The Comedy on Vinyl Podcast

Inside the Archive: The Firesign Theatre (Documentary Short) - Presenting the first short film from Comedy on Vinyl and The Comedy Archive. It’s the story of Taylor Jessen prepping the Firesign Theatre archive to be shipped off to the Library of Congress.

Also, don’t forget to visit Taylor’s blog at taylorjessen.blogspot.com.

Inside the Archive: The Firesign Theatre (Documentary Short) Presenting the first short film from Comedy on Vinyl and The Comedy Archive. It's the story of Taylor Jessen prepping the Firesign Theatre archive to be shipped off to the Library of Congress. http

Our latest episode is up! Revisiting Harry Shearer (Episode 200) -
It’s time to celebrate! Episode 200 brings us a guest I’ve been hoping to speak with for years upon years – the fantastic Harry Shearer. I was honored when he agreed to do the show, and excited to talk a bit more about Stan Freberg, Harry’s other influences, and of course The Credibility Gap.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

This Week’s Guests: Harry Shearer
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Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission under the provisions of fair use for the sake of commentary, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy. Please subscribe to us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and like us at the Facebooks.
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Revisiting Harry Shearer (Episode 200) It's time to celebrate! Episode 200 brings us a guest I've been hoping to speak with for years upon years - the fantastic Harry Shearer. I was honored when he agreed to do the show, and excite

Our latest episode is up! Unboxing the Mouse Rat Album - Video Version -

Unboxing the Mouse Rat Album - Video Version https://youtu.be/i9hXIgdS_HM

Our latest episode is up! Episode 406 - Weird Al - Weird Al stops by, and Jason says goodbye.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Weird Al Yankovic
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Episode 406 - Weird Al Weird Al stops by, and Jason says goodbye. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Weird Al Yankovic Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, follow us on Twitter and like us at

Our latest episode is up! Episode 405 - Dan Gomiller on Weird Al - Polka Party! - My best friend Dan Gomiller returns to the show to talk about his exposure to Weird Al through “Polka Party!” and slowly discovering the jokes he missed.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Dan Gomiller
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Episode 405 - Dan Gomiller on Weird Al - Polka Party! My best friend Dan Gomiller returns to the show to talk about his exposure to Weird Al through "Polka Party!" and slowly discovering the jokes he missed. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden

Our latest episode is up! Episode 404 - Bill Frenzer and Bill Carey of Ogden Edsl -
Two of the founding members of The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band, aka Ogden Edsl, join me to talk about their careers, as well as to perform an improvised song.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guests: Bill Frenzer and Bill Carey
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Episode 404 - Bill Frenzer and Bill Carey of Ogden Edsl Two of the founding members of The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band, aka Ogden Edsl, join me to talk about their careers, as well as to perform an improvised song. Host: J

Our latest episode is up! Episode 403 - Ben Hoffnung on his father Gerard Hoffnung - Ben Hoffnung stops by to talk about his father’s work, as well as the upcoming archival website for that work.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Ben Hoffnung
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Episode 403 - Ben Hoffnung on his father Gerard Hoffnung Ben Hoffnung stops by to talk about his father's work, as well as the upcoming archival website for that work. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Ben Hoffnung Please subscribe

Our latest episode is up! Unboxing the Mouse Rat Album -
Unboxing the Mouse Rat record “The Awesome Album,” from Parks and Rec, originally streamed at twitch.tv/jasonklamm.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden
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Unboxing the Mouse Rat Album Unboxing the Mouse Rat record "The Awesome Album," from Parks and Rec, originally streamed at twitch.tv/jasonklamm. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Please subscribe to us on Appl

Our latest episode is up! Episode 402 - Joe Blevins on Trucker Comedy -
andler composed 1,000 songs in one year alone for the program.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Joe Blevins
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Episode 402 - Joe Blevins on Trucker Comedy andler composed 1,000 songs in one year alone for the program. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Joe Blevins Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, follow us on Twitt

Our latest episode is up! Episode 401 - Eddie Schmidt on The McKenzie Bros - Strange Brew - Eddie Schmidt returns to round out the McKenzie Bros oeuvre with the soundtrack to Strange Brew which, as you can imagine, is equally as meta as Great White North.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Eddie Schmidt
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Episode 401 - Eddie Schmidt on The McKenzie Bros - Strange Brew Eddie Schmidt returns to round out the McKenzie Bros oeuvre with the soundtrack to Strange Brew which, as you can imagine, is equally as meta as Great White North. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: M

Our latest episode is up! Episode 400 - Dan Schlissel - and a Dick Davy Announcement - The show’s benefactor and great supporter, Dan Schlissel, returns one final time to discuss the show, Dan’s love of the record-making process, and the project they’ve been working on together – a new Dick Davy album!
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Dan Schlissel
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Episode 400 - Dan Schlissel - and a Dick Davy Announcement The show's benefactor and great supporter, Dan Schlissel, returns one final time to discuss the show, Dan's love of the record-making process, and the project they've been working on together - a new

Coming November 17. Our final episode. After almost 11 years (and talking *about* him a lot), Jason finally sits down to interview
"Weird Al" Yankovic! In the meantime, check out a ton of other episodes from very fun people.

