||||||||| 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 March 07, 2024 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Tweeny tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** The Firesign Chat & Show starts at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central/5pm Mountain/4pm Pacific Tonight: Cat Ishikawa's THE 6TH ALBUM (Part 1) plus Phil Austin’s TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE and from DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS Extras “Al Atlas Interview” https://firesigntheatre.com/news/2018/9/19/duke-duke-duke-duke-of-madness-madness-madness?rq=duke%20of%20madness%20motors Listen to the 256k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd2 or the 16k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1 This show is archived at www.kurtericson.net/firesign / Cat’s collage archive is at www.kurtericson.net/cat' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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, March 07, 2024 - 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?" ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Tweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... ||||||||| 8:00 PM: JZip 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!" JZip: The 16k stream is down, by the way. ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Cease coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Tweeny: Hi Cease, JZip Cease: this was a fun project ossman asked me to do Cease: it's so nice to do fun things,eh? Tweeny: JZip: The 16k stream is down, by the way. << try http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u Cease: hip like a zip? let's take a trip JZip: He schlepped the night away! Cease: he did indeed Cease: Stil shlepping ||||||||| Deputy Dang sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood leads Beet inside, makes a note of the time (8:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Beet: Sorry I'm late. I keep forgetting about 7PM.
JZip waves Cease: Hi Beet Beet: Howdy Cat. Beet: Hay, Tweeny. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Open up, your door knocker fell off!" ||||||||| 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 llanwydd falls out at 8:00 PM. llanwydd: howdy Cease: I"ll be in vegas next week so may or may not be able to connect Cease: hi lllan Beet: Hi, Llan llanwydd: Im late because I watched Jeopardy llanwydd: oh, cat Im sure they have a slot machine that wold hook you up to the internet llanwydd: they have everything else llanwydd: you might even win a fortune llanwydd: lame joke. sorry Cease: i have never played a slot machine, or any other form of gambling it is all alien rto me llanwydd: me too Beet: The house always wins. Cease: it justr doesn inerest me Cease: this is really good,eh? llanwydd: this might sound strange but lately I have had to open two windows to get the chat with the audio Cease: oxssman's album Beet: Not exactly a fast buck. JZip: I hadn't heard any of this material in some time. ||||||||| Not Ed steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: is there an earlier character that mark time is based on? anybody now? Not Ed:Tweeny, JZip, C, DDang, Beet, llan, waz real Beet: Howdy, Not llanwydd: I mean know llanwydd: Hi Not Ed Not Ed: On DO's SF audio hall of fame page it lists a radio series llanwydd: interesting Not Ed: I've never been able to find it tho' Not Ed: scroll down http://www.marktimeawards.org/ho_fame/sf_hall_of_fame.html llanwydd: the sound on this is better tonight than it has ever been on the cassette version that I have ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Mister policeman, what makes America great?" llanwydd: thanks for the link, Not Cease: i wll and get audo together before i go to vegas Cease: i usually swim in an ocean of intoxication Not Ed: you bet llan Not Ed: yeah this sounds good llanwydd: I have a friend who insists I need to see vegas sometime in my life Cease: i lovre it llanwydd: what has always put me off vegas is the element of organized crime JZip: I've missed Vegas, Seattle, and Miami. That's not too bad. llanwydd: lol JZip llanwydd: I have never been west of san antonio Cease: i love my play about Vegss but few others do, alas Not Ed: Come to Seattle and we'll blow a J - anyone's invited Cease:https://seemreal.com/seemreal-selections.html llanwydd: well I bet Cat to make it to your party Cease: i ve been to seatlle maybe half a dozen times. Cease: good town llanwydd: I love this album Not Ed: Me too llanwydd: having trouble with that link, cat. am I in the vegas play? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Not responsible! Park and lock it!" Not Ed: I've lived in Seattle since 2001 (home state: Minnesota) I guess I must be okay with it llanwydd: I need to get around Not Ed: No matter where you go there you are.... llanwydd: just looked at the link. I am indeed in the vegas play. how did I forget! Cease: i need toi get arouseed Not Ed: Nice Cat glad I heard a bit of it llanwydd: Lol Cat Not Ed: ha! llanwydd: Im getting to that age too Not Ed: I haven't been arounsed since like 1992 Cease: hey, i do my best, eh? evey week. it's a job, like having sex is a job Cease: thanks to tweeny for this sow llanwydd: Vegas/Egypt was great fun Not Ed: TotOD is a classic period Cease: austin had a Reallyh High impressoin of his writing and was unsuccessful in selling it alas llanwydd: whose writing? Not Ed: I have a few classics listed on the SF Hall of Fame page, like: The Undecided Molecule - Norman Corwin Presents https://youtu.be/yOK33ozfrJM ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: did you like that pl;ay, ed? Not Ed: Oh yeah! like Dr Seuss for big kids Not Ed: another SF hall of famer: Tunnel Under the World - X Minus One https://youtu.be/lEgx8V7MeTg Deputy Dang: I like this story. Cease: My favourite radio play, Not. Not Ed: Cool Cat! Me too llanwydd: I love otr but I have missed most of the best of it Not Ed: Sorry--tied with The Thing on the Fourble Board (Quiet, Please) llanwydd: I have heard more of arch oboler than any other otr llanwydd: and tween sent me some george and gracie about ten years ago. love that too llanwydd: some of that b and a is surrealist llanwydd: well quite a bit more than ten years now that I think of it Not Ed: Speaking of fourble boards, here's one more: The Thing on the Fourble Board - Quiet, Please https://youtu.be/ekQlJ0eNqzc llanwydd: my father used to tell me stories about the radio plays he listened to as a kid llanwydd: he loved The Shadow and The Inner Sanctum Cease: i wont be here next week. in vegas.maye i can get in from there, mahbe nogt Not Ed: Major OTR fan here - though I don't like the acronym OTR much anymore - "Old Time" Radio turns the kids off before they even hear it llanwydd: hope so Not Ed: the phrase/name "Old Time" Radio I mean llanwydd: I remember I logged onto the chat from a hostel in new york city about fifteen years ago Beet: I'm old enough to remember listening to some of those shows. llanwydd: I stayed in a hostel the night before I did an audition for the American Academy of Dramaitc Arts Not Ed: gonna watch the state of the onion speech? whatever happens it will be historical, this one llanwydd: no doubt, not Beet: Gotte run. See everyone next week. G'Nite. Not Ed: Hey Beet take care llanwydd: nite beet Deputy Dang: night night llanwydd: I dont remember the brass age Cease: she was so good looking llanwydd: I was born during the ice age Cease: i think all heterosexual men feel that Not Ed: i was grown in a vat llanwydd: lol Not Ed: very messy i wouldn't recommend it Cease: i may or may not meet women in vegas next week.it id sown for such Not Ed: I remember the age of Mad magazine llanwydd: you cant tell me there are no women in vegas Not Ed: but htat's about as far back as I go llanwydd: I was mad about mad when I wa a kid llanwydd: was Not Ed: oh yeah me too big time Cease: 2 say they want to meet me, as it wree.caht will find pit Cease: find out Not Ed: w-w-w-women? llanwydd: once a month I would give my lunch money to my friend lenny to pick up a copy for me on his way to school Not Ed: cool Cease: as oppoosed to osctriches? whart is your point not? llanwydd: he got to do the fold-in in the back for his trouble Not Ed: I remember when "cheap" went to "kinda cheap" ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| JZip - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: