Redd Foxx did do it better and so did Richard Pryor but at the time I first heard it Eddie seemed pretty damned funny. I got the reissue for more than five big ones and while a case can be made that I overpaid,it was worth it because I revisited it and discovered that it wasn't that funny and got it out of my system.
On a related note a few years ago the bluesman Mem Shannon recorded a cd called "Cab Drivers Blues". Shannon drove a cab in New Orleans and he would record some of his fares and leet me tell you those were some off the wall conversations. He would intersperse those conversations with some of his music. The reason I'm bringing this up was I couldn't help but think that it would've been neat if Eddie would've alternated some of his standup with the music he was performing at the time in complete form instead of just a sample. Oh well-Que Sara!!!!