Our latest episode is up! Episode 399 - Ahir Shah on Beyond the Fringe - This week I’m joined by Ahir Shah to talk about the classic record Beyond the Fringe, the Footlights experience, the Fringe, and his comedy life in general.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Ahir Shah
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Episode 399 - Ahir Shah on Beyond the Fringe This week I'm joined by Ahir Shah to talk about the classic record Beyond the Fringe, the Footlights experience, the Fringe, and his comedy life in general. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Word

Our latest episode is up! Episode 398 - Katie Mears Asks Jason About 10 Albums - This week, Katie returns and does me the honor of interviewing me about 10 albums that mean even more to me now that the podcast exists.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Katie Mears
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Episode 398 - Katie Mears Asks Jason About 10 Albums This week, Katie returns and does me the honor of interviewing me about 10 albums that mean even more to me now that the podcast exists. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Katie Me

Our latest episode is up! Episode 397 - Adam Koford on Walt Kelly - Songs of the Pogo - Some of my first meaningful internet interactions were with Adam Koford, as a result of my love for his comics. He even let me sell a sculpture of one of his cartoons so I wouldn’t lose my apartment several years ago. This week, we talk about a record we almost talked about with another guest a while back, Walt Kelly’s Songs of the Pogo, and how this looks like a kid’s record, and almost is, but kind of also isn’t.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Adam Koford
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Episode 397 - Adam Koford on Walt Kelly - Songs of the Pogo Some of my first meaningful internet interactions were with Adam Koford, as a result of my love for his comics. He even let me sell a sculpture of one of his cartoons so I wouldn't lose my apartment

Our latest episode is up! Episode 396 - Alex Salem on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits - Alex Salem has been waiting a full decade for this to come out so he could discuss it on this very show. He returns to walk me through an album that I needed a little bit of context for. We talk about the songs themselves, the references and the history of Homestar Runner and Strongbad.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Alex Salem
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Episode 396 - Alex Salem on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits Alex Salem has been waiting a full decade for this to come out so he could discuss it on this very show. He returns to walk me through an album that I needed a little bit of context for. We talk a

Our latest episode is up! Episode 395 - Lew Irwin on Creating The Credibility Gap -
Lew Irwin talks about the origins of The Credibility Gap as a news satire show, and how Len Chandler composed 1,000 songs in one year alone for the program.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Lew Irwin
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Episode 395 - Lew Irwin on Creating The Credibility Gap Lew Irwin talks about the origins of The Credibility Gap as a news satire show, and how Len Chandler composed 1,000 songs in one year alone for the program. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike

Our latest episode is up! Episode 394 - Ned Hastings on Two Steve Martin Records - Ned Hastings returns to help me round out the Steve Martin discography, with The Steve Martin Brothers, as well as Comedy is Not Pretty.
Also, please join me this weekend to fundraise for a sick kitty in a live 20th Anniversary celebration of my first viral video, starring my comedy partner Dan Gomiller! Saturday, October 9th at 4 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific, you’ll find us at twitch.tv/dgomiller, and if you’d like to donate before then, visit bit.ly/saveskeeter. See you then!
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Ned Hastings
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Episode 394 - Ned Hastings on Two Steve Martin Records Ned Hastings returns to help me round out the Steve Martin discography, with The Steve Martin Brothers, as well as Comedy is Not Pretty. Also, please join me this weekend to fundraise for a sick ki

Our latest episode is up! Episode 393 - Ian Brodie on George Carlin - A Place for My Stuff - Dr. Ian Brodie joins me to talk about folklore, using Carlin’s A Place for My Stuff as a way in to talking about how he examines stand-up through the folklore lens.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Ian Brodie
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Episode 393 - Ian Brodie on George Carlin - A Place for My Stuff Dr. Ian Brodie joins me to talk about folklore, using Carlin's A Place for My Stuff as a way in to talking about how he examines stand-up through the folklore lens. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: M

