Jackie Hoffman: Live at Joe's Pub

Jackie Hoffman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: P.S. Classics
• ASIN: B001GC9VTC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Actress and stand-up comedian Jackie Hoffman (Kissing Jessica Stein, Garden State), the Second City alum best known for her bawdy and hilarious turns on Broadway in Hairspray and Xanadu, is heard here: salty, saucy and uncensored.  (In her own words, “It's fun, it's filthy, it's me.”) Jackie’s unique blend of cynicism, stand up, and original songs will make you realize why her shows at Joe's Pub are the stuff of New York legend.  Time Out New York called Jackie “the funniest woman in America,” and the Village Voice hailed her as a mix of “Carol Burnett's rubber face, Sarah Silverman's outrage, Ethel Merman's vocal throttle, and Gladys Kravitz's world view.”  Here she leaves no comic stone unthrown, targeting everything from West Side matrons to public displays of affection, from the vagaries of show business to her own mortality. The New York Times proclaimed, “Jackie has a love-hate relationship with her audience: she hates and they love.” Not for the warm and fuzzy, politically correct or faint of heart.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the funniest cd i've heard in years!!!!!!!!!!!, December 16, 2008

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non partisan (washington, d.c.) - See all my reviews

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Jackie Hoffman is a very, very funny woman. She's a terrific singer to boot. This cd had me laughing so hard while I was driving, I practically had an accident. Now, if that isn't an endorsement..what is?

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, November 16, 2008

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M. Welsh "book fan" (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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Not for everyone.

Brash, bawdy and beautiful Jackie Hoffman offers her own unique point of view though songs and stories. Highlights being "You're a Jew" and "A Woman from the Upper West Side," though all of them are gems.

Recommended for fans of Amy Sedaris, Kathy Griffin, and early Bette Midler. In other words: gay men who like to laugh at others.

5.0 out of 5 stars Crushingly funny, March 5, 2011

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Mark Wyrick "traveler" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jackie Hoffman: Live at Joe's Pub (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite cabaret CDs. Jackie Hoffman is perhaps the funniest performer working. Caustic and clever, once you've enjoyed this CD, you'll become a fan and a quoter!