Peter Bergman (comedian)
Peter Paul Bergman (born November 29, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer and comedian, best known as a member of The Firesign Theatre. He 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. According to Bergman, "I started July 24th, 1966 on KPFK ... I had some very interesting people around me, which those folks became The Firesign Theatre: David Ossman was connected with the station, Phil Austin was connected with the station, and Phil Proctor came out to do a show and we connected in LA and that was really the genesis of that whole happening."
Bergman also claims to have coined the word "love-in" in 1967, and to have organized the first such event in April 1967 in Los Angeles. [1]
Bergman is a graduate of Yale University and taught economics there as a Carnegie Fellow. He also attended the Yale School of Drama as a Eugene O'Neill Playwriting Fellow and is a Woodrow Wilson Scholar. He has worked with Tom Stoppard, Derek Marlowe, Piers Paul Read and Spike Milligan. [1]
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Wiebel, Jr., Frederick C. (Fall 1996). Firezine, Issue 1.
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