||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for September 10, 2015 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'DJTweeny', just granted probation at 7:43 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| dude enters at 7:49 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 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 **' DJTweeny: Hi dude ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:03 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'PurpleDaze', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:06 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Johnny Dollar close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:07 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and announces "Presenting 'No_Swiss_Picnic', just granted probation at 8:07 PM", then leaves hurriedly. No_Swiss_Picnic: HELLO! i must be going... No_Swiss_Picnic: i cannot stay, i came to say i must be going... Johnny Dollar: Hello, pull up a log... ||||||||| It's 8:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| dude - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Johnny Dollar: Hey did anybody hear about John McAfee putting in a bid? No_Swiss_Picnic: it's made of cheese... somebody's already used it. ||||||||| "8:10 PM? I'm late!" exclaims PurpleDaze, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the garden. Johnny Dollar: well you can wait in the sitting room No_Swiss_Picnic: i'll save ya's the trubble. gonna be Jeb. it's a lock. Johnny Dollar: schmeb No_Swiss_Picnic: Th' Royal Family Of Ballot Stuffers. Johnny Dollar: McAfee makes all others R n D look normal No_Swiss_Picnic: a natural surrealist. Johnny Dollar: naw just a paranoid kook Johnny Dollar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbusXbpBphg ||||||||| At 8:18 PM, Johnny Dollar vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:18 PM and Johnny Dollar steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| "8:19 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Johnny Dollar, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the garden. DJTweeny: Hi JD, NSP No_Swiss_Picnic: i'll stay a week or two... i'll stay the summer thru... but i am telling you... ||||||||| No_Swiss_Picnic leaves at 8:20 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 8:20 PM crosstown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Angelo Murky coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. DJTweeny: the streams will go up around the bottom of the hour, with music soon to follow DJTweeny: Grid Help Us All if that's the case NSP Angelo Murky: Nino is wrong DJTweeny: He sometimes is... DJTweeny: Sometimes on the other side of the world wrong Angelo Murky: nobody wants Jeb DJTweeny: Seems to me it could well be Sanders against Trump Angelo Murky: should say Chicago but sez Philly DJTweeny: Nino can only trace the ISP Angelo Murky: but he was right all the other times, I even changed names to see if that was it ||||||||| It's 8:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: One chatter changed his nick because Nino kept putting him in Shanghai : ... ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (8:26 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Angelo Murky: so Tweeny, You hear about McAfee? ||||||||| Angelo Murky is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 8:26 PM. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:26 PM and late as usual, it's Angelo Murky, just back from Elmertown." DJTweeny: Are you new here, Angelo? Angelo Murky: No, Gorgonzola, others DJTweeny: ah, OK ||||||||| 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) 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) **' ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Timeghost in through the front door at 8:29 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Angelo Murky: I'm the one that wanted to try to build a fake Austin interview out of snippets, tooo hard DJTweeny: would be fun to try Angelo Murky: ghost DJTweeny: ghosts are rarely cooperative Angelo Murky: need a lot more snips DJTweeny: Hi Ghost DJTweeny: Get with Cat, I'll bet he could help you out DJTweeny: He really wants to get people to do stuff like that Timeghost: G;evening, Tweeny, Angelo, and whoever's lurking. Angelo Murky: mmmm! Angelo Murky: NSA guy (lurking) DJTweeny: doubtless DJTweeny: **NOTICE: ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Bruce Springsteen) 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) Angelo