Fighting Clowns

1980 live album by The Firesign Theatre

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)

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Source| Rating
Allmusic|  link [1]
The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide|  [2]

Fighting Clowns is a 1980 concept album by the Firesign Theatre, taking place at a fictional USO-type camp show. 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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1. "The Bozos Song"
2. "The Four Gobs"
3. "The 8 Shoes"
4. "In The Hot Tub"
5. "Hey, Reagan"

### Side two

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1. "In The War Zone"
2. "Oh, Afghanistan"
3. "In The Alley"
4. "Violent Juvenile Freaks"
5. "In The Hot Tub Again"
6. "This Bus Won't Go To War"

### Bonus tracks

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

## External links

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* The Firesign Theatre's Official Website
* FIREZINE: Linques! (A Firesign Theatre FAQ)

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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

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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