||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for September 21, 2017 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'chvs', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:39 AM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... chvs: refger chvs: gerg ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| It's 8:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| chvs - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| LACOM steps in at 12:24 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. LACOM: kd vc baia????? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. LACOM: estou aqui meu amor! LACOM: estou querendo falar com vc ! LACOM: ?????????????? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. LACOM: KD VC BAIA???? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. LACOM: fuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!1111111111111111 ||||||||| It's 3:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| LACOM - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood leads DJTweeny into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mumbles something about 6:41 PM, then departs. ||||||||| 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 7:34 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET ** 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 (Songs about NYC) 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)' ||||||||| Both Sillcock enters at 8:39 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| Borg Sillcock enters at 8:39 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. DJTweeny: Hi Sill ||||||||| It's 8:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Borg Sillcock - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies cat into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:55 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Hi cat ||||||||| 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 johan amadeus myjetski disembarks at 8:56 PM. cat: Hey DJTweeny: Hi Johan johan amadeus myjetski: I said live it, or live with it! Evening' all! ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" DJTweeny: A good attitude towards life :) cat: Jammy ||||||||| "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!" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:59 PM and late as usual, it's AirshipAl, just back from Funfun Town." ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 21, 2017 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" johan amadeus myjetski: Hi cat! All well with you? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "9:00 PM and late as usual, it's rebozoette, just back from Billville." ||||||||| 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)' AirshipAl: High all! johan amadeus myjetski: AA! DJTweeny: Hi Al, rebozoette cat: Hi Al. Or High Al rebozoette: AirshipAl Both Sillcock cat DJTweeny johan amadeus myjets hi de ho fireheads johan amadeus myjetski: Reboz! rebozoette: hows the waves cat: tonight's collage took me weeks of work so happy to be finished with it. rebozoette: jam cat: went out and took pix in chinatown instead of the audio realm. AirshipAl: My favorite fair! cat: Hi rebo AirshipAl: Just had a nice visit from my bud Phil D. Pipe! ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "9:04 PM and late as usual, it's Captain Equinox , just back from Elmertown." ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “FAIR WORLDS, NEW YORK” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' DJTweeny: Hi Captain cat: Do I sound stoned on downers here? Captain Equinox : Hiya, Kiddos! johan amadeus myjetski: Yo skipper! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Collage Archive at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ ||||||||| Beet steals in around 9:05 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Captain Equinox : I'm stuck schlepping the groceries. Just stopped in to say hello Beet: Hi chatters Captain Equinox : Hello cat: I try and remember the chowder, but not quite ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Edwin Newman's World's Fair Diary: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=Edwibn+Newman%27s+Worlds+Fair+Diary%2C+Youtube#id=1&vid=20d08029caf1a22cf5ac2781f2d09811&action=click DJTweeny: Hi Beet johan amadeus myjetski: How did you get it to stone down it down here? Beet: Hi Dr tween Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 New York World's Fair Aerial Photos from the Goodyear blimp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfOkFO0M_IQ johan amadeus myjetski: HI BEET! