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Woody Allen - Standup Comic

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Artist: Woody Allen
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1999-04-20
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
  1. 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
  21. N.Y.U.
  22. A Love Story
  23. The Police
  24. Down South
  25. Summing Up

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Free Music Review: See where the Woodman began....onstage in the 1960's
Hit: 5 Stars

In between building a career as a writer, and before embarking on a career as a director that would make him a cinematic American legend, Woody Allen spent a few years doing standup comedy. This album is the only remaining "official" document of that time. In frank, it is just as hilarious as any Woody Allen film or book - that is, if you love Woody to begin with. Early on, Woody establishes himself as a New York Neurotic - the persona we could come to know in his films. He even goes as far to describe life at a Neurotic baseball summer camp ("Nail-biters vs. the Bed-wetters"). The liner notes show press clippings of his performances, and while most of these quotes aren't kind towards him, Woody sends his audience into fits of laughter.

Rykodisc has done an impressive job of remastering these previously bootlegged albums into one disc. If you listen closely, you can hear "record static" on portions of the album, but for the most part this is a remarkable re-mastering. My only disappointment are the liner notes by Jim Hughes, who speaks only of his love of this album rather than sharing with us information on Woody's tenure as a standup comic. However, he does properly credit Woody with inaugurating the "little life" ancedotes that the writers of "Seinfeld" spent years trying to emulate.

If you are a hard-core Woodman fanatic, you will hear a few jokes that later crept into his movies ("I was rejected for service by the Army. Interestingly enough, I was classified 4-P. In the event of war - I'm a hostage.") It's also easy to imagine how some of this material would have ended up in his movies. Some people may say that the material sounds dated at times. Actually, there are very few references to current events - what dates the record is the total lack of profanity (a staple in Woody's films as well, for the most part). I love the dirty words of Richard Pryor, Denis Leary and George Carlin as much as any other comedy fan, but I find the lack of hard language as a refreshing alternative to today's toliet-joke comedy culture. If you're a Woody fan and have been procrastinating this purchase out of fear that you'll be disappointed, don't worry. Woody's stories will have you dusting off this CD for an occasional spin for years to come. See for yourself.

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