||||||||| 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 19, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and pipes up "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 6:17 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| It's 7:40 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... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "7:58 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Elmertown." ||||||||| 7:59 PM: DJTweeny 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!" ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Donovan) 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)' ||||||||| 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 Cat gets out at 8:47 PM. Cat: Do you have the collage i did about this song in the archives? Cat: Various versions of season DJTweeny: Hi Cat Cat: saw donovan in la, maybe 68? forget DJTweeny: What's it called? Cat: one of proc's early wives was a friend of donovan's wife Rufus_T_Firetween: Cool DJTweeny: The only Donovan I show in the archive is Judy COllins singing one of his songs DJTweeny: In the collage Borders Cat: Season of the witch tunes'couldnt find it immediately Cat: that sounds right ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:56 PM and yojimbo sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cat: hi kurosawa flick Cat: i hope lots of of folks show up tonight DJTweeny: Hi yojimbo Cat: it is a time for getting together in the face of a serious problem DJTweeny: indeed it is ||||||||| 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: Firesign does have a healing capacity ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cat: they have always thought so ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cat: where is everybody? ||||||||| residualecho sneaks in around 9:03 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: The world could surely use some healing ||||||||| Not Ed sashays in at 9:03 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: Hi echo DJTweeny: Hi Not Ed residualecho: ight around this corner! Cat: hey not DJTweeny: as if on cue, eh Cat? Cat: hi echo Cat: lol Cat: my wife residualecho: elcome to THIS AREA
Not Ed makes the international symbol of porque with two hot dogs Cat: friend has a friend who is a nurse at the main hospital in van. Not Ed: Waz real Cat: she says there are patients in the hall ways, ovewelming the hospital DJTweeny: wow :( residualecho: There's got to be a punchline around here somehwere Not Ed: Toe jam? Cat: things are really bad here in north vancouver. hopefully better where you are Not Ed: Hellooooo from Seattle! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: THE TALE OF THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out GIANT RAT at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-rv' Not Ed: Giant Rat! DJTweeny: a really big one ||||||||| Beet tiptoes in around 9:07 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Beet: Hello all. residualecho: If you took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, you wouldn't end up here, with all the Monarch Butterflies, and lots more diagnoses than there were yesterday. Not Ed: Hi Beet Cat: As part of the Ossman project I'm doing, I asked my cousin what his trip to Sumatra was like, and if he'd seen giant rats Cat: Hey Beet Beet: Hi Not Beet: Hi Dr Cat Not Ed: Hey Cat n Yoj n Tweeny n resid residualecho: My favorite coffee beans come from Sumatra Cat: He said he didnt' have his camera around when the rats were residualecho: What? No Rodents of Unusual Size? Cat: I didn't know they were real ||||||||| It's 9:10 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... residualecho: Seems real Cat: pilt down old man Cat: like my website residualecho: Doesn't everybody? Cat:http://seemreal.com/ ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Not Ed: What is reality Not Ed: whoops don't do drugs Not Ed: they're very bad 4 u
Not Ed winks ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cat: good question, not. just read interesting sf novel about that. ball lightening. Cat: schrodinger's cat lives twice Not Ed: lives twice Cat: parallel universes? ||||||||| "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!" Cat:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Lightning_(novel) ||||||||| 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 “THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-ln residualecho: Whose behind is the giant rat of sumatra Not Ed: this is a relevant question Cat: Where are all our usual chatters? Cat: one would think this is a time to get together, to help one another DJTweeny: in line at the supermarket, probably Cat: yeah Beet: It is strange we don't have more folks. DJTweeny: Hey Beet 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 - Beet: H Dr Tween 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 Cat: Things are really bad here in North Vancouver. Hopefully the rest of you are in less contaminated areas ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llanwydd in through the front door at 9:32 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. llanwydd: good evening dear friends Cat: Hi llan DJTweeny: Hi llan llanwydd: sorry to hear that cat Beet: We have a rather stringent lockdown. We can't even eat as a group now. Pick up our food and take to our rooms. Beet: Hey Llan Cat: it seems to be getting worse by the minute DJTweeny: They haven't told us to stay in our homes yet, as the have in the