||||||||| 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 May 05, 2016 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "5:20 AM and late as usual, it's RedPillTweeny, just back from Elmertown." ||||||||| It's 5:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| "7:45 PM? 7:45 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Ralph should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Ralph enters and sits in front of the fireplace. Ralph: wait.... what time zone is this? ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 7:48 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. ||||||||| 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 (Happy Cinco de Mayo w/Flaco Jimenez) 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: I state the times in Eastern, Ralph DJTweeny: warm up music now playing DJTweeny: show in 20 minutes ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:47 PM and late as usual, it's ''Bob'', just back from Pennsylvania." ''Bob'': Very appropriate music for the day. :) Ralph: Hello, friends........... ''Bob'': Dagnabit. 5th of May and not a drop of tequilla in my apartment! Ralph: I spell my name, Spoilsport ''Bob'': How do you pronounce that? DJTweeny: allo Bob Ralph: it involves using forced air and my tongue and teeth DJTweeny: sounds difficult Ralph: it does, doesn't it? Ralph: it helps that i am from the small Phlegmish village of Cutterdam DJTweeny: that's where you learned your pronounciation? Ralph: yes, my learning there was quite prounounced Ralph: remember, an ounce of pronounciation is worth a pound of prevention ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! ''Bob'': It's all Turkish to me. ||||||||| 8:54 PM: CSwitch jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Ralph: Bonomo!!! ||||||||| "8:55 PM? 8:55 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Beet should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Beet enters and sits on the divan. Beet: Howdy Everyone. Making me homesick for Texas ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: Hi, CS, Ralph Beet: Hi Tween Ralph: Howdy, Beet ||||||||| 8:57 PM: Cat 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!" Ralph: smoke 'em if you got 'em Beet: Smokey beerjoints and line dancing DJTweeny: Hi Cat Cat: Dear Folks ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:57 PM and rebozoette waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cat: and how DJTweeny: Hi rebozo DJTweeny: Hi CSwitch Ralph: yo Cat ||||||||| EWeston enters at 8:58 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Haberdashery Barn. Beet: Enchiladas, Refried Beans , Guacamole Cat: I have very romantic memories of Mexico. rebozoette: 'Bob'' Beet Cat CSwitch DJTweeny Ralph hi all and thanks tweenie for gathering this group Beet: Hi EW Beet: Hi Rebo Cat: Language sounds so erotic. NOT as erotic as French, but close. ''Bob'': All I can think of is Tom Lehrer singing GuadalaCCCCHHHara EWeston: MZ Rebozo, Tweent Cat Beet and some newer folks rebozoette: was gonna go to a graduation tonight but the rain is raining ||||||||| 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!"
DJTweeny swings his lasso and corrals the group DJTweeny: Hi EW Ralph: ola Bozoette CSwitch: hi Cat, Tom here... EWeston: Amazing The site allows loose spelling rebozoette: ralph que que DJTweeny: That's Linda Ronstadt, btw, who is 1/2 Hispamic Ralph: at More Science High R? ''Bob'': ^^^Tween$$$ ||||||||| Mudhead waltzes in at 9:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 05, 2016 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Hi Bob DJTweeny: Hi Mudhead Ralph: .......and it's just starting, NOW rebozoette: love her Beet: Yo Mud ||||||||| "9:00 PM? 9:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "shoes for the dead should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as shoes for the dead enters and sits on the couch. ''Bob'':Falalalalalalalalatween DJTweeny: Hi shoes Beet: Hi Pete Cat: so did philip k dick, rebo shoes for the dead: Howdy Beet: Hi shoes Cat: hi shoes ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' EWeston: SFTD ||||||||| 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!" rebozoette: what cat? Ralph: omg ||||||||| Nabby waltzes in at 9:01 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. shoes for the dead: the poison they give me makes my ears ring loud shoes for the dead: hey Nab rebozoette: hi nabby DJTweeny: Hi Nabby EWeston: Step away from the door knicker Nabby: Hi hi hi Mr. Deltoid Cat: like a basketball ring? Nabby: Hey Tweeny, shoes, reboz ||||||||| Outside, the 9:03 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Lil coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. rebozoette: thats no puddle its a lake ''Bob'': It's a real shame Peter Bergman isn't here to mine the Trump presidency for laughs... Only thing it's gonna be good for. Nabby: har har har Cat Beet: Hollo Nab Lil: Hi gang Ralph: the Doctor is ON ''Bob'': HONK! HONK! ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:03 PM and late as usual, it's Merlyn, just back from Elmertown." Cat: Hey Lil. You made it. shoes for the dead: hi Lil Ralph: hi Lil Cat: AndMerl too. Nabby: Hi Lil EWeston: Sorta like a hocky ankle bracellet rebozoette: hi lil Ralph: hi Nabby shoes for the dead: and Merlyn Beet: Hi Merl Mudhead: Hi all Merlyn: hey all, and cat Lil: Of course I did Cat :-) Nabby: Hey Merlyn Cat: i'm glad i'm outside of all. EWeston: Lil and Merl ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:04 PM and Deputy Dang steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ''Bob'': You're a one man collage factory, Cat Cat: a satelite universe. Beet: Howdy Dep shoes for the dead: Dang it! Deputy Dang: Good morning, all. rebozoette: ohh cool Nabby: Hey Mud, EW, Bob, Beet, Dep, Ralph Lil: Nabby, Rebo, Beet, Mud, Merl, EW, Bob, Nabby, Tweeny, Johnboy Cat: its something i'm into now, bob rebozoette: yeah ||||||||| New notice: '** PETER BERGMAN TRIBUTE ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “I THINK WE'RE ALL BERGMANS ON THIS BUS” 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/' Cat: he did this the day before he died. Nabby: yeah? Beet: Hi Lil DJTweeny: 3 days Nabby: sure did Cat rebozoette: hi beet DJTweeny: the 6th ''Bob'': Occupy the nursing homes is right! ||||||||| 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." CSwitch: great collage Cat, just listened to it before coming here Beet: Wow didn't know that, Cat. Cat: i'm a founder of the magazine that started the occupy movement so i'm honoured to be thought of in bergman's last hours DJTweeny: Hi Lil, Merlyn, Dang Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s MEMORIAL PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/peterbergman/ Ralph: 1966 here? DJTweeny: wow, cool Cat Nabby: Occupy your bathroom. Lil: Beet shoes for the dead: I did not know that, Cat EWeston: occupy the bird feeder ''Bob'': I'm about ready to occupy my bed. DJTweeny: sleepy, Mr. Bob? shoes for the dead: feed the uccupiers Cat:http://seemreal.com/aq/index.html Nabby: Occupy your hat. ''Bob'': Long day... that time of the year when all college students suddenly realize they have one last chance to pass their classes... Cat: stay awake, bob. bergman is worth listening to. Cat: i too was sleepy when i first heard him late at night, but he was so interesting he kept me awake. ||||||||| Lil leaves to catch the 9:09 PM train to Billville. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Lil in through the front door at 9:09 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Nabby: Welcome back Lil rebozoette: lil put your muclucks back on lol ''Bob'': It was after midnight the first time I heard FT. :) On good old WCNI. Lil: My timetravel muckluks lol ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" rebozoette: the stars that shine the brightest Nabby: there's no place like last thursday next year Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s WIKI PAGE at >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergman_%28comedian%29 shoes for the dead: burn the fastest Nabby: Occupy your pants. shoes for the dead: pants the occupiers
