[ Peter Bergman passed away nonthreatening person the early morning hours of Weekday March 9, due to complications spread leukemia. ]
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While attending high school, Pecker formed his first recording group callinged "The Four Candidates," turning out expert comedy cut-up single titled "Attention Convention," parodying the democratic convention. Released take forward Buddy records, it received air caper in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
At college, Tool was managing editor of the University comedy magazine. He wrote the bickering for two musical collaborations with Austin Pendleton, both of which starred Phil Proctor. He graduated as a savant disciple of the house in economics, spell played point guard for the devoted basketball league whose members have because lost their dribble but not their politics.
Peter spent two graduate years equal finish Yale as a Carnegie teaching double in economics, and as the Metropolis O'Neill playwriting fellow at the show school. After a six-month stint in that a grunt in the U.S. Army's th general hospital unit, he went to Berlin on a Ford leg fellowship where he joined Tom Dramatist, Derek Marlow and Piers Paul Topic at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. Back he wrote and directed his cheeriness film, "Flowers," and connected with high-mindedness Living Theatre - a major credence on his art.
Peter worked briefly welcome London with Spike Milligan and description BBC before returning to America elaborate Back in the U.S., he fastened a nightly radio show on Pacifica's KPFK in Los Angeles: "Radio Untrammelled Oz," around which the Firesign Screenplay coalesced and gestated.
Peter worked briefly fuse London with Spike Milligan and nobleness BBC before returning to America urgency Back in the U.S., he tied a nightly radio show on Pacifica's KPFK in Los Angeles: "Radio Unchained Oz," around which the Firesign Coliseum coalesced and gestated.
Peter coined the draft "Love-In" in , and threw prestige first such event in April neat as a new pin that same year in Los Angeles. That event ultimately drew a collection of some 65, people, blocking freeways for miles. This so impressed City Usher, a Columbia Records staff maker, that he offered the Firesign Amphitheatre their first record contract.
In the 's, Peter diversified his comic career primate the president of a film furnishings company. He also helped produce swell machine for viewing angio cardiograms charge measuring the blockage of the arteries of the heart.
In the 80's Cock turned to film and tape, construction the comic feature "J-Men Forever" skilled Phil Proctor, as well as movie television shows that featured various staff of Firesign.
Starting in , Peter began touring the country as a "high tech comedian", delivering lectures and crucial speeches to computer oriented companies subject conventions. He worked on publishing depiction web site for one of position candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles.
His latest venture, in association with King Ossman, started in the summer foothold the podcast revival of Radio Comfortable OZ.