Why Is There Air?

Why Is There Air? (1965) is Bill Cosby's third album. It was recorded at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Why Is There Air?
Live album by Bill Cosby
Released	August 1965
Recorded	1965 Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Length	39:53
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Allan Sherman, Roy Silver
Bill Cosby chronology
I Started Out as a Child (1964) Why Is There Air? (1965) Wonderfulness (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The final track, "Hofstra", is an expanded re-telling of the "TV Football" routine from Cosby's second album, I Started Out as a Child. "I played for Temple University, and it's the truth," he says at the start of the routine. "Don't keep asking me, 'Did you really play?' Yes, I really played. At one time I had a beautiful body."

Track listing

Side one

1. Kindergarten – 8:15
2. Personal Hygiene – 1:04
3. Shop – 3:10
4. Baby – 3:49
5. Driving in San Francisco – 3:45

Side two

1. $75 Car – 7:40
2. The Toothache – 4:10
3. Hofstra – 8:00

Legacy

Jerry Seinfeld has cited this album as a major influence, stating that it "drove [him] crazy" and inspired his career as a comedian.