Firesign Theatre

Published February 17, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The four-man ensemble of mirth and surrealism, Firesign Theatre, tells us they are stumped to find anything funny about Presidents Day. They turn to the TV for inspiration and we hear a series of odds and ends dealing with the presidency: A series about presidential siblings, a president-for-a-day contest and a White House poetry slam.

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