A DeScope Special
Peter Bergman:
the man, the myth, the name-tag-wearing man of action!
"COMEDY FOR SMART PEOPLE"
by Rich Procter
March 11, 2011
Peter Bergman, member of the Firesign Theatre, died last Friday (March 9, 2012).
To anybody under 40, this probably won't mean a hecukuva lot. To people of a certain age—I'm 60, born in 1951—this is . . . well . . . profoundly sad. The Firesign Theatre changed my life. The were as brash as the Beatles, funnier than Monty Python, smarter than Thomas Pynchon, jazzier than Miles Davis . . .
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The Endless Queue
"Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur"
April 23, 2010
"The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived."
A nice, dead language-y quote that, like all such quotes anywhere and everywhere, used to give the illusion of classiness in the absense of that self-same quality.
Attributed (as we all know) to Petronius, but it might have been some apple-polisher or someone else for all we know.
And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'!
"Have you been out to Disneyland,
When the moon is shinin' bright?"
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When the moon is shinin' bright?"
THE "COMEDY WAREHOUSE" SHOW
A satirical revue premiering at the COMEDY WAREHOUSE, Pleasure Island, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, on or about May 1, 1989
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A satirical revue premiering at the COMEDY WAREHOUSE, Pleasure Island, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, on or about May 1, 1989
The Resistible Rise of Mickey Mouse, Swampland Socialist
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The Firesign Theater's
"I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus"
as Preemptive Satire of Themed Design and Development (Among Other Things)
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as Preemptive Satire of Themed Design and Development (Among Other Things)
Muntzing
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Grad Nite, Disneyland, June 12, 1974:
The Enchanted Tiki Room
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The Enchanted Tiki Room
Demi-gods of Themed Entertainment
Design and Development:
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810): Ultraviolet and ultra cool
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Design and Development:
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810): Ultraviolet and ultra cool
The best, the most perfect theme park attraction in the world:
CASEY Jr. CIRCUS TRAIN!
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The people have spoken! Well, you know, kinda . . .
Theme-y and amusement-y park "bests"
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Theme-y and amusement-y park "bests"
From the DeScope Archives . . .
Dark Rides on my Brain: In Praise of Day-Glo Thrills
and Paper-Mâché Glories
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Dark Rides on my Brain: In Praise of Day-Glo Thrills
and Paper-Mâché Glories
Cinema Circus
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"Your Trip to Disneyland!"
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The Lazarus Effect
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