Child of the 50's

Robert Klein | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032NA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #17 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy
  • #26 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1950s
  • #42 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews > Spoken Word

Track Listings

1. Civil Defense (No Talking)

2. Public School

3. School Lunch

4. The Sex Impulse

5. "Fabulous 50's"

6. Substitute School Teacher

7. Starting Your Car

8. F.M. Disc Jockey

9. New York City Animals

10. All Night Groceries

11. The Panhandler

12. Public Service Commercials

13. My Little Margie

14. Commercials

15. Our Gang

16. Musical Instruments

17. Athletics

18. Words

19. Childhood Myth

20. "Middle Class Educated Blues"

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic of Comedy -- Still Funny, Still Relevant, June 25, 2000

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Anne M. Marble "Anne" (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of the 50's (Audio CD)

How can you tell a comedy album is a classic? Not to mention still relevant? Because although it came out in 1973, today's comedians are _still_ stealing jokes from it. <g>

I only recently started buying Robert Klein albums. Now, I could kick myself for missing out on all that great comedy. This is one of his best -- though I can't decide between this one and the more recent "Let's Not Make Love." Oh, and "New Teeth."

Robert Klein was the first comedian to appear in his own live HBO special. This album will show you why they picked him.

Anne M. Marble -- Reviewer, All About Romance

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Plain Standup, December 6, 2002

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Anita Zlotnik (Kfar-Saba Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of the 50's (Audio CD)

If you like standup comedy, but not as dirty as kinison yet not as "weird" as Steven Wright, this album is a must have- it's just Good plain smart and entertaining obsorvational humor... Robert Klein is a master at his field, and I own over 200(!) comedy albums of all genres, so I think you should take my word for it...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still funny after all these years., June 14, 2000

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JOHN GODFREY (Milwaukee ,WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Child of the 50's (Audio CD)

I orginally purchased this CD as a vinyl album (remember those?). It is aging better than Klein's next album, "Mind Over Matter" & is relevant to those of us who were kids in the 50's. Robert Klein is as old as or a bit older than the oldest "boomers". We can still remember (feeble though our minds may be) the old spinster teachers, civil defense drills, and the sex impluse that Johnny Mathis songs could incite. It was a foolish, absurd, sometimes scary time. Robert Klein also makes it very funny.