||||||||| 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 31, 2018 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 3:56 PM and Beet bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| 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 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 8:08 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' ||||||||| 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 (Space 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Space 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)' ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:40 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Funfun Town." DJTweeny: test Rufus_T_Firetween: test DJTweeny: is this thing on?? ||||||||| EWeston tiptoes in around 8:48 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." EWeston: It's a;; 1's and 0's to me Tweeny DJTweeny: Hi EW DJTweeny: having issues with the resfresh DJTweeny: have sent an email to Merlyn EWeston: Space Truckin audio check EWeston: If I have to double up again I'm coming back as Ernest Buttwhistle Rufus_T_Firetween: lol ||||||||| 8:53 PM: Cease jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" DJTweeny: Hi Cease, check your email EWeston: Cat sheding season? Cease: Sounds like Pink Floyd ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:55 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... EWeston: Bit drony even for them EWeston: Masta Merlyn Cease: Aha, Stones. Cease: I jsut sent Doc and email, Tween. EWeston: I'm The Urban Spaceman would fit in this mix Cease: And speaking of Merl.... Cease: I use it in my new piece tonight, Tween. DJTweeny: OK, I'll start the show and hope things work out... Cease: My first (and probably last) collage not written by me. Chariot of the Globs, by Shelton and Sheridan. Cease: Played a taste of it in my History and Firesigns collage 2 weeks ago. Cease: It's not even a new piece, actually one I made with family and friends in japan in 83. EWeston: Good breeding there Cat ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 31, 2018 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: I actually contacted Paul Mavrides this week via Facebook and sent him a copy of Globs. Merlyn: It works fine for me EWeston: Otay Tweeny ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “EAT OR BE EATEN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out EOBE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe' ||||||||| 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 Uncle Glen falls out at 9:05 PM. Cease: Glen Banks? EWeston: Unka Glen Uncle Glen: I hate shrink wrap! EWeston: I have mixed feelings about baking powder ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cease: You were in the film version of this, weren't you, Glen? ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 9:07 PM, dragging llanwydd by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" llanwydd: howdy EWeston: Llan Cease: Llan Uncle Glen: Where is everybody?? llanwydd: here is everybody EWeston: Where's hidin in the woodsheld Uncle Glen: ????????????????????????????????? llanwydd: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DJTweeny: What do you guys think, if we can't get the chat working by the bottom of the hour, should we call it quits and save this for next week? llanwydd: or as we say in welsh, nftfgybhufvjchgbnfmdgyvhjcdk Uncle Glen: OH! ||||||||| Outside, the 9:10 PM uptown bus from New York pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. llanwydd: what is wrong with the chat? Merlyn:tween, the chat IS working EWeston: I'm good Tweeny llanwydd: it is working for me ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'J. A. M.', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:10 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Elayne: Out of the fog, into the smog... good evening all, not seeing very well yet llanwydd: hey JAM EWeston: JAM der prodgy Elayne:Tween, the chat's being a bastard for you tonight? Oh dear EWeston: Elayne Elayne: And for Llan as well? Uncle Glen: This this isn't working. Cease: HI El, Jam Elayne: Oh good, it's working for Llan. For everyone but Tween? Elayne: And Glen J. A. M.: Hi llan, Elayne , cat, eat all! ||||||||| Steam Wizard sneaks in around 9:12 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: lol Cease: Works for me. llanwydd: hey steamy EWeston: Steam Wiz Cease: Steam Uncle Glen: It won't GO! Elayne: I've messaged Tween. J. A. M.: Let them scare you with a little story... ||||||||| Uncle G bounds in at 9:13 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Elayne: I'll Facebook Messenger him too J. A. M.: Steam Wiz! Uncle G: Sigh EWeston: Communication is dubious Uncle G: Your kindness is appreciated! Uncle G: La la la la EWeston: you you you Elayne: Sorry Glen, we can still see you, honest... Rufus_T_Firetween: test J. A. M.: I had probs last week, but i’m better now Merlyn: what kind of problems? Uncle Glen: It's a BITCH! EWeston: Describe her Uncle Glen: My comments show up like ten minutes later---if at all. ||||||||| Around 9:18 PM, DJTweeny walks off into the sunset... J. A. M.: Just like what Unk is describing. Couldn’t see my updates at all, could only see some of everybody else’s. I could go to log & see everything, though. Uncle Glen: It's not real time for me. