||||||||| 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 January 23, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (6:30 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood escorts DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (8:33 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'Ma_Jenkins', just granted probation at 8:36 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Ma Ma_Jenkins: Hi Rufus! Rufus_T_Firetween: Music in a couple of minutes
Ma_Jenkins D let me charge up my hearing aid! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Hot Tuna) 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 steals in around 8:48 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: howdy folks Ma_Jenkins: Hi! DJTweeny: Hey llan llanwydd: sounds a little like rolling stones Ma_Jenkins: Don't mind me. I'm busy polishing my buzz. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers johan aadeus myjetski inside, makes a note of the time (8:52 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. DJTweeny: Hey Johan johan aadeus myjetski: Mr Jourma K! johan aadeus myjetski: Evening all! Ma_Jenkins: Hi! johan aadeus myjetski: Hi Ma! Good to meet you / see you here! ||||||||| Cease enters at 8:55 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. johan aadeus myjetski: Hi Cease! Cease: Hi all Ma_Jenkins: Hi! DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: Are you all here to crush some dwarves? Ma_Jenkins: Who brought pliers? Cease: or would you like some pliers? Cease: i'm pliable Cease: we'll also hear an episode of Comedy on Vinyl about Dwarf ||||||||| 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, January 23, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" llanwydd: here we go ||||||||| 9:00 PM: Beet jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Beet: Evening chatters. Happy Thursday. llanwydd: hey beet Cease: it's borscht-man Beet: Hi Llan. Ma_Jenkins: Hi Beet! Beet: Howdy Dr Cease DJTweeny: Hey Beet Beet: Hi Ma! johan aadeus myjetski: hi Alan! And beet! DJTweeny: First time here, Ma? Beet: Hey, JAM! Ma_Jenkins: I have lurked in a few times. Beet: Ossman does a great authority figure. Cease: that he does, beet Beet: Howdy Dr Tween. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DWARF at https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=dctd-rv' Beet: Turn those Pliers. Cease: in other words, change the channel Beet: My iron lung is working again Cease: was it unemployed? Beet: temporarily johan aadeus myjetski: mein früher, i can breathe! Cease: in humbolt county? johan aadeus myjetski: furher Beet: must be Beet: I have always loved that line, "I am blind, look out for me." Cease: I cannot see Beet: Yes Ma_Jenkins: Can't tell the AC's from the DC's? Cease: our guest in the 2nd hour is blind. he reviews movies johan aadeus myjetski: I'm trailing clouds of glory myself... Cease: clouds, yes. glory no. Beet: it's hard to beat a clean windshield. ||||||||| 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!" johan aadeus myjetski: the old 1517! Beet: I was listening to the whole food sermon that time. Pretty funny. johan aadeus myjetski: french fries aren't french. Rumors at 11... johan aadeus myjetski: the script! johan aadeus myjetski: ? Beet: I won't bite you (laughs) ||||||||| Zoots sneaks in around 9:17 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Beet: Hey Zoots DJTweeny: Hello Zoots Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=dctd-ln Zoots: Good Evening Cease: hi zoots. llanwydd: sxecdrvfgbynhjmk, llanwydd: dont want to fade to grey Zoots: Neither feed of the audio seems to like my android llanwydd: was afk for a while because I got an email from an old childhood friend I have not seen since we were six years old. quite a thrill Zoots: Fortunately for me i have heard this b4. DJTweeny: Sorry zoots :( DJTweeny: Have you tried copying the link and pasting it directly into your player? Cease: that woujlds be thrilling, llan johan aadeus myjetski: actually Chinese sounds pretty good right now 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 Cease: are you an old firesign fan, ma jenkins? 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Dr. Happy Harry Cox says “I was right about the comet! Check out my new video DVD set EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE DECLASSIFIED FIRESIGN THEATRE 1968-1975 before it’s too late!!” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php Cease: ossman has a new book coming out. scripts for the last trilogy Beet: cool Beet: Political child abuse. llanwydd: catherwood, get jam one from column a ||||||||| Catherwood gets jam one from column a. johan aadeus myjetski: Barbara Bobo is Bottles? johan aadeus myjetski: thanks fatherhood, keep the change llanwydd: lol johan aadeus myjetski: thanks Catherwood, keep the change ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside johan aadeus myjetski and mumbles "oh, fuck off johan aadeus myjetski!" Cease: one of proctor's wives named barbro. Cease: i'm sure that name comes from that. llanwydd: barbro stroysand? DJTweeny: Catherwood, please be nice ||||||||| Catherwood says "I thought I was nice!" llanwydd: lol johan aadeus myjetski: LOL! johan aadeus myjetski: brb Beet: The atmosphere is all important Beet: beautiful Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Jason Klamm’s “BLIND DWARF” and from Firesign's The Great Radio Broadcast of 1976 “Young Tom Edison” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Jeff's Klamm'sPodcasts at >> http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/' ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Zoots - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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 Regnad gets out at 9:56 PM. Cease: skype keeps breaking up during this interview Cease: hi regnad DJTweeny: allo Regnad Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Jason Klamm's “Comedy On Vinyl” podcast at >> http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/ Beet: I like hearing FST discovery stories. Cease: what amuses me is that jason is someone new to firesign during this conversation. Cease: tommy is far more into the album. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: but jason knows infinitely more about the medium than i do. comic albums Cease: peggy johan aadeus myjetski: both these guys' enthusiasm is great! Cease: next week, with bozos, klamm interviews proctor and taylor jessen Beet: Didn't Procter say he was copying a particular aunt or something with his female voices? Cease: his mother Beet: yeah Cease: re, "northing like that on radio" isn't true if you include podcasts Cease: i think the audio realm has been more democratized now then ever before Beet: joe rogan Cease: dont know his podcast but know of it DJTweeny: Internet broadcasting/podcasting has very much enabled that Case Cease: indeed, tween Beet: it is truly wonderful. there are youtube videos of most if not all of his podcasts Cease: this chat is due to the internet. my meeting the guys and doing all the work with them is thankis to the internet Beet: This why keeping the internet free and open is so important Cease: someone on facebook firesign chat asked what our favourite firesign quotes was Beet: The idea behind, "You may already BE there." llanwydd: never really thought about what my favorite quote is Cease: i asnswered, all of them Beet: true enough Cease: jason asks some great questions llanwydd: but I submitted "Forward into the past" as my high school yearbook quote when I was a senior. It was misspelled as "Forward to the post". what a disappointment. Beet: For me, one of the great secrets of comedy albums was Moms Mabley. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: i thihk i learned of her from a programme about the history of comedy. Beet: one hilarious, unique woman johan aadeus myjetski: I had an uncle that had a collection of black comedy from the late 50s & early 60s, Redd Foxx, Moms Mabley, "don't tell your mother i let you listen to this!" Beet: great Cease: i cant recall the first thing i found funny. too long ago Beet: Probably the very earliest for me was Milton Berle. johan aadeus myjetski: Bill Cosby had a record with a long piece about The Chicken Heart, might be my first. Cease: i can remember george gobel. Cease: just vaguely. Beet: And the best was Soupy Sales. Laugh out loud funny. johan aadeus myjetski: Yes! Cease: but i would have heard radio earlier. jack benny for sure. 50s Ma_Jenkins: The Red Skelton show Cease: yeah soupy was great Cease: fracture flilckers, rocky and bullwinkle were kinda like peanuts for me, things that talked up to me as a small kid llanwydd: I used to watch soupy sales back in the 60s Beet: classics Cease: i remember being in the audience of a taping a red skelton show, ma. he was fantastic Ma_Jenkins: My mom had Tom Lehere records. Ma_Jenkins: *Lehrer ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" llanwydd: I first heard tom lehrer on dr. demento ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Red Skelton was a real hero. That must have been fantastic, Cease. johan aadeus myjetski: don't forget Boob & Ray records! johan aadeus myjetski: Bob & Ray, ugh! llanwydd: I only heard bob and ray on WOR in NYC llanwydd: I used to record them Ma_Jenkins: Terry Jones passed away this week :( Beet: For sheer schmaltz Jackie Gleason was The Great One. llanwydd: yes, terry jones was a comic genius Cease: what a great loss, ma Ma_Jenkins: I also remember the Smothers Brothers on television Ma_Jenkins: Pat Pau;son ||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Regnad - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Ma_Jenkins: Paulson Cease: bob and ray were the main influence on proctor johan aadeus myjetski: And the Smothers had comedy records in the early 60s! Cease: ye ran for president, as i recall, ma Ma_Jenkins: And early Bob Newhart when he was doing stand up. Cease: pat paulson. Ma_Jenkins: He did! Beet: Tommy was really the genios of the two. ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Someone else who made me really laugh was Woody Allen johan aadeus myjetski: "Mom always liked you best!" johan aadeus myjetski: Woody had comedy records in the early 60s, too! Cease: yes his old stuff was great Cease: this guy is tellng me stuff i would never have known, about sound recording ||||||||| 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!" Ma_Jenkins: I remember listening to Richard Pryor records. Cease: like he said earlier, you'll never know what it's like to be blind and be able to hear these things Beet: I always loved ONJ's "Magic" llanwydd: I had woody allens tworecords on one cassette. if I remember right it was called stand up comic Cease: when they were new, ma? Cease: the story about the moose? Cease: the howl of the woof llanwydd: I shot a moose in upstate new york Ma_Jenkins: Firesign theater records have so many layers of dialog. Ma_Jenkins: Every time I listen I might hear something new Cease: i learned of pryor's audio long after i saw his acting llanwydd: not me. woody shot the moose Beet: This guy really has some fun ||||||||| 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!" Ma_Jenkins: Richard Pryor records would have been late 60's early 70's. Ma_Jenkins: And George Carlin, of course. Ma_Jenkins: is records. Cease: what he says is true, about not getting mugged Beet: Only rare types could become friends because of Firesign. Beet: They have to "get it" Cease: they do demand a larger intellect than pythons Ma_Jenkins: Different. Ma_Jenkins: Both are amazing johan aadeus myjetski: A band i was in around '75, we listened to FST during practice breaks. Cease: i know my 12-year old grand daughters would love python, if they don't already. there's no way they could appreciate firesign Cease: it would be a foreign language to them Beet: I have had that happen a lot with Skype - especially long calls. Ma_Jenkins: I still remember being home one saturday night and this show came on... and it was Saturday Night Live. DJTweeny: Speaking of Python, RIP Terry Jones Cease: yes they are, ma Ma_Jenkins: In whatever. Ma_Jenkins: 1975 ||||||||| 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!" Ma_Jenkins: I had no life as a teenager. Ma_Jenkins: Probably why I live humor. DJTweeny: Terry Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones Cease: you're stilll alive,ma. Beet: That would be very interesting
Ma_Jenkins ) johan aadeus myjetski: DJT, did you hear what Cleese said about Jones' passing? Beet: Tell us Cease: i was at the top of mt. royal, the mt montreal is named after, after hitching accorss canada in 73. DJTweeny: I did not johan aadeus myjetski: "That's two down, four to go" Hint: there were 7 Pythons... Cease: looking out over the city, i hear, out of the fog, into the smog. Cease: and two guys next to me did the whole nick danger. johan aadeus myjetski: Math not his strong suit llanwydd: who was the 7th? Cease: counting neal innes, jam? DJTweeny: Funny, John... Cease: all these old people keep dieing! Beet: That is very funny, JAM. johan aadeus myjetski: I do really count Innes as a Python, really Cease: today the local vancouver tv station showed a clip of python in vancvouer in 73 Cease: hilarious. Cease: street theatre promo for thier show here in 73 johan aadeus myjetski: their Hollywood Bowl live concert was hilarious Cease:https://globalnews.ca/news/6449452/monty-python-vancouver-1973/?fbclid=IwAR1eLfeeRQHlhWVr8QqPUyUXLwOfNKqo3P0LxnoWE2AZX_EUo0-zfloijOg Beet: Anybody heard any Superego? johan aadeus myjetski: Did he just say 'we've got some excited stuff coming up'? Cease: not me, beet Cease: there is so much to discover Beet: Probably worth some research. Cease: itry and spend most of every day working on my projects. and occasionally eat and sleep DJTweeny: that's cool, Cat ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| 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 6-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' ||||||||| "10:51 PM? 10:51 PM!!" says Catherwood, "LAGATOR78 should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as LAGATOR78 enters and sits at the bar. ||||||||| Outside, the 10:52 PM uptown bus from Minnesota pulls away, leaving Merlyn coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Merlyn: Hello, I must be going ||||||||| 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: Hi Merl Beet: Hi, Merlyn, LAGATOR. johan aadeus myjetski: nite all! Thanks for the n'yuks! Beet: See ya JAM johan aadeus myjetski: love, love, love to all! llanwydd: nytol ||||||||| At 10:53 PM, llanwydd vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Beet: G'nite, Llan Cease: hi lagators Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: This was a very special evening, guys. Special thanks to everyone. Thanks to Cat for setting up this interview. Thanks, Dr Tween for guiding the service. G'Nite all. ||||||||| Merlyn rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 10:54 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Cease: we do our best, beet DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: Hope you return, Ma. Cease: off we are ||||||||| Cease leaves at 10:59 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..." ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| LAGATOR78 - 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 12:55 AM, 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... ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| johan aadeus myjetski - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Ma_Jenkins - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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 aadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Ma_Jenkins
Merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zoots
