tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post842271706510440437..comments2024-03-28T11:09:49.882-04:00Comments on Great but Forgotten: Firesign Theater (comedy)Chuck Rothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903706448043066253noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-58328154124894895622024-02-02T13:05:11.882-05:002024-02-02T13:05:11.882-05:00Open the curtain, Fred.
Open the curtain, Fred.<br />derwizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801582059797938592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-66096294381599001832023-01-30T09:33:43.014-05:002023-01-30T09:33:43.014-05:00Nicky, Nicky, Nicky... are you all right?
Nicky, Nicky, Nicky... are you all right?<br />d shoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238355991889956566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-65060037182914992572022-02-26T08:04:19.550-05:002022-02-26T08:04:19.550-05:00"Don't Crush That Dwarf..." See if i..."Don't Crush That Dwarf..." See if it's on YouTube. Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-57771173729659155762022-02-25T17:43:47.649-05:002022-02-25T17:43:47.649-05:00My posted response to a friend's comment on a ...My posted response to a friend's comment on a math post was "Did you remember to carry the Bum?" Appropriate in the moment but I can't remember the album it came from...any help out there? (wordpecker@peak.org) Early on I committed the first 4 albums to memory, line for line...most of Not Insane but sorta lost the thread after Roller Maidens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08272441597268605937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-25547334541697793512021-08-02T12:59:38.975-04:002021-08-02T12:59:38.975-04:00"One shining STEEL RAIL!""One shining STEEL RAIL!"Obsidiandog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09149504170753574414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-28871444879331785302021-06-27T17:35:51.242-04:002021-06-27T17:35:51.242-04:00Not firesign theater, Congress of wonders!Not firesign theater, Congress of wonders!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404026952806650428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-39898533896333664892021-06-27T17:30:33.651-04:002021-06-27T17:30:33.651-04:00All the aforementioned star trek stuff was Congres...All the aforementioned star trek stuff was Congress of wonders. Stoned ranger, classic Pigeon park and Star trip I believe and others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404026952806650428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-78716635423096625762020-08-08T14:45:13.548-04:002020-08-08T14:45:13.548-04:00Firesign Theater is a timeless joy. Here we are in...Firesign Theater is a timeless joy. Here we are in 2020 with a pandemic and divisive politics and a strong Black Lives Matter movement and we can still find fabulous laughter with these guys. We need their comedy right now. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737013383923692807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-67789530422545271742020-07-09T05:39:31.546-04:002020-07-09T05:39:31.546-04:00Kip: The name of the Radio Dinner track was "...Kip: The name of the Radio Dinner track was "Profiles in Chrome" (an obvious play on Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage").Mr Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906966914856173467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-55212296392986843212020-06-10T08:36:28.023-04:002020-06-10T08:36:28.023-04:00Many many lines are still banging around in my hea...Many many lines are still banging around in my head to this day. Indeed, the reason I found this blog is because this morning I was thinking (and I KNOW I have some of the words wrong): "I'll never forget Ahn May, served my every need, did a grand job on my ankules too" and thought I'd try to find out what the actual line was. <br />I was an extremely high Harvard sophomore the first time I heard Waiting for the Electrician. I have never been the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-5792958943784266262020-04-17T20:18:22.663-04:002020-04-17T20:18:22.663-04:00Kip W. figured it out for me. It was National Lamp...Kip W. figured it out for me. It was National Lampoon's "Radio Dinner" LP, I think in "The Miracle of Democracy" (by Tony Hendra, which I don't have right at hand): "Anybody but Nixon, man. A blender. Anything!" The gist of the whole track is that the Democrats run a car against Nixon, so he has to be a car too. I replied, Thank you Kip. After I posted the question I started to dig a little deeper. It was fun. I’d forgotten about Radio Dinner. All I could come up with was Warren Zevon’s ‘Pitiful Me’. “She was a credit to her gender, she put me through some changes boy, sort of like a Waring blender” Dan DalyDaniel Dalynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-79238844338121005172020-04-17T19:29:42.605-04:002020-04-17T19:29:42.605-04:00It was National Lampoon's "Radio Dinner&q...It was National Lampoon's "Radio Dinner" LP, I think in "The Miracle of Democracy" (by Tony Hendra, which I don't have right at hand): "Anybody but Nixon, man. A blender. Anything!" The gist of the whole track is that the Democrats run a car against Nixon, so he has to be a car too.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-19226251751460667682020-04-17T19:22:03.869-04:002020-04-17T19:22:03.869-04:00Was there a Firesign quote where one guy asks anot...Was there a Firesign quote where one guy asks another about his support for a particular candidate. His reply, "I'd vote for anyone but him. I'd vote for a blender." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645663956733461800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-32410788481851532262020-03-14T11:53:17.331-04:002020-03-14T11:53:17.331-04:00I made a friend in high school one snowy day when ...I made a friend in high school one snowy day when school was canceled and we were waiting for a bus to take us home. We were watching false alarms as buses started toward us and then went away. "He's coming around," someone said. "He's coming around, folks!" I replied. "He's gonna be OKAY!" said Mike, and we finished together "...and ready to play Symptom Six of BEAT THE REAPER!" <br /><br />I understand Mike's a standup comic now. Haven't been in contact, but always wishing him luck and lotsa laffs.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-69289325515770871712020-03-14T11:48:11.863-04:002020-03-14T11:48:11.863-04:00I just obtained "Anythinge You Want To,"...I just obtained "Anythinge You Want To," with the third version of their Shakespeare extravaganza, which I literally bought with blood money (a gift card from the Red Cross for multiple donations of my precious Type O- over the past year). I pretty much have their other available releases and videos, so it's nice to get something that's at least partly new.