Laugh Tracks Legends of Comedy with Randy and Steve

Dylan Moran

From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to stages around the world Ireland's Dylan Moran has charmed audiences with a style that is pointed but playful. But standup isn't all there is to Dylan, who has been featured in movies such as "Notting Hill" and "Shaun of the Dead" and starred in "Black Books", a wickedly funny BBC series about a sardonic and constantly inebrieated London bookseller that twice won the BAFTA award for Best Situation Comedy. As always, find extended cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Lucille Ball

So there are legends and then there are LEGENDS! This time we meet one of the latter -- Lucille Ball, the first lady of American television comedy. From early stage and movie appearances, Lucy worked her way up the show business ladder. When she was offered the chance to adapt a comedy radio show about an "odd couple" marriage for television she jumped at the chance, provided that her real life husband Desi Arnaz played her spouse. "I Love Lucy" was born and her place in the show business pantheon was secure. But there was so much more, not the least being here role as the first female head of a television production company (Desilu productions). No wonder the National Comedy Center Museum is located in her hometown of Jamestown, NY. As always, find extended clips in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows.

Red Green

Grab your roll of duct tape and come with us to the Possum Lodge to meet Red Green, handyman extraordinaire and the creation of Canadian comedian Steve Smith. A loose parody of a Canadian outdoors show, the Red Green Show won a huge following with its low-key, but completely relatable humor. With over 300 original episodes, a book and DVD collection, plus frequent tours by Smith (in the Red Green character), duct tape fans don't have far to look to see their hero in action. As always, find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Christopher Guest

Please bow or curtsy as appropriate to the Fifth Lord Baron Haden-Guest, true British AND comedy royalty better known to us as Christopher Guest. From his start with the National Lampoon to a year spent helping save Saturday Night Live to a series of heavily improvised and archly hilarious films, Christopher Guest's style is that rare comic who is loved by audiences AND admired by his fellow comics as a trailblazer. As always, find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Tim Conway

Meet Tim Conway, comedy star for over 50 years and one of the truly nice guys of show business. From humble beginnings in Cleveland televsion to a spot on the Steve Allen show to McHale's Navy and ultimately to a long award-winning run on the Carol Burnett show -- Tim's brand of gentle, self-deprecating humor won fans of all ages. Throw in some films, a highly successful comedy video franchise ("Dorf"), and a voice acting role on SpongeBob SquarePants and you have a legendary career. As always, find extended cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Sandra Bernhard

This time out we feature a master at standup, sketch comedy, AND the one-woman comedy show, Sandra Bernhard. From an early role on the Richard Pryor Show to an award winning turn in The King of Comedy to a series of edgy shows that blended performance art, comedy, and rock music. Still active on television and Sirius satellite radio, Sandra Bernhard continues to amuse and amaze. As always, find extended cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Martin Mull

Meet Martin Mull, actor, writer, musician, and purveyor of sly snark for over 50 years. Martin started out in life wanting to be a painter. He succeeded, but lucky for us he also took a long detour into comedy. From his earliest musical comedy albums, to his breakout roles in "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "Fernwood Tonight" to his classic "HIstory of White People in America", Mull always turned a sharp eye onto American schlock. As always, find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Garfunkel and Oates

Art Garfunkel and John Oates seem destined to live in the shadows of Paul Simon and Daryl Hall, but Riki Lindholme and Kate Miccuci -- known to comedy fans as "Garfunkel and Oates" -- are well on their way to building a legendary comedy career. This dynamic duo blends upbeat music and superb vocals with gleefully snarky and profane lyrics that nail what it's like to be young and navigating a big city. As always, find additional cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Lord Buckley

Put the espresso on and grab your shades and beret -- this week we are going back to the beat era and the coolest cat of all, Lord Buckley. His unique style blending hipster word play, jazz inflected music, and cosmic retellings of classic stories would be groundbreaking today, much less in the 1940s and 50s. From recasting Jesus as a hipster ("The Nazz") to a surreal appearance with Groucho on "You Bet Your Life," Lord Buckley always left a smile and a playful sense of "just what exactly WAS that?" As always, find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Steve Allen

Say "Hi Ho Steverino" to Steve Allen, comedian, writer, compser, and creator of the OG of late night talk shows -- "Tonight" -- way back in 1954. Through several talk shows, 8000 musical compositions, over 50 books, and a Peabody-award winning PBS show ("Meeting of Minds"), Steve was a thinking person's comic and one of the earliest inductees into the Television Hall of Fame. As always find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!