The Firesign Theatre

Buy this and find out where Nick Danger got his theme!

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The visual aid to the Dear Friends episode "Live at the Ash Grove" that we've all been waiting for

#CadillacCrushedByWhaleMeat

Wanted to ask but he choked to death

And he was Lilian Wroth in his extremity

Firesign Theatre "The Three Faces of Al" (Rhino Records, 1984) LP cover, art by Bruce Litz. No text, no logos, black art layer only

Firesign Theatre "The Three Faces of Al" (Rhino Records, 1984) LP cover, art by Bruce Litz. No text, no logos, color art background layer only

A thing we did not know until this week is that the brilliant Bruce Litz's cover for "Three Faces of Al" does in fact have a wild variety of color going on

STAND UP! RECORDS PRESENTS THE FIRST NEW FIRESIGN THEATRE RECORD IN 35 YEARS, “ DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES ” — The Firesign Theatre Legendary comedy group The Firesign Theatre and Stand Up! Records present a new double-LP compilation, DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES : a two-record set including 83 minutes of previously uncollec...

As we start into the holiday buying season, we'd like to remind you of our landmark archival release for @firesigntheatre.bsky.social, Dope Humor of the Seventies, available now, on #vinyl, at our website.

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The Firesign Theatre, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition" (restored aircheck) : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Firesign Theatre presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition, broadcast as part of their radio series Dear Friends on KPFK-FM on...

BUT WAIT, you remember that one Dear Friends show "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition" from 10/18/1970 that was really good but there was a chunk missing? Any guesses? WHY YES, and here's a link to the restored show, again totally free:

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Firesign Theatre "The Sword and the Stoned" (second version, truncated ending), live at the Magic Mushroom : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Firesign Theatre's The Sword and the Stoned, performed live at the Magic Mushroom club (11345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA) on 12/17/1967. This is the...

And AS IF THAT WEREN'T AWESOME ENOUGH, that open reel also contained "The Sword and the Stoned", the second version Firesign performed on December 17, 1967. It was missing the first minute and a half. No longer! That show likewise is now available on @archive.org :

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Art by Mahendra Singh from the book/DVD reissue "The Firesign Theatre Live at the Magic Mushroom", depicting Wile E. Coyote with mushrooms growing out of his head standing in front of a trompe l'oeil tunnel, holding a sign saying "LAST TUNNEL TO FRESNO"

Yes, ripped from the maw of the historical void—or more specifically from an open reel tape marked simply "Claypool"!We've uploaded WAV and MP3 files to the Internet Archive where they'll be saved for posterity and free to all comers. Now FINALLY this great art by @mahendra.bsky.social can pay off

Firesign Theatre, The Last Tunnel to Fresno (Magic Mushroom play) : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Last Tunnel to Fresno by the Firesign Theatre, performed live at the Magic Mushroom (11345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA) on November 5 1967. From an...

As buyers of Live at the Magic Mushroom know, our reissue contained every Magic Mushroom play except "The Last Tunnel to Fresno", because no copy was known. YOU WILL NEVER GUESS what just showed up.

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Celebrity to Catch a Predator

Letter from director Guy Green to Phil Austin on MGM letterhead, March 11, 1965: "Dear Mr. Austin: Thank you for your letter of March 4th. I would be very happy to help you get started on a career in the Motion Picture Industry, but at the moment I can't think what I can do for you. However, I will keep your letter, and if ever anything crops up I'll get in touch with you. Yours sincerely, Guy Green"

MGM letterhead logo from 1965. Taken from this classic "I, a powerful person, am completely useless"-type letter from the collection of Firesign's Phil Austin (we've all saved one of those!). Guy Green was a director, at the time lensing "A Patch of Blue" for MGM.

