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Richard Pryor's "Is it something I said?" He broke down all the boundaries and was just flat out funny.

"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain

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For me it's Billy Connolly, George Carlin and Rodney Dangerfield. I also like Dennis Leary, although he sometimes comes across as a watered down Carlin.

"they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world.
the fools
they locked up the wrong man."
- Leonard Cohen

Bill Hicks
Billy Connolly
Bill hicks

soundsweird wrote:

can't believe this thread has gotten so long without the mention of the only "prog" comedy group ever:

FIRESIGN THEATRE

my old electronic music professor made their albums required listening for the "orchestration" of sound effects, and the overall studio mastery involved in their recording process.

I agree, but they fly over a lot of people's heads. We are literally all Bozos on this bus and not even Reebus Kaneebus can save us from ourselves.

"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain

Frank Zappa - "Billy The Mountain"

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Chicapah wrote:

soundsweird wrote:

can't believe this thread has gotten so long without the mention of the only "prog" comedy group ever:

FIRESIGN THEATRE

my old electronic music professor made their albums required listening for the "orchestration" of sound effects, and the overall studio mastery involved in their recording process.

I agree, but they fly over a lot of people's heads. We are literally all Bozos on this bus and not even Reebus Kaneebus can save us from ourselves.

Interesting to see the official Firesign Theatre website was (one of) the first in the USA to produce a obituary for the Godfather of Python Spike Milligan - and said thmeselve to be influenced by Milligan and 50's Goon humour.

In passing, I think Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - the original radio recordings - are essential. perhaps to catchup: I see Amazon.UK are doing some ridiculously cheap offers on the BBC CD sets: Primary Secondary and Tertiary HHGTTG . Most recently (Hitchhikers crossed with Screwtape Letters) Andy Hamilton's Old Harry's Game (Volume 1 and 2) have been released on BBC each as 3 CD sets, and strongly recomended.

And of course I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - probably everyone of the BBC CD releases, e.g.

I konw nobody heard of them and they sing in slovene but if can understand them it's just sooooooooooooooo funny

or Slon in Sadež (=an Elephant and a Fruit)

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