MINICON 33 OPENING CEREMONIES
April 10, 1998 marked the start of Minicon 33.
  As part of opening ceremonies, Guest of honor Phil Proctor,
    his wife Melinda Peterson, and Firesign crony David Ossman
      participated in two live Shockwave radio sketches. 

The first, "Pete Moss, Spaced Detective", is here in MP3 format.
(It's a condensed version of part of Off The Air).


     Here is the show in Realaudio
Each segment is about 1 meg and plays about 5 minutes.

Here's the script, so you can catch the ad-libs.

Cast pictures
David+Dave David+Phil Brian+David Steve+Brian+Jane Phil Phil Phil+Melinda
Background: Brian,Dave Melinda,Jane, Phil's hand Phil+Brian Dave,Brian,
Dave Romm Steve David,Melinda,Jane Melinda,Jane

Above photos by Doug Friauf.  Click on names for large version.

Cast pictures
David+ David Brian+David David+Brian+ David+Phil
Melinda+Phil Melinda,Jane,Steve Melinda+Phil
Cast pictures
Brian Jane+David Phil+Melinda+David inda+David+Phil
complete strangers Phil,Melinda Ja
Cast pictures
Phil+Melinda+David Melinda Phil Phil+Melinda
Above photos by Fred "Firezine" Wiebel.  Click on names for large version.



                        CAST
Brian Westley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Moss
Steve Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete's Brain
Dave Romm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marion Michael Morrison
Phil Proctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocky Rococo
						Dr. Emil Nitrate
						Blind Tommy
Melinda Peterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla
						Paula apprentice
David Ossman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clonestable Otis Moperandi
                                                Dr. Kronkheit
						Godfrey Daniels
						Narrator
...and Jane Yolen as the telephone

                     WRITTEN BY
Brian Westley, Phil Proctor, Melinda Peterson, Dave Romm, and Jerry Stearns
Special material by the Firesign Theatre*

        MUSIC
Written by Thomas O'Neill
Recorded by Doc Technical
PLAY button pressed by Brian Price

Live version engineered by Brian Price
Web version engineered by Doc Technical

*(the commercials at the start of segments 1, 4, and 7 are from their new CD
"Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death", which has been nominated for a Grammy).

Copyright 1998 Brian Westley, Phil Proctor, Melinda Peterson, Dave Romm, and Jerry Stearns
Portions copyright 1998 The Firesign Theatre