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 Goodyear blimps & the New York World's Fair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BAgcTBYBQ&feature=youtu.be Captain Equinox : Bye guys. Maybe next week! Beet: I do enjoy New York cat: that was a sttrange experience at caesar's palced. suddenly the ambience of that place the the 64 ambassador intwined Captain Equinox : Keep em flying! DJTweeny: "Going through Harlem on a bus when the Harlem Riots broke out." yikes, Cat Beet: G'Nite Cap'm DJTweeny: Later Captain cat: by cap johan amadeus myjetski: BYE SKIPPER! cat: its always worked for me, beet cat: ive had a colourful life rebozoette: thanks for the memories cat Beet: Lucky Man cat: great Alan Price tune johan amadeus myjetski: Watching the vids from the blimps from Airship Al - really cool! cat: fewer folks than usual tonight AirshipAl: Thanks for enjoying them. Beet: Hi ZJAM cat: Here;s Doc Technical. ||||||||| 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." johan amadeus myjetski: Hi beet! ||||||||| Elayne enters at 9:11 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Hat Pack Annex. Elayne: Evenin' all L'Shana Toav, Al! AirshipAl: Such an innocent time. Beet: Evening Elayne DJTweeny: They're digging bomb shelters in preparation for Trump starting WWIII, Cat ;) AirshipAl: Back at ya, Elayne! DJTweeny: It was, AL DJTweeny: A very different feel to the culture cat: Hi El DJTweeny: Hi Elayne cat: You and the Doc Voice together. Coincidence? johan amadeus myjetski: Right, DJT, I had a good, reasonable person tell me this week "Goodbye. It's been nice knowing you" AirshipAl: Great memory. Elayne: Cat, I talked to my Mom over the weekend and she doesn'gt remember the '64/'65 World's Fair at all. It just wasn't that important to her. Elayne: But she did remind me that my paternal grandmother (we called her Nanny) was with us that day. Beet: Nice to see you AA ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." cat: When I was making this collage this week i was also watching edwin newman on the ken burns vietnam AirshipAl: Nobody talks like that anymore. lol. AirshipAl: Hey Beet. cat: that's fine, el. airship al gave us a long description the other day. i'll make a collage of it in 2 weks. Elayne: So I remember the sky ride, the GE Hall of Progress, the Bell Telephone video phone, and of course the Pepsi Pavillion where It's A Small World originated. Elayne: Don't know if any of that helps your collage. cat: this was a very autobiographical tale, phil told me. Beet: I wonder if Ken Burns is going to mention the tunnels along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that allowed the North Vietnamese to appear out of nowhere? cat: thanks, El. this is the collage. later i'll put togher al's memories with some firesign and whatever ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Dr. Happy Harry Cox says “I was right about the comet! Check out my new DVD set EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE DECLASSIFIED FIRESIGN THEATRE 1968-1975 before it’s too late!!” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php Rufus_T_Firetween: Airship Al contributed some video to this new collection ^^ cat: as i told al, i'm not sure if i remember the ge, lincoln and small world from the 64 fair or from disneyland Elayne: Well Cat, considering I never visited Disneyland until well into my adult years, it was probabllh the former. DJTweeny: Never got a response from Phil on Facebook when I asked him if he and other Firesigns had been at the fair Elayne: I tbought they moved Small World to Florida, not Californai. AirshipAl: I have a large collection of DVD's about the 1939/40 & 1964/65 Worlds Fairs. Can't get enough. ||||||||| 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." johan amadeus myjetski: Elayne, I know the Florida Disneyworld had Small World, 'cos I went through it in '74 AirshipAl: Didja know that during the first fair, there was an area where nubile young women would frolic topless??? Hubba Hubba. rebozoette: my mom had a scrape book form the 39 worlds fair cat: phil will tell us when he feels like it. DJTweeny: Orlando is much newer, isn't it? cat: Ossman seems quite obsessed with Worlds Fairs. Elayne: Definitely, Cat. johan amadeus myjetski: I was there just after it opened, Nov'74 DJTweeny: Yeah Disney World didn't open until 1971 johan amadeus myjetski: I do remember it was the 1st time they'd had to close admissions to the park 'cos there were too many people. It was crowded! 