The Comedy On Vinyl Podcast

This week we talk with Rick Overton, who you’ve seen in just about everything, and who hosts the wonderful podcast Overview with Rick Overton .  We talk Jonathan Winters, Rick’s early years in entertainment, and a lasting friendship with his mentor and comedy hero. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:   Rick Overton RickOverton.net Overview With Rick Overton Buy...

Dan St. Germain takes a trip over the airwaves to say hello and have a chat about the huge influence of Patton Oswalt on his career in comedy.  Also, Dan’s first album “Bad at the Good Times” comes out June 10.  Check out his trailer for it here . Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:   Dan St. Germain DanStGermain.net Buy “Feelin’ Kinda Patton&...

The 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:...

I don’t have the words.  And you can tell.  I’m not ashamed to get flustered, obviously, but Jim is a hero of mine, and has been for 20-plus years.  He was the first voice actor whose name I learned and whose work I looked for every time I watched something animated.  This was a complete honor, and we talk Cosby and Smothers. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:...

Bad Teacher (CBS!  Tomorrow night!  9:30 PST!) showrunner Hilary Winston sits down to talk about The Muppets and going from The White House to “The Eye,” and running her own show after great runs on shows like Community and My Name is Earl.  Enjoy, and check out Bad Teacher tomorrow night. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:  Hilary Winston Bad Teacher The Mupp...

This week we discover a new friend of the podcast in the awesome Jason Pickar.  He raps and he comedies.  It’s a great deal of fun, and he makes our 2nd time with this album just as much fun as the first. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Jason Pickar Grabbin’ Rain Jason’s YouTube Channel Buy E=MO2 Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in...

Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Matt Lieberman Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission under the provisions of fair use for the sake of commentary, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy.  Please  subscribe to...

This week we talk with Rodney Allen Rippy about his career, being a child star, and being in the best movie ever, “Blazing Saddles.” Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Rodney Allen Rippy Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission...

Dan Schlissel returns and, as usual, demonstrates his prowess as a comedy connoisseur and expert collector.  This time, we hit our second Dangerfield album in the podcast’s history, basking in the glow of the seemingly simple one-liners and crowd work of Rodney Dangerfield. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:   Dan Schlissel Stand Up! Records Stand Up! Records on Fac...

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 Produce...

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...

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 Rust...

We 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.  B...

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 ther...

Eric Martin (host of This American Wife ) is back!  It’s a two-peat, which isn’t a thing at all.  Finally, someone picks Dr. Demento – specifically “Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Vol. 3: 1960’s.”  Couldn’t fit all that into a handy title.  We talk about the good Doctor’s picks and the influence this album and what I can...

For the first time, I get to talk with one of my best friends, and my only Best Man, Matt Saxe on the podcast.  To cross over a bit to our pet project, the comedic historical documentary “Vice-Precedence: Being Number Two in the White House,” Matt picked a piece by the Gershwins that features one of the only musical portrayals of a Vice President we can think of – in the musical...

Nothing like Christmas in January.  And nothing like a fellow vinyl comedy nerd like the incomparable Josh Mills to talk about Ernie Kovacs again!  Black Friday Record Store day 2013 gave us this little snapshot of more Percy Dovetonsils goodness, and it’s delightfully Christmasy, to boot.  Listen to us talk Ernie, Edie and what might be in our buddy Adam Storm’s attic. Host:  Jason Kl...

On this apostro-free episode of Comedy on Vinyl*, Jake Fogelnest and I talk National Lampoon and revisit “That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick.”  We discuss Jake’s love of comedy and obscure media, as well as his time at MTV. *Apparently, apostrophes break iTunes.  A piece of information you didn’t need. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Jake...

Sara Pocock proposed the idea that someone should introduce her to something brand-new, at least to her.  A classic she’d never heard of, or never new was important enough to listen to.  She picked the authority – James Urbaniak.  James picked one of the best – An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May.  Because I can’t think of a better title, I’m calling this subs...

This week, the Bender head comes off the bookshelf for the man behind the shiny metal ass.  John DiMaggio is not only the voice of Bender, and of Jake on Adventure Time, but he’s also a huge Carlin fan.  We sat down and talked a mutual favorite album, Class Clown, and I had the good fortune to watch and hear him imitate Carlin.  Amazing stuff.  John’s also the producer and narrator of...

Daniel Weidenfeld co-executive produces the wonderfully surreal “China, IL” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim with the show’s creator, Brad Neely.  Daniel wanted to talk about Chris Rock’s “Bring the Pain,” and we had a great time doing it. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Daniel Weidenfeld China, IL Buy Bring the Pain Please watc...

You’ve seen Omar Dorsey on Eastbound and Down, in Django Unchained and you’ll see him on Fox’s upcoming series rake.  He wanted to talk with me about Martin Lawrence’s album “Talkin’ Shit,” because, as Omar sees it, Martin was the first real hip-hop comedian.  We had a great time talking, and we also got to bring up Sheneneh. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer: ...

Jack Dolgen has created the music for a ton of music and TV shows you’ve doubtless seen, and he’s also co-writer/co-producer on many of Rachel Bloom’s music.  I wanted to get the other mind behind “Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury” to sit down and talk about his influences.  Lucky for me, he picked my heroes. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest: Jack Dolg...

Derrick Beckles dropped by to talk Canada, humor, Canadian humor, Rusty Warren and his comedy influences in general.  It was a hell of a lot of fun.  He’s the host and creator of Adult Swim’s alternate-universe entertainment show Hot Package, which you should watch Thursdays at 12:45 AM. Host:  Jason Klamm Producer:  Mike Worden This Week’s Guest:  Derrick Beckles Hot Package Please wa...

Brian Hall is a co-host of The MovieFilm Podcast and he’s the first to request The Simpsons, in any form.  While “The Simpsons Sing the Blues” isn’t exactly what you’d call their “A Material,” it’s a great snapshot of how this small nothing of a show became popular seemingly overnight, so much so that it had to be capitalized upon with a dance craze...