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Lifetime of Comedy: With Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Eddie Quillan.
- (21)
- 1960
- Comedy
- 59
- Standup Comic Or Nightclub Years, Woody Allen
- The Very Funny Side of Pete Barbutti, Pete Barbutti
- An Evening with Me, Don Knotts
- Golden Hits of The Smothers Brothers Volume 2, The Smothers Brothers
- Here Come The Judge, Pigmeat Markham
- Bonus Track #1: “Wild Thing,” Senator Bobby
- Bonus Track #2: “The Mouse,” Soupy Sales
In the 1960s, during his transformation from television comedy writer to filmmaker, Woody Allen made a handful of comedy albums. The material is brilliant, ranging from the silly to the sublime, making it very accessible to a wide audience. His original albums are a bit difficult to find, whereas Standup Comic and Nightclub Years are compilations t...
Pete Barbutti was a jazz musician who was also a comedian, or maybe a comedian who was also a jazz musician. Mixing comedy and music had been done before (with stellar results) by Victor Borge, but Barbutti approaches it with a bit more irreverence. Granted, it’s a nightclub kind of vibe; the album kicks off with “Where Are You From, Sir?” which is...
Don Knotts is best known for his movie and television roles as a nervous character in one way or another. What isn’t as well-known is his comedy album. An Evening with Me hit the racks in 1961, a year after The Andy Griffith Showpremiered. As you can guess, the album is a collection of one-man skits featuring Knotts doing what he does best in vario...
The Smothers Brothers were a pretty hot property throughout the 1960s. They toured regularly and made countless television appearances, culminating with their renowned, controversial, and ultimately cancelled Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. They also released some great albums. The earlier ones did well on the charts, but by the time they released G...
Pigmeat Markham was an African-American vaudeville comedian. He worked the chitlin’ circuit for decades and was fairly successful. He released a bunch of albums on Chess Records in the 1960s consisting of recently recorded material. All of his LPs are wonderful documents of his sometimes silly, sometimes risqué, and often funny performances. He was...
Senator Bobby was actually Bill Minkin of the Hardly-Worthit Players. The single was his impersonation of Senator Robert Kennedy trying to record “Wild Thing” to attract the younger vote. It also showed that doing a Kennedy impersonation still had a place in comedy. The single is a fun listen, especially the comments from the recording booth to hel...
Soupy Sales was the hippest kids-show host of all time. His material was corny enough for kids to enjoy, but there were plenty of jokes that went over the kids’ heads that adults loved. He released “The Mouse” as a single in the mid-’60s as his attempt to create a dance craze. It’s a novelty number, but it’s also a catchy song. Soupy Sales Sez Do t...
- "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)"— Lonnie Donegan. Released: U.K. 1959, U.S. 1961. Songwriters: Marty Bloom, Ernest Breuer, and Billy Rose.
- "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"—Brian Hyland. Released: 1960. Songwriters: Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Brian Hyland's ode to the bikini reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1960, selling well over a million copies, and becoming a hit around the world in several languages.
- "Alley-Oop"—The Hollywood Argyles. Released: 1960. Songwriter: Dallas Frazier. "Alley-Oop" was originally penned in 1957, three years before its release by The Hollywood Argyles, a session band led by producer Gary S. Paxton, who sings lead.
- "Beep! Beep!"— The Playmates. Released: 1958. Songwriters: Donald Claps and Carl Chicchetti. Ha! this one still makes me laugh! Can you imagine the humiliation of that Cadillac driver?I've never had a car that could out-race another, but with careful attention to my driving and surroundings, I've often beat much hotter cars off the line at the stoplight without even trying.
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This film is a compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby.
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