This is another episode of stand up comedy, your host and emcee, celebrating 40 plus years on the fringe of show business stories, interviews and comedy sets from the famous and not so famous. Here's your host and MC, Scott Edwards.
Hi, thanks for listening. We have a fun show for you today. I'm doing a mix of things. We have some great stand up comedy from back in the day. I'll explain in just a minute but also, I found some rare radio promos that really add a little pop. I think you'll enjoy him. There's some major name dropping, and some good radio spots that were promotions for my club laughs Unlimited, but we also always have great
stand up comedy. Closing this week's show we have the very talented impressionist comic and musician James Stevens the third you may recognize him as a regular on TVs, the edge and he also did several spots on the Dana Carvey Show back in the day. Also coming up later on. One of my friends the pitbull of comedy Bobby Slayton, you will remember him he played Joey Bishop in the Rat Pack movie, and was heard on the TV cartoon
show Family Guy. But let's get things started with somebody that is just ultra ultra talented. Now back when we recorded this, it was for our first promotional album, assorted nuts from laughs unlimited. We did this really early in the 80s in this set is from one of our early regulars
Ed Solomon. Now I don't know if you recognize the name but you know his work and did end up leaving stand up comedy but he had a lot of success and a producer, director and writer of many of the movies and TV shows that you've watched over the decades. For example, He was one of the head writers for TVs Garry Shandling show. And when it comes to movies, and Nick,
you may have heard of these. He was the writer for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, the writer for men and black, and also the writer for Now You See Me, this guy is a huge success. And it was an honor to know him back then. And to know him now, ladies and gentlemen, here's a little stand up comedy by the very famous Ed Solomon. Anyone get Trivial Pursuit? Oh, there's a good there's a good game. So I don't understand the concept of this game. It's like pay like 3995 to feel like an idiot.
Like, because how come it's like every question you get is like geography. What is the exact latitude and longitude of Bengal? Then like your opponent always gets questions like geography. What planet are we on? Christmas dinner at home and all that stuff. And whenever thanks same thing like Thanksgiving dinner at home it's always the same thing now is it? Just me I don't think so. I'm 24 Now when I go home for like Thanksgiving dinner and stuff, they still stick me at the
kiddie table. Do you know what I'm talking about? It's like the aluminum card table and like throwing throw a sheet over it. You put your elbow on it everything like slides down. And every year they tell you when you grow up you move up from the kiddie table to the when you grow up. Yeah, that's bullshit. Okay. Let's face it folks. The only way you move up from the kiddie table to the adult table is if someone at the adult table
die sad but true. I'm sitting there going grandpa whoo and my mom's there my mom's drinking like you know people like to shoot like she won't drink from the same glass someone else uses but like she will French kiss the dog. Say right mom while the dog was in the house using the Waterpik okay. I was outside eating dog shit. Okay. So we're at the table at the dinner table. Right? And, and like when I was a kid, it was like the adults would drink like wine and
champagne. They'd give the kids sparkling cider jarhead sparkling cider like this is supposed to think we're really drinking wine right and have like, four or five glasses go out and drive our big wheel off a cliff. And more. Does anyone who drinks and drives here anybody? You do? Drinking and
driving is a problem. I mean, it's not a problem if you're drunk because like if you're drunk hell, you know you can drive the problem comes to the person has to basically convinced you that you're too drunk to drive yo isn't it wasn't like Dave. Dave, you're a little messed up right now. Maybe I should drive you home. Dave says, no, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. Just let me adjust the
seat. Dave but not the fucking hood of the car I actually have a solution for the drunk driving problem that would eradicate it 100% from the freeway and I don't know why they have an instigator yet why don't we
simply do this? Why don't we simply put on the freeway a drunk Lane sort of a padded Lane sort of shaped like this cars just kind of want to read you an honest to god question from the California driver's test and I want you to tell me if you think this is not possibly one of the most difficult things you've ever seen. Question number one honest question. What does this sign mean? No right turn a no right turn be deer crossing See, turn left into the oncoming
traffic I missed this one. I put none of the above I was some of these are incredible. Like what you think Okay, number two, but as a note, that's three to driving under the influence of any drug which makes you drive unsafely is a fun be okay on weekends. But watch out for those roadblocks. And of course see okay, but you must be willing to share it with everyone on the freeway. Yeah, okay. How about this one number three pedestrians using guide dogs are carrying white canes A
should be ignored. They're just trying to attract attention. Be should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. And of course see our blind drive by an EO How many fingers am I holding up?