rebozoette pants ''Bob'': Yes, Mistress! rebozoette: no pockets for you Nabby: lol shoes Cat: i heard this when ossman first read itr, when pete and brooke came back form turkey Nabby: (slow tonight) rebozoette: you have spurs that jingle Cat: i was overwhelmed by its beauty then, as now. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:14 PM and Flattus Prolongus sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Nabby: pocket universe Ralph: wiki link again pls? DJTweeny: Hi Flattus Flattus Prolongus: Never give a robot gum! Nabby: welcome Flatt EWeston: Who ordered the Atomic Wedgie? Cat: pro Beet: Hey, Pro shoes for the dead: hey Flat Flattus Prolongus: never club, swindle, or mutilate a robot. ''Bob'': Never give a robot a gun rebozoette: hit the high note now Nabby: a C note? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s MEMORIAL PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/peterbergman/ Flattus Prolongus: What was 5 is 2, what was 2 is 1 and what was 1 is nothing. Nabby: or an F Flatt? EWeston: F bent rebozoette: be flatts and scroogs Flattus Prolongus: Now I'm going to repeat that for those of you on drugs.... EWeston: Never helps
Nabby loves the hits of Flatts and Scroog. Flattus Prolongus: Who dares give me such poor reception? shoes for the dead: what? Nabby: Pork? EWeston: Dinners on the Ump! Flattus Prolongus: Were there lions and Christians too? Flattus Prolongus: pass the ketchup Hienz! rebozoette: lol Lil: I'm confused. Was Peter married when he passed away or no? Ralph: the SLA EWeston: Some lumber jack I think Cat: divorced, lil Ralph: wiki link again for PB?? Lil: Ah, thanks Cat. Lil: Was anybody with him when he passed? Flattus Prolongus: Once I kissed a communist. Nabby:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergman_(comedian) rebozoette: eyes white Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s FIRESIGN MEMBER PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman DJTweeny: I think Cat knows, Lil Cat: his daughter lily told me he was being bathed by 4 nurses when he died. she said it was the best death he could possibly have had. Nabby: cut n paste - looks like the auto-link didn't grab the last parentheses Ralph: tysvm DJTweeny: what a way to go :) Nabby: rsvp ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s WIKI PAGE at >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergman_%28comedian%29 Cat: it is our job to pass on information Lil: Really, I like that Cat :-D EWeston: I once felt the hot kiss of a wet colunist Nabby: Amazing Cat ''Bob'': Like the fox Flattus Prolongus: Here's where robots rules of order don't apply! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Plays at http://www.seemreal.com Nabby: Tanx Rufus Rufus_T_Firetween: yw rebozoette: Miss Information keeps on her toes Beet: My kissees didn't have any politics. Flattus Prolongus: I can't believe I dreamt the whole thing. ||||||||| 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!" Nabby: (Tanx Cat too) Lil: There is something special about each of them. Always felt affection for Bergman. rebozoette: I just don't know anymore Nabby: is she stepping on her own toes? but how? Flattus Prolongus: God bless Vespucciland! EWeston: First you need to be beside your self rebozoette: 7 inch stillettos shoes for the dead: with the other foot, Nab ||||||||| Flattus Prolongus is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 9:23 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers mac into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, mumbles something about 9:23 PM, then departs. EWeston: Com'on Cisko DJTweeny: Hi mac shoes for the dead: hi Mac Beet: Hi mac Cat: the reason i have these really long segments from the radio shows is becaus i think they illustrate basic bergman thought rebozoette: the earth rotated on this ||||||||| 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!" Nabby: don't crush those toes Nabby: Hey mac Cat: i say that after listening to hundreds of hours of radio and spending many hours in his company. Nabby: Great Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s MEMORIAL PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/peterbergman/ ''Bob'': I thought FDR was a fan of Mussolini, not Hitler? DJTweeny: this is very cool, Cat :) Lil: Yes and the videos show his great comic talent rebozoette: how can they go back to the farm after they have seen Cat: bergman was always a subversive. Beet: Enjoying this very much. DJTweeny: Hi Beet Cat: and he wanted to make us all just as subversive. Ralph: Private Parts LOL :D Cat: a socrates of our age. EWeston: First take this Styrene foam shoes for the dead: ok, now what? Ralph: hahaha Lil: You certainly have been lucky for all the time you got to spend with them Cat Nabby: first rate Cat ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Nabby: indeed Lil Ralph: i'll trade my uniform