Danger stories involve stereotypical film noir situations, including mistaken identity, betrayal, and femme fatales.
Act one pits Danger against a cabal of Nazi spies conspiring to remake America by converting its radio drama to dadaist surreal humor.
Bergman's absence forced the omission of Lieutenant Bradshaw, and Ossman voiced all the non-Danger roles, including several females.
This story is inspired by a line in the original "Cut 'Em Off at the Past" where Bradshaw tells Danger, "You're lucky we didn't burn ya on the Anselmo pederasty case."
Bradshaw has realized his dream to become District Attorney, and gets his chance to prosecute Danger, who is the apparent suspect in the murder of mob boss Anselmo Von Pederazzi.
On November 11, they gave a live performance of the original Nick Danger "Cut 'Em Off At The Past" at Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
The Firesigns performed approximately once a month on NPR's All Things Considered news program from July 2002 to April 2003, released on a CD album in 2003.