Comedy Sound Slapdown

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From a mind-bending Jimi Hendrix solo to a calming tide, Michael Winslow can re-create the soundtrack of your life. With his mouth, that is. If you've ever heard a parrot deliver a frighteningly accurate impression of a fax machine, then you've got an idea of what it's like to behold the freakishly talented Winslow, a sound effects maestro and comic actor (Police Academy) who takes mimicry to a higher (as in "interplanetary") plane. In this concert performance, Winslow offers some knockout pieces, including his aural portrait of a hip-hop French waiter, a rottweiler chasing kids, and a merger of two ancient sitcom casts--specifically, Sanford and Son and The Andy Griffith Show. On the downside, Winslow is terrible, even puerile, as a more conventional stand-up comic peddling cheap jokes. This show works best when Winslow skips the words and makes some noise instead. --Tom Keogh

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Dogs barking. Feet squishing in soggy sneakers. Jet engines roaring. All ordinary, familiar sounds when they come from ordinary, familiar sources. How extraordinary when the source is Michael Winslow! With extensive film and stage credts including all seven "Police Academy" movies, Michael is not be missed. Recorded live, this video performance captures the master of 10,000 sound effects at his best!

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