||||||||| 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 April 07, 2016 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood escorts DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (7:40 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween bounds in at 7:48 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| 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 ** 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (The Beatles) 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: ** ON-AIR ** ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:42 PM, dragging Ken by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" DJTweeny: Hi Ken ||||||||| Catherwood escorts spoxer in through the front door at 8:46 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hi spoxer ||||||||| Outside, the 8:48 PM downtown bus from British Columbia pulls away, leaving Cat coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. DJTweeny: Hi Cat Cat: The Beatles singing other people's songs Cat: Hi folks Cat: I just listened to this an hour ago. Might use in my Indian piece ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:50 PM and mook sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: Hi mook Cat: Mook, Ken, Spoxer DJTweeny: some new folks here tonight :-) ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cat: So it would appear ||||||||| Ralph steps in at 8:52 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cat: Have you heard the movie version of this, Tween? Cat: Ralph Ralph: Hello, friends............. DJTweeny: Hi Ralph ||||||||| Timeghost enters at 8:54 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Hat Pack Annex. DJTweeny: If I have Cat, I don't remember it Timeghost: Greetings, all ||||||||| It's 8:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Ken - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cat: Time. Check it out on Youtube,Tween. Also, you heard it when you played the Ossman Collage Graduation piece I did for his birthday. DJTweeny: k ||||||||| 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 Dred Lee Niteshade disembarks at 8:56 PM. Cat: Dred DJTweeny: Hi shade ||||||||| EWeston tiptoes in around 8:58 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| rebozoette enters at 8:58 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Chapeau Manger. Cat: Suzie Cat: EW EWeston: Evin folks know and...unknown. rebozoette: Cat DJTweeny Dred Lee Niteshade EWeston mook Ralph rebozoette spoxer Timeghost hello alll and Tweenie thanks in advance for the ||||||||| 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!" rebozoette: Hi Cat ||||||||| 8:59 PM: Beet 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!" Beet: Howdy all Cat: I used this in my Sex, DRugs and Charlie Chance collage EWeston: Oh, your beet. Cat: Beet rebozoette: what a weak week Beet: Love the Beatles stuff ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 07, 2016 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Hi EW, Cat rebozoette: hi beet ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! - currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “NICK DANGER MEETS E.T.” ** 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u BOX OF DANGER >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' ||||||||| "9:00 PM? 9:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Nabby should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Nabby enters and sits on the couch. rebozoette: hi dreD Beet: Yo rebozoette ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Nabby: Is this simulated do you suppose? Cat: Nabby Beet: Hi Nab Nabby: Hi Cat DJTweeny: Hi EW, Nabby, rebozoette, ghost EWeston: Nabby is simulated Nabby: Hey Tweeny, reboz & EW ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:01 PM, dragging shoes for the dead by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" Nabby: Wazreal Beet & ghost shoes for the dead: Howdy Beet: Hi shoes Cat: shoes DJTweeny: Hi shoes EWeston: Hi Shoes Nabby: Howdy shoes Nabby: Cheers Dred Cat: this is useful, tween shoes for the dead: oxy 10's really help with both pain and confusion rebozoette: panty hose womwn dont have that ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "9:03 PM and late as usual, it's Merlyn, just back from Hellmouth." Cat: hows it going, shoes? Nabby: BoD nite! shoes for the dead: hey Merlyn Merlyn: heyy Beet: It's Merl. Howdy Cat: Merl ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! rebozoette: hi nabby DJTweeny: Hi Merlyn Nabby: Hi Merlyn rebozoette: hi merl Cat: Good to see a good turnout for PA's birthday party DJTweeny: yeah :) shoes for the dead: so so good, Cat, they say it wil suck in a couple weeks when the chemo kicks in shoes for the dead: far Beet: Happy Birthday Phil wherever you are. Nabby: three cheers for Bebop shoes for the dead: Lobo Lobo Lobo!!! rebozoette: makes the angles chuckle shoes for the dead: acutely rebozoette: lol Nabby: Cat your PhilI'll say A tribute was aces Nabby: blxxzyblx ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cat:Tween is playing it here tonight Nabby: *burp* Nabby: Cool Cat Cat: Here's the Tween Nabby: Hellooooo Tween ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Nabby: I love that series Boomers on a Bun rebozoette: bloomers on a babe Nabby: heheh shoes for the dead: with relish Nabby: Boomers in a blanket on a bun in a basket rebozoette: boom or bust ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY PHIL AUSTIN!!** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “A PHIL AUSTIN STORY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u CHECK OUT CAT’S PLAYS AT >> http://seemreal.com/' Nabby: with relish Beet: The Great Phil is sorely missed. Nabby: FT's lead guitarist! Cat: I think this is from your interview with Proc, Tween. Cat: There's the Tween voice rebozoette: what a great legacy EWeston: Playboy bunnie in bloomers. Even Hef couldn't sell that DJTweeny: it is, Cat :) Nabby: and armacy too shoes for the dead: and that hair Nabby: oh no I look't rebozoette: salt ||||||||| Catherwood leads Cousin #2 inside, makes a note of the time (9:13 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. EWeston: Gypsum from sea to shinny sea Nabby: salt pork? Beet: Hello Cousin rebozoette: it felt like thunder shoes for the dead: hey #2 DJTweeny: Hi Cousin #2 EWeston: Cuz Nabby: Hi #2 DJTweeny: hmmm, a cousin in Florida... Timeghost: Cuz Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com shoes for the dead: everybody has a cousin in Maimi Cat: #2 Nabby: the stick game should be a fire-app ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Johan Amadeus Myjetski', just granted probation at 9:15 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Beet: Hi JAM Cat: JAM EWeston: JAM man shoes for the dead: JAM! Nabby: Yo Joh Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com Nabby: I don't have a cousin in yourami DJTweeny: Hi Johan Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Greetings, everyone! EWeston: Mon Amie is everyone's cousin Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new video series from Phil Proctor and Jamie Alcroft - BOOMERS ON A BENCH >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz_4vJNLwgFrLR3N0RN1Tw Nabby: it's infraphysics for me shoes for the dead: bon ami is everybody's cleanser ||||||||| 9:17 PM -- Rufus_T_Firetween left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Johan Amadeus Myjetski: hasn't scratched yet! ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:18 PM and Rufus_T_Firetween sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. rebozoette: just a rippew in the pipple Cat: thats from phil's vast manuscript, Beaverteeth. I hope it eventually gets published EWeston: Your Rufushood Rufus_T_Firetween: Hello EW Beet: Rufus! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also a couple of other unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ Rufus_T_Firetween: Hello Beet EWeston: He looked bracked. ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Nabby: don't look back should be a fire-app too
Nabby winks ||||||||| Outside, the 9:21 PM uptown bus from New York pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Elayne: Evenin' all Nabby: Cheers Elayne DJTweeny: Hi Elayne rebozoette: hi e shoes for the dead: hey Elayne EWeston: Hiya kiddo DJTweeny: Here's The Porcupine Wrangler Merlyn: hi E Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Elayne! Rufus_T_Firetween: * Check out Cat’s Plays at http://www.seemreal.com Beet: Evenin' E DJTweeny: Wouldn't it be cool to have a Firesign App of some sort? EWeston: They're hard to stop when their passion rises. They'll eat right through any tree in their path Beet: That's a great idea! Elayne: Phil could get very, um, NSFW Johan Amadeus Myjetski: My iPad would wonder how it could be in two places at once, with a FST app! Elayne: What would a Firesign app do? DJTweeny: What would you like to see the app do? Someone suggested random FST quotes, but maybe they could be triggered by keywords, like the Siri easter eggs ||||||||| It's 9:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cousin #2 - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... rebozoette: throw random quotes for every situation Beet: news, reviews, albums, other recordings, etc., etc. Cat: good idea, suzie Nabby: Hideo Nuts Bolt-a-Drome virtual reality game Elayne: But that's just info. You can Google all that stuff. DJTweeny: Or an EOBE game, sure Cat: like those balls that used to generate stuff. Elayne: I think Nabby's closer to the idea. It would have to be some sort of game, not info dump. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I'd like to see a Mark Time sci-fi game DJTweeny: a way to take you to different places on the FST web site, maybe shoes for the dead: havent heard in so long it's almost new Cat: yeah they were way into games, especially bergman. see Pyst DJTweeny: That'd be cool, Johan ||||||||| 9:27 PM: Don G. O'Vanni 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!" DJTweeny: Hi Don Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Porky Pines Cat: Don Don G. O'Vanni: Hey Bozos! Beet: Howdt Don Nabby: Hey Don shoes for the dead: hey Don EWeston: Still proud Don? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Oh Don, can you help me raise the level of my home? Don G. O'Vanni: Oh yes... Beet: First need to find someone with skills to create the app Don G. O'Vanni: How about these familiar sound effects? rebozoette: cross bronx lol DJTweeny: Firesign Ringo Tones would be cool Don G. O'Vanni: (I have never heard the album currently playing...) Elayne: Hi Don G! DJTweeny: *Ring EWeston: My punk garage band took a stab at Waltz For Three People. Cat: this is from another radio free oz, from around 1980 or so DJTweeny: must have been fun, EW ||||||||| 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!" rebozoette: feet on gravel tweenie Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hot kiss at the End of a Wet Fist - an excellent ring tone Don G. O'Vanni: Hi Ralph shoes for the dead: this is a cat collage, Don EWeston: It returned fire nicely. Garage is a total loss though DJTweeny: "Oh, My Nose!" Nabby: Phil A (as the bombardier) and Phil P (as the pilot) in Intellivision's B-17 Bomber (1982) Don G. O'Vanni: Me-OW Nabby:http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/voice.html#b17 DJTweeny: wow Nabby, had no idea Johan Amadeus Myjetski: regnad kcin, regnad kcin, regnad kcin... rebozoette: side project has been a couple of app ideas to send to PP and DO - one of them is about Fire-food: all of the weird food and drink found in Firesign material - list mania did you mean this for all EWeston: Spreak engrish Troop! Nabby: Proctor & Bergman in "Bomb Squad" also from Intellivision http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/voice.html#bomb_squad rebozoette: wee Nabby: wee EWeston: A daily develpomental school lunch menu rebozoette: yes yes rebozoette: sea sea Don G. O'Vanni: Reading Ulysses again, Rebo? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Would I say yes, to mean yes? EWeston: Wah di do dah Beet: Do you know how to create apps, rebo? rebozoette: the greek pita puddin Don G. O'Vanni: Yes...yes, I will... Nabby: dee do dee doo... EWeston: Please don't do that with your teeth. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: What should I do it with E? ||||||||| 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!" Nabby: Panoramaland 2000Plus virtual reality fun fun app rebozoette: cut your teeth EWeston: Half a potatoe, three marmosets and a small tiffle Nabby: beat the reaper app Cat: thats a good idea,nab Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Mark, Mark, they're performing horrible experiments on animals in space, Mark, Mark Nabby: duckman was great EWeston: That duck will never play bridge, with any flair Nabby: Mark, Mark EWeston: ...Ank you! Nabby: sorry, IS great Nabby: Yay Gary Beet: Steve Allen! Cat: from the npr interview, early 90s DJTweeny: cool Beet: cool Don G. O'Vanni: One for the boys on pot... LOL Johan Amadeus Myjetski: NPR used to be a WHOLE lot cooler than they are today! Merlyn: Firesign and Inna Gadda da Vida for bathroom break in radio Don G. O'Vanni: Heck, FM radio used to be a whole lot cooler, too. Merlyn: *breaks DJTweeny: Good point, Don Beet: Koch is a main contributer to NPR these days Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Absolutely free, Don! shoes for the dead: hell, Radio in general was a lot cooler Nabby: FM radio was so good for you then DJTweeny: As in some FM stations used ro play 20 minute Yes songs Cat: thats why i got into it in the 60s. thought it would be a career, but that kind of freedom faded quickly EWeston: A look at all the female characters real, and assumed would be interesting Don G. O'Vanni: Anybody know about "High Street"? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: And dead air was used, not feared Cat: indeed, jam ||||||||| RedPillTweeny waltzes in at 9:43 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Hey Red DJTweeny: Hi RedPill shoes for the dead: hey Redpill Don G. O'Vanni: Hola Red Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hiyas, Red! EWeston: A composit peoples? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also a couple of other unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ Nabby: Hi RPT Beet: Tribe and true Don G. O'Vanni: Oil from Canada, Gold from Mexico... Nabby: boom boom Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I remember this recording, being played for me by one of my older brother's college friends rebozoette: geese Don G. O'Vanni: Anybody got any lynch?? EWeston: Greased, or degreased? Beet: What a tool Cat: no, but i've got some used blue velvet you can have Nabby: Sub-bass came through pretty nice Tweeny. