||||||||| 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 February 06, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 7:09 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 year and a half!" ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| DJTweeny enters at 8:33 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| 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 That's My Dad! falls out at 8:38 PM. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Trilogy 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)' Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Dad That's My Dad!: hi RTF! ||||||||| 8:56 PM: Cat jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" DJTweeny: Hey Cat Cat: Good music DJTweeny: Mahavishnu Orchestra, and now ELP Cat: Hi Dad ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:58 PM, dragging Ma_Jenkins by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" ||||||||| 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)' Cat: Hi Ma Ma_Jenkins: Hiya! DJTweeny: We've got Ma and Dad :) ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:59 PM and Beet sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Beet: It's cols and wet in the WV mountains. How's everybody else? DJTweeny: Yo Beet ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s play “THE INFINITE TRILOGY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com' Ma_Jenkins: Hi Dad! Cat: HI Beet Beet: cold Beet: Hi Dr Tween ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, February 06, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Hey, Dr Cease ||||||||| Outside, the 9:00 PM uptown bus from Denver pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Not Ed: Porque? Cat: Not DJTweeny: allo Not Ed Beet: Hi Not Not Ed: Hey Cat 'n' Tweeny 'n' Beet ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llanwydd into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:01 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Hi llan Cat: LLan llanwydd: good evening folks Beet: Hi, Llan. Not Ed: llan ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s play “AN INFINITE TRILOGY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com' DJTweeny: oops, screwed up the title llanwydd: lol llanwydd: laughing at the falafel shop, cat Not Ed: you're excused if anyone is Cat: Actually Elayne's zine was called 4-alarm Firesignal, or Falalfel for short Not Ed: Ohhhh Cat: Much of modern Firefandom as emerged from that mag. Beet: Above the law? Cat: "I can do whatever I want" sounds more tropical than ever. this is from 96 Not Ed: Yes I have slowly begun to pick that up C Not Ed: True C Beet: The real 1% llanwydd: one organism one vote! imagine how many voting booths they would have to build Cat: i was told this was the first internet broadcast Cat: there was a comet in the sky in vancouver in those days and that prompted this play DJTweeny: kewl llanwydd: kahoutek? ||||||||| "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!" Not Ed: kahoutek Cat: 1996. dont remembe its name. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Ma_Jenkins: Hale Bopp? llanwydd: 96? Helle-Bopp? Ma_Jenkins: Or Hyutake? llanwydd: halle-bopp I think Ma_Jenkins: I saw them both! ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" llanwydd: kahoutek was back in the 70s Cat: this is the narration of a disneyland ride Beet: Comet Hyakutake (Japanese pronunciation: [çʲakɯ̥take], formally designated C/1996 B2) is a comet, discovered on 31 January 1996, that passed very close to Earth in March of that year. It was dubbed The Great Comet of 1996 Ma_Jenkins: And was a bust.. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: The all-knowing Google Not Ed: Ma_J I think that might be the one remembered Cat:https://www.right-of-assembly.org/adventure-thru-inner-space Not Ed: HBopp Beet: What was that spaced-out music, Cat? Not Ed: Not to be confused with clip ons Cat: i'm not sure. i think my producer created ot Cat: this is lindsay buckingham Cat: this is part 2 of the trilogy Cat:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblomov Not Ed: go insane Cat: bergman quotes from it somewhere Not Ed: good album Cat: dont forget to pump your shoes Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a bicycle pump ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a bicycle pump. Cat: magic johnson Cat: "an ambassador from our future lonliness" my favourite line Not Ed: this is great C Not Ed: kinda just get absorbed by it Not Ed: slurp Cat: ricki Not Ed: yeah Not Ed: you have really good taste man Beet: This is nice. Cat: this is Elayne DJTweeny: You're NOT in Disneyland lol Cat: Sharon Shannon, Cavan Potholes DJTweeny: nice DJTweeny: Much fun, Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Not Ed: doobie doo wah huh Beet: Fabulous. Cat. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: David Ossman's “HOW TIME FLYS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out HOW TIME FLYS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-rv' Not Ed: is as Beet sez Not Ed: Remember rivers, Nellie? DJTweeny: I'd love for Harry Schearer to do an album with the remaining Firesigns Cat: that wouldd be wonderful llanwydd: whats his sign? DJTweeny: Harry Shearer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer llanwydd: just looked him up. he missed being a firesign by two days ||||||||| 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: December 23 DJTweeny: so not a Firesign Cat: eco planningl Cat: Firesign not always predictive Beet: That means Capricorn - Earth Sign Cat: you stll here, Ma and Dad? Beet: Can he still work with firesigns? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Ma_Jenkins: I'm listening. Cat: the oriignial tweeny ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: Nino has you in Thailand Ma, is that accurate? DJTweeny: The real thing :) Beet: I just heard, "You just go get your brains washed." for the first time. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you want to know where your fellow chatters live, ask Nino The Mindboggler by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. DJTweeny: Oh yeah, great line ||||||||| 10:16 PM: Johan Amadeus Myjetski jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Evenin’ all! Not Ed: magnetic light YES! Not Ed: Hey JAM Beet: Hi JAM Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hiyas, Not! Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hey, beet! Not Ed: cheers Cat: Hi Jammy Not Ed:https://notinsane2020.com/ Not Ed: official from DO Johan Amadeus Myjetski : A collection of exquisites Not Ed: ordered the 2-pack Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hi Cat! Not Ed: which real? Not Ed: 11 dimensions by latest count Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “HOW TIME FLYS” at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-ln DJTweeny: allo Johan 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 : Yo, DJT! How’s it going? 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 DJTweeny: Doing well JAM, and you? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hanging in there llanwydd: hey JAM. just get here? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : As a noted scientist, it was a bit surprising when the girl blinded ME with science... DJTweeny: Excellent Thomas Dolby Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Yes, llan! Had to practice this evening Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Everybody okay? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Oh the humanity! Cat: we do our best llanwydd: I am okay. cant speak for everybody DJTweeny: lol @ The Entire State Building llanwydd: so what were you practicing jam? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : This could smell the end of civilization as we know it llanwydd: practicing medicine till we get it right ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Let's Eat broadcast collection, “THE UNDERWORLD OLYMPICS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' Not Ed: I'm flying right now! Beet: Good one Not Ed: Haha I love this bit. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Got a full set of dentures, & ikm having to learn to play the flute all over again Not Ed: OMG JAM Not Ed: lol ||||||||| 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: do you sit in a tree? Not Ed: Cool Tweeny : ) Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I am lucky, so i’m told, to even be able to play at all. But i have gigs this spring, so i gotta be in shape by then llanwydd: break a leg, jammy Not Ed: awesome JAM DJTweeny: going to play a pan flute for the rites of spring? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Not much, llan, but the ArborDay folks sent me some seedling trees, so all i gotta do is wait... i am leaving my shoes deflated, but on llanwydd: lol Beet: Do you make a living as a musician, JAM? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I used to, and i will again , by Shiboleth! Beet: cool Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Roll up, roll up for the tragical history tour! DJTweeny: best of luck, JAM :) Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Keeping the mud heads moist should makes a few bricks... DJTweeny: Tragical History Tour - https://rutlesriki.fandom.com/wiki/Tragical_History_Tour_(album) DJTweeny: RIP Neil Innes Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Thank you DJT, & everyone, y’all’s support means a lot. This has been traumatic for me, & i’m just getting to the light at the tunnel’s end Cat: we hope to illuminate you, jam DJTweeny: "When President Johnson said there was a light at the end of the tunnel during the Vietnam War, he neglected to mention that it was a North Vietnamese soldier holding a candle." Not Ed: indeed ||||||||| 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." Cat: Neal Amid next week. DJTweeny: Best wishes JAM. Making a living doing something you love is a gift Cat: See y'all next week. Beet: Best wishes for a full and rapid recovery. Not Ed: Take good care Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Beet: Se ya , Cat. llanwydd: Nite Cat ||||||||| 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: ** 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 Johan Amadeus Myjetski : It is, DJT, & i probably could have made more $ doing something else, but i’d already cut the souls off my shoes, you know? llanwydd: lol DJTweeny: I hear ya... Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Bye cat! Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Love, love, love to all! llanwydd: I can understand somewhat jam. I had a hand injury a couple of years ago and I had trouble playing my guitar for some months afterward DJTweeny: Same to you, JAM llanwydd: but I got used to it Not Ed: back plus extra J llanwydd: a little extra practice helps or did in my case Johan Amadeus Myjetski : An hour a day, at least, llan! llanwydd: at least ||||||||| 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' Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Ite all! Not Ed: Thanks Tweeny & team ||||||||| "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!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Nite all! Not Ed: Nite nite JAM Beet: See ya and good luck Mr. JAM llanwydd: nite JAM Not Ed: Take good care every darn one of yaz! Not Ed: Laterz! llanwydd: I gotta head out too llanwydd: nite everybody ||||||||| "Hey llanwydd!" ... llanwydd turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:54 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Beet: Nite Llan Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: This was great. I really enjoyed all of the offerings. Thanks to everyone. Enjoyed tonight's creation, Dr Cease. And thanks as always to our benevolent conductor Dr Tween. G'Nite. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'Ralph Pitcrewman', just granted probation at 11:51 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Ralph Pitcrewman: Wait... wait... what? whereHas Everybody Gone??? Ralph Pitcrewman: it was because I did not wash under the fenders last time... and i did and it's late ... and so... THIS... (collapses in a wingback sobbing) ||||||||| It's 11:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Ralph Pitcrewman: it's too much... i had such hopes... such dreams... I... I... ||||||||| Around 11:59 PM, Ralph Pitcrewman walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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
Cat
DJTweeny
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
llanwydd
Ma_Jenkins
Not Ed
Ralph Pitcrewman
Rufus_T_Firetween
That's My Dad!
