All Over the Place

Frank Caliendo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 30, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros.
• ASIN: B001EOOQFQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,565 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Taped at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas and on location in Los Angeles. Frank is best known for his dead on impressions of John Madden, Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Robert DeNiro, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, more...

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two excellent skill sets, June 11, 2009

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James R. Sanford "James" (Ravinia, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Over the Place (Audio CD)

Frank Caliendo is an extraordinary impressionist. His ability to recreate the voices and vocal mannerisms of a wide range of celebrities is remarkable, especially given the ease with which he switches from one to the next. But that skill is not necessarily entertaining. What is so entertaining about Frank Caliendo is his skill as a comedian. He uses the vocal impressions to deliver inspired comic turns that indeed, bounce "all over the place." For example, John Madden says, "I went off on a tangent, there" to which Bush enthusiastically declares, "I love tangerines! They're my favorite fruit!" And Clinton interjects, "I-like-melons." The whole sequence takes, perhaps, 7 seconds, and is typical of the sheer volume of jokes and laughter in this performance. Frank's comedy has the rhythm of an automatic weapon. But his observations are never mean-spirited or unkind, even while he exploits and exaggerates the foibles of his characters. Like Jeff Dunham, Frank has two great skill sets. Dunham is a wonderful ventriloquist and Frank is an amazing impressionist, but both are terrific comedians. Both are eminently likable as themselves. And both get away with outrageous observations by channeling those words through the voices and characters of others. My enjoyment of their humor is tinged with awe at their performance skills.

Seeing an impressionist is often an important aspect of appreciating the effect or the joke. And Frank's recreation of facial expressions is definitely worth seeing. But the vocal characterizations are so strong, even just listening to this performance is entertaining. I bought both the DVD and CD. And once you have seen the DVD, the CD is fully actualized in your imagination. I often listen to it on my iPod while traveling on an airplane.

Like Dunham's "Spark of Insanity" or Steven Wright's "I Have a Pony," Caliendo's "All Over the Place" creates a very challenging standard for Frank to follow-up. I hope he has the chops, but he has set his own bar very high. He should spend a couple of months in a conference room with a group of great comedy writers and once again, distill his new material until it engenders the waves of laughter of this performance.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CLEAN COMEDY, May 2, 2010

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This review is from: All Over the Place (Audio CD)

Although there is new material (president impressions), dont buy cd "make the voices stop" because most of that is on this new one. It is truly a hoot and funny, great when you need some laughter!

4.0 out of 5 stars Voices in my Head, July 15, 2011

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christa - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Over the Place (Audio CD)

I had not seen Frank Caliendo on MadTV. The first time I was him was doing a commercial on TBS/TNT. He does a lot of impressions. The best part of the CD is when all those voices, John Madden, George Bush, etc come together. Truly talented.