The Comedy On Vinyl Podcast

This week we skip back to last week’s comedian’s (Richard Pryor) biggest influence. Bill Cosby influenced two generations in two entirely different ways. He broke ground with his stand up comedy, became the first black man to star in a TV drama, and then headed up what was arguably the most successful (financially and culturally) sitcom of the 80s.

This is Bill Cosby’s first album, and he’s in fine form. Some bits would become classics and, while others are a bit dated, Bill’s conversational style was born here. The classics that followed were just an extension of his ability to keep talking with you, and that’s why it remains timeless. Damn the time period, damn the medium – telling a good story will always keep people listening.

For those of you who have been listening since episode 1 (or have gone back and check those first two out) – thanks a bunch for sitting through episodes one and two. We understand that they might have been a bit... experimental for most tastes, but we hope there was something remotely enlightening in there that you could make out, even if it was subliminal.

For those of you annoyed with me being a smartass at the end of every podcast, here’s the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comedy-on-Vinyl/181441438557765. PLEASE JOIN! It makes us look sexy, and helps us find more listeners.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer/Contributor: Mike Worden

Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks.

Official Bill Cosby Site: http://www.billcosby.com/

Buy “Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow Right!” on Vinyl: http://goo.gl/RvcVH

Inferior (except for quality) Compact Disc: http://goo.gl/YnJBQ

Jason co-stars monthly in “A Drinking Game: http://adrinkinggame.com

Mike is in “A Few Good Men”:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223801767655604

Things/people mentioned in this episode:

Leonard, Part 6: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/combined

Thank you,

Jason Klamm

Episode 5 Direct Download

After Monty Python, Eric Idle continued the sketch comedy television with Rutland Weekend Television, which featured “The Seventh Python,” Neil Innes. Best known beyond The Rutles as an amazing absurd satirist, Innes brought a musical legitimacy that Idle, with impressive musical credentials of his own, likely couldn’t match. Also, Innes did a dead-on John Lennon.

Hardly the first mock-documentary, this is one of the first – if not THE first musical-themed film in the genre. A pretty literal parallel of the actual history of The Beatles, The Rutles is impressive, if only for its attention to detail. The songs are, in many cases, dead-ringers for actual Beatles songs (which apparently caused a legal problem or two), and the story an absurd twist and comment on Beatlemania – an obsession that, no matter how you feel about The Beatles, is easily seen as one of the strangest phenomena to ever ripple through pop culture.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guests: Dan Gomiller and Ari Jarvis

Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks.

Buy “The Rutles” on vinyl: http://goo.gl/iafam

Buy “The Rutles” on DVD: http://goo.gl/l96Yx

Episode 15 Direct Download

(Originally posted 9/7:)
Every once in a great while, you come across a comedy album that changes comedy. Maybe it doesn’t change the nature of comedy, but it changes your understanding of what comedy can be. Rarely can a stand-up do that on his own. But then, it’s arguable that Steve Martin wasn’t just a stand-up, and that “Let’s Get Small” might not be a comedy album at all. Which is fine. Because it is ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS YOU WILL EVER HEAR. Period.

For the uninitiated, you might look at the album art and turn away. But do yourself a favor – think of what you might already know about Steve Martin, and then look at this album cover again. Think about why that guy would ever put a balloon on his head. Then throw that assumption out, because there’s no pretension here. It’s JUST COMEDY. Pure and simple. On that note: enjoy.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guests: Mike Preister and Jeremy Guskin

Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks.

Official Steve Martin Site: http://www.stevemartin.com/

Steve Martin’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stevemartintogo

Buy “Let’s Get Small” on vinyl: http://goo.gl/wPlig

Comedy on Vinyl Live! A Tribute to Phil Hartman! A FREE show is on Saturday, September 17 in Hollywood – http://goo.gl/99yRb

Jeremy plays a bad guy in the upcoming NBC mini-series “Blackout” soon!

The official COV site is finally up at ComedyonVinyl.com

Here’s how I find our weekly theme music: http://goo.gl/S1f1r

Thank you,

Jason Klamm

Episode 9 Direct Download

Eric Martin (host of This American Wife) is back! It’s a two-peat, which isn’t a thing at all. Finally, someone picks Dr. Demento – specifically “Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Vol. 3: 1960’s.” Couldn’t fit all that into a handy title. We talk about the good Doctor’s picks and the influence this album and what I can only assume to be a Walkman with the auto-reverse function had on him.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Eric Martin

This American Wife on Twitter
Before You Were Funny
True Tales of Lust and Love
Buy Vol 3 the 1960s
Track Listing

Please watch Jason’s first feature-length film, “Looking Forward” in its entirety, FOR FREE, at JK2016.com. Thanks!

Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission under the provisions of fair use for the sake of commentary, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks.

He was Troy McClure. He was Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. He was Bill McNeil. Most importantly, he was a brilliant comedic actor, and loved by everyone he worked with. He also inspired some of us to do what it is we do. That was reason enough to make our first live episode a tribute to him.

This week we were honored to be joined by Vicki Lewis, whose love for Phil Hartman made this one big, amazing Phil-Hartman-lovefest. Vicki let us in on who Phil Hartman was – and what he still means – to her as a person and a creative person. In this episode, Jeremy also reads a wonderful message from Melanie Hutsell, and we speak with Paul Hartmann, Phil’s brother, and Angel Rosenthal, organizer of the “Phil Hartman for the Walk of Fame” movement on Facebook – both of whom kindly sat around for a long time waiting for a call.

We also talk about a Poco album called “Legends,” which matters only because Phil Hartman designed the album cover, and it was his favorite piece. Phil Hartman was a genius and renaissance man, and deserves to be celebrated. His 63rd birthday would have been next week, so celebrate as you will – watch Houseguest for the millionth time, perhaps. Or listen to this episode again. That’s what I’ll be doing.

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Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guests: Mike Preister, Jeremy Guskin and Vicki Lewis

Comedy on Vinyl was recorded this week at the Zephyr Theatre. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission, and are intended to sell more albums, (and spread the word of wonderful work) not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks.

Phil Hartman for the Walk of Fame: http://goo.gl/1hIuc

The Lovely Vicki Lewis: http://vickilewis.com/

Thank you!

Jason Klamm

Episode 10 Direct Download