||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for November 04, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Frankentween into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, grumbles something about 2:20 PM, then departs. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 5:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Frankentween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Frankentween tiptoes in around 8:11 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Rufus_T_Frankentween is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 8:11 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:12 PM, then departs. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'DJHannibal', just granted probation at 8:12 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| DJHannibal leaves at 8:12 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| Outside, the 8:12 PM bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving DJTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| 8:29 PM: RedPillTweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi redpill Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope you join us for the show :) ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – MUSIC ABOUT THE LAW Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| It's 8:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| llanwydd enters at 8:50 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Chapeau Manger. llanwydd: hi tween DJTweeny: Hey llan ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| cease steals in around 8:53 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: Hi C DJTweeny: allo cease cease: I love this song ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" cease: there was an orange drink called Hi C, as I recall DJTweeny: one of Jackson's best, no doubt cease: Not sure if I used it in a collage or not. I thiink I did. DJTweeny: there was indeed, like Hawaiin Punch cease: Right after Dr. My Eyes in my book cease: Did you see the video for it? Wonderful DJTweeny: title track to a great album DJTweeny: Don't think I have. Need to check that out llanwydd: I have only liarwnws to the first two JB album llanwydd: how the hell did I do that? llanwydd: I meant listened ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Beet inside, makes a note of the time (8:58 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Beet: Hello, Chatters! cease:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyjA-CaPYY llanwydd: Hi Beet DJTweeny: trying to spell in Welsh? DJTweeny: Yo Beet cease: Hey Beet. Good work on the Egyptian lines Beet: Hi, Llan, Dr Tween llanwydd: actuall I dont know how that happened tween ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Beet: Hi, Dr Cease. Thanks. I enjoyed doing it very much. llanwydd: my sperring wendt heighwyre ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 04, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" cease: I got some of my information for my play from the movie The Square, which is mostly in Arabic, and Arabic-inflected English so you fit right in. llanwydd: dying to hear tweens egyptian voice DJTweeny: Nobody asked me to do an egyptian voice :/ cease: Script is just about complete. Will be sending it to Doc Technical for production this week end DJTweeny: My parts were Scott the waiter DJTweeny: Would love to try foreign accents though cease: No, Tween plays a young american server, Beet plays various Egyptian. Llan plays various nationalities cease: There are a lot of small parts, and 2 BIG parts, me and Richard Fish ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: When you break the yolk the aliens come rushing out. cease: I'm very happy with the script and thanks to you chatters, I have most of the voices I need ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “LAWYER'S HOSPITAL” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out LAWYER'S HOSPITAL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=lh-rv' cease: Lawyers features Austin as Nixon saying "fuck" a lot. Took me a while to edit them all out. DJTweeny: Thanks to Cat for editing LH for radio play :) llanwydd: sorry folks. my bad. I got confused ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" Beet: I have the Troe Cofessions album. Great memorabilia for Peter's genius. Beet: True Beet: Confessions cease: Fighitng Clowns of Hollywood, the recent Firesign release of their live shows, has a lot of this album on it. llanwydd: I had forgot about that, cat. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Elayne', just granted probation at 9:05 PM", then leaves hurriedly. cease: There was supposed to be whole album based on Joey. cease: Hi El llanwydd: nixon had a pretty foul mouth didnt eh Elayne: Good evening all Elayne: Hi Cat! Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Elayne Beet: Hey, Elayne. Nice to see you. llanwydd: Hi Elayne Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about LAWYER'S HOSPITAL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=lh-ln cease: Diet Free Cola Elayne: Hey Beet. Won't be here too long. Work was exhausting. Only six more years to retirement! Elayne: Hi Kurt! Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: nixon had a pretty foul mouth didnt eh << That would be competing with LBJ for that title ;) llanwydd: what are you retiring from elayne? Elayne: My 9 to 5 or more precisely my 8 to 5:30... ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Elayne: But not for six more years Elayne: At least I get to work from home now ful-time cease: Great, El Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl, Elayne Elayne: Saved a lot of wear and tear on the legs. Now when I go out it's because I want to Rufus_T_Firetween: much better llanwydd: the old testament says in all labor there is profit. Elayne: And I do 2 miles on the exercise bike every evening after dinner, which I get to eat at normal human hours Elayne: So I get more body mvoement now than when I was going into The City ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" cease: Good for you, El Elayne: I just have to hang on long enough for my job to still exist when I retire ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! cease: Alas, it doesn't look we'll be doing any more Sunday shows after this Sunday, El llanwydd: it is true work is never a waste of time, especially if you have a job you enjoy Elayne: There have been 2 rounds of "reduction in force" for the exec assistant population so far in as many years cease: Last week it was mostly just me and Tween. llanwydd: and beet was here Elayne: I enjoy the job, I just hope it still exists until I retire llanwydd: and triggerfinger whoever he is Elayne: I'll keep after Phyllis and Richie to come on here, they seemed so interested ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Elayne: As i say, can't stay long. Way too tired. Night all. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, the Sunday show is a bust unfortunately ||||||||| Elayne departs at 9:11 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" llanwydd: Captian Equinox was here too cease: Slleep well, El ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: Rest well, Elayne. 'Nite. Rufus_T_Firetween: I guess us die-hard Fireheads are used to Thursday evenings Rufus_T_Firetween: Later Elayne Rufus_T_Firetween: but Cat and I are going to give it one more try this coming Sumday llanwydd: yeah, catherwood is always ready with out dinner ||||||||| Catherwood steps alongside llanwydd and says "Something I can help with?" Rufus_T_Firetween: if it ends up like last Sunday, we'll call it quits Rufus_T_Firetween: *Sunday ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: some day Rufus_T_Firetween: whatever... llanwydd: well, let me take a week to drum up support from some of the boards I am on. I know some will like FST Rufus_T_Firetween: please do llanwydd: catherwood, would you like a sip olf my vodka tonic ||||||||| Catherwood olfs llanwydd's vodka tonic. llanwydd: lol ||||||||| Outside, the 9:19 PM crosstown bus from California pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Not Ed: Pork? DJTweeny: Hey Not cease: Not Not Ed: Jello Tweeny Not Ed: Hey C, llan, Beet Not Ed: Roof Beet: Howdy, Not. Not Ed: Note that the entire Lawyer's Hospital sketch can be downloaded freely from firesigntheatrelegacy.com (mp3) http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=lh-tl cease: Was Truman a drunk? ||||||||| Outside, the 9:27 PM bus from Austell pulls away, leaving Caterino coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Caterino: Long time no type Not Ed: Waz real Caterino cease: Another cat. Greetings DJTweeny: Hi Caterino Caterino: Im a Bozo guys Caterino: Hey Tween Cease cease: I thought you had kind of a big nose Rufus_T_Firetween: Then deflate your shoes and set a while Caterino: Honk
Not Ed does just that. Caterino: Older. No wiser. Bud Not Ed: Ginormous legz! Caterino: Tgat was my name after inflation. Ginormous legs Caterino: Haven't been here since Phil. Im still saddened cease: It is something to be sad about. cease: I'm just finishing up a new audio play and it'll be the first one not starring Phil Austin. Caterino: Coolness ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Caterino: Ok ok Catherwood. Go and buttle ||||||||| Catherwood snubs Caterino DJTweeny: Once again, thanks to Cat for making the Presidents bit playable on the air :) Caterino: Snub away, hey, I've been here before. DJTweeny: Caterino, Merlyn is supposedly home from the hospital after a stroke in July DJTweeny: hope he shows up here again soon Caterino: On March right cease: it was quite a job, Tween. Caterino: Omg, whats happening. Oh life i guess cease: a clean Nixon is a lot of work DJTweeny: I'll bet it was cease ;) Caterino: I hate auto correct. I said on NPR right? Caterino: Not march cease: speaking of swearing, I want to play Campaign Chronicles here soon.
