Boom Dot Bust

Boom Dot Bust

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Name = Boom Dot Bust
Type = studio
Artist = The Firesign Theatre


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"Boom Dot Bust" is a comedy album recorded by The Firesign Theatre and released in 1999 on Rhino Records. It was a follow-up to the highly praised "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death" from the previous year, continuing a brief resurgence of the foursome's legendary success from 1968-75.

It chronicles life in the fictional small Midwestern town of Billville ("The Town That Nature Forgot to Hate"), where every male resident's first name is some form of William, including mayor William Cudlip P'nisnose (Peter Bergman), who has telekenetic powers; Bill Swatt (David Ossman), coach of the local team the No-neckers, who play some unspecified sport; developer W. Sprawl (Philip Proctor); and family physician Dr. Guillermo Infermo (Phil Austin). Martial-arts film star Charlie Fatt (Austin) is a celebrity guest passing through town, and the nearby Elmertown attempts to grow and compete.

The "Bill" theme is most obviously construed as a reference to then-President Bill Clinton as representative of America, but it also can be taken to include Bill Gates, as a broader allusion to the seeming ubiquity of the name Bill in the news at the time, and because the word "billionaire" occurs.

This has also been issued as a DVD-Audio in 5.1 Surround sound.

That Billville Sound!

Contained on the "Boom Dot Bust" record is a comedy song called "That Billville Sound!".

Choral:
"Billville, Billville"
"The town that nature forgot to hate."
"Billville, Billville"
"You’ll move to Billville because it’s your fate"

William C. P'nisnose:
"I am the mayor and I’m the big cheese, gang, re-elect me or hang me, that’s the will of Bill"
Developer W. "Bill" Sprawl:
"My name is Bill and I’m Billville booster, built a big, smart house to hide a toxic spill"
Coach Bill Swatt:
"I’m coach Bill, I coach the No-Neck Twisters, then I date their sisters, cause they love my Bill"
Dr. Guillermo Infermo:
"I am the doctor, I deliver the babies and I make sure that they’re all named Bill"

Choral:
"Let’s move - shake your organs, Granny"
"Walk out - we’re doing the Bill"
"Fat feet - shake your willie, Will"
"Move out - we’re footing the Bill"
"Biiiiiillllllville! Just call us Bill"


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