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Papoon, Papoon for President!
There is no-one to blame!
Papoon, Papoon for President!
You know he's Not Insane!
One-quarter of the Firesign Theatre succumbed to leukemia. Peter Bergman apparently worked for Digital before heading out to Los Angeles to make his fortune in surrealist improvisational comedy. He was responsible for the internal computer workings of Springhead, the electronic president, and Dr. Memory in "I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus".
He also worked closest with fellow Firesign Phil Proctor, recording several comedy duo albums with him (including the twisted "TV Or Not TV"). Together, they co-wrote the play "Americathon", which was twisted by Hollywood into a movie in 1979; it was both surreal and eerily prophetic.
I'm extraordinarily glad that I managed to catch the Firesign Theatre on their "Alimony Tour" in 1994. I'm way more rattled by this than I expected to be. I had been looking forward to his usual campaign for president as the nominee from the Surrealist Party, whose web-page was traditionally in Esperanto.
I really hope his epitaph reads, "Not Insane".
There is no-one to blame!
Papoon, Papoon for President!
You know he's Not Insane!
One-quarter of the Firesign Theatre succumbed to leukemia. Peter Bergman apparently worked for Digital before heading out to Los Angeles to make his fortune in surrealist improvisational comedy. He was responsible for the internal computer workings of Springhead, the electronic president, and Dr. Memory in "I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus".
He also worked closest with fellow Firesign Phil Proctor, recording several comedy duo albums with him (including the twisted "TV Or Not TV"). Together, they co-wrote the play "Americathon", which was twisted by Hollywood into a movie in 1979; it was both surreal and eerily prophetic.
I'm extraordinarily glad that I managed to catch the Firesign Theatre on their "Alimony Tour" in 1994. I'm way more rattled by this than I expected to be. I had been looking forward to his usual campaign for president as the nominee from the Surrealist Party, whose web-page was traditionally in Esperanto.
I really hope his epitaph reads, "Not Insane".
