Peter Bergman

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Peter Paul Bergman (November 29, 1939 – March 9, 2012) was an American writer and comedian, best known as a member of The Firesign Theatre. He played Lt. Bradshaw in the Nick Danger series. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. The Firesign Theatre was formed as a result of Bergman's show Radio Free Oz on KPFK. According to Bergman, "I started July 24th, 1966 on KPFK ... I had some very interesting people around me, which those folks became The Firesign Theatre: David Ossman was connected with the station, Phil Austin was connected with the station, and Phil Proctor came out to do a show and we connected in LA and that was really the genesis of that whole happening." Bergman also claimed to have coined the word "love-in" in 1967, and to have organized the first such event in April 1967 in Los Angeles. [1] Bergman was a graduate of Yale University and taught economics there as a Carnegie Fellow. He also attended the Yale School of Drama as a Eugene O'Neill Playwriting Fellow and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar. He worked with Tom Stoppard, Derek Marlowe, Piers Paul Read, and Spike Milligan. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Radio Free oZ

Holy Ghost

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Radio Free Oz Podcasts

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Holy Ghost (disc 3)

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Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-70)

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True Confessions of the Real World

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Firesign Theatre

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A Child's Garden of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)

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Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings (1962-70) [La Cave, April 16, 1966] [Live]

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Peter Paul Bergman's Album

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Holy Ghost CD3

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[Sonoton] - SCD 000 - The World Of Sonoton (1994)

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