Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The apocalyptic comedians of the Firesign Theatre return with Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, their first studio recording in nearly 20 years. Like their original classics, this one tells a story that is greater than the sum of its satire, double entendres, and nonstop puns. Join the festivities as FT's own Radio Now broadcasts the end of the world, live on December 31, 1999. You'll hear Joe Camel's farewell speech, learn about the mysterious guys in eyeball hats, and be on the scene for the Princess Goddess Doll Drop. Old fans will get goose bumps as used-car dealer Ralph Spoilsport returns to sell cloned body parts, but even (puzzled) newcomers to the Firesign universe should be hooked after a few repeat plays. The more you listen to Give Me Immortality, the funnier it gets. --John Sulak

Rating: - " That's not your real name, is it, Mildew???"
No, this isn't the classic stuff that was Dwarf, or Bozos, or Dr. " Happy" Harry Cox, but one either gets these guys, or they sit there and say, " THIS is funny?" and as one that has been in their fourth dimensional world since 1969, I will continue to gag on this stuff, as long as David, the Phils, and Peter, take me on the journey, as they have. Not insane?? Of Course!!

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Rating: - comparable to the golden age

Back around the turn of the century, I got this one and also Boom Dot Bust.

The way you tell the two apart is: The one with the lame title is the one with the good material, and vice versa.

In other words, this is a good one.


In my opinion at least.


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Rating: - If you like Firesign Theatre you will like this...
It took me a while to get used to this group. Once I got them, I find them very funny. There humor is very intellegent and layered. This is not the best first album to hear, but it compliments one's Firesign collection for sure.
For me there are many great skits and lines in this one. Plus it is very well edited for comedic timing and music.

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Rating: - Nihilism
Making people laugh is the lowest form of humor, according to the late Michael O'Donoghue.

Well, Firesign is heading in that direction with this album. They try to maintain a dark atmosphere for effect's sake, but largely this album is only untraceable puns and retreaded jokes. The new characters created here are not funny or even amusing as stereotypes.

The fellows are old, and they don't like the era in which we live. They've gone from social commentators to borscht belt ... Read More

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Rating: - Back in the shadows again
This is easily the masterpiece of the recent batch of Firesign reunion discs, and where the others have an easygoing feel that's downright likable, this one is dark and scary enough to take you right back to those Altamont Gram Parsons-dying-in-the-desert LA-sliding-into-the-Helter Skelter 70s. The difference is that it's all in bite-sized bits-- if the best older albums were like an LP-long guitar solo (brilliant or self-indulgent, as the case may be), this one is as slick, disciplined and hooky as a ... Read More