Boot to the Head
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Boot to the Head is a Canadian comedy
album, performed by The Frantics
comedy troupe. Originally released as an LP in 1987, it was re-issued with the same track listing as a CD in 1996. The album features a number of skits from their radio show Frantic Times, as well as a few sketches that could not be aired to a general audience. The sketches were recorded over a three-day period in front of a live audience at the Toronto Free Theatre.
"Ti Kwan Leep
" is one of the most famous skits from this album, followed by the title song "Boot to the Head". These are both regularly played on the Doctor Demento radio show. In the skit, there is a conversation between Ed Gruberman
and a martial arts
master over the relative merits of harmonious Eastern philosophy versus "trashing bozos". This soon devolves into an all-out brawl. The song recites a long litany of people doing idiotic (in the minds of the performers, at least) things, and recommending that we "Give them a boot to the head!" However, their iconic phrase became famous three years earlier in "Last Will and Temperament
" from their Frantic Times album.
Several of the other skits are also considered to be classics, such as "A Piece Of Pie", and "You Scare The **** Out Of Me", which have occasionally appeared in the troupe's shows after their reunion in 2004 and 2005. The former skit involves a man who confides to his friend that he has just excreted a whole, well-formed piece of pie, and the latter is a self-explanatory song. Neither skit could have been aired on their long-running CBC radio show.
Despite the resemblance, Frantics member Paul Chato claims the person getting his head booted on the cover is not supposed to be him.
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
album, performed by The Frantics
Frantics (comedy)
The Frantics is a Canadian comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman.The group formed in 1979. In 1981, they were given a weekly radio slot on the CBC Radio show Variety Tonight, then hosted by Vicki Gabereau. In the summer of 1982 they were the summer...
comedy troupe. Originally released as an LP in 1987, it was re-issued with the same track listing as a CD in 1996. The album features a number of skits from their radio show Frantic Times, as well as a few sketches that could not be aired to a general audience. The sketches were recorded over a three-day period in front of a live audience at the Toronto Free Theatre.
Track listing
- "A Piece of Pie" – 4:33
- "I Shot Bambi's Mother" – 1:20
- "Driving Chicks Mad" – 3:23
- "A Poem" – 0:35
- "Game Show, Game Show" – 2:02
- "Bill from Bala" – 4:42
- "A Poem" – 3:11
- "Architecture Today" – 3:11
- "Mrs. G" – 2:24
- "Worshippers 'R' Us" – 4:05
- "You People Are Fat" – 3:32
- "Making Love" – 2:14
- "A Poem" – 1:12
- "Make Up Dirty Words" – 1:58
- "You Scare the **** Out Of Me" – 2:53
- "Ti Kwan LeepTi Kwan LeepTi Kwan Leep is a sketch comedy recording by the Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics. It appears on their 1987 album Boot to the Head....
" – 4:52 - "Boot to the Head" – 1:36
"Ti Kwan Leep
Ti Kwan Leep
Ti Kwan Leep is a sketch comedy recording by the Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics. It appears on their 1987 album Boot to the Head....
" is one of the most famous skits from this album, followed by the title song "Boot to the Head". These are both regularly played on the Doctor Demento radio show. In the skit, there is a conversation between Ed Gruberman
Ed Gruberman
Ed Gruberman may refer to:*An impatient martial arts student in the novelty song Ti Kwan Leep *The main character in the 2009 film Super Capers...
and a martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
master over the relative merits of harmonious Eastern philosophy versus "trashing bozos". This soon devolves into an all-out brawl. The song recites a long litany of people doing idiotic (in the minds of the performers, at least) things, and recommending that we "Give them a boot to the head!" However, their iconic phrase became famous three years earlier in "Last Will and Temperament
Last Will and Temperament
Last Will and Temperament is a comedy skit performed by the Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics on their CBC radio series "Frantic Times". It appears on their 1984 album of the same name...
" from their Frantic Times album.
Several of the other skits are also considered to be classics, such as "A Piece Of Pie", and "You Scare The **** Out Of Me", which have occasionally appeared in the troupe's shows after their reunion in 2004 and 2005. The former skit involves a man who confides to his friend that he has just excreted a whole, well-formed piece of pie, and the latter is a self-explanatory song. Neither skit could have been aired on their long-running CBC radio show.
Despite the resemblance, Frantics member Paul Chato claims the person getting his head booted on the cover is not supposed to be him.