If you are a graying Baby Boomer like me, you might remember a comedy troupe from the 1970s called “Firesign Theater.” They had their origin in FM “progressive” radio (KPFK-Los Angeles, 1966). The ...

For a generation that came of age in the 1960s and ’70s, listening to Firesign Theatre was a way to laugh at and make some sense of those turbulent times. The surreal satire of the four comics ...

So I know that, through Peter, Firesign Theatre had the ability to literally change people’s lives and expressed to them our signal purpose, which was to say everything you know is wrong.” Among their ...

They say that if you remember the ‘60s you weren’t there. But, like everything else about the Firesign Theatre’s batty world, there are exceptions. Over and over again during “Let’s Eat: Feasting on ...

Social and political satire reached a peak in the 1970s that has yet to be regained. With their "Great Big Broadcast of 2005," Firesign Theatre attempts to scale those comedic heights. Sunday's ...

Just noticed the other day that some of the Firesign Theatre's earlier albums have recently come out on CD, so I grabbed a couple of Amazon for my dad. This should kill two birds with one stone - gets ...

Fall Comedy Reads: A Look Back at the Firesign TheatreWelcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this [… ...

Peter Bergman's KPFK radio show gave birth to Firesign Theatre. He also produced political satire for KPCC called “True Confessions of the Real World.” Peter Bergman, founder of the surreal comedy ...