||||||||| 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 March 01, 2018 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 disembarks at 7:45 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:04 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 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 (TV music) 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)' ||||||||| llanwydd steps in at 8:44 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. llanwydd: howdy tween llanwydd: thought I would come in early and listen to the warm up music ||||||||| Catherwood leads Cease inside, makes a note of the time (8:50 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Cease: Hi folks ||||||||| It's 8:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Hi Cease ||||||||| "8:56 PM? 8:56 PM!!" says Catherwood, "rob should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as rob enters and sits at the bar. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (8:56 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. DJTweeny: Hi llan, rob llanwydd: hi ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing '''Bob''', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:57 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... DJTweeny: hi Bob ''Bob'': Wheee! Snow day tomorrow, so I don't have to get up early and teach an 8 a.m. class tomorrow! :) Cease: Sounds like Zappa ||||||||| 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!" ''Bob'': "I am the slime" llanwydd: so it is still snowing in some parts of the world? DJTweeny: it is cease ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:59 PM, dragging EWeston by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" ||||||||| 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)' DJTweeny: Hi EW llanwydd: hi wes ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 01, 2018 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: EW Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Peter Bergman’s “TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL WORLD” Here >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tcotrw-rv ||||||||| "9:00 PM? 9:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "PrincipalPoop should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as PrincipalPoop enters and sits in front of the fireplace. ''Bob'': It's going back and forth between spring and winter on an almost daily basis here in upstate NY EWeston: Good evening Tweny Bob Cease Llan rob and rufus DJTweeny: I PrincP Cease: Proc did an interview about Pete this morning. ''Bob'': Students were outside shirtless yesterday. Tomorrow, forecast is for a foot of snow. Crazy PrincipalPoop: hi all and you too Cease:https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-organist Cease: Glen Banks posted this on Facebook recently. Interesting angle, the Firesign in Vietnam EWeston: Prince O P ||||||||| InTheWood steals in around 9:02 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." EWeston: Hi Woody DJTweeny: Hi InTheWood Cease:https://www.spreaker.com/show/heart-to-heart-with-michael Cease: This is today's interview Cease: In ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: interesting bob. nino says you are in iowa ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Proctor & Bergman’s “TV OR 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-lnitem=domm-rv' PrincipalPoop: you mispelled hood bro ''Bob'': HONK! HONK! PrincipalPoop: the voice of Tween marches on in March, beware the ides... ''Bob'': Sweet. InTheWood: This 'Wood' is uptown. BRO. Cease: Great book. EWeston: Roger the cat has discovered his inner coil spring today PrincipalPoop: you mispelled downtown, thats where the action is EWeston: Side Town is were the unction is ''Bob'': It's where you can go when you're alone and life is making you lonely. DJTweeny: and Beet's not here to hear his request :/ PrincipalPoop: anybody got any balloons? PrincipalPoop: no more calls, we have a winner PrincipalPoop: insert here EWeston: Fall off there Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TV OR NOT TV” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln PrincipalPoop: be open with me vagina ''Bob'': Clark Cable. Heh. Never noticed that one before EWeston: Meet you in the upchuckium PrincipalPoop: the reproducer EWeston: Cousin of the predeterminator Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html PrincipalPoop: Uncle of the denominator EWeston: And the remainder? ||||||||| 9:11 PM: Igor jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" InTheWood: That's a division we'll long to see. DJTweeny: Hi Igor PrincipalPoop: you mispelled reminder ||||||||| "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!" EWeston: I'm doing the pathagorean mistake Cease: Iggy llanwydd: kali yuga is a hindu term InTheWood: You're right to see that