Looking for Good Comedy Albums
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Looking for Good Comedy Albums
I recently saw Bill Cosby live at MTSU and have picked up an interest in comedy albums. I am looking for some good comedy albums to listen to.
I have the following or have them on order:
Larry the Cable Guy Lord I Apologize
Bill Cosby I Started Out As A Child
Bill Cosby When I Was A Kid on order
Bill Cosby Why Is There Air? on order
Bill Cosby To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With on order
Bill Cosby 200 M.P.H. on order
Bill Cosby It's True! It's True! on order
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart on order
I would appreciate any recommendations. I am also looking for other good Cosby albums.
I have the following or have them on order:
Larry the Cable Guy Lord I Apologize
Bill Cosby I Started Out As A Child
Bill Cosby When I Was A Kid on order
Bill Cosby Why Is There Air? on order
Bill Cosby To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With on order
Bill Cosby 200 M.P.H. on order
Bill Cosby It's True! It's True! on order
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart on order
I would appreciate any recommendations. I am also looking for other good Cosby albums.
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You're apparently a Cosby fan, so I wanted to point out you're missing Wonderfulness, Revenge, and another I believe just titled Bill Cosby. The cover of that last one is almost like a Beatles "Help" layout, with Bill doing several different faces onstage, and I think I remember the tracks being mostly sports related.
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Originally Posted by The_Infidel
You're apparently a Cosby fan, so I wanted to point out you're missing Wonderfulness, Revenge, and another I believe just titled Bill Cosby. The cover of that last one is almost like a Beatles "Help" layout, with Bill doing several different faces onstage, and I think I remember the tracks being mostly sports related.
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Originally Posted by lwhy?
Yeah I am a big Cosby fan. I had third row seats when I saw him live and I laughed so hard that my throat hurt. Is there anywhere where there is a list of his albums as they came out?
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I just went and ordered some more albums. JR Music and Computer World has many comedy cds on sale for 5.99 each. I bought the following for $40.39 with shipping. Shipping was $5.45. They are all on backorder and probably won't ship for 7-14 days
Rodney Dangerfield What's In A Name
Steve Martin Let's Get Small
Jerry Clower Clower Power
Jerry Clower Country Ham
Bill Cosby Wonderfulness
George Carlin Occupation: Fool!
Rodney Dangerfield What's In A Name
Steve Martin Let's Get Small
Jerry Clower Clower Power
Jerry Clower Country Ham
Bill Cosby Wonderfulness
George Carlin Occupation: Fool!
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If you like Carlin, you should get his box set, The Little David Years: 1971-1977 (7 discs). GREAT stuff! It contains the one you ordered, Occupation: Foole.
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That will be the first Carlin experience. I bought it just for Filthy Words I heard it in my Honors Mass Media Law class and thought that it was pretty funny. We were studying obscenity and this album came up in a court case. Our instructor played Filthy Words for us so we could examine it for ourselves. I will probably also buy Class Clown for Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Our instructor also played that in class.
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Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer
Funniest things I've ever heard, and the spoof songs "Asshole" and "The Traditional Irish Folk Song" are classics.
Funniest things I've ever heard, and the spoof songs "Asshole" and "The Traditional Irish Folk Song" are classics.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...313895-2341421
List of Cosby's cds released on amazon. I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. 18 in total.
List of Cosby's cds released on amazon. I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. 18 in total.
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If you like Larry the Cable guy you really can't go wrong with Jeff Foxworthy. I think he gets a bad rap b/c of the whole redneck explosion but that is only 5 minutes of the show. The rest is great.
Also along these lines, John Fox. This guy is out there. Not sure how to explain it.
Is Mitch Headberg's (RIP, btw) CD really that good? I know he had such a stage presence, not sure if it would be the same not seeing him.
Also along these lines, John Fox. This guy is out there. Not sure how to explain it.
Is Mitch Headberg's (RIP, btw) CD really that good? I know he had such a stage presence, not sure if it would be the same not seeing him.
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Nick DiPaolo - Road Rage; Born this way
Patton Oswalt - Feelin' Kinda Patton
and I'll second the David Cross recommendations, Dave Attell, and Jim Norton.
