# Firesign Theatre:  Weirdly Cool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923 "2001-12-04T23:52:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/1 "2001-12-04T23:52:40Z")

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[This](http://www.firesigntheatre.com/weirdly/index.html) is a PBS special being aired on different dates around the country during December. I saw it in the listings for tonight here in D.C. in USA Today, but there’s conflicting information given on the FT site.

Guess I’ll watch and find out.

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/2 "2001-12-05T00:20:29Z")

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Thanks for the heads-up; it’s on at 10:30 tonight here, and I woulda missed it for sure.

Shoes for industry, comrade!

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/3 "2001-12-05T01:04:12Z")

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Okay, apparently it isn’t on tonight. USA Today was just mocking me. ☹ Anyone out there in whose region the show hasn’t already aired be willing to send me a tape of it?

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/4 "2001-12-05T03:07:00Z")

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Bah!

The bozos at my PBS station ain’t playing it!

But I’ll still keep an eye out. I haven’t seen them in action since the last time I watched The Case of the Missing Yolk in 1992.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/5 "2001-12-05T03:11:40Z")

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Bah.

I’m in Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland’s PBS station is showing it. Cincinnati’s PBS station will air it. Hell, it’s even being shown in _Dayton_, for crying out loud.

But not here. Oh, no. That would be (weirdly) cool, and heaven only knows that we can’t have that.

So–is out there willing to tape it and ship a copy to me? I’ll pay gladly for the thing.

–Scribble.

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firesign-theatre-weirdly-cool/96923/6 "2001-12-05T17:28:15Z")

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We’re no fun; we fell right over.

Can anyone help **Scribble** and me?