Episode 20 – Woody Allen – Standup Comic

Before he was Alvy Singer – before he was Woody Allen, even – he was still a writer named simply Woody Allen.  He was turning his behind-the-scenes skills from writing on “Your Show of Shows” and for the stage into a persona to accompany his work.  Though its been said that he hated doing stand-up, there’s no doubt that his point of view ended up so succinct and focused as a result of this character work that the film work that followed wouldn’t be nearly what we have today.

Even if you don’t like his later films (I suggest you just start from the top, chronologically, and stop when you get bored), you should listen to the classic bits archived on this two-disc set.  It chronicles an evolution from an inexperienced standup and brilliant writer, to a man who merged the form with the content brilliantly.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guest: Jeremy Guskin 

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Woody Allen’s Official Website: http://www.woodyallen.com/

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Episode 19 – Eddie Murphy – Self-Titled

It’s about time we discuss an album none of us are familiar with and then turns out to be not nearly as good as we hoped.  It’s not going to be a regular feature, but this week I figured why not get a little perspective?  Before we talk about “Raw” or “Delirious,” let’s see where he was on the heels of being SNL’s first child prodigy.

At the end of the day, Eddie Murphy’s self-titled 1982 album is what you’d expect.  Rushed, somewhat inexperienced and shocking simply for the sake of it.  For all the times Eddie Murphy said something homophobic, sexist or racist after this, listening to this will give you an idea of what it sounds like to not wrap much content around it.  Fear not, we will soon be going over his best stuff.  You know, the stuff he eventually apologized for.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guest: Mike Worden

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Eddie Murphy on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552/

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Episode 18 – Tom Lehrer – That Was The Year That Was

Happy New Year and happy satire.  Sure, that’s an expression.  One of the great, energetic musical comedians, Tom Lehrer is a must-listen (again, another real expression) for those bent on listening to comedy made by intelligent people.

Until recently, Lehrer was a university professor who got out of the satire business for a number of reasons.  He has been quoted as saying “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize.”  That about sums it up.  Give it a listen.

Also, given Tumblr’s inherent limits (if we post more than 20… anythings, it starts pushing old episodes off of iTunes), we’re moving feed hosts, so there MAY be some iTunes issues in the coming days.  Please let us know if you notice an issue before we do: jason@comedyonvinyl.com

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guests: Dan Gomiller and Ari Jarvis

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