TV or Not TV

TV or Not TV is the debut album by the comedy duo Proctor and Bergman. It was originally released in 1973 by Columbia Records. Unlike most Firesign Theatre albums, it included songs ("Communist Love Song" sung by Proctor at the end of side A and "Nasi Goring" sung by Bergman in the middle of side B) as well as a TV-related plotline comparable to Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. Track listing The play is subtitled "A Video Vaudeville in Two Acts". Fred Flamm (Proctor) and Clark Cable (Bergman) host a pay-per-view cable television Channel 85. Side one — act one "Insert Here" (1:26) – Two children steal Dad's credit card and turn on Channel 85 for a "charged viewing cycle". "Channel 85 Sign-On" (1:15) – Clark Cable (Bergman) starts the viewing cycle "Escaping From The Declining Fall Of The Roaming Umpire" (5:06) – in a parody of the assassination of Julius Caesar, Flattus (Bergman) and Bruto (Proctor) plot to assassinate the "Umperor Calyuga" (Proctor), inspired by Bruto's prophetic dream of a night baseball game "Police Lineup" (1:04) – Proctor as a cop who introduces a singing cop (Bergman) "Salute My Boots" (1:58) – pundit Bosco Hearn (Bergman) explains currency devaluation "The Channel 85 Story" (1:03) - Cable and Fred Flamm (Proctor) fund-raise; the viewer can order merchandise from his console "Cirque Internationale" (3:31) – ringmaster (Bergman) introduces several zany acts, including clowns Hans and Uni who engage in an ever-escalating war which results in destruction of the Big Top "Communist Love Song" (4:00) – sung by Proctor, an American in love with a Russian girl