||||||||| 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 19, 2016 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 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 DJTweeny gets out at 7:59 PM. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 7:59 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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 Rutles (Beatles parody group)) 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)' ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:56 PM and Merlyn waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Ralph in through the front door at 8:57 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Merlyn: Hey tweenerino ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:57 PM and rebozoette waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Ralph: Goin' mobile.. rebozoette:DJTweeny Merlyn Ralph hi and howdy doo and thanks tweenie always fun DJTweeny: Hi Merlyn, Ralph, rebozoette DJTweeny: lol @ tweenerino Merlyn: Like "Steverino" ||||||||| Catherwood ushers ''Bob'' inside, makes a note of the time (8:59 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ''Bob'': Rutles again? :) DJTweeny: Hi Bob DJTweeny: yep ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 19, 2016 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ''Bob'': Gotta go unpack my Chinese takeout. BRB ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:00 PM, dragging Beet by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies shoes for the dead in through the front door at 9:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. rebozoette: catherwood please give everyone a pepper ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a pepper. Beet: I'm on time and yet early? DJTweeny: Hi Beet shoes for the dead: Howdy ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| "9:01 PM? 9:01 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Cease should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Cease enters and sits at the bar. Beet: Hi DJ, rebo,Bob, Merl, Ralph, shoes. shoes for the dead: hey cease Beet: Howdy Cease rebozoette: get the drift DJTweeny: Hi Cease ''Bob'': Holy cow. This is a *lot* of Kung Pao Shrimp! rebozoette: hi cat Cease: How's the old wazoo? ''Bob'': LET'S EAT! shoes for the dead: drifting upstream Beet: HOT DOG! shoes for the dead: eatit raw ''Bob'': Rah rah rah Beet: Kwazy Wabbit rebozoette: applaud ''Bob'': INDONESIA FOR THE INDONESIANS! ''Bob'': Warrenbuffet...warrenbuffet... shoes for the dead: only one more radiation and a few more weeks of sore throat and all should be good! Cease: good news, shoes Merlyn: good to hear shoes DJTweeny: Hi shoes Beet: this is good news, eh shoes shoes for the dead: you bethca, tired of tube feeding DJTweeny: sounds like no fun whatsoever :( ||||||||| EWeston enters at 9:07 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Chapeau Manger. DJTweeny: heal well, shoes... DJTweeny: Hi EW Cease: let the tubes feed themselves. white punks on dope. shoes for the dead: just starving for real food shoes for the dead: hey EW EWeston: Hi all. Sorry I'm late. Been fussing with rightwing trolls Beet: Hi EW DJTweeny: the worst kind shoes for the dead: that's redundundant ||||||||| 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!" Cease: not worth the fuss. ''Bob'': Do they fly in circles? EWeston: If any of you know of James O'keef. He shot himself in the ideological foot today shoes for the dead: ? ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Lil inside, makes a note of the time (9:10 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ''Bob'': HONK HONK! Cease: hi lil shoes for the dead: howdy Lil Beet: Hello down there, DJ Lil: Hey gang Beet: Howdy Lil rebozoette: yeah EWeston: He was setting up a sting on a Geogre Soros organization. He forgot to hang up the phone after calling them. He then described his plans for the sting. Its all on tape Cease: this is part one, tween. ''Bob'': Hiya Cease: didnt i send you part 2? shoes for the dead: hahaha! EWeston: Hi ho lil. rebozoette: we cool Cease: there we go Lil: Hi EW Cease: a little disneyland of the mind EWeston: The arguments were mostly the complaint that Obama is being to pro active on Trans rights for no good reason Cease: what? ||||||||| Outside, the 9:13 PM uptown bus from California pulls away, leaving Antelope Freeway coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. shoes for the dead: Ravi hated the way the brits played the sitar DJTweeny: apologies, Cat Cease: ah, there's george again ||||||||| Sugar Joe steals in around 9:13 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: In my best Don Adams voice, "Sorry about that..." Cease: wow, newcomers ''Bob'': I guess he's busy making up for taking