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-57933241527193999812020-03-14T11:25:23.064-04:002020-03-14T11:25:23.064-04:00Just finished dueling with Firesign quotes with a ...Just finished dueling with Firesign quotes with a new pal on a jigsaw site of all things. Did you read the book? Ok culture references— but maybe you have to be in the culture. — ask that cop who is knocking at your door — you ain’t got no friends on the left. UMCP in 71 rocked by student? revolution created an open university of classes at night run by anybody. FT was one, we listened to the albums again, well new for some.Moresugarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-57392113531942291902019-12-09T19:37:54.322-05:002019-12-09T19:37:54.322-05:00Q.E.D.Q.E.D.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809256999605681514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-60358291923393066972019-11-25T06:33:16.811-05:002019-11-25T06:33:16.811-05:00An old high school buddy and I exchange emails and...An old high school buddy and I exchange emails and always end with a Firesign quote. It is the tie that binds us together. Great stuff and still funny today - if you get the cultural references. wyaducknjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06859437035263321343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-65600694134978103272019-10-26T12:00:57.021-04:002019-10-26T12:00:57.021-04:00FWIW, Dr. Demento played the track many times, and...FWIW, Dr. Demento played the track many times, and there is an archive of Dr D's shows, which can be streamed on a paying basis. (*cough*AUDACITY*cough*) I can't quite believe it's not more easily available than that.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-72124669437531691842019-10-26T11:49:32.168-04:002019-10-26T11:49:32.168-04:00Anonymous, had left a comment on the post "Fi...Anonymous, had left a comment on the post "Firesign Theater";<br />I enjoyed your comments about that skit. In my original post, I mentioned I'd listened to that broadcast in the winter of 1969 while I was in Frankfurt, Germany. The Army radio station played it. As it's been several decades, my memory may be foggy, I was certain that the 'Smok' character reported the cost of repairs would be billions of $$ because the 65-cent part had to come so far after the collision with the space-turkey put them off course so many billions of miles. Thanx to your memory of which record it may be on, I will search. Thanks, again, for your comments... as I remembered everything you mentioned, and it seemed you had, either heard it recently, or your memory of 1969 must be extraordinary... were you there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-42645987515215094262019-09-23T12:45:54.881-04:002019-09-23T12:45:54.881-04:002 postmen times 3 animal control officers divided ...2 postmen times 3 animal control officers divided by 4 gas meter readers equals how many avendable, integrated community workers. Computer your answer now! Good!!! Did you remember to carry the bum??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464614945846479395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-42995652298432131272019-09-02T08:33:28.131-04:002019-09-02T08:33:28.131-04:00I am familiar with Congress of Wonders, and yes, t...I am familiar with Congress of Wonders, and yes, their Star Trek parody was great. Chuck Rothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903706448043066253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-33076407229395203982019-09-02T02:40:49.437-04:002019-09-02T02:40:49.437-04:00A gentleman (stober?) mentioned a Star Trek parody...A gentleman (stober?) mentioned a Star Trek parody, attributing it to the Boys. The piece he is referring to is actually called Star Trip, from the a duo named Congress of Wonders, and appears on their album Revolting. Obviously a original Star Trek parody, it is at least as inventive and hilarious as many of the Firesign skits and is similar in style, containing many memorable lines as it relates the adventures of Captain Quirk (or Kwirk as it is spelled in the somewhat inaccurate 'lyric' transcriptions floating about the Interweb), Mister Smirk, crew members Lenin, Lt. Ubangi, engineer Limey, etc. And yes, it starts with an encounter with a giant space turkey ("Behold, I am an angel of the Lord..."). And the ship is increasingly, logarithmicly off course. If your are a Firesign fan, worth tracking down. There is a point where an alarm sound was needed. Cue in the "please hang up" tones generated by a touch-tone phone, exotic at the time to us East Coasters who still had rotary phones, but in retrospect as dated as the 'hip' drug references littering Pigeon Park, the other notable skit on the record in which which Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia are reunited, in their dotage, on a park bench. "Oh, no! Here comes the cocaine helicopter!" "Kids these days, no sense of proportion!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-85172332867587403322019-08-04T15:22:41.309-04:002019-08-04T15:22:41.309-04:00I was already a longtime FT fan when they did a li...I was already a longtime FT fan when they did a live show at Zellerbach (UC Berkeley) in the 1970s. A guard stopped me as I was going in with ice cream, saying I couldn't take food inside. "Okay," I replied, handing him my cone. "Hold this for me til I come out." He took it from me, looking confused, and I thought, wow, this almost belongs in the act! <br /><br />The guys were fabulous, and the audience participation was a hit. We all found it enormously satisfying to yell "Fuck you!" and "What is reality?" at the More Science High School principal, who yelled "Fuck you, too!" as he exited. How I wish somebody had filmed that evening's performance! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-31698063691205773672019-07-30T08:51:56.333-04:002019-07-30T08:51:56.333-04:00OK, it's July 30, 2019. It's paused now, b...OK, it's July 30, 2019. It's paused now, but I'm listening to the album. <br />I just caught a reference that went over my head in the many times since I first listened in 1970. So 49 years later, I get something I should have(?) understood way back then.<br />So, I'm going to resume listening; maybe I'll catch something else tat I originally missed . . .Non-Compassionate Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069798996205582209noreply@blogger.com