http://joys.net/3714/npr-laughter-therapy-a-comedy-collection-for-the-chronically-serious/ Bringing Joys and Happiness Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://joys.net/3714/npr-laughter-therapy-a-comedy-collection-for-the-chronically-serious/#comment-18102 Anonymous Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:07:51 +0000 http://joys.net/3714/npr-laughter-therapy-a-comedy-collection-for-the-chronically-serious/#comment-18102 disappointed in this CD. only a few of the clips were funny. I’ve heard some awesome/funny stories on NPR — but not on here.

]]> http://joys.net/3714/npr-laughter-therapy-a-comedy-collection-for-the-chronically-serious/#comment-18101 Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:54:55 +0000 http://joys.net/3714/npr-laughter-therapy-a-comedy-collection-for-the-chronically-serious/#comment-18101 The REAL stories are funny but the “fake” ones disappointed me. National Public Radio presents serious shows, on serious topics, but they also have some REALLY funny show (“Car Talk”,; “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”). Many of the best moments are compiled for CD packages from Highbridge Audio. I recently listened to three compilations from WWDTM and there are great compilations of interviews with comedians by Terry Gross for “Fresh Air”.This latest compilation – “introduced by” Peter Sagel (WWDTM’s host) contains both a “Fresh Air” interview (with Joan Rivers) and one from WWDTM (with Drew Carey – a different one than appears on the WWDTM compilation), along with Scott Simon interviewing Phyllis Diller (on Weekend Edition) and Mel Brooks plugging his DVD set for Shout Factory (which, by the way, I really love and recommend). But among the 18 segments in this two hour/two CD set are what are supposed to be “satirical” stories. Sagel asks the listener at the beginning to guess which stories are real and which aren’t. Trust me, it’s obvious. Not only are the original air dates provided in the track listing – so you can see they aired on April 1st of a year – but they are obvious. And, at least for me, not one was really funny. I couldn’t wait for the track to end so I could laugh at Stephen Colbert or the REAL audio recordings of the Supreme Court justices making jokes (now THOSE were funny).I also thought it odd that both Sagel and Scott Simon both mispronounce comic Eugene Levy’s last name – it’s LEV-ee; not Lee-vee. Especially when Levy speaks his own last name in the June 2012 interview. But that’s not a big deal of course. Just a curiosity.If this comp was chock full of real stories and interviews, it would most definitely get a five star rating. But with the fake filler, I had to remove one star. But the set is still worth getting. There is funny stuff here and you can always hit the “skip” button.I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.Steve Ramm”Anything Phonographic”

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