DJTweeny marches to shibboleth ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" DJTweeny: kewl, cease cease: you have the clean version of that, Tween? DJTweeny: probably not Caterino: I have big book of plays and big mystery joke book years ago Not Ed: Nixon spelled sideways is Toxin. DJTweeny: I do have the Chronicles cease: i'm pretty sure the Firesigns were aware of Lenny Bruce's Thank You, Masked Man Not Ed: They have an ointment for that Tweeny DJTweeny: heheh Caterino: Nick Exon Not Ed: sorry I thought you meant barnacles DJTweeny: So the people at VW didn't particularly appreciate the commercials, right Cat? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! *** Currently playing: Peter Bergman’s “TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL WORLD” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out TRUE CONFESSIONS at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tcotrw-rv' Not Ed: LOVE Lawyer's Hospital Caterino: Ill bill ya later Beet: Unique album. cease: Bergman did a LOT of stuff Not Ed: Truly is Beet Not Ed: Beet is truly cease: This is Very similar to his riffs on his RFO podcast at the end of his life Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL WORLD at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tcotrw-ln cease: Nubians? in Alaska? cease: Was watching a TV series about Egypt last night and there was a period when Egyptg was ruled by Nubians DJTweeny: "A Tiger, in Africa??" Beet: The Nubians had all of the gold. cease: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my! cease: Buddy DeMort is a character in Bergman's Digital Diner which we should listen to soon ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." DJTweeny: The RFO episodes are a treasure trove we haven't dealved into Not Ed: Most if not all of it was saved yes? Beet: The Flat World Society is still with us. DJTweeny: Yes, it's still online Not Ed: Oh that's great Tweeny. cease: i've used some bits from RFO in my collages. but yes, it is an immense trove DJTweeny:http://radiofreeoz.com/ Not Ed: Tanx. cease: there was a local dude who was leading the anti-vax movement and the flat earth society. he died of covid today DJTweeny: yw Beet: Looks like we are stuck with Covid for the duration. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net cease: what brings you back here tonight, Catarino? Not Ed: I recorded the first three pre-show and post-show segments Not Ed: RFO ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Caterino - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Not Ed: Sent to Taylor but I think he already had them cease: Taylor hasn't been on chat for a long time. cease: On Facebook today (I think) Ossman was talking about releasing the Mushoroom PLays soon. I'd imagine Taylor would show up here to promote that Beet: That would be very good news indeed. cease: I seem to be one of the few people who not only listened to but also recorded them in 67 cease: a lot of people listened to those shows and i'm sure many people had tape recorders cease: KRLA had enormous reach. 10-15 million people at least. cease: mushrooms were rebroadcast on stations in LA and Frisco in 68. I played them on my show in Ottawa in 69 and leant them out to other radio folks in my home province, Saskatchewan at that time Not Ed: haha bergman yeah Not Ed: so funny here Rufus_T_Firetween: and we end up giving billions of $$ of military equipment to the Taliban Rufus_T_Firetween: head desk head desk head desk Rufus_T_Firetween: nice going, Biden ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FIREHEADS 6 PART 3” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/' Beet: Fabulous. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage FIREHEADS 6 at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#TRILOGIES cease: You're the only one here who isn't in my new play, Not. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Can't Get You Out of my Head: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/ Rufus_T_Firetween: He's Not in your new play? cease: Lots of parts available cease:Tween has one long part, Llan and Beet have several small parts Rufus_T_Firetween: Could you record your voice for Cat, Not Ed? cease: Want to get Elayne in it too. She's been in several of my previous plays cease: there was a simpsons episode about this cease: people being herded to locations via driverless cars cease: that'sfrom my new play cease: big dog, little dog Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ ||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... cease: by not Rufus_T_Firetween: Have you seen the movie The Big Short, Cat? Rufus_T_Firetween: It's about the 2008 crash Rufus_T_Firetween: there are several other movies about the crash I like Rufus_T_Firetween: Inside Job is also good Beet: Later, Not. Rufus_T_Firetween: Too Big To Fail cease: yes Rufus_T_Firetween: and yes, no one was held accountable Rufus_T_Firetween: In fact, Obama hired the same people who made the crash to run the economy cease: people in power tend to stay in power. Beet: Obummer.
Rufus_T_Firetween loves Boom Dot Bust cease: Part 4, the final episode of this next week. Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Great series, Cat cease: Finally. Longest collage I've ever done. 14 parts. that's as long as the proctor autobi collage series Beet: Been a great series. ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign' cease: watch the tv series. easily available on line, like i think all of adam curtis's series Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Can't Get You Out of my Head: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/ cease: will make more collages out of more curtis stuff, but want to go in a much lighter direcrtion next. cease: a collage about Richard Brautigan Beet: Sounds very intriguing. cease: Firesign quoted him twice in their Hour Hour show cease: certainly as surreal as Firesign cease: had an interesting encounter with him in Tokyo. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: Really enjoyed the offerings tonight. Thanks to all. Fabulous collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for the guidance, Dr Tween. G'Nite. cease: thanks for your voice, beet DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Beet: Any time Cat. cease: dope humour of the 70s on the Sunday chat show cease: nunasterry cease: off we flow ||||||||| Around 10:58 PM, cease walks off into the sunset... DJTweeny: all be well, see you next week ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween tiptoes in around 11:15 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| It's 11:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
Beet
Caterino
cease
DJTweeny
Elayne
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
