Firesign Theater Interview Interview June 1, 1995 |
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Frederick C. Wiebel, Jr. is a 45 year old artist and writer from Hagerstown, MD. Fred has turned his attention recently to writing and compiling information on his favorite subjects: early movies, '20s jazz music, blues, rock, comedy and the history of the phonograph and recording process. This love of music and their formats, has manifested itself in his art and writing. Wiebel is the editor and publisher of FIREZINE a fanzine dedicated to The Firesign Theatre. The interviews below are excerpts from extensive interviews Fred is conducting with members of the Firesign Theatre. | ||
PHIL PROCTOR is one of the Firesign Theatre, and a Hollywood voice artist who's added his talents to hundreds of major motion pictures, particularly animated movies and television series: The Lion King, Alladin, The Tick, Smurfs, Tazmania, Rug Rats, General Hospital, Martin, Fresh Prince, etc. He had starring roles in Tunnelvison, A Safe Place and Lobster Man From Mars. He also appears in 1,000s of commercials for both radio and television and can be currently seen chomping down on Tacos in an Ortega Foods ad. His satirical observational series on odd news bites, Planet Proctor is featured in several nationally distributed magazines and numerous web sites and Firezine: The Official Official Magazine Of The Firesign Theatre. |
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PHIL AUSTIN was the producer and on line engineer of the "RADIO FREE OZ" show that brought Peter Bergman together with the other future members of THE FIRESIGN THEATRE. He contributed his unique writing skills to the group, adding an inherited musician's surreal and silly sense of humor and a Philistine approach to the new age comedy espoused by the others. His 'NICK DANGER' character helped establish the necessary album sales to keep THE FIRESIGN THEATRE afloat on a major label, and in the record bins, opening the doors to their best work. When not concentrating on FIRESIGN THEATRE material, commercials, back packing, auto touring, and watching sports on TV, AUSTIN spends his happily married time with his beautiful wife Oona, a Hollywood commercial food stylist, and their assorted dogs, and in the pursuit of the great American novel, now reaching epic proportions, his tentatively called "BEAVER TEETH", expanding "THE TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE, AND OTHER BIG FAT LIES", into printed book length, and forming the newly started automotive fiction, "THE DOMESTIC 500". He was interviewed on various phones from his retreat on Fox Island, WA, and his home in Los Angeles, CA, over the one year period; 8 / 1994 - 8 / 1995. | ||
NOTE: Prince Fred will be providing LBC with more interviews from the Firesign Theatre as they become available. lordbuckley.com is deeply grateful to the gracious Prince for his generous contribution to this site. |
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PP - Phil Proctor PH - Phil Astin FW - Fred Weibel, Jr. |
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