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    Posted: May 31 2005 at 08:59

what is the funniest album you own or have listened to mine are:

The best and worst of Judge Dredd

Monty Python Sings

Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
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The all time classic comedy album is Sir Henry at Rawlinson End by Viv Stanshall, closely followed by Ivor Cutler's Life in a Scotch Sitting Room.

Music and comedy don't always mix that well, but the Bonzos were superb on their first 4 albums and Tom Lehrer proved that at least some Americans understand irony. 
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Thare were movie made o' Rawlinson End.Wallace tinks tha Camelot guy play'd Sir 'enry, but Wallace noo shure

Wallace gorts baith Sir 'enry lps.
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^^^^^^^^^^^

Just for once, I'll ignore the contrived accent and the phony eccentricity:

Sir Henry was played by Trevor Howard, though the film was a bit of a disappointment.

The second LP, Sir Henry at Ndidi's Kraal, was likewise a sad let down from an otherwise dazzlingly talented individual - it sounded like it was recorded in one take just after closing time, and is best ignored despite the odd flash of comic genius.
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Mine:

Captain Sensible - Revolution Now!

Great songs on that one. Even a 15 minute epic: The Coward Of Treason Cove. Weird audio fragments, though, a bit like on Peter Banks' Instinct.
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Robert Calvert: "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters".


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Almost anything done by The Bonzo Dog Band (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band).

Ditto for the sublime Tom Lehrer.

Oh - just seen Syzygy like 'em both too.

I still like some of the Flanders and Swann stuff, even if it is very dated.

 

 
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The Rutles (both CD and DVD)
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Originally posted by bluetailfly bluetailfly wrote:

The Rutles (both CD and DVD)

That stuff is the best!

I also like Spinal Tap personally, it just makes me crack up...
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Anyone who likes it funny, with a good dose of black humour, and understands German should try Georg Kreisler. His music has nothing to do with prog though, he just accompanies himself on piano (he is an excellent piano player, by the way). Classic songs of his are "Tauben vergiften im Park" ("Let's Go Pidgeon-Poisoning in the Park) or "Zwei alte Damen tanzen Tango" ("Two Old Ladies Dancing Tango").

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Bonzo Dog Band helloooo?
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Lewis Black is great man! Carlin is cool, though he doesn't really know s*ite about politics.

Ween is a cool, half-serious, half-comedy band.
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Mitch Hedburg- Strategic Grill Locations

Any Genesis album from the 80s cracks me the hell up.
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Derek and Clive Live, Come Again and Ad Nauseum!

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Originally posted by Retrovertigo Retrovertigo wrote:

Bonzo Dog Band helloooo?


helloooo yourself!

If it's still available, I'd recommend the collection 'Cornology'; a three CD set of all the Bonzos' recorded output.

To anyone who has never heard them - I can only compare them to... well, nobody, really. A collection of English eccentrics, who just happened to be good musicians & songwriters. Swinging between rock, trad jazz and absurdity (usually in the same song), their like will never be seen again.

Anyone who can release tracks with names such as "My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe" are OK by me...

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THE MAN in stand up comedy...Richard Pryor-Live on the Sunset Strip


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Derek & Clive - Come Again.
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Red Peters, "I Laughed, I Cried, I Fudged my Undies".  What Frank Sinatra would sound like if he got drunk and got up on stage at amateur's night.  Hilarious.



And Lewis Black, "Rules of Enragement".  His take on Iraq and on the state of Minnesota are both totally funny.  Not for Norwegians who are easily offended though.

   
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Anyone ever listen to Blaster Bates, or Roy Chubby Brown? Funny stuff.
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