so long to "evolve" on gay rights... ;) shoes for the dead: hey ant free DJTweeny: Hi Antelope, Hi Joe EWeston: The cerfluffle is all his fault per the rightwing. Everything was fine till he opened his mouth shoes for the dead: hey Joe Cease: for those of you who didn't know, this was originally the beginning of Electrician. Lil:Tweeny, have you been posting the links to the last few weekly shows? Haven't seen them Cease: thankfully, it was replaced by the Turkish language lesson Beet: Hey Sugar Beet: Howdy Freeway DJTweeny: I post it at the end of the show Lil Cease: the firesigns were REALLY into doing Indian voices and stuff in those days DJTweeny: I'mm make a point to post the link during the show as well Antelope Freeway: Excuse me, have you seen my.... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “SGT. PEP PILLS (Part 2)” 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/' EWeston: Asle 6 Cease: Bergman interviewed the Maharishi on one of the 67 (?) shows and they all kept doing his voice for the next year Lil: Is that something new? I've always found the post in my newsfeed a couple of days after the chat Antelope Freeway: Oh thang gu EWeston: New Ganja??? ''Bob'': Pass the water pipe, please.. Lil: Nice tidbits Cat shoes for the dead: can ya do that to a show in motion, Tween? Cease: whole kilos of dope jokes ''Bob'': Only half a key... Lil: I'm talking about the previous show Rufus_T_Firetween: ** ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow Cease: maybe the next time you interview ossman, you can ask him what he was doing in India, Tween. rebozoette: does anyone else smell cloves ''Bob'':http://gamebird.ehhh.us/archive/fst/FST-20160512-128k.mp3 Rufus_T_Firetween: shoes for the dead: can ya do that to a show in motion, Tween? << this one has rather stumbled lol EWeston: Here, use this moongoose. Rufus_T_Firetween: Bob just posted last week's link Lil: Thanks Bob ''Bob'': This animal is sick! Rufus_T_Firetween: I also post the new link at Twitter and Facebook when the new archive is up EWeston: No clothes sense at all Cease: this is from my first radio play Lil: Funny I haven't seen it on FB the last couple of weeks Cease: 20 years ago rebozoette: shrinki dink Cease: i cannibalizing myself a lot these days. mmm, tasty. EWeston: Shrinkie dinkie du Lil: LOL EWeston: Stay away from the nerves ''Bob'': Lil: might want to be sure to turn on "see first" and/or notifications for the Firesign Theatre page on FB. Defaults to highlights or something, I think. DJTweeny: Lil: Funny I haven't seen it on FB the last couple of weeks << yeah, I usually post on Friday evenings to Firesign's Twitter account, plus my own Facebook account, the official FST page (The Firesign Theatre), Chromium Switch and Firesign Theatre ''Bob'': (You find that in the drop-down next to Like for the page.) 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/ Cease: This was the only song I really disliked on Pepper. rebozoette: lol ew Cease: but it was fun to fuck with on this collage Cease: this is joe pyne, right wing tv guy in la at the time. Cease: had a very famous exchange with frank zappa. Beet: George was quite the dreamer Cease: The Prisoner was contemporary with Electrician and Sgt Pep ''Bob'': The Prisoner was before my time, but I got into it later thanks to Robert Anton Wilson. (As did many folks, I suspect.) He loved that show. rebozoette: no man Beet: A little Cheech and Chong thrown in Cease: Vera, Chuck and Dave's not here ''Bob'': Nice. EWeston: Saw them in Hawii in the early seventies. Opening question,"Any body here on acid? ''Bob'': Mellow... mellow... are you mellow? DJTweeny: anybody respond? Cease: i saw them with cannonball adderly in 71 Cease: in the 70s, when i lived in japan, i exchanged tapes with friends in canada and elsewhere. Cease: this is from one of them ''Bob'': Oh, man. What a combination! EWeston: Some say yes. Wierd Al says,I'll be mrllow when I'm dead Cease: Fumiyo and I were living in Sapporo in 76 and hung out with a bunch of Swiss people. Cease: one of them told me this story. Cease: by mid 77, I hadn't been stoned in 13 monthes. then someone sent me something in the mail and after trying it, i recorded this to thank my friend for his timely contribution. ''Bob'': Wait a sec. Reefer will cure constipation? Lil: Maybe if you eat it rebozoette: cat lol ''Bob'': LOL EWeston: Fun Cat Cease: i was recording this on a radio cassette so sometimes i just turned the radio on while i had a libation ''Bob'': もっとゆっくり話して下さい Lil: That explains a few things lol Cease: good work, bob ''Bob'': I gave up on Japanese. Never got the hang of the vowels. ||||||||| Nabby enters at 9:36 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with RedPillTweeny