Don't Crush That Dwarf
Hand Me The Pliers
This has long
been a favorite of Firesign Theatre fans.
Choosing the location for this cache came to me like turning on a
chromium-switch.
To hear a little bit of
“Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The
Pliers”
copy and paste the following URL into your
browser:
http://montywolf.tripod.com/cgi-bin/sounds/dwarf.mp3
CACHE NOTES
I placed this cache on a Sunday. There was very little
traffic. This could be a tough one during the work week.
This is one in a series of caches based on recordings by the
Firesign Theatre.
There were 17 caches in all. You can see
the Bookmark List here to check out the original caches.
Initially, these caches all held clues to find the final cache,
The Firesign Theatre: 4 or 5 Crazy Guys but since so many of
them have been archived, the puzzle is now impossible. I
(NevadaWolf) am removing the puzzle portion of this cache page. If
you are working on the final cache, email me through my profile and
I'll send you the coordinates to the final until I can figure out
something to make of it.
The Firesign Theatre
The Firesign Theatre have won three Grammy nominations, two of
them for Best Comedy CDs in 1998 and 2001. Both these works, "Give
Me Immortality or Give Me Death" and "The Bride of Firesign," take
place on-the-air, combining a mastery of audio production with the
entertainment techniques of radio's historic "golden age."
Firesign got its start on the surprise "underground" hit, "Radio
Free Oz" in 1966. Within a few months, the "Oz" boys landed a
record contract with Columbia and began writing, producing and
performing a series of LP's (currently reissued on CD by laugh.com)
that would strike the psychedelic funny bone of a generation. By
the time they sold out Carnegie Hall in 1974, they had gone past
cult status and were entering the language.
Favorite bits from Firesign's 1970 radio series were collected
on the best-selling LP (later CD), "Dear Friends." Collectors have
scoured eBay for rare copies of the later "Let's Eat!" series and
many other unreleased radio shows and broadcast performances.
Long-time NPR listeners may remember Firesign's unconventional
"Campoon Chronicles" coverage of the 1980 Presidential election for
"Morning Edition."
The quartet may be seen performing some of their classic
sketches, including "Nick Danger" and "High School Madness," on the
recent Rhino DVD, "Weirdly Cool." Some fifteen CDs, collecting thei
r work from 1967 to 2001, are
currently in print, several of them on labels from Australia and
the U.K.
You can learn more about the Firesign Theatre at www.firesigntheatre.com.
Cache you later.
Monty Wolf
