Classic Bob & Ray: Selections from a Career, 1946-1976: (Volume Three: 4 Cassettes, 4 Hours (72 Selections))

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Summary: Bob and Ray
Review: Bob and Ray: Tippy the Wonder Dog; Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife; Mr. Science; and Prodidgy Street are just a few of my personal favorites. These wonders of comedy fill my heart with wonder and delight as Mary opens a fast-food toast restaurant or Gustav Groundhog sells merchendise. Bob anr Ray surely were ahead of their times with witty, sharp stories that make you wonder... do dogs REALLY make ginger-ale soup?

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Summary: brilliant, overlooked, gently absurd
Review: This durable and amazingly consistent comedy team have somehow been reduced to a footnote in Chris Elliot's career (itself becoming a footnote), but there's plenty in these four tapes --- and in the entire series --- to surprise, perplex, delight and warm you. It was absurdist before Monty Python, observant before Seinfeld, and still somehow gentle and comforting (but not in a bad way). If the very notion of an ongoing series titled "Matt Neffer, Boy Spotwelding King of the World" doesn't intrigue you, I don't know what can be done to help you.