WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 1, 2022

Listener comments!
	3:00pm Jeff Ash: Good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Happy Thursday Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hi Andrew!
	🥁 3:01pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Hi testifyers! I am intrigued.
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:02pm Michael 98145: Hey hey
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Michael!
	3:03pm Michael 98145: do the pretzel
	3:03pm Moog1 Radio: Allan!!! My hero!!!
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Kurt! My hero!
	3:04pm doctorjazz: Hey Larry!
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:04pm adamdoesit: Hi Rev Larry, sons, and celebrities!
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hi adamdoesit!
	3:06pm Erica: Honestly a funnier song than Hello Muddah Hello Fathah
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:07pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi adamdoesit!
	3:07pm Erica: Hey Larry.
	3:08pm adamdoesit: Hey AiT! Erica, agree. But then, so is "Don't Buy the Liverwurst."
	3:11pm Funky16Corners: Recognize any of these voices?
	3:13pm captain mike: Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley?
	3:13pm tim abdellah: Hey Larry and All - Is Harry Shearer in there?
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: And Lenny, and Mr Burns from the Simpsons
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Tim! Yes, indeed!
	3:14pm Michael 98145: Road to Spinal Tap
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Tap into Testify!
	3:16pm Michael 98145: This must be one big flexi ...
	3:17pm Erica: Sounds like it Michael.
	🥁 3:18pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Monologists, do it for me.
	🥁 3:21pm Brian in UK: "You kids call that music?"
	3:22pm Erica: Funny how back then, older people thought 60s music sounded like trash. Nowadays we have autotune and pop singers who can't sing or they show too much skin.
	3:23pm Erica: I meant when 60s music was new btw.
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	🥁 3:25pm Brian in UK: Erica, older people or some at least did have great songwriters from the Thirties/Forties to compare with those long hairs. Think it was appearance as much as musical quality.
	🥁 3:27pm Brian in UK: Newhart's timing was spot on.
	3:28pm Erica: @Brian we've sure come a long way in the music industry.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Newhart had only done actual standup once or twice when they recorded his first album
	3:30pm Michael 98145: Ernie !!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: I wish someone would show his old shows
	3:34pm tim abdellah: Loving this set ❤️❤️ As a kid in the '70s in the SF Bay Area, I used to hear a lot of these records on KSFO's Comedy Hour - every weeknight.
	3:34pm Funky16Corners: I wish we had something like that in the East, though I suspect that WBAI probably did something along those lines
	3:34pm Michael 98145: Great to be reminded of all these greats
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: Bob and Ray did so many variations of this bit, always giving away hilariously useless gifts
	3:36pm Jeff Ash: Jean Carroll, great comedian, long forgotten.
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Yes! Jean Carroll was HUGELY influential, way ahead of her time in style and substance. A popular female standup who is all but forgotten today.
	3:38pm Funky16Corners: This is from her only album, from 1960
	3:41pm Michael 98145: Sadly never heard of her before now -
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: The only place you're likely to run into her today is on the reruns of the Ed Sullivan show
	3:44pm Michael 98145: "Freberg is also known for his affinity with the radio platform, stating that it is a special medium capable of stretching the imagination more than television"
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: He worked extensively in advertising, radio and TV
	3:45pm Jeff Ash: A couple of Jean Carroll clips from Kliph Nesteroff's comedy blog. classicshowbiz.blogspot.com...
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: That remark about the Greyhound is a reaction to an actual piece of art
	3:46pm AS from MP: My mother bought those two featured Robert Klein albums when I was in HS, early-mid 70's. My brother and I played them repeatedly, learned the bits inside-out. The funny but frequently unfortunate thing is, his topics and messages can still be so relevant today. He had some great HBO specials, and had major role on Sisters on NBC.
	3:47pm Funky16Corners: Hi AS from MP! Remember listening to comedy albums with friends?
	🥁 3:47pm Brian in UK: I was amazed that Joyce Grenfell was released on Elektra. So very English.
