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Episode 104 – Elan Mastai on The McKenzie Bros – The Great White North

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His film What If?, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan opens in limited theatres today, and nationwide Friday, August 15.  Elan Mastai is Canadian, and isn’t afraid to change his accent to subvert the US and take it over.  Again, his film opens today.

He also picked an awesome, self-referential, super-meta comedy album from 1981 – Bob and Doug McKenzie’s (aka Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) “The Great White North.”  It’s a piece of punk comedy that, like all successful punk things, got super popular.  Unlike some punk, though, this still has legs.  Enjoy, and check out What If?

 

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Elan Mastai

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Episode 103 – Matt Gourley on Monty Python – The Final Rip Off

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GourleyOne-quarter sketch group, one-quarter country band, 2 quarters comedy enthusiast, Matt Gourley joins us this week to talk about Monty Python’s The Final Rip Off, an important album for both of us.  We talk improv, sketch, and specifically Monty Python’s influence on his work with the amazing podcast/improv-sketch group Superego, which you probably already know comes back September 1st with new episodes and with additional Paul F. Tompkins’s.  I had a blast talking about this great double-album, which, while yet another compilation, might be the ultimate packing-in of the best of Monty Python, in terms of what works as audio-only sketch comedy.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Matt Gourley

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Episode 101 – Brendon Small on Steve Martin – Lets Get Small

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Metalocalypse and Home Movies’ own Brendon Small drops by at his own place to discuss “Let’s Get Small” for, somehow, only the second episode in our show’s history to cover it.  This time, we’re talking to a musician and comedian, so we discuss both sides of the Steve Martin coin, and also comedy and music nerdery.  This episode is the second in an unofficial and unintentional mini-series, following Dave Hill on “Wild And Crazy Guy” a few weeks back – two awesome comedian/musicians talking about Steve Martin’s insanely influential best works.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Brendon Small

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Episode 99 – The Levinson Brothers on Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol 1 – The Early Years

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LevinsonBrosThe Levinson Brothers sat down to discuss their fond memories of being introduced to Stan Freberg’s albums by their dad, and how that inevitably led to their current album, 2776, created with friend of the show Rob Kutner.  A future history lesson featuring Wil Forte, Aubrey Plaza, Reggie Watts, Paul F. Tompkins and basically everyone else you love, 2776 is not just a genuinely great comedy and music album, it also benefits the charity OneKid OneWorld.  Buy it July 1st or pre-order it on Amazon now.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: The Levinson Brothers

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Episode 92 – Brandie Posey on Billy Connolly – Big Yin

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BrandiePoseyThe awesome Brandie Posey (Lady to Lady Podcast) talks about the man who helped solidify her choice to become a standup – Billy Connolly.  Coincidentally, the first comedy album I remember listening to was a Connolly compilation, so it was a ton of fun to talk Billy Connolly and comedy in general.  Once you’re done, be sure to subscribe to her podcast, “Lady to Lady.”

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Brandie Posey

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Episode 85 – Mark Proksch on The Two Sides Of The Smothers Brothers

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You’ve seen Mark Proksch on The Office as Nate.  You might have been fortunate enough to see Kenny Strasser, Yo-Yo Master.  He’s generally just brilliant and funny, but he also picked The Smothers Brothers, finally bringing me back to something I have memorized most of.  It gets comfortably nerdy herein, even if he doesn’t have anything to plug.  Enjoy!

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Mark Proksch

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Episode 84 – Rocky Mountain Mike on Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol 1: The Early Years

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Rocky Mountain Mike (aka Mike Hardeman) has been creating political satire for years.  He began (as a lot of us did) recording himself and his friends creating comedy as kids.  He eventually moved into radio, and after an impressive back catalog, has finally released his first album of political satire, “Politically Incoherent.”  Mike wanted to discuss “Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol 1: The Early Years,” so we finally got the chance to put some Freberg on the internet air.  It was a lot of fun.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Rocky Mountain Mike

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Episode 83 – Rusty Warren – Part 2

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It’s the Rusty Warren interview, part 2!  No clips (except at the end) so you can get a better feel for the conversation we had.  It was amazing, and I can’t stop going on about what an incredible honor this was for Mike and myself.  Because it was.  Amazing stuff.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Rusty Warren
Brand-new theme song by: Richard Levinson

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Baby Episode 7 – Music to Shave By – Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney and The Hi-Los

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musictoshaveby_bothWe do have a regular episode coming this week – Part 2 of the Rusty Warren interview, in fact!  But to hold you over, here’s a find from an estate sale this weekend.  According to the record itself – a paper pull-out from a 1959 issue of Look magazine – this is the “first hi-fi recording to ever be included in a national magazine.”  How true is it?  Not sure.  But it’s great to hear Bing sing about wanting a double chin.

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Episode 82 – Rusty Warren – Part 1

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It’s finally here – our interview with comedy legend Rusty Warren.  Queen of the party album, progressive thinker, wonderful singer and all-around wonderful comedian.  In a time where sex in comedy meant being blue for the sake of it, Rusty turned it and made it a conversation piece.  Not just in dens around the country, not just in the earphones of her at-home listener, but right there in the face of her live audience.  She asked the women to play along so that sex, and laughing about it, were not exclusive to men.  In this first of two parts, Rusty talks about how she got started – and not just as an entertainer – and about what the comedy scene was like when she was coming up.  She’s amazing.  Listen close, and stay tuned for part 2.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Rusty Warren

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