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Retaliation [CD & DVD] [Digipak] [7/26] *
 

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Retaliation [CD & DVD] [Digipak] [7/26] *
"Retaliation [Digipak]" (07/26/2005) Comedy Cook, Dane, Comedy Central RecordsPersonnel: Dane Cook (spoken vocals). Logos are usually reserved for brand names, rock bands, and superheroes, but comedian Dane Cook has acquired his own logo--the Superfinger. This tricked-out variation of the middle finger embodies Cook's irreverent style of humor, and, on the one-CD/one-DVD set RETALIATION, recorded live in Boston, there's plenty of his quirky, in-your-face banter. Here the Massachusetts native waxes profane on being "Abducted" into alien spaceships ("I'm interested. I'm here for you. Don't suck me up by my chest."), "Superpowers" ("I'd like to be able to shoot spaghetti out of my fingertips."), and "The Friend Nobody Likes" ("You keep them [around] to hate their guts."). Like the crass buddy you can't help but laugh at, Cook isn't afraid to offend, and his carefree, often-absurd routines are sure to keep listeners chuckling, while waving their Superfingers in the air.

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Invite Them Up [CD & DVD] [PA] [12/6]
 

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Invite Them Up [CD & DVD] [PA] [12/6]
"Invite Them Up [PA] [Digipak]" (12/06/2005) Comedy Various Artists, Comedy Central RecordsPerformers include: David Cross, Todd Barry, Demetri Martin, Mike Bribiglia, Slovin & Allen, Craig Wedren, Marcellus Hall, Longhorne Slim. The brainchild of comedians Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale, Invite Them Up is a loosely structured comedy show that takes place in New York's East Village weekly, offering edgy and fresh comedians an informal setting to try new material, perfect their act, or just blab on and on about whatever. This great three-CD/one-DVD set from Comedy Central gives non-New Yorkers a chance to experience these brainy and funny evenings with a warts-and-all attitude. Plenty of time is wasted with acts coming on-stage only to spend a minute or so adjusting the mic or mumbling in-jokes to whomever, but it's part of the set's unambitious charm and gives the impression of "being there." At worst -- co-host Bobby Tisdale's numerous go-nowhere ramblings -- the set is indulgent and only mildly amusing, but at best -- other co-host Eugene Mirman's wry material, the beatnik-meets-Napoleon Dynamite set from Demetri Martin, and the team-up between Jon Benjamin and the spiritual godfather of everyone on the disc, David Cross -- the listener gets the feeling he is listening to the next big thing in a tiny club. The audio portion of the set sprawls and takes patience to pay off, but the DVD is tighter and offers instant gratification. Slovin & Allen present a Bob & Ray-meet-Samuel Beckett performance that's stunning, while Mirman steals the show with three short films, one confronting a cyber-heckler who sent him a nasty email. Todd Barry -- who's battling Benjamin and Cross for the best track on disc three -- covered this same kind of ground in his off-Broadway show Icky, based on a negative posting he found in the Conan O'Brien forums. That should tell you how indulgent and personal things can get with this set of "indie" comics, but the numerous ex-girlfriend and "I went shopping this week and saw...." stories come off better than expected in this loose atmosphere. Everyone will find the one or two comedians he or she just doesn't get and the set is probably too big for anyone who can't name all the members of The State, Stella, and Kids in the Hall, but fans of unpolished comedy rarely have it this good. Comedy Central has released some fantastic combo packages in the past, but Invite Them Up deserves special kudos for splendidly capturing a small scene long before its full impact is felt. ~ David Jeffries

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En Garde, Society! [CD/DVD] by Eugene Mirman (CD - 05/09/2006)
 

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En Garde, Society! [CD/DVD] by Eugene Mirman (CD - 05/09/2006)
"En Garde, Society! [CD/DVD]" (05/09/2006) Comedy Mirman, Eugene, Sub Pop Records (USA)New York comedian, film-maker, and writer Eugene Mirman performs his off-kilter comedy live, with hilarious observations on topics from Scottish homeless people, to swearing in Russian, to teen-oriented updates of the New Testament. Subtly subversive, Mirman's appeal lies in his sane responses to an insane world.