Ed was a terrific comedy writer. I'm sure you enjoyed that. I know you've enjoyed his movies. Obviously. He found fame and fortune as a producer and director. But to have him as a stand up comic back in the early 80s was really a treat. Right now I have a radio ad that's promoting surely Hemphill the star of TV's what's happening. He late 70s early 80s TV show. She was one of the stars of that show in Cana my club several times. This is a promo for one of our appearances. And right after
that. I'll slide into some great stand up comedy from the pitbull of comedy. Bobby Slayton. As I mentioned, he's not only a regular on this podcast, but he has done hundreds if not 1000s of TV appearances and comedy stages all around the country and some TV in some movies. So ladies and gentlemen, after the surely helpful promo, a little comedy set by Bobby Slayton enjoy.
It's Monday the 18th of October 1982. And here is the here's a promo for laughs unlimited take 1k WOD quad one on six gives you more of Sacramento's best entertainment be listening to and tickets to see and experience the luscious attractive I said the luscious attractive dynamic I said the luscious attractive dynamic incompatible the one and only actress comedian surely him Phil but anyway like I was saying you know her best from TVs what's happening actress comedian surely him Phil will be
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I wasn't prepared for that introduction. I was gonna come up here and do nice TV material but now that I haven't seen I feel like I got a like an image to live up to and Okay, now this is sort of off the top of my head but this I was driving here tonight. Now there's a line around the block and Hollywood Boulevard for the new Muppet Movie. Okay, now Miss Piggy is also on the cover of TV
Guide this week. Now I hate to make fun of a revered institution in America especially because so many people love the Muppets, but let me tell you some right now. Number one, I never found the Muppets to be funny. I don't like these little creatures. Okay, I don't I don't see what the redeeming value is. And I mean, stop and think about it for a second. What exactly are Muppets mutant puppets Muppets, okay, puppets exposed to some kind of disease or radiation
Muppets, right? So moving on in Hollywood now I've been living in New York for a while in San Francisco and actually moved down here a while ago with my girlfriend and my girlfriend went this week to the Schick center to quit smoking. You've seen the ads on TV for the shift center. They shaved your lips off smoking anymore you know, it's like it made me know anybody here Okay, now either you live here in LA or you're visiting. You've been to Hollywood. You've been to
Hollywood Boulevard. I'll tell you something. New York, San Francisco Qubes lunatics weirdos all over the place, but I have never in my life seen a collection of people that walk the streets of Hollywood I mean, you think it's like a giant outpatient clinic here for the elephant man to walk down Hollywood Boulevard and realize well maybe life isn't so bad
after all. I can be like these people you know, it's like the movie industry doesn't help things because they come up with these sick horror movies a guy with the access prom night you know don't go in the house you know you're alone don't pick up the phone. Don't look in the basement don't go in the attic don't open the door. You know he's walking on the beach don't go in the water. It's sounds like my mother Don't eat your
food stuff fast. You know? Don't go to the prom with the boy down the street he's killed before he can go again. Don't do this don't do that. And he said horror movies Okay, now we go see these movies. We know this stuff's not real. But where do they show these films? They show up on Hollywood Boulevard to these people walking around to these lunatics these films or documentaries like to get political because, you know it touches a lot. And Reagan
everybody makes fun of him. But you know, there's one thing and this has to go on record. I gotta say this. Your take on President Ronald Reagan. Look at this man. Why does he have a haircut like Gumby? Gumby, I've never seen it happen. Up and down. It's just stupid to say I've got I've ever seen in my life. But I hear Reagan's coming out with a coin to honor black women in America. You hear about
