Standup Comedy - Robin Harris - Bebe's Kids

Review by Steven McDonald

A stand-up comedy album from actor/comedian Robin Harris, this is notable for stuffing 74 minutes onto a single disc. Unfortunately, like a lot of stand-up comedy, it relies too heavily on four-letter words, rapid-fire attack patter and, I would venture to guess, visual cues during the performance. The result is that a lot of the really funny and biting material is absent from the recording -- this would actually work a whole lot better on videotape, where the comedy can be projected by the performer. Harris works hard and puts across the ethnic impressions (mostly oriented to Chicago and New York) very well indeed, and he sounds great. Unfortunately, without the visual cues to go by, much of the comedy here falls flat.

1 Intro/Down Home Blues Harris 1:32
2 Feeling Good Harris :28
3 3 Big B... In the Mall Harris 4:10
4 Gonna Change/Spare Change Harris 4:40
5 Mom and Dad and School Harris 4:21
6 Piccolo Player Harris 4:22
7 Proud to Be from Compton? Harris 2:08
8 Dumb A...Police Harris 1:10
9 Death Penalty Harris 4:10
10 Jeri Curl Harris 3:39
11 Ugly Woman Harris 1:58
12 Pac Man Game Harris 1:29
13 Love Faces Harris 1:27
14 Lakers Vs. Clippers Harris 1:01
15 Black Airline Harris 4:32
16 Hard Being a Woman Harris 3:40
17 Hate My Wife Harris 5:32
18 Women Can Get Away With Anything Harris 1:08
19 Why Brothers Drive Cadillacs Harris :41
20 Leave That Coke Alone Harris 4:13
21 New York, New York Harris 1:51
22 Heard But Not Seen Harris 3:19
23 Bé-Bé's Kids (To Disneyland) Harris 6:41
24 Bé-Bé's Kids (To Las Vegas) Harris 2:46
25 Lassie/T.V. Theme Songs Harris 2:57



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