Customer Reviews

K-Tel Presents: Funny Favorites

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Yes, it's cheap. But that's because the majority of the tracks are new recordings. They assure this it is by the "original artists", but goodness knows how many lineup changes have occured since the original recordings from decades past. According to the track listing, the only original recordings are "Surfin' Bird", Here Comes The Judge", "Splish Splash" (but by Sha Na Na--feh!), "Mule Skinner Blues", "Alley Oop", "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", "Short Shorts", "The Curly Shuffle", and "Beep Beep". The rest are new. They sound approximately like the originals, but I am not interested in "approximately".

If I'd known all this, I wouldn't have bought it.

Dissapointed? I sure am. I wish I could have listened to samples of these tracks before I wasted the money. Not one is original. "New Stereo Re-recordings by the Original Artists." What's that supposed to mean? Sounds like the old early 70's with the performing group named "Original Artists". RIP-OFF! Save your money.

Not a bad collection. I wish they would of included The Ballad of Irving -- but you can't get 'em all on just one album. :)

I agree with the 2006 review of the same CD. I too was taken in by the notation of the "original artists", but didn't know it was not the original recordings. I even contacted K-Tel who showed little sympathy and indicated it was not their doing. They suggested, in the future, that I read the reviews, which I hadn't in the past. But you can bet I will from now on.

If you like listening to old songs they don't play on the radio. You will love this cd. Songs like, Monster Mash,Alley Oop,Charlie Brown,Purlpe People Eater, and Junk Food Junkie, you will love this cd.