The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays
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| Author | The Firesign Theatre |
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| Cover artist | Virginia Clive-Smith |
| Subject(s) | radio drama, play scripts, sketch comedy |
| Publisher | Straight Arrow Books |
| Released | 1972 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0/87932/027/3 |
| Followed by | 'The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book' |
The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays is a collection of transcriptions written by The Firesign Theatre for the title tracks of each of their first four albums. The book also contains some introductory material that is serious as well a few pieces that parody introductory material. Photos of the group-- childhood photos, casual snapshots, and full-costume publicity shots vaguely related to the written material-- are included. The book concludes with "Lt. Bradshaw's Secret Indentity [sic] Roster" which indicates which member of the group performs each major role. Some of the material from the group's first four albums that was not included in this collection can be found in the 1974 book, The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book. A later printing of the "Big Book of Plays" (circa 1980) has a bright yellow cover, with different cover illustrations than the original shown here.
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- A Straight, Forward Look at the Firesign Theatre
- Who Am Us Anyway?
- Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him
- Revolution or Revelation
- May I see your Passport, Please?
- The Script
- How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All
- The Perfect Ralph Williams Mantra
- Welcome to Side Six
- The Script
- Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers
- It's Just This Little Chromium Switch Here
- "A Life in the Day"
- The Script
- I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus
- If Bees Lived Inside Your Head
- Intrat Et Exit Ut Nil Supra!
- The Script
- Addenda, Appendix and Et Cetera
- Mark Time's True Chronology of The Firesign Theatre
- Lt. Bradshaw's Secret Indentity Roster
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| 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 |
