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Moe Moskowitz (Author, Performer), Punsters (Performer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001

Moe Moskowitz is back! And this time he’s joined by NPR's Bob Edwards, Alex Chadwick, Terry Gross, Cokie Roberts, Susan Stamberg, Robert Siegel, Carl Kasell, Frank Tavares, Linda Wertheimer, Scott Simon, Andy Lyman, Ray Suarez, and special guest star Daniel Schorr.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

For more than fifteen years Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters have been the court jesters of National Public Radio. Their songs and sketches have satirized politics, music, the media--even the solemnity of NPR itself.

Assembled in mock-documentary format, CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION: THE WORST OF NPR traces the “history” of Moe and includes all his greatest hits, including such classics as “The Do-It-Yourself Big Hit Record” plus rare out-takes and unreleased live material. Here’s your chance to revisit with Basil Starling, Julio Reverb, and the Notorious BustaPants. The gang’s all here in this definitive Moe Moskowitz collection! (64 minutes)

From the Inside Flap

"Though the lines are becoming increasingly blurred (intentionally or otherwise), the number of truly inspired mergers between comedy and rock 'n' roll can be counted on a couple of fingers: the spot-on parodies of Spinal Tap and the Rutles, the punk vitriol of Bill Hicks, and the sweeping satire of New Jersey's inimitable Punsters. From within the somber confines of National Public Radio, these comic-musicians and their ever-scheming manager Moe Moskowitz (a paradigm for the new millennial entrepreneur if ever there was one) draw on the spirit as well as the sounds of the very best rock to energize their absurdist vision of life in the 21st century." --Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic, Chicago Sun-Times

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: New Millennium Audio (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931056285
• ISBN-13: 978-1931056281
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,244,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First-rate musical comedy, February 12, 2004

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Max Cole (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

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You'd have to go back to the golden age of American songwriting (Frank Loesser, etc) to find the kind of rarefied wit that flows in abundance out of this recording. I listened for an hour with a smile on my face.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hip!, February 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cancel My Subscription: The Worst of NPR (Audio CD)

My brother and I listened to this recording. I thought it was hilarious; a great pop-culture send-up. He didn't get a word of it. But I think his cultural references ended with Tommy Dorsey. If you're a little hipper than that, you'll love this! It shreds everything: including NPR. Delicious satire!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BONZO DOG BAND MEETS THE GOONS, September 20, 2004

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J.B. Valhalla (In the Shadow of No Towers, NYC) - See all my reviews

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Anyone who is tired of the sanctimoniousness of NPR will find this recording a superb surprise. Here are all those voices we know and love, but they're actually being funny and satirical and spontaneous! Who knew that Alex Chadwick and Cokie Roberts could sing! A witty collection of sketches and songs: clever, smart, and sly.