Martin Mull is a pretty talented guy.
He’s an actor, musician, artist, and comedian.
He’s come out with a bunch of comedy recordings
over the years with some decent material on them.
He seems to be big on vitamin C.
I played this cut on the show this week…

This is a brilliant piece of early comedy from 1928
by Frank Crumit.
The wordplay is excellent, keeping in mind that it
was performed almost 100 years ago.
This has it all…dogs, horse flesh, candles, barns,etc;
A pretty funny bit even after all these years…

I just have to post this piece again by
Kathleen Madigan, I played it on the show
this week and people loved it.
Well, I did anyway.
She is one talented story teller, always with a
great punchline or twist at the end, and this one
is no different.
She is also VERY good at staying neutral on things
and yet she still finds a way to zing someone or
something…all in a good natured way of course.
What have we gained, what have we lost indeed!

Had some technical issues last night.
Thunderstorm hit the area hard, blew out the
batteries in the surge suppressor/UPS unit that I
have all the equipment plugged into.
I pulled the old batteries and swapped everything
over to run temporarily on straight outlet power
while I replaced and repaired same.
That killed the first half hour of the show.
This playlist is thirty minutes short of a full program.
And I’m a few cards short of a full deck.
Funny how that works.
I managed to fit in a fishing block.
Some new material by a few different artists.
I get a kick out of Noel Paul Stookey, he of Peter,
Paul, and Mary fame, doing the humor thing.
Not quite stand-up but very close.
Certainly glad to add that to the mix.
He’s right about the asparagus!
A hysterical piece by Kathleen Madigan, one of
her very best.
Onward and upward…

The Fruit Song- Martin Mull
Meat-O-Matic- The Late Show
I Love Food- Jim Gaffigan (s-up)
The Window Cleaner- George Formby
The Funeral Home Commercial- Mark Eddie
Kid’s Party Games- Brian Regan (s-up)
Two Triple Cheese…- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
No News (or what killed the dog?)- Frank Crumit
Witch’s Brew- Jeff Caldwell (s-up)
In Heaven There is No Beer- The Juggernaut Jug Band
The Chamber of Fate- The Vestibules
Clarinets- Tommy Ryman (s-up)
My Home Town- Tom Lehrer
The Asparagus- Noel Paul Stookey
Noodling- Kathleen Madigan (s-up)
Fishin’ Worms- Heywood Banks
Fishin’ with Live Bait- The Frantics
The Seasons- Juston McKinney (s-up)
Incompetent Typesetter- The Royal Canadian Air Farce
Babies- Sean Morey (s-up)
What a Horrible Cruise- Paul Curtis
Nails- The Look People
Banking- Mark Gross (s-up)
One Piece at a Time- Johnny Cash
Escape from Alimony- Larry Weaver
Sports- Henry Cho (s-up)
Tomorrow- Doo Doo Wah
I Hate When that Happens- Christopher Guest & Billy Crystal
Hungry Bears- Alonzo Bodden (s-up)
Office Supplies Unite- The Amoeba People
Nads- DJ Hazard
Blacking Out and Making Money- John Mulaney (s-up)

Martin Mull with a ode to those that cave.
You know what I’m talking about.
When you’re young your mind is clear, you know
what you want, and need, to do.
Alas, growing older adds a little fuzz, and a
demand for compliance.
As the responsibilities add up you’re forced to leave
the idealism behind, you sell out because the struggle
is no longer worth it.
It’s somewhat of a Miltonian equation…do you prefer
to rule in Hell or serve in Heaven?
It’s all rhetorical really.
We ALL cave, eventually…

The Vestibules with a really cool comedy sketch
involving the Big Guy and some schlub who
keeps forgetting what he’s told, to the detriment
of the human race.
Sums it right up.
I don’t know about you but I’d love to have a brewski
with the Omnipotent One!
Maybe a little bowling afterwards.
He does seem to like video games, so there’s that…