Nick Danger Part 1

[deosullivan3]

She's in the aviary studying trees...LOL!

[angelqueen9989]

It all began innocently enough on Tuesday...

[TheAmazingRoger]

You can't get there from here.

[Moreththerogue]

I wonder where Ruth is?

[rdk856]

...it was pig night at the AU MANI PADMI SIGMA HOUSE

[rdk856]

...out of the fog and into the smog

[cybergeek8]

HAHAHAHA!

[CaptPoco]

That's nothing but a two-bit ring from a Crackerback jox!

[DUCKBMET]

Betty Jo Bialofsky?

[911oldschool]

@DUCKBMET Everyone knew her as Nancy

[raindelayshowfan1]

Susan Underhill?

[DLP195788300]

thats peterman, you know...

[wrkowl]

My friends and I were listening and laughing our asses off to this album one day, when my grandmother came into the room and asked "what's all the bruhaha?

Of course in unison we replied :bruhaha? ha ha ha!

[TheGrizz393]

Regnad Kcin.

[qwertyman191]

A left, a left, a right, a left to the body. lol

[expaddler]

It had been snowing in Santa Barbara ever since the top of the page and I had to shake the cornstarch off my mucklucks as I lifted the heavy obsidian door knocker.

[shuttledr]

I grew up to these guys and monty pythons got nothing on them what great comedy

[DCBSupafly]

crackerback jox!

[BMWLDRider]

Do you have a key?

No....I only have half a key...I had to split it with the sound man......!!!!!

[vonzeke]

@BMWLDRider Thanks Rocky!

[mellotrongirl]

This is no movie...this is reel...

[pob1973]

regnad kcin

[STP43FAN1]

There was only one joker in LA sensitive enough to wear that scent, and I had to find out who he was.

[DUCKBMET]

You can't get there from here

[IDmadge]

Oh my. I had forgotten that I had memorized every single danged word of this...then it all came rushing back to me, like a hot kiss at the end of a wet fist!

[SpoonsAtMidnight]

@IDmadge It came the same to me as a good snort of scotch!

[Daveparts]

let me take your hat and goat,

[isldeur]

....and stop tracking mud across my nice clean floor!! Q: Where am I? A: Well, You can't get there from Here!!

[isldeur]

....and stop tracking mud across my nice clean floor!!

[harp99]

Rocky Ricoco, at your cervix.

[whatthe600]

uh clem

[bullworth3040]

I remember this from H.S.

It had me rolling then and still does today.

[TwinnerficsTV]

How about Betty Jo Bialoski? Oh, you mean Nancy!

[TwinnerficsTV]

Chocolate , Butterscotch, and Rocky Rococ- Road!

[lovetoeatallthefood]

I can't watch The Maltese Falcon without hearing this in my head.

[ricit]

I need a gas station, did I pass one? No but the fox did. Squeeze him right here and he'll pass another.

[jayhawkfan91]

"I am looking for the same ol' place." "Oh you must be looking for the ol' Same Place! It's just out back, here's the key." Four hours later....

[krazedcubbie79]

everyone knew her as Nancy!

[XMIR10C]

Why doesnt someone post the album "In the next World Youre on Your Own"

[trigger798]

i used to listin to this with the guys from my 1st ship duty in the navy peir 91 theodor e. chandler dd717 1974 we got twisted up and had firesign theatre nite weekly what a good time dan lew. ak.guitarslinger195

[TheMulder1981]

Why, that's nothing but a two-bit ring from a Cracker Back jox!

Goo goo goo joob!!

[GameSlut]

Holy jesus I haven't heard this since I was a kid...and the only reason I heard it then was because of my father. So silly

[chefbick65]

I havent heard this in 20 + years, still the funniest stuff going on the radio--

[JohninBoulder1]

The Firesign Theatre profoundly warped my mind during the 1970s.

Thank you, Firesign Theatre!

[delise54]

OMG. Thanks! They don't deliver in Sector R, Sub-Cluster B

[gbdave55]

I ought to beat your brains out.............Nooooooooo, put down that pickle.

[skeilak]

"There was only one joker in LA sensitive enough to wear that scent, and I had to find out who he was..."

Every time I listen to Firesign, I get something new from them.

[gbdave55]

@skeilak - We also used to figure out lines that were lyrics in The Beatles' songs. Later, it was a drinking game. Anytime someone said "What?", you had to drink. Kinda like the later game wher you drank when someone said "Bob" during the Bob Newhart Show.

