comedy albums

That was not as easy as it seems. And, yeah, pure-comedy records are a novelty that I pull out about once every 5 years.

Spike Jones was genius.

Bill Hicks, Donna? C'mon.

He was about as funny as a toothpick in the eye.

Point taken.

Man in a Suitcase - Ted Chippington.

"but i'll tell something honestly about drugs, its not a very popular idea, you don't hear it very often anymore *but* it is the truth...
i had a GREAT time doing drugs!(huge audience cheer)...sorry! never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids...laughed my ass off, and went about my day"

Yeah, but you do now. Every US alternatey standup...

Love Hicks too - his delivery is killer, even if he's not quite as unquestionably great as some fans would suggest. The David Cross album is awful. National Lampoon's 'Buy This Box Or We'll Shoot The Dog' box is great too.

re: Bill Cosby. YES. *amazing* delivery...

Oh, and Tom Lehrer owns - there was a good thread on him here about six months back

Derek & Clive - "Come Again"
Peter Sellers - "Songs For Swingin' Sellers"
Pete & Dud - "Not Only...But Also"

Also, any Kevin "Bloody" Wilson, Ben Elton's "Motormouth" (before he came a nasty apologist Tory turncoat cuntbag), and Billy Connolly's "Billy & Albert".

the first Neil Hamburger record

that one is a fucking classic

Have you got it digitized by any chance?

favorite comedy album: Firesign Theater's Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers...although I'm not sure if I like it for the jokes or for the mind-fuck aspect.

Also this, the best Chris Rock album, which was stolen from me:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d135/d13532913q0.jpg

"My special message - penis."

Best comedy album ever: Monty Pyhon: The Final Ripoff "What a senseless waste of human life."

I can't get past Bill Cosby as being Dr. Huxtable to even try his albums.

Only some of this is funny tho. 'Tis a great album tho, a kind of English Serge Gainsbourg - with all that may imply.

Sez you! I can understand why you'd think that in both cases though, but with Firesign Theatre the humour takes a lot of work sometimes to get anything out of, and you have to be a fan of wordplay, I suspect, to really find it amusing after that. Don't Crush That Dwarf... is just so well put together on so many layers, and while the laughs aren't belly laughs one right after the other, for some reason it has an enduring appeal for me that standup-style comedy just doesn't a lot of times.

Shelly Berman In Concert is a great showcase of the infallable diction of this Lenny Bruce-esque comedian. "I took two cigarettes, i placed them both in my lips, i lit them both at once -- and i forgot to hand her one".

Concur on Bonzo Dog Band, and especially as there's a bleakness in their work too, right from "I Am Bored" through to the very underrated last contractual album.

Stanshall's "Teddy Boys Don't Knit" is also pretty good, though not as all-out comedic as "Sir Henry...". "The Cracks Are Showing" is magnificent; so concise and final. "Possibly an Armchair" is his sequel to "Sport (The Odd Boy)", with the tragedy behind the jokes made clear.

I know there are some comedy fans on ILX. Hopefully one of you will be able to help me with this question. I'm working on a paper on comedy sound recordings and I'm trying to figure out who has written about them before, and where I can find a good archive (or maybe just a good list?) or historical comedy sound recordings.

Are you anywhere near Boston? There's an archive at Emerson: http://www.emerson.edu/comedy/collection/upload/Debenham-finding-aid_final.pdf

This is awesome. Thanks.

Re Marcello's story:

I [...] asked whether there was any chance of a follow-up album. His reply: "Dear boy, I'd love to make another record, but who'd have enough guts to work with me?"

Morrissey?

He wants to do a concept album about shooting.

Ah.

No, it wasn't that, I was idly pondering if there was enough juice to add "Comedy Albums" to the list of ballot / poll items forthcoming.

I know it's not exactly "music" in most cases, but.

As long as I live, I will NEVER understand the appeal of Firesign Theatre OR Bill Hicks. They're NOT FUNNY!!

Arguing with Mr. Snrub a decade after the fact, you either understand the appeal or you don't; it's all subjective. I think the "funniness" of Firesign is less joeks and more puns, wordplay, surreal situations and references to literature, music and film. They are really radio plays on LP, not comedy records.

I'd vote in a comedy album poll

11 years later, I still think Bill Hicks was lame. Definitely have a harder time reconciling a lifetime of loving Bill Cosby's records.

Anyway, Bob Newhart should rightfully win any comedy album poll we engage in.

I'd vote

Me too.

I should have done that "Comedy" alBumpollballot, but thesedays I don't got time.

Hall & Kramer - Real Men

Not only does it have some really funny parts it's also filled with impressive sample works and even some psychedelic and "avant" tones through the whole thing. Probably the only comedy album I own which has replay value for me.

If you speak spanish Tres Patines (Cuba) and Polo Polo (Mexico) are classics.

I'd vote

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Despite the hype, Tig Notaro Live! is brilliant.

Also Fred Durst's album of guitar solos is hilarious.

This seems like a good place to ask a question no one in my life has thus far been able to answer: Can anyone explain the appeal of owning stand-up comedy albums on vinyl?

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because they are funny and fun to listen to?

especially pre-internet in some cases it was the only way to become familiar with the history of the medium - there was literally no other way to be exposed to the standup work of Richard Pryor, or Bob Newhart, or any number of classic people

Right, but I mean, the local shop here sells Bill Burr and Patton Oswalt vinyl for like >$30. Should have specified new stand up comedy albums

ah. yeah that I can't explain. I would never buy a new comedy album. I might buy used/old stuff I haven't heard/seen before.

i went to high school with this guy! his album is hilarious. i think you can even get it on vinyl.
http://is1.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music49/v4/c9/43/41/c9434199-3cf2-0f0b-03fa-d79d520a0e62/source/170x170bb.jpg
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/laughing-crying-at-same-time/id1093610830

oh yeah I've seen that, excellent cover

haha yeah. he's great.

Can anyone explain the appeal of owning stand-up comedy albums on vinyl?

well, touche

Can anyone explain the appeal of owning stand-up comedy albums on vinyl?

― everything

You can buy frames and use the ones with cool covers as artwork to decorate your walls while subtly boasting to your guests about your exquisite music taste.

Also:

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A few that haven't been mentioned:

Albert Brooks - Comedy Minus One / A Star Is Bought
George Carlin - Jammin' in New York (The best of his '90s era)
Derek & Clive - Ad Nauseum
Firesign Theatre - Dear Friends
Eddie Izzard - Glorious / Dress to Kill (But watching the videos is better. Interestingly, the CDs are taken from different performances than the videos)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 and Thirteen

LMAO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfKT7cJGpY4