Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 136 – Breck Parkman and Maura McCoy on Vinyl and Archaeology

This week’s episode is not really about one comedy album, but about the strange case of a burned commune, the family that lived there, and the man who has been studying the site for thirty-plus years, using vinyl found at the scene as one of his tools.  Among them, one comedy album (a Cosby

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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 135 – Josia Elliott on David Cross – Shut Up, You Fucking Baby

Buzzfeed’s own Josia Elliott comes on the show to talk about David Cross’s emotionally-charged “Shut Up, You Fucking Baby.”  Replete with track titles from some imaginary stand-up set, this album is a great time capsule, and still really relevant.  It also had a vinyl re-release, courtesy of S

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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 128 – Kliph Nesteroff on Dick Davy

Kliph Nesteroff is one of the great comedy historians of today, for the same reason he picked a comedian you haven’t heard of.  Dick Davy has all the lasting strength of many of the great comedians from the late 60s you already know, which made this a really fun discussion.  Kliph’s book “The C

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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 127 – Will Byrne on Billy Crystal – Mahvelous

Will Byrne runs the fantastic Military Moments podcast, and comedy runs in the family (Will was his brother Steve’s.stand-in on “Sullivan & Son”).  He picked Billy Crystal’s only album, a snapshot of the 80s, catch-phrase-comedy, and how a comic mixed stand-up with the most zeitgeisty

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Comedy on Vinyl Podcast Episode 126 – Margie Mintz on Mike Birbiglia – Two Drink Mike

Margie Mintz is funny, insightful, and organizes some great shows in LA.  This is a wonderful episode where we talk about her influences and her personal approach to comedy.  We also talk about Mike Birbiglia for the first time on the show, and while we tend to resist albums that never got a vi …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 s …

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