Review: Frank Caliendo’s All Over The Place

John Madden, George Bush, Charles Barkley, Robin Williams, and Yoda. That’s a pretty odd lineup of celebrities, but for Frank Caliendo, that’s just a regular day.

Frank Caliendo is a famous comedian who does some very good impressions. He is most famous for his George Bush and John Madden, is the star of the show “Frank TV” on TBS and has two CD’s the most recent being “All Over the Place” which was released Sept. 2008. He also has done multiple specials on Comedy Central.

What makes Caliendo stand out is that other than just doing a good voice, he can simulate their mannerisms and is genuinely funny too. He switches seamlessly between the different voices, with only a few rare slip ups every once and a while.

His Bush impression is hilarious although the whole brainless act is slightly overdone. I mean as dumb as the media makes him out to be I don’t really believe that the president would be entertained by the “Little Bunny Foo Foo” song or that he walks around the White House trying to scare people by yelling “Boo!”.

His John Madden act is amazing. Its freaky listening to his CD and watching the real Madden on ESPN. While exaggerated, he perfectly captured Madden’s way of talking, whether its his fanaticism over Brett Farve or his random tangents that make no sense.

In “All Over the Place” he also spends some significant time on Robin Williams, Jim Rome, Bill Clinton, Charles Barkley and Scooby Doo impressions, with some quick impressions of Jack Nicholson, Dr. Phil, Yoda, and Adam Sandler.

Most of his material is pretty good except some of his voices are a little awkward. He is also good about getting the audience involved, making up voices for them and commenting on the act.

His comedy itself is enough to make me buy this CD and added to the fact that he does some great voices along the way make this a must buy for any comedy lover.

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