Murky: do you take requests? DJTweeny: I can for next week DJTweeny: this is all times out to the second DJTweeny: and I always take requests on my Sunday show from RFD DJTweeny: 5pm Central - www.dishnuts.net Angelo Murky: if you have any Dan Hicks I'd like that DJTweeny: I don't, need to get some of his stuff DJTweeny: will make a note ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Angelo Murky: "Last Train to Hicksville"!!!! DJTweeny: lily is usually at my Sunday show, and often shoes as well Angelo Murky: I haven't checked the Sunday show yet, mostly music? or also FST? DJTweeny: he does hot rod lincoln, right? DJTweeny: yes, both DJTweeny: and always taking requests Angelo Murky: no that's Commander Cody DJTweeny: ah, OK DJTweeny: If I don;t have something in my library, I can usually pull it off of YouTube ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Angelo Murky:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTElxrjbmY0 DJTweeny: post the link Sunday ;) Timeghost: I recently acquired Box o' danger and DoMM; now I need to find the time to listen to them... DJTweeny: and I'll be happy to play it :) DJTweeny: that's a LOT of Firesign material DJTweeny: 80 hours just on DoMM Timeghost: I suspect I've heard most, if not all, of Box since I've been a fan since 1970, but the DoMM stuff is mostly going to be new to me. ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:46 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Angelo Murky by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door DJTweeny: There somee rare bits on Box ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:46 PM and Johnny Dollar bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: *There are some DJTweeny: wb JD Johnny Dollar: akaAngelo Murky Timeghost: Johnny come-in-time. DJTweeny: a man of many nicks Johnny Dollar: I like Johnny Dollar, he's the template for Nick Danger DJTweeny: that I did not know Johnny Dollar: I think you'll realize it when you hear some Johnny Dollar Johnny Dollar: I'll get a link... ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:50 PM, dragging EWeston by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" EWeston: Evenin Tweeny TG Rufus an a dollar guy Johnny Dollar:https://archive.org/details/OTRR_YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar_Singles Johnny Dollar: Would be cool to play some dollar b/w danger sometime Timeghost: A Dollar's Worth of Danger. DJTweeny: Hi EW ||||||||| Cat bounds in at 8:54 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cat : Chatters EWeston: Hey Cat DJTweeny: Hey Cat Timeghost: Cat DJTweeny: **NOTICE: ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Bruce Springsteen) 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) DJTweeny: oops, thought I'd posted that Cat : You're back with us, Tween? DJTweeny: hmmmm ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Bruce Springsteen) 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)' EWeston: His guitar player may still be doing a garage rock radio show DJTweeny: that's better Cat : aha DJTweeny: yes, I'z back... and I'z beautiful! EWeston: Wax job on that back? Johnny Dollar: there's probably a little Nick Carter Master Detective in Danger as well ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:57 PM, dragging ''Bob'' by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" DJTweeny: Hi Bob EWeston: Bob's in tha horse, or was that house? Johnny Dollar:Tweeny: https://archive.org/details/nick-carter ''Bob'': Hey Tweeny! Nice to see you back. :) Had me worried. EWeston: I think there might some Bob Hope in Nick as well DJTweeny: cool, JD ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 10, 2015 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and announces "Presenting 'squeeze_the-wheeze', just granted probation at 9:01 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: Hi squeeze squeeze_the-wheeze: hi all.....happy to be here EWeston: Evenin Squeeze ''Bob'': HONK HONK! squeeze_the-wheeze: enven.... Cat : Fred has had a wealth of experiences with the Firesigns. squeeze_the-wheeze: the whole married thing keeps distracting me ....... EWeston: Ah Canadian squeeze_the-wheeze: eh Cat : newly married? ||||||||| 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 shoes for the dead falls out at 9:04 PM. shoes for the dead: Howdy EWeston: Elay importanat Cujo remain ecee Cat : shoes squeeze_the-wheeze: well 3 months now Cat : 40 years for me. Cat : think our anniversary was last week. EWeston: Soul inhand squeeze_the-wheeze: wife from the philippines just can't figure out the english and puns here yet squeeze_the-wheeze: wow...awesome for u! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT ** currently playing – “NICK DANGER: THE DAILY FEED TAPES” 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 YOU CAN PURCHASE A COPY OF THIS CD BY SENDING $20 AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS TO FRED WIEBEL (via Paypal) AT FREDWIEBEL@AOL.COM' Cat : my wfie's from Japan though when I first met her, I thought she was from NYC ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Beet in through the front door at 9:07 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. EWeston: Six for the Fredinator! DJTweeny: Hi Beet Beet: Happy Thursday all. Cat : it's hard enough for native speakers to understand Firesign EWeston: Zabeet shoes for the dead: hey Beet Cat : Beet Cat : Root, root, root for root vegetables. Johnny Dollar: rebeet Beet: Hi EW, shoes, Cat, Tween squeeze_the-wheeze: lol....i am in oklahoma....japan...nyc....same place to okies Beet: Hi Johnny D Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “PHIL AUSTIN, THE MAN UNDER THE HAT” at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue4/fz4_05.htm Cat : i was lucky to be living in LA when Firesign started on the radio. EWeston: What's abod between hard boiled dectectives DJTweeny: Hi shoes Cat : i get a lot of the specific LA jokes you wouldn't get unless you lived there. DJTweeny: This turned out really well, especialy considering the source material Cat : their humour was initially for an LA audience. local streets, hucksters and other familiars. Johnny Dollar: cal cat Cat : austin is always good. Cat : i havent lived there since jan, 69. long ago. Johnny Dollar: and his dog storm drain EWeston: He's not for sale Cat : ah, this is another Daily Feed bit that turned into the final tale Yesterday shoes for the dead: long ago and farce away Johnny Dollar: but everything els is Cat : News on the Tales of the Old Detective collection. EWeston: Since the president arrested Ralph ''Bob'': Apropos Firesign's obscure humor, saw this tweet this week and immediately thought we should start Firesign University... https://twitter.com/TristanSevers/status/641067258110873600 shoes for the dead: but it's today EWeston: Bit what are you going to do tomorrow. Do I want to know? Cat : this became a longer piece on theBox of Dangercollection. shoes for the dead: what? Johnny Dollar: I'm sitting down on the dog because I wouldn't want to spoil your mood Cat : Bergman taught a class in comedy at UCLA at one time. shoes for the dead: I keep my mood on ice ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 9:15 PM, dragging lily by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" EWeston: Some call it a commercial, bit like to say thanks for the interrruption Cat : Hi lily shoes for the dead: lily! Beet: Evening, lily EWeston: Miz Lily Timeghost: Hi, lily lily: ''Bob'' Beet Cat DJTweeny EWeston Johnny Dollar lily Rufus_T_Firetween shoes for the dead squeeze_the-wheeze low all bad storms here thanks ,mr tween as always fun DJTweeny: Hi lily Johnny Dollar: Hi Lo Cat : that's why i like this piece so much lily: how u tween ||||||||| "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!" shoes for the dead: when was thhis recorded, Tween? ''Bob'': I'll vouch for her. And I don't even know her. Beet: We have water falling out of the sky also Cat :tween did you find out whose voice that was? DJTweeny: 1988-89 lily: soggy lawn cakes ''Bob'': We have water falling out of the sky, lightning striking transformers, and flooding in nearby New London, CT. (Not sure about Mystic.) DJTweeny: Doing well lily, hope you are too :) DJTweeny: Got some storms here is Austin this afternoon ||||||||| Merlyn bounds in at 9:19 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. lily: just aches from storms lol DJTweeny: lots of car wrecks, they say Beet: Hi Merl shoes for the dead: hey Merlyn DJTweeny: Hey Merlyn Johnny Dollar: Cat I'm recording and going to slow it DJTweeny: *here in Austin Timeghost: I used to live in Groton, CT EWeston: Merlyn, who's the oaktree? Merlyn: hey all Cat : Merl ''Bob'': If you call that living. shoes for the dead: used living is always poor quality Merlyn: what oak tree? shoes for the dead: it's cheep tho lily: take that for a living EWeston: The one with the every widening hole. Johnny Dollar: the high voice is not