Our latest episode is up! Episode 392 - Jordan Young on Spike Jones - Dinner Music (For People Who Aren't Very Hungry) - Jordan Young joins me this week to talk about the latest (and possibly final) edition of his book Spike Jones Off the Record (hardback): The Man Who Murdered Music. Our starting point is an outrageous bit of meta comedy album production, Dinner Music (For People Who Aren’t Very Hungry).
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Jordan Young
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Episode 392 - Jordan Young on Spike Jones - Dinner Music (For People Who Aren't Very Hungry) Jordan Young joins me this week to talk about the latest (and possibly final) edition of his book Spike Jones Off the Record (hardback): The Man Who Murdered Music. Our starting point is an outrageo

Our latest episode is up! Episode 391 - Family Albums Ep 11 - Spike Jones, Jr. talks about Spike Jones - Spike Jones, Jr tells the story of his father’s career, as well as filling in for his dad near the end of his dad’s life.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Spike Jones, Jr.
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Episode 391 - Family Albums Ep 11 - Spike Jones, Jr. talks about Spike Jones Spike Jones, Jr tells the story of his father's career, as well as filling in for his dad near the end of his dad's life. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Spike Jones, Jr. Ple

Our latest episode is up! Episode 390 - Family Albums Ep 10 - Karen Knotts talks about her Dad, Don Knotts - Family Albums returns, and we talk with Karen Knotts about her father, Don Knotts, as well as his 1961 comedy album, An Evening with Me.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Karen Knotts
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Episode 390 - Family Albums Ep 10 - Karen Knotts talks about her Dad, Don Knotts Family Albums returns, and we talk with Karen Knotts about her father, Don Knotts, as well as his 1961 comedy album, An Evening with Me. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Karen Kn

Our latest episode is up! Episode 389 - Josh Gondelman on Jimmy Pardo -
Josh Gondelman is back, and we finally get to talk about Jimmy Pardo on the show.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Josh Gondelman
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Episode 389 - Josh Gondelman on Jimmy Pardo Josh Gondelman is back, and we finally get to talk about Jimmy Pardo on the show. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Josh Gondelman Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts

Our latest episode is up! Episode 388 - Nic Robes on Tim Heidecker - In Glendale -
Nic Robes returns, this time to talk about Tim Heidecker’s 2016 album In Glendale.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Nic Robes
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Episode 388 - Nic Robes on Tim Heidecker - In Glendale Nic Robes returns, this time to talk about Tim Heidecker's 2016 album In Glendale. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Guest: Nic Robes Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, f

Next month there will be a big announcement about Dick Davy's recently-unearthed material on The Comedy on Vinyl Podcast. Keep an eye out!

Our latest episode is up! Episode 387 - DeEtta West talks about Cleavon Little -
I’m joined this week by the fantastic singer and actress DeEtta West, to talk about the work and legacy of her brother, the late Cleavon Little.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: DeEtta West
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Episode 387 - DeEtta West talks about Cleavon Little I'm joined this week by the fantastic singer and actress DeEtta West, to talk about the work and legacy of her brother, the late Cleavon Little. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden Gues

Our latest episode is up! Episode 386 - Shawntay Dalon on Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording -
You’ve seen her on I Think You Should Leave and Detroiters. This week, I speak with delightful Shawntay Dalon about Whoopi Goldberg’s one-woman show recording.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Shawntay Dalon
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Episode 386 - Shawntay Dalon on Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording You've seen her on I Think You Should Leave and Detroiters. This week, I speak with delightful Shawntay Dalon about Whoopi Goldberg's one-woman show recording. Host: Jason Klamm Producer:

Our latest episode is up! Episode 385 - Taylor Jessen on Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre - Out of Season - When I first met Taylor, he was the archivist for The Firesign Theatre only. Now, he also handles the archived of Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre, and he’s here to talk about their first record.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Taylor Jessen
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Episode 385 - Taylor Jessen on Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre - Out of Season When I first met Taylor, he was the archivist for The Firesign Theatre only. Now, he also handles the archived of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, and he's here to talk about their first record. Ho

Our latest episode is up! Episode 384 - Mort Crim - Legendary broadcaster Mort Crim joins Jason to talk about some of the comedy he grew up with and how he became the inspiration for Anchorman, and how humor has shaped his world view.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Mort Crim
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Episode 384 - Mort Crim Legendary broadcaster Mort Crim joins Jason to talk about some of the comedy he grew up with and how he became the inspiration for Anchorman, and how humor has shaped his world view. Host: Jason K

Our latest episode is up! Episode 383 - Bermuda Schwartz Returns - Bermuda Schwartz returns to talk more comedy archiving, as well as his book featuring photos from the early years with Al, Black & White & Weird All Over.
Host: Jason Klamm

Producer: Mike Worden

Guest: Bermuda Schwartz
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Episode 383 - Bermuda Schwartz Returns Bermuda Schwartz returns to talk more comedy archiving, as well as his book featuring photos from the early years with Al, Black & White & Weird All Over. Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike