Soopersonic Syd Sings-Little and Large

..it's been awhile...but the comedy continues...'Do you want laughs with that?' Perhaps...

This is a disc that you can have a real love/hate relationship with. I listen to it quite a lot but at times it's like water-torture or having your nails pulled...still, it must be the masochist in me that keeps drawing me back for repeated listenings to 'Soopersonic Syd Sings (Or Does he?) -Little and Large

There are some of the most feeble attempts at C+W you'll ever hear but I've gone for the stronger stuff here with 'Millinoaire', 'Everybodys Makin' it' and the 'Large' showcase...'Telephone Man'...where Eddie Large 'dazzles' us with his range of impressions and Syd 'camps it up'...actually many of these impressions are lost on me...'Cosmo Smallpiece' isn't bad I suppose, but by the time you eventually get to Stan Laurel and his 'Hey Ollie' refrain it may all be a little too much..funny, I always quite liked his 'Deputy Dog' impression...

Fit To Burst-British Comedy Singles...

From the great Charles Hawtry (and friend) on the cover to the superb track selection, if you're a fan of British comedy then you can't really miss this one!
...so sample 'There are no fairies at the bottom of my garden'-Alan Melville, 'I'm A Mummy-Douglas Byng, 'Isn't She A Sweetie-Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, 'My Last Cigarette-Shiela Hancock, 'The Writing On The Wall'-Warren Mitchell, 'Send For Me'-Terry Thomas, 'Tondre Boom'-Keith Mitchell, 'Odd Man Out'-John Inman, 'What A Gay Day'-Larry Grayson, 'I Can't Control Myself'-Les Dawson, 'That's Who'-Mike Reid, 'I Only Have Eyes For You'-Arthur Mullard, 'The Dimples In Her Cheeks'-The Two Ronnies.

There you go, phew...

Father XXXmas-The Goodies

A rather dodgy offering here from comedic trio The Goodies. Yes, before Bill Oddie was 'birding it' he was writing, producing and playing on the records associated with their hit TV show. Good on yer B.Oddie!

The 70's were just plain odd...

Flying-Frank Sidebottom

'Big' Frank here doing 'Flying' as only he can.

Gypsy Rock-Benny Hill

'Uncle Benny' as he's forever known around these ere parts is much maligned in my opinion.

OK, the tv show' descended into the endless 'Benny-Benny -Hill' chases( a victim of his own popularity), but there is gold in them thar hills and it's ceratinly worth re-visiting...I think he was a comic genius meself...

Snot Rap-Kenny Everett

Here is Radio/Tv Star Kenny Everett with his 'Snot Rap', featuring his infamous character, Sid Snot...brings back good memeories of growing up watching the show. If you can track it down you should check out his feature film, 'Blood bath at the House Of Death', it's a shlock-horror thats well worth a look...incidentally, this record has been featured on various 'worst records ever'...surely some mistake!

Are You Ready For-Phyllis Diller

Mentioned earlier on the Mad Monster post...here is a snippit of the 'Are You Ready For Phyllis Diller' album...satisfaction guaranteed... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Diller