PA Merlyn: heh, did augur well but screw it ||||||||| 9:22 PM: johnn0hj 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!" Merlyn: are you sure it's not phil A? I haven't slowed it down, but I assumed it was him ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and announces "Presenting 'Nabby', just granted probation at 9:23 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cat : its double j EWeston: They say concrete oak trees never forget Nabby: Jello! shoes for the dead: hey Nab DJTweeny: Hi john, Nabby ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:23 PM, dragging pinholeF200 by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" Beet: Hi Ohl DJTweeny: Hi pin EWeston: Nabster shoes for the dead: and pin Beet: Hi Nabby EWeston: And our sight pinhole Cat : Nab, pin Beet: Yo pin Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “PHIL AUSTIN, THE MAN UNDER THE HAT” at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue4/fz4_05.htm pinholeF200: Greetin's Tween, shoes, Cat, Beet and all Nabby: Hey Teeny Johnny Dollar: hi voice probably Fred or whoever put the final touches on EWeston: Boppsters in our ice neightborhood? Nabby: Hi Betweeny DJTweeny: teeny tiny tweeny? shoes for the dead: are you in Mn, Nab? lily: susan shrub Nabby: No Kirkland WA Nabby: Came from MN tho lily: yellow polka dot Merlyn: Nino knows, or at least guesses close. He's 100% right, 60% of the time EWeston: Tankienie lily: how can he be in 2 shoes for the dead: I was at lake Vermillion a few week ago lily: Nino has not got me yet EWeston: Its a days drive to Humptulips ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:27 PM, dragging FelixTheRat by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" EWeston: Pizza's on the rat! shoes for the dead: hey Felix Nabby: Gorgeous up there shoes Nabby: Superior forest DJTweeny: Hi Felix shoes for the dead: walleyes Nabby: Hey Felix Beet: Hi Felix Nabby: aha another fisherman Nabby: walleyes is it Johnny Dollar: Nino's hundreds of miles off, I'm in Chgo suburb pinholeF200: yo Felix DJTweeny: looks like we have a Sumaratran amongst uss Nabby: walleyes R us EWeston: A follower of Ampere Watt? Nabby: best eating freshwater fish Johnny Dollar: what? shoes for the dead: had em for supper tonite Nabby: sweet! EWeston: The Sacred Om watt amp Cat : bertman used to call proctor a leprechaun. shoes for the dead: (brought back more than i caught) Merlyn: the high voice just said he was phil Nabby: proctor is a leprechaun Nabby: (we'd filet them and freeze them in milk cartons)) EWeston: The rest of them tended to omm away without hhim Johnny Dollar: Hmmm said so but it didn't jive with my speed test, could try again... ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Petesellers', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:32 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Nabby: You may already have won Nabby: Hi Pete EWeston: Peter Cat : pete pinholeF200: and won is nothing shoes for the dead: what's Peter selling? Nabby: catherwood give everyone VD ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone vd. Beet: Hi Pete EWeston: You may already Obie Wan DJTweeny: Hi Pete Cat : here's a question for those of you who know the album inthe next world you're on your own. Nabby: oh well worth a try shoes for the dead: go, Cat Cat : when the blind guy was buying the expensive groceries, wasn't there a botttle of booze ? Nabby: hmm pinholeF200: p j proby wine EWeston: Featuring some pop singer Cat : thanks, pin. that makes sense. Petesellers: Pete "likes to watch ....TV" and being there. lily: one more bush pinholeF200: will try not to do that again EWeston: E's Jebed Nabby: (hey Beet, Cat, EW, JD, Merl, pin, shoes and the amazing lily) Cat : i was trying to find it online today but the firesign albums have dissappeared. lily: (what nabby) Johnny Dollar: resampling to a normal sounding voice it sure doesn't sound like Phil shoes for the dead: on youyube, Cat? Nabby: what? Cat : yes Nabby: Of course lily: (I thought you were gonna tell a secret) Cat : question is answered. shoes for the dead: good deal for FST! Timeghost: Jeez, I go take a leek and completely lose the thread of thios "conversation" Cat : there's a steely dan lyric: all the booze they need, all that money can buy. Nabby: (no secrets only Sucrets) lily: requestion everything ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." shoes for the dead: what? Nabby: requestion authority lily: Smith Brothers pinholeF200: drink