# Help me ID this comedy routine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876 "2008-02-16T13:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/1 "2008-02-16T13:10:18Z")
I heard a comedy routine by a duo back in the early 70’s on the radio. I am now trying to find a recording of it. I found a quote from it on a web site, which tentatively attributes it to Danny James, which I think is wrong. I seem to remember it as Bob & Ray, but I can’t find it by sampling the Bob & Ray offerings on iTunes (there are 150 of them there). Does anyone recognize the source of this, which may not be an exact quote: > [@](#): > > …[W]ith some degree of circumlocution, he has couched the nehement vehemence of his address in a periphrastic bit of cajoulistry, which is para-logistic on the one hand, and incapacious on the other. Indeed, his jeremiad, his frenicity – call it what you will – can only be accepted for what it is: an atrabilious amphigory. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/2 "2008-02-16T15:16:49Z")
Bob and Ray, to be sure. I think it’s on their album BOB and RAY. The Two and ONLY. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/3 "2008-02-16T15:49:10Z")
I just played my copy of the album. It is on Bob and Ray The Two and only. SIde two, a track called Indepth News. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/4 "2008-02-16T16:20:00Z")
Although I can’t help with the passage per se, I can attest to the wackiness of Bob and Ray from at least as far back as the 60’s. Probably 50’s. They used to have a promotional spot for radio usage that went (close to verbatim): “If all the radios in the world were placed in one spot they would make a noise loud enough to be heard in Lima, Peru.” As I recall, they also contributed to early MAD Magazine humor. Much like Ernie Kovacs and his “Strangely Believe It” columns. The funniest things I can remember seeing them do on TV were a low-speed chase in a crowded city street and a take-off on “Do You Think I’m Sexy?” ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/5 "2008-02-16T16:22:45Z")
Wow, phenomenal response time! Yes, it turns out this is from The Two and Only; I found someone who had posted info about that recording online. It seems to be out of print. On edit, I see you’ve confirmed it yourself. Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/6 "2008-02-17T05:20:53Z")
Glad to help , now if i can only find an expert on the Komodo Dragon 😛 ---
**Author:** ![brunsj6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@brunsj6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brunsj6)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/7 "2017-01-10T19:52:45Z")
I think you can still get the album of Bob and ray the Two and Only: > **[Bob and Ray: The 2 and Only: 9789999822527: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Ray-2-Only-Elliott/dp/9999822525)** > > Bob and Ray: The 2 and Only on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Bob and Ray: The 2 and Only I saw their show live around 1971 or 1972 when they performed it in San Francisco. Still one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen. Their bits are timeless. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-comedy-routine/437876/8 "2017-01-10T20:20:52Z")
> [@audit1](#): > > Glad to help , now if i can only find an expert on the Komodo Dragon 😛 I like [that.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEyvwhjcFk)