The X-rated take on ‘Sesame Street’ that became a raunchy Broadway smash
An unlikely classic.
Theatre
Target acquired: the vaudeville tradition of being shot with a cannon
The old ways are the best… Just not the safest.
Firesign Theatre Live at the Magic Mushroom
I am a man of many enthusiasms, and one of the things that I am, for certain, the MOST enthusiastic about is Firesign Theatre, the…
Firesign Theatre’s ‘Dope Humor of the Seventies’
“Discovering the Firesign Theatre is worse than trying to get into Frank Zappa for the first time.” Anyone who has read this blog for any…
Here you go, the first 16 episodes of the classic L.A. punk TV show ‘New Wave Theatre’
Last year DM alerted readers to the possibility of viewing all twenty-five episodes of the classic local music show that ran on Los Angeles area…
‘The Rusty James Show’: The idiot bastard son of Woody Allen and Firesign Theatre, starring Elvis?
Fifty years ago–in the perfect pop culture year of 1966–Woody Allen did his first film project for American International Pictures, home to Roger Corman, monsters,…
‘Nick Danger’ RIP: Firesign Theatre’s Phil Austin, 1941-2015
Oh man. Some very bad, very sad news just crossed my desk in the form of this short email from Taylor Jessen, archivist extraordinaire, of…
All 25 episodes of ‘New Wave Theatre’ are online
A generous and kind soul uploaded all 25 episodes of New Wave Theatre the incredible local TV show that extensively covered the Los Angeles punk…