close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 9:36 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the anteroom. DJTweeny: Hi Nabby shoes for the dead: hey nab EWeston: The dark Nabby! Cease: putnam was a right wing newsman, common comedy item for both firesigns and zappa. DJTweeny: Hi RedPill shoes for the dead: and red Cease: comedy target EWeston: Green pills are better! Beet: hi red ''Bob'': Golly, and I thought Firesign Theatre fans didn't want anything to do with politics... *ahem* EWeston: Sorry I was thinking of mint M&Ms DJTweeny: heheh Bob EWeston: You don't know where its been y'know Cease: i thought that swiss story would go well after when i'm 64. DJTweeny: yeah ''Bob'': Love this song. Always wanted to meet Lovely Rita. Cease: my fave tune on this album ''Bob'': Love a woman in uniform. ||||||||| It's 9:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Sugar Joe - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... EWeston: One item this week English researchers found two hits of magic mushrooms work well against depression ''Bob'': Sweet. DJTweeny: Heard that story on NPR DJTweeny: interesting shoes for the dead: and cluster headaches ''Bob'': No more fooling around with St John's wort for me! EWeston: LSD is being rehabiltated also shoes for the dead: John the concurer fungus shoes for the dead: about time, EW EWeston: TV had a thing on, I believe Hawian Baby Woodrose seeds. Didn't mention that the US gumit poisons the seeds in America ''Bob'': Part of a long tradition of governments poisoning their citizens. EWeston: I had some from Canada in the Seventies generic physicidelic experience rebozoette: nothing to say DJTweeny: indeed, Bob ''Bob'': Buying in bulk can avoid that. Or so I've heard. Beet: It's OK Cease: inhalant EWeston: Chancy Bob. We gots all kinda shrooms around DJTweeny: What's this from, Cat? DJTweeny: don't remember hearing it before ''Bob'': DoMM? Cease: domm, one of the hour hours from nyc, 1970 DJTweeny: I was thinking that DJTweeny: OK ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." DJTweeny: so on DOMM EWeston: Variation on a Urfact? Cease: firesign radio collection, put up the link tween ''Bob'': I'm not sure I've heard them all yet. I keep losing my place and starting from the beginning of the collection... ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Rufus_T_Firetween: * Check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ Cease: one of several versions of this, originally a mushroom show broadcast at the end of the krla show, jan. 1968 as i recall. Cease: some of this went into 2 places and much went into Dwarf EWeston: Someone stole the weather!!! Cease: thgis is KWKWT-TV, 2/22/70 Beet: Very flow of concsiousness EWeston: That frog is a squirrel Cease: ive had good teachers ||||||||| Elayne enters at 9:48 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. Elayne: Evenin' all. DJTweeny: Hey Elayne shoes for the dead: hey El Cease: firesign used to play sgt pepper songs between acts of their radio plays on that show. Cease: hi el EWeston: Mz E ''Bob'': Greetings! Cease: you made it just in time to hear the end of Sgt Pep Pills Beet: Hi Miss Elayne Cease: a recent harry shearer tune from his Le Show Elayne: Cat, will you send me the entire show or a link thereto? Sorry I've missed it. EWeston: More pep pills! Cease: that was kinda sloppy Cease: you bet, el. Elayne: I think I need to listen to these things during my commute or something, that's the only way I'll get it done. Cease: i used your suggestion for rita on the couch in the sitting room ''Bob'': purple is not a good drug color Elayne: Much obliged, Cat. Did you use my suggestion re "sitting on the sofa"? Beet: Purple Haze Elayne: Ah, you did, thanks. shoes for the dead: cept for Owsley purple EWeston: Been a good color for music Cease: i'll have a colalge about him in a few weeks, shoes Beet: Hello NSA guy Elayne: that one took me about 10 minutes to think of. I'm better at Beatles than Firesign nowadays... shoes for the dead: neato, cease ||||||||| 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!" EWeston: He's purple this week Cease: next week, i celebrate dylan's birthday with Rainy Day Firesign. ''Bob'': Always tempted to put that question on an exam as a joke... ''Bob'': ...afraid to see what answers I'd get though Elayne: How old is Dylan going to be? Somewhere in his '70s I'd guess. Elayne: May he stay forever yhoung. Cease: ossman is doing an event, he posted about it today on facebook. Elayne: Busy day at work, haven't even been on F'Book. ''Bob'': We've reached our quota on musician deaths this year. No more until 2017. EWeston: Grid willing Bob
