How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All

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How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All is a surreal, satirical comedy album by the Firesign Theatre, known for its complex wordplay, layered audio production, and countercultural humor.

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instanceOf comedy album ⓘ
concept album ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator The Firesign Theatre ⓘ
featuresCharacter Babe ⓘ
Nick Danger ⓘ
Ralph Spoilsport ⓘ
followedBy Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers ⓘ
format LP ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
surreal comedy ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn alternative comedy ⓘ
later audio comedy ⓘ
hasNarrativeForm radio-play-style sketch ⓘ
hasPart How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All (side one) ⓘ
The Further Adventures of Nick Danger (side two) ⓘ
hasTheme American consumer culture ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
reality and illusion ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainArtistMember David Ossman ⓘ
Peter Bergman ⓘ
Phil Austin ⓘ
Philip Proctor ⓘ
medium vinyl record ⓘ
movement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
notableFor complex wordplay ⓘ
countercultural humor ⓘ
layered audio production ⓘ
originallyReleasedOn Columbia Records ⓘ
parodies old-time radio detective shows ⓘ
performer The Firesign Theatre ⓘ
precededBy Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him ⓘ
producer The Firesign Theatre ⓘ
publicationStatus released ⓘ
recordedAs stereo ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1969 ⓘ
usesTechnique audio collage ⓘ
meta-humor ⓘ
overlapping dialogue ⓘ

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David Ossman → notableWork → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ⓘ
David Ossman → notableWork → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ⓘ
subject linked to: Ossman
The Firesign Theatre → notableWork → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ⓘ
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers → follows → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ⓘ
How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All → hasPart → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All (side one) ⓘ
linked to: How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All
Phil Austin → notableWork → How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ⓘ