Monthly Archives: August 2019

The NASCAR Song

Steve Goodie with a humorous tune about one
of the most boring racing events out there.
He makes it sound pretty mundane, which, of
course it certainly is.
Seriously, how can you call it racing when you
never make a right hand turn?!
Mess with the drivers a little, make them go
Clockwise around the track, I’ll bet the passenger
side perspective messes them right up!
I wonder if UPS drivers watch NASCAR in awe.
I wonder how many people will get that joke…



Constitutional Peasants

One of the finest scenes in all of the Monty Python flicks.
As smart as anything they’ve ever done, and that is
saying something.
Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, and
Terry Gilliam loving the filth and chewing the scenery.
Help, help I’m being repressed has been a standard oration
for yours truly since this movie came out.
True comedic genius…


Mitch Hedberg 1998

This was right smack in the middle of my Just for
Laughs run in Montreal.
I hit that festival every years from the early 90’s
until they closed the border, a sad day indeed
for many reasons.
The Galas are always superb, the line-up is vast
and varied, this one had Mitch Hedberg in it.
Not one of the late, great comedian’s best shows
but it isn’t bad at all.
He was not a story teller, his strength was the
odd one liners he threw out.
His observations were interesting, to say the least.
An eccentric with a grand sense of humor.
We’re all a bit blurry at times…


Comedy 101 Radio Playlist 8.29.19

The last show before Labor Day!
Brings a tear to my eye, boy did it fly this year!
I threw out a few blocks that made sense.
A tribute of sorts to the late, great Kip Adotta.
He recently shuffled off this mortal coil at
the tender age of 75.
He was an interesting man, I interviewed him a
few years back (okay, many years ago) and he was
quite the character.
I played a rather obscure piece from him that
explains the origin of the capital of Thailand.
It’s corny as hell but quite funny, especially if you
are sick and twisted, like yours truly.
A topical piece by G. Xavier Robillard.
A magnificent piece by Paul Frees.
A lot of new material this week.
Keep yer chin up, plenty of Summer yet to enjoy…

Boris the Spider- The Pleasure Thieves
Pitfalls of Choice- Whole World
Dogs, Dogs and More Dogs- Tommy Ryman
Slaw Lane- Kip Addotta
Six of the Best- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
College- Gallagher (s-up)
Bright College Days- Tom Lehrer
Mental Health Hotline- Spanky
We Saw a Bear- Jim Gaffigan (s-up)
In Heaven There is No Beer- The Juggernaut Jug Band
Shi Tsu- Jeremy Taylor
Swimming- Demetri Martin (s-up)
My Own Damned Couch- Kip Addotta
Viaduct- Groucho and Chico Marx
My Parents- Greg Warren (s-up)
Code Monkey- Jonathan Coulton
Summer Vacation at Burning Man- G. Xavier Robillard
Marriage is Easy- John Wing (s-up)
The Uptown Poker Club- Jerry Reed
Dachsunds- The Mrs. Ackroyd Band
The Milkman – Gary Gulman (s-up)
Beer Run- Todd Snider
Another Nugget of Joy from Zorak- Space Ghost
Someone Ate the Baby- Shel Silverstein
I Need More Money- Nick Griffin (s-up)
Money- Big Jim Buchanan (Paul Frees)
Roman Numerals- The Frantics
Marriage- Adam Ferrara (s-up)
The Vicar and the Frog- Fred Wedlock
Pop’s Place- Jim Terr
Porn and Victoria’s Secret- Jake Johannsen (s-up)
Let Me Make You Smile in Bed- The Four Postmen
Spaz Attack- 2NU
Clean Out Your Room- Michael Loftus (s-up)
The Pussycat Song- The Laundromats
A Bedtime Story- Kip Addotta



Outgrossing

The is one of the first comedy sketches from The
Frantics that I perused, way back when.
From the perspective of prepubescent kids, with
all the stereotypical fixin’s!
These folks are the cream of the top, certainly on
the same shelf as Monty Python.
Canada has produced some great comedy over the years.
This is no exception…