[skeilak]

@gbdave55 : I think my college roommate and I exhausted the Beatles references by about our 6th listening. And generally, it was more about bong hits, and Gin&Tonics with us. (But like Pastor Rod Flash, we only got high on the Real Thing!) But you're right, that would make a good drinking game.

Mad, National Lampoon, and Firesign, were my youth.

And honestly, my quote below - That really was the first time I got that joke, after about 50 listenings! And that's the brilliance of Firesign Theatre.

[gbdave55]

@skeilak - Lampoon ! Loved the magazine, but REALLY loved the radio show.

[skeilak]

@gbdave55 : I was aware of the NatLamp radio show, but it wasn't broadcast anywhere I could hear it. I had to wait until I could buy the records. But you can certainly hear why Saturday Night was so funny, in the early days.

[briansan2]

You can't get there from here...

[djdweasel92]

"It all began innocently enough on Tuesday. I was sitting in my office on that drizzly afternoon listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desktop and reading my name on the glass of my office door. 'Regnad Kcin'"

[hanseric245]

This is one of the best pieces of radio humor ever. Love these guys. Listen closely to catch all the innuendo and double meaning.

[jplatt88]

Via an old friend with whom I used to listen to the 11:00pm Radio Mystery program while driving around Cleveland Heights way back in high school-How much fun!! Thanks Ted for sharing!

[pmkmommy]

Rocky Rococo at your cervix

[konsonsmug]

my father showed me how can you be at 2 places at once when youre not anywhere at all. after that i was hooked. it inspired me to do my own radio dramas but god they are so fun . I feel that firesign needs to be passed down to the next generation

[MrAahclem5]

Now, Now, Boys Fightins out of style. Funs where the Fairs at! In the FUTURE that is.

[jackhillty]

I wonder where Ruth is?

[TheGrizz393]

That's easy. That's a pickle.

[sfknns]

jeru the damaja

[METROGNOME57]

"OH! You mean 'Nancy' - she's in the aviary stunting trees."

[Dimentio152]

may I take your hat and goat sir?

[1864bob]

its around back heres the key

[mtneer74]

Thanks so much for sharing. Nick Danger brings back great memories of college days and friends in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Sincerely, Melanie Haber

[rog3erPark2]

If you like this, try: "The Giant Rat of Sumatra", featuring that ever famous crime fighter, Hemlock Stone!! Listen well, it is full of double meanings, especially when he asks about coke.

[juliabohemian]

"I wonder where Ruth is. LOL."

[hibob418]

You might remember me loitering around the drug store drinking chocolate malted vulcans and giving away free high schools...

[METROGNOME57]

That's "drinking chocolate falcons" - reference to The Maltese Falcon movie starring Humphrey Bogart with Peter Lorre as the small creepy guy.

[MoneysUncle]

Rrrrocky Rococco

[yodasnshit]

Where's the fire? In your eyes Bradshaw! I use his 'don't walk on my clean floor' line on my kids all the time. Love the blank stares.

[clyde8her]

I wonder where Ruth is? These guys are geniuses...Have this on vinyl but no player!! Damn...thanks for posting. No anchovies? You've got the wrong man. Love it.

[CTOL1]

Ah Betty jo..... such fond mammarys

[rclere1]

This is such a classic! Listening to this in high school, too much acid, Panama Red... we memorized whole skits and albums... No wonder we flunked out of Commie Marters High!

[nickd444]

oh, she's in the aviary studying trees. you may wait here in the sitting room or you can sit here in the waiting room.

[MaxPaws]

What's all this Brew-ha-ha?

[spurnthemuse]

@MaxPaws Brouhaha. SPURN THE MUSE!!

[Izhmash47]

@MaxPaws Brew-ha-ha?

[Ock62]

@MaxPaws Brew-ha-ha? Ha ha ha!

[NoWhereToRun22]

@MaxPaws Brew- ha-haa?

[murdoog1]

@MaxPaws Brew-ha-ha? ha-ha-ha

[GBPLIFER]

@MaxPaws Brew haha, ha ha ha. I love this Nick Danger skit.

[5jerry1]

@MaxPaws

Brew-ha-ha?

Ha-ha-ha.

[STP43FAN1]

@5jerry1 WAIT A MINUTE, don't you want this door-knocker?

