Top 10 Comedy .mp3s of 2008 from Earshot Presents
Bowie – Flight Of The Conchords
The Flight of the Conchords CD might not be a thru-player for any occasion, but hitting up a track every now and again sure is a pleasure. This one’s particularly fun (if you know your Bowie).
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Sarkozy calls Palin – The Masked Avengers
Sarah Palin’s office apparently vets her phone calls like John McCain vets his running mates. Montreal comedy duo Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel pretend to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy in what was only one of Palin’s most embarrassing moments of 2008. A train-wreck personified, this idiot was one breath away… ugh. Don’t get me started. The Masekd Avengers: “We have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It’s called Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit.” Man, they nailed this one.
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It’s Just Like Good Music – Sammy Stephens
Sammy Stephens, the king of the Flea Market Montgomery (and YouTube mega-viral sensation with over 5 million cumulative vid hits and countless mash-ups and re-mixes) was more than willing to spend ten minutes on the phone with Earshot Presents last August. He laid down some grooves (on the spot – no rehearsing!) that would appear on Within Earshot Vol. VI, which was named It’s Just Like Good Music in Sammy’s honor.
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Bill’s Bad Day – the Howard Stern show
Howard was obviously really psyched to share this audio with his listeners. It’s extracted from the viral of Bill O’Reilly losing his shit on the set of Inside Edition in the late 90s, when Bill had a little more hair. He certainly wasn’t any less of an asshole. Something about Stern’s snarky laughter in the background makes the audio almost as entertaining as the video.
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A Little 12oz Roll of Sausage – Randy Taylor
Texan-man Randy Taylor is ripshit about the Jimmy Dean sausage company rebranding their 16oz sausages in a new 12oz size. This message was apparently left on the Jimmy Dean customer service hotline. It’s mixed here by Earshot Presents with Moondog’s Bird’s Lament, as it appeared on Within Earshot Vol. V, Windows: Opens, EP’s 2008 spring jams . “Fuck, I wanna eat goddamn it.”
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The Phone Calls of Earles and Jensen
The Jerky Boys made prank calls. These calls are something else. Something better. Something Farr wittier. Something so outrageously funny it hurts. With two exceptional volumes of phone calls to pick from, the work of Earles and Jensen was far too good to choose just one track for a Top 10, and the following five tracks are just the tip of the funny iceberg. The duo’s pop culture references, characterizations, writing, and improvisation are astounding.
Signed to Matador records before the company was served with a lawsuit, you can now keep tabs on Earles & Jensen on their MySpace page. A quote from the Matador website: “The rich, fully formed universe they’ve created with their mind-blowing phone calls has to this listener’s ears, transcended the mere comedy / spoken schtick bin and puts the duo in much more rarified territory.” Wouldn’t you agree?
A Man With A Confusing Array of Things for Sale
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Incident In The Wave Pool
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I Ate An Entire Sheet Of Acid
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Room-Silencing Religious Call
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The Yogurt Machine
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