David Ossman

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David Ossman (born December 6, 1936 in Santa Monica, California) is the oldest member of The Firesign Theatre. He plays George Leroy ("Peorgie") Tirebiter on Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers and Catherwood in the Nick Danger series.

In 1973, he recorded the solo album How Time Flys. During the 1980's David left the Firesign Theatre, primarily to produce programs for National Public Radio.

During the 1990's David and his wife, Judith Walcutt, formed Otherworld Media, through which they produced audio theatre for children, as well as a series of major star-studded audio theatre broadcasts for NPR, including We Hold These Truths (1991), Empire Of The Air, War Of The Worlds 50th Anniversary Production [1], Raymond Chandler's Goldfish, and the 100th Anniversary audio theatre adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

His latest Otherworld Media Productions include Thousand Clowns, Through the Looking Glass, and A Taffetas Christmas. These performances are held at Whidbey Childrens Theater on Whidbey Island, a local theatre where children can come to do plays and workshops. Ossman currently resides on Whidbey Island with his wife and their two sons, Orson and Preston.

1 Filmography
2 Trivia

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actor

Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool (2001) (TV) .... Various
Nowheresville (2000) .... Earl Apple
A Bug's Life (1998) (voice) .... Cornelius
"The Tick"

- Sidekicks Don't Kiss (1996) TV Episode (voice)

Below the Belt (1980) (voice)
Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975) .... Sherrif Luger Axehandle/NURGI Clockwork Film narrrator/Prof. Archer/Art Wholeflaffer/Gen.
Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)

[edit] Writer

Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool (2001) (TV) (written by) (as The Firesign Theatre)
Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975)
Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)
Zachariah (1971)

[edit] Producer

Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975) (producer)
Martian Space Party (1972) (producer) (credited as member of The Firesign Theatre)

[edit] Director

Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975)

[edit] Editor

Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)

[edit] Trivia

In the Feb 21, 2006 "Feedback" column of PC Magazine, Chris Sherlock (a Wikipedia administrator) is quoted as writing:

Although Wikipedia has many oddball articles (for instance, we have one on exploding whales) not everything can be included. We routinely delete articles about people who are deemed to be non-notable (admittedly, this is a fairly low standard - we have an article on David Ossman...)

This leads to the following definition:

One Ossman: the smallest unit of fame that will get you into Wikipedia.

v • d • e The Firesign Theatre
Performers
Phil Austin • Peter Bergman • David Ossman • Philip Proctor
Albums
Commercial
Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him • How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All • Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers • I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus • Dear Friends • Not Insane or Anything You Want To • The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra • Everything You Know Is Wrong • In the Next World, You're on Your Own • Forward into the Past • Just Folks . . . A Firesign Chat • Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe • Fighting Clowns • Lawyer's Hospital • Shakespeare's Lost Comedie • The Three Faces of Al • Eat or Be Eaten • Shoes for Industry: The Best of Firesign Theatre • Anythynge You Want To • Back from the Shadows • Pink Hotel Burns Down • Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death • Boom Dot Bust • Bride of Firesign • Radio Now Live! • Papoon For President • All Things Firesign
Non-commercial
Dear Friends - Syndicated Radio Program • A Firesign Chat with Papoon • Let’s Eat - Syndicated Radio Program • The Proctor-Bergman Report • The Cassette Chronichles
Related to Firesign Theatre
TV or not TV • How Time Flys • Roller Maidens From Outer Space • What This Country Needs • Give Us A Break • Daily Feed 1988 Newsreel - The Daily Feed • The George Tirebiter Story Chapter 1: Another Christmas Carol • George Tirebiter's Radiodaze • The George Tirebiter Story Pt.2 Mexican Overdrive / Radiodaze • A Capital Decade Daily Feed 1989 Newsreel - The Daily Feed • The George Tirebiter Story Pt.3 The Ronald Reagan Murder Case • Down Under Danger • Tales Of The Old Detective And Other Big Fat Lies • David Ossman's Time Capsules
Bibliography
The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays • The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book • The Apocalypse Papers, a Fiction by The Firesign Theatre • Backwards Into The Future: The Recorded History of the Firesign Theatre