angle. PrincipalPoop: not a mistake, the doppler effect EWeston: That spinning sphere fooled me ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TV OR NOT TV” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln EWeston: Sing it Pete! PrincipalPoop: is that your hypotenuse or are you just happy to see me? Cease: The Heart to Heart interview is quite moving, Phil remembering Peter PrincipalPoop: what was 5 is 2 EWeston: Some how I got charged for 181 degrees InTheWood: Most degrees cost thousands in loans. Yours too?... Igor: OK, I guess that this doesn't work on my phone unless I am listening to the same thing.... so, enjoy all! ||||||||| Around 9:17 PM, Igor walks off into the sunset... PrincipalPoop: ok igor, huh? EWeston: I got a deal on Ebay four for five scents PrincipalPoop: phew Cease: When I was a student, universities were cheap. EWeston: They didn't say pleasent scents ||||||||| ??? steps in at 9:19 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. PrincipalPoop: who is ??? DJTweeny: Hi ??? ||||||||| 9:19 PM -- ??? left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). EWeston: When one question isn't enough Cease: Bergman taught a course in comedy at UCLA at one point. InTheWood: There's only one way to find out... PrincipalPoop: and we had colleges too ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" EWeston: Shy I duess PrincipalPoop: or coy EWeston: Colleges of collages PrincipalPoop: to buy the president some hash InTheWood: Ah, that Moscow Memory... Cease: Proc goes into considerable detail about the song and the girl it's about in his new book. ||||||||| 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 Deputy Dang plummets into the garden at 9:22 PM. PrincipalPoop: ten hut, oops nevermind Cease: Deputy ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bottles inside, makes a note of the time (9:23 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. EWeston: Park your cruise deputy Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Deputy Deputy Dang: Howdy! Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Bottles EWeston: Bottles here, now? PrincipalPoop: smooch bottles Cease: I'll try anything. Bottles: Hello boys PrincipalPoop: gosh, a balcony we could do shakesphear from Cease: Proctor got more out of that one trip to Russia than all his many other travels, it would seem llanwydd: when did he go to russia? Cease: 59 llanwydd: wow PrincipalPoop: the same group as bill clinton I think... EWeston: A flying buttris for the ages ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Mudhead', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:26 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... Cease: Muddy EWeston: Heya Mudhead llanwydd: hi mudhead Mudhead: Howdy PrincipalPoop: as dolly partons newborn child said, All for me??? DJTweeny: Hi Mudhead PrincipalPoop: hey muddy DJTweeny: Mudhead, I hear you guys are getting some serious weather up there DJTweeny: lol PP Mudhead: gettin ewady for it, got my vodka bottle ready EWeston: Whay a blast! PrincipalPoop: probably needs updating, used to be kate smith and then sophia loren InTheWood: Starting tonight, it all blows over with the Nor'Easter. PrincipalPoop: what is ecology? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “TV OR NOT TV” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln Bottles: It had benn snowing in Santa Barbara. EWeston: Its very electric, and dangerous InTheWood: It'll be just a short swim to my car. PrincipalPoop: sniff, yeah the ah, sniff, snow, sniff Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new video of David Ossman and Phil Proctor at the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS >> http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8134&loclr=eanw Bottles: A great sandstone building. PrincipalPoop: never go out without your charger card, how true... Cease: Who knows what a JD is anymore? EWeston: They've cut it with corn starch PrincipalPoop: you mispelled JC DJTweeny: A DJ who plays records backwards? EWeston: Jubbynal Dissicant PrincipalPoop: I shot JR ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" DJTweeny: lol DJTweeny: That was my guess EW ||||||||| Outside, the 9:34 PM uptown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Sally coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Cease: 50s phrase. DJTweeny: Hi Sally ||||||||| Not Ed sneaks in around 9:34 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." EWeston: Lo Sally ||||||||| Call me Eddy! an American now enters at 9:34 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Hat Pack Annex. Not Ed: Pork? DJTweeny: Hi Not Ed InTheWood: Kind of. EWeston: Not Ed again? llanwydd: hi American DJTweeny: Hi Eddy Cease: Sally, Not PrincipalPoop: bottles and Sally, and mister long name EWeston: An Eddy Not Ed: cheerio Tweeny Sally: Hi EWeston: Uh! ||||||||| 9:36 