Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand me the Pliers. PT 1

[wifiwaves]

They never come up into the hills...!

[sumwunzbunny]

from the Holy Book of Holes "And they shall not know their hole from an ass on the ground."

[Batdouche]

I'm too young to have been around for when these were current (I'm 27), but as soon as I heard their first four albums or so, my dad's jokes almost all suddenly made sense. The blinding light hymn gets sung at least daily in my house XD

[colctywi]

I'm high alright, but not on false drugs . . . I'm high on the real thing . . . powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoeshine.

[Daveparts]

And Jesus said, Let us be as children and waht do children do? They stuff themselves from day to night they eat!

[liberal20111]

OH MY GOD IT WARM SAY THANK YOU FRIEND THANK YOU SAY THANK YOU NOT WITH UR MOUTHFUL I LL TALK U EAT ALRIGHT I AM EATING & DONT U KNOW THAT AS U ARE THANKING ME THAT GREAT GUY UPSTAIRS IS THANKING, THANK YOU

[paulc118]

Don't call me Adolf....

[smujismuj]

"A mighty hot dog is our lord."

[dtysinger]

I have all the albums!!!

[MrDirtyratmiller]

I'm so hungry! There's nothing to eat here...

[TheDonkeebob]

and who might ye be, oh greybeard? a master, perhaps, of an esoteric discipline? ;-)

[MrUnidyne]

MORE SUGAR!!!!!



[longhair1949]

Big light in sky slated to appear in the east, sonic booms scare minority groups in sector b, and there's hamburger all over the highway in Mistic, Conn. Those are the headlines now for the rumors behind the news. Remember to take off your shoes{ for Industry} Increased spending opportunities means harder work for everyone, and lots of it too.

[goofywilly]

ITs just this lil chromium switch here.... ROFL!!!!!!!!

[aprilglaspieable]

Roll another bomber Cathcart and leave it on the table. They just fried the kid. And it is undoubtedly even better with pot.

[aprilglaspieable]

Roll another bomber Cathcart and leave it on the table. They just fried the kid.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

read wikipedia about this

also is this off a record? what is up with the stereo?

[firecat6232]

oh, you people are sooo superstitious!! LOL

[pob1973]

And he said the ward (what was it) and we ate it (hot dog) and what was the word (hot dog!) hot dog! yes dear friends a mighty hot dog is our lord! I'm not talking about hate No, I'm talking about eight Dinner at eight! Let's eat! (more sugar) I still remember this from too many stoned miles on the freeway during college. Remember how those 8-tracks would tighten up? Good memories.

[DUCKBMET]

What has happened to my righteous speed!

[novascotia2010]

they are funny. it must be 4am i am so hungry no cookies oh jesus

[awackocrank]

Last night I thought about the phrase..."maraschino cherries and a jar of mayonnaise" without any reason. Today I felt like playing this without knowing why. Now I know, it's in there.  So many years ago....

[Daveparts]

Those are the headlines, now the rumors behind the news

[christopherm2k]

I still use this epic material for garnering friends. Alas, just like Deputy Dan, I have no friends. How sad is that? lol So, I'll march off to dinner. I need MORE sugar. Seriously though, I used to torture my HS friends with FS. Then, I didn't have friends anymore. I'm going to the other side ... of the record. :)

[PBSStudios]

Been a fan since childhood. I'm still just getting some of these jokes and linguistic swordplay.

[Francie275]

LOL

[goldrush186]

what great memories...well as I can't remember that entire period maybe they aren't memories....More Sugar!

[goldrush186]

ahhh the memories...well as I can't remember I guess they're not memories

[Suuperman5461]

I love this album. Imagine how funny it is to a 2nd grader back then. My parents gave it to me for X-mas and didn't even know what was on it. They just knew my best friend had it.

In addressing the assembly this morning..........

[MrCooker77]

Good God almighty, let's eat. Listened to this in the 70's, and yes, there was plenty of reason to be hungry!!

[crumbar]

And that's IMPORTANT!

[acapece421]

I like to sit and listen with a big bag of groat clusters.

[atosov]

4:55 "Just a little argument with my co-pilot!" An allusion to the title "God Is My Co-Pilot"?

When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I listened to these albums so many times that I had them nearly memorized.

[jbcerniglia]

My little brother had a professor at the University of Georgia about 10 years ago who finished a lecture: "...think it over, then take off your shoes." My bro chickened out and didn't yell "for industry!"

[ThirstyManatee]

@jbcerniglia Oh man, to have to live with that missed opportunity! The professor would likely have freaked out with joy. Ah well, next time.

