Tag: standup comic
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 184 – The History of Firesign, Part 2, with Phil Proctor
Phil Proctor is back, with the history of the Firesign Theatre! This time, we’re joined by Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen and Jeremy Guskin to talk about Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him. It was a good, long conversation, so I cut it into two parts. There’s also video of
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 183 – Travis McElroy on Reiner and Brooks – 2000 and One Years
Your middlest brother, Travis McElroy, joins me this week ostensibly to talk about an admittedly great and not-often-enough-spoken-of-hyphen album, but we get off on a tangent when we discover Blazing Saddles is both of our favorite film. But we come back. I promise. Host: Jason Kl View Original Post and Listen to Episode Here: http://bit.ly/1szR6vv (via…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 182 – Jeff Morris on Bad News
Dr. Demento’s archivist, memory acrobat and comedy lover, Jeff Morris picked a US re-release of an album by the UK “group” Bad News, featuring two members of The Young Ones and two other English comedians in an early-80s rock music parody that paralleled This Is Spinal Ta View Original Post and Listen to Episode Here: http://bit.ly/1NzmJPy (via…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 181 – Aline Brosh McKenna on Fiddler on the Roof
Okay, so I give my guests the options of some things that aren’t strictly comedy, when those things inspired them and at least have some comedic elements to them. Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devils Wears Prada, 27 Dresses AND co-creator of friend of the show Rachel Bloom’s wonderful show Crazy Ex View Original Post and Listen to…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 180 – Billy Merritt on George Carlin – Take-Offs and Put-Ons
You’ve seen Billy Merritt on numerous shows. If you’re lucky enough (like our own producer, Mike), Billy has taught you improv at UCB. We had a great time talking about the mind-changing effect Carlin and this album had on how Billy thought about comedy. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike W View Original Post and Listen to Episode…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 179 – Jensen Karp on Weird Al – Dare to Be Stupid
Jensen Karp joins me this week to talk about my favorite subject – Weird Al. The more we talk about this album the more I love it. Jensen also has a new book, Kanye West Owes Me $300, coming out June 7th, which you can pre-order via links on his site (link to his site below).…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 178 – Chris White on Woody Allen – Standup Comic
Chris White is a self-described “recovering standup comic,” and he picked the perfect album to discuss – an album by a standup who quit while he was ahead. Chris also hosts DC Improv’s The Other Side podcast on which he is currently helping the country find out who the funniest president of al View Original Post and Listen…
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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 134 – Jim Hamilton on Woody Allen – Stand Up Comic
This week, a guy I wish I’d discovered much sooner stops by to discuss a guy I wish was still as funny as he once was. Jim Hamilton is one of the few consistent one-liner comics out there (you should listen to his album “Poems About the Ocean” ASAP, the cover of which was designed…