here are four or five guys who made some of the most irreverent comedy of the late sixties thru today, the firesign theatre.
they helped me get thru high school, and now my vocabulary is littered with all their ascerbic wit. these guys used any and all references while throwing in the kitchen sink. kinda like the marx bros meet the beatles at a mushroom party, and nothing is spared!
it is so cult-like that if a line from any of the records is spoken in public, an easy smile is exchanged, followed by the next line, and then it is the running dialog from 'nick danger, third eye', or 'highschool madness'.
i have been updating the catalog on cd and i am only missing a few now, (the records long since being played out many times over).
if you heard of them ya know, if not seek out 'how can you be in two places at once. . . ',
'i think we're all bozos on this bus' or 'dont crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers'.
they have quite a few very good movies and shorts but are kinda hard to find, (tho 'j-men forever' is still out and about).
it may take a few listens, but it all makes sense after awhile, (a few? i am still picking up stuff, especially now that the cds are out, ahhh, clarity, and no scratches! and now i think 'everything you know is wrong' is the best)
the new stuff is a bit dry, but still classic comedy . . .
pass the lord and praise the ammuntion!
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