DescriptionI Wanna Go Home is Bobby Collins' newest stand-up comedy CD. This dark-haired, warm-hearted, native New Yorker continues to speak to and for "everyman". After charming audiences with On the Inside and his Grammy-nominated Out of Bounds, Bobby is once again weaving a web of wit and observation as he shares hilarious tales about marriage, kids, and life in the merge lane. With the handsome good looks of Dean Martin and the physical prowess of Jerry Lewis, Bobby continues to be the "class clown extraordinaire!"…
DescriptionDescribed by Radio Times as "a brilliant observer of the domestic scene, a master reporter of life as we know it", Al Read's weekly show drew audiences of 35 million during the 1950s and 60s. Born in Salford in 1909, Al started life as a sausage manufacturer, having inherited the family's meat-processing factory. His comedy developed from his sales patter and after-dinner speeches, and he described his humour as "pictures of life". He drew on his working-class roots to come up with catchphrases such as "Right Monkey" and "You'll be lucky, I'll say, you'll be lucky". The rich Northern humour stands the test of time, as this collection of four shows from the 50s hilariously demonstrates.
DescriptionMargaret Smith, winner of the Ninth Annual American Comedy award for Best Stand-Up Comic, Female, in 1994, makes dysfunctional family life the backbone of her act. "Deadpan delivery", "blank-faced", and "funny" sums up her dark humor. She is one child out of six in a demented, dysfunctional Middle American family. But she contends that all families are dysfunctional in some way or another. Smith left home for college and needed money. Since she was from Chicago, she applied, successfully, for a job at Second City, which would pay half of her school tuition. That gig lasted three-and-a-half years and included writing many of the group's sketches. Eventually, she gravitated to New York City, where she began her stand-up career.
DescriptionThe Best of Just a Minute is a yearly event which brings together the greatest shows of the year. Just a Minute was devised by the late Ian Messiter, who came up with the idea on the top of a number 13 bus, where he suddenly remembered the horrible task of speaking for one minute without hesitation or deviation being meted out by one of his school masters to his class. Present panelists include Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Clement Freud, Linda Smith, Tony Hawks, Sue Perkins, Stephen Fry, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Ross Noble, Lisa Tarbuck, Tim Rice and Wendy Richard.
DescriptionNamed 1998 Female Stand-Up Comic of the Year, Maryellen Hooper has been described as "if Lucille Ball and Dick Van Dyke had a baby girl". This performance was recorded live at The Ice House in Pasadena, California.
