DAVID OSSMAN

'David Ossman' (born December 6, 1936 in Santa Monica, California) is the oldest member of The Firesign Theatre. He plays George Leroy ("Peorgie") Tirebiter on ''Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers'' and Catherwood in the Nick Danger series.
In 1973, he recorded the solo album ''How Time Flys''. During the 1980s David left the Firesign Theatre, primarily to produce programs for National Public Radio.
During the 1990s David and his wife, Judith Walcutt, formed Otherworld Media, through which they produced audio theatre for children, as well as a series of major star-studded audio theatre broadcasts for NPR, including ''We Hold These Truths'' (1991), ''Empire Of The Air'', ''War Of The Worlds 50th Anniversary Production'' [1], ''Raymond Chandler's Goldfish'', and the 100th Anniversary audio theatre adaptation of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.
His latest Otherworld Media Productions include ''A Thousand Clowns'', ''Through the Looking Glass'', and ''A Taffetas Christmas''. These performances are held at Whidbey Childrens Theater on Whidbey Island, a local theatre where children can come to do plays and workshops. Ossman currently resides on Whidbey Island with his wife and their two sons, Orson and Preston.

Contents

Filmography

Actor

Writer

Producer

Director

The Price of Fame

Editor

Filmography

Actor

★ Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool (2001) (TV) .... Various

★ Nowheresville (2000) .... Earl Apple

★ A Bug's Life (1998) (voice) .... Cornelius

★ "The Tick"
:- Sidekicks Don't Kiss (1996) TV Episode (voice)

★ Below the Belt (1980) (voice)

★ Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975) .... Sherrif Luger Axehandle/NURGI Clockwork Film narrrator/Prof. Archer/Art Wholeflaffer/Gen.

★ Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)

Writer

★ Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool (2001) (TV) (written by) (as The Firesign Theatre)

★ Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975)

★ Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)

★ Zachariah (1971)

Producer

★ Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975) (producer)

★ Martian Space Party (1972) (producer) (credited as member of The Firesign Theatre)

Director

★ Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975)
Through the Looking Glass (2006)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (2007)

The Price of Fame

In the Feb 21, 2006 "Feedback" column of PC Magazine, Chris Sherlock (a Wikipedia administrator) wrote:

Although Wikipedia has many oddball articles (for instance, we have one on Exploding whales) not everything can be included. We routinely delete articles about people who are deemed to be non-notable (admittedly, this is a fairly low standard - we have an article on David Ossman...)

This leads to the following definition:

★ One Ossman: the smallest unit of fame that will get you into Wikipedia.

Editor

★ Martian Space Party (1972) (as The Firesign Theatre)