It is a compilation album, collecting the Firesigns' choice of the best comedy sketches from their nationally syndicated radio program produced from September 1970 to February 1971.

Between September 9, 1970 and February 17, 1971 The Firesign Theatre performed Dear Friends, a one-hour live show on radio station KPFK in Los Angeles.

The group later collected what they considered to be the best segments from the radio program and compiled a double album.

It has been reissued on CD at least twice The group's 2010 Duke of Madness Motors: The Complete "Dear Friends" Radio Era set is a combination book and data DVD comprising a complete compilation, totaling over 80 hours, of their 1970s radio shows Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour, Dear Friends, and Let's Eat (the last two in both original broadcast, and syndication-edited form).

[1] Another album distilled from the Duke of Madness Motors set, Dope Humor of the Seventies, which also collected material from the Dear Friends radio shows, was released in 2020.