Kutsher's Hotel
Resort hotel in Sullivan County, New YorkWikipedia
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Sep 17, 2026
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James HamiltonHOST
A year after Maury Stokes' injury, Jack Twyman was approached by the owner of a resort in upstate New York called Kutcher's.
James HamiltonHOST
For some, Kutcher's is best remembered as the inspiration for the setting of Dirty Dancing, but it was part of something much bigger.
James HamiltonHOST
Kutcher's opened in the 1920s as one of the resorts in an area of the Catskills known as the Borscht Belt.
James HamiltonHOST
For much of the 20th century across Southern New York, over a thousand hotels, camps, and resorts made up a dream vacation spot for primarily Jewish people living in and around New York City.
James HamiltonHOST
The Borscht Belt was less than 100 miles from Manhattan, but it couldn't have felt more removed.
James HamiltonHOST
Many of history's best known comedians cut their teeth and made their names playing resort after resort.
James HamiltonHOST
Musicians had plenty of opportunities as well.
Craig CartonHOST
So then I got to thinking, he spelled Jeff wrong? Now, I've got experience with that.
Craig CartonHOST
My dad took me and my brother up to Kutcher's when Leon Spinks was the heavyweight champion of the world after beating Ali.
Craig CartonHOST
And he was training up at Kutcher's.
Craig CartonHOST
And we went up to watch him train.
Craig CartonHOST
And my dad got an autograph on a napkin.
Craig CartonHOST
I've got experience with that.
Craig CartonHOST
You mean you spelled it with- My dad took me and my brother up to Kutcher's when Leon Spinks was the heavyweight champion of the world after beating Ali, and he was training up at Kutcher's, and we went up to watch him train, and my dad got an autograph on a napkin.
Craig CartonHOST
And Leon Spinks wrote, instead of to Jeff and Craig, to Jiff and Crit.
Craig CartonHOST
He also wasn't smart.