Content tagged 'Comedy'

If we were playing a round of pop culture word association and we said, “Rhino,” odds are that you’d say “music,” and that would not be unreasonable – it’s not like we don’t have plenty of the stuff around these parts – but every once in a blue moon, we like to clear our throats and offer a casual reminder that we’ve got quite a lot of comedy stored in our vaults as well. As a matter of fact, we started going through the archives the other day, and, frankly, even we were a little surprised at some of the stuff we found. Take Martin Mull’s Near Perfect/Perfect, for instance: not that we didn’t

Comedy might not have been born on this day in 1937, but one of the greatest comedians ever to walk to earth did arrive on this date: George Denis Patrick Carlin. Although he left us back in 2008, his legacy continues unabated, in no small part lately because of all the people who’ve said, “Man, can you imagine what George Carlin would have to say about Donald Trump?” We can only imagine it would’ve been glorious. In lieu of what can never be, we instead offer you a playlist featuring a collection of albums which were released on Atlantic Records. This isn’t everything, mind you: it’s only the

10 years ago today, Larry the Cable Guy released his sixth studio album, an LP which took him to the top of Billboard’s Comedy Albums chart for the fourth time in his career. Recorded at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, MORNING CONSTITUTIONS featured a cover which – whether intentionally or incidentally – found Larry basically telling those who dismissed his comedy as low-brow, “I don’t really care what you think, because my fans like what I do.” Or maybe that’s not what he intended at all, but given that he’s sitting on a toilet with his pants around his ankles and has a bear

15 years ago today, Rhino Records took home the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the Richard Pryor box set, …AND IT’S DEEP, TOO! THE COMPLETE WARNER BROS. RECORDINGS (1968-1992). Originally released on October 17, 2000, …AND IT’S DEEP, TOO! was an impressive collection of Pryor’s classic stand-up comedy, featuring the eight albums he released on Warner Brothers between 1968 and 1983 –RICHARD PRYOR (1968), THAT NIGGER’S CRAZY (1974), …IS IT SOMETHING I SAID? (1975), BICENTENNIAL NIGGER (1976), WANTED/RICHARD PRYOR – LIVE IN CONCERT (1979), LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (1982), and HERE AND NOW

If you know all five of the things in the below list, then you might be a Jeff Foxworthy fan, but even if you aren’t a Jeff Foxworthy fan, you might still find these five things interesting. (That’s what we were going for, anyway, so we’re hoping it pans out as planned.) His first TV appearance was on a Rodney Dangerfield special. Entitled Opening Night at Rodney’s Place, the 1989 special was notable for more reasons than introducing the world at large to Foxworthy: it also offered most viewers their first look at a guy named Tim Allen. Before starring in The Jeff Foxworthy Show, he starred in

Celebrate 40 Years of Feeling Very Funny 40th Anniversary Edition Lights Up April 10, 2018 on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Brand New Short-Form Documentary "How Pedro Met the Man: Up In Smoke at 40" and More Deluxe Collector's Edition Pairs Blu-ray with Original Soundtrack on CD and VINYL LP, Along with Newly Recorded "2018 Version" of "Up In Smoke" Fire up the home entertainment system and call your buds because the ultimate stoner comedy is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The high-larious cannabis cultural epic breakthrough UP IN SMOKE will "... grab you by the poo poo" all over again when it

Hey, everybody, it’s 4/20, and you know what that means, right? That’s right: it’s the release date of Rhino’s 40th Anniversary reissue of Cheech & Chong’s UP IN SMOKE! (Keep cool, man. We’re just trying to keep a low profile in case “the man” might be reading.) Yes, Rhino has teamed up with Paramount Home Media Distribution to celebrate four decades of a film so funny that we’ve heard you don’t even have to be high to find yourself disintegrating into fits of giggles while you’re watching. UP IN SMOKE: 40TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE COLLECTOR’S EDITION, which comes in a 12x12 package and is limited

Today we celebrate the birthday of… No, not Dave! We keep telling you: Dave’s not here, man! But you’re on the right track: it’s Tommy Chong’s birthday, which means that it’s a good time to offer up a playlist filled from top to bottom with Cheech and Chong’s classic tracks. In addition, we’ve put together a list of five projects – mostly films, but with a token TV series, too – which featured appearances by Tommy Chong that weren’t actually Cheech and Chong projects. (That’s not to say that Cheech Marin wasn’t with him for a few of these, of course.) 1. Yellowbeard (1983): This odd amalgam of

25 years ago today, Adam Sandler debuted one of his most immortal tunes on Saturday Night Live...or maybe it’s 25 years ago tomorrow, since he performed it during “Weekend Update,” which starts after midnight. Eh, either way, it’s still close enough for us to take a paragraph or two to talk about it. Penned by Sandler and fellow SNL writers Lewis Morton and Ian Maxtone-Graham, who later went on to write for Futurama and The Simpsons, respectively, “The Chanukah Song” arguably did more to raise the profile of Jewish entertainers than anything this side of the Friars Club, with Sandler offering

If it’s Tuesday, then it must be time for Gone Digital, our weekly look at five albums which may not even realize are part of Rhino’s digital catalog. This week, we’re doing something a little bit different by focusing solely on one genre – comedy – but don’t worry, nothing’s changed: when it comes down to it, we’re still all about variety! • Spike Jones, SPIKE JONES IN STEREO (1959): This album stands out in the Jones catalog for featuring songs which are all horror-related. Appropriately, Jones brought in some notable names to provide vocal assistance, including Paul Frees, Loulie Jean