La Contessa

Rodney Dangerfield's comedic sensibility extended well beyond the nightclub act — as this ribald audio recording demonstrates, he was equally at home in the territory of adult fiction. La Contessa is a short, very adult comic tale delivered entirely in Dangerfield's own voice, with the timing and self-deprecation that made him one of stand-up's most distinctive performers. The format is essentially a comedy performance recorded in narrative form.

Dangerfield narrates his own material, which is the only way this kind of performance could possibly work — the delivery is the joke. His voice carries the exhausted worldliness of someone who has seen everything and found most of it funny. The runtime is not listed, but this is a short piece clearly designed for listeners who want Dangerfield's particular brand of humor in audio form.