Eggs to Market There are lots of places you could take eggs. You could take eggs to a party! You could take eggs to the museum! You could take eggs to prom! You could take eggs to the workplace of your romantic

As seen at the August 5 edition of 16mm Nyback Showdown (wherein dueling projectionists fling wild selections from the Dennis Nyback film archive), Clinton Street Theater, Portland, Oregon. Rifftrax did the deed to this short in 2011: www.rifftrax.com/eggs-to-market

#TheyreInEverybodysEggs

YouTube video by A/V Geeks 16mm Films Eggs To Market (1964)

"Eggs to Market: The Story of Automated Egg Processing" (1964, Film Associates of California), featuring uncredited narration by our own David Ossman (who says "I think I did a half dozen voiceovers for these guys"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRH...

Ginsberg goes electric }}}}{ poetry and audiotape in the year of revolver and blonde on blonde

I wrote about the audiotape Allen Ginsberg used to compose his great Vietnam-War-and-media poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra"
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social

The Firesign Theatre The Firesign Theatre emerged from Radio Free Oz, a Los Angeles underground radio program, in 1966. Over five decades they released over two dozen comedy albums and ten books of plays. Their album "Don...

It's Bandcamp Friday! Mising something from our shop? We deliver—everywhere!

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Featuring @vpmattsaxe.bsky.social as the 1960s version of Herschel F. Comedy-Hour, part of the multi-generational management team who managed our multi-generational comedy team. Herschel was most recently played by @firesigntheatre.bsky.social's own Phil Proctor. Mr. Beeper portrayed by Mike Shaver.

Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️‍🌈

There’s a Seeker Born Every Minute | Los Angeles Review of Books Colin Marshall reviews Jeremy Braddock’s “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”

The @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social had a long piece about Jeremy Braddock's book about the @firesigntheatre.bsky.social. Now available through @ucpress.bsky.social.

Link in replies.

We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.

#HeroicStruggles

Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, by The Firesign Theatre 43 track album

Now available on Bandcamp, a remastered, ultra-deluxe reissue of "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death", the first salvo in Firesign's "We're Doomed" trilogy for Rhino in 1998. Bonus tracks! Fully restored audio! A PDF with too much in it! And CHEAP! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/give-m...

Let's Visit the World of the Future how the greatest work of Firesign fan art created the Church of the SubGenius

I wrote about the greatest work of Firesign Theatre fan art and how it led, via the Situationist International, to the Church of the SubGenius.
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Tunnel Vision Collector's Edition Blu-ray

"Tunnel Vision" (1976) coming to Blu-ray May 13: www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=35867
#LaughOrGetOffThePot

A little #firesigntheatre #fanart for Martain Space Party I did for the All-Out Monster Revolt magazine a few years ago. Actually 2 1\2 posters. Probably one of my favorite shows cause it has a bit of everything. #Art #Dada #absurd #weirdart #assemblage #SurrealArt #popart #collageart #BlueSkyArt

Happy 88th birthday Firesign Theatre founding member David Ossman!

The Firesign Theatre The Firesign Theatre emerged from Radio Free Oz, a Los Angeles underground radio program, in 1966. Over five decades they released over two dozen comedy albums and ten books of plays. Their album "Don...

Ey you guys! Just at the age when you're looking for a cheap and exciting way to escape the insane idiots ruining everything? Get over onto Bandcamp where they can't find you!

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This Saturday from 11am-1pm PT, join host Erik Nelson for a freewheeling chat about the Firesign Theatre featuring author Jeremy Braddock and Firesign founding member Phil Proctor, livestreaming from Santa Cruz's community station KSQD: ksqd.org

Big and Tough, by The Firesign Theatre from the album Jack Poet Loves You

They big and they tough and they strong. firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/track/big-an...
#ShroveTuesday

Story Lady, by The Firesign Theatre from the album Jack Poet Loves You

Round like the moon, said the knockwurst. firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/track/story-...
#ShroveTuesday

Contest History, by The Firesign Theatre from the album Jack Poet Loves You

Give me a cake for I've none. firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/track/contes...
#ShroveTuesday