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Aesop's Fables The Smothers Brothers Way was the seventh comedy album by The Smothers Brothers (released March 15, 1965 on Mercury Records). Seven of Aesop's more famous stories and morals are related in this album, or what are considered to be his fables but they are often overshadowed by the bickering of the two brothers. The songs were written by John McCarthy. Complete Smothers Brothers' discography can be found here.
[edit] Track listing
- "Overture--Aesop's Fables Our Way" (2:03)
- "The Greedy Dog" (2:20)
- "A Fox (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:24) - Running gag throughout the record where Tom wishes he could be something else but then something happenes to quickly convince him that maybe he had better stay himself.
- "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (4:52)
- "A Fly (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:21)
- "The Dog and the Thief" (3:20)
- "A Worm (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:20)
- "The Farmer and His Sons" (4:26)
- "A Jellyfish (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:15)
- "The Bird and the Jar" (6:23) - Explores the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention."
- "A Mosquito (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:21)
- "The Two Frogs" (4:24)
- "A Car (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:45)
- "Aesop Knew (Reprise)" (1:49)
[edit] Complete Discography
- Live at the Purple Onion, 1961
- The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers, 1962
- Think Ethnic!, 1963
- Curb Your Tongue, Knave, 1963
- It Must Have Been Something I Said!, 1964
- Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects, 1965
- Aesop's Fables, 1965
- Mom Always Liked You Best!, 1966
- The Smothers Brothers Play It Straight, 1966
- Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1968
- Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2, 1969
- Sibling Revelry: The Best of the Smothers Brothers, 1988
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