rebozoette has her ears on Elayne: Hear hear, Bob. Cease: maybe we can convince death to take a vacation. EWeston: And usually placed RB ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! EWeston: Unusually shoes for the dead: ...death is on vacation..... EWeston: And drinking drinks with umbrellas in them ''Bob'': Now I want to go watch Dead Like Me re-runs. Beet: Loved Dead Like Me shoes for the dead: on the guada la caca beach rebozoette: breathe EWeston: Its where they invented vacations ''Bob'': *rimshot* Cease: that was sgt pep pills, side 2
rebozoette thanks cat Beet: Another stellar production, Cat ''Bob'': That was a fun one, Cat. Two of my favorite groups. :) EWeston: Yowsa! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “RED SHIFT” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u CHECK OUT RED SHIFT AT >> http://www.seemreal.com/redshift/' Cease: elayne and robin, merlyn, many other chatters Merlyn: hey shoes for the dead: another great one, Cease Cease: you awoke, sir merl? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. shoes for the dead: eyes are tired as me again, gonna listen out. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s ‘RED SHIFT” at http://seemreal.com/redshift/ Cease: well, bergman wanted to have the beatles of comedy. i hope i helped combine them shoes for the dead: Park it and Lock it! EWeston: zone comfortably Shoes DJTweeny: rest well, shoes Cease: keep getting better, shoes ''Bob'': be well, shoes Cease: good to hear phil's voice again. DJTweeny: Yeah, that's a fine bit of work, Cat :) Elayne: Bye shoes! Beet: Nite, shoes Beet: This is rather far out Rufus_T_Firetween: ** ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow Merlyn: That's me and Dave Romm Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Firesign Cheese Log, the archive of our weekly chat sessions - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/chat/logs/fstchat_20160218.html Cease: isnt that you, merl? Cease: here comes elayne Rufus_T_Firetween: he just said, Cat ^^ Cease: here's robin Cease: dave and orson ''Bob'': Coincidentally, in the news today... http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a20941/there-were-mega-tsunamis-on-mars/ Cease: orson is making his own films now DJTweeny: Orson was a rather young lad rebozoette: way fun DJTweeny: yeah, he on Facebook, if you want to Friend him DJTweeny: *he's Cease: maybe 18 years ago? EWeston: I saw that Bob. I'm on the trail of a platelet that broke off west of Idaho about 750 million years ago Cease: doc tech did wonderful production on this ''Bob'': please don't squeeze the chairman... *giggle* Nabby: please don't squeeze the chairman Nabby: lol Cease: merl, didnt you write that? Nabby: I like it Cat EWeston: Oh Chewy, on Tavo Nabby: (been waking up) Ralph: On Delay, On Delay rebozoette: doggerly Merlyn: yes cat EWeston: Prison Hooo! EWeston: No that was Haskert ''Bob'': OMG. Was Dolly that long ago? Feel so old now. Ralph: Hello Dolly Llama rebozoette: ha ''Bob'': sorry charlie EWeston: Critics with teeth Cease: that's bunnyboy Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Firesign Cheese Log, the archive of our weekly chat sessions - http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/chat/logs/indexx.html Cease: that's another old chatter. i wonder what happened to him? bigthighs or something like that. Rufus_T_Firetween: better link ^^ ''Bob'': the beard even the CIA couldn't defeat! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s "RED SHIFT” at http://seemreal.com/redshift/ Nabby: ty Rufus Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Elayne, have you heard anything from Dexter Fong recently? rebozoette: wow DJTweeny: "You basters!!" lol EWeston: Sheep basters are just the worst Cease: real good work on this, merl Beet: We are slaves to our secretions. DJTweeny: High quality project all-round EWeston: S'not here! Beet: Give peas a chance Cease: this is old firesign webguy Tiny Doctor Tim. Austin does a great eulogy for him on the XM radio show EWeston: They covet my nostrils. ''Bob'': Well, they're nothing to sniff at Merlyn: The Tiny Doctor Tim eulogy is at https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/xmradio/show8/index.html ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! EWeston: Well there is the personal space issue ''Bob'': Better dead than red? Cease: thanks, merl rebozoette: 123 EWeston: How bout crimson? Nabby: Bru Billford DJTweeny: ** any requests for next week? Cease: ive got about 22 minutes of dylan and firesign getting stoned, it may go longer. Lil: Dwarf? DJTweeny: Sure Lil Cease: that would be perfect, lil. we havent heard dwarf, on chat, for a long time ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Lil: Thanks sweetheart EWeston: Good for me Lil ''Bob'': Never get tired of Dwarf. Nabby: Major Crimson purge on YouTube recently DJTweeny: OK Cease, just let me know Lil: Great y'all ||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: yw Mz. Lil :)
