Subject: Firesign Theatre: Frequently Asked Questions, Part 2/3
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Date: 14 Feb 1996 23:10:55 GMT
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Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
        Questions (and their answers) about the Firesign Theatre 
        comedy group, and should be read by anyone who wishes
        to post to the alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre newsgroup.

Archive-name:  firesign-theatre/faq/part2
Last-modified: 1995/3/23
Version:       2.1


   Side 2)  Firesign Theatre: Frequently Asked questions(2/3)
   ==========================================================



2.4) Any Reunions going on ?

2.3.1) Upcoming Events

The Summer '94 West-Coast Tour was a great success, and will now
likely be followed by a tour this fall to parts out East. Stay
tuned to the newsgroup and Falafal for more details.



2.3.2) Reviews of Previous Tours

2.3.2.1 The 25th Anniversary Tour - Seattle,'93

Mark Armantrout writes:

About a year ago, something called "Still Waiting for the Electrician"
was broadcast out West somewhere, I think Seattle. It contained all of
"Waiting for the Electrician ..." and loads of interviews with the 
Firesign guys, interviewed by David Ossman, I think. The whole
broadcast was almost two hours long. Anyway, this tape was broadcast
for the second time ever here in B'ton last Sunday night (April 25, 
1993) on WFHB, 6-8pm. And I taped it.:) 

They talk all about how they met, how they wrote, what they were 'into'
at the time of Electrician, and about the Summer of Love and hippie
stuff in general. And there are a couple skits/announcements that I
haven't heard anywhere else. It's really fun to listen to, because the
interviews fit in real well with the album, and they integrate the two
well.

Reviews: New York Times, May 3 1993.


2.3.2.2 The 25th Anniversary Tour - Fall '93

There was a Reunion Tour of the FT in the Fall of 1993. This was
formally announced within the Newsgroup by the first official posting
by Peter Bergman, himself:

   From: <deleted> (Peter Bergman)
   Newsgroups: alt.fan.firesign-theatre
   Subject: New Firesign Tour Dates
   Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 21:32
   
   HELLO, BOZOS.  HERE ARE THE NEW DATES FOR THE FIRESIGN'S 25TH ANNIVERSAR
   TOUR.  DENVER, OCTOBER 28TH; CHICAGO, OCTOBER 30TH; AMHERST, NOVEMBER5TH
   BOSTON, NOVEMBER 6TH; PHILDELPHIA, NOVEMBER 11TH; WASHINGTON, D.C.,
   NOVEMBER 12TH; NEW YORK CITY, NOVEMBER 13TH; BERKELEY, NOVEMBER 20TH;
   LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 21ST.
   PUT DOWN THAT PICKLE AND SIGN IT MUDHEAD.
   PETER BERGMAN
   C/O ESTHER GRASSIAN

The general schedule consisted of:

  Act I
     Waiting for the Electrician ...
     The Further Adventures of Nick Danger
     How Can You Be In Two Places at Once ...
  Act II
     I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus
     Don't Crush That Dwarf ...
  Encore

Newspaper Reviews:
-----------------
NY Times review 11/16/93
Boston Herald Preview (11/2/93) and review (11/8/93)
Boston Globe Preview (11/3/93)
FAlaFal #23.

2.5) Where can I get F.T. (Videos, CD's ,etc...)

See the "intro" for currently in-print CD's, available
through Mobile Fidelity, and Mercury (Columbia). Here's
how to reach Mobile Fidelity:

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
105 Morris St.
Sebastopol, CA 95472

Toll Free 1-800-423-5759
e-mail:  mofi@mofi.com
Mobile Fidelity WWW page can be access through GNN at:

    http://www.digital.com/

GNN Resource Servers at http://gnn.com/ (you may need to
subscribe to access the gnn links).

  There are numerous private and commercial newsletters and
  video/CD sources for transcripts, CD's, latest news, etc:

http://www.netmarket.com/

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Hot Flashes/SPARKS Media -- Newsletter
--------------------------------------
Michael Packer <packerm@GVSU.EDU> at West Michigan Public
Broadcasting, runs a e-mail mailing-list called "Hot Flashes" of
latest events, etc. He also maintains a large and growing archive
of FT and related audio, video, etc. works, Including Harry Shearer,
Ken Nordine, Stan Freberg, Goon Show, etc.  His address is:

   Michael Packer
   PO Box 3540
   Grand Rapids, MI  49501
   Phone:(616) 363-8231 or (616) 771-6714.
   Fax: (616) 771-6625



SPARKS Media
------------
P.O. Box 3540 
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-3540

    Available from SPARKS Media:
                                        Running
Title                              Year Time (mins.)   Price
An Autobozographical Evening w/ DO 1990 120       $17.95 ppd
Radioplay (DO, M. Packer)          1990 30        $14.95 ppd
Down Under Danger                  1994  ??       ??
                                                 + $4.00 s&h

Regarding this last entry, Michael Packer writes,

The new Nick Danger adventure "Down Under Danger" nears
completion and all should be ready for advance orders
beginning April 15.  Look for reviews and updated
information in the next issue of FAlaFal.



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Harvard Square Records
----------------------
Harvard Square Records
PO Box 381975
Cambridge, MA 02238

Harvard Square Records is offering Rhino out-of-print FT material  
on LP and cassette.

They have on LP @ $10:
.Fighting Clowns
.Nick Danger
.Shakespeares Lost Comedie

and on cassette @ $6:
.Fighting Clowns
.Lawyer's Hospital



---------------------
Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal -- Newsletter & Archives
---------------------
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput <firehead@panix.com> produces a
tri-annual newsletter called "Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal" (or FAlaFal
for short), published in the "Firesign" months of April, August and
December.. The newsletter is free; the publisher does however welcome
SASEs and monetary donations.

There is an online Electronic form of FAlaFal at The Well. If you
have WWW software use the URL:

   gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11/Publications/online_zines/

and look for "falafal" (with some spelling or other).
Or else by gopher (of course) use the path:

Type=1
Path=1/Publications/online_zines/
Port=70
Host=gopher.well.sf.ca.us

if you dont have gopher, just send the four lines listed as an 
 e-mail message to gopher@calvin.edu, and calvin will mail the
 file back to you). 

Back issues of FAlaFal are archived at

   ftp://clark.net/pub/moncomm/firesign/

and via hypertext:

   http://www.clark.net/pub/moncomm/firesign/jamie.html

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MORE SUGAR (From the Firesign Theatre)
--------------------------------------

     MORE SUGAR  (c/o Duplicating Plus)
     611 Empire Mill Road
     Bloomington, IN 47401
     1-800-934-1612

VIDEO:

Title                         Year Running Time   Price
Everything You Know Is Wrong  1978 40             $19.95

AUDIO CASSETTE:

Title
Anything You Want To (Shakespeare's Lost Comedie) $8.50

Order either or both with $4.00 for Shipping and handling.


------------------------------------
Other Commercially-Available Videos:
------------------------------------
Elayne contributes the following list
(sources after the list).

                              Year/Run       Company
Title (and featured players)  Time           Order #(s)     Price

Eat or Be Eaten (A,B,P)       1985, 30 m.    RCA/COL 0566V  $19.95
                                             RCA/COL 0566B  $19.95
Hot Shorts (A,B,P)            1985, 73 m.    RCA/COL 20435B $39.95
                                             RCA/COL 60435V $39.95
                                             PI-A 85144 LV  (call)
Nick Danger... Missing Yolk   1983, 60 m.    PAV 527   $19.95 +
   (Austin, Proctor, Bergman)                          $4.25 s&h
Americathon (written by P&B)  1979, 88 m.    WHV 302B  $19.98
          WHV 302V  $19.98
Tunnelvision (featuring PP)   1976, 70 m.    MPI 1529B $59.95
                                             MPI 1529V $59.95
Zachariah (co-written by TFT) 1970, 92 m.    FOXV 8023B     $19.98
                                             FOXV 8023V     $19.98
Key: V = VHS format
     B = Beta format
     LV = Laserdisc Video

