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The Firesign Theatre (also known as the Firesigns) [1] [2] was an American surreal comedy troupe who first appeared on November 17, 1966, in a live performance on the Los Angeles radio program Radio Free Oz on station KPFK FM.
Play all. Phil Austin, David Ossman, Pete Bergman & Philip Proctor 1. Q+A - firesign theater 2. 60's evolution of sketch comedy 3. waiting for the electrician 4. how c...
Feb 6, 2017 · Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ~ The Firesign Theatre. Jim Christiansen. 663 subscribers. Subscribed. 1.9K. 137K views 7 years ago. ...more.
Jul 9, 2017 · The group took its name from astrology -- all four members were Fire Signs* -- with a nod to the old Fireside Theater radio show. They took the conventions of radio drama and added psychedelic sensibilities and wove it all into a dense collection of comic brilliance.
Meet the Firesign Theatre, purveyors of surreal and very funny long-form comedy for almost 50 years. Starting in the 1960s FM radio scene, Firesign quickly r...
The Firesign Theatre (also known as The Firesigns) was an American surreal comedy group who first performed live on November 17, 1966 on the Los Angeles radio program Radio Free Oz, first on station KPFK FM, then on KRLA 1110 AM, then on KMET FM through February 1969.
Nov 15, 1993 · The four-man comedy troupe, THE FIRESIGN THEATRE. The FIRESIGNS created satire out of the political and civil upsets of the late 1960's, drawing big underground radio and college campus...
Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers is the Firesign Theatre 's third comedy album, released by Columbia Records in July 1970. In 1983, The New Rolling Stone Record Guide called it "the greatest comedy album ever made". [3]
Jan 19, 2022 · 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 uncollected funny bits from the Firesign Theatre’s notorious “Dear Friends” era of freeform Los Angeles.
Join the legendary LA based comedy group The Firesign Theatre, as they celebrate their 50th Birthday. Born at local radio station KPFK on November 17, 1966, the Firesign Theatre, including original members Peter Bergman, Phil Austin, David Ossman and Philip Proctor, are widely regarded as one of the most influential groups in the history of ...
