Shut Up, He Hates Larry David podcast is locking down locked-down listeners

As we asked earlier this week: He hates who??  BURT KEARNS’ appearance on a “very special episode" of the popular podcast SHUT UP I LOVE IT is becoming an instant favorite among locked-down listeners.

Burt, known for his book Tabloid Baby until the recent publication of The Show Won’t Go On, his and Jeff Abraham's recent bestseller, tells hosts Sasha Feiler and Jay Hunter the very personal reasons behind the axe he continues to grind against... Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David.

There's a great lesson to be learned here. Somewhere.

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Podcast: Burt Kearns' 30-year grudge behind “Shut Up I Hate Larry David!"

Hold on a second. He hates who?? Our colleague BURT KEARNS is no stranger to controversy (see Tabloid Baby) but now he's really stepped in it, as he returns to the popular podcast SHUT UP I LOVE IT, in a "very special episode" that’s sure to get a reaction from the giants of comedy!

Burt and Jeff Abraham, his co-author on the best-selling book, The Show Won’t Go On, were guests on the Shut Up I Love It podcast in September, defending the greatness of Jerry Lewis’s unseen film, The Day The Clown Cried (listen here), and were featured in a bonus episode (listen here) that captured an interview with the authors conducted by hosts Sasha Feiler and Stephen Cohen, before an enthusiastic crowd at Stories Books and Cafe, the famed literary salon in LA’s hipster Eagle Rock neighborhood.

The latest target? The photos above tell the story: a 30+ year personal grudge against one of America’s most beloved curmudgeons!  Find out why Burt tells Sasha Feiler and Jay Hunter: 

“I hate Larry David!”

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No illusion: The Show Won’t Go On is featured in a special show at the world-famous Magic Castle

Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong

The Show Won’t Go On show went on in one of the most historic, exclusive and mysterious venues in show business last night as authors Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns brought their multimedia presentation to the hallowed Inner Circle of the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.

David Regal regales the crowd  (Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong)

Acclaimed magician and writer David Regal was a witty, knowledgable and entertaining moderator as he led Abraham and Kearns through stories from the fast-selling book -- along with a few others.

                                                                    (Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong)

Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong

The Magic Castle is the exclusive members-only meeting place for the elite magicians of the world, so many of their stories told Tuesday night focused on the untimely deaths of magicians, incuding Chung Ling Soo (whose biggest secret is revealed in the book), "Amazing" Joe Burrus (who in his own way managed to earn a place alongside the great Houdini), and the many who attempted the bullet catch -- unnscuccesfully.

Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong

There were also stories of  performers who “died doing what they loved” in the fields of classical music, comedy -- and even lion-taming.

Getting down to business after the show (Photo by AMA Archivist Taylor Wong)

The Magic Castle appearance had special meaning for Jeff Abraham, who in his youth was a "Junior Magician” at the Castle, as the audience saw in a projected photo -- Jeff and other young prestidigitators surrounding the legendary magician Dai Vernon (aka “The Professor”) on the occasion of his eighty-eighth birthday in 1982.

Dai Vernon & the Junior Magicians (photo by Victoria Jackson)

Yes, The Magic Castle has a dress code. 

Special thanks to Paul Green, Ben Roman, Rick Manfredi, the technical team and the chef, among others, at the world-famous Magic Castle...

Montreal Times: 'The Show Won’t Go On' is one of Best Books of 2019

The Show Won’t Go On, the new book by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns, got a surprise boost mid-January when the Montreal Times announced its Best Books of 2019. And yes, the compendium of “The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage” is among them.

Critic Stuart Nulman wrote:

The Show Won’t Go On by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns – Who knew that a collection of true stories about well-known or obscure entertainers who literally faced their final curtains onstage could be such a morbidly-fascinating, read-in-one-sitting book? This duo has managed to take a depressing subject on the surface and turn it into a bizarre, yet engrossing catalogue of more than 300 years of final curtain calls ranging from heart attacks to onstage mishaps, which befell upon a variety of unsuspecting performers, whether they were comedian Dick Shawn, British comedian/magician Tommy Cooper, or 1960s entertainment curiosity Tiny Tim.

The Times is only one publication that rated the book from Chicago Review Press as one of the best of 2019.

Sadly, the accolades came days before another performer passed away onstage. Americana singer-songwriter David Olney paused midsong at the 30A Songwriters Festival in S. Walton Florida. He said, “I’m sorry,” and closed his eyes. Forever.