Comedy on Vinyl

Phil Proctor is back, with the history of the Firesign Theatre! This time, we're joined by Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen and Jeremy Guskin to talk about Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him. It was a good, long conversation, so I cut it into two parts. There's also video of the whole conversation, which you can watch below, and find at youtube.com/comedyonvinyl. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden This Week’s Guests: Phil Proctor, Taylor Jessen and Jeremy Guskin...

Your middlest brother, Travis McElroy, joins me this week ostensibly to talk about an admittedly great and not-often-enough-spoken-of-hyphen album, but we get off on a tangent when we discover Blazing Saddles is both of our favorite film. But we come back. I promise. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Travis McElroy TravisMcElroy.com McElroyShows.com Buy2000 and One Yearson Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at LookingForwardMovie.com....

Dr. Demento's archivist, memory acrobat and comedy lover, Jeff Morris picked a US re-release of an album by the UK "group" Bad News, featuring two members ofThe Young Onesand two other English comedians in an early-80s rock music parody that paralleledThis Is Spinal Tap. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Jeff Morris DMDB.org Info aboutBad Newson Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at LookingForwardMovie.com. Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at...

Okay, so I give my guests the options of some things that aren't strictly comedy, when those things inspired them and at least have some comedic elements to them. Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devils Wears Prada, 27 DressesANDco-creator of friend of the show Rachel Bloom's wonderful show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) took me up on the challenge and picked Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel. There are plenty of comedic songs in Fiddler, and Zero Mostel could be funny falling down a set of stairs....

You've seen Billy Merritt on numerous shows. If you're lucky enough (like our own producer, Mike), Billy has taught you improv at UCB. We had a great time talking about the mind-changing effect Carlin and this album had on how Billy thought about comedy. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Billy Merritt Billy's UCB Profile Buy Take-Offs & Put-Onson Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at LookingForwardMovie.com. Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at...

Jensen Karp joins me this week to talk about my favorite subject - Weird Al. The more we talk about this album the more I love it. Jensen also has a new book, Kanye West Owes Me $300,coming out June 7th, which you can pre-order via links on his site (link to his site below). Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Jensen Karp JensenKarp.com Buy Dare to Be Stupidon Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at LookingForwardMovie.com. Comedy on Vinyl is...

Chris White is a self-described "recovering standup comic," and he picked the perfect album to discuss - an album by a standup who quit while he was ahead. Chris also hosts DC Improv's The Other Side podcaston which heis currently helping the countryfind out who the funniest president of all time is. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Chris White Chris's Site The Other Side Podcast Buy Standup Comicon Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at...

We're covering Don't Crush That Dwarf... for the second time in the show's history, and this time we're speaking with Tommy Edison, also known as the Blind Film Critic. Tommy has an infectious sense of humor, so he was a blast to have on the show. Blind since birth, Tommy's experience with comedy albums is something we've never been able to explore on the show before. We discuss sound design and voice work in a very pure way, but we also discuss the feel and smell of a record, for the...

Not only does he have a history of comedy writing, including comedy song writing, but Richard Levinson is also the composer and performer of our theme song,Smile for the Camera. This is part of of 2 episodes talking about National Lampoon'sGold Turkey, and National Lampoon in general. Part 2 comes next week! Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Richard Levinson Buy Gold Turkeyon Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day at LookingForwardMovie.com....

Watch Wayne Federman do stand-up and the first thing you think is not Victor Borge. Look anywhere and Victor Borge probably won't be your first thought. But Wayne made a compelling case to listen toBorge's Back! and it was worth the listen. It's a ton of fun - like a clean Rodney Dangerfield, without the dirty words. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Wayne Federman WayneFederman.com Buy Borge's Back! on Vinyl Watch my new filmLooking Forward: 2016 unfold, day-by-day...

It’s time to send the little ones to dreamland… Not really, this is a pretty clean episode, especially given the album we’re covering. The Thrilling Adventure Hour’s own narrator, Hal Lublin, joins us to discuss Robin Williams’ great live album. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Jonathan Katz JonathanKatz.com Buy “In One Head and Out the Other” on Vinyl Buy my latest book,Post-Modem: The Interwebs Explained today! Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in...

It's time to send the little ones to dreamland... Not really, this is a pretty clean episode, especially given the album we're covering. The Thrilling Adventure Hour's own narrator, Hal Lublin, joins us to discuss Robin Williams' great live album. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Hal Lublin HalLublin.com Buy “A Night At the Met” on Vinyl Buy my latest book,Post-Modem: The Interwebs Explained today! Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful...

Giulia Rozzi's next album, True Love,comes out this Friday, February 12. She's hilarious and wanted to not only discuss Rodney Dangerfield, but an Italian kids song about having to take a pee. It's a fun time. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Giulia Rozzi GiuliaRozzi.com Buy "No Respect" on Vinyl Buy my latest book,Post-Modem: The Interwebs Explained today! Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these...

Arnie Kogen has written for so many of our greatest comedic minds and voices, but perhaps the one that screeches loudest is MAD Magazine. Patric Verrone helped give us Futurama andreturns to the show as an expert who owns every issue of MAD Magazine. This week, we use the MAD Magazine insert record "It's A Gas" to discuss the history of MAD itself. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Arnie Kogen Arnie Kogen's Page on the MAD Magazine Site Spend a Lot of Money to Get...

André Jacquemin has notonly produced almost every Monty Python album, he's also written some of their music. We have a blast talking about great Monty Python moments, as well as some album packaging concepts that never quite materialized. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:André Jacquemin Redwood Studios MontyPython.com Buy my latest book,Post-Modem: The Interwebs Explained today! Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The...

It kinda feels likeBrock Wilbur has been on before, but he hasn't. This is our second time covering the soundtrack to This Is Spinal Tap, and this time we also meander into the world of other "fake" bands and his own family history with music. Host:Jason Klamm Producer:Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:Brock Wilbur BrockWilbur.com Buy "This Is Spinal Tap" on Vinyl Buy my latest book,Post-Modem: The Interwebs Explained today! Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful...

This week, we begin retracing the history of Firesign with Phil Proctor, in part one of a mini-series covering every album from the Columbia years, and perhaps moving on to more. Phil is currently working on an autobiography, so he's in the storytelling mood, so while we planned to cover the first three albums on this episode, at the end of the show we're JUST up to the group solidifying. We're joined by Firesign super fans Jeremy Guskin and Greg Benson. Also, there's video of the episode...

Jordan, Jesse Go!’s own Sunny D, Brian Fernandes, stops by with a challenge he might not have realized was a challenge. A stand-up album from the late nineties is very much out of my comfort zone, if only because I … Continue reading →

Two of the creators and co-stars of TV Land’s Teachers, which premieres January 13th, picked my favorite Python album, and the thing that really got me addicted to Monty Python in general. Monty Python Sings is drenched in the best … Continue reading →

In a first for our podcast, we’re about to premiere a Bob Newhart track that is 50 years old and you probably only heard if you were there for the recording. From a one-of-a-kindacetate in theAbraham Comedy Archive, the “Paul … Continue reading →