Episode 142 – Janet Varney on Albert Brooks – Comedy Minus One

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Janet Varney stops by her own home to delve into Albert Brooks’ classic “Comedy Minus One” for our second go-round with this album.  This time, we get a picture of an entirely new experience – namely, someone who grew up without the script to the act-along segment!  This made for an excessively surreal experience with this already experimental album.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Janet Varney

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Episode 141 – James Bladon and Jeremy Guskin on Monty Python – The Holy Grail Soundtrack

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This week I’m joined by the amazingly talented James Bladon (the music for Superego and their alter-egos The Journeymen and the music editor for countless TV shows) and my great friend and talented person in his own right Jeremy Guskin to discuss (deep breath) “The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail.”  It would’ve been worth talking about it even if it was 50 minutes of movie clips, but the fact that this is a great album on its own is actually quite a spectacular feat.  They took the time to make this album seem like it was a tossed-off (bad choice of words, I know), last-minute money-grab, when in fact it’s filled with solid sketches.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: James Bladon and Jeremy Guskin

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Episode 140 – Greg Benson on The Credibility Gap – A Great Gift Idea

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The awesome Greg Benson breaks down the first Credibility Gap album we’ve covered, track-by-track.  It’s his favorite, and it’s not hard to see why.  Irreverent, razor-sharp satire with the kind of production values anyone would be jealous of.  It’s a shame they made so few records together, but this one is of great value, loaded with pop culture satire without leaning on any kind of gimmick to make it accessible – it just is.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Greg Benson

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Episode 139 – Phil Hendrie on Firesign – How Can You Be in Two Places at Once…

Hendrie_SDOf course, the full title is “How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All,” and it’s one of the great Firesign albums.  One half Firesign fever dream, and the other half a long-form Nick Danger adventure, this is the first album that ever exposed Firesign to me as a kid who totally didn’t get it.  It would be awhile before I delved back into Firesign, and it took the good Mr. Phil Hendrie to come back to this album in particular.  We talk Firesign, his other influences, the evolution of radio, and we deconstruct some comedy, for lack of a better word.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Phil Hendrie

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