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True Stories I Made Up [CD & DVD] [PA] [11/8]
 

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True Stories I Made Up [CD & DVD] [PA] [11/8]
"True Stories I Made Up [PA]" (11/08/2005) Comedy Daniel Tosh, Comedy Central RecordsPersonnel: Daniel Tosh (spoken vocals). Take the rapid wit of Dane Cook and trade his hyper-cockiness for dry wickedness and you've got Daniel Tosh, which is by all means a compliment. Tosh matches Cook's ability to spit wry crassness, but he's more absurd and complex. Much of his material hits two to three seconds after the fact, partly because it takes awhile to unravel and partly because of the "I can't believe he just said that" factor. The title True Stories I Made Up is the least witty thing about this package, but it references a core routine, "Fictitious Disorder," that will one day be thought of as trademark Tosh. The comedian explains how living in denial is easier than reality on the track, and goes off on a long series of made-up stories that connect. It's the brilliant, standup equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine, but Tosh's less obtuse, blunter, edgier, and crueler side is just as funny. Suggesting athletes should be pumped with steroids because he has a high-def TV and wants his sports like his video games ("Who cares if you die at 40, you hate life after sports anyway. I'm doing you a favor") or drawing comparisons between the Abu Ghraib prison and the world of baby photographer Anne Geddes is sick and downright startling when delivered so casually by the comedian. In a lot of ways he juggles and alienates the audience in an Andy Kaufman style but without breaking the rules of standup. It's exciting and subversive and you only need to gauge the audience reaction captured on the disc to see how effective it is. At first they are quiet, probably creeped out, but by the end of the disc they're guffawing. The bonus DVD from his 2002 Comedy Central special is less interesting, either because Tosh hasn't matured his act to the sharpness of the audio portion or because the network's censors shaved off the more risky and rewarding material. It's a letdown, but the audio portion of the set is one sick, twisted, and hilarious stunner of a debut. ~ David Jeffries

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Absurd Nightclub... [CD & DVD] [10/18]
 

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Absurd Nightclub... [CD & DVD] [10/18]
"The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman" (01/25/2005) Comedy Mirman, Eugene, Suicide SqueezePersonnel: Eugene Mirman (spoken vocals). With its knowing Mort Sahl-era album title and cover photo, The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman is a deliberate return to the glory days of the standup comedy LP, those records that were hipster totems in the hi-fi days and a constant presence in Goodwill bins since. Mirman, a Russian-born, Boston-based comedian, isn't a throwback to the comedians of that era, but nor does he really fit in with the politically-charged likes of contemporaries such as David Cross or Janeane Garofalo; instead, he's sort of the indie rock equivalent of pre-stardom Jerry Seinfeld or stoner-era George Carlin: his observational humor is mostly born out of his everyday life (one of the funniest routines on the album is "Fleet," detailing his increasing frustrations with a screwed-up credit card account, and his early days as a Russian-Jewish immigrant in Ronald Reagan's America informs much of the material), but he's also a gifted verbal satirist in the Carlin tradition, best shown in the sidesplitting "Shapes for Sale" (slogans for geometric figures in the manner of those odd ad campaigns for beef or dairy foods, such as "Square: The Other Rectangle" or "Triangle: Hot Three-Way Action!") or a brief bit on challenging people who parrot made-up statistics. Mirman's a verbal comedian whose material doesn't lose much when you can't see him, making him a natural for the unfortunately largely moribund comedy album genre. ~ Stewart Mason

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Telepar'odiar (DVD)
 

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"Telepar'odiar" (01/17/2005) Spoken Word La 1/2 Docena, La 1/2 docena

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I'll Quit When Willie Quits [CD/DVD] by Wix (CD - 06/06/2006)
 

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I'll Quit When Willie Quits [CD/DVD] by Wix (CD - 06/06/2006)
"I'll Quit When Willie Quits [CD/DVD]" (06/06/2006) Comedy Wix, Universal South RecordsCountry-fried -- accent on the "fried" -- comedian Wix came to standup late in life, trying his hand at it after working in middle management at a major record label. As a result, his delivery is loose, borderline clumsy even, which is why it's so charming, if this filth can be called that. A rootin' tootin' good ol' boy who loves hotel porn, drinking, and getting stoned, Wix spends plenty of time in the gutter, unashamedly and willingly. Rowdy doesn't often come with wry, but it does here with material that's well above the usual bumper-sticker quality. The album's title refers to the man's love of smoking pot, something that explains the bits of Mitch Hedberg he injects into his country comedy. Country fans will love the epic "Montgomery Gentry," which finds the standup hilariously skewering the duo -- who actually got him his record deal -- for close to ten minutes. A lengthy bonus DVD of Wix live on-stage sweetens the deal. ~ David Jeffries

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Deadbeat Hero [CD & DVD] [PA] by Doug Stanhope (CD - 09/14/2004)
 