SF Bay area, but Austin is pretty well locked down DJTweeny: All the restaurants/bars/clubs have been closed DJTweeny: You can only do pick-up or delivery from restaurants DJTweeny: The the shelves at Walmart were nearly empty this afternoon Cat: We are being told to stay home. DJTweeny: no eggs at all ||||||||| 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 Deputy Dang falls out at 9:37 PM. Cat: It's like a fairy tale. Getting scarier and scarier by the minute DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Cat: Hi Dep llanwydd: the worldwide death toll went over 10,000 ust today llanwydd: just ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: Like a disaster movie come to life. Not Ed: Things aren't too bad in Seattle - Safeway nearby is good - restocks all day ||||||||| 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: It is, Beet Not Ed: Plus they deliver Beet: I heard a reporter living in Rome say the streets are completely deserted. DJTweeny: This movie very well mimics what's going on now >> Contagion - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/ Not Ed: city and utilities are giving people, customers, lots of rope Deputy Dang: Howdy, Partners! Are you having fun on the Fun Way? Beet: Hi deputy Not Ed: Hey Dep DJTweeny: Vegas is closed. Scenes from the Apocalypse. - https://imgur.com/gallery/Oie0LsG ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Deputy Dang: Thank you all--I have been teaching on some Thursdays, then had other work obligations. I am so happy to be able to be here. Not Ed: guitar center closed - state liquor stores are closing elsewhere Not Ed: very cool Dep DJTweeny: We're glad you made it :) Not Ed: right on Beet: That pic from Vegas is really creepy, Tween. Deputy Dang: Truly. In my interview, when asked a warm/fuzzy question, I mentioned coming here as one of the most important things I do, to listen and appreciate and [maybe] get others to continue the magic. Cat: Can I ask you all a question about Carona Virus? Not Ed: vaccines being tested here in Seattle Not Ed: sure Deputy Dang: I'm 20 minutes from Mar-Lag-Ogofuckyourself. Not Ed: vaccines are a long way off though Cat: My back pain has multipied vastly over the past couple of days Beet: lol Dep Not Ed: if you're worried, that isn't a symptom fortunately Cat: I suspect this is a reaction to Covid endless bummer news' Not Ed: ohhhh Cat: i'm 68 so age plays a part in this Not Ed: I worry very much about folks with serious depression - all this bad news - I feel the darkness myself - it's got to be awful for them Not Ed: more suicides? I don't want to go there Beet: It looks like my birthday will be celebrated during the lockdown. Cat: 50 next month, inshallah' Cat: 69 Cat: love to be 50 again. Beet: 73 here Not Ed: 63 in may residualecho: I teach at a college on the outskirts of bandwidth and hardware, which is why they want F2F interaction with their teachers. DJTweeny: I'll be 66 in July residualecho: I'm a month away from 65, lung compromised Cat: you live lin a nice place, eccho DJTweeny: Sorry to hear, echo :( Not Ed: actually, echo - despite being a "hot zone" residualecho: Only a few cases in the same old place in Santa Barbara County Cat: we are on your side, echo Not Ed: All for one and one for all Cat residualecho: I am trying to be on the side of my students and trying to work out hw to be in two places at once etc. residualecho: Online education Cat: a teacher's job is tro be on the side of her students residualecho: We're going to make the college parking lot a Starbucks wifi access zone Not Ed: microsoft meetings - google hangouts residualecho: Zoom Not Ed: crazy record!! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Beet: Always enjoy that one. Not Ed: yeah residualecho: IT is the backbone that will help us make it Cat: When Rat first came out, I couldnb't stop listeing to it. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FIRESIGN POETRY” 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/' residualecho: Rat was so different than the famous continuity Cat: hmmm Cat: echo, they always tried to be different from their last projects, eh? residualecho: gods i love the auditory collage Deputy Dang: I hte MacIs. Beet: Love the menus Not Ed: Meatless hot creatures, mmm Cat: i wouldn't call this a collage because its only firesgin. but its collagey Beet: Can't go wrong Cat: you know who clevefr hans was? residualecho: That horse didn't count Cat:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans residualecho: Roast Puffins. Chewie's favorite snack! Beet: trial mix DJTweeny: BTW, Happy First Day Of Spring everybody Beet: Yeah, nice residualecho: Captain Equinox!!! Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a party on a bun with hemp wheels ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a party on a bun with hemp wheels. DJTweeny: Cat: i wouldn't call this a collage because its only firesgin. but its collagey << More a compilation, I suppose DJTweeny: Thanks! Deputy Dang: Happy belated St Patrick's Day! Cat: thanks for posting that on faceook today, echo DJTweeny: That too... Cat: same to you, dan Deputy Dang: BTW, St Patrick was an abstaining tee-totaller. Not Ed: I feel a bit green after this bean sauce I made Not Ed: ulp llanwydd: curious to know what is a party on a bun Cat: I was sober a long time ago llanwydd: hemp wheel s sounds baffling as well llanwydd: never had hemp food products. sounds like chewing on a rope Not Ed: you can make anything out of hemp ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Not Ed: a hemp robot, for example llanwydd: I suppose you could make anything out of wood Not Ed: well, wood... llanwydd: party on a bun sounds a little more appetizing Not Ed: it's got to taste fun Not Ed: fun on a bun Beet: Can't go shopping for junk food. llanwydd: whats for supper mom? hemp wheels, son. Oh boy Not Ed: use the maple syrup or some cinnamon llanwydd: lol Not Ed: a little cow milk Cat: hope you folks are enjoying this vast firesin langage trip llanwydd: heavy on the thirty weight Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Not Ed: it's great Not Ed: nice tempo shifts Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ llanwydd: its great, cat Deputy Dang: The Golden Hind!!!! Beet: Illustrates their mastery of language. llanwydd: taffy is another turkish word Deputy Dang: it's one of the first food words to transition Deputy Dang: (or be appropriated, depending who you ask) Cat: austin asked me to create this Cat: i'm happy with it DJTweeny: Very cool, Cat Deputy Dang: smokey the bear! LMFAO!!! Cat: the firesign want to be thoght of as poets, to some extent Not Ed: No doubt Cat: i can just push it along,eh? Not Ed: DO certainly is a natural ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: the words behind the words Cat: covid 19 has ravaged my neighbourhood and i fear touching anythihng Not Ed: (Bingeworthy: The Weird Museum of Vintage Radio https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jfBSkt3vwOpaz8zLk_4-1WC Curated by yours truly.) Cat: thanks, not Not Ed: U betcha Beet: Only YOU can prevent forest fires! Not Ed: Have a couple more I'll slip in as we go Not Ed: I don't think I've ever heard this C Not Ed: uh uh Not Ed: is it from Duke? Beet: Very cool Cat: yes Not Ed: tanx Deputy Dang: Does it make me the asshole if, when I go to bed at night--because I live in the Mar-Brag-O area of FL--Every time I hear an urgent-sounding airplane or heliocopter, I cross my fingers, and hope for good news in the morning. Not Ed: haha wishful thinking Beet: The assholes are in the helicopter. Deputy Dang: I apologize--don't answer. Not Ed: Np Cat: i played this on the radio in japan in 75 Deputy Dang: It's an inappropriate question for this venue. I apologize to @DJTweeny. I will endeavor to not repeat this. Beet: This is an amazing recitation. ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a pair of pink and black socks ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a pair of pink and black socks. Cat: tiz Not Ed: tiz indeed llanwydd: what is this from, cat? 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 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 Cat: this is wonderful stuff. ossman today said he was a poet. as defined as himsldef, ossman, poet 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 llanwydd: I always consiered ossman the poet of the group llanwydd: considered DJTweeny: Austin could have been a professional musician, Ossman a poet Cat: can any of you define yoursefl so succintl;y? Beet: Word wizard DJTweeny: I cannot llanwydd: I would call myself a jerk of all trades DJTweeny: hahaha Cat: on my tombstone, i want it written, authorf of Neal Amid. I think its' my best work llanwydd: honestly, I have several talents but I never took off on one single one Cat: we all have to be proud of somethiing we did Beet: Everyone is a citizen of the World. Cat: we can learn this from listeing to firesgn llanwydd: for sure ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Merlyn into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:23 PM, then departs. Cat: hi merl Merlyn: hey all Beet: Language as a form of musical expression. Cat: how are things in minn, merl? Cat: sometimes, beet Beet: Hi, Mr Merlyn Merlyn: things are OK Cat: No major dislocations? llanwydd: sales tax evasion! lol Cat: NOrth Van is way fucked Beet: In what way, Cat? ||||||||| General Dysfunction bounds in at 10:25 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cat: HI Gen llanwydd: you ought to take off to the great white north, cat Not Ed: Hey General llanwydd: anchorage is calling Beet: Hello, General Cat: I live lin the great white north. it's death city here Not Ed: Bingeworthy: The Best of Escape https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jcYGA3jMBHh_tt8No6Pjday Curated by yours truly. General Dysfunction: hola everyone, so glad to visit once again Not Ed: Bingeworthy:The Best of Escape Vol. 2 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jdUjwI9ns6SesfKDFWnS4mz Cat:https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/03/17/inside-the-bc-care-home-where-six-have-died-theyre-watching-over-their-dad.html DJTweeny: Hi General Not Ed: Excellent General Cat: Hope you all are living in safe places DJTweeny: Safe enough, for now General Dysfunction: wow, lovin that background sax ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:29 PM and DeputyDang waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cat: By dang ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: Safe as a baby - very mindful, cautious, polite, in touch with family, friends, neighbors DeputyDang: my passion for this is irrational, but I love it so Not Ed: avoiding rumors - sharing facts Cat: ossman gets as much joy from creatintg poems as anyone gets from anything Cat: hash pipes Not Ed: I believe you C Not Ed: yeah Beet: Hi Dang Not Ed: Hey Dep Not Ed: Waz real llan Beet: Thatold fols home report is