||||||||| 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 30, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 1:45 PM and RedPillTweeny steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 8:30 PM: Rufus_T_Firetween jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| 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 ushers DJTweeny in through the front door at 8:31 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Indiana 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Johan Amadeus Myjetski ', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:45 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I’ve been pushing things hard enough... Johan Amadeus Myjetski : That they’re no funat all ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:48 PM, dragging Kelraith by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Stratoblastor close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:49 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. DJTweeny: Hi Johan, Kelraith, Strato Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Djt, kelwraith, strato, greetings all! ||||||||| 8:52 PM: Cease jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Cease: hi folks Cease: gulliver and firesign a natural hook up Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hi cease! Cease: whats on the menu tonight, tween? DJTweeny: lo dere Cease ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cease: Hi Jammy DJTweeny: Frame Me Pretty, your new collage, and Give Us A Break ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:57 PM and late as usual, it's Stratoblastor, just back from Hellmouth." DJTweeny: allo again Strato Stratoblastor: I've just returned from Rome Cease: Speaking of Indiana, just listened to Marron interterview with Letterman today. Cease:https://www.wtfpod.com/ Cease: What has happened to your nose? ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 30, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I can call any vegetable DJTweeny: Catherwood, please reset your clock ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 9:02 PM" ||||||||| T. Fred enters at 9:03 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Hat Pack Annex. DJTweeny: Hi Fred Cease: Nashville Indiana? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hiyas, Fred! Cease: Hi T DJTweeny: Yeah, that's where I lived and worked before I moved to Texas. It's near Bloomington ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “FRAME ME PRETTY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' ||||||||| Outside, the 9:04 PM uptown bus from Minnesota pulls away, leaving Merlyn coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Cease: And then Proctor is off to Kansas, according to his Planet Proctor today DJTweeny: kewl Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hi Merl! Cease: Hi Merl Merlyn: hey all DJTweeny: Hey Merlyn Cease: I requested this because it's the last cut on the Firezine CD University of Maryland show, disc 2 Cease: I'm from the Midwest but can't imagine returning Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Lost the audio, loosing the plot... Cease: oh lucy, i brought fidel castro home for dinner Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Mein furher! I can hear! DJTweeny: lol JAM Rufus_T_Firetween: ** FIRESIGN THEATRE IN INDIANA!! Tickets available at >> The Brown County Playhouse - https://www.browncountyplayhouse.org/ and IU Waldron Auditorium - https://bctboxoffice.org/ Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Test DJTweeny: passed Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the New Live Concert Collection “FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I had to get loaded again... DJTweeny: Ready to pull the trigger? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I haven’t a pickle! Cease: Raptors looking good in the first period Johan Amadeus Myjetski : First period? I’m still in homeroom! Cease: lol Cease: steph curry is better than most teams Cease: like michael jordan, kareem, chamberlain Cease: raptors have been sunk Cease: went back to news Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I think I’ll hold it over here... Cease: this is a hold up ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:33 PM and late as usual, it's Beet, just back from Elmertown." Beet: Evening all. Sorry I'm late. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cease: Hey, it's Beet Cease: You're in time for my latest collage. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Cease: Gulliver travels to Firesign Land Beet: Hey Dr's Cease and Tween Rufus_T_Firetween: ** FIRESIGN THEATRE IN INDIANA!! Tickets available at >> The Brown County Playhouse - https://www.browncountyplayhouse.org/ and IU Waldron Auditorium - https://bctboxoffice.org/ Beet: I see you're here JAM and Merlyn. Howdy. Cease: HOw are things in firesign land, Merl? Beet: Sounds like a cap pistol. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hi beet! Beet: I was attending a meeting tonight and it made me a little late. DJTweeny: Pretty sure it was a cap pistol, Beet ;) Beet: We would fight many battles with cap pistols when I was a kid. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “GULLIVER TRAVELS TO FIRESIGN LAND” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Nice! Really nice! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** CBC Ideas programme: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/a-modest-proposal-about-satire-1.4718112 ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: This'll be good Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Oh, Wilbur! Cease: The CBC Ideas programme is a major source for my collages ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cease: This is Ossman in POrtland, 2010 Cease: Next week's conclusion to this is about roman, arab, and modern satire Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Gulliver's Travels 1996 miniseries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels_(miniseries) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** CBC Ideas programme: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/a-modest-proposal-about-satire-1.4718112 Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I am enjoying the intellectual, rather academic bent of this collage! DJTweeny: Fun stuff, Cat :) Cease: I'm re-reasding Gulliver's Travels now Cease: I saw this miniseries when it was first broadcast. Wonderful