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:18 PM and DJTweeny waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Elayne: Is it working yet, Tween? DJTweeny: test Uncle Glen: I can't see YOU guys, either- Elayne: Glen's still not seeing anything in real time. EWeston: That is a serious time warp Uncle Glen: Bait and Switches! ||||||||| 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!" Uncle Glen: NOTHING IS POSTING!!!!!!!!!! Uncle Glen: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! Elayne: Methinks chat may need to upgrade to something more 21st century... Uncle Glen: OK- I give up. When you hear me play the keyboard, tell me it was the greatest and I'll soak it up like a cheap compliment. Cease: Virtual chat, with avatars? Rufus_T_Firetween: Going to restart one of my computers Uncle Glen: CYA around, kids! ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:20 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary. Beet: Hello, folks. ||||||||| doctecazoid bounds in at 9:21 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Hi doc EWeston: Beet with the vegetable gnues Cease: Beet, Doc DJTweeny: test EWeston: Doczoid Beet: Hi Dr Cease doctecazoid: just saw the email from Cease re problems with chat, after finishing dinner Beet: Howdy EW doctecazoid: seems like things are ok though ||||||||| 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!" J. A. M.: Gotta clean the filters on the way-back machine hi beet, doc! Beet: Hey, JAM EWeston: Not sure if Tweeny has properly materialized this eve Elayne: Doc!! When the heck are we getting together?? doctecazoid: last week, omnis networks (the domain host for firesign and a number of sites i manage) had a network outage, all my sites were down Elayne: And how's the job?? Rufus_T_Firetween: same here, Glen Elayne: Zoicks, Doc! Maybe this lag-for-Tween-and-Glen is a holdover from that? Beet: Things seem pretty smooth this week so far. doctecazoid: the job is good but hard work and long days what with the 2 hr round trip commute Beet: Hi Miss E EWeston: One poster was waiting 10 minutes for his post to come up Cease: What Elayne said, Doc. Elayne: Told ou that commute soundedl like a killer. :( At least it's against the prevailing traffic flow. doctecazoid: thankfully, i'm going against traffic so i get to drive fast most of the time DJTweeny: test Elayne: Oh dear, I'm familiar with your fast driving. :) doctecazoid: was the problem earlier only affecting one user or everyone? Cease: At least it's a job, Doc. ||||||||| It's 9:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Uncle G - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Elayne: Doc, seems to be two users, Glen and Tween. Cease: Ive used this clip from EOBE more than any other. doctecazoid: yes - pay is good, great office environment, challenging work, nice people. EWeston: Rufus said he was having the same thing happen, I think doctecazoid: if it's not affecting everyone, the problem is not with omnis DJTweeny: test doctecazoid:tween i am seeing your tests Cease: No problem for me, but we did lose chat for about 20 min last week EWeston: Yup most us see him too Elayne: Wow Doc, it's been SO LONG since you've been able to say those things about a job! I'm so happy for you! doctecazoid: yeah last week was due to an issue w/omnis - they posted about it (not much detail but they at least acknowledged the issue) on their facebook page Beet: I think last week was a government conspiracy. Elayne: LOL, Beet! doctecazoid: is glen in the same geographic area as tween? EWeston: Will Trump pardon them, ever? Elayne: According to Nino, Glen's server is in Los Angeles, and walks again bh night. Elayne: Damn stupid dilated pupils, can't type properly. doctecazoid: if jobs had a reality distortion field around him, trump has a reality subversion field. Elayne: But my ophthalmologist gave me a clean bill of health, so I'll deal with it. doctecazoid: glen is on a server? Cease: I thought Glen was famous Firesign friend Glen Banks DJTweeny: test Merlyn: Not according to Nino, doc Elayne: What is reality? It's just this realty, owned by Trump. Elayne: Could be, Cat! He's in El-Lay. Hadn't thought of that. EWeston: Second law of thermodynamics personified Beet: This great recording was way ahead of its time. Really gives one the feeling of being in the game. Elayne: Doc, I don't know, whatever you call it. Inside he's tan, he's handsome. Elayne: Look