very depressing, Cat. Cat: Her sweet self coming ||||||||| 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." DeputyDang: Hey all! I'm super emotional right now. I will contain myself. If I log out suddenly, please don't be offended. DeputyDang: or worried Beet: Good emotion? Cat: OK, Dang. We're on your side DeputyDang: it is now beet, thank you! thank you cat. Beet: I think we are all concerned for the whole world right now. Cat: Firesign folks, me, Tweeny, all of us try and create beauty you can benefit from Cat: yes beet. its really bad now. DJTweeny: The U.S. Government Is Preparing For An 18 Month Pandemic And “Critical Shortages” - http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/the-u-s-government-is-preparing-for-an-18-month-pandemic-and-critical-shortages Cat: my father was in ww2. it's not that bad yet DJTweeny: Could be a long haul DeputyDang: i have to stop talking/typing. I frankly just can't grasp the impact this will have on me, much less the world. Or vice versa. Cat: we are here for you, dang DJTweeny: Thrank Grid for the internet, so we can all communicate have have our own little virtual towns ||||||||| 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!" DeputyDang: But we'll always have irony, eh mates? Cat: we will, dang Not Ed: this too will pass, as they say Cat: yes Not Ed: There's good news everyday - don't let the commercial media get you down DJTweeny: Very true, Ed Not Ed: they're just, and always, after the juicy stuff DJTweeny: Have to look for the good in the world Beet: The one positive takeaway from all of this is that evryone finally realizes that we are all in this together. DJTweeny: and good news doesn't sell ;) ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: definitely! Cat: Good point Beet Not Ed: good points you guys Cat: I knew this guy. Tiny Doctor Tim. Not Ed: a better man never breathed Cat: He was a big help to the guys Beet: I wish I could have met him. ||||||||| 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!" DeputyDang: good night I will continue listening, but I shouldn't be chatting. Cheers all, and good will! ||||||||| At 10:43 PM, DeputyDang vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Not Ed: be well & groovy Dang Beet: All best to you, Deputy. Cat: by dang. be well Cat: this is the best poem i've ever heard Not Ed: I'm into it Cat: meaning, this is the best use of words i've ever encountered General Dysfunction: yes indeed Cat: ok, i think i'm a really good writer. not realy good, but really really really really really good, this is better General Dysfunction: it's so lush, i want to go back over all the words and take them slower, slower Not Ed: Hakkuva show Not Ed: Excellent poetry collage Not Ed: Let all - stay sane Beet: This has been a very uplifting couple of hours. Thanks everyone. GREAT collection, Cat. Thanks as ever, Dr Tween, G'Nite. Not Ed: Bingeworthy: The Best of Dimension X and X Minus One https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jcHIy-Nn5RjOlJASujipdbz Curated by yours truly. Not Ed: C U next timeeeeeeeee ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cat: let's hope thing are better next wek Cat: by all General Dysfunction: thanks DJTweeny, for keeping the fire going ||||||||| Cat is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:52 PM. Merlyn: cya ||||||||| At 10:53 PM, Merlyn vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! General Dysfunction: Bye Cat and all you other rascally rascals ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| General Dysfunction says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, General Dysfunction exits at 10:55 PM. 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Pa Gritte steals in around 11:28 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Pa Gritte: well, they've all left aghain havent they? Pa Gritte: It always happens like this. THey know I'm coming but they dont give a Sumatran's ass about it Pa Gritte: Ray Roentgeon at least TOLD me I might expect this again... the man's a brick Pa Gritte: Can always count on Ray to show me what's below trhe surfavce of people. Get right to the marrow of a person he can Pa Gritte: (where teh hell was the cellar last week? can never remember things... want a bottle of champagne to getthing sstarted ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Pa Gritte: PBS? How the hell can you live on nothing but peanut butter? That's madness Pa Gritte: (what were the tools again... 1-bottle of champagne... 2-a clock tower? 3- 88mph? no thats not right) Pa Gritte: (POWER! 2- a clock POWER... a MAINSPRING... thats it... what else...?) Pa Gritte: (ther was a goverbnment agent involved... no -I- was involved with an agent, a lovely girl... IN congress, I was in congress with a government agent... yes Pa Gritte: a LIBRARIAN! Pa Gritte: Marion? Pa Gritte: Marion the Librarian in congress... no comngressional librarian...) Pa Gritte: (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS! yes.. thats 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." Pa Gritte: WELL! _I- wou;d CERTAINLY like to buy a vote! Pa Gritte: (Vanna's especially!) Pa Gritte: si is nobody interested then? Pa Gritte: bamf ||||||||| Catherwood says "11:56 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Pa Gritte by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
DeputyDang
DJTweeny
General Dysfunction
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Pa Gritte
residualecho
Rufus_T_Firetween