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: I think that was Bob Elliott's actual home address
	🥁 3:49pm Brian in UK: I have no trouble at all finding Bill Cosby's monologues funny; despite all that has gone on. Funny is funny.
	🥁 3:51pm Brian in UK: Funny is funny unless it is nasty or malicious. Swearing generally demeans humour in my opinion.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: Everything in moderation
	3:55pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Thanks for that link! Highly recommended.
	3:56pm Funky16Corners: That's Albert Brooks playing the piano!
	4:04pm tim abdellah: Bob Newhart turns 93 on Monday
	4:08pm AS from MP: It is very difficult to watch or listen to the absolutely hypocritical and sanctimonious "Cos," and try to separate his material from his loathsome actions and transgressions.
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: I agree. Cosby even made one of my favorite funk 45s and I have not been able to listen to it since all of his misdeeds came to light
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: Michael McKean doing a pretty good Curtis Mayfield imitation
	4:11pm Erica: Stereotypical black music trailer lol.
	4:11pm Erica: Seriously though it sounds like the Temptations.
	4:13pm Erica: It's Bayad!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: Freberg doing a spot on William Dozier imitation
	4:17pm tim abdellah: This Freberg has a real Firesign feel. Or perhaps early Firesign was more Frebergian than I realized!
	4:17pm Funky16Corners: @tim - Agreed.
	4:18pm Funky16Corners: I was mistaken, Daws Butler is not on this record, but omnipresent character actor Charles Lane is!
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: There's June Foray!
	4:22pm Woo: Love this stuff
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: One of the voice actors on this album, Bill Woodson is the narrator at the beginning of every Odd Couple episode
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: Hey Woo! Glad you're digging it!
	4:30pm Erica: Saaayy.
	4:30pm Erica: Reminds me of that Hey Arnold episode Hooky.
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: The first time I heard that Robert Klein Our Gang bit I almost crashed my car I was laughing so hard
	4:31pm Woo: you don't hear mink coat jokes these days
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: Right?
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: A status symbol of a bygone age!
	4:35pm Woo: aka "mink stole"
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: 62 years ago!?!
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Jean Carroll also interesting/important for working NY Jewish culture into her routines, much like Alan King and Allan Sherman. Probably familiar to people from the area, probably alien to people in the midwest
	4:39pm tim abdellah: This Jean Carroll is fantastic! I never heard her before today - thanks Larry!
	4:39pm Funky16Corners: I'm so glad you're discovering/enjoying her!
	4:44pm Discotech Underground: Hey Larry! Digging the comedy! Join me next for a 60's and 70's freakout on Discotech Underground right here on the Drummer stream! wfmu.org...
	4:44pm Woo: Half Hungarian? Did not know that. Listen and learn!
	4:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kip!
	4:45pm Funky16Corners: Real name: Frederick Karl Pruetzel
	4:46pm Erica: I thought cockroaches were Mexican. Haha.
	4:46pm Discotech Underground: Jean Carroll reminds me of a female Lenny Bruce with the Jewish idioms.
	4:46pm Erica: Not trying to be racist, just funny.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: @Kip - Lots of similarities in delivery
	4:47pm Woo: Never had roach problems but the ants still show up every year. And some house flies.
	4:48pm Funky16Corners: Ants every summer.
	4:49pm Jeff Ash: Freddie Prinze hugely influenced by Richard Pryor.
	4:49pm Erica: Surprisingly my house didn't have a lot of ants this summer, unlike last summer.
	4:50pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Oh yeah. Burned out quickly, too.
	4:50pm Woo: Erica, your ants went on vacation, plotting next year's takeover.
	4:51pm Erica: They were crazy back in March Woo.
	4:53pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	🥁 4:53pm Yvang: Thanks Larry! Fun & funny show indeed!
	4:53pm Woo: Now you gotta play that Gap thing!
	4:55pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks for a great show!
	4:58pm Woo: Thanks for the laughs Larry! Don't worry about 60. It's great! You care so much less.