[375GTB]

Yeah, it's NOT Cheech and Chong.....

Going UP!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

It's morning...

[tofb56]

does anyone know the skit where they're in the desert..."waiting,watching...w­atching waiting"?

[podiodoc]

I'm 56 years old and this is, and has always been some of the funniest material ever written. If you dont get it, then you never will. Just Freaking Classic! Nick Danger!! You gotta love it

[glanalspubis]

i drove my bike 9.8 miles one way over colima hill to buy this record on vinyl at music plus in whittier and then rode it back to la puente to hear it. no downloading, no instant gratification, you had to WORK for it. the record sat on my turntable for weeks until i wore out the groove. This and EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG.

[shotenzenjin16]

1971 i dicovered these guys and just love their humour as it makes more cents now than back then. its time to play beat the reaper....t'anks fur postin'

[freddysy]

we're just bozos on this bus

enjoy the ride

[shotenzenjin16]

@freddysy "buy a ticket an' run to ta wicket an gooo"

[SirBruceX]

why'd the audio keep swapping left and right, kinda painful to listen to

[PLA0242]

These guys are the "E" ticket ride...existential cosmic humor. To those that "don't get it"....If I have to explain it to you, you would never get it.

[mrrepublican1234]

Aaaah, The Powerhouse Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of the Blinding Light. I've not been there since High School. And I had forgotten that there was hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, CT. But what happened to the grubcakes (heavy on the 30W)?

[Slicric13]

I just recived my Morse Science High t-shirt!!

[georgiabluesman]

I'd like to take one, too, dad!

[unarmed1618]

@MrFlashBazbo

If it makes you feel any better, I hate it when people call webpages, video posts, and otherwise page-comment styled internet localities "rooms." :-)

[solunaraven]

@MrFlashBazbo

Groovy and out.

[smpaudio]

@solunaraven Peace, baby.

[416dl]

It comes in short n' quarts!

[industrialsun]

i'm full of it! but i'm going to let it go! as awesome today as it was when i first heard it twenty years ago. i'd like to order a large pizza with no anchovies....lol

[chitthedde]

He's turning over!!!

[A1Duckfan]

Put down that pickle!

[SyvetheShairks]

I think we're ALL bozos on this bus.

[IDYLBERRY]

MORE SUGAR!!

[Sanernando]

The really weird thing is that back in the Sixties it seemed that these kind of people were so out of touch with how the world was changing that they were doomed to parody and fringe status.

Yet they now run the country.

[clyde8her]

The Powerhouse Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of the Blinding Light !! Hilarious...I love these guys. Makes me feel your again...at his organ again !

[StevesWifeCharlo]

"I'm high alright, but not on false drugs. I'm high on the REAL THING, powerful gasoline, a clean windshield and a shoe shine...over!"

[Cantrememberjack]

A mighty hotdog is our lord..hehehehe

[gtirebiter2]

"If you don't answer the question, young man - we're going to have to gag you..."

"WHAT question?"

"GAG him!"

[mahrette]

LONG LIVE HAPPY ZION!

[rowdymax1]

"Back from the shadows again...out where an Injun's your friend. Where the vegetables are green and you can pee right into the stream, and that's important..."

Organ Leroy at his organ again

[StevesWifeCharlo]

Yes, that's important! LOL!!!!

[LilithLorelai]

"My iron lung is working again" !!!

[LSommer]

You kids... want everything yesterday.

[berrypossum]

If you're so smart, why don't you pick up your cues faster?

[mileslake]

Coming Mother!

[mileslake]

The Only True way to enjoy Firesign Theatre, is on a full head of L.S.D. The Giant Rat of Sumatra told me to say that! When I asked him why, he said only one thing to me... "We're all Bozo's on This Bus!"

[StevesWifeCharlo]

The above statements are totally true! I have lived it out, and the Giant Rat of Sumatra did not reveal that to me personally.

Zion, Oh Happy Zion!

[SyvetheShairks]

Mr Stones will se you now.... Ya CHEAP WHORE!

[henzlee]

I first heard this when I was about 7 or 8. It was in my parents record collection. The album cover was a cartoon which appealed to me. I could understand all the words, but almost none of the jokes. Everytime I listened to it, I heard another joke. Still, every time I listen to it, I hear a joke I have never heard before in it. It is so incredibly dense and layered with puns its unlike anything I have ever encountered.

[jokershoe23]

oh porgie oh porgie george leroy tirebiter

[jokershoe23]

oh porgie oh my oh my oh my porgie tirebiter hes helping pocelai make the bed

[StevesWifeCharlo]

..this little chromium switch here....

