It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards in 1965; it lost to Bill Cosby's album I Started Out as a Child, which coincidentally had also been recorded at Mister Kelly's.

[3] Billboard magazine highlighted the album as a Comedy Spotlight in their July 25, 1964 issue and wrote that "He is a very funny fellow.

In an interview John Mulaney specified that he had listened to Allen's 1965 album.

[5] Three albums, Woody Allen, recorded at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago, March 1964 (Colpix release #515); Woody Allen Volume 2, recorded at The Shadows, Washington D.C. (Colpix release #488), April 1965; and The Third Woody Allen Album, recorded at Eugene's ("a cabaret dedicated to raise money to aid Eugene McCarthy"[7][8]), San Francisco, August 1968 (Capitol #2986);[9][10] were reissued, in 1972, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: The Night Club Years 1964-1968,[11][12][13] in 1978, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: Standup Comic,[7] and in 2014, as a CD boxset, Woody Allen: The Stand-Up Years: 1964–1968.

[14][15] Woody Allen On Comedy was released by Laugh.Com, tracks, of which, are provided to YouTube.