"Best Of" Series-Musical Standup Comedy w/Bob Saget, Dana Carvey, Denny Johnston, & Yakov Smirnoff Show #252

Part of the "Best Of" Series...This special show features 6 standup comics all using music to make you Laugh. From Bob Saget to Yakov Smirnoff, they all did some music in their live sets; and on this show we share that music. You'll hear comics Tim O'Rourke, Dana Carvey, Denny Johnston, Paul Robins, Bob Saget, and Yakov all sing and play music....very entertaining! The music isn't bad and always full of Laughs. Enjoy, and if you like...sing along!

Bob Saget, Tim O'Roarke, Yakov Smirnoff, Denny Johnston, Paul Robins, and Dana Carvey each bring their unique perspective to the realm of musical entertainment, blending humor and music in captivating ways. Saget captivates audiences with his comedic songs, often turning mundane experiences like finding change or expired food into lively performances, while O'Roarke creates a fun, interactive atmosphere with quirky lyrics and audience engagement. Smirnoff and Johnston are both renowned for their distinctive approaches, with Smirnoff infusing his sets with humorous musical storytelling, and Johnston leaving a lasting impression with his unconventional and memorable comedic musical acts. Meanwhile, Robins and Carvey inject a playful, irreverent energy into their performances, with Robins' humorous audience interactions and Carvey's parodic musical tributes, both aiming to entertain and amuse through their lighthearted approaches to music.

(00:01:14) Comedic Musicians Unite: A Stand-Up Serenade

(00:14:18) Musical Parodies of Iconic Artists' Styles

(00:21:35) Blackbird Rendition & Musical Comedy by Denny Johnston

(00:25:49) Interactive Comedy Shows with Talented Comedians

Transcript

R. Scott Edwards: 0:01

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to stand up comedy, your host and emcee. For over five years, we've been diving deep into the world of stand up comedy, sharing stories, insights and laughs with some of the most talented comedians, club owners and industry insiders around. Now we're taking you on a trip down memory lane with a special best of series. We've handpicked some of the most unforgettable moments, greatest laughs and top insights from past episodes. So whether you're a longtime listener or just joining us, these episodes are packed with gems you won't want to miss. So sit back, relax and get ready to relive the laughs. This is stand up comedy, your host and the best of edition.

Announcer: 0:54

This is another episode of stand up comedy, your host and emcee celebrating 40 plus years on the fringe of show business stories, interviews and comedy sets from the famous and not so famous. Here's your host and emcee, Scott Edwards.

R. Scott Edwards: 1:14

Hey. Hey. Welcome to this week's show. Something a little special, high energy. That's right. It's stand up comedy the musical. I'll be presenting six different comics doing a variety of music I think you'll enjoy. It's some of the famous and not so famous Entertainers from the 80s and the 90s, people like Bob Saget, Yakov Smirnoff, Dana Carvey and others doing some musical entertainment live on stage at my shows. I know you'll enjoy it. It'll be a lot of fun. Our first comic musician. Not really, but this comic is world famous and a lot of people don't know he's also very musical. Our first act features song by Bob Saget. He was appearing at the 1990 New Year's Eve show with David Coulier at laughs and he did this song for the audience. I know you enjoy it. Let's kick off our stand up comedy the musical with our first song by Bob Saget.

Bob Saget: 2:14

Here's a song which is good because it has a guitar on. Have you ever actually spent more money? The end of the month and you have. Don't say tonight. I'd be really hurt. This is Sean. It's a true story. I came home, I was on the road. I opened up my refrigerator. I had five yogurts and bread and pickles and everything. The date was expiring that day and I said, I have an hour to eat everything in this refrigerator. And I did it. I ate everything and I got real sick. But I beat the deadline. You know, I wrote this song and I choreographed it. That was it. Thank You Here it is. A lot of choreography, and I hope you like it and hope it never happened to you, but I'm sure it has because it happened to me. And here it is. Okay, I don't have a song fake out. No, here it is.

Tim O'Roarke: 2:56

Help me.

Bob Saget: 2:56

Good God, my cheque book is useless. Cause I just paid my bills all that's left in the fridge are some old kosher dills. Got no cash and no credit to put food on my plate. Found some change and some pants I bought in 1968 I got $1.48 a dollar forty eight I can buy some.

R. Scott Edwards: 3:19

Tuna.

Bob Saget: 3:23

My car's out of gas so I walk to the store Looking down at the pavement Feeling hungry and poor When I see something shiny at the foot of a tree Move the dog to a side. There was a quarter for me $1.73.

Yakov Smirnoff: 3:42

Ew.