	4:58pm spodiodi: happy bday, Larry!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Everyone!
	4:58pm tim abdellah: Thanks Larry - see y'all later!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Woo! Spodiodi!
	4:59pm Erica: Don't worry Larry. You'll be fine. Interesting show today.
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Tim!
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 1, 2022

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
John Byner	Everybody Do The "Everybody Do The" by "John Byner"	45RPM Single	Pop-Side	1966	45	0:01:30 (Pop-up)
Allan Sherman	Pop Hates the Beatles	For Swinging Livers Only	WB	1966	LP	0:03:18 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	Late Night FM Radio "Late Night FM Radio" by "Robert Klein"	Child of the 50s	Brut	1973	LP	0:06:18 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	Record Offer "Record Offer" by "Robert Klein"	Mind Over Matter	Brut	1974	LP	0:09:15 (Pop-up)
Credibilty Gap	Grammy Sketch "Grammy Sketch" by "Credibilty Gap"	Flexi Disk	Varitone	1971	Flexi	0:10:29 (Pop-up)

Bob Newhart	Modern Witch Doctor "Modern Witch Doctor" by "Bob Newhart"	This Is It	WB	1967	LP	0:24:14 (Pop-up)
Bob and Ray	Charles The Poet "Charles The Poet" by "Bob and Ray"	Bob and Ray On a Platter	RCA	1960	LP	0:27:09 (Pop-up)
Ernie Kovacs	Ode From a Germ's Eye Viewpoint	Percy Dovetonsils…thpeaks	Omnivore	2014	CD	0:29:37 (Pop-up)
Bob and Ray	Intro - Hard Luck Stories	Best of The Bob and Ray Public Radio Prohgram	Audio Arts	1986	CD	0:32:34 (Pop-up)
Jean Carroll	My Daughter Is a Beatnik	Girl In a Hot Steam Bath	Columbia	1960	LP	0:35:54 (Pop-up)
Stan Freberg	Pop Art Interview "Pop Art Interview" by "Stan Freberg"	Freberg Underground Show #1	Capitol	1966	LP	0:42:41 (Pop-up)
Bob and Ray	Rudolph and Irma Dance Studio	The Best of The Bob and Ray Public Radio Program	Audio Arts	1986	CD	0:48:08 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	The National Anthem "The National Anthem" by "Robert Klein"	Mind Over Matter	Brut	1974	LP	0:50:59 (Pop-up)
Albert Brooks	Rewriting the National Anthem	45RPM Single	ABC	1973	45	0:54:03 (Pop-up)

Credibility Gap	Kingpin "Kingpin" by "Credibility Gap"	A Great Gift Idea	Reprise	1973	LP	1:09:13 (Pop-up)
Stan Freberg	Flackman and Reagan "Flackman and Reagan" by "Stan Freberg"	Shaft Theater: Freberg Underground Show #1	Capitol	1966	LP	1:12:41 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	Mother Isn't Always Right	New Teeth	Epic	1975	LP	1:24:30 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	Our Gang "Our Gang" by "Robert Klein"	Child of the 50s	Brut	1973	LP	1:26:51 (Pop-up)
Jean Carroll	Mink Coat "Mink Coat" by "Jean Carroll"	Girl In a Hot Steam Bath	Columbia	1960	LP	1:30:35 (Pop-up)
Freddie Prinze	Puerto Ricans/Washington Heights	Looking Good	Columbia	1975	LP	1:42:04 (Pop-up)
Dom Irrera	My Family "My Family" by "Dom Irrera"	Greatest Hits Volume One	Scungili Brothers	2006	CD	1:48:49 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:58:11 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm Jeff Ash: Good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Happy Thursday Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hi Andrew!
	🥁 3:01pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Hi testifyers! I am intrigued.
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:02pm Michael 98145: Hey hey
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Michael!
	3:03pm Michael 98145: do the pretzel
	3:03pm Moog1 Radio: Allan!!! My hero!!!
