Firesign Theater

[never cry wolf]

We just had our fantasy football draft today. Most of you would just go "yawn" to that fact but our league is a bit different, this is our 25th year. We all hung out back in the 70's and still get together quite a bit to this day.

So, what's this all got to do with Firesign Theater you ask? After our draft was complete our gracious host pulled out a VCR he had bought at half.com, Firesign Theater's "Hot Shorts." We used to toke and listen to their albums but I had never seen this video before. We all sat around for a couple of hours busting a gut, IT WAS HILARIOUS!! So much so that I tasted my first wacky week in maybe 15 years, just seemed to be the thing to do.

A brief description, they took maybe 10 or 15 minute cuys from old balck and white bad "B" movies or TV show and dubbed in their own entirely new stories with titles such as: Mounties Catch Herpes, Sperm Bank Holdup, Revenge of the Non-Smokers and Nazi Diet Doctors. If anyone ever gets a chance i HIGHLY recommend it!!

Has anyone else ever seen this video? Does anyone perchance have a copy on disc? Any other Firesign comments?? Favotite album, favorite skit??

[CanuckAmok]

1. Porgie and Mudhead...

Ethyl (Porgie's Mom): "Well, goodbye dear, I'm off to my bridge club..."

Adolph, aka 'Fred' (Porgie's Dad): "Isn't that damn bridge built YET?!"

[never cry wolf]

3. I've got friend that can recite whole skits

from memory to this day. Unfortunately my brain does not work so well. I LOVED Porgy Tirebiter, that was on "Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers" right?

[bahrbearian]

5. Porgie Tire biter!

Heavey on the 30# weight MOM !

[never cry wolf]

6. Shoes for Industry, Shoes for the dead!!!!

n/t

[CanuckAmok]

15. "Holy Mudhead, Mackarel! Morescience High...It's disappeared!!"

Beat the reaper was good, too.

I picked up a couple of FT LPs at a garage sale a few years ago--great stuff!

[DODI]

2. Nick Danger, right?

I haven't heard them in years. In the old days Sunday night was comedy night on our local radio. Dr. Demento (sp?), Firesign. I will look for the video, sounds good to me. We just bought Elephant Parts on DVD by Mike Nesmith -- I love it, now my 5 & 8 year old love it. I miss old time comedy.

[never cry wolf]

4. Yeah, Nick Danger, Third Eye

"Step into this room, they can't hear us in here."

"What???"

[Fovea]

7. This is the portrait gallery

Nancy -- It's the safest room in the house, Nick. No one can hear us here."

Nick -- What?

Nancy -- It's been soundproofed.

Nick -- What?

Nancy -- Nevermind, follow me!

Nick -- What?

[5thGenDemocrat]

14. "Who's that evil dwarf with his hand in your mouth?"

"A-heh, Rocky Rococo at your cervix."
John
You know what I like about quoting Firesign Theater? All the people you quote the lines to, unless they're fellow fans, look at you like you're crazy. That's what I like about Firesign Theater.

[bahrbearian]

8. Since I've canceld my (dishnet Fox Ect, )

I may have to go back to Radio.

[Champion Jack]

9. I'm going to cut the soles off of my shoes

climb a tree and learn how to play the flute

[LunaSea]

10. J Men Forever!

Is a full length feature story of the "secret world war" with bits of the old "Republic" serials from the 40's remodeled into an extrordinary, funny, flick.
Its now available on DVD! Picked up a copy on Ebay a couple of months ago.
If you liked Hot Shorts, you'll love J-Men!
www.firesigntheatre.com/albums/index6.html

[Paragon]

11. "The sign on my door says..."

"REGNAD"

[bunk76]

12. The good ole days....

when the D.J on W>B>C>N in Boston would put them on about 3:00 am use to like to flare up in the dark and laugh my ass off.The seventies were great.........wernt they.
:hippie:

[Capn Sunshine]

13. The 70's---started off good

ended up badly
damn I'll never forget the day interest rates hit the high teens--like 18.625%(1979)
we literally told the staff take six months off, we're not doing anything...............and then it got WORSE welcome to the 80's !!!

[maxanne]

16. The Veteran's Tap Dance Administration

brings you forward, into the past!

The Department of Redundancy Department.