for your discharge? Ralph: Leonard B. Johnson EWeston: Use your hands, or a sterile probe shoes for the dead: in this hand? Cat: what i learned from them, if i didnt think so already, was the importance of passing on information, liberation. shoes for the dead: it broke.......... Cat: knock on my door? Lil: That is totally cool. And really true ||||||||| 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." EWeston: Sounds like a hazmat job Cat: well, it's one bergman tale. there are MANY shoes for the dead: I have my tyvek suit on rebozoette: where is the angel on the nose Lil: Well please keep passing that info along to us EWeston: Hope you used a deoderant ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cat: this is from Weirdly Cool. I was at Sam Longoria's wedding where Ossman told me he thought this would either make them rich and famous or not. Unforutunatley, it wasn't rich and famous. shoes for the dead: i'll just use the doam Lil: Wow you guys are so crrrazy! Nabby: how many noses can you fit on an angel? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s FIRESIGN MEMBER PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman EWeston: Could be tacky shoes for the dead: is the angel a pinhead? Lil: Famous to me anyway CSwitch: So many people never knew about Firesign; their loss EWeston: Am I holy yet? Lil: Truly CS rebozoette: pin up or shut up lol Nabby: how many pinheads can dance on an angel's nose? Cat: you people can all do this, you know. EWeston: Banishment to Dingburg? Nabby: Firesign will be famous all over again - they will be rediscovered rebozoette: no cat we can't thats why we love you DJTweeny: I'll play whatever you guys come up with :) CSwitch: NoHollywood, my last L.A. residence Cat: there is a vast amount of firesign on line. find a theme and seek firesign bits to collaborate. Lil: What happened there? Why did KPFK shut down that night Cat: it aint rocket science. DJTweeny: ** Would you like to talk on the air about your experiences with the Firesign Theatre? Have you met them or attended their concerts? We want to hear from you :) Just let me know in chat and you can Skype in to the radio station and tell everyone about it! Cat: north hollywood librrary my favourite valley library when i lived there. Cat: yes lil. rebozoette: but ya got their timing cat Cat: pete got suspended. CSwitch: Deborah and I were there until 1980 Nabby: jugband grass? Cat: yes tween. i think there should be a memory of pete chat, where we can call tween and relate them. Cat: i had thought of doing that tonight but it would be better to do it with others who hung out with pete. Lil: That would be a great thing Cat Cat: pete sounded exactly the same in 1956 Lil: How come Pete was suspended? DJTweeny: Sounds like a good idea, Cat Cat: ok folks, let's do this. Cat: maybe i can contact pete's daughter. hopefully ossman and protc DJTweeny: Elayne met him, didn't she? Beet: This guy and the other three have had an incalculable enfluence on my whole adult life. Lil: Couldn't have been the anti-war thing... Cat: thats what they wanteed to do, beet Lil: Not on KPFK Cat: if you were alive in the 50s, there were comedy records like this. Cat: pete sold quite a few copies. Cat: i wish taylor were here to hear this. DJTweeny: have to make sure he gets a copy ||||||||| It's 9:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| mac - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Well done, Cat CSwitch: Cat, I rarely use Skype, but that's a great idea to get us all together Cat: lets do it switch Lil: Wasn't there some preaching to the choir as well? I mean, those of us who were already evolving into the hipness? Cat: you like it, lil? CSwitch: BTW, I am Tom Gedwillo, long time TFT friend Beet: Very sweet lyric. DJTweeny: Hey Tom :-) Cat: much better thanbeing a firesign enemy Lil: Hi Tom CSwitch: Cat sent me the collage a few days ago, thought i;d stop by rebozoette: great cat thank you so much ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Bozetta', just granted probation at 9:42 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Nabby: Yes yes yes Cat Beet: Absolutely wonderful, Cat. Thanks mucho. Lil: I do cat, only I can't do Skype. Will there be a way of hearing it after? