Lawyer's Hospital
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| Lawyer's Hospital | ||||
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 Cover art by William Stout | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 37:28 | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
| Producer | The Firesign Theatre | |||
| The Firesign Theatre chronology | ||||
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Lawyer's Hospital is the fourteenth comedy album by the Firesign Theatre. Released in 1982 on Rhino Records, it is a compilation of live performances (some dating from as far back as 1969), augmented by radio segments recorded for NPR and additional material from various sources.
Synopsis
[edit]Side 1 Lawyer's Hospital (18:28)
This contains two performances from the Firesigns' National Tour of 1981.[1]
Side 2 Politics As Usual (19:00)
The first three skits were originally recorded as part of "The Campaign Chronicles," the Firesign Theatre's coverage of the 1980 presidential election on National Public Radio's news program Morning Edition.[1]
- "Profiles in Butter"
- "Jimmy Clicker"
- The Golf Rat Shoot"
- "Thank You, Mr. President" — Writing for this started in 1979, when the group reunited after a sabbatical.
- "The Jack Poet Commercials" — These were advertisement spots for a Highland Park, California Volkswagen dealership, which aired starting in 1969 on the Firesigns' KPFK FM Los Angeles radio program, Radio Free Oz.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lawyer's Hospital (Liner notes). The Firesign Theatre. Rhino Records. 1982. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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