Using Apple Music for a laugh

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July 29, 2015

Using Apple Music for a laugh

I suspect that many of you are using Apple Music right now, as am I. Whether or not we stick with it once it becomes necessary to pay a monthly fee, we all get lots of great free music for three months. But today's post is not about music. One thing that I have been enjoying on Apple Music is listening to comedy. I'm not just talking about comedic songs, although there is an Intro to "Weird Al" Yankovic curated playlist that has everything from Eat It to I Lost On Jeopardy, plus lots of other funny songs. Today, I'm talking about stand-up comedy albums.

Stand-up comedy is a genre of album that I have never before purchased. It always seemed to me like something that I would listen to once and then be done with, no matter how good it is, and thus not worth owning. But because the philosophy of Apple Music is pay one price — currently no price at all — and listen to anything that you want, all that you want, Apple Music provides a perfect opportunity to listen to some funny comedy on your iPhone. And notwithstanding what I just said about not wanting to listen to routines more than once, I have found that there are some routines that I listened to long ago — such Steven Wright's funny I Have a Pony album — that remain just as funny when I hear them again today.

I've only just begun to explore this genre, but here are some of the albums that I have enjoyed so far or that I have on my list to listen to soon. Hopefully you will enjoy some of these too while you are driving around in your car, doing chores, or otherwise listening to your iPhone. If you have any other suggestions for good stand-up comedy albums that I should add to my list, please share in a comment to this post!

And finally, it won't surprise you that virtually all of this humor is not safe for work.