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: Peter Bergman's “RADIO FREE OZ – TRADED FROM HARVARD TO YALE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check Out RADIO FREE OZ At >> http://rfo.chromiumswitch.org/' shoes for the dead: hey bozoettaa DJTweeny: Hi Bozetta Beet: Hello Bozetta Nabby: I can Skype now Cat: ive done the first half of sgt pep pills. will probably send that to tween next week. ''Bob'': itunes?!?! Nabby: 2011 Cat: alos thinkking of doing the dylan tune everybody must get stoned. Lil: Bozetta. lol Nabby: I remember DJTweeny: yes, I use iTunes on an old Mac as the player rebozoette: mine is sat Cat: there is so much firesign material relavnet DJTweeny: Nicecast for streaming ''Bob'':tween: Be careful: https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/ Bozetta: Sorry to be late. I went to the same high school as Peter Bergman, though later. My French teacher used to talk about how much Bergman loved to tell jokes in French and English. The teacher had no clue about Firesign Theater. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers pinholeF200 inside, makes a note of the time (9:45 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Cat: HOw wonderful to meet you, Bozetta Lil: That is too sweet Bozetta shoes for the dead: brain is too fuzzy again see ya DJTweeny: Hi pin Nabby: thing about iTunes and Audible and all of these places is that you don't really own anything you pay for shoes for the dead: Park it and Lock it! rebozoette: mite shoes Nabby: Hi pin EWeston: By Shoes pinholeF200: Howdy Tween, Nab DJTweeny: Bob, I'm pretty sure this system is so old that they hadn't implemented that 'feature' yet DJTweeny: be well, shoes Nabby: later shoes Bozetta:Uh, Clem. Mudhead: hi pinhole DJTweeny: I'm using Ubuntu for the net these days ;) Lil: Take care Shoes ''Bob'': Security through obsolescence? ;) I guess my vinyl is safe, too. pinholeF200: Hi, Mr head Cat: by shoes DJTweeny: Bozetta, if you click on that link it takes you to the memorial page for the former DJ for this chat :) Beet: Nite shoes Lil: Hi Pin DJTweeny: He was ah, clem in the chat DJTweeny: so we retired his nick Bozetta: Thanks! pinholeF200: Hey Lil Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s MEMORIAL PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/peterbergman/ CSwitch: Yes, RFO at chromiumswitch.org, Doc Tech and I kept it going as long as we could pinholeF200: I wandered into Kabloona Hour and it took me awhile to get out ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cat: i'm sure tweeny wil post this but i can give you a url to listen to my bergman tribute ||||||||| 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." rebozoette: preforming arts DJTweeny: Yes, this show will be in the archive sometime tomorrow evening Cat: this is a perfect companion piece, tween. DJTweeny: ** ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow Lil: Damn Tweeny I missed that about the previous DJ can you please repeat the link rebozoette: teamster DJTweeny: yeah, it works well doesn't it? DJTweeny:ah, clem Beet: This is very good. Lil: Of course, how silly of me Tweeny sorry ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Nabby: Yeah great combo Tween & Cat DJTweeny: just stumbled upon this going through the RFO podcasts DJTweeny: np Lil :) Nabby: Had to listen to every show ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: How hilarious! Bozetta: I just stumbled here too, so I will be lurking for a bit. Nabby: Loved when DO was on with him too DJTweeny: lol rebozoette: peter gabreil I love the journey too lol ''Bob'': Never heard that story. Amazing. Lil: Do enjoy Bozetta Bozetta: Thank you.
Lil -) ''Bob'': Bergman was at Yale with one of my former teachers, economist Sam Bowles. Went to FT's reunion show and there was Sam, sitting in the audience. He'd come to see Peter while he was in town; didn't really have any idea about FT. Seemed much cooler to me after that. ;) DJTweeny: that's cool, Bob EWeston: Drafted um? Lil: lol Bob Bozetta: Definitely, when I learn that a friend is a FT fan, it's like a secret handshake to the cool side of my brain. DJTweeny: that's a great story! DJTweeny: (about LBJ getting Bergman out of the Army) Beet: What an amazing story. rebozoette: wow Cat: indeed, bob pinholeF200: wonder if he got free Dr. Peppers like Forrest Gump Cat: bergman was really autobiographilcal. Cat: this is a perfect companion to my piece.
