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WOWIE ZOWIE

Hock your eyeteeth to hear this one. http://www.firesigntheatre.com/albums/album.php?album=bozos —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Moses Weintraub (talk • contribs) 11:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Fare??

A line quoted about the Future Fair is given as "a fair for all and no fare to anybody", meaning free.

I'd always believed it was "...and no fair to anybody" - as in "not fair to anyone" rendered in childish style. This may sound a little clunky - but then so does the form "no fare to anybody": if it were referring to a charge, it would be "for anybody" (or from), surely?

The "no fair" form seems to me to be (more) in keeping with the Firesign mindset - a hint that the celebrations may not be as much fun as they sound.

Then again, I'll grant that describing the fair as free is more appropriate in a public announcement. Does anyone have an insight here?

A tiny point, I admit, and my apologies for bringing it up. The synopsis was so well written that this bit jarred with me. I have the CD, and I'll have a listen and see if I can find any clues. --Cdavis999 13:23, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Just had a listen, and the line is followed by "Yes, it's free!", which pretty much nails down the 'Fare' aspect. I've segued into a belief that FT intended it to be ambiguous - which may be a point along the path to my dropping my original idea entirely... --Cdavis999 14:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Synaptidude (talk) 19:39, 26 January 2010 (UTC) The synopsis is accurate but far from complete. The President of the United States is only small part of the exhibit. It leaves out what IMHO is the greatest achievement of this album - the revelation of Fudd's first law of opposition: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. I may want to work on the summary and the significance - but I'm going to have to do listen to the album again to refresh my memory, since it's been a few years.[reply]

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 Then again, I'll grant that describing the fair as free is more appropriate in a public announcement. Does anyone have an insight here?
 A tiny point, I admit, and my apologies for bringing it up. The synopsis was so well written that this bit jarred with me. I have the CD, and I'll have a listen and see if I can find any clues. --[[User:Cdavis999|Cdavis999]] 13:23, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 :Hmm. Just had a listen, and the line is followed by "Yes, it's free!", which pretty much nails down the 'Fare' aspect. I've segued into a belief that FT intended it to be ambiguous - which may be a point along the path to my dropping my original idea entirely... --[[User:Cdavis999|Cdavis999]] 14:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
+[[User:Synaptidude|Synaptidude]] ([[User talk:Synaptidude|talk]]) 19:39, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
+The synopsis is accurate but far from complete.  The President of the United States is only small part of the exhibit.  It leaves out what IMHO is the greatest achievement of this album - the revelation of Fudd's first law of opposition: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.  I may want to work on the summary and the significance - but I'm going to have to do listen to the album again to refresh my memory, since it's been a few years.