I'm so old that my internet IS a series of tubes... Cease: I met him through Falafal, El, and many more. llanwydd: I have eaten falafel but... Elayne: 'S what I've done in my life, Cat, bring together people who are all more interesting than me. :) Cease: LOL ||||||||| 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!" Elayne: Llan, that was my stupid abbreviation for Four-Alarm FIRESIGnal. ||||||||| 9:33 PM: NOT ED jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" llanwydd: not so stupid Beet: Hi Llan Elayne: FAlaFal, with a mix of upper and lower case Beet: Hi Not Cease: Not Elayne: And misspelled with that "al" instead of "el" EWeston: Not, Ed Cease: much more likely than a mix of the upper and lower classes. doctecazoid: i just texted westley about gle and tween's issue ... i'll let you know if he gets back to me. Elayne: Evenin, Not Ed! Can you see our posts and your own? Glen and Tween have been having issues. NOT ED: I'n not Ed Elayne: Thanks Doc! doctecazoid: *glen not gle Merlyn: I'm here, doc! doctecazoid: ah hi there Beet: Hi Merl Elayne: So Brian/Merlyn, what do you think it is? doctecazoid: not sure why two specific chatters - one in texas and on in el lay - would be having chat issues Beet: Great album Merlyn: For some reason their screens aren't refreshing correctly; they can read it by getting the log, though Elayne: Mabe it's hotter in the hellmouth... Beet: Oboy! A new one. I love these. doctecazoid: i think eobe was an outgrowth of pink hotel burns down Cease: Notices my different voices, 1983 and now. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “CHARIOT OF THE GLOBS” 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/' doctecazoid: maybe they need to try turning it off and on again doctecazoid: & check that the green light is blinking NOT ED: I smell bacon Rufus_T_Firetween: test EWeston: It's a trap! ||||||||| 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!" Elayne: LOL, Doc! NOT ED: I'm going in, there's a vacancy. J. A. M.: Fading fast, folks, see y’all next week! Thanks everyone! ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: possible solutions to chat issues: clear browser cache, stop & restart it. flush dns. run a traceroute & see if there are any problems with connectivity. EWeston: No! It;s dark and dirty in there! doctecazoid: reboot router and cable/dns. EWeston: By JAM NOT ED: God damnit, I poked my eye out! doctecazoid: stick your head out the window and shout CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?!? EWeston: Mom and Steve know best Beet: G'Nite JAM doctecazoid: although my daze are long, i do try to keep up my twitter feed - @doctecazoid Elayne: Doc: How about, Feed the hamsters and make sure it starts running those circles again doctecazoid: nite jam doctecazoid: e: couldn't hoit! Elayne: Bye J.A.M.! Cease: By Jam Elayne: I htink I'm cutting out as well. Just when my doctor-induced dilation is clearing up, it's taken a turn for the blurrier thanks to Elayne-induced dilation. ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: nite e Elayne: Next week, all! I'll be on vacay (or stay-cay)! ||||||||| Elayne leaves at 9:43 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." EWeston: A good vision check is worth it though bye Cease: By El. Beet: Have a nice night, Miss E. doctecazoid: the better to see the chat screen with! Cease: This is the only comic I turned into an audio collage. Have idea for another. EWeston: Your kitty there? Merlyn:tweeny is trying a different browser Merlyn: "This land is full of BROWSERS!" DJTweeny: test doctecazoid: he's on an older mac, as i recall doctecazoid: this net is full of LOUSERS! EWeston: The sand is in my trousers! doctecazoid: my cats are meowing LOUDER Cease: Yes, that meow was our cat Ernie. She moved with us to Canada in 88 and lived 21 years. Amazing cat. EWeston: Mine are quesent doctecazoid: time for a refill (vodka tonic) - brb EWeston: That's a good age for a cat ||||||||| Tweeny enters at 9:48 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. Tweeny: hello EWeston: Ello sailor Tweeny: aha.... something to do with Firefox Cease: are you back, tween? Beet: I have bo animals except for the occasional spider. ||||||||| Rufus enters at 9:49 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Hat Pack Annex. Beet: no animals Rufus: Using a different browser Beet: Hi Rufus EWeston: I had one that came out to watch me brush my teeth Beet: cat or spider? Tweeny: hmmmm, working here but not on my other machine ||||||||| Tweeny leaves at 9:50 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." Rufus: test EWeston: Spider. Not behavior that was passed on EWeston: Gotcher test right here Rufus Merlyn: working better, rufus? Beet: I have faith we can get Tween back EWeston: He may be eight miles high ||||||||| "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!" doctecazoid: back, and beautiful ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| NOT ED - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 Tweeny gets out at 9:55 PM. Tweeny: test Tweeny: aha, OK Beet: NOT NOT ED Merlyn: working? Tweeny: -------- Tweeny: it seemed to be working on a different OS EWeston: +++++++ doctecazoid: seems oddly appropriate: mad magazine cover, april 1971 - https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QUtXqQNvL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg Tweeny: no big, as long as you guys can see my notices ||||||||| Tweeny scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Tweeny?! It's 9:57 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" llanwydd: what is the problem? Beet: Sheeeeeit! doctecazoid: not only that tween but i can notice what you're seeing EWeston: Infernal connections to his microwave llanwydd: funny doc, I started buying Mad that same year but it was 40 cents (cheap) doctecazoid: sounds like you got the dag-blame water pump to turn over, tween Merlyn: that's metaphysically abtruse, doc doctecazoid: not to mention ontololgically obtuse doctecazoid: that woud've worked better if i could type ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. EWeston: A winner in scrabble though DJTweeny: Not having any other problems with the net or using the browser, so it's a real head-scratcher doctecazoid: of course, i'm sitting cross legged on the couch, with lili stretched out and dozing next to me, forcing me to lead over to the coffee table to type - so, i got that going for me :-) ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: eweston: lol doctecazoid: lean not lead doctecazoid: on a circa 2008 mac laptop, using teamviewer to do the chat thing on my office pc upstairs Merlyn: Objection! Leaning the witness. doctecazoid: i find my chat experience is better on my desktop machine than this mac doctecazoid: i'm abject too Beet: But what about your cat experience? EWeston: All humans are objects to cats Beet: If we were small enough they would catch us and eat us. doctecazoid: our cats are experienced alright - especially when we break out the catnip Merlyn: Doc, or anyone, do you have any suggestion for a cassette to digitial converter? EWeston: True dat doctecazoid: there are a few cassette-to-usb devices on the market ... they come with recording software Merlyn: Yeah, I tried one but it was awful Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s new collage “Chariot Of The Globs” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES doctecazoid:https://www.google.com/search?q=cassette+to+usb+player+with+software&oq=cassette+to+usb+player+with+software&aqs=chrome..69i57.8174j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Merlyn: adds a hum that isn't there, and tries to cut it up into songs and doesn't record most of a half-hour audio show doctecazoid: i'd stay away from the cheaper ones - also make sure the software works on a mac doctecazoid: your other choice is getting an audio interface, and hooking up a standard cassette deck to it Cease: is there something like that for vhs-computer? Beet: There's Tween. Beet: Nice collage, Cat. Cease: Thanks doctecazoid: i have one of these, works great with mac or pc - https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Scarlet2i2G2--focusrite-scarlett-2i2?mrkgcl=28&mrkgadid=3248788692&rkg_id=0&product_id=Scarlet2i2G2&campaigntype=shopping&campaign=aaShopping%20-%20Core%20-%20Studio%20&%20Recording&adgroup=Studio%20&%20Recording%20-%20Audio%20Interfaces&placement=google&adpos=1o4&creative=213185928233&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKCAjwur7YBRA_EiwASXqIHOwvwQuJ_qVHn2VEBP9afR3eYeO6tVo4ude4IbGYJeNBX84Q2etzNhoCNqsQAvD_BwE doctecazoid: crappy link there, hang on ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Dear Friends Broadcasts “IS THIS THE MACHINE WHICH REGISTERS NO 'N' YES?” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' doctecazoid:https://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-2i2 doctecazoid: about $150 Cease: each of the lads were/are superb poets Beet: I have a Pyle PT659du that works really well for cassettes. And reasonably priced also. ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: but if you get that, and use something like audacity on your mac for the recording and editing, and have a working cassette deck with rca outputs, and use a couple of rca -to-1/4" adapters ... you will be good to go EWeston: I can has a magenta hardhat DJTweeny: indeed they were/are EWeston: Cycled identity crisis indeed Cease: this is from loren eisely, one of my fave writers doctecazoid: that pyle unit looks pretty good there, beet EWeston: Min butt whistles! Rufus_T_Firetween: that's quite a pyle EWeston: Bag it doctecazoid: ok gang i think i have to turn in - 8 hrs work + 1 hr lunch break + 2 hrs commuting makes for a long day doctecazoid: the weekend can't come soon enough Cease: Indeed, Doc. EWeston: Have a goodun Doc Cease: Thaks for dropping by. doctecazoid: you all have a great evening, catch ya on the flip side doctecazoid: ttfn ttyl nytol etc yada yada ... Merlyn: ok doc, thanks for the advice Beet: Nite doc. doctecazoid: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... ||||||||| At 10:19 PM, doctecazoid vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Beet: There he goes DJTweeny: hello DJTweeny: OK, this browser apparently works Cease: Did Doc ever mention a videotape to computer device? Beet: Hi Dr Tween DJTweeny: interesting DJTweeny: Will have to play with this some more Merlyn: I don't think so, cat DJTweeny: weridness DJTweeny: herrow ||||||||| "10:31 PM? 10:31 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Tween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Tween enters and sits on the divan. Cease: problems again, tween? Tween: testing different browsers EWeston: Nobody here but us weridoes Beet: weri is as weridoes Tween: still not working the way it should, as it has for years
Tween shrugs
Rufus_T_Firetween shrugs Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html Beet: A good shrug is the answer to most problems. Rufus_T_Firetween: often ;) EWeston: A good rug can lie all day Beet: and still tell the truth ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" 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 EWeston: Rug morality isn't ridged Beet: Did evryone watch the finale to "The Americans"? Cease: Not I Merlyn: But you're Canadian! EWeston: not mee Beet: Gonna miss that show. I don't know if guys here are into it. Cease: We;ve been waiting for the finale of the americans for hundreds of years. Beet: May be closer tham we think. EWeston: We may see if we're to stupid to survive this fall Beet: Maybe we deserve the lame government that we have. Cease: The new trade war with Canada is quite bizarre. EWeston: Our media has let us down for nearly forty years. The crop is much of their doing Cease: A car is made in both countries, and others. So what naitonality is it? EWeston: He's gonna outlaw German cars too! Beet: What a f****ing idiot DJTweeny: Trump's tariffs sure are raiging hackles EWeston: Figgier Putin needs him to kick NATO in the nads some more Beet: too many *'s DJTweeny: Wonder if he'll allow the BMWs which are being manufactured in the USA ;) DJTweeny: *raising Beet: Trump has two more years to completely destroy this country before the next election. ||||||||| 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 the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' EWeston: Or other foreign makes that manufactur in the USA? The things he doesn't know has collateral damage DJTweeny: Well, at least it will be _completely_ destroyed ;) Beet: Hello NSA guy. Cease: thjis was after that big quake Cease: i was in canada or japan but my parents house was damaged and my friend, a foot doctor, lost a toe EWeston: Pacifica welcomes immigrants Beet: Had fun tonight. Hope everything works out for you Dr Tween. Great collage, Dr Cease. Thanks everyone. G'Nite all. DJTweeny: Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Merlyn: Nytol ||||||||| Merlyn scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 10:53 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" EWeston: To stable future without a stable gehious Cease: First bit of my collage series about food waste next week. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| It's 10:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tween - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: zatit? well, thanks tweeny and cat. nite everybody ||||||||| llanwydd rushes off, saying "10:55 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" DJTweeny: kewl Cease: nite, llan Cease: next week. ||||||||| At 10:56 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Cease!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... 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 - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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 intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| EWeston - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Steam Wizard - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Uncle Glen - 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: ||||||||| J. A. M. - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood ushers RedPillTweeny into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mutters something about 3:11 AM, then departs. ||||||||| It's 3:25 AM, 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... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
Beet
Cease
DJTweeny
doctecazoid
Elayne
EWeston
J. A. M.
llanwydd
Merlyn
NOT ED
Rufus
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tween
Tweeny
Uncle G
Uncle Glen
