14:00] Wayne and Shuster: In Person Comedy Performance (Columbia \u2022 1960)\n[15:00] Vaughn Meader: The First Family (Cadence \u2022 1962)\n[21:00] "Episode 314: Kliph Nesteroff" (WTF \u2022 Sept 2012)\n[28:00] "A History of Christian Archie Comics" (2005)\n[28:00] "American Idol" (Jim Windolf \u2022 Vanity Fair \u2022 Nov 2006)\n[30:00] WFMU\n[31:00] "The Christian Action Films of Erik Estrada" (WFMU's Beware of the Blog \u2022 Nov 2006)\n[32:00] "The Forgotten Murray Roman" (WFMU's Beware of the Blog \u2022 Nov 2007)\n[48:00] "Destination Subconscious: Cary Grant and LSD" (WFMU's Beware of the Blog \u2022 Mar 2010)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices