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: (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/ -------------------------------------- Hot Flashes/SPARKS Media -- Newsletter -------------------------------------- Michael Packer 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. ---------------------- 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 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 Elayne is also has an extensive personal collection of FT information, tapes, etc. Her address is: Four-Alarm FIRESIGnal c/o Elayne Wechsler-Chaput 1747 65th Street Brooklyn NY 11204 This is Elayne's archive (stay tuned for availability; some listings may no longer be available for duping): Firesign Theatre Video Archives The following material has been cleared by The Firesign Theatre to duplicate for subscribers of Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal on a non-profit basis. Please E-Mail back to me the portions of this list, or mail it back to me with your new (unopened) blank VHS tape(s) and sufficient money for return postage. Please let me know you want me to tape 2-hour or 6-hour speed. Approx. Run Time Title (Featured Players) Year (mins.) "All in the Family" episode excerpts (w/ PP) 1972-4 8 "Boggs at Noon" appearance (P&B) 1980? 7 Columbia Records ad (TFT) 1972 1 "Comedy Tonight" w/ Bill Boggs (PA, PB, PP) 1985 23 "Comics Only" w/ Paul Provenza (P&B) 1992? 7 "David Susskind Show" appearance (TFT) 1975 45 "Evening at the Improv" (TFT 1980 20 Gothamathon (Proctor & Bergman) 1976 45 Jack Poet VW commercials (TFT) 1968-9 10 Live at Santa Cruz (b&w) (TFT) 1975 62 "Match Game/H. Squares Hour" episode w/ PP 1983 35 "Midday with Bill Boggs" appearance (TFT) 1981 15 Santa Claus Lane parade (TFT) ?? 1/2 "The Six Shoes" (P,B&A) doing "Hey Reagan" on "Folk Music Reunion" show 1980 5 Trailers for movies (w/ PP) 1976, '81 1-1/2 The following items are no longer available for duping, as The Firesign Theatre plans to release quality copies of them shortly - stay tuned to FAlaFal for details! The Future Is Now (P&B) 1992 25 J-Men Forever (TFT featuring P&B) 1979 75 mins. Love is Hard to Get (Bergman) 1973 26 mins. The Madhouse of Dr. Fear (TFT) 1979 60 mins. Martian Space Party (TFT, Campoon workers) 1972 27 mins. Six Dreams (PB [exec. producer], PP) 1976-7 13 mins. TV Or Not TV (Proctor & Bergman) 1978 33 mins. -------------------------------------- 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!