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Deadbeat Hero [CD & DVD] [PA] by Doug Stanhope (CD - 09/14/2004)
"Deadbeat Hero [CD & DVD] [PA]" (09/14/2004) Comedy Stanhope, Doug, Shout! FactorySince the late 1990s, Doug Stanhope has been releasing comedy albums steadily, but never quietly. From 2000s Something to Take the Edge Off through '02's Die Laughing, he built a solid audience for his acerbic, culture-hating, mean drunk comedy, and did so without compromise. The hard work seemed to pay off in 2003, when Comedy Central tapped him to co-host the Man Show. But despite the show's Stanhope-friendly blend of crass comedy and beer swilling, happily chauvinistic behavior, the comic's wit was still muzzled by the TV censor. Stanhope and co-host Joe Rogan didn't resonate with audiences, and their Man Show was canceled in 2004. Fans of his work on the show will find Stanhope's stand-up darker and way more foul-mouthed than his moment in the mainstream. But this makes it more refreshing, because you get the sense with Deadbeat Hero that the road is where Stanhope always wanted to be anyway. This makes it more refreshing. On Hero he's an equal-opportunity offender, a bitter, bitter man who encourages us to drink on weekdays, steal from the office, and date transvestites ("They're GOOD! You don't even have to pretend you got tricked anymore!"). He details his firsthand experience with abortions, hates his mother's chain-smoking ("...it's like some kind of respiratory Gallagher event..."), and winds eventually into politics and larger social issues. But there's insight in his occasionally offensive observations, and some striking cultural criticism behind all the jokes about gay priests and two-headed babies. Stanhope did his time in the TV lights. Now he's back live in a comedy club, with neither a censor nor the inherent protection of being on tape. He has no one to answer to, so he can say whatever he wants to, and has only his wit for backup. He knows the audience is either going to laugh themselves silly or punch him repeatedly in the face, and that's exactly the way Stanhope seems to want it. There's no doubt about it: Deadbeat Hero is some gutsy comedy. [The album came bundled with a DVD featuring the same show on video, bonus "street-level" content, and a vignette called Doug Stanhope: Behind the Mullet."] ~ Johnny Loftus

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Mitch All Together by Mitch Hedberg (CD - 12/09/2003)
 

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Mitch All Together by Mitch Hedberg (CD - 12/09/2003)
"Mitch All Together" (12/09/2003) Comedy Hedberg, Mitch, Comedy Central RecordsAbsurd like Steven Wright but nowhere near as laid-back, Mitch Hedberg throws out one bizarre observation after another on Mitch All Together. Hedberg builds on Wright's weird observational slant and has the same obsession with minutia, but while Wright was the man who fell to earth, Hedberg is a thinking man's Jeff Spicoli. His slack-jawed, foul-mouthed, stoner delivery takes some getting used to, but his material is great. The comedian points out that imprinting a chocolate bar with the candy's name robs people of chocolate, Dr. Pepper is better than Mr. Pibb because Pepper has a degree, and that escalators never really break down, they just become stairs. Wickedly riffing on these topics for longer than Wright ever did has given Hedberg a cult following and listening to Mitch All Together you can understand the excitement. Comedy Central makes it easy for the newbies to catch up by including a DVD featuring two of Hedberg's appearances on the network, one unedited. Barely any of the material overlaps and the whole package makes for a great introduction to this talented up-and-comer. ~ David Jeffries

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Harmful If Swallowed [PA] by Dane Cook (CD - 07/22/2003)
 

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Harmful If Swallowed [PA] by Dane Cook (CD - 07/22/2003)
"Harmful If Swallowed [PA]" (07/22/2003) Comedy Cook, Dane, Comedy Central Records

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A Wake Up Call for Telemarketers by Tom Mabe (CD - 08/12/2003)
 

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A Wake Up Call for Telemarketers by Tom Mabe (CD - 08/12/2003)
"A Wake Up Call for Telemarketers" (08/12/2003) Comedy Mabe, Tom, Megaforce

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Cure For The Cable Guy [PA] [4/4]
 

Cure For The Cable Guy [PA] [4/4]

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Cure For The Cable Guy [PA] [4/4]
"Cure for the Cable Guy [PA]" (04/04/2006) Comedy Hofstetter, Steve, Razor & Tie MusicPersonnel: Steve Hofstetter (spoken vocals). With his short-cropped red hair, intellectual-looking glasses, penchant for 25-cent words, and "thinking man's comic" tag, it might be stretching things a bit to call Columbia University grad Steve Hofstetter a punk rock comedian. Then again, the original punk movement was always about flipping off the establishment. And in the simple act of naming his debut CD Cure for the Cable Guy, then choosing a cover photo that depicts a doll dressed like Larry the Cable Guy being hanged in effigy, Hofstetter effectively rebels against the mainstream by positioning himself as the antithesis of the world's most popular comedian. What could be more punk rock than that? Of course, 60 minutes of attacking the "Git-R-Done!" crowd would grow tiresome at best, and Hofstetter is no dummy. Though he works in the expected jabs at the supposedly blue-collar comic who charges his fans $50 a ticket, the album also offers up intelligent jokes about racism, politics, the FCC, patriotism, religion, obesity, and more in a thought-provoking style that pulls no punches as it skewers myriad sacred cows in an effort to get to the sociopolitical truths that fans of his comedic nemesis seem all too eager to ignore. Ultimately, the Jewish comedian (who jokes about looking Irish and having a black adopted sister) comes across like a younger, edgier Jerry Seinfeld if he'd been influenced by the topical humor of the late Bill Hicks. Blending insightful observation with a decidedly un-p.c. dose of irreverence, Hofstetter proves you don't have to be a public enemy to fight the power. He's not the Antichrist, as he says some of his hate mail has suggested, but he is definitely the anti-Larry. ~ Bret Love

