This handsome boxed set features 96 of Bob & Ray's most-beloved routines including The Slow Talkers of America; The Komodo Dragon; Wally Ballou in Times Square; Mary Backstayge; Biff Burns in the Sports Room; Wally Ballou at the Paper Clip Factory; Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy; and the echolalic McBeeBee Twins, all taken from their 1984 sold-out Carnegie Hall concert CD.
Also a generous sample of soap operas: eight Mary Backstayge episodes including their courageous parody of the Army-McCarthy hearings. Plus The Lives and Loves of Linda Lovely; One Fella's Family; Matt Neffer, Boy Spotwelder; Wayside Doctor (Yoo hoo, Dr. MuHu); and Lawrence Fechtenberger, Interstellar Officer Candidate.
One of the 4 CDs is devoted entirely to real and fake commercials for Piels Beer; Wally Ballou for Transistor Radios; Rudolph and Irma's Dance Studio; Webley Webster for Lap Master Napkins; and Kent Lyle Birdley as a GE spokesman, a worthy successor to Ronald Reagan; Einbinder Flypaper; Monongahela Metal Foundry, makers of steel ingots for the home, and an Anchovy Ironer.
Another CD features self-important experts: Word Wizard Dr. Elmer Stapley; Fred Falvey, the Do-It-Yourselfer; Dr. Merton Chesney, the bloviating radio shrink; and Mr. Science, whose experiments always end in disaster. Plus Smelly Dave, the dead whale; Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons; Wing Po, Itinerant Philosopher; Aunt Penny's Sunlit Kitchen; Mary McGoon's recipe for Frozen Ginger Ale Salad, the apotheosis of WASP cuisine; and a movie trailer for Grub, The Story of Food.
In a class by itself is Ray's falsetto rendition of 'I'd Like To Be A Cow in Switzerland, with machine gun accompaniment.
The CD booklet includes a long, loving appreciation of Bob & Ray by the Canadian critic Kerrie Mills. One of the best ever written.
Disc 1 - Classic Routines & Characters (73:29)
1. Reuniting the Whirleys -Frank and Tabbetha
2. Ralph Flinger, Mr. I-Know-Where-They-Are - Harlow Freeney, Chester Cogwell, Bessie Farley, Louis Gorby, Otto von Romo
3. Biff Burns in the Sports Room - Low jumping contest
4. Sales Achievement Award Ceremony
5. The Bob and Ray House of Toast - Commercial
6. Lucy Luscious Nut Fudge Spotless Kitchens Employee Dinner - Percival Proudhome
7. Wally Ballou at the Paperclip Factory
8. Hobby Hut with Neil Clummer Parnell W. Garr: odd-shaped fruits and vegetables
9. Neil Clummer's Next Appearance - Announcement
10. The Komodo Dragon
11. Wally Ballou Covers A Bannister Sliding Contest
12. Tippy the Wonderdog - To the lumber yard
13. Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy - Mediterranean submarines
14. Mr. Trace, Keener than Most Persons - The overdose of very fatal poison murder clue
15. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Ralph Crusader: faulty socks
16. Garish Summit - Caldwell Murchfield suddenly appears
17. The Slow Talkers of America
18. Wally Ballou in Times Square - Ward Smith, cranberry grower
19. McBeeBee Twins - Ice cream truck
20. Radio Show Outro - Write if you get work, hang by your thumbs
Disc 2 - Soap Operas (73:36)
1. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Bob tells the story of their 1954 parody of the Army-McCarthy hearings.
2. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Mary calls Chairman Mush; she has some information
3. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Calvin Hoogavin takes the stand and damages Harry's case
4. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Harry Backstayge takes the stand; he makes a fatal mistake
5. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Commissioner Carstairs drops a bombshell
6. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Harry's case seems lost; the Committee adjourns
7. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Attorney Surrogate shows the Committee a picture
8. Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife - Andre Detour takes the stand
9. Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee - talks with Bob about future Mary Backstayge episodes
10. The Lives and Loves of Linda Lovely - Linda & David approach the New Year
11. Emergency Ward - Removing a salad fork from patient's ear
12. One Fella's Family - Roses in the Garden
13. Lawrence Fechtenberger, Interstellar Officer Candidate - Graduation Day
14. Matt Neffer, Boy Spot Welder - Matt's New Invention
15. Wayside Doctor - Dr. David MuHu, Hawaiian Eye, Ear and Throat Man
16. The Gathering Dusk - Edna Bessinger receives a visit from Federal Treasury Agent Lowenbarger
Disc 3 - Experts, Features and Adventure Series (74:05)
1. Aunt Penny's Sunlit Kitchen - Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spatz; cooking with chicken fat
2. Squad Car 119 - Suspicious Fingerprints
3. Hard Luck Stories - Swiss Trip, Nut Matching Service, Trailer in Street
4. Smelly Dave Visits Bridgeport - Ran out of ice in Iowa
5. Bob & Ray Was There - Hannibal Crosses the Alps
6. Bob & Ray's Gourmet Club - The Edward R. Murrow Sandwich
7. Mary McGoon's Frozen Ginger Ale Salad Recipe
8. Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons - The Case of the Hiccupping Cast
9. Dining Out with Bob and Ray - Bernie's Pushcart on the Green
10. Martin LeSoeur, Raconteur - Suicidal Man, Foreign Submarine
11. Wing Po, Itinerant Philosopher - Looking for Work on the Frontier
12. Wally Ballou Covers A Kazoo festival - at the Boca Raton Hotel
13. Dr. Elmer Stapley, The Word Wizard - Why do horseback riders shout whoa?
14. Mr. Science - Jimmy Learns About Sunrays
15. Fred Falvy, The Do-It-Yourselfer - Fixing burned-out lightbulbs
16. Chatting with Chesney - Panic Attack; Dream Eating Crackers in Bed; Stepping on Cracks in the sidewalk
17. Wally Ballou - at the Lubec and South Quoddy Airlines
18. Army Amateur Hour - Mouse Trainers, Military Impersonator
19. Charles the Poet - Love Poem after hospital stay
20. Dean Archer Armstead - Leaf Identification
21. Views Behind the Views Behind the People Behind the News - Disclaimer
22. Closing The Door Ceremony - Bob & Ray Honor Guard Sign Off
Disc 4 - Commercials & More (73:54)
1. Grub: The Story of Food - Movie trailer
2. Groundhog Meat Prices - Public Service announcement
3. Groundhog Meat Bulletin Correction - Public Service announcement
4. Additional Supplementary Bulletin - Public Service announcement
5. Superseding Additional Bulletin - Public Service announcement
6. Bob and Ray's Diplomatic Immunity Kit - Commercial
7. Wally Ballou interviews Bob & Ray - about their commercials business
8. Guardian Maintenance Men - Tim and Jim
9. Chevrolet Dealers Name Names - people who haven't brought their car in for service
10. Kent Lyle Birdley - appointed GE Spokesman
11. Kent Lyle Birdley - Tongue Depressor Commercial
12. Webley Webster - Lap-Master Napkin Commercial
13. Wally Ballou for Transistor Radios - computer expert Matthew E. Pulsifer
14. The Insured - Nationwide Insurance commercial
15. Underwood Deviled Ham Commercial - Featuring the devil
16. Piels Beer Commercial # 1 - Bert Shoots a Gun
17. Anchovy Ironer Commercial
18. Einbinder Flypaper Commercial - Defective stickum
19. Monongahela Metal Foundry - Sweepstakes contest
20. Elephant Protest PSA - Advertising painted on side of elephants
21. Coogan's Ballbearings - Wonderful Gifts for Father's Day
22. The Complete Burglary Kit
23. Club of the Month Club
24. Piels Beer Commercials # 2 - Studio Tour
25. Grit Commercial gets your hands dirty so you can look like a real working man
26. Wally Ballou for Transistor Radios - Elwood "Pops" Hanks
27. Johnson's Backplasters Commercial - Dynamite Truck
28. Bob & Ray's Overstocked Warehouse - Bayonets & Scabbards from the Spanish American War
29. Manufacturer's Outlet - Buy wool directly from the maker
30. Alligator Industries - Commercial
31. Rudolph and Irma's Dance Studio - Commercial
32. I'd Like to Be A Cow In Switzerland - sung by Mary McGoon (Ray)
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34. Bankruptcy - Beau Brummel Dance Studio
35. Webley Webster's Book Review The Status Seekers by Vance Packard
36. Padraic Popoff, Marriage Counselor
37. Wally Ballou at the Kentucky Derby
38. Man on Stilts
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