Bob Saget: 3:42

A$73 I can buy some lunch meat Some pome comes over, thinks I look kind of strange. So laying in the gutter just a hun for a change he says, get up, you scum. Cause vagrancy is a crime. I said, sir, I'm not a vagrant. Look, I found$1.89. A dollar eighty nine. Good God, a dollar eighty nine. Gonna buy some fish sticks. Mrs. Paul's light pattern everybody sings dollar eighty nine. Hit pivot.

Denny Johnston: 4:17

Dollar eighty.

Paul Robins: 4:21

Dollar eight.

Bob Saget: 4:23

Work it out dollar eight. Good God, help me. I'll get some Thunderbird wine. Rob and I are gonna dine on some fish sticks everybody, $80. On the count of three, everyone look at.

R. Scott Edwards: 4:48

Oh, I'm sure you enjoyed that. Bob Saget doing some music live on stage. Well, our next entertainer is out of Ohio. His name's Tim O'Rourke, and he was a regular at the club for many years. And here's his tribute to the movie Footloose. Ladies and gentlemen, the music of Tim O'Rourke.

Dana Carvey: 5:05

Do you guys think I look like Elvis when I put the guitar on? I mean, right before he died, you know, it's okay. They didn't think it was too funny in Memphis either, so that's not a big deal. It was like, first he fucks with Amway, then Elvis. Ain't anything sacred in America.

R. Scott Edwards: 5:22

Hang him.

Denny Johnston: 5:23

Get a rope.

Dana Carvey: 5:23

No, get a tow chain that'll hold.

Tim O'Roarke: 5:24

His fat ass up.

Dana Carvey: 5:29

It didn't. I'm here. Okay, here we go. Do you guys remember. Let me see if this in tune. Do you guys remember the movie Footloose? That was me.

Tim O'Roarke: 5:42

Okay?

Dana Carvey: 5:43

It's bullshit. Sorry. But I could slip it through some of you going ooh, you let yourself go.

Denny Johnston: 5:52

No.

Dana Carvey: 5:52

The movie Footless is such a big success that a friend of mine, Rob Bartlett, who's a comedian who writes songs for commercials and stuff for extra money, figured they'd have to make a sequel because it made like $60 million, something ridiculous like that. So we figured these would pump them out pretty fast. So we figured right the song. Then it came out, we'd make the big bucks, but unfortunately it didn't work out and we got stuck with a song to be a little different. We saw ours in Battle Creek, Michigan. So hopefully when Footloose 2 comes out, this will be the theme song you guys would have heard first. Goes like this. See what you think. Been sleeping all night Woke up with an appetite ain't eating anything yet mom says get out of it I see the toucan I follow him wherever he goes Run fast as you can he says to follow your nose Cause I gotta have loops Fruit loops, one of the five food groups. Louise, for milk, please. I can eat the whole box with ease. Don't want no pancakes, French toast or ham and eggs Tell Tony, show them frost flakes, Cheerios and raisin bread. I hate Rice Krispies, I don't like that. Snap, crackle and pop Orange, lemon and cherry. Oh, once you start, you know I can't stop everybody they're doing it good, here we go, cuz I got to have right fucking there.

Tim O'Roarke: 7:35

We did this stuff, Tim.

R. Scott Edwards: 7:39

Well, he tried to get the audience involved there. I hope you enjoyed Froot Loops, a song by Tim O'Rourke. Hey. Coming up right now, back from the 80s. In fact, early 80s, about 1984, a very talented comic from Russia. That's right, Yakov Smirnoff was live on stage and he used to do a lot of music as part of his shows. And you may remember from an earlier podcast that Yakov not only did stand up comedy, but he loved to sing and dance. And that was why he opened his theater in Branson, Missouri. But back in the 80s, he put together this song called Natasha, featuring his girlfriend, a rather large woman that he was singing about and singing to. I know you'll enjoy it. Let's hear it. Yakov Smirnoff and Natasha.

Yakov Smirnoff: 8:29

Piano player, can you play something for me? I'm feeling blue. I wrote this letter to my girlfriend in Russia. Do you know any country eastern music? Yeah. I'm writing you this letter and I want to say it's true. Five years since I left Russia, but I still have picture on my desk. That's reminding me of you. This picture is of Orson Welles. You think it's kind of weird. He's just as large and just as sweet, but different color beard. Dear dear Natasha, you, whole world to me you'll take it as a compliment. I mean it literally. Dear dear Natasha, I am feeling blue because of large things reminding me of you. Your being large sometimes was great. Like in the winter storm, we didn't have to build a fire. You kept our village warm. That's why our relationship was constantly improving. Before work, I gently slap your knives behind, Come back and it still move. Dear, dear Natasha, once I was amazed, it kept on moving for 15 days. Dear Dear Natasha, I am feeling blue because of large things reminding me of you. This town is ain't big enough for the two of us. Natasha, this town isn't big enough for you. My new girlfriend is just like you when she is being chic. She bought seven pair of Gucci underwear for each day of the week. Once you bought 12 pair of panties. And when I ask you why, you said it's January, February and it was gross. But it brought a tear to my eye. Dear, dear Natasha, this tear was for a reason. I was afraid you buy poor pair one for every season. Dear dear Natasha, I am feeling blue because of large things reminding me of you. P.S. natasha, I miss you, but not that much because I can still see you from here. Goodbye.