Nabby just fell over like a bridge. rebozoette: catherwood please rebuild nabby ||||||||| Catherwood pretends not to hear rebozoette Lil: I wonder how Pete would have reacted to Trump's candidacy for president ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: He would be having much fun with it Beet: The mind boggles at the prospect EWeston: That's you all over Nobby Lil: Yes I can only imagine what witicisms he would have ''Bob'': Oh if he could only see us now... Nabby: Catherwood apologize to reboz ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Nabby and inquires "Did you need me?" Nabby: that's Nibby EWeston: That's frightening CSwitch: FYI, my tribute to Peter, from 2012, part 1, also serialized on the RFO podcasts -- http://bit.ly/HwtZaa rebozoette: stink for yourself Lil: He always had such a love for laugh and positive sense of the worst things ||||||||| 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!" Lil: Love that album Tweeny Nabby: Main course of a horse of course Lil: Meant love for life lol Nabby: What? EWeston: I have staff for that rebozoette: poof Lil: About Peter ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: Proctor & Bergman's “TV OT NOT TV” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out TV OR NOT TV at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-rv' Cat: youve got real radio chops, tween EWeston: You've just of set me pants afloat Lil: This has been such a great show, am really loving it Tweeny and Cat Lil: And all my fun pals rebozoette: right over left Cat: we do our best, lil Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s RADIO FREE OZ at >> http://rfo.chromiumswitch.org/ pinholeF200: got this album free; I was screening new music for the AM station here and knew the station would never miss it DJTweeny: merci, Cat :) Nabby: Insert here Cat: thanks for forcing me to do the bergman bio. i hoped it lived up to your expectations Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s FIRESIGN MEMBER PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman Nabby: Oui oui EW Lil: I got a promo copy that was not supposed to be for sale Pin DJTweeny: Absolutely wonderful, Cat :-) Lil: Found it for sale in a record shop in the valley EWeston: Ah Canadian Nabby: I got a porno copy Nabby: (very rare) rebozoette: take your ques and put the ball in the side pocket EWeston: What else did porno copy? Lil: Porno copy? Nabby: good question EW ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" EWeston: All products delivered in a brown bag Lil: LOL EW Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TV OR NOT TV” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln Cat: your soul? Cat: by the way,i saw a great show at the vanvouer art gallery called mash up very firesigninan Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com EWeston: I hope the stain washes out Nabby: Tryst again...etc., lordy I just got that joke arrrghhh Nabby: lol Lil: Saw your photo of it Cat very cool Lil: Hahaha Nabby and how long has it been rebozoette: get the bucket maude 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 Mudhead: g'nite all DJTweeny: nite Muddy, rest well rebozoette: nite mud Lil: Nite Mud EWeston: Its next to the mop Maude ||||||||| Catherwood ushers cease into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:09 PM, then departs. Nabby: Indeed Lil I'm embarrassed ||||||||| At 10:09 PM, Mudhead vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! EWeston: Good evening Mud Beet: See ya mud cease: i was cut off Nabby: Hey it's cease now Nabby: Mud! DJTweeny: this is now a 2 cat chat EWeston: Internet quake time again Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com Lil: Hey Cease are you in much pain Nabby: two cats on a hot tin chat DJTweeny: good one, Nabby Nabby: bappity bap ||||||||| 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!" cease: not too much, lil. but would love a back transplant Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Peter Bergman’s MEMORIAL PAGE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/peterbergman/ rebozoette: untangle the tango Beet: It;ll be a litter soon. Lil: I'm confused. Maybe because my dog is snoring loudly. rebozoette: lol lil Lil: I'll join you for that one Cease Nabby: My dog has fleece. cease: i ranout of back pain pills last year so today i took a couple of aspirint after a lot of phyically demanding work. EWeston: Time to fea EWeston: Flea Lil: Hope it works cease: Fumiyoh has been taking care of the grandkids for the past few days so I wanted to do more clenaing than my back was ready for. Nabby: Hop hop to Hoppers EW Lil: You have fleas EW? cease: fleee? rebozoette: hot water bottle or heating pad cat EWeston: I've found drowning them the best path Lil: Yep that could help cease: good idea, rebo pinholeF200: not a real test Ralph: Leonard B. Johnson Nabby: I train them to do math Nabby: very small math Lil: LOL cease: posture would also help. rebozoette: my bible heat and ice EWeston: They can do their own graphs too. Lil: I could never do posture cease: lol Lil: How does your bible help? cease: i stilll need to walk upright for a few more years Nabby: surprisingly sophisticated lil buggers rebozoette: according to rebozoette pain tx lol Beet: We're being watched Nabby: fire and brine shrimp Lil: lol Beet: Hello NSA guy.