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Kurt! My hero!
	3:04pm doctorjazz: Hey Larry!
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:04pm adamdoesit: Hi Rev Larry, sons, and celebrities!
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hi adamdoesit!
	3:06pm Erica: Honestly a funnier song than Hello Muddah Hello Fathah
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:07pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi adamdoesit!
	3:07pm Erica: Hey Larry.
	3:08pm adamdoesit: Hey AiT! Erica, agree. But then, so is "Don't Buy the Liverwurst."
	3:11pm Funky16Corners: Recognize any of these voices?
	3:13pm captain mike: Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley?
	3:13pm tim abdellah: Hey Larry and All - Is Harry Shearer in there?
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: And Lenny, and Mr Burns from the Simpsons
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Tim! Yes, indeed!
	3:14pm Michael 98145: Road to Spinal Tap
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Tap into Testify!
	3:16pm Michael 98145: This must be one big flexi ...
	3:17pm Erica: Sounds like it Michael.
	🥁 3:18pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Monologists, do it for me.
	🥁 3:21pm Brian in UK: "You kids call that music?"
	3:22pm Erica: Funny how back then, older people thought 60s music sounded like trash. Nowadays we have autotune and pop singers who can't sing or they show too much skin.
	3:23pm Erica: I meant when 60s music was new btw.
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	🥁 3:25pm Brian in UK: Erica, older people or some at least did have great songwriters from the Thirties/Forties to compare with those long hairs. Think it was appearance as much as musical quality.
	🥁 3:27pm Brian in UK: Newhart's timing was spot on.
	3:28pm Erica: @Brian we've sure come a long way in the music industry.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Newhart had only done actual standup once or twice when they recorded his first album
	3:30pm Michael 98145: Ernie !!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: I wish someone would show his old shows
	3:34pm tim abdellah: Loving this set ❤️❤️ As a kid in the '70s in the SF Bay Area, I used to hear a lot of these records on KSFO's Comedy Hour - every weeknight.
	3:34pm Funky16Corners: I wish we had something like that in the East, though I suspect that WBAI probably did something along those lines
	3:34pm Michael 98145: Great to be reminded of all these greats
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: Bob and Ray did so many variations of this bit, always giving away hilariously useless gifts
	3:36pm Jeff Ash: Jean Carroll, great comedian, long forgotten.
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Yes! Jean Carroll was HUGELY influential, way ahead of her time in style and substance. A popular female standup who is all but forgotten today.
	3:38pm Funky16Corners: This is from her only album, from 1960
	3:41pm Michael 98145: Sadly never heard of her before now -
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: The only place you're likely to run into her today is on the reruns of the Ed Sullivan show
	3:44pm Michael 98145: "Freberg is also known for his affinity with the radio platform, stating that it is a special medium capable of stretching the imagination more than television"
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: He worked extensively in advertising, radio and TV
	3:45pm Jeff Ash: A couple of Jean Carroll clips from Kliph Nesteroff's comedy blog. classicshowbiz.blogspot.com...
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: That remark about the Greyhound is a reaction to an actual piece of art
	3:46pm AS from MP: My mother bought those two featured Robert Klein albums when I was in HS, early-mid 70's. My brother and I played them repeatedly, learned the bits inside-out. The funny but frequently unfortunate thing is, his topics and messages can still be so relevant today. He had some great HBO specials, and had major role on Sisters on NBC.
	3:47pm Funky16Corners: Hi AS from MP! Remember listening to comedy albums with friends?
	🥁 3:47pm Brian in UK: I was amazed that Joyce Grenfell was released on Elektra. So very English.
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: I think that was Bob Elliott's actual home address
	🥁 3:49pm Brian in UK: I have no trouble at all finding Bill Cosby's monologues funny; despite all that has gone on. Funny is funny.
	🥁 3:51pm Brian in UK: Funny is funny unless it is nasty or malicious. Swearing generally demeans humour in my opinion.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: Everything in moderation
	3:55pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Thanks for that link! Highly recommended.
