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Richard Nixon inspired a slew of comedy albums that were more acerbic than previous ones (I’ve noticed) in part because his paranoid personality was an easier target than Lyndon Johnson’s more amiable public persona. Of course, years of domestic turmoil from Vietnam didn’t help matters, so with the growth of FM radio, comedy albums took more chances. By the time the early 70′s rolled around and Nixon was caught up with scandals, the good-natured ribbing of earlier comedy albums I’ve uploaded on this blog gave way to sharper edged razors.
Such is the case with this great album, Funny Farm. In it, Alen Robin, who had previously recorded the extremely popular comedy album Welcome to the LBJ Ranch! (it was, at the time, the second most popular comedy album in recorded history–only The First Family with Vaughn Meader sold more), used snippets of politicians’ voices in order to pattern a skit he’s used a number of times. He plays a psychiatrist with a roster of men who need his help for any number of conditions, most of them challenging their manhoods, you might say. This masterpiece has Robin deftly communicating with several clients all at once and even has each of them “talking” to each other as well.
Robin is one of the unsung heroes of political comedy. At one time the head writer for The Tonight Show, he’s recorded a few good and a few great political comedy albums with his cohort Earle Doud and also solo using his snippets to “interview” anyone from Mayor Ed Koch to Ronald Reagan. Jay Leno uses this type of edited technique for his “interviews” on the current format of The Tonight Show. It all goes back to Robin.
Don’t worry about whether you know much about these political figures. The comedy works even with limited knowledge, although a quick check in Wikipedia will give you the info you need. I’ll help you out by listing the order of appearance of each voice heard. Listen carefully as you will hear each one of them continuously interrupt each other battling for the doctor’s attention. At the end of the album, note the special disclaimer from the record company. Funny that such a warning is almost more necessary for political satire recorded today than it was back then.
Alen Robin (as the psychiatrist) and Catherine Robin (as Nurse Blinitz)
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Nelson Rockefeller
George McGovern
Spiro Agnew
Edward Kennedy
John Lindsay (mayor of New York City)
BTW:
This is the unedited version of Robin’s performance at John Hart’s
“Open Mind” in SoHo, New York City. A slightly edited version of this
album was later released under the title Naked, Really Naked. Source: Excerpts from Damn That Ojeda! blog.
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02 Side 2
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Alen Robin
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Earle Doud
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| Feb 14 1927 - Oct 19 1998 age 71
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01 Introduction
02 First Interview - Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower
03 Second Interview - Senator Robert Kennedy
04 Third Interview - President Lyndon B. Johnson
05 Tour - Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson
06 Fiest Interview - Governor Nelson Rockefeller
07 Second Interview - Vice Pres. Richard M. Nixon
08 Third Interview - Senator Everett Dirksen
09 Fourth Interview - Senator Barry Goldwater
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Earle Doud
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01 Senator Everett Dirksen
02 President Lyndon B. Johnson
03 Governor Ronald Reagan
04 Senator Robert Kennedy
05 Vice President Hubert Humphrey
06 Mrs. Ladybird Johnson
07 Vice President Richard Nixon
08 Senator Barry Goldwater
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Earle Doud
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01 Opening
02 True Of False
03 Multiple Choice
04 Statistical Survey
05 What Do You Hear
06 Sound Effects
07 True Of False
08 What Were They Doing When They Said It
09 Mutiple Choice
10 What Do You Hear
11 Sound Effects
12 Closing
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01 Robin Intro
02 Nixon
03 Humphrey
04 Rockefeller
05 McGovern, Rockefeller
06 Nixon
07 Humphrey, Rockefeller
08 Humphrey; to McGovern, Highly Incensed
09 McGovern and Humphrey
10 Agnew
11 Nixon
12 Edward Kennedy
13 Rockefeller
14 Humphrey, Everybody
15 Nixon
16 McGovern, Everybody
17 Lindsay
18 Nixon
19 Humphrey, All
20 Exodus
21 Nixon Closing
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Alen
Robin is one of the unsung heroes of political comedy. At one time the
head writer for The Tonight Show, he’s recorded a few good and a few
great political comedy albums (Funny Farm being the best IMHO) with his
cohort Earle Doud and also solo using his snippets to “interview” anyone
from Mayor Ed Koch to Ronald Reagan. Jay Leno uses this type of edited
technique for his “interviews” on the current format of The Tonight
Show. It all goes back to Robin. ~Damn That Ojeda! blog
01 Introduction
02 Humphrey
03 Thurmond
04 Rockefeller
05 Lindsay
06 Nixon
06 LBJ
07 Agnew
08 Buckley
09 Reagan
10 Daley
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Interview with President Carter.
- Sick, extremely sick (2:59)
- Stones & arrows, between me & R. Reagan (1:02)
- How many votes? 7 (:18)
- Nixon & Kissinger Public Enemy # 1 (:10)
- Who is president Carter vs. Nixon (:55)
- Small Miss. town, billions of billions of $ (:36)
- Amy's cat, the secy of energy (:24)
- The capital of Israel TV (:12)
- The nation, a sick person (:11)
- Good husband to Rosalynn? (:25)
- Carter & Nixon close the door (:07)
- The cat's meow, Billy sings (:26)
- Rich warm memories (:10)
- A crowbar (:19)
Interview with Governor Reagan.
- Andrew Young to really dim (1:44)
- Great depression, V. Forge, Hoover (:31)
- Off into the sunset (:53)
- Unemployment doubled, La. Purchase (:20)
- 5 Q's (:49) -- Enter Nixon (:21)
- He must go to prison (:16)
- Marijuana, LSD, great moral heroes (:21)
- T. Payne, back in the 50's (:30)
- Little failure, two white kids (:44)
Side 1 Interview With President Carter
Side 2 Interview With Governor Reagan
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