PM: Call me Eddie! jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" PrincipalPoop: I'll bill you later. Not Ed: evening C, EW, all! Cease: Hi Call me PrincipalPoop: is that you Izzard? EWeston: Skitso swikes again! PrincipalPoop: kid x and the us kids Cease:Tween, it seems every time you play a request, the requester isn't here to hear it. DJTweeny: 'tis a bit odd, cease Sally: This is making no more sense than it did when I listened in 1971 on vinyl. DJTweeny: lol Call me Eddie!: I don't know why you people think this is magic, it's just this little chromium switch here. EWeston: Some kind of negative quantum phase space effect, no doubt PrincipalPoop: as long as it is not making any less sense than then DJTweeny: 1973, actually ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "9:39 PM and late as usual, it's Pup tent, just back from Hellmouth." Cease: Is it supposed to make sense? DJTweeny: Hi Pup tent EWeston: A dwellor in the pup tense? PrincipalPoop: don't be a pedantic DJ.... Cease: Pup Sally: I meant the last time I listened to them was 71 EWeston: If it does then I'll stand trial Pup tent: Right over there I think. DJTweeny: ah... PrincipalPoop: open your mouth and say ahh... EWeston: Huh? PrincipalPoop: how do you do that tween? DJTweeny: "I don't know..." Bottles: Roll up your arm and bend over. PrincipalPoop: what made you think of 1971 and firesign again sally, do you want regular or premium? EWeston: Wait a minute I don't want to leave DJTweeny: or ethyl Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html PrincipalPoop: merman or mermaid EWeston: We've got avgas in the back Sally: My freshman year in college, 1971, was when I discovered Firesign Theater. ||||||||| 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!" Cease: you're their target audience, sally. PrincipalPoop: a different world back then, almost animal house llanwydd: cool! Sally: Sex, drugs, and rock n roll! ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: thanks for playing TVONTV Tweeny llanwydd: great album Not Ed: Yay Sally InTheWood: It's a terrific bio! PrincipalPoop: in that order or what? Not Ed: It's punsplosive Not Ed: (TVoNTV) EWeston: Is there an index? Not Ed: Of course not lol PrincipalPoop: there was an appendix, it was removed Not Ed: haha PPoop Cease: actually, only a Picture of Peter's face. PrincipalPoop: that was his face? ok, if you say so EWeston: check his feet for eyes PrincipalPoop: there is a lot of leguin online,again, ok if you say so.... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “URSULA K LE FIRESIGN” 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/' Cease: hours of interviews with her. PrincipalPoop: Hi Ursula PrincipalPoop: What if? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Cat’s new collage “Ursula K Le Firesign” is now available at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Cease: it was hard to use just the small amount of her that i used inh the two long collages. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Le Guin interview by the Nation magazine from 2014 >> https://www.thenation.com/article/video-ursula-k-le-guin-on-listening-to-the-unheard-voices/ ||||||||| 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." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** 2-part Ideas programme about Le Guin >> http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/remembering-ursula-k-le-guin-1.4502514 Cease: this is from Red Shift. Cease: Back to The Nation interview ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Pup tent - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... PrincipalPoop: brrrrrr EWeston: She was at one of Kesey's later Be Ins in Eugene Ore. Cease: i didnt know that, ew EWeston: Read a story about a couple. The wife was communicating with nature spirits PrincipalPoop: peyote or rum or what? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Plays at >> http://www.seemreal.com EWeston: Pixies possibly Not Ed: trippy stuff Cat - I love UKLG! PrincipalPoop: ahh, a fairy tail Not Ed: word for world is forest Cease: Good to hear, Not. EWeston: With freeze cured cider Not Ed: a wizard of earthsea ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Not Ed: the lathe of heaven Not Ed: amazing books, all EWeston: And a charming lady Not Ed: sure seems so in interviews - would have loved meeting her - never did Cease: i just re-read The Dispossessed a few weeks ago. Stunningly good ||||||||| 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." Cease: Austin does this in two different shows on DOMM Not Ed: dispossessed is amazing Not Ed: maybe her best novel Rufus_T_Firetween: yes, I recall that cease Not Ed: "best".... Not Ed: indeed C PrincipalPoop: was the sequel The Repossessed? Not Ed: great piece Not Ed: no spoilers PPoop 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/ PrincipalPoop: oh you Not Ed: Austin could really write - I mean they all four of them were amazing but I have a special space in my head for PA Not Ed: it's a soft spot right here Cease: Yes he could, Not. Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a hot buttered groat cluster ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a hot buttered groat cluster. EWeston: Our ship of state is now a rubber duck Not Ed: collage in collage PrincipalPoop: careful with that dingy Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Collage Archive at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/
