I'm not sure if this works if the first time you hear it is as an adult, but for those of us who grew up on it... this is one of the classics. Still brilliant. It is hard to believe that John Cleese wasn't a secret Firesign Theater member.

Yes, you are "unsophisticated". In addition you place cufflinks above your salad portion. Please discuss. I await your command, Custer, my blessed fruit-truck.

Totally incomprehensible and not funny. I tried listening to this album at least 10 times but I cannot stand it for more then 5 minutes. Pure chaos. Go ahead, call me stupid and "unsophisticated". Are all fans of this stuff acid dropping Berkeley grads?

At first, a collection of funny skits and gags but after a second or third listen, as you get the arc of the story, and it becomes a real comedic triumph as one central character appears and reappears in a series of different forms, metamorphisizing from famished late-night TV fan to onscreen politician to 1950's teen screen idol to war hero/war criminal moving until the stories inter-weave and collapse into each othe. All the facets of the same person are united and confront each other, harmonizing themselves into an old man who regresses to youth at the very head. Buy it and write an essay on it for English class comparing George Leroy Tirebiter o the protagonist in "Finnegan's Wake". Or heck just enjoy comedy at its finest.

$9.99 for two tracks? For shame iTunes. You can pick this up for under two bucks at the Amazon MP3 download site, in glorius 256k. Your call.

And only $1.99?!? Hurry up and get this before someone figures out their error...

In the early 70's, college students across America, including myself, played and replayed this album late into the night, in various states of altered consciousness. We found It hilarious and profound, and under the right conditions, more than a few of us could call up word-for-word renditions of these inspired audio skits. The cool thing is, this album is just as funny today, cold stone sober, as it was back then!

Amazing how this album has stayed with me over the years. This was one of those records that got played so much it was burned into my brain. Even now, years later, lines pop into my head as if I heard them yesterday..."Stop calling me Fred, my name's Adolph!" "More Science High, it's...disappeared!" "Beans, last of the beans." If you never heard it, you can't begin to imagine the creativity and genius that pervades this album. A true underground comedy classic

"I must make my dirty clean--duty clear"...Principal Poop, Porgy and Mud Head, Buttles, Pastor Flash, The Powerhouse Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of the Blinding Light..."O Blinding Light/O light that blinds/I cannot see/Look out for me!"..."I'm high alright, but not on false drugs. I'm high on the real thing: Powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoeshine"...Shoes for Industry, Shoes for the Dead..."and there's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic Connecticut!"..."Stab From the Past!"..."Hey, what chance does a returning deceased war veteran have of getting a good-paying job, more sugar, and the free mule you've been dreaming of?" "Now if you're Mr. Common Sense, you won't believe me when I tell you I've got an envelope that will clean your car while you're driving it home from work"..."It isn't everyday a guy graduates from high school! Ha, ha, how many times have I heard that before!?"..."In addressing for the assembly this morning, I am recalling the words of the foundry, the founder, of Morse Science High School..." We think that is a fair and a wise guy - rule to be guided by...Sergeant Sphincter of the dirt patrol..."I remember when the least little problem used to put you to sleep...Looks like we caught 'em red handed -yeah here's a red hand..."Heroic Struggle of the Little Guys to Complete the Mural"..."Silverberg here refuses to climb over Pork Chop Hill" "Dept. of Redundancy Dept. & The Natural Guard" This is a piece of art! Love this LP from 1970. It really grows on you too, from the Beatles of Comedy. Quite timeless too, not dated. "Let's Eat!"

Honest to God, the best comedy record ever made. It may not even make you laugh the first time you hear it, and that's what's brilliant about it! If I had to put a list in the dictionary for the definition of funny, the list would read thusly: TV-The Simpsons Film-Monty Python and The Holy Grail Record-Don't Crush That Dwarf The review above puts it perfectly. Masterful.