![]() the following year, Bergman had a call-in show ( Radio Free Oz) on L.A. Skipping forward to 1965, Bergman spent a year in England (working with comedian Spike Milligan) and became intrigued by the idea of forming a quartet like The Beatles, but doing comedy instead of music. Bergman had acted when he was a kid and that was what he was studying while Proctor edited the Yale comedy mag and took classes in playwriting. The story goes that Yale students Peter Bergman (Ohio born) and Philip Proctor (Indiana born) met in the late ’50s. The Firesign Theatre (Theater) was: Phil Austin (longer hair in photos – died 2015), Peter Bergman (the balder one – died 2012), David Ossman (glasses & moustache) and Philip Proctor (shorter hair). You can take it to the absurd and look for obscure things just like people always looked for hidden meanings that were often not there in Beatles records (have we decided that Paul didn’t die?). ![]() One of the other problems doing this was how far do you take it? The Beatles recorded songs with one word titles like “Wait” and “Yesterday” so if The Firesign Theatre uses those words are they referencing the Fabs? Likely not, but only they know for sure. My post will attempt to mention all the Beatles references I could find listening to those albums, but it is a pretty difficult task as the Firesigns could be pretty cryptic. Doing an internet search today turns up a few mentions of these references in Wikipedia and a 2014 Beatles Bible post, but there aren’t a whole lot of specifics. What this was to be, was an attempt to uncover as many of the Beatles references that The Firesign Theatre made on their old albums. During our forced office closure due to the virus threat, found in the basement were several pages of nearly unreadable notes (in my DDS handwriting) on a yellow legal pad. The genesis of this article was something I had wanted to write for Beatlefan when I was an unpaid contributor, but never got around to. It is also for those who like their humor of an intellectual bent. NERD ALERT NERD ALERT – Right up front your Dentist wishes to warn that this post is for the nerdiest of Beatles fans who want to know anything that relates to the Fabs (like your RNR Dentist).
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