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Is a Very Funny Fellow Right! by Bill Cosby (CD, Jan-1995, Warner Archives) 
Is a Very Funny Fellow Right! by Bill Cosby (CD, Jan-1995, Warner Archives)

 
Is a Very Funny Fellow Right! by Bill Cosby (CD, Jan-1995, Warner Archives)

Artist: Bill Cosby
Release Date: Jan 1995
Format: CD
Record Label: Warner Archives
Genre: Comedy, Spoken Comedy
UPC: 075992716024
Product ID: EPID3087688
Description: Recorded live at The Bitter End, New York. Includes liner notes by Allan Sherman. All material written by Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby's 1963 debut, on Warner Brothers, was a hit, but in retrospect his best material was yet to come, on subsequ...
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Track Listing
1. Nut in Every Car, A
2. Toss of the Coin
3. Little Tiny Hairs
4. Noah: Right!
5. Noah: And the Neighbor
6. Noah: Me and You, Lord
7. Superman
8. Hoof and Mouth
9. Greasy Kid Stuff
10. Difference Between Men and Women, The
11. Pep Talk, The
12. Karate

Details
Producer:Allan Sherman, Roy Silver
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Live
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Recorded live at The Bitter End, New York. Includes liner notes by Allan Sherman.
All material written by Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby's 1963 debut, on Warner Brothers, was a hit, but in retrospect his best material was yet to come, on subsequent recordings for the same label. He hadn't yet developed his cast of characters, his storytelling style or his capacity for stretching out like the jazzmen he admired and really letting a piece develop. Nevertheless, what people responded to was his good-natured conversational approach and goofy, surreal way of looking at his fellow humans--and there's plenty of that here.
The centerpiece of this set is the "Noah" trilogy, three short conversations between Noah and "The Lord" (or, in the middle piece, a neighbor who can't get his car out of the driveway because Noah's under-construction ark is in the way). Cosby has already known how to make you forget you're hearing just one guy with a mike, as he brings out Noah's rising sarcasm over God's instructions ("Right...What's an ark?"). Cosby's revisionist imagination charms--in another piece ("The Coin Toss") he envisions a pair of great military conflicts in history as sporting events. RIGHT is a chance to hear Cosby at work just a few years before making records like WONDERFULNESS and TO RUSSELL, MY BROTHER.

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      Cosby's FAMILY-FRIENDLY, Story-Telling Stand-Up Comedy.
    Review created: 02/17/08(updated 02/17/08)
    by:
    erskinesneedfulthings ( 4920)
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    7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

    Bill Cosby's debut album Is A Very Funny Fellow, Right (1963/1995) presents great story-telling, uproariously funny stand-up comedy, for the most part. Some of the material is dated, but all very good. While Cosby's well-known cast of characters and comedic style are still very much in development, his conversational routines and jazz style are all here.

    The centerpiece of the album is the "Noah" trilogy, three short conversations between Noah and the Lord which are the impetus of the "Right!" part of the album title. It contains some of the wonderful mike work for which Cosby will become well know. His updated and sarcastic exchange with God is very funny and lends a new perspective to the biblical account in Genesis.

    RIGHT is a fine example of story-telling comedy and is family-friendly. It is an album worth owning and is an excellent learning tool for aspiring stand-up comedians.


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