''I Have a Pony'' is the debut
comedy album by American
stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...
Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jok ...
, released in 1985. It was recorded at Wolfgang's in San Francisco and Park West in Chicago. ''I Have a Pony'' is 40 minutes long and consists entirely of Wright's typical style of
one-line jokes.
Despite his ongoing career, it was his only album release for many years: "When I made that album, I noticed that the material on it became so well known that I couldn't really perform it anymore." On September 25, 2007, nearly 22 years later, Wright released a follow-up titled ''
I Still Have a Pony
''I Still Have a Pony'' is the second live comedy album by Steven Wright. The title is a play on that of Wright's previous album '' I Have a Pony'', which was released 22 years before. The album contains the audio from his Comedy Central standu ...
'' (a CD release of the material from ''
When The Leaves Blow Away'').
The album peaked at number 194 on the
''Billboard'' 200. It was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to presen ...
in 1987.
Track listing
# "Introduction" - 4:14
# "Ants" - 4:42
# "Hitchhiking" - 2:13
# "Ice" - 2:28
# "Dog Stay" - 3:27
# "Rachel" - 4:50
# "7's and the Museum" - 4:01
# "Water" - 3:06
# "Jiggs Casey" - 3:03
# "Cross Country" - 2:15
# "Book Store" - 1:25
# "Winny" - 1:28
# "Apt." - 2:08
# "Babies and Skiing" - 2:22
References
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Steven Wright albums
Stand-up comedy albums
1985 live albums
1985 debut albums