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In reply to the discussion: Peter Bergman (Firesign Theatre) has passed [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)16. He may have passed away, but he will never die.
He'll just start his routine on a different channel now.
I remember their Starchy and Mudhead routine very well because of Mr Tirebiter's habit of watching tv.
Well before Archie Bunker was introduced on tv, they were ripping at those stereotypes on their albums and performances.
And of course, their take on Evil Kneivel's failed attempt to jump over the Snake River was completely hilarious to those of us who lived in Idaho at the time and witnessed that spectacle.
"He's going to jump the biggest gawd damned hole that leads to the center of the earth."
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I will have to listen to "don't crush that dwarf" and "everything you know is wrong"
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2012
#2
"Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile...Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile...Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile"
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2012
#35
More Science High and Commie Martyrs High School Flap Jacks, heavy on the twenty weight.
demgrrrll
Mar 2012
#45
I didn't hear him enter, but my nostrils flared at the smell of his perfume...
GliderGuider
Mar 2012
#47
BTW, if pot fucks up your memory, how come we can all quote whole albums verbatim? Hmmm??? /nt
GliderGuider
Mar 2012
#49
If remembering whole Firesign Theatre albums verbatim isn't fucked up, then what IS?
saras
Mar 2012
#51
Oh blinding light! Oh light that blinds! I cannot see--please look out for me.
progressoid
Mar 2012
#53