Skippy was an ubiquitous nickname decades ago (50s, 60s, 70s). Some kids literally skipped (gait), others loved Skippy Peanut Butter. Probably other reasons I don't know.

Sans an anecdote from Pedosta or someone who knows him, there's tons of fodder for speculation.

I found this a couple months ago...

Years ago this was the Russian River Golf and Country Club and Hacienda Inn, later called Skippy’s, where old timers say Bing Crosby once worked and played golf. Skippy’s is now a boarded up hulk of a former steakhouse and cavernous cocktail lounge that a magazine writer once called the best bar in California.

http://www.sonomacountydiscoveries.com/stories/day_tripping_driving_to_the_river/87/

SKIPPY'S ? I also member another place called the best pizza joint in Wash.

random find no idea if it means anything.

this is the original conversation here https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1794508/8786404/10#8786404

and a true investigation here https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1794954

Favorite show as a kid. I dated a firefighter who worked on an Australian ranch the size of France and they really do use these helicopters to get food to the summer interns who slowly check the fence on horseback. Takes years.

But the name of a 70s Kangaroo is probably not the source of Podesta's nick. Probably had more to do with the verb Skip.