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  • Bile Fascination: The fact that it's generally considered one of the absolute worst albums of Elvis' career — if not of all time — has led to more than a few people growing curious and seeking out copies/uploads of the album just to see if it really is that bad.
  • Bizarro Episode: Even in a career that included singles like "Do the Clam" and movies like Harum Scarum, this release is generally cited as the most bizarre release of Presley's career. We can't even blame the bootleggers (who infamously once circulated a recording of someone purporting to be Elvis using the toilet): this one was released with the full consent of the Colonel and RCA Records. Elvis, on the other hand...
  • Just Here for Godzilla: Probably the only rationale for the RCA release of the album actually making the Billboard sales charts (that or consumers who didn't notice the "talking album only" notation).
  • Spiritual Successor:
    • There are at least four additional bootleg "volumes" of this album, with different sets of Elvis stage banter, complete with the Boxcar Records imprint, strangely proving the Colonel correct that there's an audience for this material (at least on a Bile Fascination level). There are also fan-made "Having Fun With Elvis in the Studio" compilations of Studio Chatter from his recording sessions.
    • There have been similar bootlegs devoted to other artists known for their So Bad, It's Good stage patter, most infamously the Paul Stanley compilation People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest.

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