Peter Bergman (comedian)

Peter Paul Bergman (born November 29, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a member of The Firesign Theatre. He is "the bald one" who plays Lt. Bradshaw in the Nick Danger series.

The Firesign Theatre was formed as a result of Bergman's show "Radio Free Oz" on KPFK. According to Bergman, "I started July 24th, 1966 on KPFK ... I had some very interesting people around me, which those folks became The Firesign Theatre: David Ossman was connected with the station, Phil Austin was connected with the station, and Phil Proctor came out to do a show and we connected in LA and that was really the genesis of that whole happening."

Bergman also claims to have coined the word "love-in" in 1967, and to have organized the first such event in April 1967 in Los Angeles. [http://www.firesigntheatre.com/albums/bergman.html Peter Bergman ] ]

Bergman was a Eugene O'Neill playwriting fellow at Yale University, and has worked with Tom Stoppard, Derek Marlowe, Piers Paul Read and Spike Milligan.

References

Wiebel, Jr., Frederick C. (Fall 1996). "Firezine," Issue 1.

External links

* [http://www.firesigntheatre.com/bergman/ Bergman's professional webpage]