[78-L] new additions to Nat Recording Registry

[David Lennick]

On 4/6/2011 9:56 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Some worthy ones there. I wonder about that Mort Sahl being the "first
>> standup
>> comedy album"..anyone know offhand if the Lord Buckley Vaya discs were
>> with an
>> audience? There are definitely other live comedy recordings before 1955.
>>
> There were comedy 78's going back to the earliest days of 78's...!
> "No News, or What Killed the Dog" sold for years in large numbers.
> My personal favourite is Burt Sheppard doing "How I Got To Morrow,"
> which is still funny after about 110 years...!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>

LIVE comedy records. That was the distinction, that they claimed this as the 
first recorded stand-up routine. Sam Levenson's Apollos were done with an 
audience but I don't know if they'd qualify as standup, since they were 
rehearsed and scripted.

dl