It's Comedy Week!

Paedantic Basterd · 04-22-2012, 05:42 PM

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A comedy album is an audio recording of comedic material from a comedian or group of comedians, usually performed either live or in a studio. Comedy albums may feature skits, humorous songs, and/or live recording of stand-up comedy performances, but the most common type of comedy albums are stand up, and are often made in conjunction with a DVD with recorded video of a particular comedy show.

Some of the earliest albums recorded for popular commercial distribution were comedy albums. For example, various collections of humorous short stories recited by Cal Stewart were released by Edison Records as early as 1898.

A number of record labels specialize in the comedy genre, including AST Records, Comedy Central Records, Partee Records, Stand Up! Records, and Stereolaffs.

RYM's top comedy albums

NSW · 04-22-2012, 06:49 PM

It's a good week for me.

**Exo** · 04-22-2012, 07:37 PM

Where does a snowman keep his money?

****ING SNOWBANK

Mrd00d · 04-22-2012, 09:08 PM

1st, I love Stephen Lynch and haven't heard him in a good 3 or 4 years... I don't recognize those tunes, are they new? What album are those from NSW? Also, nice Flight of the Conchords...

With a nod to "Adam Sandler, funny guy, really?" thread, I feel I must provide examples of his work from 'the old days' that still crack me up:

WWWP · 04-22-2012, 11:46 PM

I love Bill Hicks and his abrasiveness so much.

That was an interesting RYM list, by the way. I was kind of surprised by a few of the albums that were in the top 100.

Mrd00d · 04-22-2012, 11:54 PM

I'm glad you put up some Bill Hicks. I wanted to do two or three different comedians but didn't want to spam a bunch of videos. I thought there would be more people chiming in though, so I might say bollocks and do some more. I can think of a few other Bill Hicks segments to snag, but I might want to hit up Mitch Hedberg first.

Whoa, I just looked at the RYM and you're right! How is Mitch #3, ahead of Bill Hicks?! I love Mitch, too, but I had no idea he was so popular. That popular? Wow.

Glad to see so MUCH Bill Hicks high on the list - about 5 albums in the top 50.

Flight of the Conchords ranked pretty well, too, I'd say.

WWWP · 04-22-2012, 11:59 PM

Yeah I had several things in mind that I wanted to post but I figured I'd just post one comedian/album at a time and gauge the overall interest in the thread before I go through the trouble of posting more. I'm still kind of sad about the lack of contribution to the showtunes thread last week, haha.

Guybrush · 04-23-2012, 12:24 AM

Some music videos from Erlend and Steinjo

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-23-2012, 03:53 AM

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Some music videos from Erlend and Steinjo

I loved that.

Straight from the long white cloud I present:

Violent & Funky · 04-23-2012, 04:02 AM

Louis CK is in a class of his own right now:

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Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	I'm glad you put up some Bill Hicks. I wanted to do two or three different comedians but didn't want to spam a bunch of videos. I thought there would be more people chiming in though, so I might say bollocks and do some more. I can think of a few other Bill Hicks segments to snag, but I might want to hit up Mitch Hedberg first. Whoa, I just looked at the RYM and you're right! How is Mitch #3, ahead of Bill Hicks?! I love Mitch, too, but I had no idea he was so popular. That popular? Wow. Glad to see so MUCH Bill Hicks high on the list - about 5 albums in the top 50. Flight of the Conchords ranked pretty well, too, I'd say. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

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