Scotch whisky all night long.... Cat : i'm working on my 2nd deputy steely dan has no friends collage. shoes for the dead: on who's authoority? EWeston: Requisition everything, if you can aford the shipping cost lily: and the wheel did what Nabby: all power to nobody! Cat : finished the first one essentially today, a 14 min Firesign take on Dan's Asia. EWeston: That was a presidential candidate once Nabby Cat : quite pleased with it. shoes for the dead: can't wait, Cat Nabby: the Smith Brothers? ||||||||| It's 9:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| FelixTheRat - dead from the common cold ||||||||| johnn0hj - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Johnny Dollar:tween, who's they guy who put the music in? Johnny Dollar: Fred Weibel? lily: lookin foreward to it Cat Cat : i sent an mp3 to tween today. he may want to play it next week or whenever. lily: ricola DJTweeny: just a sec, Johnny DJTweeny: John Dryden Nabby: Fredster EWeston: Nobody, Nobody can create world peace, Nobody can solve the national debt, ect, etc. Alfiliated with the freak generation Rufus_T_Firetween: "Phil's segments were a regular part of the Daily Feed Show based out of DC that John Dryden sold on a subscription or barter basis to radio stations, I think he had 200 stations at one time." Rufus_T_Firetween: (from Fred) DJTweeny: Sure Cat, next week it shall be DJTweeny: Listened to a bit of it this afternoon. Cool stuff shoes for the dead: hogh voice John? Nabby: Is ricola chocolate? DJTweeny: Cat, Johnny is looking for Phil Austin clips for a project Johnny Dollar: So he probably also did that sped up voice imo without knowing anything else because when I resampled to a normal sounding voice it was nowhere near Phil Austins chords Nabby: wish I had some chocolate right now DJTweeny: Don't know, shoes lily: fine swiss herbs EWeston: So many varieties of chocolate these days Nabby: rice kripsies, manilla...egg Johnny Dollar: yes need clips preferably with no background noises Nabby: no hiss or race tracks sounds shoes for the dead: hey NSA guy Cat : what sort of clips are you talking about? EWeston: I perfer mine 60% or better. OPtions on the shelf include bacon and whiskey Nabby: And hi to all you FBI guys too - hug an FBI guy today EWeston: Send the cop in the wood pile some hot coco Johnny Dollar: Clips of Phil talking about stuff Johnny Dollar: stuff=anything ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “PHIL AUSTIN, THE MAN UNDER THE HAT” at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue4/fz4_05.htm Nabby: playing guitar EWeston: Being clever with my feet pinholeF200: saw The Mouse That Roared today, lotta laffs Cat : i loved that movie and books Cat : is that from the kennedy era or earlier? Nabby: just pre Nabby: late 50's Beet: I'm actually still here. pinholeF200: 1959--just before ||||||||| "9:51 PM? 9:51 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Cat 2 should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Cat 2 enters and sits at the bar. shoes for the dead: i'm active here EWeston: Number one on my list Beet. There's nowhere to go but down Cat 2: check out https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205139506430088&set=np.1441923372016385.713110881&type=1 Nabby: I'm radioactive here
Nabby glows. lily: the exit sign could not convince me to leave Cat : i hope that works. chromium switch podcast features my collage Billville the Mountain on today's edition. that should link to it. Billville is the last 50 min. Cat : signs must be obeyed EWeston: I'm X radcon stick out your tongue and bend over shoes for the dead: neat, Tween! Nabby: Nicky D lily: active enough to breath EWeston: He can still breed? Nabby: great stuff Cat thanks for bringing this in (Tales) Cat : you can probably buy this now as a cd from somewhere. ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Petesellers - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: Ooh I dunno... Nabby: Did it make it from cassette to CD? EWeston: I got it on casette Nabby: Zactly EW Cat : merl should know Cat : did you click the link i just typed to the chromium switch site? Nabby: It's going to be a collector's item Nabby: I mean, it is by now Cat : If Firesign joined the others of invention, they may look like this Merlyn:tween said fred sold it as a CD ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** currently playing – PHIL AUSTIN'S “TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE” 