Lil -) EWeston: Did it leak out of the screen? Lil: What leaked? Nabby: screen slime? DJTweeny: lol EWeston: Crimson sumpin Lil: lol Lil: Weird cause I just finished a book by Stephen King EWeston: Ectoplasim? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s “RED SHIFT” at http://seemreal.com/redshift/ DJTweeny: Red Shift kinda sounds like a Stephen King title, doesn't it? Nabby: downloaded Red Shift Cat - thanks to you and all! Lil: indeed it does Nabby: King is terrific Lil: so does Crimson Ectoplasm or maybe Ray Bradbury for that one ''Bob'': Groan Rufus_T_Firetween: lol EWeston: Something from The Dresdin Files? Lil: Yep just finished "Revival" which is oddly enough about life after death Lil: Sorry Bob lol Nabby: I went to school with Ectoson Crimplasm EWeston: I served with Chief Fink. Lil: Cehy Case eh? Lil: ooh really bad typo Nabby: Steve the cat says hi (in his way) Lil: hello EWeston: Play nice Steve Cease: yuet another harry shearer reff. Beet: Just noticed you are here. Howdy Nabby. Nabby: Hey Beet Lil: Hi Nab! Nabby: Hi Lil Cease: that's the best acting i've ever heard from phil and dave. Lil: small crowd tonight EWeston: Summers coming Beet: I am liking this very much. Nabby: Cat, Bob, EW, Tween, Rufus, Merl, good to see you Cease: yeah, i thought more folks would want to hear sgt pep pills 2 EWeston: Its got a beat ||||||||| 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." Nabby: Hey reboz Lil: ah well never can tell Nabby: part 2 was fun too - came in a bit late on it though - need to hear it again ''Bob'': Steely Dan really having an off day Cease: nab, it'll be posted on facebook tomorrow. Lil: it does hhappen Beet: We are the hardcore who like to access other dimensions regularly. Lil: or happen even Nabby: cool Cat EWeston: Darn it anyway Cease: the steely dan tune Time Out Of Mind is one of my main projects now, bob Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow ''Bob'': Another of my favorite groups. :) Lil: I always confuse them with Stealers Wheel LOL Cease: rofl Nabby: Great group (amazing band) sadly underappreciated today - but that will change Nabby: (the Dan) DJTweeny: You should not do that, Lil ;) Lil: I assumed Lil: Really I know Tweeny lol ''Bob'': Well, so long as you know, then. Nabby: right lil! I bought the wrong album that way - a longgggg time ago Lil: Oh I do, I do rebozoette: choo coo ca chew Lil: Really LOL Nabby Nabby: truth ''Bob'': TBH "Stuck in the Middle" is the only SW song I actually know -- I could be missing out. Lil: And what are you chewing Rebo Cease: more father dave and son phil ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Lil: I think that's the only one you need to know Bob lol Lil: The Everly Brothers? ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: in one of the bands I ran around with, our vehicle was christened Steely Van Lil: Hey he's got the plague! ''Bob'': chuckle Beet: I always knew The Stooges were the Ultimate! Lil: Steely Van I like that Lil: How about Steely Van Halen Van EWeston: Thank god. I thought he had plaque Lil: LOL EW Nabby: Awesome play Cat ''Bob'': Under 8 million hardbound copies of Aja! Nabby: lil Lil Lil: Thanks Cat Nabby: llol Lol
rebozoette bravo cat thanks Merlyn: Redd Shiftt, the version on Sanford & Sons Lil: LMAO Nabby ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Extras Collection “AL ATLAS INTERVIEW” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS may be purchased at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' Nabby: hehe EWeston: Good break. I've probably got some trolls impatiently waiting to insult me again Beet: I really enjoyed that, Cat. Cease: it was made to be enjoyed Nabby: We Can Tell Cease: many people made that possible. i'm just the writer Cease: i did some acting but i have no skills there ''Bob'': I do love me some good puns. :) EWeston: The best thing art can do, unless your post modern Nabby: And spud guns, Bob Nabby: What? Cease: i started writing plays in 1959, around the same time as proctor and bergman. Ralph: Phil went to Riverdale Country School?? Cease: they were in yale, i was in third grade. Nabby: Wow EWeston: Common reaction to post modern Nabby Nabby: haha Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ Cease: i think our teacher ran out of material so she asked us to break into groups and write and then perform plays Ralph: alcohol back later Nabby: cool teacher Nabby: alcolater R Cease: as many of my classmates were in the industry, tv, movies, music, it was kind of a naturual thing to do. DJTweeny: a happy accident, Cease Lil: Salud Ralph Nabby: all of my classmates became teabaggers blech ||||||||| 