FAVOURITE COMEDY ALBUMS
FOREWORD: During the ’60s and ’70s, comedy albums made a deep impact on American society. But towards the ’80s, commercial radio and moronic corporate label politics kept any worthwhile non-musical acts from gaining major exposure. Perhaps HBO has filled in the gap.
1. FIRESIGN THEATRE
How Can You Be Two Places At Once When You’re Not Anywhere At All
2. RICHARD PRYOR
Bicentennial Nigger
3. FIRESIGN THEATRE
Everything You Know Is Wrong
4. BILL COSBY
To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
5. GEORGE CARLIN
Class Clown
6. FIRESIGN THEATRE
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers
7. NATIONAL LAMPOON
Lemmings
8. WOODY ALLEN
Stand Up Comic
9. VAUGHN MEADER
The First Family
10. STEVE MARTIN
A Wild & Crazy Guy
11. GEORGE CARLIN
FM & AM
12. FIRESIGN THEATRE
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him
13. CHEECH Y CHONG
Big Bambu