A Firesign Chat
11/09/2023




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||||||||| 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 09, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
||||||||| New notice: '** NEW FIRESIGN CHAT TIME **
** THE FIRESIGN CHAT HAS MOVED TO 7PM -9PM EASTERN **
The Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starts at 7pm Eastern this evening.
Warm-up music now begins around 6:40pm Eastern.
visit Firesign's *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com
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||||||||| 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.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 8:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the common cold
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 09, 2023 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?"
||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Mutt disembarks at 8:00 PM.
Mutt: Catherwood, your gong is wrong!
||||||||| Catherwood steps up to Mutt and inquires "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?"
||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Mutt - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Deputy Dang bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
Deputy Dang: I was hoping for a pickle!
Rufus_T_Firetween: Howdy Deputy
||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 7pm Eastern this evening. **
Warm-up music begins around 6:40pm Eastern
You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected)
Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
(streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)
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||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's DJTweeny, just back from Elmertown."
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: warm up music – JUSTIN HAYWARD/JOHN LODGE-BLUE JAYS
Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
(streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)
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Deputy Dang: Howdy Tweeny!
||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bob's Dad should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bob's Dad enters and sits in front of the fireplace.
Bob's Dad: Hi all
DJTweeny: allo Cat
Rufus_T_Firetween: This album was made by a couple of members of The Moody Blues
Bob's Dad: it does sound like them
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT
Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u
(streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)
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||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Beet should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Beet enters and sits in front of the fireplace.
Beet: Evening, Fellow Chatters!
DJTweeny: Yo Beet
Beet: Hi, Dr Tween
Beet: Hey, Dad, Deputy.
Beet: Nice Moody stuff
Bob's Dad: Beet
||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly..
Deputy Dang: Howdy, pardners!
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! **
Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's THE FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD
“Firesign on WHFS-FM Bethesda, MD 3/30/1981”
Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u
check out FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD at >>https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases
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Bob's Dad: Hi Dang.
Bob's Dad: I have the CD of that show from Firezine.
Bob's Dad: Have we played it, Tween?
Rufus_T_Firetween: We've played Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood, but not n a very long time
Bob's Dad: right. I meant the Firezine CD
Rufus_T_Firetween: Probably needs to be checked for nughty words, as do most of their live performances
Rufus_T_Firetween: No, I don't have a copy of the Firezine CD
Rufus_T_Firetween: Is it called something different?
Bob's Dad: It's called the Ronald Reagan Assassination show.
Beet: Ptomaine River
Rufus_T_Firetween: Bob's Dad: It's called the Ronald Reagan Assassination show. << I've got 'The Fighting Clowns Ronald Reagan Assassination Show'
Bob's Dad: that's it Tween
Rufus_T_Firetween: Which I believe is the release title
Rufus_T_Firetween: Pretty sure that's what they put up on Bandcamp
Bob's Dad: I'd love to hear Firesign and Gore together
Bob's Dad: My new collage is 44 minutes so we'll have lots of time next week.
Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl
Bob's Dad: i could probably make a collage out of firesign and gore from youtube. i'm sure there's tons of him there.
Rufus_T_Firetween: llan and johan are MIA :/
Beet: And Merl so far
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Mister policeman, what makes America great?"
Bob's Dad: perhaps they;ll show up later
Bob's Dad: I just got my reservation for Vegas so I'll probably miss the show that Thursday. Mid march
Deputy Dang: Fighting Clowns was fun
||||||||| New notice: '*** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM **
Currently Playing — from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE
“We Really Should Rehearse This Shit Before We Do It”
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
Check out FOOLS IN SPACE at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space
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Bob's Dad: it was. they loved doing music.
Bob's Dad: pot head sound effect comedy? that's rather narrow.
||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'land squid', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule...
land squid: whaz real
land squid: missed ya last week
Bob's Dad: hi squid
Beet: hey squid
Deputy Dang: hi squid!
DJTweeny: Hey squiddy
||||||||| 8:00 PM: Elayne 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!"
Elayne: Evenin' all!