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: there was a tv show on then called the dinah shore chevrolet show, so i combined 3 cars companies into the dinosaur ramforlay show and it ended up with dinosaurs eating the actors Nabby: traitors Cease: my fellow 8 year olds loved it. EWeston: Some recent study from a known institution insisted the teabaggers are good at science Cease: 57 years later, i'm still making y'all laugh, occasionally DJTweeny: :-) ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Bightrethighrehighre', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:48 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... Cease: bigthigh? mao himself? ||||||||| 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' Bightrethighrehighre: Yo, Fire-PEEPS !!!! rebozoette: cat that is fun Cease: we just basked in your voice on red shift Nabby: ty Cat appreciated DJTweeny: Cat was just wondering where you were, Big EWeston: My siblings and I used an early cheap reel to reel to inprovise for a couple month's DJTweeny: you missed a great show :/ Nabby: Yo Lil: I did that with friends EW Rufus_T_Firetween: You can check out the archive EWeston: Hi uh fella Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow Rufus_T_Firetween: should be up sometime tomorrow evening EWeston: My brother did some good bits Cease: ive done about 40 of these collages now, i think. there is a certain momentum Lil: Thanks Tweeny Nabby: awesome Lil and EW, me too DJTweeny: You've definitely hit your stride, Cat EWeston: Then my voice changed ||||||||| 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!" Lil: That was my MAD magazine phase too Nabby: oh cripes, Mad was it Lil: I first heard Firesign on WBAI in NYC Lil: LOL Nabby EWeston: I think I was collecting Marvell comics that my mother later threw out, and Pogo Lil: Hey Phil has given credit to MAD for its influences! Nabby: cool EW Ralph: great show DJ thanks a bunch Nabby: Hey thanks Tween! ''Bob'': Thanks Tweeny. That was Catalicious. EWeston: Thankee all, Cat Tweeny Nabby: It was Catalicious, well poot Lil: Yes good show everyone Beet: Had fun tonight. Thanks evryone. Thanks, Cat. Thanks Tween. G' Nite. Ralph: You can Taiwan on........... Nabby: Ty Merl; ty Rufus! Lil: Nite, see you next week rebozoette: cease marvy and groovey thanks DJTweeny: Thanks for listening everybody, and have a great week :-) See you next time, same FireTime, same FireStation... Lil: Thanks Tweeny rebozoette: Bightrethighrehighre Cease DJTweeny EWeston Lil Nabby rebozoette Rufus_T_Firetween Ralph ugh nite thanks tweenie Nabby: please take good care, all, and be groovy! Lil: Night Rebo Nabby: see some of you "over there" Cease: we do our best, nab Lil: You too Nab Lil: Nitol ||||||||| 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!" Nabby: Later! rebozoette: nite lil ||||||||| At 10:55 PM, Merlyn vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Lil: yo :-) Cease: you still here? Lil: who? Cease: depends on what "here" is. Lil: LOL Lil: Night Cat DJTweeny: What are you, Bill Clinton? Lil: Who was that LOL Lil: Didn't sound like Bill Lil: well night you guys! DJTweeny: That was off a Joe Wlash record :-) ||||||||| 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!" Lil: funny Lil: see yas ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Thanks again Cat, great work... DJTweeny: later Lil ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 11:00 PM. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| DJTweeny hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's DJTweeny?! It's 11:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bightrethighrehighre - 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and announces "Presenting 'toadaway', just granted probation at 2:09 AM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| It's 2:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Nabby - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Ralph - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| toadaway - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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 jaundice ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Antelope Freeway - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Lil - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| 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 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| EWeston - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 4:25 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 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:
''Bob''
Antelope Freeway
Beet
Bightrethighrehighre
Cease
DJTweeny
Elayne
EWeston
Lil
Merlyn
Nabby
Ralph
rebozoette
Rufus_T_Firetween
shoes for the dead