45 min wait for everything cat: My family moved to LA in early 56 so I saw Disneyland early johan amadeus myjetski: Tomorrowland was not open yet. ||||||||| "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!" AirshipAl: This was also part of the G>E> Pavilion: SKY-DOME SPECTACULAR. On passing through a photographic display of GE scientists at work, visitors enter the Sky Dome, which is filled with the sights and sounds of the great natural sources of energy: fierce electrical storms, fire, a blazing sun and spinning atoms. A narrator describes man's historic efforts to harness energy. FUSION ON EARTH. In a spectacular demonstration of controlled nuclear fusion, a magnetic field squeezes a plasma of deuterium gas for a few millionths of a second at a temperature of 50 million degrees Fahrenheit. There is a vivid flash and a loud report as atoms fuse and free energy is released. ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" Beet: I had time for three exhibits: Hall of Presidents, Haunted House and duPont 360 degree theater Elayne: Which was the one where the seats revolved around the stage? I thought that was so cool. cat: since you mentioned it the other day on the phone, al, i am begining to remmeber the fusion demo Elayne: Was that duPont? AirshipAl: I figured out how to avoid lines. I'd enter through the exit and then join the expectant crowd coming in!!! LOL cat: by the way, al, your stories were fantastic Elayne: Al, you had all the angles covered as a Queens kid, didn't you? :) Beet: This was a circular screen that was eye-level as you were standing up. AirshipAl: Thanks. Beet: I am pretty sure it was DuPont AirshipAl: They were the 2 best years of my life. World's Fair and blimps. At least my head didn't explode. cat: this is Negativeland cat: they gave Adbusters the idea of culture jamming DJTweeny: ** 1964 New York World's Fair - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair AirshipAl: I was at the fair dozens and dozens of times over the 2 years. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'DoubleEdmund', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:28 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cat: Ed2 DJTweeny: hello Edmund Beet: The Dinosaurs were actually several million years ahaed of everybody else. johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Doublr! DoubleEdmund: Coo-ee DJTweeny: quite true, Beet Beet: Hi Double. DoubleEdmund: Double Edmund AKA Nancy? Who are you calling a pushover? DoubleEdmund: Hi Beet Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Edwin Newman's World's Fair Diary: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=Edwibn+Newman%27s+Worlds+Fair+Diary%2C+Youtube#id=1&vid=20d08029caf1a22cf5ac2781f2d09811&action=click AirshipAl: I went to DisneyWorld the year it opened and it was like the World's Fair. Personally, I think it grew too much. cat: Al, all the fairs I went to enlightened me, gave me hope for the future DoubleEdmund: Hi JAM ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 New York World's Fair Aerial Photos from the Goodyear blimp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfOkFO0M_IQ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 Goodyear blimps & the New York World's Fair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BAgcTBYBQ&feature=youtu.be cat: all these old pavillions are now on youtube AirshipAl: Me too, cat. I wish I was that young and naive again. DJTweeny: ** 1964 New York World's Fair - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair rebozoette: its foregny Beet: I was reminescing about 1950's Houston today. DJTweeny: better than 2017 Houston, I'll bet ;) rebozoette: there was an exhibit from sinclair oil cat: i dont have much of an identification for a place. Beet: It was kind of magical. DJTweeny: I vaguely remember that rebo rebozoette: all my mom wanted was waffles rebozoette: did we meet there cat? Beet: I and my three brothers were very jealous of my father when he went to Disneyland (without us) about a year after it opened johan amadeus myjetski: I remember the Sinclair Oil exhibit being covered one night on the TV news DoubleEdmund: The Triumph of Man. Sounds jolly. ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Two brothers AirshipAl: MMMmmmmmm. Belgian waffles. cat: thanks rebo. i remember that brontosaurus cat: we have neve met, rebo AirshipAl: Great transitiion, cat! ||||||||| Not Ed sneaks in around 9:38 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Not Ed: Pork? cat: Hi Notty DJTweeny: Hi ≠ Ed Not Ed: Cheers cat Not Ed: Hey Tweeny cat: Doc had a great voice, and telling us his memories of the distant fair enlightens us all Beet: Howdy Not cat: I remember that Not Ed: Hi Beet Not Ed: Evening AAl, Both, Double, JAM, reboz, RTF AirshipAl: Hi not. cat: this is a from a disney show. there is a ton of this on you tube rebozoette: this is wonderful cat johan amadeus myjetski: Hiya, NotE! cat: how many of you have been to a disneyland? DJTweeny: ** 1964 New York World's Fair - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair Beet: I Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Edwin Newman's World's Fair Diary: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=Edwibn+Newman%27s+Worlds+Fair+Diary%2C+Youtube#id=1&vid=20d08029caf1a22cf5ac2781f2d09811&action=click ||||||||| 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 doctecazoid disembarks at 9:45 PM. cat: they are kind of like permnaent worlds fairs rebozoette: disney world not land Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 New York World's Fair Aerial Photos from the Goodyear blimp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfOkFO0M_IQ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** From Airship Al - 1965 Goodyear blimps & the New York World's Fair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BAgcTBYBQ&feature=youtu.be DJTweeny: Hey Doc johan amadeus myjetski: I've been to DisneyWorld (not land), cat cat: doc docks. doctecazoid: hang on Beet: Did any of you guys see the 2-part doc on Disney on PBS? ||||||||| Catherwood says "9:46 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs doctecazoid by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| "9:47 PM? 9:47 PM!!" says Catherwood, "doctecazoid should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as doctecazoid enters and sits on the couch. Beet: Hey doc doctecazoid: better ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Not Ed: Hi doc cat: the doc voice and the Doc doctecazoid: i myself am a doc in two parts this evening cat: yes beet doctecazoid: waiting for them to fuse AirshipAl: What's up, Doc? doctecazoid: good eeeeeeevening... doctecazoid: long day for me today, just woke up from a nap Not Ed: I'm not a special effect! I'm a free man! doctecazoid: (geez i sound like a geezer there don't i) Beet: Gave a clearer picture of who Walt really was. doctecazoid: lili is still napping Not Ed: Walter? cat: this is me reading from a zippy comic cat: new job, doc? Not Ed: zound like a jeezer doctecazoid: got a pre-screening phone interview tomorrow, and another face-to-face interview monday rebozoette: ha ha doctecazoid: all this prior to taking off for dc tuesday cat: good for you, doc the world needs your skills' ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! doctecazoid: the all singing all dancing monkey of the universe - that's me, yep Beet: Two airliners heade toward New York Not Ed: if you lol cat: how long wil yuu be in dc? Not Ed: lol - mistyped doctecazoid: leave for dc with al 9/26, return 10/1 doctecazoid: the guy who set me up with the tomorrow phone interivew said if i pass the pre-screening, i can do a follow up interview via skype next week doctecazoid: so, i will have my laptop with me in the hotel room for that, if it happens cat: the cat voice johan amadeus myjetski: The Wright Flyer cat: i rememer seeing those planes in my 64 trip Beet: I used to enjoy walking up the front steps of the Capitol and walking right in. You can't do that anymore. cat: this is from just a few days ago doctecazoid: lili woke up, so i had to switch back to the tv - will have to obtain cat's collage for later listening (i know how, because, after all, i am the doctecazoid) DJTweeny: ** 1964 New York World's Fair - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair DJTweeny: lol @ Hoover/Vance AirshipAl: Robert Moses and I: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205795664464521&set=g.75148373218&type=1&theater&ifg=1 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** WORLD’S FAIRS - If you have any stories about your experiences at world’s fairs you’d like to relate, please let Cat and me know so we can contact you about including your memories in one of his collages. doctecazoid: o - so sorry for having to bail so early, but it's almost 1opm, lili is about to dive into cooking a late-night meal, and i need to take a shower in prep for a 9am appt tomorrow ||||||||| sydlexic enters at 9:57 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger. DJTweeny: god speed, Doc DJTweeny: Hi Syd doctecazoid: so, i will have to take off now. i'll snag tohse urls, thanks for making them available johan amadeus myjetski: Nite Doc! sydlexic: hi! cat: By Doc Beet: See ya Doc AirshipAl: Speak soon, Doc. Beet: Hey syd cat: Your voices makes you eternal cat: hi syd AirshipAl: Moses signing my program: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205795666584574&set=g.75148373218&type=1&theater&ifg=1 DJTweeny: cool, Al cat: thanks for your contribution to this collage, doc AirshipAl: Here's the program! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205795662784479&set=g.75148373218&type=1&theater&ifg=1 DoubleEdmund: Toodles, Doc doctecazoid: sure no prob - czeh y'all later (if i don't bohunk my head) doctecazoid: ttfn ttyl bye--- ||||||||| 9:59 PM -- doctecazoid left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Not Ed: later doc DoubleEdmund: attempting to synchronise my ears. Are we all listening to C'est la vie? rebozoette: really cool al rebozoette: thanks cat DJTweeny: we were rebozoette: thanks tweeny ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" DoubleEdmund: Just finished Beet: That was wonderful, Cat. johan amadeus myjetski: Monstrous, cat! Man, oh, man! Not Ed: MAMMOTH DOMM Not Ed: pretty neato catmandu ||||||||| New notice: '** IT'S MADNESS I TELL YOU!! ** Now playing: from the DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS Dear Friends broadcast collection, “WELCOME TO MICROORGANISM STATE PARK” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?' DoubleEdmund: The tin can phoneline is stretched awfully tight in an effort to reach Australia Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ cat: glad you liked it. DJTweeny: really neato :) johan amadeus myjetski: There's no news like no news, eh? DoubleEdmund: ickle ickle one two, ickle ickle one two. AirshipAl: Thanks for the mammariess er memories. DoubleEdmund: This has been a test ickle. johan amadeus myjetski: ya had it right the 1st time, Al, lol! Not Ed: haha Tween ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" Beet: What is a real ickle like. johan amadeus myjetski: Masonic jars, filled with fireflies, on a late summer's evening rebozoette: don't stick it in there DoubleEdmund: Urkel Beet: Open you gate doctor cat: the vietnam war was a major influence on the firesign theatre Not Ed: It's electric. cat: i wonder what phil and dave will say about ken burns's show rebozoette: we was there johan amadeus myjetski: hello, worker. state maintenance interregetory cat: you folks aren't tired of my autobiographical collages yet? Not Ed: Great Vietnam series on PBS right now - Ken Burns - All four parts are streaming http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/ johan amadeus myjetski: not yet, cat DoubleEdmund: If a bricklayer can lay bricks, can a plumber lay plums? rebozoette: this little piggy Beet: 10 part series altogether. rebozoette: no cat wonderful cat cat: I am learning alot from it. rebozoette: and teaching us too cat Beet: There is always alot of light in your stories, Dr Cat. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Not Ed: ahh - thanks Beet --like Burns's amazing Civil War series Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Dr. Happy Harry Cox says “I was right about the comet! Check out my new DVD set EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE DECLASSIFIED FIRESIGN THEATRE 1968-1975 before it’s too late!!” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php Not Ed: bergman is a riot, as always cat: a realy long time ago, i discovered i knew more than other kids so i felt it was my job to bring them up, never to exploiit ther ignorance Beet: My part of town was very generous with its sidewalks. johan amadeus myjetski: Boy you can tell THIS was recorded pre-trump! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Collage Archive at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ cat: thakns beet. i cannot lisen to my tales in the same way that not me can Beet: Lier, lawyer. Same thing. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Plays at >> http://www.seemreal.com Beet: Milk comes from Little Richard? johan amadeus myjetski: Do they mean LangLand? Not Ed: A pause johan amadeus myjetski: two paws rebozoette: a strange stranger Beet: This is hilarious ||||||||| "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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ cat: i will make a collage out of phone conversation about the fair cat: i love doing these with other people, not just my own memories Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com Beet: Hello NSA guy. AirshipAl: Time for dinner. Til the next time... Beet: See you next time Airship. johan amadeus myjetski: Smooth landing, AA! DoubleEdmund: Bon appetite, Al Not Ed: later AAl ||||||||| Around 10:24 PM, AirshipAl walks off into the sunset... cat: keep em flying, al rebozoette: night al thanks for the pics Not Ed: bye bye reboz cat: keep em airborn al Not Ed: oh heheh never mind Beet: I didn't recall that Nixon had developed a country accent. DJTweeny: lol cat: off he floats ||||||||| 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." Beet: There must be some way to remember what the Doctor's name is. ||||||||| Not Ed leaves to catch the 10:31 PM train to Washington. ||||||||| Outside, the 10:31 PM bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Nite Not johan amadeus myjetski: The old