||||||||| 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 05, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:06 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 visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:18 PM, dragging DJTweeny by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" ||||||||| 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 (Chicago-Southern California Purples) 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 stumbles in at 8:52 PM, dragging Cease by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" ||||||||| Outside, the 8:53 PM crosstown bus from Daytona Beach pulls away, leaving llanwydd coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. llanwydd: hi there DJTweeny: Hey Cease, llan Cease: Ah Little Feat Cease: Llan Cease: This is a long way from Guaraldi llanwydd: you always know a hammond when you hear it ||||||||| 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." Cease: Although he did some weird shit with the Dead llanwydd: not familiar with guaraldi ||||||||| "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!" Cease: You were in my play about him, which we'll hear tonight llanwydd: cool llanwydd: is cente guaraldi? Cease: My play is about him writing his hit song Cast Your Fate to the Wind but he's most famous for his Peanuts music Cease: Yes, "cente" is from Vincente, what Guaraldi's grandma called him. llanwydd: I will have to listen more closely tonight Cease: He's called Vince Anthony in my play. His whole name was Vincent Anthony Guaraldi ||||||||| 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)' Cease: Enter Vince Guaraldi on google and you;'ll have a whole evening of great music Rufus_T_Firetween: Or better yet, YouTube ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 05, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: yes, that's what i meant Cease: tons of his tunes online ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'Beet', just granted probation at 9:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Beet: Howdy group! llanwydd: hey beet DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cease: HI Beet Beet: Hello Llan, Dr Tween, Dr Cease ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s play “CAST” 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' Cease: Burger Manpete and Ossid Daveman Beet: This'll be good. I'm a big Guaraldi fan. Cease: Guaraldi is in the 2nd play. This one is called Radio Free Booze Cease: And he's Elayne Cease: here's llanwydd: I was born in hackensack Cease: Scott Wild was part of the RFO crew Beet: Are those tight Parisian dresses uncomfortable? Too bad. Cease: I was just using lyrics from a Steely Dan song about a drunk pimp, llan DJTweeny: lol Beet llanwydd: funny I dont remember that song Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Cat's Play “CAST” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#PLAYS Cease: Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More, one of my faves llanwydd: I think that was on pretzel logic. never had that album Cease: Katy Lied llanwydd: long time since I heard that one Cease: that was dialogue from the actual provo take over of rfo in 67 ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:12 PM and late as usual, it's Merlyn, just back from Minnesota." llanwydd: oh yes I remember this now Cease: hi merl llanwydd: Hey Merl Merlyn: hey hey llanwydd: my favorite song on this album was Any World Beet: It's Merl! Howdy. DJTweeny: Hi Merlyn llanwydd: I like the obscure ones Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Cat's Play “CAST” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#PLAYS ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: this is pretty good too llanwydd: hackensack! cool llanwydd: neverf lived there but I was born there and I know the place somewhat llanwydd: here it comes ||||||||| "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!" Cease: this is CAST Cease: Doc plays Ralph J Gleason Cease: I play Vince ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" llanwydd: lol llanwydd: this is me Cease: sure is llanwydd: very good tween! DJTweeny: :-) Cease: you can play this on your tuesday show if you like Cease: my grand daghters, very poorly recorded llanwydd: LOL llanwydd: wear a missile in your hair! cool DJTweeny: That'd be cool, Cease Beet: There was a time I lived in downtown D. C. Heard gunfire every night. Beet: The tune itself Cease: more tween Beet: There were three guys in my high school who did a great job covering Cast Cease: may he cast forever. RIP Airship Alan Gross Beet: Very cool guy. DJTweeny: RIP indeed Cease: Ralph Gleason could REALLLY write. Beet: Nice touch on the keyboard. Cease: this was the A-side of Cast Cease: what i called "Sambo de Pancakes" Beet: And it was called . . .? Beet: Thanks Cease:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqnYU8l-0AY Cease: this is from youtbue too. Cease: fragment of a much longer flick/tv show Cease: called Aantomy of a Hit Cease: much stolen dialogue llanwydd: great cat ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “SNAKEHEAD SYMPHONY (LIVE)” 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' Beet: Cool Cease: you stilll there, merl? ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:48 PM and Deputy Dang sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Beet: Hey, Deputy Cease: HI Dep Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: I'm on my phone, not yet listening. I finished work early and stopped for a beer. I'll be home soon and rejoin y'all. ||||||||| 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: Is it Bear Whiz? Deputy Dang: I wish! Deputy Dang: I wish! Cease: amazing endling to that Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net DJTweeny: yeah ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from Firesign’s Radio Now Live! Concert album “RADIO NOW LIVE! (PART 1)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out RADIONOW LIVE! at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-rvaudio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: Yay! DJTweeny: This is such a great concert recording Cease: Ossman was on stage this evening in KC DJTweeny: Part 2 next week Cat? It runs ~ 1:06:00. Does that fit with your plans? Cease: yes, my collage is less than 40 Cease: Next week new collage, Firesignathon. DJTweeny: kewl ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "10:07 PM and late as usual, it's Not Ed, just back from Denver." Not Ed: Porque? Beet: hi not Cease: HI Not Not Ed: Cheers Beet & C DJTweeny: allo Not Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “RADIO NOW LIVE!” at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Cease: You missed my last 2 plays, but you can hear them in the archives Not Ed: DDang, llan, Tweeny! Not Ed: Rufuzzz Not Ed: oops will have 2 czech them out C tanx Rufus_T_Firetween: You can catch Cat's play tomorrow evening at this show's archive at ** Check out the FIRESIGN CHAT SHOW ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/firesign/ ||||||||| It's 10:10 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... Not Ed: Catherwood give Rufus a hot kiss ||||||||| Catherwood gets rufus a hot kiss.
