Peter Paul Bergman (November 29, 1939 – March 9, 2012) was an American comedian and writer, best known as the founder of the Firesign Theatre.

[2] He taught economics as a Carnegie Fellow, and also attended the Yale School of Drama as a Eugene O'Neill Playwriting Fellow, and wrote two musicals for the Yale Dramatic Association with Austin Pendleton, where he met acting student Philip Proctor.

After college he worked with Tom Stoppard, Derek Marlowe, Piers Paul Read, and Spike Milligan.

[3] The Firesign Theatre was formed as a result of Bergman's show Radio Free Oz on KPFK.

Stage versions of Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him, and "Temporarily Humboldt County" are published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. Bergman died on March 9, 2012, in Santa Monica, California, at age 72 from complications due to leukemia.