||||||||| 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 April 02, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 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 RedPillTweeny' gets out at 10:28 AM. ||||||||| Outside, the 10:28 AM crosstown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving RedPillTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| It's 10:40 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 10:55 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... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "3:59 PM and late as usual, it's RedPillTweeny', just back from Elmertown." ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and announces "Announcing 'RedPillTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 3:59 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:10 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 4:25 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... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 6:17 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the Aviary. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween leaves at 7:22 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 ushers DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (7:22 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| DJTweeny dashes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's DJTweeny?! It's 7:22 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| DJTweeny steals in around 7:23 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 7:23 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers johan amadeus myjetski inside, makes a note of the time (7:49 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. johan amadeus myjetski: yo ho ho & a bottle of.... Yoohoo? johan amadeus myjetski: alright! Everybody back in the time machineNow,backward.into the future! ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| "8:03 PM? 8:03 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Beet should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Beet enters and sits on the divan. DJTweeny: Hey Johan, Beet DJTweeny: an hour early, eh wot? DJTweeny: Immortality tonight (in honor of the virus) Beet: It's killing me to have to miss 2 weeks in a row but I am having trouble keeping my eyes open. Please forgive me. I miss everyone. I hope to see all next week. G'nite Dr Tween and JAM. DJTweeny: Rest well Beet ||||||||| It's 8:10 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... ||||||||| 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 trudges in at 8:42 PM, dragging johan amadeus myjetski by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:43 PM and llanwydd sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanwydd: you folks are early johan amadeus myjetski: Ah, just finished up a rousing hand of reet the beeper! How's everybody? llanwydd: well, everybody is quite a lot of people johan amadeus myjetski: And a lot of quiet people llanwydd: I am doing great. how about you? johan amadeus myjetski: Hanging in there. Doing pretty well. Only one case of corona in the count i'm in & none in the counties on either side, so... llanwydd: odd tempo here ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** A Replay of the show from December 28th, 2017 (DJ Tweeny is awaiting the arrival of his new mixer) Firesign Theatre's GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH plus Cat's Collage “Sex, Drugs and Charlie Chance” Listen at 128k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u - Listen at 16k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out IMMORTALITY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-rv' Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey llan johan amadeus myjetski: 6/8 llanwydd: hey tween johan amadeus myjetski: alternating with 5/4 johan amadeus myjetski: odd indeed! johan amadeus myjetski: Zappa-is! johan amadeus myjetski: Zappa-is! johan amadeus myjetski: zappa-ish DJTweeny: some 'virus music' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** A Replay of the show from December 28th, 2017 (DJ Tweeny is awaiting the arrival of his new mixer) in honor of the coronavirus Firesign Theatre's GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH plus Cat's Collage “Sex, Drugs and Charlie Chance” Listen at 128k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u - Listen at 16k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out IMMORTALITY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-rv' johan amadeus myjetski: nice tull, blue oyster! ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Cease into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:58 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: Hi folks johan amadeus myjetski: greets, Cease! Cease: I made a new collage about covid. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 02, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" johan amadeus myjetski: will be interesting to hearths! johan amadeus myjetski: hear! Cease: when we go back to live chat DJTweeny: Mixer's supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I should be fine for doing shows next week DJTweeny: This isn't a live chat? Cease: I'll send you Corona Bob over the weekend DJTweeny: OK Cease: The Ossman project will be ready the week after. johan amadeus myjetski: djt, did you hear about the woman who asked her husband for a new mixer for the kitchen for their anniversary? DJTweeny: kewl ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'moosejt', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:03 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Cease: Recorded old Firesign friend Gretchen this afternoon. Now only need one more and its short Cease: Hi moose johan amadeus myjetski: Moose! moosejt: hello DJTweeny: allo moose ||||||||| 9:04 PM: Zen Cosmos jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Cease: HI Zen DJTweeny: Hi cosmo llanwydd: really looking forward to hearing the Osman project, Cat johan amadeus myjetski: Now it's Zen! llanwydd: hey Zen Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-ln moosejt: Hello Zen! llanwydd: love this album Zen Cosmos : stay home and stew in your own juices Cease: Me too, llan. it's all in parts now. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:10 PM and late as usual, it's Fbrown0324, just back from Ohio." Cease: Fbrown johan amadeus myjetski: hi Fbrown! ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Fbrown0324 ', just granted probation at 9:13 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Zen Cosmos : badana time! DJTweeny: allo Fbrown Zen Cosmos : bandana time! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-ln Cease: is there a good ana? Cease: moosegrams? are they from you, moose? moosejt: negatore big cease ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'Not Ed', just granted probation at 9:20 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Not Ed: Porque? Cease: Hi Not DJTweeny: yo Not Ed Not Ed: Hey Tweeny Not Ed: Hi C moosejt: howdy not ed Not Ed: Zen, moose, Fb, waz real Not Ed: hat llan Not Ed: hi JAM johan amadeus myjetski: hey Not! Not Ed: Great choice Tweeny 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 ||||||||| Deputy Dang enters at 9:22 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. DJTweeny: It seemed appropriate, Not Ed ;) DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Not Ed: thumbs up Tweeny Not Ed: Hey DDog Not Ed: Dang it 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: HI Dang johan amadeus myjetski: dePuty! Deputy Dang: howdy Tweeny, et al Not Ed: fer sure fer sure ||||||||| It's 9:25 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... johan amadeus myjetski: lost audio, or deafness has overtaken me johan amadeus myjetski: there we go. whew! ||||||||| Barney steals in around 9:31 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." moosejt: Hello Barney Barney: Ah rats, you noticed! Cease: Barney ||||||||| Barney leaves at 9:32 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..." DJTweeny: hello Barney johan amadeus myjetski: mmBarney! Not Ed: lol ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Mike_B', just granted probation at 9:35 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cease: Mike DJTweeny: Hi Mike Not Ed: waz real Mike llanwydd: howdy mike Not Ed: The Best of Escape (adventure, 20 videos) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jcYGA3jMBHh_tt8No6Pjday Not Ed: The Best of Escape Vol. 2 (adventure, 20 videos) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jdUjwI9ns6SesfKDFWnS4mz Not Ed: Curated by yours truly. ||||||||| It's 9:40 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... johan amadeus myjetski: brb Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-ln Not Ed: (CBS radio, 40s-50s) DJTweeny: nice :) Not Ed: Great show. DJTweeny: I look forward to listening Not Ed: Cool. I still listen through them. Not Ed: Different story every time. Quite a variety of genres too, leaning in the adventure direction. Not Ed: Czech out Vincent Price in Three Skeleton Key---wow DJTweeny: Big fan of Price Not Ed: Me too DJTweeny: w the 1961 movie Master Of The World (Jules Verne) with Price and Bronson? I saw it 1st run in the burbs of D.C. Not Ed: Price is in the first one on the list, Bloodbath, as well as others - Bloodbath is a hoot --but no spoilers DJTweeny: *You know Not Ed: Wow--I never saw it but wanted to DJTweeny: It's worth a watch llanwydd: my favorite vincent price film is fall of the house of usher Not Ed: Cool I'll track it down Not Ed: yeah that was great DJTweeny: Excellent film, llan llanwydd: never even heard of bloodbath llanwydd: got to check it out Not Ed: It's wild - but I don't want to spoil (but it's hard) - it's not the best Escape episode but then again, from a dif pov, it is one of the best haha Not Ed: it's a good gateway episode - so's skeleton key DJTweeny: Master Of The World - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055152/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_World_(1961_film) Not Ed: thanks Tweeny ||||||||| It's 9:55 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... Not Ed: lol ossman Not Ed: notinsane2020.com Not Ed:http://notinsane2020. Not Ed: One more time https://notinsane2020.com/ Not Ed: That's the one Not Ed: Ossman sent a nice note with my order llanwydd: what order, ed. I missed that Cease: In my ossman project, Gretchen tells the story about that title. llanwydd: was afk for a moment ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net llanwydd: I ordered a couple of things from The Young Tom Edison Club back in the 70s and he sent me a note with my order Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “SEX, DRUGS AND CHARLIE CHANCE” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES ||||||||| At 10:05 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, llanwydd!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... DJTweeny: bye llan Cease: by llan ||||||||| 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... Cease: This is one of the first things Firesign did, in 67 DJTweeny: So what FST goes well with your new virus collage? Cease: i'll have to think about that. DJTweeny: Was just thinking about the 'Black Cross Volunteers', pausing occasionally to touch a child's head Cease: i've used Beat the Reaper in the collage already. The ebola in today's album also works, but we've just heard it. Maybe something fro DOMM DJTweeny: was just thinking that Not Ed: I liked that one Cease: always liked that beatles tune Not Ed: Me too Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a sugar cube ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a sugar cube. Not Ed: More sugar! Zen Cosmos : more stevia! Not Ed: haha Not Ed: Updated Not Ed: The Old Dark House of Horror Radio (horror, 11 videos) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jfRaAyugIeZUokvLCS_Kp_q DJTweeny: thanks again for the link Not Ed: variety of decent selections from different shows Zen Cosmos : satori, hits, i'm out, see ya...... Not Ed: U betcha! Cease: come again, zen Not Ed: Later Z ||||||||| 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 johan amadeus myjetsk gets out at 10:46 PM. DJTweeny: They sure used Beat Poetry well on occasion Cease: they did DJTweeny: "Where did you learn to speak Spanish like that?" "L.A." ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" DJTweeny: Bebop Lobo/Loco was a great character Cease: Very Austin DJTweeny: Stay safe everybody... Not Ed: Awesome! Cease: we'll do our best. Not Ed: Nighty night all! Not Ed: Indeed stay well & groovy! ||||||||| 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' Cease: next week, all Not Ed: Whoops away! johan amadeus myjetsk: love, love, love to all! DJTweeny: back atcha Johan DJTweeny: nice Moodies cover ||||||||| 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 11:25 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... ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| 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 walks up and announces "Presenting 'Zen Cosmos ', just granted probation at 4:25 AM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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:
Barney
Beet
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
johan amadeus myjetsk
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
moosejt
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