Rufus_T_Firetween blushes Rufus_T_Firetween: lol Not Ed: All power to nobody! Not Ed: (P. Austin) DJTweeny: How very Libertarian of him :) Not Ed: Indude Not Ed: Merging Bozos! DJTweeny: Speaking of politics, it's looks like the DNC is going to shut down Bernie again. They sure shut down Tulsi Not Ed: I wanted LIZ Not Ed: Liz = actual ideas (what a concept!) llanwydd: well, I got to be goin folks. take care. see you next week. ||||||||| llanwydd is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 10:21 PM. Cease: byh llan ||||||||| 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: See ya Llan. Not Ed: Surprised me that younger voters didn't come out for Sanders Not Ed: oops there goes llan Cease: surprised me too, not. but unlike the old voters, they are not demonstratably reliable Not Ed: true true Beet: The whole election process seems like a distracting show put on by the corporations. Cease: i hope not, beet Beet: I suppose ther's always room for hope. Not Ed: Porque? Not Ed: Nah Beet it's about voters - but it's being pretty hard on us Cease: tastes like porque Not Ed: it's the other white meat Beet: Efforts are to squeeze, erase, manipulate and otherwise change what the voters do. Not Ed: I think southern blacks are immune Not Ed: Great stuff Tweeny DJTweeny: It really is their finest live recording, imho Not Ed: It's soooo good to hear Bebop Not Ed: I agree Tweeny very much Not Ed: btw the domain ralphspoilsport.com is available Not Ed: I grabbed timewarptwo.com and timewarp2.com myself - don't know what I'll do with it yet ||||||||| 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: They really settle into it Tween Not Ed: The boys ||||||||| Cease walks away to The Sitting Room. ||||||||| Cease walks in and says "It's 10:36 PM, has anybody seen Nancy?" Not Ed: He's back Cease: I hadn't know there were more than one room Not Ed: Triipy DJTweeny: I've emailed Phil, Not Ed Not Ed: pocket dimensions Not Ed: great Tweeny! Not Ed: these two guys r always great together Not Ed: PA & PB Cease: there was once a vast animosity between them which they could summon to create these scenes Not Ed: interesting! Cease: maybe, maybe not ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Not Ed: ahh Beet: Sounds good DJTweeny: Cease: there was once a vast animosity between them which they could summon to create these scenes << Is that an example of when you said their recording sessions 'almost came to fisticuffs'? Cease: That i don't know, Tween. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “RADIO NOW LIVE!” at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Cease: there are lots of refs of that in ossman and proctor's writings Cease: but they were all best buds when i got togther wirth them in the mid 90s DJTweeny: 30 years can make a difference Cease: it can ||||||||| 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' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: we did, tween Not Ed: Yepsk. Next week all! Beet: Enjoyed this. Nice to see everyone. Nice collections from Dr Cease. All gratitude to our mentor Dr Tween. C U Next week. G'Nite. Cease: new collage next week Not Ed: Thanks Tweeny, Rufus, Merl & the four or five! Not Ed: cool C Not Ed: Nighty night! Cease: by DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| "10:58 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Cease, who then rushes out through the french doors and down through the bushes. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:25 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... ||||||||| "Hey Merlyn!" ... Merlyn turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 11:32 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| It's 11:40 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... ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