Bob's Dad: Hi El
Elayne: Hey BD!
Beet: Hi, Elayne
Elayne: Hi Beet!
Bob's Dad: How are things in NYC?
land squid: hi Elayne
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I see your passport, please?"
Elayne: Very nice today.
Elayne: Hello ls!
land squid: lol
Bob's Dad: Speaking of passports, I just made my flgiht reservation for VEgas next March and the travel site said I needed a Visa!
Elayne: Ah, why are you Bob's Dad today, Cat?
DJTweeny: Hey Elayne
Bob's Dad: That's hard to believe! I didn't need a visa to go to Denver refcently.
Elayne: Evenin' Kurt!
land squid: I needed a visa when I went to england but never when I went to canada
Bob's Dad: My cat Bob died on Oct 4 so I changed my nick in his honour.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood
Elayne: Aww, I'm sorry about Bob. I'm still not really over Zed's death.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** “Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood: A Memoir” by David Ossman - http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman
Beet: Maybe some of the states have seceded again.
Bob's Dad: People flow accross the land border every day in their multitudes.
Bob's Dad: That's great book, Tween.
Bob's Dad: Yeah, death is hard to take.
land squid: death be no good
land squid: to paraphrase a famous line
Beet: death is very annoying
Beet: and sad
land squid: what warm up music did I miss tonight tween?
Rufus_T_Firetween: HAYWARD/JOHN LODGE-BLUE JAYS
land squid: sounds cool
Rufus_T_Firetween: Good quasi-solo album from two Moodies members
Bob's Dad: How's Robin these days, El?
land squid: my two favorite moodys
land squid: except for patrick moraz
Rufus_T_Firetween: So sad that they ended up claiming that Moraz was legally a 'hired musician'
||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Elayne: Robin's fine, Cat. Except for whatever cold I must have brought home with me from Manhattan and given to him.
Bob's Dad: Hey Not
Not Ed: hey crazed firefiends
Rufus_T_Firetween: I always thought he was an integral part of their sound after replacing Pinder on keyboards
Beet: There's Not. Howdy.
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Inferior people should not be employed."
DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed
Not Ed: Hey Bob's
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "This is W.A.L.T.E.R ... this is W.A.L.T.E.R. ..."
Bob's Dad: I got my 6th Covid shot plus flu shot and seemed to have a cold the next few days. Very odd.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space
Bob's Dad: That was a few weeks ago.
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Back from the Shadows again."
Not Ed: Tweeny, Elayne, land, BeetRufus! and DDang?
Not Ed: Beetrufus?
Deputy Dang: indeed
Rufus_T_Firetween: I'd stay away from that stuff, Cat
Bob's Dad: Fumiyo just had her flu shot today and will have her Covid 6 next week. Hope she isn't hit by a cold from it
Not Ed: there's DDang hey!
Rufus_T_Firetween: I won't touch that stuff with a 10-foot chinchilla
Bob's Dad: was this on the Box of Danger set?
Not Ed: that's a squirrel
Beet: My last boost was many months ago now.
Bob's Dad: i declined cancelation insurance for my ticket so I have to stay healthy the next 4 months
Not Ed: big is more
Bob's Dad: "tune in next month" is funny because this is their last show.
Not Ed: ouch lol
Bob's Dad: 3/4 oz?
Not Ed: wazoo ranch? I'm so there
Deputy Dang: This reminds me of Monty Python's Flying Circus
Not Ed: Yeah
Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone Stunned Ducks in Alcohol Sauce for dinner
||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone stunned ducks in alcohol sauce for dinner.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
land squid: thanks, cathy
Not Ed: Developmental Valley School District Lunch Menus for This Week by Phil Austin (text) https://www.thebigjewel.com/developmental-valley-school-district-lunch-menus-for-this-week
Not Ed: lol this is great
Not Ed: the audio quality is pretty good
Not Ed: nice separation
Bob's Dad: sometimes its hard to tell firesign from python
Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes, the XM Radio broadcast audio quality was outstanding
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm Eastern every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net where I play Firesign Theatre and take your music requests - RFR Archives at www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow
Not Ed: with AI in the future they will be able to swap them out
Not Ed: And the combination will act appropriately
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
Bob's Dad: I saw you there on Tuesday, Dang
Not Ed: good choice tonight
Not Ed: go Kurt
Bob's Dad: it's the final FIS. we've been playing them in order
Not Ed: miles davis
Not Ed: that's great Bob's
Rufus_T_Firetween: Actually Cat, we missed a couple of the early ones so there are still some to play
Rufus_T_Firetween: I'll get with you on that
Bob's Dad: ah
Not Ed: meow
Beet: This was fun. Gotta go. Nice to see everyone. I'll see you next week. G'Nite.
