Label: Doneycat Records
\nCatalog No. 38562-J
\nProduced by the Dimmer Twins (Benson & Rempel)
\nRecorded: Spring 1993<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Pillowheads were the Van Gogh-Gogh answer to the more-famous Coneheads. The Pillowheads (Charles as Puffy, Alan as Fluffy) are a cosmic pair of wackos, whose heads resemble pillows. Fluffy and Puffy encounter the strange ways of Earthlings in such "classic" bits as "Fluffy at the Pet Store" and "The Pillowheads Take the D-Train." Many critics panned this double-album, especially the first and last tracks, each consisting of ten minutes of Fluffy and Puffy babbling incoherently. The public, however, had a different opinion: they hated it. The difference between panning and hating is small, to be sure, but it is different. Unfortunately, this album is now out of print.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
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Keeping It Reel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Label: No Cows Records<\/p>\n Catalog No. TMC-001 T. Michael Childs had one great idea: a Christmas comedy album. This is that album. He also had three terrible ideas. First, the title, Keepin' It Reel, did not convey the Christmas theme properly. Second, the album was released on Christmas Day, a day when no one wants to buy Christmas albums. Three, the material on the album deals neither with Christmas nor comedy, but rather is a psychotic rant about pancake batter. The only thing even remotely close to Christmas comedy is the track "Christmas Slug Bathhouses." This track starts with Childs screaming, "Christmas slug bathhouses!", then continued with his pancake batter diatribe. Sadly, T. Mike failed to keep it reel, or real. This album is no longer in print.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oswald (Live)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Label: Twelve Angry Cats Platters In the autobiography Galen: A Hernia Among Us, Galen Black listed this album as "his first California mistake."1 This live comedy album, taped live at the Hollywood Bowl, is truly a live album. "Live" was mentioned three times in the last sentence to emphasize that this is a live album. Other ways to identify this as a live album: the part in track 1 where Galen mumbles to no one in particular, "Can we start this over?"; the man in track 4 who screams, "You suck. Yeah, you, Galen Black, you suck!"; track 8, which is the murmurs of the crowd during the intermission; and track 9, when the stagehand comes on-stage and tells the crowd that Galen has gone home. Live live live live live. Live. Live live. This album is no longer in circulation.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who Be Dat Man?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Label: Aw Eesh! Records Charles Rempel's first album, Who Be Dat Man?, was his homage to Cajun comedy. He knew nothing of Cajun comedy, though, or Louisiana for that matter. He thought All the King's Men was about the makers of King Kong. His accent was obnoxious at best and unintelligible at worst. Surprisingly, though, it was the only Rempel-related album to sell a million copies. Rempel still receives a couple of albums a week as blackmail threats, threats that he dutifully acknowledges and pays... in full. The album, thankfully, is no longer in circulation.\u00c2 <\/p><\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Things I Stole From George Carlin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Label: Excusemaster Records This album, the winner of eight platinum records, is the highest-seller of all the VGG albums, since everyone thought they were buying a George Carlin album. It also was the most litigious, as Rob Terrell was sued and later lost to George Carlin over copyright infringements. Rob's lawyers argued that the material was so mangled and unfunny, that the general public would not be able to understand the jokes, let alone that they were ripped off from Mr. Carlin. This album enjoyed a second wave of popularity when it was discovered in 1998 that columnist for the Boston Globe also stole from Carlin. Highlights include "The Seven Things You Can't Say When Plagiarizing George Carlin", and the famous line, "Hello, I'm George Carlin." Currently, this album is not in print.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Label: Excusemaster Records "Pollak" is Rob's less-successful follow-up to "Things I Stole From George Carlin." Highlights include Rob's attempts to impersonate Pollak impersonating Inspector Columbo and Captain Kirk, as well as some lines from "The Usual Suspects." Recorded live at the Firg Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado, this album is unique due to its mixing; if the listener plays the second side of the album (or tracks 8-12 on the CD) and turns the stereo balance all the way to the left, he or she can actually hear the audience filing out of the auditorium in disgust.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jason Torchinsky<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Label: Soul Biscuit Records The eponymously-titled first album by Jason Torchinsky was a saccharin-sweet journey through his inner psyche. An inner psyche filled with horror and disgust and pain and maladies that man was not meant to know. One track in particular, "Monsignor Happy's Daily Bouts with Depression", received moderate air-time on the Doctor Demento Radio Network. Jason learned through this album's poor sales the hard cold fact of emotions: when they see the light of day, you're ruined. Finished. If at all possible, supress all emotions. The album's highlight: the unlisted track at the end of the CD, which is a cover of "Stand By Your Man" by Lyle Lovett.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Westsinister Abbey<\/span><\/p>\n Label: Twelve Angry Cats Platters
\nProduced by Jeremy Rankin
\nRecorded: Christmas 1993<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCatalog No. J758OCW2220
\nProduced by Leftover
\nRecorded: July 1997<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCatalog No. 12CR0001
\nProduced by Steven “Steve” Huh
\nRecorded: January 1991<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCatalog No. 01
\nProduced by Rob Terrell
\nRecorded: March 1994<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThings I Stole From Kevin Pollak<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nCatalog No. 02
\nProduced by Rob Terrell
\nRecorded: December 1994<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCatalog No. 7D
\nProduced by Frank Soobner
\nRecorded: March 1994<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCatalog No. W291OCLDB64H
\nProduced by Wendell Black & Cholly
\nRecorded: July 1993<\/span><\/p>\n