||||||||| 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 30, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 5:07 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT ** Sorry, no Firesign Chat Show tonight due to echnical ifficulties... (Tweeny's internet connection is pooched) but The Firesign Chat will go on as usual :-) Want something to listen to while you chat? You can listen to and download Cat's new collage at: Wade Part 2 http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES HAVE FUN!!' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT ** Sorry, no Firesign Chat Show tonight due to echnical ifficulties... (Tweeny's internet connection is pooched) but The Firesign Chat will go on as usual :-) Want something to listen to while you chat? You can listen to shows from the Chat Show Archives at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign HAVE FUN!!' ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 30, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| Cease tiptoes in around 9:01 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Cease: I wonder if anyone will show up? Rufus_T_Firetween: I made no announcements one way or the other, so maybe not Cease: Odd Cease: How's the Boom Dot Bust project going? Rufus_T_Firetween: Haven't recorded my bit yet, but others may have. You'll have to ask Rich Cease: You, Rich et al will be following The Ossman Project into the Library of Congress. Rufus_T_Firetween: marvelous :) Cease: So you're talking to the folks or whatever they are of the far future. ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Worth noting Cease: Did I send you Ossman's email from a few days ago? Rufus_T_Firetween: I don't believe so Cease: will do Rufus_T_Firetween: merci ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:17 PM, dragging llanwydd by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" llanwydd: good evening Cease: Hi llan llanwydd: lack of audio should not mean fewer chatters llanwydd: if I remember right there was a time when we had no audio Cease: you do, llan Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi llan Cease: doc teck is re-doing The Ossman Project after Proctor gave us some notes llanwydd: interesting Cease: There'll be a narrator that Doc found who will give one sentence descriptions of all the chatters Cease: also and intro to the piece llanwydd: cool llanwydd: too many notes too many notes Rufus_T_Firetween: Nice, Cease llanwydd: thats a line from the stage version of amadeus Cease: Getting into the LIbrary of Congress with readings and riffings on Ossman's notes on Immortality Cease: That's Firesonian in its complexity and humorous rhymes Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: thats a line from the stage version of amadeus << in the movie (excellent) too ||||||||| Outside, the 9:32 PM downtown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Not Ed: Pork? Cease: Hi Not Cease: Welcome to quit chat. Not Ed: Tanx C! Not Ed: lol Cease: quiet! Cease: the hash is better than i thought. Not Ed: Ha! llanwydd: my computer froze Not Ed: sorry about Tweeny's connection ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Not Ed: hey llan llanwydd: hi not Cease: in april? that's late for computer freeze llanwydd: lol llanwydd: a late freeze Not Ed: no more cold no more rain no sleesh and slut Not Ed: er Not Ed: ... Rufus_T_Firetween: The last couple of days have been very spotty, which is unusual for U-Verse Not Ed: yeah hit n miss here Not Ed: nice right now tho' Cease: so you can chat, but you can't put up a show? Not Ed: Seattle Rufus_T_Firetween: A huge load on the ISPs of course, people trying to videoconference from home and everybody else watching netflix or whatever Cease: are they different systems? Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes Cease, the connection goes dead for seconds or minutes at a time Rufus_T_Firetween: chat can stand that, and audio stream can't Cease: i thought austin was a techy hub. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes, which is why we're usually so stable Not Ed: yuck tween Cease: wouldn't the capitol of texas depend on reliable internet? Rufus_T_Firetween: Silicon Hills is TX's version of Silicon Valley Not Ed: listening the the lux radio show Rufus_T_Firetween: It's unusual for it to be this bad Cease: from the distant past, not? Not Ed: was listening to strange Dr. Weird last night - the show is pretty fun - el cheapo but fun heh Not Ed: yes Rufus_T_Firetween: an occasional hiccup is one thing, but this has been going on for a couple of days Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe the Google Fiber here is more stable, dunno Not Ed: it has the advantage of being short Rufus_T_Firetween: 'The Strange Dr. Weird'? Rufus_T_Firetween: (see Ossman) Rufus_T_Firetween: forget which bit that's from Not Ed: Yes the original radio show Rufus_T_Firetween: Maybe "Everything You Know Is Wrong About Shoes" from ATF Not Ed: mustual radio 1945 llanwydd: catherwood, you here? ||||||||| Catherwood walks up to llanwydd and inquires "Would you like something?" Not Ed: here https://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Strange_Dr_Weird_Singles ||||||||| "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: Mutual radio I mean llanwydd: yes, catherwood. would you please fix the audio? ||||||||| Catherwood gets the audio. llanwydd: lol Cease: Do you remember the past, Doctor? Cease: lol Not Ed: Catherwood pinch me to see if I'm real ||||||||| Catherwood pinches Not Ed to see if i'm real. Not Ed: close catherwood close ||||||||| Catherwood ignores Not Ed llanwydd: lol Not Ed: Made a new playlist (custom!) of the scary stuff - The Old Dark House of Horror Radio https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jfRaAyugIeZUokvLCS_Kp_q Not Ed: Intro by Arch Oboler llanwydd: I am an oboler fan myself Not Ed: he was great lol Not Ed: most of Lights Out is lost unfortunately - hardly anything from the 30's llanwydd: I looked at that link, ed. I have never heard any of that stuff llanwydd: will have to check it out Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks Ed Not Ed: It's a