The Very Best of Bob and Ray: Legends of Comedy Audiobook (Free)

Before Bob & Ray, comedians told jokes. After Bob & Ray, they told stories. When they first met up in 1946 on WHDH-AM Boston, no one guessed that their simple, intelligent, deadpan brand of laughter would revolutionize the comedic panorama. With a gift for an improvisation and a keen understanding of the absurd, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding developed a universe of wonderful people and rewrote the guidelines for what’s funny. Consider any essential comedy star since-Bob Newhart, Garrison Keillor, Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, George Carlin, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld-and you are able to hear your debt to Bob & Ray. This collection honors both and only with selections off their early years (1950s, ’60s, and ’70s) and open public radio years (’80s), their 1984 Carnegie Hall performances, and previously unreleased archival recordings.