rebozoette waves like a queen Nabby: sea monkeys if you will EWeston: Gotta keep them away from dogs though. All disipline disapears Nabby: look he's hiding behind that digital artifact Lil: I can imagine EW ''Bob'': We call it The Aristocrats. EWeston: In every great plan. There is a great flaw. Nabby: In every insight, an absurdity. Lil: Tragic. Nabby: Hehee EWeston: Alway's thought that was the other Phil cease: true enough,nabby. Lil: Phil of the Absurd? cease: very much a theme of the mashup show i jsut saw yesterday. Bozetta: Enjoying listening to the stream and watching convo. I'm feeling a little pervy lurky, so I'll drop out and check you out again. cease: i wonder why firesign not in it? Nabby: Phil of the Absurd yes definitely Lil: Always feel free Bozetta! ''Bob'': Be well, Bozetta EWeston: Phil of the Yes it's a real test Phil cease: come again. Bozetta: Thank you! Nabby: Bye Boz EWeston: Enjoy Bozetta Bozetta: Shoes for industry, y'all! cease: all the best, bozetta. Beet: G'Nite Bozetta rebozoette: I love to lurk bozoetta Nabby: Catherwood build an ark in space ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Nabby and mumbles "My ears are burning..." cease: shoes for the grateful dead rebozoette: shoed for shoeless joe ''Bob'': poor little robot EWeston: An aircraft carrier in every pot! Nabby: stumpy the sad little robot cease: exqujistie lighgt outside. cease: like i'm suddenly vermeer. EWeston: Spare change for a new glycol pump? Lil: Jeez I'm getting kind of teary ''Bob'': That's a lot of Tubmans Lil: Good times. cease: teery vermeery, sounds like a good name for a band. Lil: Good people. Lil: Let's do it EWeston: The phase change machine is tits up without it cease: beauty exists only when its observed Lil: I must be gorgeous by now then cease: my beautiful wife just came home. EWeston: Then a lot of beauty is overlooked Lil: Hello beautiful wife! Lil: Amen EW ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" EWeston: Hello 2.4 kids. ''Bob'': This section sdounds so much like the Bonzos to me. Beet: Anybody see the Janis Joplin bio on PBS? DJTweeny: say hi to wifey for me EWeston: Him a vivian Stanishawl trading vocals would've been amazing EWeston: They're both gone maybe they've hooked up cease: yes beet. very depressing. cease: i remember her death. Beet: sad girl cease: janis and big brother performed at a state college i was attending in 68., she had a wondrous voice cease: this is just as collagy as my collages Beet: amazing unique performer Ralph: give up Rev Deputy Dang: I wish I could stay awake longer. I haven't heard most of this before. But I must sleep. Good night all, and thanks to DJTweeny and Cat and anyone else involved in making this such a wonderful evening. EWeston: Nities Dang Nabby: Take good care Dep ||||||||| Deputy Dang is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:41 PM. ''Bob'': Nite DD cease: good night, dang DJTweeny: We're not done yet!! Ralph: Good bless you EWeston: Grid willing DJTweeny: I still have some skits to play :) cease: im not done until im done
Nabby worships the Holy Grid. Beet: see ya dang rebozoette: over under and under dunn Lil: I'm here until the finish EWeston: Static electricity for all! Nabby: Great LP Lil: Indeed it is ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: VARIOUS PETER BERGMAN SKITS 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out PETER BERGMAN at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman' cease: not the swedish? Lil: Woot! Nabby: Woot great skit from the NPR shows CSwitch: bye all Ralph: damn, I had almost fogotten about Ashcroft EWeston: They'll have to settle for magnetism Lil: See ya CS cease: by swithc Nabby: Later CS DJTweeny: Bye CS ||||||||| CSwitch rushes off, saying "10:45 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" EWeston: Bu bye CS DJTweeny: lol Ralph: the squat squad Beet: nite cs Rufus_T_Firetween: ** All Things Firesign (Firesign On NPR) - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=atf-rv EWeston: We know squat! Lil: I have this CD Nabby: Everything you know is squat cease:tween has done a wonderful job of collecting pieces to go with my bergman bio DJTweeny: some great bits Lil: Indeed he has Nabby: Great set of shows EWeston: Yes Sqartmaster! Lil: EW you've been listening to The Goon Show Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Peter Bergman’s “TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL WORLD” Here >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tcotrw-rv Lil: No? EWeston: Guilty!...choke. Lil: