Jason Klamm is a documentary writer, director and producer. Also comedies. He does those.
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 18 - Tom Lehrer - That Was The Year That Was
Happy New Year and happy satire. Sure, that’s an expression. One of the great, energetic musical comedians, Tom Lehrer is a must-listen (again, another real expression) for those bent on listening to comedy made by intelligent people.
Until recently, Lehrer was a university professor who got…
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 16 - George Carlin - Class Clown
We waited too long to get to this album, since its among the first albums I ever listened to, and it simply blew my mind. What’s disappointing is its the first one I simply have not been able to find locally on vinyl - despite having it in the secret Comedy on Vinyl Vaults somewhere deep in…
Yep, that’s me taking my shirt off in front of Chris Hardwick. And my beautiful girlfriend holding my shirt down so he doesn’t get exposed to my excessive manliness. SO excited. To be fair, I don’t think I’m in the upcoming episode - supposed to be the January 14th episode - but it’s super exciting to be in the promo.
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 15 - Eric Idle and Neil Innes - The Rutles
After Monty Python, Eric Idle continued the sketch comedy television with Rutland Weekend Television, which featured “The Seventh Python,” Neil Innes. Best known beyond The Rutles as an amazing absurd satirist, Innes brought a musical legitimacy that Idle, with impressive musical…
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 14 - Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks may have made the name he has today with a unique brand of parody, but Young Frankenstein is arguably his masterpiece, and is no doubt the beginning of a brand of pastiche that has informed the work of every great filmmaker of the last four decades. Self-awareness without having to…
Shaun & Record Victim
Shaun of the Dead
(11/18/11)Earlier: Barf, Marty McFly, Sloth, MacReady, Ash, Gob Bluth, Peter Venkman
Happy New Year and happy satire. Sure, that’s an expression. One of the great, energetic musical comedians, Tom Lehrer is a must-listen (again, another real expression) for those bent on listening to comedy made by intelligent people.
We waited too long to get to this album, since its among the first albums I ever listened to, and it simply blew my mind. What’s disappointing is its the first one I simply have not been able to find locally on vinyl - despite having it in the secret Comedy on Vinyl Vaults somewhere deep in…
Mel Brooks may have made the name he has today with a unique brand of parody, but Young Frankenstein is arguably his masterpiece, and is no doubt the beginning of a brand of pastiche that has informed the work of every great filmmaker of the last four decades. Self-awareness without having to…