version of the tale Johan Amadeus Myjetski : It’s good to reacquaint ourselves with the classic views Cease: this is the very beginning of firesign ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: all these cliclks and pops are on the CD. odd Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GULLIVER TRAVELS TO FIRESIGN LAND” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Great! DJTweeny: Great segue into Roller Maidens Cease lol DJTweeny: I love how your mind can just automatically call up FST quotes which relate to the other material you're using, Cease Johan Amadeus Myjetski : So, if i am basically honest, I shouldn’t use yahoo.com? DJTweeny: Quite an index file you have in your head ;) Cease: it is a way to stave off dementia, tween. Beet: A rare talent Cease: the more active my brain is recalling firesign lines, the healthier it has to be Cease: anyone can do this Cease: ive been obsessed with firesign almost since their beginning and it continaully inspires me DJTweeny: Exercising the brain is indeed important, Cease :) DJTweeny: Like a muscle, use it or lose it Beet: 5th Dimension did a good version of this. I like this one very much. DJTweeny: I thought this was the 5th Dimension Beet: Nice, Cat. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Cease: this is laura's single ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: Proctor & Bergman's “GIVE US A BREAK” 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 this album may be purchased at >> Laugh.com - http://laughstore.stores.yahoo.net/prbecoofprbe.html or the iTunes Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/proctor-bergman/id692354720' Cease: her attempt to raise our spirits after the death of martin luther king and the kennedy brothers Beet: Laura who? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Really superb, cat, really thought provoking! Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Lauro Nero Cease: Nyro Beet: Ah! DJTweeny: ah, cool Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Had a great album called Xmas Beads of Sweat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “GIVE US A BREAK” at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=guab-ln Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Country Cease: This is like the classic comedy albums pre-Firesign Cease: thanks, jammy DJTweeny: Yeah, stand-up even DJTweeny: "I freed the WHAT??" Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Sorry folks, i have to bail early tonight. See you all ne t week! DJTweeny: rofl Cease: keep well, jammy Beet: See you next week JAM Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Thanks, cease! You too! Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Nite, beet! Thanks djt! DJTweeny: Be well JAM :) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor’s Audio Book of his recent autobiography “Where's My Fortune Cookie?: My Psychic, Psurrealistic Pstory” is now available! >> https://tinyurl.com/y2k7ks5v Rufus_T_Firetween: ** FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD: A MEMOIR by David Ossman - http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman Cease: Great book 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 Beet: Does the book kind of go along with the Fighting Clowns audio release? Cease: Yes DJTweeny: This bit reminds me of the Monty Python Sermon On The Mountain bit - I think he said "Blessed are the Cheesemakers" Cease: Indeed, Tween ||||||||| 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 7-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' Beet: My sound just dropped out Rufus_T_Firetween: Stable here Beet: Got it back Rufus_T_Firetween: (I listen to the stream) Cease: Part two of my Satire collage next week Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease:Tween's new Tuesday show is great. DJTweeny: Looking forward to it, Cat DJTweeny: Thanks Cat Beet: I ose iTunes usually very successfully. Just a momentary glitch. Cease: Chech and Chong's Sleeping Beauty was a revelation DJTweeny: That was fun, for sure DJTweeny: Might find some C&C bits useful for your collages, you never know Cease: this was a very important event in phil's lifetime, if you read his autobi DJTweeny: I remember him talking about it when I interviewed him Beet: I occasionally re-listen to C7C. Still makes me laugh. Cease: heard interview with weird al, want to do something with that Beet: C&C Cease: firesgin did parody songs too. Cease: i used to do that in high school DJTweeny: C'Mon Jesus is definitely a Kris Kristofferson parody. Austin said as much when he was here in the chat Cease: aha DJTweeny: Been fun, folks... Cease: come on jesus in presley Cease: bye ||||||||| Cease rushes off, saying "10:55 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Beet: Weird Al a hero of mine. Did you ever see the video some guy made for "Hardware Store"? Hilarious. Beet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4mFdX3B3kk ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| "11:00 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Merlyn, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the flowerbeds. Beet: See ya, Merlyn ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: This was fun. Thanks to all for making this a good Thursday night. Great collage, Dr Cease. Thanks to Dr Tween for your dedicated stewardship. G'Nite. ||||||||| Kelly steals in around 11:24 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| 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 the fiddlers ||||||||| 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 the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Kelly - 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.. ||||||||| 12:07 AM: RedPillTweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" ||||||||| 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 common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| T. Fred - 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: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from measles ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Stratoblastor - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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 the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Stratoblastor - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Kelraith - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
Merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
Stratoblastor
