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Track Listings
| 1. The Vodka Ad | |||
| 2. Vegas | |||
| 3. Second Marriage | |||
| 4. The Great Renaldo | |||
| 5. Mechanical Objects | |||
| 6. The Moose | |||
| 7. Kidnapped | |||
| 8. Unhappy Childhood | |||
| 9. The Science Fiction Film | |||
| 10. Eggs Benedict | |||
| 11. Oral Contraception | |||
| 12. European Trip | |||
| 13. The Lost Generation | |||
| 14. Private Life | |||
| 15. Brooklyn | |||
| 16. The Army | |||
| 17. Pets | |||
| 18. My Grandfather | |||
| 19. My Marriage | |||
| 20. Bullet In My Breast Pocket | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Compiled from Woody Allen's legendary standup routines of the mid 1960s, Standup Comic is an absolute necessity for any acolyte of the man's solid work from his Casino Royale and New Yorker phase.
"Here's a good example of oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, and she said 'No.'"
Between a youthful stint as a TV gag man and his groundbreaking films of the 1970s, Allen tried his hand at standup. He was, predictably, a success. Taken from nightclub dates in 1964, 65 and 68, Standup Comic shows how stylistically similar he was to contemporaries like Bill Cosby but also how his absurd flights of imagination made him utterly unique.
"I took a puff of the wrong cigarette at a fraternity dance once. The cops had to come and get me. I broke two teeth trying to give a hickey to the Statue of Liberty."
Now that he's a junior-varsity Ingmar Bergman, it's easy to forget that Allen's first public face was that of a world-class shlub--a rumpled redhead who shared stories of analysis, sexual frustration and failure. The long-form tales featured on Standup Comic (including Allen's famous bit featuring a moose and a cocktail party) provide plenty of laughs as well as an early glimpse at this protean comic genius. --Mike Gerber
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a compilation of the 3 LP's Allen released in the 1960's. Having been a very succesful and highly-paid television-writer, Allen took to being a lowly-paid (at first) stand-up comedian. Anyone who is familiar with Woody Allen's comedy movies will instantly recognize his style of humor on this disc. Psychiatry, his disastrous relationships with women, his relatives, etc. are his favourite topics, and they are treated with the typical Allenesque point-of-view, which somehow manages to put you on the wrong foot every single time. Some of the jokes on this album later turned up in his movies. This CD actually doesn't include all the material that was available on the original LP's, but what it lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality, and, like it or not, this is all we're ever going to get. Somehow I don't think he'll ever go back to standup. It's our loss.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Far from limiting himself to movie roles and directing, Allen has a rich past of musicality and stand-up, as well as fiction writing (have you read his Complete Prose?).
This is a CD of some fantastic early material, featuring the wonderful and individual style of comedy that is unmistakable Allen: he's abstract, fantastic, imaginative, creative and caustic all at once.
This is a real treat to anyone interested in outlandish and frivolous comedy - please sample it, it's simply brilliant.
This is a CD of some fantastic early material, featuring the wonderful and individual style of comedy that is unmistakable Allen: he's abstract, fantastic, imaginative, creative and caustic all at once.
This is a real treat to anyone interested in outlandish and frivolous comedy - please sample it, it's simply brilliant.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"I want to have a quick word about oral contraception. I was involved in a classic example of oral contraception a few weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, and she said no." Woody Allen only ever released three albums, all contained here, but he changed the face of comedy forever. Classic skits such as The Moose and Mechanical Objects makes this a must have.
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Woody Allen Standup Comedy
Very funny CD indeed. Shows the themes that will run through his work in later life and even a brief taster of Midnight in Paris about 50 years early
Published 2 months ago by Manx Physicist
Vigorous, very funny and Brimming with confidence 30 something Woody...
Top short Woody Allen standup sketches dated before his movies period.
The disc contains 25 tracks from 3 stand up performances in reverse chronological order,
The... Read more
The disc contains 25 tracks from 3 stand up performances in reverse chronological order,
The... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Say No More 67
Woody Allen Stand Up Comic CD
This is a very funny CD, I first heard it as a tape cassette 20 years ago and lost it in a house move. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Neil Alexander Hartley
LOL!
Buy this CD, and then listen to it in private. If you put it on your ipod/ music player, like I did, you will end up embarrassing yourself as you crack up with laughter on trains,... Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. Gomeze
Timeless
I first played to this my eldest son when he was 13, weeks later he was word perfect on the "Vodka ad". Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by R. Brighouse
Fantastic, funny material
This is like one of Allen's best movies from his early (ie funniest) period. The lines are superb, quotable gems that cause a good deal of laughter, and his bizarre scenarios are... Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2008 by CJ
wonderfully funny
This is wonderfully funny.
Great anecdotes, great one liners, classic Woody Allen. The most amazing thing about this timeless collection is that people who don't actually like... Read more
Great anecdotes, great one liners, classic Woody Allen. The most amazing thing about this timeless collection is that people who don't actually like... Read more
Published on 14 May 2008 by FRS
terribly funny
I have had quite many laughs over the years while listening to this cd. I've had this cd ten years now and every year or two I just have to listen to it. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2007 by Jari Ahvalo
Fantastic
I bought this album off the back of his films and i was expecting it to be good but it exceeded my expectations. Some great srrueal anecdotes. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2006 by Matthew Parker
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