Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness
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Free Music Review: Cosby's Best Comedy Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Once Upon a Time, standup comedy was a storytelling art form rather than just someone standing on stage cracking jokes. And in his heyday, nobody told funnier stories than Bill Cosby. This was Cosby before he became a megastar, when he still had a warm, regular guy kind of appeal. As much as any entertainer, he managed to break down racial barriers in the entertainment inductry. The universal nature of his tales of childhood and other observation were likely a big reason why."Wonderfulness" contains three Cosby classics "Chicken Heart," "Go Karts," and "Tonsils." All three are lengthy childhood tales that resonate as much today as they did when they were first recorded live four decades ago. Along the way, he introduces us to characters he would later refine on the Saturday morning cartoon show "The Cosby Kids."
Overall, "Wonderfulness" is one of the best stand up comedy albums ever recorded.
Free Music Review: Wonderfulness
Hit: 5 Stars
Wonderfulness opened my young eyes to the many facets of humor as it applies to day-to-day living. I was nine years old when I first heard this album in 1966. My older brother brought it home during his college breaks. Being very inquisitive, when he left the house I would rumage through his stuff and his album collection. One day I discovered Wonderfulness. Seeing Bill Cosby in I Spy, I didn't know he was a comedian. I listened to the album and became hooked. Having to listen several times to catch some of the meaning behind the humor, I could put myself in the situations and could see the characters he described. Old Weird Harold, Crying Charlie, the black snakes under the bed, Dad slipping on Jello, Sheldon Leonard jokes -- this album set the stage for the rest of my life. My 10 year old daughter has just discovered Bill Cosby through syndicated TV. I will surprise her with Wonderfulness and watch her beam.Free Music Review: Behold the master at work...
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember this album from when I was a kid...I think I actually wore out my parents' copy. So it's a special joy to "rediscover" this screamingly funny album as an adult. In an age when "comedy" consists of vicious insults, Cosby kills with playful, politically-free, perfectly timed material. Listening to the famous "Chicken Heart" routine is to listen to a master of timing, microphone sound-effects, and original material. When The Cos was on, he was without peer. Quite simply, a classic!
...although I have to say that whoever made the decision to shorten the classic "Shop" bit, with it's exploding-bullet-in-the-kiln payoff, should be pushed down Deadman's Hill into heavy traffic on a rickety go-cart. Warner Brothers no doubt feared lawsuits from copycat shop students, but this example of political correctness or chicken-hearted cowardness is as wrong as lumps in Cream-of-wheat!
Free Music Review: Been laughing to this for over 30 years...
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm 39 now. My Mom used to listen to these albums when she was a teenager, and years later, she would to play them for me all the time when I was young. Instead of plopping me in front of the tv, we'd sit and listen and imagine Cosby on stage and we'd be laughing right along with the audience. I have been listening to them ever since. All these stories have held up wonderfully (no pun intended) after over 40 years. Bill Cosby is a master comedic story teller - and most of what he is telling is through real life experience.
I have several of Cosby's album's (I mean CD's!) on my iPod now, and it's hard to keep from chuckling in my work cubicle when a story like "The Chicken Heart" comes on...
Highly recommended to anyone who has never heard Cosby's old bits, and also to anyone that wants to enjoy them again.
Free Music Review: Classic, influential, endearing... and funny!
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember when I first became aware of Bill Cosby. I was sitting on the carpeted steps of the library floor in third grade, back in 1968. I was so enamored with it that I asked my parents to buy it for me. "Wonderfulness" became the first record I ever owned.This album directly influenced the way I look at comedy and life. It developed my sense of humor and how I learned how to make people laugh. When I tell stories, I use some of the exact voices and inflections that Cosby uses on this album. I find the same thing is true of some professional comedians I hear nowadays. I'll bet they listened to this album, too.
This album is pure Americana. It should be in the Smithsonian.