SHELLEY BERMAN COMEDY-"THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE"

*A comedy veteran in the truest sense of the term, Shelley Berman conquered all forms of entertainment - stage, screen and recordings - in a career spanning seven decades. In 1959, he released "Inside Shelley Berman", which eventually went gold and was the first non-musical album to win a Grammy. Among its notable routines were "The Morning After the Night Before," a sobering look at a drunken night, and "Buttermilk," which cemented his reputation as anxiety-ridden in a world out of his control. A sample line: "It's not the buttermilk that bothers me. It's the way the glass looks after you're through drinking it that makes me sick." His work touched a nerve with everyday men caught up in an increasingly complex world, often connecting to audiences on a deeply personal level that would go on to pave the way for the rise of the neuroses as a voice of reason, a la Richard Lewis and Woody Allen. With" Inside Shelley Berman" the comic almost single-handedly legitimized the comedy album as a potent force of popular art and entertainment at that time. Over the years, Berman eventually released five more albums for the company, two of which, The Edge of Shelley Berman, and Outside Shelley Berman would also go gold. The latter featured the poignant, "Father and Son," about the Jewish father whose son wants to go to New York to become an actor. *( From Turner Classic Movies Search Database)*

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[MichaelHansenFUN]

edited

[rwells47]

@MichaelHansenFUN- if it is edited it wasn't by me! I posted this directly from an old vinyl LP! Ron

[pmg4067]

I have been hunting for this routine FOR EVER!! Thanks so much for posting it.

[rwells47]

@pmg4067- you are very welcome!  Ron

[cablonde320]

Oh my!! I haven't heard Shelley Burman in years!!!

He was so very funny!!

Thanks Ron for sharing this with us...it's great!!

xx

Barb

[rwells47]

@cablonde320- you're welcome Barb!  Ron

[jackdurney]

As a kid our family loved listening and re-listening to this routine. A real master!!

[mkl62]

2-3-2012. It's Heaven at 87. Happy Birthday, Shelly. You've come a long way since The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse.

[DavidBergeronUSMC]

This routine was one of my all time favorites....I was in high school....had all of his albums!

[1nceBitten2wiceShy]

@rwells47 Yup. Shelley Berman, a man with a razor-edged mind and eagle-eye for comedic perfection, somehow missed the notion that having a cat die a tragic death in the middle of a funny story might just dampen the mood a tad! - 1b2s

Somebody needs to post the other version now, in order to make this internet truly... interactive.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@rwells47 it was edited on the record-this is not from "inside" album...

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@rwells47 i have the album, the comp album "Let me tell you a story..." so its edited on there i swear. i have the original...