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The Kings Of Comedy: A Rare Cavalcade Of Timeless Entertainment Starring Over 40 Comedy Greats at Their Uproarious Best / Narrated By George Burns [Vinyl LP]

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A freebie from Longines Symphonette. Imagine that.

This monaural LP is hosted by George Burns. Side One has dozens of sound bites of famous stand-up, TV, radio comics and vaudevillians that includes a few then-recent clips. The flip features 4 tracks also heard on Evolution's two LP set, THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY Vol. 1. These are augmented by a Will Rogers broadcast disc and a pre-electric Jolie side.

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[17:56] SIDE ONE - "Quickies":
Voices of: Bob Hope * Pat Paulsen * Barry Goldwater (interview) * Will Rogers * Barry Goldwater (interview) * David Frye * Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks * Hal Holbrook (as Mark Twain) * Pat McCormack * Mike Nichols & Elaine May * George Burns & Gracie Allen * Shelley Berman * Bud Abbott & Lou Costello * Morey Amsterdam * Bert Gordon (as 'The Mad Russian') * Godfrey Cambridge * Pete Barbutti * Allan Sherman * Norm Crosby * Marian Jordan (of 'Fibber McGee & Molly') * Jackie Gleason * Pat McCormack * Kenny Delmar (as 'Senator Claghorn') * Ed Wynn * Jack Pearl (as 'Baron Munchausen') * Milt Kamen * Jack Benny with Gracie Allen * Ernie Kovacs * Jonathan Winters * Ed Gardner (on 'Duffy's Tavern') * Leonard Barr * Moms Mabley * Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara * Sid Caesar * Don Ameche & Frances Langford (as 'The Bickersons') * Smith & Dale * George Gobel * Joan Rivers * The Smothers Brothers * Joan Rivers * Victor Borge * Harry Hershfeld * W.C. Fields Woody Woodbury * Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen) & W.C. Fields * Red Skelton

[19:03] SIDE TWO
Who's on First - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello (radio)
Monologue - Will Rogers (radio)
The Stick-Up - Jack Benny
Dr. Kronkheit and his Only Living Patient - Smith & Dale
Sister Suzie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers (1914) - Al Jolson w. male chorus

TOTAL TIME: 37:00