Child's Garden Of Grass CD


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Can a '70s comedy album that is themed about marijuana possibly still be funny? In this case, yes. The audio companion to the book A Child's Garden of Grass, by Jack S. Margolis, has plenty of funny moments, thanks to excellent production and just plain good material. Author Margolis, collaborator Jere Alan Brian, and producer Ron Jacobs created a comedy album that incorporates ideas from the book with new material, sound effects, and music to make 38 minutes go by very quickly. It helps that the original book had a fairly gentle, self-parodying style that stood out among the polemics of the period, and that Margolis had been a humorist long before he wrote it. The album is loosely constructed as a parody of old school instruction records, complete with pompous narration and electronic sounds to instruct a teacher to change slides, and the conceit works surprisingly well. The large cast handles the material well, and those who heard the album for the first time when it was new may be delighted to find that it really is as funny as they remembered. The audio version of A Child's Garden of Grass is a nostalgia trip for people of a certain age, and a humorous learning experience for those who were too young to remember the era. ~ Richard Foss

A Child's Garden Of Grass CD

Various ArtistsMojo (Publisher) (p.71) - "[T]his 'pre-legalisation comedy' parodies the educationalist records of yore and simplifies key issues..."

Child's Garden Of Grass Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Comedy, Comedy Collections, Oldies Collections, Spoken
Label	Rhino Handmade
Orig Year	1971
All Time Product Rank	22,533
CD Universe Part number	6405555
Catalog number	7830
Discs	1
Release Date	Dec 31, 2004
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo

Child's Garden Of Grass Songs

Trk

Song

Time

Price

History of Marijuana

Acquiring Marijuana: General Effects

Creativity See All 2

Physical Effects

Psychological Effects

Time And Space See All 27

Getting Hung-Up

Funniness

Meditation * See All 162

5:04

$0.99

(From different album)

Eating Food

Listening to Music See All 3

Making Love * See All 41

1:54

$0.99

(Different version)

Physical and Intellectual Games

Presidential Trop

I Like Marijuana See All 3

(*)	MP3 for this song is from a different CD. Listen to the sound sample to be sure this is the version you're looking for.

Child's Garden Of Grass Music Review

Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

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5 stars Childs Garden of Grass
This is so great! I can't believe I found this. I had the book and album way back when. This brings back memories.
Submitted by Suprmom03 (Lewisville, Tx)
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5 stars Feeling Talented...and Maybe A Little Hungry
This album is great. There is some really funny stuff on here. The skits are imaginative and fresh even though this album is dated. I fell in love with "Grass" when I was in high School. (no pun intended) I would suggest this title to everyone.
Submitted by wind-dancer (Sheboygan, Wi.)
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4 stars fun but pricey
this really brings back memories for me... I have this Album and I think I paid like .50 cents for it in a Goodwill Store back in the early 70s... while I recommend everyone listen to this recording I also think any price over 10 bucks is too much to ask for it
Submitted by Stonee (Dallas, TX)
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5 stars Smokin'
Rhino as always did a great job with the sound quality for a fun cd. It's a little dated but it's still enjoyable today.
Submitted by John (NYC,NY)
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5 stars compulsory for the high comedy collector!
i've had this album (on vinyl) for about ten years or so and have yet to tire of it. listen after listen, time after time. glad to see it's being preserved in a more durable form!
Submitted by in.dog.neato (Duluth, Minnesota, y'all)
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