Modified On August 29, 2005
Rob Hiaasen, writing in the Baltimore Sun, kicks out a top ten comedy albums of all time list in “From Newhart to Rock: These guys made us laugh”
Over the next four decades, people bought records from Jonathan Winters, Jackie “Moms” Mabley, Redd Foxx, The Smothers Brothers (“Mom always liked you best!”), Phyllis Diller, Cheech and Chong and Lily Tomlin (This Is a Recording reached No. 15 in 1971). Then came Flip Wilson, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Andrew “Dice” Clay, Eddie Murphy and, more recently, Larry the Cable Guy and Dane Cook.
Through our Vinyl Word feature in the early days of our publication, we sought to provide context for modern day standup. We still run the occasional album from time to time. Good to see the Sun paying respect to the comics who moved a ton of vinyl. Read the whole thing to learn what came before.