Radio Free Oz

08/05/2024

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398528/firesign

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s as told through the story of the period's most important forgotten comedy group. This expansive book reclaims the Firesign Theatre (hazily remembered as a comedy act for stoners) as critically engaged artists working in the heart of the culture...

02/04/2024

With great pleasure I post the cover of Brian's long-awaited book, from the U. of Arizona Press. The story of Firesign, Radio Free Oz and Bergman's interactions with the major actors in 1967 is a big chapter you'll want to read. Order now!

24/03/2024

Please, please, please! High quality, curated videos are from firesigntheatre.com. Do not look up the junk on YouTube - we get no royalties for anything there. (Sorry about the Columbia albums - Sony "owns" them and we cannot distribute ourselves.) What we have is dozens of hours of fresh comedy - records, stage, film, radio - most of it it great packages with books of comment and photos. There's a lot more than Nick Danger, folks.

09/03/2024

So sorry about my earlier mis-identification - that was Bud and Buzz, of course - here's Bunny. It was a rough trip.

09/03/2022

Remembering the Firesign Theatre's Peter Bergman (11/29/1939 – 3/9/2012). This is part 2 of Tom Gedwillo's Golden Ego Radio tribute episode, originally posted in 2012. It's an audio compendium of Peter and the genesis of Firesign, with rare broadcast material.

Golden Ego Radio #30 - Peter Bergman Tribute, Part 2
MP3 stream/download ---> bit.ly/_ger30

▪The Coasters - Poison Ivy
▪Radio Free Oz 1967 - Night of the Provos, Part 1
▪Proctor & Bergman - TV or Not TV
▪Dennis Miller - Proctor & Bergman
▪KBOO - Firesign Theatre, Part 2
▪Firesign Theatre 1970 - Pants The Bourgeoisie
▪Jewels - Keep Your Feet On The Floor
▪Radio Free Oz 1967 - Night of the Provos, Part 2
▪Radio Free Oz 2010 - Podcast News
▪Proctor & Bergman - Give Us A Break
▪WHYY - Fresh Air
▪KBOO - Firesign Theatre, Part 3
▪Proctor & Bergman - TV or Not TV
▪Radio Free Oz 2010 - Slick Shrimp
▪Radio Free Oz 2011 - My Midterm Nightmare
▪Radio Free Oz 2011 - RFoZ 45th Anniversary, Part 3
▪Radio Free Oz 2012 - Super Tuesday
▪Makana - We Are The Many
▪Radio Free Oz 2012 - Occupy Yourself (Peter's farewell)

09/03/2022

Remembering the Firesign Theatre's Peter Bergman (11/29/1939 – 3/9/2012). This is part 1 of Tom Gedwillo's Golden Ego Radio tribute episode, originally posted in 2012. It's an audio compendium of Peter and the genesis of Firesign, with rare broadcast material.

Tom's Firesign History
PDF download ---> bit.ly/29-30pdf

Golden Ego Radio #29 - Peter Bergman Tribute, Part 1
MP3 stream/download ---> bit.ly/ger29

▪The Drifters - Zundoko Bushi
▪Radio Free Oz 1967 - Personal God
▪A Child's Garden Of Grass - Creativity
▪Radio Free Oz 1967 - Oz Firesign
▪Penn Jillette - Penn's Sunday School
▪Firesign Theatre 1971 - Things Bergman Said
▪Phil Proctor Remembers Peter
▪Firesign Theatre 1970 - Giant Toad
▪Radio Free Oz 2011 - RFoZ 45th Anniversary, Part 1
▪Johnny Otis - It's Good To Be Free
▪Rev. Ivan Stang's Hour of Slack - The Late Saint Peter Bergman
▪KBOO - Firesign Theatre, Part 1
▪Firesign Theatre 1970 - Balliol Bros.
▪Radio Free Oz 2011 - RFoZ 45th Anniversary, Part 2
▪Radio Free Oz 1967 – Amsterdam