Don't Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair!
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| Don't Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair! | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Venue | Roxy Theatre | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Label | Little David | |||
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Don't Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair! is an album by the American comedian Franklyn Ajaye, released in 1976.[1][2] He supported it with North American tours with Kenny Rankin and then Vicki Sue Robinson.[3][4] The album is included in the book Horrifically Bad Album Covers.[5]
Ajaye honed his material at the Comedy Store; he admired the looseness of Richard Pryor and George Carlin.[6][7] The album was recorded at the Roxy Theatre, with Carlin in the audience.[8][9] It came with a warning that advised disc jockeys to listen to the album before playing it on the air, as some audiences may find it offensive.[6] The title track is a riff about James Brown.[10] "Disneyland High" imagines Mickey Mouse making park announcements in African-American Vernacular English.[11] "Be Black Brother, Be Black" is in part a bit on Matthew Henson becoming the first person to set foot on the North Pole.[12] "The Walrus of Love" pokes fun at Barry White.[13] Ajaye had wanted to call the album Manic Depressive on the Rise, before his manager interceded.[7]
