I Have a Pony is the debut comedy album

Comedy album

A comedy album is an audio recording of comedic material from a comedian or group of comedians, usually performed either live or in a studio. Comedy albums may feature skits, humorous songs, and/or live recording of stand-up comedy performances, but the most common type of comedy albums are stand...

 by American stand-up comedian

Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

 Steven Wright

Steven Wright

Steven Alexander Wright is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations.-Early life and career:Wright was born in Mount Auburn...

, released in 1985. It was recorded at Wolfgang's in San Francisco and Park West in Chicago. I Have a Pony is 40 minutes long and consists entirely of Wright's typical style of one-line jokes.

Despite his ongoing career, it was his only album release for many years: "When I made that album, I noticed that the material on it became so well-known that I couldn't really perform it anymore." On September 25, 2007, nearly 22 years later, Wright released a follow-up titled I Still Have a Pony

I Still Have a Pony

I Still Have a Pony is the second live comedy album by Steven Wright. Released 22 years after Wright's first album, it contains the audio from his Comedy Central standup comedy special "When The Leaves Blow Away" Wright claims to have come back with a new album and special because "the people in...

(a CD release of the material from When The Leaves Blow Away

When The Leaves Blow Away

When The Leaves Blow Away is a stand-up comedy television special by Steven Wright, broadcast by Comedy Central in 2006. The program was released on DVD on April 24, 2007....

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The album peaked at number 194 on the Billboard 200

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Track listing

1. "Introduction" - 4:14
2. "Ants" - 4:42
3. "Hitchhiking" - 2:13
4. "Ice" - 2:28
5. "Dog Stay" - 3:27
6. "Rachel" - 4:50
7. "7's and the Museum" - 4:01
8. "Water" - 3:06
9. "Jiggs Casey" - 3:03
10. "Cross Country" - 2:15
11. "Book Store" - 1:25
12. "Winny" - 1:28
13. "Apt." - 2:08
14. "Babies and Skiing" - 2:22