Woody Allen is a live 1964 comedy album by the American comedian[2] and later notable film director Woody Allen. This was Allen's debut recording, and was recorded at Mister Kelly's nightclub in Chicago.[3] It was the first of three comedy albums released by Allen.
Billboard magazine highlighted the album as a Comedy Spotlight in their July 25, 1964 issue and wrote that "He is a very funny fellow. The material is uniformly hilarious throughout the album. Of course Allen's delivery is polished to a point whereby he may soon be the nation's No 1. comedian".[4]
Many comedians have cited Allen's influence on them and their work. In an interview John Mulaney specified that he had listened to Allen's 1965 album.[5]
Three albums, Woody Allen, recorded at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago, March 1964 (Colpix release #515); Woody Allen Volume 2, recorded at The Shadows, Washington D.C. (Colpix release #488), April 1965; and The Third Woody Allen Album, recorded at Eugene's ("a cabaret dedicated to raise money to aidEugene McCarthy"[7][8]), San Francisco, August 1968 (Capitol #2986);[9][10] were reissued, in 1972, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: The Night Club Years 1964-1968,[11][12][13] in 1978, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: Standup Comic,[7] and in 2014, as a CDboxset, Woody Allen: The Stand-Up Years: 1964–1968.[14][15]
"Today in History, April 30". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2023. Sen. Eugene McCarthy responds to questioning newsmen during a visit to Eugene's, a political cabaret, in New York, April 30, 1968. Some 250 person welcomed the senator to the cabaret at 1034 second avenue.
^Allen, Woody (1978). "Woody Allen standup comic, 1964-1968". Stanford University library. Los Angeles, Calif: United Artists. Retrieved September 5, 2023. First performance. Private life (5:43) ; Brooklyn (3:47) ; The army (1:20) ; Pets (1:06) ; My grandfather (:53) ; My marriage (2:47) ; Bullet in my breast pocket (:47) ; N.Y.U. (2:27) ; A love story (3:32) ; The police (5:08) ; Down south (3:49) ; Summing up (1:25) Second performance. The vodka ad (4:54) ; Vegas (1:34) ; Second marriage (7:48) ; The great Renaldo (2:11) ; Mechanical objects (5:38) ; The moose (2:38) ; Kidnapped (2:54) ; Unhappy childhood (2:43) ; The science fiction film (1:48) ; Eggs benedict (1:36) ; Oral contraception (:27) ; European trip (5:43) ; The lost generation (2:21).
