Fighting Clowns

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Fighting Clowns

Live album by

The Firesign Theatre

Released

1980

Genre

Comedy

Length

38:50

Label

Rhino

Producer

The Firesign Theatre and Fred Jones

The Firesign Theatre chronology

Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe
(1979)

Fighting Clowns
(1980)

Lawyer's Hospital
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link ^[1]
The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide	^[2]

Fighting Clowns is a 1980 album by the Firesign Theatre. It is unique among Firesign Theatre albums because it is primarily made up of songs rather than the group's usual audio theater or sketch comedy pieces. Many of the songs on this album were recorded live in front of an audience while some of the songs and much of the linking material was recorded in the studio. Cover artwork was done by Phil Hartman.

Track listing

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Side one

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"The Bozos Song"
"The Four Gobs"
"The 8 Shoes"
"In The Hot Tub"
"Hey, Reagan"

Side two

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"In The War Zone"
"Oh, Afghanistan"
"In The Alley"
"Violent Juvenile Freaks"
"In The Hot Tub Again"
"This Bus Won't Go To War"

Bonus tracks

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"Jimmy Carter" ^[3]

Performers

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Phil Austin — Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Peter Bergman — Vocals
David Ossman — Vocals
Philip Proctor — Vocals
Richard Parker — Keyboards
Jeff Baxter — Lead Guitar
Tim Emmons — Bass
Ed Roscetti — Drums
John Mitchell — Tenor & Baritone Sax
Dick Spencer — Alto Sax & Clarinet
Richard Cooper — Trumpet ^[3a]
Phil Hartman — Album Cover Illustration ^[4]

Release history

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There have been numerous issues and re-issues of this album (and excerpts from this album) in a variety of formats including a one-sided picture disc.

LP - Rhino RNLP-018 - 1980
Cassette — Rhino RNC-018 - 1980
Picture Disc — Rhino RNPD-904 - 1980
CD Mobile Fidelity MFCD-748 - 1993
CD Firesign Theatre Records (distributed through Whirlwind Media) - 2001
CD Firesign Theatre Records / Lodestone Catalog 2006

Citations

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^ Smith, Ronald L. The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide. Iola: Krause, 1996.
^ Carruthers, Sean. "Fighting Clowns > Overview." Allmusic. March 4, 2006 [4]^{[dead link‍]} – 10:3hq7g4gttvoz.
^ ^a ^b Firesign Theatre. Fighting Clowns. Mobile Fidelity, 1993.
^ Proctor, Phil (September 1, 2012), "Phil's Fame" (PDF), Planet Proctor: 5

External links

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v t e The Firesign Theatre
Phil Austin Peter Bergman David Ossman Philip Proctor
Radio	Dear Friends A Firesign Chat with Papoon Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe
Studio albums	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus TV or Not TV How Time Flys Roller Maidens from Outer Space The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra Everything You Know Is Wrong In the Next World, You're on Your Own Just Folks... A Firesign Chat Give Us a Break The Three Faces of Al Eat or Be Eaten Anythynge You Want To (Shakespeare's Lost Comedie) Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death Boom Dot Bust Bride of Firesign
Compilation albums	Dear Friends Forward Into the Past Lawyer's Hospital Box of Danger Shoes For Industry: The Best of the Firesign Theatre Papoon for President Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era Dope Humor of the Seventies
Live albums	Not Insane or Anything You Want To What This Country Needs Fighting Clowns Back From the Shadows: The Firesign Theatre's 25th Anniversary Reunion Tour Radio Now Live
Books	The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book
Video games	B-17 Bomber (voiced by Proctor and Bergman) Pyst
Characters	Nick Danger Rocky Rococo George Tirebiter
Related articles	Proctor and Bergman J-Men Forever Americathon

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