F-Stop Junkie Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Following a chat between myself, OBM, Dan, Andy, Ms Prawn and some other folk, the musical comedy thread.Fresh from the Now Show - Mitch Benn! Size Zero and I May Just Have To are great examples of the big man's work. He's upto four albums now - first being half stand up and half songs, while the last three have been made with his backing band The Distractions. A great mix of comedy about music as well as musical comedy (if you see what I mean). If he's playing a gig near by, go see and buy CDs. I have some 'unpublished' tracks from the Now Show too, if anyone fancies... Ok, and I've just come across a ton of his stuff on YouTube The Tea Party, Coldplay Now, The granddaddy really is Tom Lehrer, which really still stands up if you're of an academic or liberal bent. In Concert was the intro for a lot of folk, and good it is too!For those with more classical leanings, Victor Borge puts an unusual spin on opera and classical music. Accomplished, but very funny. In an 'if you liked that, you'll also like this' fashion, Monty Python fans are able to continue to indulge with new material from Eric Idle including live albums and all sorts.Ummm, who else... Tom Wilson or now does musical comedy stand up too!Oh, and Bill Bailey has a proper album out, but quite a lot sounds oddly familiar...Right, collective TF conciousness, who else should be considered? Amatuer transplants I seem to remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Amatuer transplants are always a good bet, and i'm sure Richard cheese will be mentioned a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Damn you Charel, I was just listening to Ricky Cheese, was gonna mention him, I'll just resort to Monty Python, with such classics as "Eric the Half a Bee" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 what exactly are the stipulations for being under the musical comedy genre....if they have to be a comic who does music then billy connelly surely?if just funny music then MC devvo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Yeah Connely counts, it's fairly decent too. I think the criteria are: music that is at the least passable while being funny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Weird Al Yankovic? I'm sure some people must find him funny?Amateur transplants rock, but I'm sure you have to be a doctor to really get most of the jokes which narrows the target audience down a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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