The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book
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| Author(s) | The Firesign Theatre |
| Cover artist | Charles Shields |
| Subject(s) | radio drama, play scripts, sketch comedy |
| Publisher | Straight Arrow Books |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 150 |
| ISBN | 0-87932-078-8 |
| OCLC Number | 1337456 |
| Dewey Decimal | 812/.5/4 |
| LC Classification | PN6120.R2 F48 1974 |
| Preceded by | 'The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays' |
| Followed by | 'The Apocalypse Papers, a Fiction by The Firesign Theatre' |
The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book is a collection of transcriptions and scripts written by The Firesign Theatre for some of the tracks on their first six Columbia albums. The book also contains a long introductory parody chronicling the "history" of The Firesign Theatre from its origins in the renaissance as "The Fyre Sygne Theatre;" through the groups incarnation as "The Fyre Sayle Theatre;" into its "Wild West" incarnation as "Doctor Firesign's Antique Theatre of The Plains and Eclectic Buffalo Show;" and finally into its 20th century incarnations. Whereas the group's earlier book, The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays, had also included some serious introductory material, this title contains none.
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- Money Song
- An Invocation from the Book of Punter
- The Mysterious History of "The Firesign Theatre"
- The Tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra
- The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye
- Temporarily Humboldt County
- The Adventures of Mark Time
- Hundred Dollar Ben
- Young Guy, Motor Detective
- The Year Of The Rat
- Gramps' World
- Rubbergon Dumn Toyko
- Le Trente-Huit Cunegonde
- The Dream Play (for Monkey, Dreamer, Mudhead and Snake)
