Dan Chopin is a fine stand-up comedian, I’ve been playing
bits from his first recording on the show and he fits right in.
His timing and material are as good as it gets, and his stage
presence is high quality as well.
He has the gift of snark and he only uses it for good, not evil.
Some great lines here…

An Arlo Guthrie original.
There are many versions of this tune, this is not the
one that I played on the show this past week but it’s
an early recording from 1968 and it is fresh.
He has a great feel for the crowd, his rapport is real.
I met him years ago in Portland Maine, his security
people worked with my group.
From what I understand he retired in 2020 after a
55 year career in folk music.
There’s a lot of Arlo out there, this is a good tune
to start with if you have never heard his material…

Fast & Dirty with a humorous piece just made for radio.
That’s not a good or a bad thing, just pointing out the
lack of visual component.
F&D just started to post their material and I am grateful
for that, I have been playing them on the show for a while,
they are a great fit.
I like this one…

Gary Gulman with a look at having an old paternal unit.
Could be worse, you could be your own grandpa.
That’s a tune for another time.
Some good lines here…

Better late than never.
Not a block in sight.
I forced myself to avoid any semblance of packing.
Went with my mood from earlier in the week mostly.
It has been COLD around here lately, sub zero is not
something that you observe with a relaxed attitude.
With a windchill of 20 to 30 below zero you change
your habits, and your thinking.
I don’t mean to ramble, but if you DO go out, dress warm.
A song done by many people over the years gets the
opening slot, an able singer, times ten, in his own right.
A Vacant Lot piece that reflects a time when MTV
actually played music videos from popular artists.
The music almost never matched the visuals.
Is that still a thing?
A classic piece by the late, great Richard Jeni.
He was a superb stand-up comedian, top ten all time.
Just for the heck of it I may post my faves for all to see.
Landry and Biener with a dying art, sketch comedy
made for an audio only format.
Radio is slowly fading and so is some of the artistic output.
Makes sense but it is a sad thing to note.
Hank Thompson doing a song created in the late 1800’s by
Percy French, the Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter.
The Firesign Theatre with a simple, for them, classic.
Bowser and Blue dropping names like a prison pigeon.
I played an unedited version of a John Wing bit…me bad.
New Hampshire’s own Juston McKinney with some fatherly
observations, and advice.
Michael Loftus thinks the freeway makes you mean, I can
attest to that, I cut my teeth on rush hour Boston driving.
I will kill your entire family if you cut me off.
Arlo Guthrie with one of many variations of the Motorcycle
Song, this one has a nice personal touch to it.
Lewis gets the top spot.
Onward and upwards…

The Thing- Ray Charles
Look at All Those Idiots- Harry Shearer (The Simpsons)
Grown Up Travel- Zoltan Kaszas (s-up)
(This Song’s Gonna Make a) Great Video- The Vacant Lot
One Leg Too Short- The Royal Canadian Air Farce
Men’s Cooking Show- Richard Jeni (s-up)
I Am a Thoughtful Guy- Rhett and Link
Smitty’s- Landry and Biener
Morning Person- Jim Gaffigan (s-up)
I’m on the Phone- HYULP
Nads- DJ Hazard
My Old Old Man- Gary Gulman (s-up)
Abdul Abulbul Amir- Hank Thompson with the Brazos Valley Boys
Art Snob- The Firesign Theatre
Hair- Diane Ford (s-up)
The Normal Song- Bowser & Blue
Baby Trader- Brooks and Fraser
Single and Almost Wedded- Dan Chopin (s-up)
Copenhagen- Doo Doo Wah
Our Parents Did it Wrong- John Wing (s-up)
A Mismatch Made in Hell- John Forster
A Word from Farkle- Logan Whitehurst & The Junior Science Club
Young Kids- Juston McKinney (s-up)
The Cat Came Back- Wood’s Tea Company
Continental Steel- Robert Klein
The Freeway Makes You Mean- Michael Loftus (s-up)
Please Use this Song- Jon Lajoie
Meatco- Fast & Dirty
Construction Site- Emo Philips (s-up)
The Confession- Colcannon
Dammital- The Congress of Wonders
Family- Anthony Griffith (s-up)
The Motorcycle Song- An Education- Arlo Guthrie
Whatever Happened to Facts?- Lewis Black (s-up)

Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down.
This song has always fascinated me.
It’s been covered by all sorts of artists, from the
down and dirty to some of the most lighthearted.
This one’s in the middle of that pack, Tex Williams
is noted for singing mainstream country tunes.
One would think a song about the world’s oldest
profession wouldn’t be all that humorous.
What makes it work really well is the inclusion
of hypocrisy to the mix.
Life is like that…