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Echoplex rebozoette: tell ew to get us some lynch line DJTweeny: kewl :) Nabby: Echoplex Nabby: Yeah sounds good Johan Amadeus Myjetski: no other echo sounds quite like it! EWeston: I got chow line, I got voting line, a i got some cat line. No lynch line. Maybe some lychi line? Nabby: how bouts a punchline Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com shoes for the dead: rimshot! Nabby: crash-boom! EWeston: Just these darn socks, at the bottom of the box Rufus_T_Firetween: v** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com rebozoette: dink EWeston: Pow and bam to orthodox? Beet: lol Nabby: darn socks rebozoette: cool ew lol Nabby: that's my motto DJTweeny: This is really great, Cat. Thanks for putting it together for us :-) Beet: ditto Nabby: Three Cats for cheer! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Eyeless in Gaza - an Aldous Huxley book Don G. O'Vanni: Meow! Meow! Meow! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Meow, meow, meow! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new video series from Phil Proctor and Jamie Alcroft - BOOMERS ON A BENCH >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz_4vJNLwgFrLR3N0RN1Tw Nabby: Meow! EWeston: Cheer Blue Cat: i think i captured the ages and roles of austin DJTweeny: Yes, a wonderful audio biography ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Tales Of The Old Detective Nabby: Top notch tribute Cat. Beet: red is dead Cat: austin was doing a lot of autobiographical stuff over the years, particularly in his blog DJTweeny: great way to end it Nabby: Yeah. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: This one is more subtle, more understated humor. What a great job!, Cat DJTweeny: Red shows up occasionally, but never says anything EWeston: The story with the polite firemen rebozoette: Thanks Cat shoes for the dead: I've got this interview on cassette Beet: They were very erudite during this interview Ralph: Hello, friends............. ||||||||| 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!" Nabby: Great. Ralph: this is absolutely historical Beet: hi ralph EWeston: Disarmed I'm sure Nabby: how sad
Nabby weeps profusely. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: This an amazing compilation. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Catherwood, bring Nabby a tissue ||||||||| Catherwood gets nabby a tissue. Nabby: *honk* ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. rebozoette: catherwood hug nabby ||||||||| Catherwood hugs nabby shoes for the dead: too hard to keep my eyes open, gonna listen out Beet: nite, shoes shoes for the dead: Park it and Lock it! rebozoette: oh good goggley mougaly Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Nitey, shoes! Cat: that was the show EWeston: Keep it real shoes Ralph: totally out of the park ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cat: keep getting healthy, shoes Beet: A superb effort, Cat. Thanks. Nabby: Catherwood give Cat a blue ribbon A-okay award ||||||||| Catherwood gets cat a blue ribbon a-okay award. ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY PHIL AUSTIN!!** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “FRAME ME PRETTY” ** 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u BOX OF DANGER >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Nabby: Later shoes EWeston: Yeppers DJTweeny: be well, shoes... Cat: the greatest compliment i've ever received was from phil austin's widow Oona. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: C'mon! Scare me with a little story... Cat: I sent her a copy of this on a CD and she said only later in the piece she realized it was about her husband. she thought it was just a great piece of audio art. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: What was that compliment, Cat? ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" EWeston: The NRA has offerred up new versions of old folk tales Johan Amadeus Myjetski: That's pretty scary, E! Beet: Hello NSA guy. EWeston: Hansel now packs a nice pump shotgun. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hansel in pumps… hmmm... Don G. O'Vanni: Exterior Boulevard... EWeston: They won't let him near the ladies room now Nabby: Any fans of the show "Supernatural" here? DJTweeny: At first, I really thought that had to be a parody, EW Cat: I think we can say this of Phil, he spent most of his life doing what he wanted to do and doing it as well as it could be done. EWeston: Nope. That they used Ted Nugent as one of the artist models is though Johan Amadeus Myjetski: You gotta admire anybody who pulls that off! Rufus_T_Firetween: That's about all one can ask out of life, Cat EWeston: I'm always in favor of folks being themselves as hard as they can, baring authoritarians Nabby: It's a terrific hybrid horror/adventure show. Anyway, check out the massive Don't Crush That Dwarf excerpt in the latest episode: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/supernatural/hells-angel/ (watch online) ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... rebozoette: cool nabby EWeston: She's faking it. Nabby: It's used very well. Nabby: Surprised me! ||||||||| 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." rebozoette: boo EWeston: Here in two places at once Nabby: Sent a note to Phil P. They must have known, right? EWeston: exuberant organ work rebozoette: lean on the organ Nabby: I'll post this on the Firesign FB page rebozoette: lol Ralph: it's organ Leroy! EWeston: Rocky/Ricky seems a bit hyper Johan Amadeus Myjetski: He hasn't gotten with the sound guy yet Nabby: nothing like the sound of a well tickled organ Ralph: should we get down to businessmen? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" EWeston: As long as their loaded Ralph: nuclear disastrophy EWeston: Saxaphone impersonation? Ralph: telethon Nabby: blasphemy! Ralph: gesundheit! EWeston: Tissue? rebozoette: blast furnace Nabby: are those NSA guy droppings over there? they're not very sanitary are they EWeston: Parties down Nabby: Disco infermco Beet: They're pretty nasty, Nab. rebozoette: bleach the beach EWeston: Some of them have pumps ||||||||| Glen tiptoes in around 10:22 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: Hi Glen EWeston: Allo Glen Nabby: Hey Glen! Beet: Howdy Glen Cat: Hi Glen ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Glen: Oh, HAI Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Glen! Cat: always better than "ie" rebozoette: put your tulips back on the organ ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Nabby: lol ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! EWeston: That organ is wired! rebozoette: now over there Glen: Insert now. ||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Don G. O'Vanni - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: it's rigged! EWeston: Don't miss now today Nabby: or yesterday tomorrow EWeston: Square rigged , or fore and aft? Nabby: and then some, EW Glen: I fear a storm is blowing up our aft. EWeston: Some times excess is barely enough Nabby: shall we break wind, sir? Beet: Very tempting jackpot Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Very tempting, Nabby EWeston: Decrease sails! No starch inna sheets. And roll out da barrels Nabby: Hoot mon! EWeston: Mah Hoots? ||||||||| 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!" rebozoette: swell swells EWeston: Swell up again sometime Nabby: Roughly, yes Hoot, I mean EW. EWeston: Oh noo! Which motor am I about to be riding in! Nabby: all swells that ends swelled I guess Glen: How do you steer this junk to Hollywood? EWeston: Locate a likely tiller Nabby: Hollywood could sure use some regrooving right now rebozoette: crest the crest ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! EWeston: Ask the guy at the other end of the string that's attached to that water buffaloe Glen: Jig Bloogle Woof... Nabby: Precisely. EWeston: Could be worse ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY PHIL AUSTIN!!** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “BACK FROM THE SHADOWS” ** 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u BOX OF DANGER >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Glen: Houston Bogus and his lovely wife, Claire... rebozoette: rough EWeston: Thier lovely children Primus. Comdus, and Sue Glen: Have you noticed how the audience seems to know the jokes ahead of time? Nabby: I prefer anchovies on my Lucky Charms EWeston: It can be bad if their timings off Nabby: Some kind of time warp.... Glen: Not enough fingers and TOO many toes... DJTweeny: Odd, isn't it Glen? Nabby: too many toes and no shoes rebozoette: echo Glen: in here EWeston: But its dark, and there may be spiders Nabby: in here Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Wait tip your father gets home, E EWeston: Here's your next existentail breakdown Johan Amadeus Myjetski: til Nabby: you could be eaten by a grue or Ted Cruz on a jag Glen: The Elmers are coming unglued Nabby: (a little known cannibal) EWeston: His job as a light post is wearing himout. rebozoette: then you need the lamp nabby Nabby: and the Ted Cruz repellant--oh wait he already is Beet: Seh pull veeda boulevard Cat: my high school was on sepulveda EWeston: That lamp will darken peasant homes throughout the globe Nabby: the pheasants are revolting Glen: Que es esto en Ingles, por favor- Sepulveda? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Beet: No se Nabby: ha ha! EWeston: Currently the GOP hopes to loose the presidency with Cruz. Somehow much better than loosing it with Trump Cat: if only that leads to the loss of congress Beet: I wonder which planet Ted Cruz is from? EWeston: Fewer loses with Cruz they figure Nabby: congress is going to experience a housecleaning DJTweeny: /me will be voting for Gary Johnson (Libertarisn) Cat: my country, alas. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "10:49 PM and late as usual, it's Hot_Lump, just back from New York." Merlyn: Thanks for the tip, Nabby -- here's the Supernatural episode with Firesign in it, starting at 29:55 or so: http://www.likeafool.com/files/20b23b55e71b3491cb4d41ea72ba3956 Beet: sad, isn't it? DJTweeny: let me try that again with glasses on... Cat: we banished our sauron a few monthes ago. hope you don't embrace yours EWeston: Good chance in the Senate. I'm not calling the House right now Nabby: Tanx Merl! ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cat: hi hot
DJTweeny will be voting for Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) Merlyn: 29:50 actually EWeston: I've got a good Dem rep. The Washington Senators are usually on the right side Glen: Damn Yankees! DJTweeny: in case anyone's interested - http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm EWeston: Yankettes rebozoette: ty DJTweeny: lol @ "something I learned from Sam Nunn" Cat: Great musical, Glen. You gotta have heart Cat: Thanks again Tween. Ralph: Tour de farce! Nabby: Great night & show & tribute & all kinds of stuff like that there! rebozoette: Beet Cat DJTweeny EWeston Glen Hot_Lump Johan Amadeus Myjetski Merlyn Nabby nite all thanks cat and tweenie as always da best Beet: Lotsa fun. HBD to Phil. Thanks everyone. Thanks, Tween. G'nite. Merlyn: thanky tweeny Nabby: Indoody Ralph! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: gratitudes to everyone! Nite all! Nabby: Thanks Tweeny, Merlin & Rufus! Timeghost: And another great evening come to an end; night all. nice chattin' with ya! Cat: I think Phil would have enjoyed that. ||||||||| "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!" Nabby: Take care ghost. ||||||||| 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 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' EWeston: Wew! where does the time go. Thanx Cat Tweeny and you wonderful folks out at E d Segilmans equal opportunity ground zero appartments. Ralph: See you on the Funway Nabby: Y'all come back now, hear? Nabby: Here! rebozoette: if I lived here oh wait I do ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Ralph: hear here! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: hello worker. state maintenance question DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| At 10:59 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Merlyn!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:59 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Rufus_T_Firetween by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Cat: Phil wants us all to be creative. We can all honour that. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Yes indeed, Cat :) ||||||||| Around 11:00 PM, DJTweeny walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| Cat says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Cat exits at 11:00 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 11:16 PM, dragging Flopsy Jetison by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" Flopsy Jetison: Well would you take a look at that. It's 11:18 on the East side of this Great Big ol' Continent Flopsy Jetison: Yo-Yo? I'll have you know I am another kind of Hand Toy altogether ! Flopsy Jetison: I gotta go and I ain't trying to tell you what to do, but you have a good evening. ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Flopsy Jetison - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Glen - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Hot_Lump - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Timeghost - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Ralph - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| shoes for the dead - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| mook - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Nabby - dead from measles ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| spoxer - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dred Lee Niteshade - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| rebozoette - 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. ||||||||| It's 3:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| EWeston - 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 4:32 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:
Beet
Cat
DJTweeny
Don G. O'Vanni
Elayne
EWeston
Flopsy Jetison
Glen
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
Merlyn
Nabby
Ralph
rebozoette
Rufus_T_Firetween
shoes for the dead
Timeghost
