Wednesday, November 26, 2025

SPIKE JONES

From the liner notes of "The Best Of Spike Jones - The Funniest Show On Earth:
Spike was a true innovator whose comedic genius was light years ahead of this time, directly influencing such iconoclasts as Frank Zappa, Ernie Kovacs, Weird Al Yankovic, George Carlin and Billy Crystal.

  • Spike Jones: The Best Of Spike Jones – The Funniest Show On Earth
        (2009, 3dvd, --, infinity)

For those who want to dive into the Spike Jones discography, here's a list of his albums
(thanks to Danny Mathys):

1

Spike Jones: Spike Jones Presents A Xmas Spectacular
(1956, lp)

2

Spike Jones: Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi—Fi — Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry
(1957, lp)

3

Spike Jones: Spike Jones In Stereo — A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound !
(1959, lp)

4

Spike Jones And The Band That Plays For Fun: Omnibust
(1960, lp)

5

Spike Jones And The Band That Plays For Fun: "60 Years Of ""Music America Hates Best"""
(1960, lp)

6

Spike Jones: Washington Square
(1963, lp)

7

Spike Jones: Spike Jones' New Band
(1964, lp)

8

Spike Jones: My Man
(1964, lp)

9

Spike Jones: The New Band Of Spike Jones Plays Hank Williams Hits
(1965, lp)

10

Spike Jones And His City Slickers: Spike Jones Murders Them All
(1973, 2lp)

11

Spike Jones And His City Slickers: Spike Jones Murders Again
(1973, 2lp)

12

Spike Jones And His City Slickers: Spike Jones Can't Stop Murdering
(1974, 2lp)

13

Spike Jones: The King Of Corn
(1978, lp)

14

Spike Jones And His Other Orchestra: The Uncollected Spike Jones And His Other Orchestra — 1946
(1982, lp)

15

Spike Jones & His City Slickers: Radio Days
(1990, cd)

16

Spike Jones And His City Slickers: The Radio Years Volume 1
(1993, cd)

17

Spike Jones And His City Slickers: The Radio Years Volume 2
(1993, cd)

18

Spike Jones: (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
(2003, 3cd)


And another DVD you might want to check out:

  • Spike Jones: Wild Music
        (2011, dvd, --, tgg direct)

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