Looking for old comedy routine about how the moa bird went extinct

March 15, 2018 11:21 AM

In the 1980s, my local (northeast Ohio) public radio station had a stable of comedy recordings that they'd play on New Year's Eve. One of them was a 5-10 minute absurd stand-up routine about how the moa bird became extinct, probably from the 1960s. I don't know who performed it, but I'd love to find it again.
posted by CopRock to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

I think I remember this too, and I want to say I heard it on Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad? Maybe drop a line to Weekend Radio's home station, WCLV, and find out if they have any searchable archives.
posted by workerant at 12:08 PM on March 15, 2018

Might be way off, but Douglas Adams mentioned the Moa in a talk he gave. It's not stand-up comedy, but he's standing up and quite funny...
posted by homesickness at 12:26 PM on March 15, 2018

Best answer: I think it's this album by Jim Moran. Timeframe fits.
posted by jessamyn at 3:07 PM on March 15, 2018

Response by poster: jessamyn: That's it! Thanks!
posted by CopRock at 3:14 PM on March 15, 2018 [1 favorite]