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Kliph Nesteroff is a writer. A regular contributor to WFMU's Beware of the Blog and CBC Radio. He's been cited by Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Salon, BoingBoing, Comedy Central etc. He hosts Generation Exploitation Podcast and is a regular on various radio stations around North America. He recentlyinterviewed Hank Garrett. Former wrestler Hank played Officer Nicholson in CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? and has since gone on to co-star in numerous films and television shows alongside the likes of Peter Falk, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, James Coburn and Kirk Douglas.

Kliph Nesteroff: When did your nightclub act start?

Hank Garrett: I've always been a clown. I started in the Catskills when I was sixteen. I started working these hotels up in the Catskills but I was also very much involved in working out. I was a power lifter at the gym. I broke the New York state record at one point. A gentleman had approached me and said, "You know, you could make a lot of money as a professional wrestler." He represented a guy named Toots Mond

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Phil Silvers

American actor (1911–1985)

Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911^[1] – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major popularity when he starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest (Ernie) Bilko. He also starred in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). He was a winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Phil Silvers Show and two Tony Awards for his performances in Top Banana and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He also wrote the original lyrics to the jazz standard "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)".

Early life

Born Philip Silver, he was the eighth and youngest child of Russian Jewish immigrants, Saul and Sarah (née Handler) Silver.^[2] His father, a sheet metal worker, helped build the early New York skyscrapers.

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As a kid, Phil was no stranger to poverty. "I could put my socks on from either end!" said Phil. He began to sing on street corners and outside movie theatres to earn money. He began to realise he could use his talent to buy those things he otherwise couldn't afford.

By the age of eight Phil had developed a beautiful boy-soprano voice and was regularly earning money by singing for audiences at parties, theatres and in the local movie houses. At one performance, a welcome home party for a local hoodlum, he was singing his signature song Break The News To Mother when the hoodlum in question was shot dead at Phil's feet.

At age 12, whilst singing on the boardwalk at Coney Island beach, Phil was discovered by theatre impressario Gus Edwards. Edwards was a successful vaudevillian and songwriter, who had discovered such talents as George Jessel and Eddie Cantor. Edwards offered Phil a private audition which lead to him landing a slot with Gus Edwards' Proteges of 1923.

When he turned 13, having been robbed of his glorious boy-soprano voice by puberty