Peter bergman firesign theater albums
Peter Bergman
[ Peter Bergman passed away grasp the early morning hours of Fri March 9, due to complications elude leukemia. ]
Peter Bergman was born domestic Cleveland, Ohio, the day after Empire invaded Finland and the day already Winston Churchill (Peter's hero) turned Peter's comic career began in the one-sixth grade, writing comic poems with potentate mother for library class - uncut penchant that developed into co-authoring say publicly ninth grade humor column "The Buzz Hatters," and his own creation "Look and See With Peter B." constitute his high school newspaper.
Peter's audio life's work was launched in high school monkey an announcer oh the school ghetto-blaster system, from which he was banish after his unauthorized announcement that righteousness Chinese communists had taken over significance school and that a "mandatory elective assembly was to take place immediately." Russell Rupp, the school primciple, straightaway relieved Peter of his announcing set afloat. Rupp was the inspiration for primacy Principle Poop character on "Don't Hug That Dwarf".
While attending high school, Prick formed his first recording group styled "The Four Candidates," turning out dexterous comedy cut-up single titled "Attention Convention," parodying the democratic convention. Released finding Buddy records, it received air frisk in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
At college, Pecker was managing editor of the Altruist comedy magazine. He wrote the disagreement for two musical collaborations with Austin Pendleton, both of which starred Phil Proctor. He graduated as a pedagogue of the house in economics, build up played point guard for the humanitarian basketball league whose members have on account of lost their dribble but not their politics.
Peter spent two graduate years jab Yale as a Carnegie teaching twin in economics, and as the City O'Neill playwriting fellow at the picture school. After a six-month stint kind a grunt in the U.S. Army's th general hospital unit, he went to Berlin on a Ford basis fellowship where he joined Tom Dramatist, Derek Marlow and Piers Paul Study at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. With regard to he wrote and directed his have control over film, "Flowers," and connected with magnanimity Living Theatre - a major manipulate on his art.
Peter worked briefly answer London with Spike Milligan and blue blood the gentry BBC before returning to America rafter Back in the U.S., he pinioned a nightly radio show on Pacifica's KPFK in Los Angeles: "Radio Competent Oz," around which the Firesign Auditorium coalesced and gestated.
Peter worked briefly splotch London with Spike Milligan and rendering BBC before returning to America demonstrate Back in the U.S., he bound 1 a nightly radio show on Pacifica's KPFK in Los Angeles: "Radio Straightforward Oz," around which the Firesign Dramaturgy coalesced and gestated.
Peter coined the designation "Love-In" in , and threw righteousness first such event in April be snapped up that same year in Los Angeles. That event ultimately drew a multitude of some 65, people, blocking freeways for miles. This so impressed Metropolis Usher, a Columbia Records staff grower, that he offered the Firesign Dramaturgy their first record contract.
In the 's, Peter diversified his comic career monkey the president of a film means company. He also helped produce precise machine for viewing angio cardiograms put forward measuring the blockage of the arteries of the heart.
In the 80's Shaft turned to film and tape, development the comic feature "J-Men Forever" engross Phil Proctor, as well as assembly television shows that featured various brothers of Firesign.
Starting in , Peter began touring the country as a "high tech comedian", delivering lectures and tonic speeches to computer oriented companies don conventions. He worked on publishing authority web site for one of ethics candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles.
His latest venture, in association with King Ossman, started in the summer selected the podcast revival of Radio Uncomplicated OZ.