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Come Poop with Me [PA] by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (CD - 11/04/2003)
 

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Come Poop with Me [PA] by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (CD - 11/04/2003)
"Come Poop with Me [PA]" (11/04/2003) Comedy Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)Includes a bonus DVD of live performances and interviews. Personnel includes: Robert Smigel, Conan O'Brien, Adam Sandler, Horatio Sanz, Jack Black, Maya Rudolph. Straight from the set of LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN comes Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, everyone's favorite cigar-chomping, put-down-slinging canine puppet. Mixing live stand-up performances with lewd songs, crank calls, and star-studded sing-alongs, COME POOP WITH ME features Triumph at his raunchiest. During the course of POOP, Triumph attempts to solicit sex at a local kennel, extols the virtues of dog self-love, waxes nostalgic for the days of truly dirty "blue" comedy, and duets with Jack Black, Adam Sandler, and other famous (and not-so-famous) friends. Before launching into an anti-cat song with guest star Conan O'Brien, Triumph sums up the whole affair by warning: "For those of you that think that the show has been a little randy up 'til now...a little dirty...a little filthy...I just want to apologize, because it's about to get worse." And it does get randier, dirtier, and filthier, making this a very adult-oriented comedy album that ends on the hilarious pop-culture-skewering "I Keed," a hip-hop-inflected list of all the people and places that this insult-flinging mutt would like "to poop on."

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Never Scared [PA] by Chris Rock (CD - 02/15/2005)
 

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Never Scared [PA] by Chris Rock (CD - 02/15/2005)
"Never Scared [PA]" (02/15/2005) Comedy Rock, Chris, Geffen Records (USA)This release includes a bonus DVD. Personnel: Chris Rock (spoken vocals); Lil Jon (rap vocals); Don Newkirk, Mario Joyner, James Hannah, Eric Edwards, Mark Grandfield (spoken vocals); Shae Fiol (background vocals). Some things thankfully never change. Back with his fourth record, Chris Rock proves once again why he unquestionably remains one of the funniest standup comedians of his generation. The formula for Never Scared remains the same: excerpts from his recent HBO standup special and other dates on his tour. However, while his delivery and execution of a joke remain the same, the subject matter is altered slightly to reflect a slightly more mature Rock. Issues of parenthood, defending a new generation of rap music, Michael Jackson, and relationships are tempered with skits that parody modern rap music. Last time the target was No Limit Records and Master P, and this time around it's Southern crooner Lil Jon and crunk music. It's not a classic Chris Rock record, but it captures Rock delivering consistently outstanding performances, hysterical sketches, and the best Jermaine Jackson jokes of all time. It's most definitely worth a listen. ~ Rob Theakston

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Two Drink Mike [2/7] *
 

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"Two Drink Mike [Bonus DVD] [Digipak]" (02/07/2006) Comedy Birbiglia, Mike, Comedy Central RecordsThe title of Mike Birbiglia's 2006 release refers to what a lightweight he is. Couple drinks and he's doing magic tricks and dancing, but without the booze he's a guy who likes biographies, has serious opinions about wildlife, and is really good at drinking hot chocolate. That is what's great about Two Drink Mike, Birbiglia projects a humble attitude that's approachable, endearing even, but it leads to material that can be Steven Wright-strange and just as hilarious. Course Wright could be from Mars while Birbiglia is the weird kid-next-door grown-up and adjusted to the world outside just enough to get by. Imagine a protected kid from the suburbs devouring BET's hip-hop programming and you've got an idea of how Birbiglia relates. He's enthusiastic about the bling-bling lifestyle he sees on MTV Cribs but worries the rappers are dying inside and crying out for attention with their rims and grills. Gay cats, why parents can't understand computers, and the cockiness of handing Kleenex out before funerals are hot topics, and if it seems at first like Birbiglia is just a stream of consciousness guy like Wright; the trick of Two Drink Mike is how well it flows before exiting on a handful of hilarious musical numbers. Containing mostly different material than the CD, the bonus DVD of older performances is clumsier and features a more straight-laced looking, not as comfortable performer. You can study a comedian honing his craft by analyzing the two discs, or you can just sit back and listen to the arrival of stand-up's next big thing. ~ David Jeffries

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