I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus
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I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus is a comedy recording made by The Firesign Theatre in 1971. It is the last of a tetralogy that comprises their first four albums and that is generally considered their most important body of work.
The piece opens on a bus carrying a group of tourists, including the main character, Clem (played by Philip Proctor), who are off to see a World's Fair-like exhibit comparing the past and future.
The tourists line up to visit the President of the United States (played by Phil Austin), which is a computer given a voice reminiscent of then-President Richard Nixon. When Clem reaches the front of the line, he turns out to know the right things to say to the computer to break through its defenses and ask questions it can't answer ("He broke the President!").
While the slang word "bozo" already had been around for decades, the release of this album renewed its popularity, and many if not most uses of the word throughout the 1970s likely occurred with the Firesign Theatre at least partly in mind.Template:Album-stub