{"id":12605,"date":"2017-11-28T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2017-12-06T08:43:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T13:43:33","slug":"defying-gravity-how-the-power-of-levity-can-uplift-us-in-unfunny-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2017\/11\/defying-gravity-how-the-power-of-levity-can-uplift-us-in-unfunny-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Defying Gravity: How the Power of Levity Can Uplift Us in Unfunny Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xhfs4-7e6d86&#038;?from=site&#038;skin=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0&#038;download=0&#038;share=1&#038;btn-skin=108\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aired Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 5:00 PM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Defying Gravity: How the Power of Levity Can Uplift Us in Unfunny Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Conversation With Firesign Theatre Co-Founder Phil Proctor<\/p>\n<p><em>We must all laugh together, or else we will cry separately. &#8212; Swami Beyondananda<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12608\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Firesign-Theatre.jpg?resize=201%2C198\" alt=\"Firesign-Theatre_Wiki-Politiki_OMTimes-Radio\" width=\"201\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Firesign-Theatre.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Firesign-Theatre.jpg?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>It was the summer of 1969, and I found myself in Berkeley visiting a friend. I had just smoked some particularly strong California weed, and that put me in an altered state. What happened next would alter my state even more &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As I walked into her house, I heard a strange radio show playing, a quiz show called &#8220;Beat the Reaper&#8221;&#8230; it sounded so real, and yet the premise was entirely bizarre: The contestant was injected with some deadly disease, and if he or she guessed the disease in time, they&#8217;d be given the antidote. After a while it became apparent I was listening to some dark parody, kind of Bob &amp; Ray meet the Twilight Zone. I soon discovered I was listening to the Firesign Theatre, and from that moment on I was hooked.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers&#8230; All Hail Marx and Lennon&#8230; I Think We&#8217;re All Bozos on This Bus&#8230; Everything You Know Is Wrong&#8230; and more. Rolling Stone magazine called the Firesign Theatre &#8220;the Beatles of Comedy&#8221;&#8230; the &#8220;M.C. Escher of Comedy&#8221; would fit just as well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12609\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phil-Proctor.jpg?resize=201%2C201\" alt=\"Phil-Proctor\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phil-Proctor.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phil-Proctor.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phil-Proctor.jpg?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>That&#8217;s why I am thrilled that this week&#8217;s guest on Wiki Politiki is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Proctor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phil Proctor<\/a>, one of the founders of Firesign Theatre, as well as a prolific and sought after voice talent (name any Disney animation, he&#8217;s in it!). Yes, he&#8217;s funny. And he&#8217;s more than a wise guy. He&#8217;s a wiser guy.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll share some of his wisdom on the uses of comedy to &#8220;go sane&#8221; in crazy times, and include some of his own stories of &#8220;guerilla comedy&#8221; during the Vietnam War years, and a mind-blowing story of someone you would least expect to be a Firesign Theatre fan.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Proctor also publishes <a href=\"http:\/\/planetproctor.com\/index_body.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Planet Proctor<\/a>, his monthly comedy digital zine and continues to write and perform comedy in LA and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in &#8230; you&#8217;ll laugh while you learn, and learn while you laugh!<\/p>\n<p>As a special treat, this show will have a call-in segment in the second half, so you can CALL IN and ask Phil questions&#8230; and maybe even get some answers. Here is the number to call 202.570.7057<\/p>\n<p>Join us Tuesday, December 5th at 2 pm PT \/ 5 pm ET right here: <a href=\"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/shows\/wiki-politiki-radio-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/shows\/wiki-politiki-radio-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aired Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 5:00 PM EST Defying Gravity: How the Power of Levity Can Uplift Us in Unfunny Times A Conversation With Firesign Theatre Co-Founder Phil Proctor We must all laugh together, or else we will cry separately. &#8212; Swami Beyondananda It was the summer of 1969, and I found myself in Berkeley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9174],"tags":[9622,9621,9175,9225],"class_list":["post-12605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wiki-politiki","tag-defying-gravity","tag-phil-proctor","tag-steve-bhaerman","tag-wiki-politiki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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