I Am Not Homer

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I Am Not Homer
Studio album by
Dan Castellaneta
Released23 April 2002
GenreComedy
LabelOglio Records
Dan Castellaneta chronology
Two Lips
(2000) 		I Am Not Homer
(2002)

I Am Not Homer is a 2002 comedy album by actor and comedian Dan Castellaneta, with additional input by his wife Deb Lacusta. The album is a collection of comedy sketches written and performed by Castellaneta and Lacusta, and was the follow-up to Castellaneta's previous all-music album Two Lips.[1] The title of the album is a reference to Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography, I Am Not Spock, and a majority of the sketches were material that the pair had used before in their careers, but no longer performed live.

Production

A majority of the sketches had been written and performed before the CD was recorded,

Santa Monica.[2] Additionally, "Citizen Kane", a sketch in which two people discuss the film Citizen Kane with different meanings, was something the pair had performed at an art gallery.[2] Castellaneta noted that "we already knew that these skits were funny, [but] some of them we polished and tightened."[2] The skits were principally written by improvising from a basic point, transcribing the results and then editing them to the finished scene.[2]

Castellaneta chose the title I Am Not Homer as a parody of Leonard Nimoy's famous first autobiography I Am Not Spock, as well as to show that most of the comedy featured "is not the typical Homer comedy."[3] It was also a reference to the fact that many people do not know anything about Castellaneta's comedy career away from The Simpsons.[3]

Reception

Canadian writer, Jenny Yuen, gave the CD a mixed review, noting "some funny moments", but "the sketches barely match annoying bickering one could listen to on an episode of

Abraham Simpson, Barney Gumble and Groundskeeper Willie.[4] Bradley Torreano found that there are "a few very funny sketches, but in the long run this is a very average comedy album that only inspires the occasional chuckle".[1]

Track listing

All skits are performed by Castellaneta and Lacusta, except for "So Dumb" which is a solo monologue performed by Castellaneta.

  1. "AM Therapy" – 8:04
  2. "Badger Baseball" – 5:00
  3. "Elvus" – 5:28
  4. "Rocks Off" – 6:48
  5. "Horoscope" – 2:16
  6. "Dynamite Sales" – 8:14
  7. "Drive Time" – 10:19
  8. "Citizen Kane" – 4:54
  9. "So Dumb (Homer's Lament)" – 7:20

References

  1. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Voice Behind Homer Simpson Steps into the Spotlight and...D'oh!". Barnes & Noble. 2002-04-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  3. ^ a b c Dominick A. Miserandino. "Castellaneta, Dan - voice of Homer Simpson". The Celebrity Cafe. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  4. Chart. Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2009-10-08.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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