Talk:Everything You Know Is Wrong
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I got "mind-boggler" from IMdB. I apologize if I misquoted the album, which I do not own a copy of at present. Perhaps they say both? Richard K. Carson 05:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Hey, I added a small correction to the opening quotes. I'm 98% certain that there is a "That's right!" before "Everything you know is wrong. I can't play the album anymore since my turntable died, but I must have listened to it 5000 times in college, and I can hear the "that's right" in my head. I also remember that I thought it funny the statement that it was "right" that everything you know is wrong. Typical Firesign infinite verbal loop.
I'M going to park this text here for a while because I don't have it quite right. It's missing a couple of lines - but I don't want to put it on the man page without it being correct:
Narrator: "What to do if an alien appears!" Drill Sargent: "One!" Narrator: "Drop under the seat of your plane and look away!" Drill Sargent: "Two!" Narrator: Avoid eye contact! Drill Sargent: Three!" Narrator: If there are no eyes, avoid all contact."
Vignette from the "secret" film then is heard:
-sounds of low conversation and clinking of glass, scraping of flatware against plates - as would be heard around a breakfast table.
General: "Um, Honey....and men, I have something awesome to reveal to you!"
Man: "What is it sir?"
Honey: "Yes dear, what is it? Go ahead.".
General: Two flying saucers have just landed.....on my plate."
-background "eating" noises stop completely (as if the table occupants are in shock). A chirping bird, followed by the resumption of the low conversation and eating noises - as if the occupants of the table are just going to ignore what the general just said.
General: "Men! Our greatest fear is realized! We are under attack by a superior consciousness!"
- more silence and bird chirping.
Man: The...uh.....eggs sir?
General: "Let's just call them, the phenomena" -sounds of urgent murmuring around the table Man: "If I may respectfully submit, I think you've got your phenomena scrambled General".
General: That's right! And they're only the beginning.
General: Alright men! Questions!? Questions !?
Chuck: "Uhhhh....pass the uhh....syrup General?"
General: "That's a good idea Chuck! BUT SYRUP WON'T STOP 'EM!!"
-furtive conversation around table...
Honey: "What about my eggs dear?"
General: "Honey, they're in everybodies eggs."
-Sound of scene fades, Honey crying softly, General comforting her.
Drill Sargent: "Conclusion!"
Narrator: "They think he is insane, yet he outranks them. His option: Command! He seals off the area! Secures the support of local officials, and bombs aliens back to stone age!"
Name of a character
The cover (box) of the videotape has "Reebus Caneebus" - not "Rebus Cannibus" as in the article - and the Firesign web site agrees. Paul 22:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Government training film
OK, I bought the album on CD for my first listen since college (a loooong time ago), so now I have the wording right for the "film". I'm adding it to the page.