	3:56pm Funky16Corners: That's Albert Brooks playing the piano!
	4:04pm tim abdellah: Bob Newhart turns 93 on Monday
	4:08pm AS from MP: It is very difficult to watch or listen to the absolutely hypocritical and sanctimonious "Cos," and try to separate his material from his loathsome actions and transgressions.
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: I agree. Cosby even made one of my favorite funk 45s and I have not been able to listen to it since all of his misdeeds came to light
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: Michael McKean doing a pretty good Curtis Mayfield imitation
	4:11pm Erica: Stereotypical black music trailer lol.
	4:11pm Erica: Seriously though it sounds like the Temptations.
	4:13pm Erica: It's Bayad!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: Freberg doing a spot on William Dozier imitation
	4:17pm tim abdellah: This Freberg has a real Firesign feel. Or perhaps early Firesign was more Frebergian than I realized!
	4:17pm Funky16Corners: @tim - Agreed.
	4:18pm Funky16Corners: I was mistaken, Daws Butler is not on this record, but omnipresent character actor Charles Lane is!
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: There's June Foray!
	4:22pm Woo: Love this stuff
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: One of the voice actors on this album, Bill Woodson is the narrator at the beginning of every Odd Couple episode
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: Hey Woo! Glad you're digging it!
	4:30pm Erica: Saaayy.
	4:30pm Erica: Reminds me of that Hey Arnold episode Hooky.
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: The first time I heard that Robert Klein Our Gang bit I almost crashed my car I was laughing so hard
	4:31pm Woo: you don't hear mink coat jokes these days
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: Right?
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: A status symbol of a bygone age!
	4:35pm Woo: aka "mink stole"
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: 62 years ago!?!
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Jean Carroll also interesting/important for working NY Jewish culture into her routines, much like Alan King and Allan Sherman. Probably familiar to people from the area, probably alien to people in the midwest
	4:39pm tim abdellah: This Jean Carroll is fantastic! I never heard her before today - thanks Larry!
	4:39pm Funky16Corners: I'm so glad you're discovering/enjoying her!
	4:44pm Discotech Underground: Hey Larry! Digging the comedy! Join me next for a 60's and 70's freakout on Discotech Underground right here on the Drummer stream! wfmu.org...
	4:44pm Woo: Half Hungarian? Did not know that. Listen and learn!
	4:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kip!
	4:45pm Funky16Corners: Real name: Frederick Karl Pruetzel
	4:46pm Erica: I thought cockroaches were Mexican. Haha.
	4:46pm Discotech Underground: Jean Carroll reminds me of a female Lenny Bruce with the Jewish idioms.
	4:46pm Erica: Not trying to be racist, just funny.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: @Kip - Lots of similarities in delivery
	4:47pm Woo: Never had roach problems but the ants still show up every year. And some house flies.
	4:48pm Funky16Corners: Ants every summer.
	4:49pm Jeff Ash: Freddie Prinze hugely influenced by Richard Pryor.
	4:49pm Erica: Surprisingly my house didn't have a lot of ants this summer, unlike last summer.
	4:50pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Oh yeah. Burned out quickly, too.
	4:50pm Woo: Erica, your ants went on vacation, plotting next year's takeover.
	4:51pm Erica: They were crazy back in March Woo.
	4:53pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	🥁 4:53pm Yvang: Thanks Larry! Fun & funny show indeed!
	4:53pm Woo: Now you gotta play that Gap thing!
	4:55pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks for a great show!
	4:58pm Woo: Thanks for the laughs Larry! Don't worry about 60. It's great! You care so much less.
	4:58pm spodiodi: happy bday, Larry!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Everyone!
	4:58pm tim abdellah: Thanks Larry - see y'all later!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Woo! Spodiodi!
	4:59pm Erica: Don't worry Larry. You'll be fine. Interesting show today.
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Tim!
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 1, 2022

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