[wobrien007]

@STP43FAN1

I already have one. But this is yours! See, I told you so....

[STP43FAN1]

@wobrien007 We used to have another one, but he vanished mysteriously.

[johntheinze]

Your lucky you still have your pickle!

[wordzly]

When I was a sophomore in high school, my friends & I had this memorized. The funniest bit Firesign ever came up with IMO.

[carlbrowne123]

reminds me of my days of youth, eating blotter acid like candy in hell's kitchen in oakland, ca in 1984....good times, good times!!! :-)

[budoracle]

Here's my tribute to the Firesign theater created and performed while on LSD. Use them as sound tracks if you please:

False Creek News Flash

News Flash Tall Tuna

Bud Oracle's hour of power

[budoracle]

I always say, "At your servix mam, please don't waste my time: 'cause I've got things to do and pussy to chew!" That happens when I'm high on LSD, riding the sexual tension of the mainspring of life!

[itachi999987]

HA! You admitted you did LSD!

[budoracle]

I enjoy having perceptive people like yourself following my musings. It tells me that I can reach out to a broad spectrum of individuals and engage them in what I am doing. thanks for taking the time. I started in 66, stopped for 17 years. got back into it 3 years ago, enjoy regular trips. google "reality is ambiguous" "Original Science: Do Humans have a political gene?" >blog for stuff while on LSD. Please take your time and feel free to input any reactions to my adventures in communication

[voyces]

Rocky Rococo at your cervix.....

[PPruittToo]

OMG this is so funny... so great to hear it again!

[theroyshow1]

Hello!

Can you post the other side of the album?

[1voxpopuli]

i haven't heard this in years...brings back lots of memories...thanks...

[43goe]

does any one have "the giant rat of sumatra"? it is their best album!

[lovetoeatallthefood]

Yup! I love "Giant Rat."

"Who's the professor?"

"Why, I'm a practicing physician!"

"Come see me when you're done practicing, I got a couple 'a slugs in my back garden, need them removed."

[alvo69]

OH NICKY!!!!!!!!!!! hehehe, snrak it's you Danger ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The effing BESTESTEST cerebral comedy ever. Entendres to exponential power!

[OctoBox]

LOL -- He hung up the phone and then the guy on the other line goes "what"

[rauchenpaugh]

Greatest of all time.... !

[44TRH]

uncross those beautiful stems of yours baby!

[sharonmtvharrison]

Where is the O Blinding Light song? I need that one desperately for my Answerbag right wing Christians

[Braintap]

It;s on "Don't crush that Dwarf.." part 1

[candiruacu]

"I smell a rat"

"So do I-Here mousie, mousie...mousie"

[TheRealScottFree]

"...yes; and I think he's got my script!!!"

[wanderings0ul]

I'll never forgive you, Nick

I'll never forget you neither, Nancy!

[wanderings0ul]

lol i love firesign theatre.

momma made me listen to it when I was young....

glad to see it on the ole tube ;D

[theJaydog]

Are those my cues?

[Daveparts]

@theJaydog THEY SHOULD BE DRY BY NOW!

[kchooligan666]

This made me smile...a lot.

[olytanis]

No anchovies?  You've got the wrong man. I spell my name...DANGER!

[kchipster]

'...I wonder where Ruth is...' I had the great pleasure to interview FT for the local Underground newsblab in '72. smoked some of the best herb I ever possessed and laughed and giggled 'til the wee hours. Some very witty fellows...Antelope FreeWay one quarter mile....

[pokemonruler54]

originaly it was on diff. speakers

[dmax801]

We can't talk here...

[oldbanjoman]

"...and reading the name on the glass of my office door: regnaD kciN."

[DADDYTWOSIXTEEN]

dwarf maples!

[ajbalfour]

The Firesign Theater helped create a "Nick Danger" cartoon which was one of only two (that I know of) animated segments ever produced for the television series, "Love, American Style".

This is a piece of trivia which doesn't seem to be widely known, at least if Google searches are any indication.

I haven't seen that cartoon in ages. I hope more of LAS is released on DVD so that the segment can be seen again.

BTW, thanks for posting this audio from Firesign Theater's LP. ;-)

[morg2625]

I wonder where Ruth is?

[PhiZappaCrappa]

No, no, NO! I mean Betty Jo Biolosky!