Not Ed never graduated from collage. EWeston: Hillary is hiding on a iceberg with an internet server and her sniper rifle ||||||||| 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 A Congress of Senators plummets into the garden at 10:08 PM. Not Ed: I saw her out by the woodpile EWeston: I got a BS in sculpture myself A Congress of Senators: Never give a robot gum PrincipalPoop: or use magnets near them EWeston: We're not having a parking problem today are we, all these senators A Congress of Senators: Never club, swindle, or mutilate a robot Not Ed: or magnetic gum Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Congress A Congress of Senators: or put him in an old car and roll him off a cliff A Congress of Senators: Remember, be fair they are not programmed for defense. Not Ed: Ossman's radio voice EWeston: An no death rides into stars A Congress of Senators: Pirate picture intercepted. Screen cleared. Not Ed: no death marches in march pleez PrincipalPoop: so that is what they say there... Not Ed: ten huts ||||||||| 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!" A Congress of Senators: Pass the ketchup Heinz! Cease: This sounds like the descrption of city Shavek goes to in The Dispossessed.
Not Ed virtually moons the NSA peepers. A Congress of Senators: Bear Whiz, it's in the water! EWeston: Another rare and bloody steak? Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a tall glass of meat. ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone a tall glass of meat. A Congress of Senators: Punch 8 - 5 PrincipalPoop: insert here, for a charge EWeston: Staple when ordered by, PD A Congress of Senators: I've got the pliers jammed in the board. Not Ed: indeed C PrincipalPoop: We take drugs seriously at our house A Congress of Senators: What was 5 is 2, what was 2 is 1, and what was 1 is nothing, ok? EWeston: Apply lithium jelly liberally Not Ed: A land of sounds and titties Not Ed: sorry heh EWeston: An merkins A Congress of Senators: I will repeat that for those of you on drugs. PrincipalPoop: ed ed ed, not, not, not, wash your fingers and hands with soap EWeston: Just sounds like all boogies to me
Not Ed feels...I don't know...self-sullied, and weeps profusely then gets over it. Not Ed: Hi I'm back A Congress of Senators: Come on boys, let's do the Hun! EWeston: I laughed I cried I fell down It changed my life forever The end PrincipalPoop: I need a ruling about titties, we are not allowed to see them, but can we say the word? Not Ed: any chance of Proctor or Ossman attending chat in near future Tweeny? EWeston: If you need a ruler for titties. Your doing it wrong PrincipalPoop: is this the archies? betty and veronica singing? Not Ed: only Tweeny rules, and he sure does! PrincipalPoop: to each their own Ew. A Congress of Senators: They showered him the glittering tin bodies of their household gods, some of the mI recognized! PrincipalPoop: dr pepper Cease: This is C J Li. EWeston: Sure go against nature and see what it does to your 401K PrincipalPoop: been there, done that, no t-shirt Cease: This is me talkking to Ossman from 1996, about working with Le Guin A Congress of Senators: They call everybody sugar! Rufus_T_Firetween: they haven't contacted me, Not Ed Not Ed: Okay here's hoping Rufus! Rufus_T_Firetween: Having trouble getting Skype working on my new system EWeston: Mine got me some shoe taps Rufus_T_Firetween: really got screwed up after M$ bought it :/ PrincipalPoop: water effects, hehheh Not Ed: Ossman's comments here about How Time Flys--precious Cease: there is interest for the ear in all of firesign's work. Not Ed: Sorry to hear the Ruf Cease: this is An Eye for An Eye, the artifact of which he speaks. Not Ed: "that" not "the" PrincipalPoop: nice coral effect there PrincipalPoop: my tide pool got warmer all of a sudden llanwydd: I almost deleted my skype today, tween PrincipalPoop: nope, got cold again Rufus_T_Firetween: I don't blame you EWeston: My pegmatites are acting up again PrincipalPoop: I have not used it since the takeover llanwydd: are those miniature pygmies wes? EWeston: They dream of being on stage, but no dancin pleez PrincipalPoop: pegma is a form of smegma EWeston: Granitic intrusions by day. starving actors at night EWeston: Good places to find gem stones