2007, Sub Pop SPCD737

CD+DVD in gatefold sleeve. Excellent condition; promo mark on barcode

CD-01   Here We Go (0:33)
CD-02   America Has Spoken (3:27)
CD-03   Beautiful People & A Bridge Troll (3:07)
CD-04   Clean Filth (1:57)
CD-05   The Miracle Of Childbirth (2:40)
CD-06   You Are Allowed 20 Birthday Parties (5:38)
CD-07   The Dukes Of Hazzard (2:12)
CD-08   Alternate Earth (1:11)
CD-09   Best Week Never (1:51)
CD-10   Physics For Poets (4:06)
CD-11   At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas With A Shovel (4:36)
CD-12   Bubble Of Sanity (1:06)
CD-13   Sterling, Virginia (1:19)
CD-14   The Gatekeepers Of Coolness (3:08)
CD-15   Racist Cell Phones (1:40)
CD-16   The Best Baby In The Universe (2:00)
CD-17   Married & Single (0:16)
CD-18   I Tell A Story About Birth Control & Deal With A Retarded Heckler (5:57)
CD-19   Great Food Is Cooked By Psychos (2:34)
CD-20   Wackity Schmackity Doo! (2:15)
CD-21   Death Bed (3:47)
CD-22   Cirque Du Soleil (2:56)

DVD-1   Intro (2:28)
DVD-2   An Evening With P. Oswalt (5:55)
DVD-3   The 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia (October 26th, 2006) (44:45)
DVD-4   Credits (0:39)

CD performance recorded at Cap City Comedy Club, Austin, Texas, November 30th to December 2nd, 2006 and is 58:19 long. The DVD is 1 chapter that is 53:47 long. Track DVD-3 is a full length stand-up performance.

Review by David Jeffries
Turn on any deep cable channel that runs three-year-old movies — or old Kings of Queens episodes or Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts — and you'll run into the leading doughboy of cynicism, Patton Oswalt. The numerous guest spots and character actor parts the man lands are all delivered with the utmost care, but to really appreciate Patton you have to experience his standup. Werewolves and Lollipops is a masterful, and most importantly, hilarious example of how this jaw-droppingly talented comedian can craft a set that doesn't underestimate its audience. With so much venom to spit — and with all of George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" working overtime — there's no point easing into the opening fast-food diatribe "America Has Spoken." Oswalt doesn't bother with the usual, "how's everybody doin' tonight?" time waster. Instead, the routine mercilessly skewers a shameless fast-food industry where every fatty thing on the menu is offered in single mash, or as Oswalt puts it, "a failure pile in a sadness bowl." That the esoteric This Mortal Coil and their It'll End in Tears album gets mentioned amongst all this fried guilt is amazing and a nod to the in-the-know cult audience that has championed the comedian. Still, there's an approachable, self-deprecating side to his act that proudly declares "I'm a nerd" ("At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas with a Shovel") and while the Bush-bashing ("Alternate Earth"), small-town bashing ("Sterling, Virginia"), and religious bashing ("I Tell a Story About Birth Control and Deal with a Retarded Heckler") has "elitist" written all over it, it tastes like sweet manna from heaven after the five-year reign of the Blue Collar Comedy crowd. There's no reason to make excuses when Oswalt is able to stream through this seemingly impossible jumble of topics effortlessly or instantly lay to waste the heckler that dares interrupt his flow. After so much "stupid is as stupid does" has flooded the standup market, it's good to feel uncompromisingly smart for a change, and even better when the material is honed to perfection. [Werewolves and Lollipops was also released with an excellent bonus DVD featuring most of the same material on the CD but from a show two months earlier. Being able to witness the act developing and reaching full potential is an extra fans will find fascinating.]
 
Biography by Jason Ankeny
Comedian Patton Oswalt translated his acerbic, defiantly absurdist sensibility into surprising mainstream success, enjoying a thriving television and film career without dulling his edge. Born January 27, 1969, in Portsmouth, VA, Oswalt initially pursued a career as a writer, and also worked as a paralegal before performing his first open-mic gig at the Washington, D.C., club Garvin's in the summer of 1988. He began his professional standup career the following year and in 1992 relocated to San Francisco, continuing to hone his craft in nightclubs. After collaborating with fellow comedian Blaine Capatch on Food for Thought, a series of short films for the cable network Comedy Central, Oswalt settled in Los Angeles in 1995, working as a writer on Fox's fledgling sketch program Mad TV and appearing on HBO Comedy Showcase. In 1996, he made his feature film debut with a brief role in the comedy flop Down Periscope. Cast as nerdy Spence Olchin in the long-running CBS sitcom The King of Queens in 1998, Oswalt worked alongside veteran standups Kevin James and the great Jerry Stiller, solidifying his rising profile via roles in the features Magnolia, Man on the Moon, and Zoolander. In 2003, he even expanded into the world of comic books, writing the DC one-shot JLA: Welcome to the Working Week. Oswalt's debut standup LP, Feelin' Kinda Patton, appeared on Michael Penn and Aimee Mann's United Musicians imprint in 2004. The indie rock fanzine Chunklet also released an unedited and unexpurgated two-disc version of the same performance as 222. In the fall of 2004 Oswalt teamed with Zach Galifanakis, Brian Posehn, and Maria Bamford as the Comedians of Comedy, a collective that eschewed traditional standup clubs in favor of indie rock venues. A feature film documenting their tour followed in 2005, as did a six-episode Comedy Central series. In 2007, Oswalt appeared in a number of voice acting roles, including Jim in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants and Rémy, the star of the Pixar film Ratatouille.