I collect comedy records and I have no standards. Good or bad I like them all. Here's a pile for your home listening - get the backstory on most of them here.
Godfrey Cambridge: at The Hotel Aladdin
Allen & Rossi at The Sands
George Gobel at The Sands
Orson Bean at The Hungry i
Moms Mabley at The Playboy Club & Breaks Up the Network
Here's Milt Kamen!
Jack Paar: The Best of What's His Name
Robert Klein: Child of the Fifties
The Humor of Rowan and Martin
Minnie Pearl: Howdee!
Are You Ready for Phyllis Diller?
Murray Roman: A Blind Man's Movie
Jimmy Lynch: That Funky Tramp in a Nightclub
Whoa! Murray Roman, Moms Mabley *AND* Phyllis Diller. Quite a treat. Ever since seeing Diller star opposite a six foot tall zombie poodle in The Bone Yard, I've been hooked.
But the Minnie Pearl find is awesome, too. Apparently she had an off-the-charts IQ.
Posted by: Jim | July 20, 2008 at 04:39 PM
It's like an audio version of your Erik Estrada fan zine, Nesterhoff...
Horror mingled with a strange desire to learn more...
Posted by: Richard | July 20, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Godfrey Cambridge & Jimmy Lynch: Can't get farther apart than that!
Posted by: SS | July 21, 2008 at 12:54 AM
I'm a huge fan of old comedy records. I've recently gotten into the Smothers Brothers by finding a number of their albums, scrounging through $1 record bins.
I haven't been able to find that Godfrey Cambridge, so I appreciate you putting that up, for sure.
Posted by: Justin | July 21, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Rare Comedy Collection for sale -
Some names on the plastic discs: Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Martin-Lewis, Arthur Godfrey, Groucho Marx, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Jack Paar, Eddie Cantor, Danny Thomas, Danny Kaye, Edgar Bergen, Myron Cohen, Stooges,
Victor Borge, Morey Amsterdam, Henry Morgan, Mel Blanc and so many more. Also on disc - Sinatra, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Bea Lillie, Sophie Tucker, Bette Davis, Gus Van, Hildegarde, Ethel Merman et al.
I counted about 230 of them - some 7" and most 10".
They are all in sleeves and look good.
Howard Fischer
212-579-0689 (M-F 9am to 12noon and 1-3pm)
P.S. If you are not interested kindly suggest other possible buyers. Thanks.
Posted by: howard | August 25, 2008 at 10:06 AM