Phil Austin

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Phil Austin (often Philip) (born April 6, 1941 in Denver, Colorado) is a comedian and writer. He grew up in Fresno, California, attending Fresno High School. He attended Bowdoin College and UCLA, joining the staff of KPFK radio in Los Angeles in the late 1960s.

Austin is best known for his work as part of The Firesign Theatre (of which he is the only constant member), where he plays the group's best-known creation, Nick Danger. Other big roles are as Harry (Happy) Cox, the narrator of Everything You Know Is Wrong and Bebop Loco on Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death. He is also serves as the troupe's musician and record producer. His collection of short stories, titled Tales of the Old Detective and Other Big Fat Lies, is published by Audio Editions. Two of his stories appear in the third volume of Mirth of a Nation.

Austin also wrote a solo work Roller Maidens From Outer Space and directed (and acted in) Eat Or Be Eaten.

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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 • • Fighting Clowns • Lawyer's Hospital • Shakespeare's Lost Comedie • The Three Faces of Al • Eat or Be Eaten • • 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 • • 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 •
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Bowdoin College, founded in 1794, is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. It enrolls approximately 1,700 students and has been coeducational since 1971.
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The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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The Firesign Theatre is a comedy troupe consisting of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor.

Formation

The troupe began as live radio performers in Los Angeles, California on radio stations KPPC and KPFK during the mid-1960s.
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Nick Danger is the name of a film noir style "hard-boiled" detective who is featured in several of the albums produced by the comedy group The Firesign Theatre: How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All (1969), (1979), The Three Faces of Al (1984) and The
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'Everything You Know Is Wrong'

Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
Released 1974
Genre Comedy
Length 42:00
Label Columbia
Producer The Firesign Theatre
Professional reviews
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
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Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death is a comedy album by The Firesign Theatre that was released in 1998 on Rhino Records. It represented an important comeback for the legendary troupe and was widely praised as a complete return to form.
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Mirth of a Nation is a humor anthology edited by Michael J. Rosen.
  • (2000) Mirth of a Nation ISBN 0-06-095321-7
  • (2002) More Mirth of a Nation ISBN 0-06-095322-5
  • (2005) May Contain Nuts ISBN 0-06-051626-7

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    Roller Maidens From Outer Space is a 1974 comedy album by Phil Austin, one of the members of the comedy group Firesign Theatre. Although the record is considered to be Austin's "Solo" album, the other three Firesigns make vocal contributions throughout, and are thanked by
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    The Firesign Theatre is a comedy troupe consisting of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor.

    Formation

    The troupe began as live radio performers in Los Angeles, California on radio stations KPPC and KPFK during the mid-1960s.
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    Peter Paul Bergman (born November 29, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a member of The Firesign Theatre. He is "the bald one" who plays Lt. Bradshaw in the Nick Danger series.

    The Firesign Theatre was formed as a result of Bergman's show Radio Free Oz on KPFK.
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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.
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    Philip Proctor (often Phil) (born July 28, 1940 in Goshen, Indiana) is a member of The Firesign Theatre. He plays Rocky Rococo in the Nick Danger series.

    Of the four company members, Proctor has had the greatest amount of mainstream exposure as an actor, having been
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    'Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1968
    Genre Comedy
    Label Columbia
    Producer Gary Usher and The Firesign Theatre
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

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    How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All was the second comedy album recorded by The Firesign Theatre. It was originally released in 1969 by Columbia Records.
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    'Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1970
    Recorded April and May 1970
    Genre Comedy
    Length 46:28
    Label Columbia
    Producer The Firesign Theatre with Bill Driml
    Professional reviews

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    'I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1971
    Recorded April - June 1971
    Genre Comedy
    Length 39:05
    Label Columbia
    Producer The Firesign Theatre
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
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    'Dear Friends'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1972
    Recorded September 1970 - February 1971
    Genre Comedy
    Length 1:14:07
    Label Columbia
    Producer The Firesign Theatre
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
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    'Not Insane or Anything You Want To'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1972
    Genre Comedy
    Length 43:24
    Label Columbia
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
    The Firesign Theatre chronology


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    'The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1974
    Genre Comedy
    Length 40:41
    Label Columbia
    Producer The Firesign Theatre
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
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    'Everything You Know Is Wrong'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1974
    Genre Comedy
    Length 42:00
    Label Columbia
    Producer The Firesign Theatre
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
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    'In the Next World, You're on Your Own'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1975
    Genre Comedy
    Length 44:00
    Label Columbia
    Producer Phil Austin and David Ossman
    Professional reviews
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

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    'Forward Into The Past'

    Compilation album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1976
    Genre Comedy
    Length 105:57
    Label Columbia
    Producer See individual track listings
    Professional reviews
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    'Just Folks . . . A Firesign Chat'

    Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
    Released 1977
    Recorded December 1976
    Genre Comedy
    Length 39:49
    Label Butterfly Records
    Producer Philip Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor
    Professional reviews
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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 The Firesign Theatre and Fred Jones
    Professional reviews
    The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide

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    The Three Faces of Al is a 1984 comedy album by the group Firesign Theatre. It features the group members reprising well-loved characters from earlier collaborations, notably hard-boiled detective Nick Danger and his nemesis Police officer Al Bradshaw.
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