(I spell my name "Crappa")

[TheBoneRanger1968]

Oh you mean Nancy!

[oxymento]

give me back my PICKLE!

[TearsForMyFears]

Yeah, I'd Like to order a pizza to go. No anchovies.

5/5

[Ambriosa007]

I cannot believe I found this. Such memories. Thanks for putting this online....Oh Nick your'e such a tool!

[Daveparts]

I didn't breast feed you for 14 years for this!

[lovetoeatallthefood]

6:40 - 7:40 == possibly the greatest absurdist comedy exchange ever written.

"May I take your hat and goat?"

[burr44]

I used to drive my dates absolutely insane when I hog tied them to the sofa and made them listen to "Firesign"! Great memories!!!

[joeblough25]

You'd better go untie them now...

[SyvetheShairks]

What?

[TylerGWelch]

Oh man, this is a classic. My dad has the CD.

[mrcharles37]

malcom x john lennon? c'mon in and dig your mother!

[FutureNose]

There are so many layers of cross referencing between parts of their own work, and everything else..including the I Ching..

[Straussian]

GREATNESS!

I was sitting in my office on that drizzly afternoon listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desktop and reading my name on the glass of my office door: regnaD kciN.

Nancy: Oh, Nick. I'll never forgive you.

Nick: And I'll never forget you neither, Nancy.

Where am I?

You can't get there from here.

But I'm looking for the same old place.

Oh, you must mean the old Same place, sonny.

You may wait here in the sitting room or you can sit here in the waiting room.

[PhiZappaCrappa]

Oh! Nicky, Nicky, Nicky - yer such a tool! ;-)

[TorontoChaser]

My second favorite bit by the theater, behind Dont crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers !

Thanks so much for posting. Im going 2 pull out my vinyl and relive some great laughs.

[kliljedahl]

He's no fun, he fell right over. Wait a minute, didn't I say that on the other side of the record?

[belugaz]

also when nick checks where he is ..its the other side of the album in reverse

[rce13]

Saw them at the old Cleveland Agora in '87? I think. They did alot from the "Dear Friends" LP. Russ Ballard was the last minute opening act. Also saw them at the Smiling Dog Saloon on Cleveland's west side in '75.

[braymanj]

I saw these guys perform in St Louis over 30 years ago. They used a lot of props w/ their routines. The segment, " Pastor Flash is coming down " had one of them standing on a chair, hunched over, arms outstretched, w/ a toy inflatable passenger jet, strapped around his back. What was really cool, was that the audience new all the lines by heart, so it was total audience participation. The whole place was going nuts. PS Someone PLEASE post " Bozos ."

[lecagot2]

I even have "Roller Maidens from Outer Space" I understand that it is rare. Have it in MP3 form if anyone is interested.

[hulkabulka]

I definitely am interested. got the first four albums on vinyl, and a few CDs

Papoon for President. He's not insane!

[lovetoeatallthefood]

Vote Tirebiter for Political Solutions - he's always right and he never lies!

[52381a]

I think we're all bozos on this bus

[ZIPPTPH77]

Damn, I still have these records.....

[kwgthacher]

"don't forget to pump your shoes ..."

[kwagmyrefrontman]

Has anybody noticed that the guy ordering the pizza says the exact same thing as George Tirebiter in the first few minutes of Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand me the Pliers? Including the "What?" If you listen to it, when he orders the pizza, you can respond with what Nick Danger says. The timing is perfect. Check it out.

[taijiguy]

That's because George Tirebiter in "Don't Crush That Dwarf..." is the guy that Nick Danger hangs up on in "How Can You Be In 2 Places...". It's a cross-album skit. Later on in "Don't Crush..." when GT is on trial, he asks his father (a.k.a. his lawyer) "How can you be...I mean...I still don't see..."; another cross reference to "How Can...".

[kwagmyrefrontman]

Exactly, it's all part of the brilliance of these guy's work!

[geekkc3249]

Viva Le Firesign!!

[Ahclem83]

I'd like to hear Bozos, oddly enough.

[lancethrustworthy]

What?

[autozonersucks]

its the same ole place

[ed1016]

what's all this brewhaha?

[graybeard1952]

You mean the Old Same Place...

[kwagmyrefrontman]

Betty jo Bealofski!

[sslomo]

melanie faber?

[tfpbobby]

legs akimbo.....!!!!

[noragep]

I'll never forget you neither, Nancy...