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Old 07-01-03, 12:36 PM
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Good comedy CDs for a long drive?

Okay, i am looking to buy some more cds that I can listen to in the car and I already listened to the good ones I have.

i am looking for the edgy stand-up comics like Robert Shimmel, Dave Atell, David Cross etc...I have their cds, but can you reccommend anyone else? Thanks....
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People seem to like Bill Hicks' CDs. I have a sampler of his and thought a good deal of it was funny. I'd consider it "edgy." I can't really recommend a particular disc of his, since all I've heard is the comp.

Check out Bobby Slayton's Raging Bully (not PC at all), Dana Gould's Funhouse (hilarious) or some of Henry Rollins' spoken word stuff, which can be quite funny (The Boxed Life and Think Tank are good).
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can't go wrong with old eddie murphy or richard pryor... Lewis Black has a couple of cds that are good
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The Bill Cosby stuff I have is strictly G-Rated but it's still damn funny.
We've also got some Margaret Cho which is definitely not G-rated.
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get the george carlin cd's.
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Ahh Lewis Black, forgot about him...and George Carlin, thanks. Ill look into Bill Hicks.
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Originally posted by Duck
Ahh Lewis Black, forgot about him...and George Carlin, thanks. Ill look into Bill Hicks.
get this to start on Carlin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music
his first 3 70's cd's on 2 cd's.
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Re: Good comedy CDs for a long drive?

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Okay, i am looking to buy some more cds that I can listen to in the car and I already listened to the good ones I have.

i am looking for the edgy stand-up comics like Robert Shimmel, Dave Atell, David Cross etc...I have their cds, but can you reccommend anyone else? Thanks....
robert schimmel's unprotected is good.

if that's too tame for you, try something by doug stanhope. Doug stanhope makes robert schimmel look like a saint.
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Find some old Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison. Both still are topical today. Both died young.
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I like Brian Reagen (sp?)
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For trying out Bill Hicks, the one cd I recommend would be Flying Saucer Tour (I think it's got a Volume 1 tacked on as well). To my knowledge, and certainly amongst the few other cds of his that I own, it's the only one that is an uninterrupted stand up. Everything else seems to be compilations of sorts. DEFINITELY edgy stuff, and a great show. He even starts....going off on the audience...I was going to say "picking fights", but that's not what he does. It just seems, as he says that he's entertaining them, one audience member at a time. He's hilarious, and they're definitely a nervous crowd.
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I still love Denis Leary's No Cure For Cancer. Always good for a laugh.
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Re: Re: Good comedy CDs for a long drive?

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robert schimmel's unprotected is good.
Yeah I have unprotected...great CD...he has another one something about having enough money to buy this car...but ive heard its a lot of repeat stuff.i could be wrong.
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Bill Hicks - Rant In E-Minor
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Phil Hendrie. I think you can only get them through his site: www.philhendrieshow.com
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I like Brian Reagen (sp?)
You beat me too it. The big yellow ones the sun!
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Dane Cook - Harmful If Swallowed www.danecook.com

Bill Hicks
Lewis Black
Joe Rogan
Robert Schimmel
David Cross
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Bill Hicks:
Arizona Bay
Rant in E Minor
Dark Poet
Relentless

Lewis Black:
The White Album
The End of the Universe

Robert Schimmel:
If You Buy My CD
Comes Clean

Eddie Murphy:
Commedian

George Carlin:
Parental Advisory
What Am I Doing In New Jersey
A Place For My Stuff
Back In Town
Class Clown
Complaints & Grievances
Jammin' In New York
Playing With Your Head

John Pinette:
Show Me The Buffet

I could probably come up with a lot more, but that's a good start.
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JestersTear, thanks for the list...
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I forgot to add Richard Jeni's Greatest Bits. Funny stuff, but it's all one long track on the CD.
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Chris Rock's Bring the Pain makes me laugh

Chris:Bobby, you just got a D. You know what that means!

Boy: No!

Chris:That's right, you get to go to the tossed salad man!

Boy: Noooo! I'ma learn to read! I'ma learn to read!
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Chris: If OJ drove a bus, he wouldn't be OJ. He'd be Oranthal the bus driving murder!
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Chris:Weird stuff happens when you get a girlfriend. Girls callin you up saying
Girl:My girlfriend and I are holding a dick sucking contest and we want you to judge.
Chrisamn!

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Originally posted by Pillowhead
Dane Cook - Harmful If Swallowed www.danecook.com
Yes, that's an excellent choice, one of my favorites. I believe his old independant cd is no longer available but he has a re-release you can get in stores coming out July 22nd.

Besides that, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND:
Stephen Lynch - Superhero

It's the funniest CD i've ever heard. That guy's amazing. If you only get one... get that one. It's a musical CD, not stand up, and I've listened to it many many times and it isn't old at all.

The Tenacious D CD is also very funny.
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Originally posted by MasterCXtreme
Besides that, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND:
Stephen Lynch - Superhero

It's the funniest CD i've ever heard. That guy's amazing. If you only get one... get that one. It's a musical CD, not stand up, and I've listened to it many many times and it isn't old at all.
I completely agree with you there. I saw him live last week - hilarious. Even funnier, the next day I saw on the news that the Special Olympics were in town (he's got a very evil, yet funny song about them).

His first disc, A Little Bit Special, is good, too (it's studio, not live like Superhero). It has Jay Mohr doing his Christopher Walken impression on it (and, yeah, he asks for more cowbell).
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Oh man, I can't believe I forgot Stephen Lynch. His Comedy Central special cracked me up.
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I think Mitch Hedberg's CD is definitely worth listening to. I like it a lot but its getting kind of old because some of my friends recite the damn thing 24/7.

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