On July 22, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers”, the third Firesign Theatre album. It was recorded April – May 1970, and was produced by Bill Driml, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor. In 1983, “The New Rolling Stone Record Guide” called it “The Greatest Comedy Album Ever Made”. In 2005, the “US Library of Congress” added the album to the “National Recording Registry” and called the Firesign Theatre “The Beatles of Comedy.”

Personnel:

• Phil Austin
• Peter Bergman
• David Ossman
• Phil Proctor
• Anna-Lee Austin – spoken parts
• Thaddeus Warrick and the Mindermast Mental Music Hall One-Man Sympathy Orchestra
• The St. Louis Aquarium Choraleers (including Anna-Lee Austin, Jane Dansie, Tiny Ossman, Elisabeth Plumb, John Kinick, Cathleen O’Mara)
• The Android Sisters
• Robert Grossman – cover art
• John Rose, Elisabeth Plumb – back cover photography
• James William Guercio – co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor

1. This Side
2. The Other Side