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The best kept secret in music

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"Two Drink Minimum- "RadioPlay" Review"

Las Vegas Comedy Festival winner Bobby Mitchell can typically be found on stage, strumming an acoustic guitar and sorrowfully bidding adieu to his beloved porn collection.

With his new comedy-concept album RadioPlay, Mitchell makes a leap onto the airwaves, or at least the fictional airwaves reproduced in a recording studio. The concept is simple: Imagine seeking and scanning your way across the radio dial. Now imagine that the tracks you come across- not to mention commercials for Tushy puff toilet paper and the weight-loss expertise of Skinny Bobalones – are all spooftastically funny.

Mitchell provides all voices and the majority of the instrumentation, an impressive feat considering the ease at which he moves from the country-western “Wayward Teenage Girl” to Irish singalong “Margaret O’Leary” to R&B masterpiece “Fat Girl” to the talk-radio host of WBOR, whose voice “will help you slip into a coma.” And let’s not overlook the original Broadway cast recording of “Strip Club,” in which an optimistic go-getter envisions things being run differently, promising that “We’ll rise to the occasion / We’re gonna stand tall / and there will be free panties for all / (Free panties…FOR ALL!).”

Sure the songs may be a bit goofy, but the overall album is original and ground-breaking. Here’s hoping the optimistic go-getter’s strip club goes over even half as well. – Julie Seabaugh, Two Drink Minimum
- Julie Seabaugh- Senior Editor


"High Times "RadioPlay" Review"

Here's What High Times had to say about RadioPlay:

"can't find it - I'll keep looking." - Steve Bloom, High Times

Go figure. - High Times Magazine


"Uproar Magazine "Goodbye, Porn Collection" Review"

"Musical comedians don't always get a lot of respect. This could be because a lot of the time, they don't deserve it. Their headliners, guys like Victor Borge and Weird Al Yankovic, aren't typically heralded as sexy, edgy or even hip. But with his album Goodbye, Porn Collection, Bobby Mitchell may just have earned his spot at the cool kids' table. His brand of musicomedy is fresh and viable. Most important, it's funny.

A mix of studio and live performances gives the album a colorful personality, and a track of outtakes provides a glimpse into Mitchell's creative mind. The best song on the album by far is the title track, a bluesy, bittersweet tale of a guy who found a real-life girlfriend but had to abandon his true love, his collection of porn. The catchy chorus will be stuck in your head for hours...

"Call Now"...is a stream-of-consciousness infomercial, hilariously channeling Willy Wonka's fast-talking diction and Jerry Falwell's resolve. He urges the listener to "call now" with such ridiculous intensity that, had an 800 number been announced, I would have been compelled to dial it immediately.

The best aspect of the album is Mitchell's talent for taking on different characters by changing his voice and musical style. Goodbye, Porn Collection is worth listening to on a surface level, but it also allows a deeper look into the process of making the album. Mitchell enables us one step closer toward answering the question, "Why would anyone actually want to be a singing comedian?"

-Amber Mitchell*
*No relation to Bobby Mitchell. - Uproar Magazine


Discography

"RadioPlay", 2005
"Goodbye, Porn Collection", 2003

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Bio

Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, Bobby Mitchell has introduced his hot brand of musicomedy at colleges, comedy festivals (Las Vegas, Newport Comedy Series, New York Comedy Festival), legendary U.S clubs such as the Miami Improv and Caroline’s on Broadway, and is seen in national commercials such as TheTruth.com

Currently starring as the lead in the new off-Broadway musical "Stairway to Hell" from the creators of the long running "Donkey Show" and produced by VH1 and CBS Radio.

Bobby amazes audiences with his versatility as he flies from original comedy songs like “Goodbye, Porn Collection” and “Kitty Ditty,” right into his trademark characters such as the mafia weight-loss guru, “Skinny Bobalones.” The music he creates will have you singing his songs for days, but Bobby goes further to weave in hilarious lyrics executed beautifully with an incredible voice.

An early reviewer described RadioPlay best, “It’s like Prince and George Carlin made a Grammy-winning record together.” Featuring fan favorites like the instant Irish classic, “Margaret O'Leary” Bobby's album RadioPlay has sold all over America and in England.