llanwydd: I have been an actor but never starving llanwydd: does anybody starve in america anymore?I hope that problem has been solved InTheWood: We're all actors here! EWeston: They feel it gives them an edge Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Cat’s new collage “Ursula K Le Firesign” is now available at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Le Guin interview by the Nation magazine from 2014 >> https://www.thenation.com/article/video-ursula-k-le-guin-on-listening-to-the-unheard-voices/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** 2-part Ideas programme about Le Guin >> http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/remembering-ursula-k-le-guin-1.4502514 EWeston: We have malnutition in the country EWeston: malnutrition llanwydd: well that is certainly true Cease: This was done for a radio staiton in Ashland, Oregon. DJTweeny: Hunger in America: 2016 United States Hunger and Poverty Facts - https://www.worldhunger.org/hunger-in-america-2016-united-states-hunger-poverty-facts/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Blog at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Cease: the blog is the opposite of hunger in america. DJTweeny: hahaha ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| A Congress of Senators - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: or malnutrition PrincipalPoop: or Mertz Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com EWeston: The Dutch may have a good model for growing food that may become more popular. PrincipalPoop: I am not eating tulip bulbs DJTweeny: lol EWeston: Have a nice yam PrincipalPoop: well blow me down sez Popeye Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new video of David Ossman and Phil Proctor at the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS >> http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8134&loclr=eanw ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: Anybody have any requests for future shows? (not that you'll show up to hear them ;) PrincipalPoop: titties DJTweeny: haha EWeston: Green smoothie for Popeye! DJTweeny: more full frontal nudity, gotcha P EWeston: Equal time for welk porn! ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! PrincipalPoop: lawrence? ewwww but to each their own... ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 6-8pm EST every Sunday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to my show archives and ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow' EWeston: A man has to do what a man has to do. And I did it over there. PrincipalPoop: and you won't be back until you are finished over there.... Deputy Dang: Where's the gold? InTheWood: Here. Corn. EWeston: Now we gonna get down. We gonna boogie till we puke ||||||||| At 10:48 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, llanwydd!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... PrincipalPoop: sutters mill? klondike? PrincipalPoop: night llan Cease: by llan EWeston: Your niegborhood batholith PrincipalPoop: the community tubolith ''Bob'': Whoa! PrincipalPoop: thanks cease, wow EWeston: Well sure there's the obvious choices, and army doctors, almost fergot Deputy Dang: that was pretty awesome EWeston: Enjoyable cat Deputy Dang: gnight all PrincipalPoop: thanks tween, all, have a Super March DJTweeny: Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... ||||||||| 10:52 PM -- PrincipalPoop left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Cease: i hope ursula would have liked it. Deputy Dang: thank you DJTweeny et al DJTweeny: you too P InTheWood: Thanks Cease, Tweeny, Cat! ||||||||| At 10:52 PM, Deputy Dang runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| At 10:52 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, InTheWood!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Cease: glad you did. Cease: Part 2 next week ||||||||| "10:54 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Cease, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the brambles. ||||||||| It's 10:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Call me Eddie! - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Call me Eddy! an American now - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| rob - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Sally - dead from measles ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mudhead - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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 dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bottles - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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''
A Congress of Senators
Bottles
Call me Eddie!
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
EWeston
Igor
InTheWood
llanwydd
Mudhead
Not Ed
PrincipalPoop
Pup tent
Rufus_T_Firetween
Sally