Bob's Dad: By Beet
Bob's Dad: Myu Rachel Maddow collage next week
Rufus_T_Firetween: Later, Beet
land squid: nite beet
||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Elayne - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Bob's Dad: by El
||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| land squid - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Bob's Dad: dropping like flies
||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Not Ed should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Not Ed enters and sits at the bar.
Not Ed: Heh
Not Ed: blew a fuse
Bob's Dad: the fuse of doom?
Not Ed: Yeah right lol
Not Ed: Thr fuse of kitchen and breezeway
Not Ed: very chilly breeze here in Seattle + rain blech
Bob's Dad: same in Vancouver
Rufus_T_Firetween: rain and a cold front coming through down here in Austin
Not Ed: ohhh yeah it figures
Not Ed: it's that day when you say it just shifted - it's shift day
Rufus_T_Firetween: won't get out of the 50s tomorrow
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Swell pizza!"
Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a swell small pizza and a bear whiz as an alternate choice
||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone a swell small pizza and a bear whiz as an alternate choice.
Bob's Dad: thanks, not
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!"
||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM **
Currently playing: from Firesign Theatre's
ANYTOWN U.S.A.
”Austin & Proctor interview—KHJ Channel 9 Los Angeles”
Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u
check out ANYTOWN at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/anytown-usa-live-1974
'
Not Ed: catherwood bring Bob's Dad the check
||||||||| Catherwood hands bob's dad the check.
Not Ed: thanks Bob's
Not Ed: I recoded an acoustic version of te second half of Layla (acoustic guitar) here if you want to czech it out https://youtu.be/LGfgnJFS5B4
Not Ed: recorded
Bob's Dad: Thanks Not
Not Ed: U betcha
Not Ed: Also here's a good Popeye - about a dozen fell into the public domain (Fleischer period) https://youtu.be/FopxQIFxc5E
Not Ed: three cheers for the PD
Deputy Dang: three cheers for Popeye
Not Ed: eat your spinach!
Not Ed: the fleischer Popeyes are the bestest hands down
Bob's Dad: lots of Popeye references in my last play Vegas/Egypt
Not Ed: with some of thay #D stuff in a couple of them
Not Ed: that
Not Ed: 3D
Deputy Dang: three cheers for the 3D
||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! **
Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :)
Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net
Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign
'
Bob's Dad: The wonderful optimism of this interview from their early days
Rufus_T_Firetween: 1974
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, everybody… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation…
Deputy Dang: I enjoyed myself!
Bob's Dad: Rachel Firesign next week
Deputy Dang: I'm looking forward to it! Thank you all!
Deputy Dang: Hehe I think I heard somebody's farce.
DJTweeny: Happy 80th Birthday Joni Mitchell :-)
||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Deputy Dang walks off into the sunset...
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Bob's Dad - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Beet - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
Not Ed: Oops Byeeee
Not Ed teleports away....
||||||||| It's 3:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 4:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| 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
Bob's Dad
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
land squid
Mutt
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman
www.dishnuts.net
www.firesigntheatre.com
www.kurtericson.net/firesign
www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow
https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/anytown-usa-live-1974
https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood
https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases
https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space
https://www.thebigjewel.com/developmental-valley-school-district-lunch-menus-for-this-week
https://youtu.be/FopxQIFxc5E
https://youtu.be/LGfgnJFS5B4



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