FOXV = Fox Video
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
213/236-1336

MPI = MPI Home Video
15825 Rob Roy Drive
Oak Forest, IL 60452
800/322-0442 or 708/687-7881

PAV = Pacific Arts Video
11858 LaGrange Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90025
1-800-538-5856

PI-A =  Pioneer Artists, Inc.
c/o LDC America
2265 East 220th Street
Long Beach, CA 90745
310/835-6177

RCA/COL = RCA/Columbia Pictures,
now Columbia/TriStar Home Video
340 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91505
818/972-8193

WHV = Warner Home Video
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
818/854-6000


2.6) Where are they now ?

The FT is currently active again, and is gearing up for their
'94 Summer Tour through the West Coast.

Peter Bergman and family are living in Santa Monica. He and
Philip Proctor and others are doing a new radio variety show called the
"Digital Diner"  on KUSC-FM (91.5) monthly Thurs 7:30-9 p.m. in
the Los Angeles area (check your local public radio listings).
The show has an e-mail address digdiner@netcom.com.

Phil Proctor can currently be heard doing character voices on Nickelodeon 
TV's *Rugrats*. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, CA.

Philip Austin has been living and acting in LA.He was featured on
"The Daily Feed" as Nick Danger.

David Ossman lives on Whidbey Island, Washington state, and does a radio show 
(Ossman's Audiola) at KSER in Everett, Washington, a public radio station. He 
and his wife produce radio plays, among other projects.  He produced the 
(excellent) 50th anniversary production of the War of the Worlds for NPR in 
'88 and works with the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop in Columbia Missouri 
every spring. 

See also the "Any Reunions?" question, and the "History" entry in the 
Introduction.


2.7) Common FT Phrases
    
  Here's a few common ones. See also the Lexicon!

     Ah, Canadian!
     And there's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.
     Back to the Shadows, Again!
     Bear Whiz Beer: It's in the water! That's why it's yellow!
     "But... this is a bag of SHIT!"/ "But it's really GREAT shit,
            Mrs. Presky!"
     Dear Friends!
     Dr. Memory!
     Decision-Making Factor, Absent from Brain!
     Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs !
     Everything you know is wrong!
     Forward into the Past!
     Happy Motoring on the Freeway, which is already in Progress!
     Hey! Corn! Now we can make whiskey/tortillas!
     He says he can shout; don't hear you!
     It's just this little chromium switch here!
     It's okay, they're speaking Chinese...
     I think we're all bozos on this bus!
     It's been snowing ever since the top of the page...
     Loostners Castor Oil Flakes: The All-Weather Breakfast!
     Mick! Me man't malk mere!  (from "Nick Danger")
     More Sugar!
     Not Responsible! Park and Lock it!
     No anchovies? You've got the wrong man.I spell my name...Danger!
     Not to be torturing me!
     Oh, hey, he's no fun, he fell right over!
     Papoon for President! He's Not insane!
     Raw! Raw! Raw!
     Shadow Valley Condoms: If you lived here, you'd be home by now!
     So c'mon, kids -- get on it, and do it every day!
     So, How about that, Mr. Smarty-pants communist! <pfft!>
          Mr. College Professor! Mr. Beatnik!  Mr. Hippie!
     Shoes for Industry!
     They think he is insane, yet, he outranks them/
        His Option: Command!
     This is no movie, this is real!
     Well, speak of that anon....and on and on anon!
     Where there's smoke... There's WOOOORK!
     Wow, that's faster than anyone's ever been gone before!


