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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. They produced fourteen record albums and a 45 rpm single under contract to Columbia Records from 1968 through 1976, and had three nationally syndicated radio programs: The Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour [sic] in 1970 on KPPC-FM; and Dear Friends (1970–1971) and Let's Eat! (1971-1972) on KPFK. They also appeared in front of live audiences, and continued to write, perform, and record on other labels through 2012, occasionally taking sabbaticals during which they wrote or performed solo or in smaller groups.
Firesign Theatre material was conceived, written, and performed by its members Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor. The group's name stems from astrology, because all four were born under the three "fire signs": Aries (Austin), Leo (Proctor), and Sagittarius (Bergman and Ossman). They acquired an enthusiastic following in the late 1960s and 1970s. Their popularity waned as the political climate of America changed during the 1980s, but they held a reunion tour of the US in 1993 and experienced a second wave of popularity, until Bergman's death in March 2012.
In 1997, Entertainment Weekly ranked the Firesign Theatre among the "Thirty Greatest Comedy Acts of All Time". The group received Grammy Award nominations for Best Comedy Album for three of their albums: The Three Faces of Al (1984), Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death (1998), and Bride of Firesign (2001). In 2005, the US Library of Congress added one of the group's most popular early albums, the 1970 Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, to the National Recording Registry and called the group "the Beatles of comedy."
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Albums
Popular Songs
- Dr. Sidney Koan
- W.C. Fields Forever
- Mario Estonatl
- Temporarily Humbolt County
- Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him
- Masked Mann and His Faithful Indian Compendium
- Trente-Huit Cunegonde
- Temporarily Humboldt County
- Back from the Shadows, Pt. 1: He Walks Again by Night
- Shack Out on the Alien Highway, Pt. 6: Six Months Later
- Case of the Missing Shoe: Episode 2
- Shack Out on the Alien Highway, Pt. 2: The Case Continues
- Frame Me Pretty, Pt. 1: Straight Up - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, David Ossman, Phil Proctor
- Back from the Shadows, Pt. 2: The Same Old Place
- Shack Out on the Alien Highway, Pt. 7: Where Were We Now?
- Case of the Missing Shoe: Episode 3
- Three Faces of Al, Pt. 1 - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, Phil Proctor
- Shack Out on the Alien Highway, Pt. 3: The Suspects Segue
- Frame Me Pretty, Pt. 2: With a Twist - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, David Ossman, Phil Proctor
- Back from the Shadows, Pt. 3: Hold It Right There!
- Snakehead Symphony - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, David Ossman, Phil Proctor
- Nick Danger Meets E.T. - Phil Austin, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Peter Bergman, , Philip Proctor
- Case of the Missing Shoe: Episode 4
- Three Faces of Al, Pt. 2 - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, Phil Proctor
- Shack Out on the Alien Highway, Pt. 4: Shack-Out
- Frame Me Pretty, Pt. 3: On the Rocks - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, David Ossman, Phil Proctor
- Case of the Missing General
- St. Nick Dangerous Christmas Eve - Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Firesign Theatre, David Ossman, Phil Proctor
- Scaled Down Danger - Phil Austin
- Case of the Missing Shoe: Episode 5