Beatles of Comedy?

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Mr. Proctor shares this note from Dr. K:

Thanks, George, And I ask our people and the 4 0r 5 crazee guyz...

Who is best suited to help Dr. K with this????   Keep me in the loop, cause I'd love to follow up in Planet Proctor, since we are, indeed,  "The Beatles of Comedy"!!! ~ Rocky


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From: r******t...@aol.com

Howdy - tried this email via the Firesign website a few days ago, but will resend info as my friend G Brown (who has spoken to you r.e. using an old Ebbets Field comedy piece on a charity CD) gave me your direct email.  I'm a freelance writer (underline the word "free" as I no longer get paid for anything I write since I stopped writing for Goldmine & the like) who is really a Dentist (oh the shame of it).  

I write pieces for 'Beatlefan' which, as fanzines go, is pretty well distributed and glossy.  Ok, so I asked Bill King (chief honcho) via email if anyone had written about the heavy Beatles connection with early youse guys and he had no clue what I referred to.  Now that got me thinkin' that while I'm not as much a Firesign expert as I am a Beatles expert, it might be fun to try and cobble together a piece about mainly the How Can You Be In 2 Places... Beatles references for said publication.  

My question, then, is - is there a compendium somewhere listing them all (I find a few easily, but I believe it was listed in an old CD booklet by Mr. Austin that there are 30 - gulp)?  Or, is there an expert type I can talk to in your fandom?  Or, does someone in your troupe wish to discuss it (and other arcania) for Beatlefan?  Or, do you folk prefer it all to be a mystery?  (Long question - sorry).

Precedent has been basically the Neil Innes interviews the mag has printed.  If there is something fun there, I might also share it with friend Archer who has a syndicated show called Beatles Basement on 120+ stations worldwide (check it out at beatlesbasement.com).  if the answer it in the affirmative for help - danke.  if the answer is bite the big one...well, as a Dentist I'm used to that anyways.  

Ever your servant - George W. Krieger DDS, the rock and roll Dentist

[Don Leighty]

Hmmm... Thirty?  I wonder if that includes references that may not (or may) have been intentional and might even be disputed by the group.  (Like that "4 or 5 crazee guys" thing?)  Well, well, well...we'll just have to ask the Doctor (Robert, not George) about that, I guess.

 

Btw, I remember Dr. Krieger's stuff in Goldmine and a few other places.  He's a dedicated and competent guy.  I'm sure he'd do a bang-up job on this.

 

This sounds like a job for a wiki (wacky woo).

 

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Best Wishes,
Don Leighty

 

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