I've always tried to be politically active, and aside from the inherent satisfaction of such pursuits, you meet all kinds of interesting people. |
Chopped Liver Productions was born way back in 1978 when I, Janice Leber, then a bored announcer working the midnight shift at an automated "beautiful music" station in Lebanon, Oregon, started fooling around with the unused equipment. The silly tapes were supposed to be for the amusement of my friends and family, but somehow the boss got an earful of my "beautiful" satire and didn't even fire me. Not for a couple of weeks. I found out much later that my last name is German for "liver." Weird, eh? |
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While Dr. Knobs tends to go mute in the presence of a microphone, he has a brilliant, incisive satirical wit. Dr. Knobs is responsible for at least half of Chopped Liver's good jokes ... and all of the bad ones. He also contributes his considerable technical expertise to Chopped Liver projects. |
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Which got me a regular weekly gig at KPFA in Berkeley writing, performing and recording a satirical feature almost single-handedly every week. It was a chore and I loved it dearly. I got to meet a lot of wonderful folks, and even was lucky enough to engineer for the legendary Mama O'Shea. |
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We've won AWARDS! A GOLDEN
REEL for "Living in a Satirical World" |
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Chopped Liver Productions has been featured on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, The House of Blues, and independent community and talk radio stations from Tampa to Juneau. All titles are still available and are NOW on compact disc -- Chopped Liver has gone digital!
Programs from Chopped Liver Productions
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The
Chopping of the President 2000 (Fall 2000) |
It's been an overly lonnnng election year, and Chopped Liver Productions brings you the highlights and lowlifes, including debates, misstatements, overstatements, mangled phraseology, coverage of the early primaries, candidates on drugs, When McCain Comes, I'm A Reformer, Goodbye Super Tuesday, Using My Religion, What's It All About, Ralphie?, Promises, Promises, "Meet Joe LieberGod," and the general chopping of Shrub, Gore and Dick (Cheney). | |
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CLP-CD2K
(Summer 2000) |
A compilation of episodes from our weekly radio series, including "Tell Me Y2K" and the "news" bulletin aired on KBOO at the stroke of the new millennium and "I Haunt Bill Gates," "Let's Moon the W.T.O.," "Women vs. Men," "Flowers and Bullets" and the truly awful "The Ants Are My Friends, They're Blowin' in the Wind." | |
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The
Last Liver
of the Millennium (Fall 1999) |
We take on school shootings (Kill Naturally), bombing in Kosovo, Jesus Christ Superstar, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, teaching evolution in Kansas, Y2K and other horrors. But it's got a good beat; you can dance to it. | |
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The
Chopping of the President 1996 (Fall
1996)
The third
in our quadrennial series of salutes to the U.S. electoral system, featuring:
Goin' Global; The Mouse Who Owns the World; Gay Wedding Song; Listen
to the Ravings of the Punditry, etc.
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America
the Newtiful (Winter
1996)
A very stirring,
patriotic tribute to this great and wonderful nation, our elected representatives
and the terrific folks of the U.S. government who keep it running. No,
really.
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Virtually
Real (Fall
1995)
Taking a ride
on the Info Highway, falling in love in cyberspace, teaching an alien
not to appreciate TV.
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Time
Is Half Price (Fall
1994) All
original songs, no parodies: If Mama Ain't Happy,
Flight of the Condor, Kinder & Gentler Killing Machines, and
many more.
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The
George, the Bill & the Ugly (Winter
1993)
A transitional
musical about Bush's campaign style, the Ronald Reagan "Library," So
Long Tricky Dick; Here's to You, HR Haldeman, etc.
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The
Chopping of the President 1992 (Fall
1992)
Covering the
1992 primaries, debates and non-debates, campaigns, gaffes & groaners,
with a special appearance by H. Ross "Don't Cry For Me, Oklahoma" Peron.
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Living
in a Satirical World (Fall
1991) GOLDEN
REEL WINNER! Takes on events in USSR, Clarence Thomas,
Anita Hill, George Bush's heart palpitations, anti-abortion fanatics,
points of light.
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That
Was the War That Was
Spring 1991 --
Fighting the cruel war on Iraq with music and outrage: Cowboys in
the Sand, I Won't Grow Up, I Ain't Payin' For This, Springtime for George
Bush and the USA, Pushbutton War, much more. Silver
Reel winner.
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Welcome
to the Nineties Winter
1990
Crackdown
on democracy in China; the Berlin Wall falls; Exxon makes a mess in
Alaska; Dan Quayle visits the Woodstock nation; Congress cleans up its
act (yeah right).
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BUSHwhacking
Fall 1989
The
Chopped Liver Board of Directors, those geniuses, have come up with
a game show with Ollie North and Ted Kennedy as contestants, making
fools of themselves and other prominent figures along the way.
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Fifty
Ways to Leave the White House
Winter 1989
Will
Nancy let the Bushes move in? Can Bar get her out of the White House
bathroom? Will Ron's ad campaign save Ollie North? Why is the Supreme
Court in our bedroom?
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The
Chopping of the President 1988
Fall 1988
Pat
Robertson & Bob Dole vs. George Bush vs. Dan Rather vs. Ted Koppel
/ Jesse Jackson / Dan Quayle? / Mike Dukakis? Newshounds,
soundbites, debates, debacles.
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1987
Magazine
Fall 1987
This
audio magazine is rude to TV evangelists; Nancy Reagan is rude to Raisa
Gorbachev; the press is rude to Gary Hart; the market is rude to Wall
Street; everyone is rude to Robert Bork.
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The
Contragate Follies
Summer 1987
An
all-time favorite musical revue (heard on Pacifica Radio
nationally): Ode to Ollie; Lovely Loopholes; Covert Picnic; I Jammed
the Shredder; Secord, Can You Spare A Dime? and much, much more.
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