this? Susan B. Anthony and the Imperials so while I'm on the subject of music, you heard it here first could just be a rumor, but I hear Bob Dylan might be getting back together. So you heard it here first. Oh, what else going on? Well, I like I said to move down from San Francisco. You know what's great about that city. I lived there with my girlfriend for a year and they've got a pooper scooper law up there. Just put it down
anyway, that's fine. Let's get right to it once I get to the punchline next time and then drop the glass. Anyway, we were living up there San Francisco the pooper scooper law, you're all familiar with it. The $25 Fine, you don't clean up after your dog. They actually enforce the law up there. Now my girlfriend left town leads me to take care of her dog and I didn't mind cleaning up after the dog. What I minded was the fact that I had to clean up after her dog which was a
Chihuahua. Okay, now the most vicious animals that have ever walked the face of the earth. Okay, I've tried to be nice to this dog for years. It's a horrible creature. Okay. You ever know anybody that Chihuahua I don't know where these dogs came from? It's like some Nazi scientist doing experiments in Brazil. You know? Mengele on acid you know one day he decides will crossbreed a rat and a Parana? That's what they're like. Anyway, the point of the story, walking my girlfriend's
dog. I didn't clean up afterwards cop comes up gives me a ticket for not cleaning up after the dog. Now, number one, the COP is on horseback, okay? He's on horseback. This is true and he's giving me a ticket for not cleaning up after this. Then you had to be there for this. He gets off the horse starts riding
me out the ticket. The horse right there brings the exact same law and smothers my girlfriend's dog and not only was it a $25 fine, but the cop said Listen pal the next time we catch you, we rub your nose in it.
Wow, nobody does comedy quite like Bobby Slayton. He's a little edgy. That's why he has the nickname The Pit Bull of comedy but always always very funny. Well moving forward. I have a little radio promo that we did for Garry Shandling come
into the club. And then after that I have a set from a talented actor, musician impressionist James Stephens the third, he was a regular and TV's the edge and also on the Dana Carvey Show back in the day, but this very talented comic musician has been forming stages and cruises. So as promised, here's the promotional bit done on radio for a Gary Shandling appearance at the club. And then right after that some terrific music and comedy by James Stephens the third.
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Weird Ray Charles is the only guy I know who mastered country western music Country and Western music I do a little country western music myself so find this Redneck button on this day come on boy you know where you're we approve meal you're welcome come on come on in I'll put Nico then jiba gone they all sound just need a solid padding to bail you remember to tune on my own baffle people all over the world I see already got all my favorite singers he all my
favorite singers on here man. I was thinking why didn't even have prints on his show. The president prior to seeing what I say a different way. See to get this out to me what you remember the old days? I don't understand I'm still trying to find out where Lionel Richie is what happened Alana Ritchie Hello. You don't think I'm singing this to you? Yeah, I'm gonna do Kermit the Frog saying the same to your smile then my arms are open wide. That when you're
well, I know you enjoy James Stevens and his musical comedy. And how about that promo for Garry Shandling? Man, those were the days we had so much fun doing radio, TV, and all these stage shows with these great talented people. To end things up. I have one last radio commercial. This was done by my good friends, Phil Cowan and Paul Robins known as Paul and Phil. On Why 90 to a local station. You may know him from the Discovery Channel as the answer guys. But here's a little
radio promo they did for us. And then we'll go right into the end of the show. Hey, thanks for joining us. I hope you enjoyed Ed Solomon Bobby Slayton and James Stephens the third, and a few little radio promos from back in the day. All right, here's the last one.
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