mis of shows, and some british as well Not Ed: mix not mis Rufus_T_Firetween: Is The Shadow in one of your playlists, Ed? Not Ed: all good! (pre-chewes) Cease: That's why the award is called The Obie Not Ed: I've got a good one here (The Shadow, The Gibbering Things) https://youtu.be/8r3ShN1PkeY Rufus_T_Firetween: merci Not Ed: That's from this playlist - The Weird Museum of Vintage Radio - I put all kinds of this stuff 2-gether - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jfBSkt3vwOpaz8zLk_4-1WC Not Ed: Just the good episodes (my pick tho') not just an OTR dump Rufus_T_Firetween: will save the links Not Ed: cool & share too if you would Not Ed: I don't make money with this - do it for love llanwydd: interesting to hear that most of Lights Out is lost. I thought I had heard most of it Not Ed: and great stories Not Ed: there are episodes of the reboots in the 40's and even 60's Not Ed: Lights Our Everybody, The Devil and Mr O, Drop Dead, etc llanwydd: I have heard a lot of the 30s stuff Not Ed: Lights Out Everybody Cease: used to listen to him on FEN, the american military radio station in japan Not Ed: it's often the 40's material mislabeled Not Ed: excellent Cease llanwydd: I thought llanwydd: wasnt special to hollywood 1939? Not Ed: like "Chicken Heart" - it's often labeled the date of the original (which doesn't exist anymore) but it's from the reboot (same scripts tho') llanwydd: havent heard it in a long time Not Ed: Cease the armed forces foreign version were on wire recording or 78 Not Ed: originally Not Ed: versions ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease:https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/impolite Cease: i saw this flick again last night for the first time in many years. Not Ed: they usually sound great llanwydd:tweeny and ed, did you get your stimulus checks? Cease: one of my favourite flicks. vancouver has never looked better Cease: and the dialogue is as good as a firesign album. Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe when I apply for SS in July, I'll be 66 which is when you get full payments Rufus_T_Firetween: will save that link as well Cease llanwydd: I got mine Rufus_T_Firetween: good to hear :) Cease: the only flick i can think of where i watched it and thought, I can't write dialogue that good. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!"
Rufus_T_Firetween me wonders if Cease gets SS checks from when he worked in the US Cease: that's what i thought when i heard the firesign mushroom plays in 67 Cease: no i dont, tween. and not from japan either where i worked for a long time Rufus_T_Firetween: seems like you should llanwydd: stimulus checks are not SS they are IRS Cease: neither does Fumiyo and she's from there. Rufus_T_Firetween: and yeah, if you say that a movie has dialog as good as FST, that gets my attention Cease: and it's also very weird, and very well acted. and of course, goregous vancouver views Not Ed: noted Not Ed: sorry was afk as usual not jfk Cease: it was the product of a screen writing competition here in vancouver in i think 90 or 91 ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: i thought of entering, but i knew even before i saw this that i wasn't in that league Cease: i was in the journalism game myself in those days and my bosses were film makers. Cease: i watched it twice last night, for the first time in at least 10 years. Cease: there are bits of dialogue that sent fireworks off in my brain Cease: ala Firesign Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: stimulus checks are not SS they are IRS << but you get one if you're on SS, I believe llanwydd: every american gets one llanwydd: almost llanwydd: as long as you dont make more than 99000 a year Rufus_T_Firetween: Pelosi is suggesting that illegal immigrants should get them as well llanwydd: I had not heard that tween Rufus_T_Firetween: Pelosi: Families with undocumented immigrants should get coronavirus stimulus money - https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Pelosi-Families-with-some-undocumented-15237736.php llanwydd: I can understand why that would be quite controversial Rufus_T_Firetween: 'mixed immigration status', so not exactly what I described Rufus_T_Firetween: AOC rips Republicans because the coronavirus stimulus bill doesn't include cash payments to illegal immigrants - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8158241/US-coronavirus-AOC-demands-stimulus-include-cash-payments-illegal-immigrants.html Rufus_T_Firetween: looks like AOC does want exactly that though Cease: I've lived in 3 countries. That's not unusual. People move, for various reasons Rufus_T_Firetween: but it seems like you should have a claim to the systems you paid in to Cease: not in my case. Rufus_T_Firetween: if only even to get back only what you paid in Cease: would be nice. but it's not how it works now Rufus_T_Firetween: just saying that would be fair Cease: Firesigns being as famous and rich as cheech and chong would be fair too Cease: or Pythons llanwydd: well, I am going to check out for the night. take care, folks and see you next week. Cease: stay healthy, llan ||||||||| "Hey llanwydd!" ... llanwydd turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:42 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Rufus_T_Firetween: good point, Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: but Firesign humor just isn't accessable to the average person Rufus_T_Firetween: which is of course why they are very special Cease: yeah. their point was to elevate the average person Cease: still is Cease: Python also depended on audience intelligence. Cheech and Chong depended on a certain intelligence of cannabis Cease: OK, my wife just got home and we're going to have dinner. See you later ||||||||| "Hey Cease!" ... Cease turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:51 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Rufus_T_Firetween: 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 11:40 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 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:
Cease
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
