Fighting Clowns

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''Fighting Clowns''
Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
Released	1980
Genre	Audio theatre, satire, music
Length	38:50
Label	Rhino
Producer(s)	The Firesign Theatre and Fred Jones
Professional reviews
The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide [1] All Music Guide (linked review) [2]
The Firesign Theatre chronology
Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe (1979)	Fighting Clowns (1980)	Lawyer's Hospital (1982)

Fighting Clowns is a 1980 album by The Firesign Theatre. It is unique among Firesign Theatre albums by virtue of the fact that it is primarily made up of songs rather than the group's usual audio theatre or sketch comedy pieces. Many of the songs on this album were recorded live in front of an audience while some of the songs and much of the linking material was recorded in the studio.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Bonus tracks 2 Performers 3 Issues and reissues 4 Miscellanea 5 Citations 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "The Bozos Song"
2. "The Four Gobs"
3. "The 8 Shoes"
4. "In The Hot Tub"
5. "Hey, Reagan"

[edit] Side two

1. "In The War Zone"
2. "Oh, Afghanistan"
3. "In The Alley"
4. "Violent Juvenile Freaks"
5. "In The Hot Tub Again"
6. "This Bus Won't Go To War"

[edit] Bonus tracks

1. "Jimmy Carter" ^[3]

[edit] Performers

• Phil Austin - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
• Peter Bergman - Vocals
• David Ossman - Vocals
• Philip Proctor - Vocals
• Richard Parker - Keyboards
• Jeff Baxter - Lead Guitar
• Tim Emmons - Bass
• Ed Roscetti - Drums
• John Mitchell - Tenor & Baritone Sax
• Dick Spencer - Alto Sax & Clarinet
• Richard Cooper - Trumpet ^[3a]

[edit] Issues and reissues

There have been numerous issues and re-issues of this album (and excerpts from this album) in a variety of formats including a one-sided picture disc.

• LP - Rhino RNLP-018 - 1980
• Cassette - Rhino RNC-018 - 1980
• Picture Disc - Rhino RNPD-904 - 1980
• CD Mobile Fidelity MFCD-748 - 1993
• CD Firesign Theatre Records (distributed through Whirlwind Media) - 2001
• CD Firesign Theatre Records / Lodestone Catalog 2006

[edit] Miscellanea

The cover for this album was designed and illustrated by Phil Hartman during his pre-Saturday Night Live career as a graphic artist ^[3b].

The lyrics of the song "Oh, Afghanistan" refers to the town of "Billville" which will feature prominently in the group's 1999 album Boom Dot Bust.

The bonus track "Jimmy Carter" is only available on the picture disc release and the CD reissues of this album.

[edit] Citations

1. ↑  Smith, Ronald L. The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide. Iola: Krause, 1996.
2. ↑  Carruthers, Sean. "Fighting Clowns > Overview." All Music Guide. 04 Mar. 2006 <http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql= – 10:3hq7g4gttvoz>.
3. ↑  ^{a  b}  Firesign Theatre. Fighting Clowns. Mobile Fidelity, 1993.

[edit] External links

• The Firesign Theatre's Official Website
• FIREZINE: Linques! (A Firesign Theatre FAQ)

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