Journalist/Comedian Harmon Leon dives into comedy cult classics, comedic influences, and all things comedy history.
Comedian Gallagher was known for his signature bit, the Sledge-O-Matic, and his watermelon-smashing antics. He was one of the biggest comedians of the 80s and 90s and then drifted off to obscurity. You might remember Gallaher from his infamous WTF episode with Marc Maron.
We talk to Josh Forbes, director of the new documentary on Gallagher, who gives us a deep dive into this complicated comedian.
CH101 Select: Kliph Nesteroff is one of the leading comedy historians and the author of the new book: Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.
And we talk about his book, censorship in comedy, how every generation declares that "comedy is over" - and how the old guard often refuses to accept culture shifts in the comedy biz.
A teenage hustler makes his living selling counterfeit tickets at Grateful Dead shows, selling his fakes on every Shakedown Street around the country.
A cat-and-mouse game ensues between Steven Marcus - the head of Grateful Dead ticketing and this teenage counterfeiter, which comes to a head at a Madison Square Garden Dead show.
But as the heat turns up - an unexpected tragedy puts an end to the game for both of them.
CH101's first audio documentary.
