ERA Records' 1983 LP of COMEDY CLASSICS (BU 3890) is a reduction of the K-TEL original: only 12 of that album's 16 tracks. Missing here are Flip Wilson: "Wooden Leg," Bill Dana: "Jose Jiminez- the Astronaut," Allen & Rossi: "Punch Drunk Fighters" and Bill Cosby: "Handball at the Y."SIDE ONE NOTES1.) When Miss Tomlin's demands that delinquent customer pay up fail, she tries a different tack. 2.) Albert puts a Cessna engine in his jalopy. Cos' takes his driver's test in this monster. 3.) Acts that Rodney worked with. John Wayne's ex-horse. Rodney's "following." 4.) A drunk places a phone order for booze delivery. 5.) Story of an East Side garment manufacturer; his house in the country. 6.) A preacher, his "sammich" and God.SIDE TWO NOTES1.) One of many "live" versions of this classic confusion sketch, probably from the Kate Smith radio show, circa 1939. 2.) Carlin's first waxing of the "Weird Willie West Show" has more song parodies than his FM & AM album cut, but no Al Sleet weather forecast. 3.) Guy has to visit a doctor after he accidentally swallows his own glass eye. Radio faith healer can't help an old man's below-the-belt problem. 4.) Maudie remembers Wilbur & Orville, also one of her strange relatives. 5.) Gracie's nephew Willie and his two pairs of pants. 6.) One of Groucho's late-life monologues: his public encounters with priests.[S]=stereo; [M]=mono; [R]=rechanneled stereoSIDE ONE[3:21] Mr. Veedle (Switchboard Operator) - Lily Tomlin [S][5:14] Fat Albert's Car - Bill Cosby [S][3:59] That's Show Biz - Rodney Dangerfield [S][2:56] Ajax Liquor Store - Hudson & Landry [R][2:53] Idle Conversation - Myron Cohen [M][4:21] God / Grandmother - Richard Pryor [M]SIDE TWO[5:13] Who's on First - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello [M][5:45] Wonderful Wino (Top 40 Disc Jockey) - George Carlin [S][2:14] Healers Don't Raise the Dead / Glass Eye - Redd Foxx [M][5:55] Oldest Airline Stewardess (Maude Frickert) - Jonathan Winters [S][2:31] Broken Back - George Burns & Gracie Allen [M][1:36] All the Joy - Groucho Marx [M]TOTAL TIME: 45:58