R. Scott Edwards: 11:59

And that number, Natasha, was by Yakov Smirnoff, famous Russian comic. All right, coming up now is a very special treat. This guy was a prop comic from the 80s and still performing today. He performed at the club all through the 80s and 90s and is still performing. He is one of the world renowned road comics out there. You might have seen him on the Steve Martin Comedy special and he also was a featured regular on Dr. Demento. But he was mostly a prop comic and because of that, there's not a lot of his material showcased on my podcast. But here we have three different songs, short bits of music that he put together. Closing with one of the favorite songs I think I ever heard on my stage. And it was Blackbird by the Beatles, sung by Jimmy Stewart. I know you'll enjoy it. Sit back and enjoy the comedy music of Denny Johnston.

Tim O'Roarke: 12:58

How many of you like country western music then you're gonna hate this song. Hi, my name's Roy and welcome to the Roy Earl Show. This one's for you, little lad. I got dog do on the carpet of my girlfriend's car. I don't know how long it had Been there maybe since we left the bar well it got to stinking Just past Lincoln in Tulsa Boulevard she dropped me off and I could have kissed her But I throwed up in my front yard My breath katerna herd of catt heading north instead of south Besides I had some crusty cheese dip all caked up around my mouth.

Paul Robins: 14:18

I wrote.

Tim O'Roarke: 14:18

This in my shirt it had a spot my pizza dripped cause it's also hot and my pants they had a chair Hell you can see my curly.

Bob Saget: 14:37

Hair.

Tim O'Roarke: 14:40

Gotta load again don't know just why but I've gotta load again.

Paul Robins: 14:54

Thank.

Tim O'Roarke: 14:54

You me for a song of play man tambourine Mr. Hay you going on play Snow is there and sleepy night I'm me for a song a play man tambourine Mr. Hey you following come our morning jangle jingle the inn ship swirling magic you're a pond dripper for me take stripped been halved senses my all gripped to feel canned hands my hand step to nerve to toes my hand wandering go to heels boot my for only weight me for a song a play man tambourine Mr. Hay 2 gone I'm play snow is there and sleepy night I Come on, everybody. Thank you. I think it'd be fun if they got Bob Dylan to train the McDonald's employees. Maybe a quarter Pounder, maybe make a fries. Might be some McNuggets or Coke without ice. But you gotta serve somebody. You got to serve somebody. Little Bobby Dillon. I'd like to do my impression now of the actor Jimmy Stewart. If he ever tried to sing the Beatles classic Blackbird. Hold on, I can't hear right now. Blackbird singing in the dead of night I'll take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life you've only waited for this moment to arise. I'll stop there. Oh, boy, you guys are a great audience. When I get a shitty audience, I play the whole song.

R. Scott Edwards: 18:19

Wow, that always got me going. Blackbird by Jimmy Stewart. What a funny bit by Denny Johnston. I hope you enjoyed that bit of musical entertainment. Now we have a local treat for you from right here in Sacramento. A gentleman that was famous for being on the radio with his partner, Phil Cowan, for many, many years on Y92 and other radio shows. They also went on to be on the Discovery Channel as the answer guys. They won an Emmy for that. But Paul also did some music in his sets. So here we have a song I know we can all relate to, Paul Robbins singing the runs.

Denny Johnston: 18:58

Hi, folks, this is Casey Casem on America's Top 40 Countdown. And this week's long distance dedication comes all the way from Burlington, Illinois, where Jack writes. Dear Casey, last summer I went to visit my grandma in New Jersey. Soon after arriving, I met Susie. Susie and I hit it off instantly. It was a relationship too beautiful for words. But the end of summer came around and it was time for me to go back to school in Burlington. Well, we promised we'd write each other faithfully and I sent her a letter almost every day. But I never got a single letter back in return. Casey, I'll never forgive that stinking pig for what she's done to me. For what this girl has put me through, no punishment would be too great. Why, I'd like to chop out her eyes and drag her by the hair through some molten lava. Like to tie one leg to a tree and another little jeep and make a wish. Well, Casey, I could go on for pages about what I'd like to do to this girl, but suffice it to say, I'd really like to rake her through the coals. And so, for my long distance dedication, would you play for me the most disgusting, terrible, filthy, nasty, rotten, horrible, putrid, lousy song that ever made it into the top 40? Thanks, Jack. Well, sorry, Jack. We just played you light up my life. But another tune and one I think you'll enjoy is this week's long distance dedication for Susie the pig, wherever she is. It's one of Bette Midler's most beautiful ballads. Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender rock. Some say love it is a hangnail that bleeds within your sock. Some say love fitted is a shepherd that smells just like his flock. But I say love, it is a fungus an itch within your jaw.

