firesign theatre

[Steven Maas CUTR]

Firesign Theatre was (is?) a multi-layered thinking-persons comedy group
that originated in the 60s, flourished in the 70s, and (I think) disbanded
in the early 80s Some of the members still occasionally work together, and
I believe that all four of them have on occasion worked together in the
past decade.  Their comedy is unlike any other I have ever heard, and much
of it is as fresh today as when it was first performed.  I don't think
that much if any of their work has been released on CD, but you could
maybe find used LPs.  My personal favorite is _How Can You Be In Two
Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?_

If you have access to news groups try alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre (note the
spelling), which occasionally features an exhaustive FAQ of the group. 

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Mark Williamson wrote:

> Firesign theater ?
> 
> Who are they? - weird coincidence I head about these for the first time yesterday and was intrigued. Now they crop up again  - tell me more... (direct to me if its too off list)
> 
> toy mark
> 
>