Patton Oswalt - Feelin' Kinda Patton
and I'll second the David Cross recommendations, Dave Attell, and Jim Norton.
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Wow...I can't believe I'm the first to say...Bill Hicks (also RIP)!
Some say Leary stole Hicks act of smoking/leather jacket stuff (I don't agree with it). Hicks was absolutely incredible from the stuff I've heard, and he was so dead on with Bush/Iraq '91 that hearing the routine now it seems equally accurate, despite being more than a decade later. I think the most complete one-take recording (as opposed to compilations) is "Flying Saucer Tour - Vol. 1". If I recall correctly, it only lacks a closing routine, as the tape that was recording him ran out. Beware Hicks' on stage fantasizing of....well...."it's like a wisp of cotton candy framing a papercut."
In keeping with Bill Cosby recommendations, the only album of his that I've owned was "Himself" which amused me to no end. "Dad is great...give us the chocolate cake!"
Just about anything George Carlin is great, but some complain that in his later years/albums that he's become rather angry and bitter. Maybe, maybe not...it's still funny stuff to me.
I also enjoyed Sam Kinison (yet ANOTHER RIP). Some amazing stuff. The latest I'm starting to get into is Eddie Izzard, a british(?) comedian who dresses in semi-drag. It's a bizarre visual, but it seems like he's dressing rather futuristic, as opposed to coming out in a dress. I wish I could remember how he separates drag queens from transvestites. I THINK it's that drag queens are gay and that transvestites just enjoy dressing up, but are still straight. Maybe it's the other way around...
Some say Leary stole Hicks act of smoking/leather jacket stuff (I don't agree with it). Hicks was absolutely incredible from the stuff I've heard, and he was so dead on with Bush/Iraq '91 that hearing the routine now it seems equally accurate, despite being more than a decade later. I think the most complete one-take recording (as opposed to compilations) is "Flying Saucer Tour - Vol. 1". If I recall correctly, it only lacks a closing routine, as the tape that was recording him ran out. Beware Hicks' on stage fantasizing of....well...."it's like a wisp of cotton candy framing a papercut."
In keeping with Bill Cosby recommendations, the only album of his that I've owned was "Himself" which amused me to no end. "Dad is great...give us the chocolate cake!"
Just about anything George Carlin is great, but some complain that in his later years/albums that he's become rather angry and bitter. Maybe, maybe not...it's still funny stuff to me.
I also enjoyed Sam Kinison (yet ANOTHER RIP). Some amazing stuff. The latest I'm starting to get into is Eddie Izzard, a british(?) comedian who dresses in semi-drag. It's a bizarre visual, but it seems like he's dressing rather futuristic, as opposed to coming out in a dress. I wish I could remember how he separates drag queens from transvestites. I THINK it's that drag queens are gay and that transvestites just enjoy dressing up, but are still straight. Maybe it's the other way around...
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Eddie Izzard, the ultimate executive transvestite. He talks about different types of transvestites (straight men who like to wear makeup and women's clothes) - and his description of an executive/action transvestite is classic. Running, jumping, climbing trees...and putting on makeup while you're up there. I love all of his comedy routines, but have only seen his shows on dvd, so I don't know how it would translate to cd. Half of what I find so funny is the expression he has while delivering the lines, so again, I don't know if it would translate well onto cd.
Bill Cosby as Himself is a routine I've heard probably 100 times in my life, and I still roar with laughter every time. Eddie Murphy cracks me up as well, but I've only seen his shows Raw and Delirious, so part of the funny might be lost without the visuals.
Bill Cosby as Himself is a routine I've heard probably 100 times in my life, and I still roar with laughter every time. Eddie Murphy cracks me up as well, but I've only seen his shows Raw and Delirious, so part of the funny might be lost without the visuals.
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WarriorPrincess: that's true...I hadn't thought of his visual display when telling the jokes (mannerisms and whatnot)...that does push the joke further along. I was merely thinking of the fact that he was in "drag", which I figure didn't matter much in translating from visual to audio.
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Another for "Flying Saucer" Bill Hicks. One I haven't seen mentioned yet, if you can even still find it, is "I Have A Pony" by Steven Wright. Wonderful album.