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 YOU CAN PURCHASE THIS ALBUM AT >> http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Old-Detective-Other-Lies/dp/1572700017' Cat : was the cd made from masters? Nabby: Really Merl interesting I'll ask him about it DJTweeny: The cassette of Tales at Amazon is a bit pricey... Nabby: I'm sure it is Tween Nabby: Collector prices ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! DJTweeny: Yes, Fred will sell you the CD of THE DAILY FEED TAPES DJTweeny: indeed Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s new video series with Jamie Alcroft - BOOMERS ON A BENCH >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz_4vJNLwgFrLR3N0RN1Tw Nabby: Thanks Rufus Boomers is great Beet: Boomers is great Cat : Proc is firing on all cylinders with the boomers project. Nabby: Truly Cat shoes for the dead: echo in here Beet: There's an echoe in here echoe in here EWeston: I've found at least one fan of the series Nabby: echo in here ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cat : i can see him as another george burns, singing and tapdancing until he's 100. Nabby: damn straight Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** You can buy a CD of NICK DANGER: THE DAILY FEED TAPES by sending $20 via Paypal to Fred Wiebel at fredwiebel@aol.com pinholeF200: echo echo Rufus_T_Firetween: could well be, Cat :) ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Dino into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:00 PM, then departs. Nabby: The Mighty Fred EWeston: Hello! Ello. All alone, All alone I'm an idiot. You certainly are! DJTweeny: Hi Dino shoes for the dead: hey Dino ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 10:01 PM, dragging hubcity by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" DJTweeny: Hi hubcity shoes for the dead: and hubcity Nabby: Dino & hub! Cat : dino, hub ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." lily: prunes hubcity: Oo, hey :) EWeston: A big feat Nabby: prunes are beautiful Nabby: figs, even more so Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=totod-ln lily: newtons law lily: the cookie will fall icing down Nabby: what a voice (Austin) EWeston: Don't breath the mercury fumes Nabby: lol lily shoes for the dead: newton slaw? DJTweeny: indeed Cat : his voice is so good, it makes you aware of how good a voice can be. Nabby: indude Johnny Dollar: mmm slaaaw! Nabby: it is you're right Cat Nabby: and he was a writer, man - there should be an omnibus volume of his writing shoes for the dead: like Ed Woodpecker Private eye lily: baptized in brasso Beet: The music of language EWeston: Brined in tin Nabby: he let us watch those stories taking form - pretty cool shoes hubcity: There's a rhythm there - important stuff. Nabby: everybody needs cool shoes Cat : hopefully there will be, nabby Nabby: brasso age Cat : austin and bergman published books and proc is writing his autobi. Cat : only fireguy without a book will be austin and that aint write! EWeston: Pior to the beano age Cat : not austin, Ossman, several books. Nabby: ossman too, the poetry hubcity: I wanna read Proctor's autobiography... Nabby: yeah lily: just after the silk stockins daze Cat : they should be sold on the firesign site. EWeston: He did a published mystery ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| squeeze_the-wheeze - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: Me too hub DJTweeny: Hi Redpill Nabby: That's right I forgot EW thanks for reminding pinholeF200: oh noooooooo, I'm fading away........... EWeston: 200 BC a good age for bar beer Beet: welcome back, pin DJTweeny: lol EW Cat : more than obne, ew Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=totod-ln EWeston: Wine still came with pine resin in those days Nabby: EW haha Nabby: pin is back Cat : some of this writing/talknig reminds me of spaulding gray's monologues and they were the best. Nabby: Ooh yeah Cat Johnny Dollar: half2go been fun folks Beet: Nite Johnny D shoes for the dead: see ya JD lily: by$ Cat : i saw him do monster in a box and slippery slope in an intimate theatre in vancouver. DJTweeny: bye JD Nabby: Take care JD EWeston: Swaller doller califlower allegaru Cat : two best shows i've ever seen. Cat : the flick of cambodia is excellent too. Johnny Dollar: bye Beet Cat DJTweeny EWeston hubcity Johnny Dollar lily Nabby pinholeF200 Rufus_T_Firetween shoes for the dead Dino ''Bob'' Cat 2 Merlyn Timeghost RedPillTweeny Cat : by johnny. lily: sugar ah pinholeF200: so long JD ||||||||| Johnny Dollar leaves to catch the 10:14 PM train to Philadelphia. Nabby: shuggah EWeston: 661-669 the neigborhood of the beast Nabby: oh you beast! EWeston: Tell the nieghborhood association lily: there a party gonin on right there EWeston: He's got the beat Cat : sounds like a tune from the late 50s. ||||||||| 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." Nabby: there's a party going on in my shoes (for industry) Cat : bergtman's salad days. Beet: wow EWeston: We've got the beat is a more recent lyric hubcity: Irving Berlin noted that in "White Christmas" (the intro verse that nobody sings.) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=totod-ln EWeston: Iehter one of my toes is packing a knife, or its time to trim Cat : there a party goin on shoes for the dead: used to be we got the beets, a harvest song Beet: There should be a coffee table book on "Dives of America" Cat : splish splash Nabby:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht EWeston: The artist for Zippy the pinhead often does drawings of dives lily: a beet page hubcity: "The sun is shining, the grass is green/The orange and palm trees sway/There's never been such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A./But it's December the 24th/And I'm longing to be up North... Cat : i recently learned that borscht was a ukranian invention,not russian EWeston: Fifies chrome everywhere! Beet: Warm feeling in the heart for the borscht piece, Nab shoes for the dead: he stole my beet! ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" hubcity: And The Old Detective was wrong about Jews and Irony, given Irving Belin's religion... EWeston: Surround the continent! Nabby: cool Cat *sigh* Beet ||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dino - dead from measles ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... shoes for the dead: candied mushrooms? Nabby: shrooms make you feel wiggly EWeston: Echninoderms for me thanks Nabby: chicken fry them EWeston: Makes em all krinkly pinholeF200: kringly mushrooms? Nabby: make a squinky horse's doover EWeston: Echinoderms shoes for the dead: gesundheit! EWeston: The food that fights back, even when its dead lily: toungue Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s new video series with Jamie Alcroft - BOOMERS ON A BENCH >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz_4vJNLwgFrLR3N0RN1Tw EWeston: It usually ends up on the carpet Nabby: the chicken stands up and starts dancing on the table Cat : maybe the most xmasy of any firesign writing, at least that i know of shoes for the dead: that's the shrooms, Nab EWeston: That chicken is an imposter! Nabby: animatronic Nabby: it is shoes shoes for the dead: straighten it! EWeston: Even worse Cat : ah, the disneyland of my youth. EWeston: He's laid an egg Cat 2: think of the spiders in bozos. EWeston: Basilisk fritters it is then DJTweeny: Would be nice if they released this on CD and sold at the Firesale Store, so people don't have to spend $90 on a cassette from Amazon ;) Cat 2: the almost mystical way austin says "night spiders" in the precipace of angels pinholeF200: don't worry about the flies lily: just do't un zip it DJTweeny: pfffft Nabby: sure would Tween - I know Taylor is aware and has been working on it though I haven't inquired lately EWeston: We won't weigh them Beet: nuns? EWeston: Not without combat pay Cat : mrs peel, we're needed. shoes for the dead: none here EWeston: S'not there? shoes for the dead: nary a nun ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" Beet: flush nuns? Nabby: Marry a nun today lily: bank head EWeston: Shoot missionaries DJTweeny: What does anybody want to hear next week? Beet: ))Telulah shoes for the dead: Neal Amid EWeston: Procter and Bergman DJTweeny: OK lily: what goes good with cat tween? Cat : i approve lily: whoopie DJTweeny: dog Nabby: arf! lily: lol EWeston: Marf? Cat : nick is almost 20 years old and myu new collage Firesign Asia is new as of today, so you see both new and old me wrenching firesign voices to my will lily: baroo DJTweeny: Mr. Liverface's Dead Pet Pet Food pinholeF200: is this going to be a Korean cookbook? Cat : nick by which i mean Neal Amid ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, that’s 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 6-8pm EST every Sunday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to my show archives and ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow' lily: each bar of soap EWeston: In the uncyclable tin Nabby: Do you have Prince Albert in the can? ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| hubcity - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cat : austin was obssesed with describing women EWeston: He's escaped and run off DJTweeny: Yes, but he had tinnitus DJTweeny: *rimshot* shoes for the dead: no, he's in the fridge lily: is yer fridgedaor runnin Cat : there is a city my home provice of sasktachewan called Prince Alberrt. DJTweeny: Bergman was just obsessed with women pinholeF200: played music pretty well for having a tin ear EWeston: The thing with the biohazmat signs on the door? Cat : nver found The One that austin did. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Johan Amadeus Myjetski close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 10:41 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the anteroom. Nabby: Johan EWeston: Johan! Cat : johan DJTweeny: Show's almost over. Time for Johan to drop in lol shoes for the dead: hey JAM Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hello I just dropped in to say I must be going pinholeF200: howdy JAM DJTweeny: You missed a good show, but it'll be up in the archives by tomorrow evening Beet: Hello Goodbye to J.A.M. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Evening all! pinholeF200: what do you call a fly if you pull its wings off? Nabby: Catherwood give everyone a root beer flute ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone a root beer flute. Cat : you say hello and i say goodbye. Cat : ive been listening to too much beatles lately lily: oh yeh Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Sorry to miss it yet again. But I've had family in the hospital & that's diftracting pinholeF200: a walk Beet: is there such a thing? Cat : sorry to hear that johan. Nabby: is there such a thing as too much Beatles? Nabby: thanks Cat good picks ||||||||| "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!" shoes for the dead: Thanks Tween!!! Nabby: thanks Tween Beet: A nice tribute to Austin tonight. Enjoyed it. Thanks everyone. Thanks Tween. G'Nite. ''Bob'': Thanks as always, Tweeny! Cat : they were all stories you first heard earlier versions of last week. Nabby: Thanks Merl --& Rufus lily: Beet Cat DJTweeny EWeston Johan Amadeus Myjetski lily Nabby pinholeF200 shoes for the dead night all and thanks tween and cat for a lovely lovelt ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" EWeston: Thanks tweeny and g'day! pinholeF200: Thanks Tween and Cat, great show! Cat : always the best, tween. Timeghost: Thanks Tween; 'night all. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" shoes for the dead: Park it and Lock it ! Cat : off we riff Merlyn: tanks again, tween DJTweeny: Thanks for listening everybody, and have a great week :-) See you next time, same FireTime, same FireStation... ||||||||| Cat 2 says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Cat 2 exits at 10:45 PM. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Nite all! ||||||||| Cat rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Cat ?! It's 10:45 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| At 10:45 PM, pinholeF200 vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Nabby: Adios! ||||||||| 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!" Merlyn: add eos ||||||||| Around 10:46 PM, Merlyn walks off into the sunset... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| At 10:48 PM, Rufus_T_Firetween scurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| 10:49 PM -- DJTweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| It's 10:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from measles ||||||||| Timeghost - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| EWeston - dead from The Plague ||||||||| shoes for the dead - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Beet - 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 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Nabby - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| lily - dead from jaundice ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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 4:32 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:
Angelo Murky
Beet
''Bob''
Cat 2
Cat
DJTweeny
EWeston
hubcity
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
Johnny Dollar
lily
Merlyn
Nabby
No_Swiss_Picnic
Petesellers
pinholeF200
Rufus_T_Firetween
shoes for the dead
squeeze_the-wheeze
Timeghost