Ahah!!!! cease: im half way through my sgt pep pill piece. dylan tune due too soon. EWeston: Can I temp you with this kipper at the end of a stick? Lil: I hope it includes Principal Poop Lil: I'll take that kipper1 Nabby: Principal who? EWeston: I have no statements on the kipper's dietary habits ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" cease: sharon stone wrote and performed comedy with gary shandling in the early 80s cease: accoridnvgf to their bit on the shandling dvd. Lil: Hey I eat chicken livers I can eat a kipper EWeston: Thank you fellow kids. pinholeF200: tastes like pork? Lil: LOL EWeston: Its good your keeping your strength up Nabby: A Colin a Dick and a Bush... Beet: Pete's genius Lil: Thanks you SO much. Lil: Sure is Beet EWeston: The least I can do...one of my specialties cease: i think we should celebrate thje fact we've lived in his world. Ralph: amaaaaaaazing cease: also because of pete, it is a better world. cease: like carlin Lil: True that Cat EWeston: I'm bang alongside that cat Beet: very lucky, us. cease: gilbert and sullivan this rebozoette: Beet cease DJTweeny EWeston Lil Nabby pinholeF200 Ralph Rufus_T_Firetween thanks cat and tweenie for the fun fun fun EWeston: I'll get the compensating fluglehorn out of hock Beet: G'nite rebo Nabby: Be well Reboz cease: what i wanted to say ihn my bio was that pete was a warrior and wanted us to join his war DJTweeny: yw rebozoette :) EWeston: So long till next time again ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Lil: Sweet dreams Rebozo cease: by ebo Nabby: adios EW ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'residualecho', just granted probation at 10:55 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: Hi RE Beet: hi resi Nabby: Hey res ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." residualecho: Hey DJ Beet: This has been a stellar evening. Very special. Thanks, CS. Thanks everyone. Thanks, Tween. G'nite. Ralph: just great Kurt Lil: I SO appreciated this show Cat and Tweeny pinholeF200: Thanks for the show Tween, have a good week ''Bob'': Thanks, Tweeny. Thanks, Cat. Good-night John-boy. Nabby: Excellent time Tweeny - excellent work Cat - ty Merlyn & Rufus to boot! cease: thanks, tween.
Lil -D DJTweeny: Thanks for listening everybody, and have a great week :-) See you next time, same FireTime, same FireStation... ||||||||| At 10:58 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, pinholeF200!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Ralph: and Cat DJTweeny: thank you, Cat Nabby: Great to see y'all - take care Ralph: see you all on the Funway cease: i think the more appreciation i get the better collsges i make, lil Lil: Thanks for doing this. cease: ok, if i can do it, anyone can. Lil: Cool, I'll keep saying it ||||||||| At 10:59 PM, Ralph scurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Lil: Maybe Cat but you DO do it :-) residualecho: echo poems to all ||||||||| residualecho departs at 11:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Hope you can make the show next time :) Rufus_T_Firetween: Until last time, again... Lil: Night all cease: thanks ||||||||| "Hey Rufus_T_Firetween!" ... Rufus_T_Firetween turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 11:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| At 11:01 PM, DJTweeny vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Lil: Thanks for being here cease: will have first half of pepper next week. ||||||||| "11:01 PM? I'm late!" exclaims cease, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the garden. ||||||||| Merlyn rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 11:12 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bozetta - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Lil - dead from measles ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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 12:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Nabby - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| shoes for the dead - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Cat - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| EWeston - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| rebozoette - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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:
''Bob''
Beet
Bozetta
Cat
cease
CSwitch
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
EWeston
Flattus Prolongus
Lil
Merlyn
Mudhead
Nabby
pinholeF200
Ralph
rebozoette
residualecho
Rufus_T_Firetween
shoes for the dead
