Comedy > Cinram Logistics Comedy

it,s nutty walt on again

Advantages: includes all best known newhart sketches
Disadvantages: some items not so strong

This C D contains some great material,Newhart was and still is a one off,no one does these kinds of monologue's these days and even back then,most of these sketches come from the early sixty's,only Victor Borge comes to mind.Newharts idea's come from real life,in many ways he was an early leader in what became known as,"observational comerdy"although he is not as P.C. as most comedian's today,as in picking on women drivers in the Driving Instructors ...
...are based on historic event's,such as Abe Lincoln vs Madison Avenue,Introduing Tobacco To Civilization and Merchandising The Wright Brothers.All are bacisially Bob Newhart talking to himself about thing's he finds humour in,that most others would not be able to find anything funny in at all.These subjects include bomb disposal,flying,bus driving,retirement and jumping off buildings. I am not going to list every track as there are 10 on CD1 and 14 ...

tony2457 09.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Something Like This - Bob Newhart

A Definitive Classic

Advantages: A brilliant Roadtrip Album
Disadvantages: You may not want to get to your destination

...that you play it. The Definitive Blues Brothers Collection, I keep in my car, ensuring that on my frequent long journey's I'll have something that nearly every passenger, no matter their musical tastes can sing along to and enjoy. Not only is it a definitive collection of classic blues as sung by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (as well as many of the greats and Legends of Blues, Soul and Mow town), it's also a definitive classic that will have you ...

Myki 22.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Definitive Blues Brothers Collection, The - Blues Brothers (The)

Gruesome . . . But Wonderful . . . And Still Apt!

Advantages: Some songs will even disgust your kids! The Complete Tom Lehrer, Uncensored!
Disadvantages: Many references are Implicit rather than Explicit; you have to think 'beyond the box'!

... ~~~ THE REMAINS OF TOM LEHRER ~~~ This is a boxed set containing 3 CDs and one 80 page hardback book. The box is pictured above by Ciao! It was co-produced by Tom Lehrer and Dr Demento [aka Barret (Barry) Hansen] from Rhino Records in association with Warner Bros. and released 23 May 2000. The 80-page hardback book cover has a 1967 picture of Tom Lehrer playing a piano on the edge of the Grand Canyon, as Tom explains: "From an industrial ...
...DISC 1 of The Remains Of Tom Lehrer. Illustration: From British Vogue July 1959. The caption read: "You're not eating," said Tom Lehrer to the pigeons in this dramatic realization of his sprightly horror-song about poisoning the pigeons in the park. Tom Lehrer gives a last recital at the Festival Hall on June 25. * Songs By Tom Lehrer (1953) Self-recorded 12 songs (listed as 1-12 on disc 1). * More of Tom Lehrer (1959) 11 songs (listed ...

jesi 31.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Remains Of Tom Lehrer, The - Tom Lehrer

How much more black could this be? and the answer is none.

Advantages: You can turn this one all the way up to 11.
Disadvantages: Unfortunately this is not a real band.

...British heavy metal band released this collection of songs from the albums soundtrack as homage to the “Smell the Glove” album that they were promoting through the film. Due to the album being released as a soundtrack it never really received any great success chart wise and was mainly just purchased by those who, like me are great fans of the film. Now firstly let me start by saying that if you haven’t seen the film that accompanies this album it ...
...at least after you’ve read this anyway.) Like I’ve said the band themselves are completely factious everything from who they are to their previous career which was made up only for the purpose of the film. Just who are “Tap”? The main members of the band consist of some quite well known American actors, that’s right I did just type American as once you hear them talking in the film or singing on this album you would swear they where English. ...

HarryKgh 23.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of This Is Spinal Tap (Original Soundtrack) [Remastered] - Spinal Tap

Don't Laugh At Me Cause I Am A Reviewer.

Advantages: Buy this to listen to TWO great nostalgic songs.
Disadvantages: There are 20 awful songs as well!

...And My Gal" is also very good. In between, most of the other songs are slow tempo dreary sounding ballads set to mediocre string arrangements or very forgettable massively dated sounding ditty ballads accompanied by big band brass based arrangements. There are also a few cringe worthy duets that are also totally forgettable and some other rubbish songs where the instrumentation is just light percussion and a double bass. Many of the songs on this ...
...the 1950s. He is an iconic figure to this day in Albania. This is because his films were the only Western culture films that were permitted to be shown in Albania during the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha. If we were back in the days of the Cassette listening to this album would be torturous as you'd be constantly fast forwarding the tape. However, because this is a CD it’s an album worth having just to be able to play "Don't Laugh At Me (Cause I'm ...

bella6789 01.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Very Best Of Norman Wisdom, The - Norman Wisdom