Comedy album recommendations? Which ones are your favorites?

[casualobserver]

Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners

[roubaix]

Speaking of Neil Hamburger, I think he has the only field recording comedy album

http://planetpimp.robertgomez.org/fastfood.html

[Gilly]

Speaking of Neil Hamburger, I think he has the only field recording comedy album

http://planetpimp.robertgomez.org/fastfood.html

That is hilarious, I need to find that album.

[Christina]

I listened to it three times in a row.

Funny as fuck - What's even better is having the visual to go with the verbal b/c he looks so innocent - almost midwestern! You put that with whatever he's saying and it can come off insane or even psychotic - remember he was that weird neighbor on Reno 911?Like, that guy has body parts in his basement weird? He was also excellent on that Lewis Black show Root of all Evil - a smartypants wiseguy but he looks like a dude who might try and give you a Jack Chick tract when you pass him in the subway station.

[Christina]

It's weird b/c I used to listen to comedy albums all the time but now since everyone has podcasts or live recordings on Netflix or Amazon Instant Video, etc - I'm not sure I've bought a comedy album lately.

I would back up the Dana Gould Funhouse suggestion from Master of Sparks (? Was that you?)- He's also got Let me Put My Thoughts Into You as a CD and I think it's still streaming ... he's just started a podcast also. He's one of my all time favorites.

I also think Galafanakis's Live at the Purple Onion is probably the best "capture" of what his live performance was all about - who knows if he goes back to stand up at any point in the future - this is always out there. I think it's streaming on at least one of the services.

Other random ones I can think of:

Bruce McCulloch - Shame Based Man. Not really live stand up, songs and pieces. If you liked his characters on KITH this will probably make total sense to you.
Goldthwait - I Dont Mean to Insult You... If you heard that interview on WTF several months ago and liked that you'd probably like this. He's totally in this "Here's my shit, here's where I'm at now, don't really care if you don't get it" place with his movies and his whole thing lately, and it's pretty great.

How about older ones, anyone?

Woody Allen -- Standup?  Pretty amazing, even if you can barely tolerate his movies now. Boy did that Paris one stink.
Cheech & Chong -- hearing Earache My Eye on last week's show made me think of a bunch of those old records, same thing with:
Nat Lamp - I think i'd probably want to find a best of complilation b/c I'd bet I couldn't take some of the bits anymore, but some of them I still remember probably word for word!

[masterofsparks]

Nat Lamp - I think i'd probably want to find a best of complilation b/c I'd bet I couldn't take some of the bits anymore, but some of them I still remember probably word for word!

The fake John Lennon song (I think it's called "Genius Is Pain") from the Radio Dinner LP (I think...) is unbelievably funny, especially if you're familiar with some of the early Lennon solo stuff.

[Omar]

Other random ones I can think of:

Bruce McCulloch - Shame Based Man. Not really live stand up, songs and pieces. If you liked his characters on KITH this will probably make total sense to you.

I bought this on CASSette upon its release!

[danner]

Cheech & Chong -- hearing Earache My Eye on last week's show made me think of a bunch of those old records, same thing with:

As great as "Earache My Eye" is, their albums never really did much for me. I'm not a pot guy though, so maybe I'm missing something. I will still stand by Up in Smoke though.

[ChrisRawk]

Comedy Death Ray!  Am I right, guys?

Pretty much every set is great.  PFT says some unkind things about Tower Records. 

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Man, that Anrew Daly album is great. I don't know how many times I've listened to the "Life of the Party, Inc." bit.

Same here, that track kills me so much.  That whole album really is gloriously funny. 

[masterofsparks]

Man, that Anrew Daly album is great. I don't know how many times I've listened to the "Life of the Party, Inc." bit.

Same here, that track kills me so much.  That whole album really is gloriously funny.

That one and "Our Amazing Future" are unbelievable. Nine Sweaters is definitely my favorite AST release. Andrew Daly is just so obscenely talented.

A fun comedy nerd game is to try and guess the people intro'ing him on each track.

[effecT]

[moonshake]

Man, that Anrew Daly album is great. I don't know how many times I've listened to the "Life of the Party, Inc." bit.

Same here, that track kills me so much.  That whole album really is gloriously funny.

That one and "Our Amazing Future" are unbelievable. Nine Sweaters is definitely my favorite AST release. Andrew Daly is just so obscenely talented.

A fun comedy nerd game is to try and guess the people intro'ing him on each track.

I'm gonna add that Nine Sweaters really is that good and deserves all the praise. Every track is deeply and memorably funny.

[Joe Rogaine]

Derek and Clive

[dave from knoxville]

I really loved this 37 years ago; don't know how it's held up http://www.amazon.com/Good-bye-National-Lampoon-NATIONAL-LAMPOON/dp/B000URBE8A