Dana Carvey: 21:31

Sing along if you know it. Now here we go.

Denny Johnston: 21:35

When you're going to a party.

Tim O'Roarke: 21:42

And.

Denny Johnston: 21:42

Your date drinks too much beer, you may think he's going to whisper.

Dana Carvey: 21:55

But.

Denny Johnston: 21:56

He vomits in your ear. Just remember when it's over, when you've passed out on your buns, in your stomach lies the junk food that weigheth the morning becomes the run.

Tim O'Roarke: 22:37

Thank you.

R. Scott Edwards: 22:37

Thanks. Well, that's a song that you're not going to want to share with the kids. But that was Paul Robbins singing the runs. He was a very famous radio DJ here in Northern California on Y92 and was seen on the Discovery Channel as one of the answer guys. He is now a professor at a local university and a very talented guy and a very good friend. I know you enjoyed that. Hey, we have a special treat to end this show Stand Up Comedy the Musical with somebody that's world famous. Dana Carvey. We featured some of his music in earlier podcasts and this one does come from about 1983 when he had his whole band. He and his brother had a band. And you hear some young ladies singing backup. They were the girlfriends of his brother and the other band members from 1983. And here comes a song by Dana Carvey, his brother and their band, Burger Rush.

Paul Robins: 23:36

All right, now here's a song by Neil Young. It's a song that Neil did that wasn't released. It was a commercial he did for McDonald's a few years back. You may never have heard it, but you're gonna hear it now. Neil Young for McDonald's. 1, 2, 3, 4. Well, I dreamed I saw the golden.

Yakov Smirnoff: 24:02

Orchard and a yellow haze of the.

Dana Carvey: 24:10

Sun.

Yakov Smirnoff: 24:12

There were burgers frying and I ain't lying in the fat stuffed his face. There was a quarter pounder near my mouth but I felt like an apple pie. Look at Burger King on the run in the 1918.

Paul Robins: 24:56

Comes the time now to say a special good night to some special people. Some very special people. This band up here loves you and needs you. We'd like to have sex with a lot of you if we could. We want to make love with at least half of you, so half have to leave. The other half has to take off their clothes, pray to God in heaven and make their buttocks tingle and have a drink and weep and they'll be frolicking about. You two look ready to make love right now. Are you on a date? You're both sitting. I don't know what that means.

Tim O'Roarke: 25:35

I don't.

Paul Robins: 25:36

I hate when people point out how I'm sitting because a lot of times I sit like this and they say, you're so weird. The Blind Napkin Fish.

Denny Johnston: 25:49

What? Get better.

Paul Robins: 25:50

I make you have sex with jellyfish.

Tim O'Roarke: 25:51

Get down there.

Paul Robins: 25:54

Look at Burger King on the run in the 1980s. That's what it's really come down to, hasn't it? That's really what life's all about, isn't it? Cuz like if life. If you weren't here, you'd be somewhere else. Right on, man. Alright, let's everybody sing now. Look at Burger King on the run, the 1980s. If I was in the audience right now, I would never, ever, ever sing along. I'd be much too shy, but come on, really do it. I would feel I wouldn't sing well or someone might laugh at me. You three look like you want to sing along. No, just a little bit. Just say Burger King. Last chance.

Yakov Smirnoff: 27:00

Look at Burger King on the run in the night.

Paul Robins: 27:26

Thank you very much. You guys been great. We've been the Broccoli Band. I've been Dana Carvey. Have a good night. Thank you.

Tim O'Roarke: 27:32

Thank you.

R. Scott Edwards: 27:36

And that was Dana Carvey, his brother and their band, along with backup vocals singing Burger Rush. I know you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoyed the special musical tribute to Stand Up Comedy, the Musical. It was a lot of fun to produce for you and it was great hosting all this entertainment live back in the day. Well, we hope you've enjoyed this cavalcade of musical entertainment on the Stand Up Comedy the Musical podcast that we just finished. Be sure to tell your friends about it, share it and continue listening. We'll have another new show out next week. Bye.

Announcer: 28:14

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