Tag: film
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 125 – Neil Ross on Peter Ustinov – The Grand Prix of Gibraltar
He’s been a voice in everything you’ve ever liked, and this week he exposes us to a record by Peter Ustinov that is nothing if not incredibly ambitious. Ustinov uses his vocal versatility to portray every character and EVERY CAR in this one-hour record. It inspired Neil, so was well worth the … View Original…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 124 – Dean Haglund
When you first saw him as Langly on The X-Files, you had no idea that behind that facade was a man who has heard Swedish comedians covering George Carlin. Yes, covering a Carlin bit. Dean Haglund talks about his early comedy influences, his first albums, learning stand-up and studying comedy, … View Original Post and…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 123 – Jay Sandrich
He directed the first and final episodes (and much in between) of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Cosby Show. His show business career started on I Love Lucy. He directed the pilots for The Bob Newhart Show and Golden Girls, to name only two. This week, we talk about his storied career ……
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 122 – Cole Stratton on Albert Brooks – Comedy Minus One
Cole Stratton weirds it up this week with one of my new favorite comedy albums. Albert Brooks again bends the concept of the comedy record back when it was a medium you could still do that with and confuse people to their delight. It ends with a track where you get to perform a scripted…
-
Episode 120 – Andie Bolt, Jeremy Guskin and Allen Rueckert on Ghostbusters
For her second time around on the show, the hilarious Andie Bolt talks about the soundtrack to a great movie, “Ghostbusters,” and tells us about her own film, “WowMom,” which is about her mom coping with cancer by playing World of Warcraft, which you can donate to here. We’re also joined by Jeremy and Allen,…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 119 – Jimmy Pardo on Richard Lewis – Im In Pain
Oh, this guy’s the best. Jimmy Pardo wanted to talk about Richard Lewis’s TV special “I’m In Pain,” so we discuss the influence of Richard and a slew of other comedians on Jimmy’s style, as well as Jimmy’s jump out of the square world of the music industry to do comedy full-time. We also talk ……
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 118 – Steve Stajich on Welcome to the LBJ Ranch
Steve Stajich is a satirist, musician, sitcom writer, former stand-up, and comedy guru to up-and-comers. He’s also one of mycomedy mentors, so it was a blast sitting down with him to talk about an album he has a personal/professional connection with. The product of a bygone era where cutting i … View Original Post and Listen…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 117 – Wayne White on Richard Pryor – Wanted
If you don’t know Wayne White’s name, you owe it to yourself to go watch “Beauty is Embarrassing” immediately and feel bad that his name passed you by the millions of times you’ve seen it. Part of Wayne and his work is in Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Beakman’s World, and the Smashing Pumpkins music … View…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 116 – Carlos Alazraqui on Cheech and Chong – Los Cochinos
The amazing Carlos Alazraqui stops by his own house to discuss Los Cochinos, which comes with a nice personal story involving the one and only Cheech Marin. We actually recorded this one quite awhile back, but I thought it’d be fun to revisit with a new perspective on the album sooner, … View Original Post…
-
Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 115 – Dan Pasternack on George Carlin – Take Offs and Put Ons
Consummate comedy nerd, comedy vinyl collector and comedian in his own right (yes, he had a song played on Dr. Demento’s show when he was 11), Dan Pasternack is here to talk Carlin’s “Take Offs and Put Ons,” not to mention putting most people’s comedy stories to shame with one encounter … View Original Post…