February 2012
4 posts
Comedy on Vinyl Episode 24 - With Brian Stack →
Comedy on Vinyl Episode 23 - With Rachel Bloom →
Help Raise $5,000 to complete Lords of Soaptown →
Comedy on Vinyl Episode 21 - With Matt Besser →
January 2012
4 posts
"Looking Forward: A Hopemoir" audiobook now a... →
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 20 - Woody Allen -... →
http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/wordpress/word... →
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 18 - Tom Lehrer - That... →
comedyonvinyl:
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…
December 2011
3 posts
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 16 - George Carlin -... →
comedyonvinyl:
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…
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 15 - Eric Idle and Neil... →
comedyonvinyl:
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... →
comedyonvinyl:
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…
November 2011
18 posts
Baby Episode #2 - Several Albums to Come
comedyonvinyl:
To everyone who is awesome: thank you for continuing to listen. Thanks for putting up with this pseudo-sode, as I’m calling it, in the hopes it won’t catch on. There are a number of albums coming up, and we’re in the planning stages for the second live Comedy on Vinyl show.
Stay tuned for more. And have a good thing.
- Jason
Baby Episode 2 Direct Download
One of the best things Chris Hardwick has done in...
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Oh, shit, I can’t stop watching Bully Beatdown.
BBC America Orders Up More Nerdist →
A Drinking Game in the LA Weekly
Every month I’m in an awesome show where I get to play some of my favorite characters from the greatest movies of the 80s, alongside my favorite actor friends. Not also do we get to do all this, but the audience drinks along to key words. And so do the actors on stage. The show was just covered in the LA Weekly.
The show is amazingly fun - so far I’ve gotten to play Vizzini, Count...
Me: Isn't Moonshine the same thing as Everclear?
Jen: No. Everclear's more refined.
Me: By refined, you mean people wear monocles when they drink it...
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 13 - Cheech and Chong -... →
comedyonvinyl:
They’re back, and this time we cover the second album that made Jason and Dan become best friends while hanging out in a broken Ford Fiesta. Yep, that’s Upstate New York for you. This is, in fact, our first quadrilateral New York episode.
The appeal of this album is clear, even to comedy…
“Ha, ha! You are so nuts.”
– Lady talking to herself out loud at Burbank Library
Alright. Zombie movie treatment complete!
lordsofsoaptown:
Thank you to everyone who donated to help get Lords of Soaptown funded. Please stay tuned, as we’re going to be moving forward with another fundraiser for the bare-bones (Jason and a camera) version of the film shortly. We hope all of those who donated will consider donating again.
Sincerely,
Jason Klamm
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 12 - Monty Python - The... →
comedyonvinyl:
It’s taken much too long to get to Monty Python, given our collective love for the group, perhaps best demonstrated by how many Holy Grail references make their way into this podcast. This is a great primer album, though it makes little sense to listen to this until after watching the series…
October 2011
3 posts
Schadenfreude - A beach umbrella designed for German psychologists. #noshame
Klingon Smiley Shirts, etc →
32 days to go! Please help complete "Lords of... →
September 2011
7 posts
}}}:] - Klingon Smiley.
Lords of Soaptown Kickstarter Launch
lordsofsoaptown:
We have 45 days to raise $20,000! Please check out our Kickstarter page for more: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stolendress/lords-of-soaptown
Also, Facebook.com/lordsofsoaptown
and
twitter.com/lordsofsoaptown
and the official site: lordsofsoaptown.com
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Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 10 - Live Phil Hartman... →
comedyonvinyl:
He was Troy McClure. He was Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. He was Bill McNeil. Most importantly, he was a brilliant comedic actor, and loved by everyone he worked with. He also inspired some of us to do what it is we do. That was reason enough to make our first live episode a tribute to him.
This…
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Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 9 - Steve Martin: Let's... →
comedyonvinyl:
Every once in a great while, you come across a comedy album that changes comedy. Maybe it doesn’t change the nature of comedy, but it changes your understanding of what comedy can be. Rarely can a stand-up do that on his own. But then, it’s arguable that Steve Martin wasn’t just a stand-up,…
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Watchmerlin:
Threads of Taste
Excerpt from Toy Story 2 (dir. John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich; 1999)
Per yesterday’s marathon episode of The Talk Show (jump to around 123:52 here), this is a 15-second excerpt from one of my favorite PIXAR scenes in one of my favorite PIXAR movies.
It’s the bit with the POV shot while The Cleaner fixes Woody’s arm.
And, it’s a one-second shot.
Watch it...
He made the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs because he BENT TIME to shorten the distance the Millennium Falcon covered, thereby making it to the end of the Run faster than anyone else. This is the last time I cover your ass, George Lucas.
August 2011
11 posts
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Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 8 - Richard Pryor: Live... →
comedyonvinyl:
It didn’t take long for Richard Pryor’s work to crop back up on Comedy on Vinyl, which is mostly due to popular demand. Not only is “…Is it Something I Said?” still our most-downloaded episode, but two of my favorite comedic minds specifically said they needed to talk to me about this…
Comedy on Vinyl: Phil Hartman Tribute 9/17 in... →
comedyonvinyl:
Hey All!
The first live episode of Comedy on Vinyl - a tribute to the late, great Phil Hartman - will be three things:
1) FREE!
2) In a theatre on Melrose Ave in Hollywood.
3) One week before what would have been Phils’ 63rd birthday.
No, it’s not multiple-choice. It’s all of the above….
Baby Episode #1 - No Album This Week
comedyonvinyl:
Hey Everybody! A big thanks to all of you who have been listening to us comedy nerds as well regale you with our development as comedy people. This week, no album, but for good reason - we’re all very busy. That said, we have some awesome things in store, so please check out this week’s episode. And tell your friends!
Thank you,
Jason Klamm
Episode 8 Direct Download
At In-N-Out:
Me: ‘Scuse me bud, can I get some iced tea?
6-Year-Old Kid: That’s ice tea? I thought it was beer.
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Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 7 - Cheech and Chong: Big... →
comedyonvinyl:
If it wasn’t for this album, the 70s arguably wouldn’t have been the 70s. Before “pot culture” and “pot humor,” there were two brilliant sketch comedians who also talked a lot about pot. Those guys were Cheech and Chong. I wouldn’t be who I am if it wasn’t for Cheech and Chong - my first…
Poop on those guys that jacked my debit card info, spoofed my card and bought gas and groceries. Seriously. If you see them, poop on them.
Comedy on Vinyl: Episode 6 - The Firesign Theatre:... →
comedyonvinyl:
Not stand-up. Not sketch. Just pure comedy. The Firesign Theatre are, luckily, indescribable. You owe it to yourself to find any of their comedy. They have released 22 albums since the 70s and this is, frankly, their third.
This particular episode forgoes the convention of being clip-heavy,…