Comments on: iTunes Essentials – Big Comedy For Less Money

By: Pete Smyth

Pete Smyth — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:05:16 +0000

One of my favourite comedy albums last year was:

John Mulaney’s – The Top Part

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-top-part/id307807815

Currently sitting at $9.99 for 14 tracks. One of the funniest young comics out there now.

By: Jordy

Jordy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:37:35 +0000

same here, that album’s actually the one that got me into him in the first place.

By: Randydeluxe

Randydeluxe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:48:33 +0000

Yeah I got that album the day it came out last year.

I wasn’t trying to list my favorite comedy albums, you know, I was trying to list some great buys in iTunes. I don’t think this is one I would have plunked $9.99 down for if I weren’t a huge comedy fanboy, but maybe.

By: Randydeluxe

Randydeluxe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:46:09 +0000

There’s only one Brian Regan album in iTunes, and it’s a pretty good deal, but they don’t have any of his others. My favorite is “I Walked On The Moon”.

By: Jordy

Jordy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:12 +0000

I was almost surprised to see one of my favorites missing from that list, especially since you’ve been known to podcast occasionally with that Brian Dunaway fellow.

Brian Regan was a very random find for me through iTunes and Youtube but ever since the first clip I’ve been hooked! Plus, I really like how he set out to create a clean comedy act and succeeded in being a lot funnier than a lot of comedians that don’t work with a self-imposed limit on material

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:55:22 +0000

Hey Randy- great list, but I see one glaring omission- Louis C.K.
If you like Patton, Maria Bamford and Chris Rock, you will love Louis. His 2008 Album “Chewed Up” is 18 tracks of pure genius. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed!

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:10:01 +0000

I totally agree with you, audiences do love that, thus Dane Cook’s success. Its professionals that dislike Cook so much and I can’t really blame them for that. In the case of Robin Williams, I am aware he stole jokes as well, but at least credit was usually given by way of payment later on. Loving the blog Randy, keep it up.

By: RangerDANGER20

RangerDANGER20 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:30:50 +0000

Looks like iTunes fixed the Patton Oswalt deal…now 19.99 for the album and both tracks are Album Only….bummed now

By: Randydeluxe

Randydeluxe — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:53 +0000

You mean he uses other people’s jokes? Audiences love that. Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Dennis Leary and Bill Hicks, to name a few, are among the huge list of joke thieves. I think Dane Cook just suffered more than you might expect from his own success. A certain part of the culture likes to be contrarian, likes to believe that they’re part of a small group of people who appreciate something others don’t, and don’t like it when guys like Dane Cook go from being a small-timer – scrabbling to get by – to being the most successful working comic alive (for a time).

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:27:23 +0000

People don’t like Dane Cook because he plagiarises