Lawyer's Hospital

Lawyer's Hospital is the fourteenth comedy album by the Firesign Theatre. Released in 1982 on Rhino Records, it is a compilation of live performances (some dating from as far back as 1969), augmented by radio segments recorded for NPR and additional material from various sources.

Synopsis
Side 1 Lawyer's Hospital (18:28)

This contains two performances from the Firesigns' National Tour of 1981.

Side 2 Politics As Usual (19:00)

The first three skits were originally recorded as part of "The Campaign Chronicles," the Firesign Theatre's coverage of the 1980 presidential election on National Public Radio's news program Morning Edition.
 * "Profiles in Butter"
 * "Jimmy Clicker"
 * The Golf Rat Shoot"


 * "Thank You, Mr. President" — Writing for this started in 1979, when the group reunited after a sabbatical.


 * "The Jack Poet Commercials" — These were advertisement spots for a Highland Park, California Volkswagen dealership, which aired starting in 1969 on the Firesigns' KPFK FM Los Angeles radio program, Radio Free Oz.