Robin Harris - BeBes Kids (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

Best Comedian Ever!!!

Sherri Kaye Sneed | Dallas, TX USA | 12/15/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this back in the day in the form of a cassette. In an effort to continually update my cassettes to CDs, I bought this CD. I hadn't listened for a few years but it is still as funny as ever. If you were too young to know about Robin Harris or never took the time out to listen to him before he past away, I would highly recommend it. Although I'm a fan of Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, Robin is one of the best that I've heard. He is right up there with the GREAT ONES!"

The funniest album from one of the funniest comedians of all

Joseph Tidline | Phoenix, AZ USA | 09/30/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first time I ever saw Robin Harris do stand up on a cable special I laughed so hard I was crying. I had never laughed like that before and I am still laughing at his jokes to this day. Robin Harris is a tell it like it is, pull no punches comedian. In my opinion he is one of the funniest comedians of all time and it is shame that his career was cut short due to his death and that this is the only album he ever made. But we do have this album to remember him by. And this album will make you laugh until your sides hurt. This album was recorded in an actual comedy club and when you listen to it, it feels like you are in the club, in the audience with Robin Harris up on the stage. Harris even goes as far as to rip on hecklers in the audience. This is a very funny comedy album and I cannot recommend it enough. If he had still been alive I have no doubt that Robin Harris would have been one of the 'Original Kings of Comedy' because he truly was just that, a King of Comedy."

The first time I saw Robin Harris on HBO, I laughed so hard

D. Latini | San Francisco, CA | 08/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I agree with the other posters that Robin Harris is one of the funniest standup comedians ever. Period. I first came across him when I watched his HBO One Night Stand performance. I literally laughed so hard I had trouble catching my breath. Unfortunately, we don't have much of his work available. There's this CD, his performance in Spike Lee's movies, and a posthumous version of Bebe's Kids in a watered down animated version. If you want to watch Robin deliver some of his routine, watch House Party. In his role as Pops, he uses some of his lines from this Bebe's Kids CD in his running monolgue as he goes looking for Play near the middle of the House Party movie. I wish HBO would release his One Night Stand performance on DVD!"

This Man Was FUNNY!!

WILLIE A YOUNG II | Houston, TX. | 08/07/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is quite possibly the funniest stand-up routine I've ever heard! This classic recording made from 2 separate performances in late 1989 and early 90 shows Robin Harris at the top of his game and reminds me of the genius we lost far too soon to heart failure. Harris comes out punching before the first bell, berating an audience member about his weight and eating habits, leading into an all out attack on fat people and overeaters thats so politically incorrect it ought to be against the law! His next bit about streey beggars is even funnier (..."don't you hate to get gas? brotha' man, brotha man!") and will have gasping for breathe at his reply to strangers asking for money. Another highlight of this white-hot set is his description of how Blacks are treated on Airlines, and even includes a bit on "people with Q-Tips on thier heads" flying on airplanes and "hijacking us" which now, in the aftermath of Sept.11, sounds even more relevant than a decade ago when this was recorded, how creepy is that? There's really not a wasted moment on "BeBe's Kids", even when the pace lags a little in the final 3rd, Harris' interaction with the audience keeps things funny and his method of handling hecklers is brilliant, profane and hysterical. Not for the fainthearted or easily offended, this live performance still stands as a testament to the late Robin Harris' genius. Indespensible."

"All they ask me to do is review the body..."

Winston Smith | PG County, MD | 07/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bebe's Kids is the best stand up routine delivered by the best comedian ever. The album is hilarious on first listen, but it only gets better the more you hear it. Nobody could deliver a joke/story like Robin Harris. He really tries to get the audience involved in the routine which makes the listener feel like he/she is part of the audience. Bebe's Kids is filled with quotable lines that you will mentally retrieve in many life situations. Listen to this with a friend or group of friends and you'll have countless inside jokes afterwards.

His commentary on sex, relationships, marriage, parenting, racism, economics, sports and celebrity give the album a wide variety of subject matter. He covers so many different topics that you get the feeling he could make a joke about anything.

My favorite part is when he talks about going to see the Lakers and Clippers in LA. "I was sitting up so high, the concession man wouldn't even come up there." Going to church with Tiny was another good one. Most of his dealings with the audience were also LAMO funny.

It was unfortunate that he past away a few years later. But at least he left us with this comic masterpiece."

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