greatest comedy album of all time

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Eddie Murphy - [url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781BDD47AA7420C2932D50C0BA74F31BC763F98113234B46C8FB3F4D99117BE050F9888FE5B673AB7CB0FD2EA45F43D1C0EA51F6DE6E2D4CF0&sql=10:54j4eae04xs7]Comedian
followed closely by the first David Cross album. or the Steven Wright..

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:58 am

No Richard Pryor?

I've never heard a complete Pryor album [gasp!], but I used to have a shitload of clips from all over and they were pretty fucking good.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:00 am

I've said it once and Come Again by Derek & Clive is the funniest fucking commentary I've ever heard. Please seek this out.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

I love the pryor. don't get me wrong, he and lenny bruce are the two holdouts i had, but if anything, these albums had some sort of ungodly force on my upbringing, so they're my faves.

i've never heard of this Derek and Clive you speak of.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:10 am

Late '70s, Dudley Moore (Derek), Peter Cooke (Clive). 100% crass-goodness. Fuck, there was an explosion on RoadHouse. I've got to revert back to that thread!

Mick · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:09 am

Tenacious D wasn't the best, but was funny...not comedy, but funny music.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:49 pm

George Carlin - Class Clown
George Carlin - A Place for My Stuff
George Carlin - Jammin' in New York
Monty Python - Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python - Another Monty Python Record
The Firesign Theatre - How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere At All
Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness
Bill Cosby - To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (the DVD instead of the CD)
Woody Allen - The Stand Up Years
And...

Cotton Wrote:

i've never heard of this Derek and Clive you speak of.

I can't guarantee the quality of the stream (it's breaking up a bit on me at the moment), but here:

http://www.backpacknuke.com/derek.and.clive/

Both Come Again and Ad Nauseum are great. RIYL: Comics who work blue; drunken British improv; the word "bollocks."

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

excellent. thanks!

gauchebag · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:41 pm

HideousLump Wrote:

Monty Python - Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python - Another Monty Python Record

this is where it's at for me. another monty python record is particularly full of gems, with the spanish inquisition crashing in unexpectedly at perfectly often intervals.

albion · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:23 pm

Derek & Clive "Ad Nauseum"

The horse racing commentary, among others, fuckin hilarious.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:27 pm

albion Wrote:

Derek & Clive "Ad Nauseum"

The horse racing commentary, among others, fuckin hilarious.

Finally, a believer.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:28 pm

Based upon what I've heard:
Bill Cosby - Himself

albion · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:31 pm

Billy Connolly in the late '70s

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:19 pm

I used to love this for some reason.

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

not one nod to bill hicks?

bill hicks - relentless
bill hicks - rant in e minor
bill hicks - dangerous
bill hicks - arizona bay
hill hicks - flying saucer tour

david cross - shut up you fucking baby is a favorite too

also

bob newhart and richard pryor

nobody · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:17 pm

What? No love for Cheech & Chong?

I always thought Steve Martin's Comedy is not Pretty was funny too, and iof course his Wild & Crazy Guy record was good.

Haven't really listened to a comedy album in a really long time though, maybe obvious from my picks.

Farrah Faucett is such a bitch. She has never called me once.

after the hours i spent holding up her poster....with one hand...

neuroboy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:27 pm

shiv Wrote:

I used to love this for some reason.

yeah i remember buying the double-cassette album in like 10th grade 'cause i thought it was "bad" and i don't think i ever really listened to it

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:31 pm

Although David Cross' Shut Up You Fucking Baby trumps it, and I've never found Dice to be very funny, I love this album. It barely qualifies as stand-up comedy, it's like one rambling monologue. He continuously points out over the course of 2 cds, that "it's not about laughter, it's about comedy" after his stout refusal to do any "bits". Still it makes me laugh and I consider this to be a landmark of bad taste.

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

yeah, andrew 'dice' clay was funny as shit when i was in high school. now i find that same humor really really offensive (not to myself, but i find myself offended for others....which really isnt my job....but....)

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:13 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

Although David Cross' Shut Up You Fucking Baby trumps it, and I've never found Dice to be very funny, I love this album. It barely qualifies as stand-up comedy, it's like one rambling monologue. He continuously points out over the course of 2 cds, that "it's not about laughter, it's about comedy" after his stout refusal to do any "bits". Still it makes me laugh and I consider this to be a landmark of bad taste.

I have those cassettes too. I should dig them out and give them a listen again. I think the one he put out after these was when I gave up on him as it was particularly unfunny.

edit: I actually went to a show of his when I was in Vegas. I think he picked on everyone at my table except me.

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