Frantic Times is a Canadian comedy 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. The original LP was released in 1984, and was reissued as a CD with additional tracks by Deep Shag Records

Deep Shag Records

Deep Shag Records is an American record company started in 2000 by Michael Reed. They are best known for the On The Road With Ellison series of releases by Harlan Ellison and for re-issuing rare 1980's modern rock, New Wave, comedy, and spoken word albums which were previously unavailable on...

 in 2003. The album is wholly made up of sketches and songs that appeared on their CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 radio show Frantic Times. The skits were recorded in front of a live audience in the Blue Orchid Room at the Ontario College of Art.

Personnel

• Paul Chato
  Paul Chato
  Paul Chato is a comedian and World Wide Web media executive. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1954 to Hungarian parents. Paul grew up in the first planned community in North America, Don Mills...
  
  
• Rick Green
  Rick Green
  Rick Green is a Canadian comedian, satirist, and writer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. From 1975 until 1979, he worked as a presenter at the Ontario Science Centre. In 1979, he helped found the Toronto-based comedy troupe The Frantics...
  
  
• Dan Redican
  Dan Redican
  Dan Redican is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe, The Frantics. As a founding member of the troupe he has worked since 1979 on numerous stage shows, the Frantic Times radio show, Four on the Floor TV show...
  
  
• Peter Wildman
  Peter Wildman
  Peter Wildman is a Canadian actor, voice actor, musician, writer and member of the Frantics comedy troupe. He voiced Buzz Sherwood on The Red Green Show, Mojo on the X-Men Animated Series and Sergeant Murphy in the series The Busy World of Richard Scarry....
  
  
• Carolyn Scott
  Carolyn Scott
  Carolyn Scott is a art director and set decorator. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Madness of King George.-External links:...
  
   (Special Guest)

Track listing

1. "Car Noises" – 3:02
2. "Ed's Perfume" – 1:18
3. "The Human Race" – 2:19
4. "Mrs. Sarnicky's Soap" – 1:16
5. "Heaven Is For Presbyterians" – 3:57
6. "Butcher's Heart" – 2:34
7. "Odd Things" – 5:13
8. "Clean Up Your Room" – 0:21
9. "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...
   
   " – 3:06
10. "Going Home Alone" – 2:38
11. "Yugoslavia" – 2:58
12. "Reach For The Top" – 2:25
13. "Canadian Wildlife Dead Animal" – 1:14
14. "Roman Numerals" – 3:12
15. "Sidewalk Jerry" – 1:13
16. "You Were Speeding" – 1:55
17. "Mrs. Sarnicky's Toilet Paper" – 1:14
18. "Lonely Guy In A Room" – 1:52
19. "How To Write A Song" – 2:16
20. "Outgrossing" – 3:54
21. "Quennel's Mom" – 4:16
22. "Fishin' With Live Bait" – 4:18 +
23. "I'm Following You" – 1:46 +
24. "Todd Booster Mars Blockade" – 3:59 +

+ Additional tracks added to the CD reissue

External links

• Albums listings on The Frantics official Web site
• Deep Shag Records listing for the album
• Frantics Discography