Look through flea market bins and yard sales long enough and you're bound to run across a few Woody Woodbury records. Few are familiar with him today, but in his prime, Woodbury sold records in the millions. He was a comedian popular during the 1950's and 1960's for his slightly adult brand of humor, and was one of the first comedians pressed to vinyl.He very nearly became the host of The Tonight Show rather than Johnny Carson. Instead, Woody replaced the vacancy left by Carson and McMahon on the TV show Who Do You Trust? And interestingly, prior to all this, he was a distinguished Marine Corps Jet fighter pilot during the Korean War.
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Listen to a couple of his jokes from his album Woody Woodbury Looks at Love and Life - typical off-color gags used in clubs back in the day; generally about booze and slight sexual innuendo. The album says "for frisky adults only", but definitely G rated by today's standards.
WFMU's Beware of Blog has an excellent article on the interesting career of Woodbury. I highly recommend you check it out.
