The Firesign Theatre: American Pageant (EDIT)

Culled from Side B of "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once, When You're Not Anywhere At All". What is America made of? Here it is in terms that only some fringe groups would understand, while the rest of us understand the satire. The more things change, the more the Firesign Theatre has become relevant.

Not Responsible!

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[lovetoeatallthefood]

All hail Marx and Lennon!

[grafikfeat]

"ask the cop in woodpile... ask the cop on the rooftop... Ask the cop knockin' at your back door... Ask him..." Very topical today... 40 years later.

[CocteauDalighari]

@uhclem Then there's Toast Poasties: they're topically delicious!

[MrDirtyratmiller]

Abe Lincoln died in Dallas, Texas!

[jamesmcashan]

the Firesign Theatre are antitotalitarians, heroes of freedom.

they were censored (hidden)

for giving honest examples of people and dominant groups.

Peter Bergman used a school intercom for an intelligent political tactic.

Philip Proctor was a Shakespearean satirist,

altering those works to great effect.

in the USA, we were densely educated as children.

we got the joke. it was painfully funny.

thank you Firesign Theatre for your fine work! - james mcashan for the US Congress

[uhclem]

Bless you for poasting this so I didn't have to.

[markedwardindc]

Antelope Freeway, 1 mile....antelope freeway, 1/2 mile....antelope freeway, 1/4 mile...antelope freway, 1/8 mile....antelope freeway, 1/16 miles....antelope freeway, 1/32 mile....antelope freeway, 1/64 mile....antelope freeway, 1/128 mile....antelope freeway, 1/256 mile....

[scutmorgan52]

OH god, that does send me back. I used to listen to this record in college over and over again - one of the funniest things I had heard (not to mention Nick Danger on the flip side).

[TheMightyQuinn260]

OMG!! That was effin hilarious!

"Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington DC."

HAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[theroyshow1]

Where is Nick Danger Thrird Eye?

[kat466]

i haven't heard this in forever!