and I would go without lunch Not Ed: lol C Cease: by zippie Not Ed: fold outs --no fold-ins Not Ed: that was it' llanwydd: yeah 40 cents. the same price as a pack of cigarettes Not Ed: haha! great llanwydd: and the super special was 60 Not Ed: when gas wars would knock prices down to 15 cents a gallon Not Ed: sorry I think 17 cents was the lowest I saw - in Kansas llanwydd: I wasnt buying gas back then Not Ed: I'm not buying it now lol llanwydd: mad, cigarettes and school lunch all cost the same Not Ed: perfect harmony Not Ed: those really were the daze : ) llanwydd: I must admit cigarettes was a very rare expense for me Not Ed: Austin's voice is so smooth - and great diction! : ) llanwydd: never a regular smoker llanwydd: yeah he had the best voice of all of them Not Ed: indeed llanwydd: maybe not the best voices (plural). they were about equal at that Not Ed: ohhh right agree Cease: true Cease: smkng cigarewrewsw fof fun. Cease: i smkled 71-87 Cease: i lived lin japan wheere smoknig was imposed upon me Cease: drinking too ||||||||| Catherwood leads Oops Not Ed 2 in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Oops Not Ed 2: heh llanwydd: thats interesting cat. everybody sticking a bowl of sake in front of you all the time? Cease: Hi re oops llanwydd: I would like to visit japan someday llanwydd: I would climb fuji Cease: no beer, whch was usefull as japn in august is ridiculously hot so cold beer is hekpdul Cease: it didnt taste good butg it helped mitigsate the heat llanwydd: I see. kirin, or some local craft brews? Cease: satill dot like beer. rose however, ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Wake up - and consider your only logical choice." llanwydd: oh, right. you said no beer Cease: good cockailsa in vegas, i hope llanwydd: lot of plum winos all over nippon Cease: thils wil be trip 10, inshallah llanwydd: never heard of cockailsa Oops Not Ed 2: whatna? Oops Not Ed 2: plum winos that's a new one llanwydd: oh, I think I get it. I must be sffering dementia Cease: maybe ill come jere nexrt weeik, mayvbe not Cease: on vegas then llanwydd: hope you can make it, cat Cease: me too. Oops Not Ed 2: I love Poker but it's always Texas Hold Em which I don't like Cease: i suspectr0dd things will happen. maybe good, maybe bad llanwydd: never learned to play poker ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: I knew Old Maid and Crazy 8s at one time Oops Not Ed 2: It's a great game, one of the best strategy games for sure Oops Not Ed 2: I like "Hearts" llanwydd: never played that Cease: i losthe gsmblinhg will rail against it, quotig ken kesey and bergman iun new collage aftrer vegas Oops Not Ed 2: excellent choices & things tonight llanwydd: kesey wrote electric koolaid didnt he? llanwydd: I read most of that book Cease: thanks oops Oops Not Ed 2: u betcha and back atcha llanwydd: yeah, this was a great show as always Cease: we do our best llanwydd: dress left. funny Cease: the smallst? Oops Not Ed 2: Okay one more from the SF audio hall o' fame: Donovan's Brain (complete) https://youtu.be/F2X_5WmbuC4- Suspense Oops Not Ed 2: Watch that link - the post goofed up - use this https://youtu.be/F2X_5WmbuC4 Oops Not Ed 2: features Orson Welles Cease: I* had Orson Ossman them 8 sappear asd a child Orsaon Oops Not Ed 2: Folks I'm outta here - Gonna watch Grampa Joe Oops Not Ed 2: Have a wonderful weekend! Cease: welles in my play REd Shift.i may or not be here next weel llanwydd: nite not Cease: by noyt ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Son, it's in the water - that's why it's yellow." llanwydd: thanks tween and cat Deputy Dang: Thank you Tweeny! Thank you CAT! Have fun in Vegas, or somewhere like that! llanwydd: nite everybody ||||||||| llanwydd departs at 8:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| "Hey Deputy Dang!" ... Deputy Dang turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 8:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Cease - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Oops Not Ed 2 - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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
Cease
Deputy Dang
JZip
llanwydd
Not Ed
Oops Not Ed 2
Tweeny