My Iron Lung is working Again.... We're Marching to Omaha!

I love it still, with or without false drugs! LOL!!! I'm high on the real thing...powerful gasoline, fresh air and a shoe shine!

It's Going to be alright, tonite!

Oh, Blinding Light, Oh Light that blinds. I cannot see...look out for ME!!!!

Hilarious!

[MrFlashBazbo]

@StevesWifeCharlo

I fucking hate it when asshole just sit in rooms like this and repeat the lines....WE FUCKING KNOW THE GODDAMN LINES!!!

[RatRob69]

@StevesWifeCharlo Lol yup, love the Firesign Theater

[stalkervision]

One has to really LISTEN to Firesign theater to get all their jokes. It isn't for the attention deficit individual.

[gilgamess]

@stalkervision I was following you fine, until you said Fire...something.

[mandolinroad]

@stalkervision True, it's not for subway listenin'. More like sitting at home, headphones on and really paying attention. And playing the album three times. Love the Firesign though... nothing like it anywhere else.

[stalkervision]

@mandolinroad so true M/R

[SnowCrashR]

@stalkervision something tells me that this is actually FOR the undiagnosed ADD in all of us

[stalkervision]

@SnowCrashR LOL ! ha! That's pretty funny S/C. indeed you may be right.

[thecheezeyfritos]

@stalkervision I have adhd and i get their jokes :)

[stalkervision]

@thecheezeyfritos well then your probably not that that bad a case at all pal. LOL! The background sound track where all kinds of interesting and funny things are being said behind the main announcer's voice is my favorite thing about F/S/T

[lexo30]

Hmmm. Maybe you had to be very stoned in 1970 or so to find this incredibly funny. If I'd listened to it when I was 8 or 9 I'd've probably thought it was wildly daring. Unfortunately, I was listening to my parents' Goon Show tapes and so this seems a bit rambling and druggy. The Goons are models of tight narrative by comparison.

[Sardondi]

Yes, in comparison to, say, Robin Williams, this might seem slow going too long, but you have to remember time and place: this was all new. Cheech and Chong hadn't hit yet. FT made it possible for even Garrison Keillor, the dean of  throwback radio.

And it's not so slow - it';s actually changing subject quickly. It's breaking new ground with stoner humor and stuff that has relevance to the counteculture folks. It has the form of 40's radio, but the substance(s) were strictly Haight Ashbury!

[GeorgenotSmith]

8:08: "More sugar!"

[Forphalupper]

Hmmm... Seems to me these Nancy-boys could use some that medicated goo to help 'em with the traffic.

Quick, call Private Parts!!

[sleepybomb]

...and a mighty hot dog is our lord.

[flarmlnarm]

Jeezum crow...i cut my teeth on this stuff.

i heard it for the first time at the tender age of 3....and for many years to come had it played and quoted to me.

so much of it makes sense as an adult.

[Garret00074]

so much of it makes sense as an adult.

LOL

[justplainducky]

Ok that's fine and good but what about little JJ

[bananabelt555]

flashback alert.......yowza!!

these guys have it going on!!!

[zamzonez]

KBOO. groathogs and hotcakes, wait could it be lsd. was on the edge of expansion with seriously comedic spiritual cosmic lottery winning intentions,and spontaneous inventions,, no dissension you are there and the cutting edge of now,... still..not as funny as it is ree dick u lous..

[ozzyscruggs1]

(read_me doctor_memory)

[hydroxygenman]

Yes,

Dear friends,

We're all Bozo's on this bus! ...and since I'm not the electrician I must be someone like him!

I'm sorry, not sorry, Clem... You're making, not making, the doctor un-happy, happy!

...un-happy macnam, un-happy macnam!

Nnelg

[ozzyscruggs1]

(evaluate "Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?")

[Qermaq]

The little red needle is pointing to E, and while that's always stood for "excellent" in my book, I guess it means I'm out of gas...

[willyrein]

This and all the other Firesign recordings were the staple of my wacky Radio Lab program in the 70's on KBOO. This should be required listening for all newbie stoners!

[LotsaJoy]

Hot Dog...a MIGHTY Hot Dog!

[bobdwilliams]

and he said the word...

[rmachalek]

and they ate him!

[Batdouche]

No joke, there's a little storefront church near here called the "Powerhouse Christian Church." Every time I drive past it, it's with a huge grin and a hearty, "HOT DOG!"

[buxongs]

HOT DOG!,,,,,GROATCAKES AGAIN!!!!!!

cheers!