Track Listing

1. AM Therapy
2. Badger Baseball
3. Elvus
4. Rocks Off
5. Horoscope
6. Dynamite Sales
7. Drive Time
8. Citizen Kane
9. So Dumb (Homer's Lament)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #182901 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-23
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
I Am Not Homer is a celebration of the comic versatility of Dan Castellaneta, the voice of not only Homer Simpson, but Barney, Groundskeeper Willie, Krusty, and Grandpa as well. Alongside comedian (and wife) Deb Lacusta, Castellaneta offers forth his first comic sketch album, a collection of eight sketches and one song ("Homer's Lament"). Featuring a score of well-crafted characters, many of the numbers meander on for lengthy stretches, the characters' discomfort so palpable as to be funny. Half of the sketches are set in the world of AM radio, and the general unease of the hosts as they desperately fish for words to fill the airwaves has the ring of truth despite the absurdity of the topic at hand. The ease with which Castellaneta creates his different characters is complete; it seems as if any character his mind conceives simply comes out of him as if he were a comic/psychic channeling the voices of his imagination. On "Dynamite Sales," lecturer Sheila Wary (Lacusta) says to student Winthrop Bejou (pronounced "B.O."), "The mind is a very powerful thing--in order for you to create any situation, you just have to think about it first." After a long pause, Winthrop asks, "Then how come you're not naked?" The mind of Dan Castellaneta is a very powerfully hilarious thing. --Mark Huntsman

Album Description
Dan Castellaneta is not Homer. He is an incredibly versatile comic performer with timing and delivery so unique it makes you laugh even after you've heard it a dozen times. And Deb Lacusta (Dan's real-life wife) may not be Marge Simpson, but she is a wickedly funny comedienne, whose mellifluous voice belies an acid wit beneath. Together they are a latter-day Nichols and May, skewering modern media and couplehood in this entertaining and engaging CD. Besides which, you get to hear Dan as Homer, Grampa, Barney, and the embittered Scotsman Groundskeeper Willie sing the catchy tune "So Dumb (Homer's Lament)." How cool is that? Doh!

Customer Reviews

Not bad, not great either...
So this is a comedy skit album and really, for as funny as I have heard Dan be, this cd does have it's moments, but is not nearly as funny as I was expecting it to be. The skits are well written, funny premises, but really not executed as well as they probably could have been.

I guess I was expecting something more chock full of jokes, but really it is a little more laid back, funny stories and situations kind of humor, which I do like most of the time.

I do not have much to say on this, but if you are a hardcore Simpsons fan, then you will want it for the track that Dan does as Homer that is rather funny, but if you are just a fan of comedy albums, this is not the best.

Not all it's cracked up to be.
I was very disappointed in this cd. I expected Dan to be on his A game and deliver some very funny material. I expected him to be as funny, if not funnier, than Homer Simpson. Goes to show that comedy is in the hands of the writers. Dan has a few good moments, but they are few and far between. I was very turned off by his wife. She was even less funny than he was. This husband and wife comedy act would be booed off stage in a new york minute. Don't waste your time buying this. Stick to watching the Simpsons to get your fill. The only thing worth listening to on the album is the last track when Dan gets into his Simpson characters.

...Nor are you funny, sorry
Dan is a vocal talent, but not a particularly funny one. Sketches meander, go nowhere and fail to amuse in the journey. Sorry Dan, get some good writers and try again. Funniest thing is the Leonard Nimoy reference in the title and cover photo.