Duke of Madness Motors

Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era
Compilation album by
The Firesign Theatre
ReleasedDecember 16, 2010
Recorded1970–1972
GenreComedy
LabelSeeland Records
ProducerThe Firesign Theatre, Taylor Jessen
The Firesign Theatre chronology
The Firesign Theatre's Box of Danger
(2008) 		Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era
(2010) 		Dope Humor of the Seventies
(2020)

Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era is a book and data DVD set collecting the complete works of comedy group the Firesign Theatre's 1970s radio shows Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour, Dear Friends, and Let's Eat.

The set includes a 108-page book containing a historical essay, interviews, original scripts, and collages by Firesign founder Phil Proctor.[1]

The data DVD contains more than 80 hours of material on MP3 audio, including 24 episodes of Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour, 21 episodes of Dear Friends, 12 episodes of Let's Eat, and a 1972 series finale, Martian Space Party. The collections were digitally remastered and annotated by the group's archivist and producer, Taylor Jessen along with several contributors including Mike McIntyre [2] Dear Friends and Let's Eat are each collected in both their original broadcast versions and later syndication edits.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Firesign Theatre; Phil Austin; Peter Bergman; David Ossman; Philip Proctor (2010). Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era 1970-1972. 4 or 5 Crazee Guys Publishing.
  2. ^ "Xmas in Ratland". KBOO. Portland, Oregon. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  3. ^ "Press release - 8/30/2011". Firesigntheatre.com. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Duke of Madness Motors: What It Is". Firesign Theatre. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. ^ "Firesign Theatre - Duke of Madness Motors". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ^ "The Firesign Theatre – Duke Of Madness Motors - The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era 1970-1972". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  7. ^ Metzger, Richard (2011-02-23). "Firesign Threatre: Duke of Madness Motors". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 2021-01-19.