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Need a Laugh? All the Comedy Albums in the National Recording Registry (Full List)

Here's a list of the comedy albums in the National Recording Registry, including Lily Tomlin's 'This Is a Recording,' which was inducted this year.

Others who have received both of these plaudits are Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart, Steve Martin, George Carlin and Bill Cosby. Newhart didn’t have much longevity as a top recording artist, but he sure did on TV: He starred in two long-running sitcoms and finally won a Primetime Emmy in 2013 for a guest performance on The Big Bang Theory. He received an honorary Oscar in 1973 “in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy.” He died in 1977 at age 86.

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