in-out, NotE? Not Ed: Enough of this deception! Beet: Trowel and error cat: By not johan amadeus myjetski: Lawn Order Not Ed: oh my he swore Not Ed: gotta run people you all stay groovy --I know you will (thanks cat, Tween & R_T_F) Beet: Nite Not ||||||||| Around 10:35 PM, Not Ed walks off into the sunset... johan amadeus myjetski: Nite Not! DoubleEdmund: bye Not Ed cat: Bt cat: By cat: Ed, keep on edding johan amadeus myjetski: It's the way of nature - when something dies, everyone feasts johan amadeus myjetski: capillary action Beet: We are surrounded by death on all sides. Not to be negative or anything. DJTweeny: We need to start doing World's Fairs again DoubleEdmund: xylem - roots to shoots Beet: A bear is a mean drunk. johan amadeus myjetski: it's in the water - that's why it's yellow.... DoubleEdmund: how do you know which end of the earthworm is the head? DoubleEdmund: Bury it in flour and wait 'til it farts. johan amadeus myjetski: lol, Double! DoubleEdmund: You leave my black dog alone! Beet: While I was in India the guys in a tent next to mine hired a guy to come in and install a cow dung floor. It was very smooth and professional and it disallowed many critters in their tent. DoubleEdmund: He's using his gall. rebozoette: puppy tale DoubleEdmund: Cow dung floor? Beet: Yup johan amadeus myjetski: It'd disallow ME, too! Beet: Did not smell johan amadeus myjetski: I wondered about that, beet, because it's used as fuel to cook food... DoubleEdmund: Miss MacKinley's cow cakes are not eaten. No Dear, you wear them on your feet. Beet: Many many uses of that material. Ask any Indian. cat: n mhy collage about dexter fong last week i refer to a dinner at an italian place with sawdust on the floor DoubleEdmund: Beet, is the floor clean enough to eat off? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Collage Archive at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ johan amadeus myjetski: in the old south, sawdust was used on pub floors to absorb snuff spittle Beet: I never heard about that but it has a reputation for purity. DoubleEdmund: Blechh cat: Thanks to Ossman, Firesign was always involved with poetry. DJTweeny: great suggestion for a companion to your collage, Cat johan amadeus myjetski: would he say yes, to mean yes? Beet: I just looked this up: https://www.ecovillage.org.in/ecopedia/land-cow-iii-benefits-of-cow-dung DoubleEdmund: Can't stop thinking about that geography essay howler, "The natives live in grass huts with coarse mating on the floor." Matting. Matting! johan amadeus myjetski: Far from the matting crowd... DJTweeny: lol DJTweeny: they get kinky, eh? ||||||||| 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' DoubleEdmund: lol johan amadeus myjetski: Did FST ever do any Alan Watts? cat: ossman taught us to appreciate poetry whether we wanted to or not Beet: Marijuana has a lot of funny in it. DoubleEdmund: Just read Beet's treatise on cow dung cosmetics and psychoactive drugs. Still stunned at how much they look like my ANZAC biscuits. DJTweeny: indeed DJTweeny: @ MJ has a large concentration of funny ;) johan amadeus myjetski: Thanks cat! DJT! and everybody for the laughs! Love, love, love to all!! rebozoette: yeah no DJTweeny: always my pleasure :) ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Beet: I love the laughter on echo. Beet: Dear Friends. ||||||||| It's 10:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| sydlexic - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: Ah, yes. DoubleEdmund: Bye JAM cat: thanks for enjoying whait i create Beet: Wow! That went amazingly fast. Great show tonight. Thanks everyone. Thanks Cat for another stellar creation. Thanks Dr Tween. G'Nite. rebozoette: AirshipAl Both Sillcock cat DJTweeny johan amadeus myjets great time in the past and fun on the page thanks twneey and cat DoubleEdmund: And also with you, Kurt. DJTweeny: yes indeed, great work, Cat DJTweeny: Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... DoubleEdmund: Bye Bozoes. ||||||||| DoubleEdmund departs at 10:59 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. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Both Sillcock - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Captain Equinox - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| cat - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| rebozoette - 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 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: ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - 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:
AirshipAl
Beet
Captain Equinox
cat
chvs
DJTweeny
doctecazoid
DoubleEdmund
Elayne
johan amadeus myjetski
LACOM
Not Ed
rebozoette
Rufus_T_Firetween
sydlexic
