78s - Cohen On The Telephone - Joe Hayman

A hilarious comedy sketch from Joe Hayman,popular in its time and rumored to be the first comedy record to sell a million copies. This bit primarily made fun of the crude telephone system in use during 1913, when Joe Hayman recorded it in London in July of that year for Regal/Zonophone (it was issued on Columbia here in the States the following year). Several other labels hastily released versions by other artists, and a series of sequels followed right up into the mid-20's. This recording is not intended to insult or offend anyone living or dead. It just reflects the great humor of the time period and how primitive phone lines were back then. I hope you all enjoy this. There are many Cohen records, and I will post some more if anyone is interested. Thanks

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[MichaelHansenFUN]

one question

is this Barney Bernard or Joe Hayman ?

[althazarr]

@MichaelHansenFUN Joe Hayman.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

and what about okeh laughing record?

[althazarr]

@MichaelHansenFUN That's funny that you mentioned the Okeh laughing record, because I'm just about to post it along with some more Uncle Josh 78's.

[9lasttry9]

Wow, I haven't heard this since 1948... it was a record we had for years on a wind up record player and our family repeated the lines for years and thanks to this detailed rendition, I will now be regaling my salon with the story of Cohen on the Telephone.... I had even forgotten a few of the lines.... Thanks so much age 73

[althazarr]

@9lasttry9 Thank you! I love these comic dialogues. I've got many more, and will be glad to post some in the next few weeks. I have several wind up phonographs too, and I'll record them on those. :-)

[ThisGuyFrritz]

Music notes on a talking record?

[mld72mld]

Thanks for sharing.

[EmmetEarwax]

I have a 33rp 12' record with this as one of the bands. There is a good deal of surface noise, esp. where skin acid has eaten the playing surface of the orig. shellac disk. Other bands include about 15 min. of sound track from NIGHT AT THE OPERA, No News or What killed the Dog?, an acid jab at funeral parlors, Night & Day, and so on.

[BobLarrabee]

Cole Porter was once injured because of this record. There was a joke on The Jack Benny Show. Benny's onscreen character was an incredible tightwad, and they were always doing jokes about it. Once, after a party at his house (in the 1940's, 30 years later), Jack mused "I really need to get some new records. My cast is getting tired of dancing to Cohen on the Telephone". Porter heard this and laughed so hard he fell out of bed and broke a leg. Later, Bob Newhart specialized in phone humor.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@althazarr on the label but this comedy comp credited barney

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@althazarr i happen to have some of the stuff, from different comps, with different ranges of sound quality, including a cd of this, with the sound quality dramatically improved!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@althazarr please do!

i have Cohen On The Telephone on a cd and a obscure comp record, and the sound qualit is better, ect...

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@althazarr please do!