||||||||| 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 June 11, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "3:32 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Hellmouth." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 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 visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| RedPillTweeny bounds in at 6:06 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| It's 6:25 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 the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 7:49 PM: DJTweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| 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 (Hot Tuna) 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 8:56 PM, dragging Cease by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" DJTweeny: Hey Cease DJTweeny: the net seems stable tonight Cease: Got your internet working? Cease: great news DJTweeny: It was gawd awful this morning Cease: yes you cc'd me on your email to fish DJTweeny: We do need to get that set up just so we have a backup Cease: is he going to be able to do a show? DJTweeny: and I'll bet Rich would contribute a lot Cease: that he will DJTweeny: Im going to try to get him set up ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and pipes up "Presenting 'Beet', just granted probation at 8:59 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Beet: Greetings Fellow Fireheads. Enjoying your "me time"? DJTweeny: Hey Beet Cease: Beet ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 11, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Hi, Dr Tween Beet: Howdy Dr Cease Cease: New collage tonight, about dogs Beet: Arf Cease: Too bad Pete and PA aren'talive to hear the collage. They were real dog lovers Beet: Catherwood give evryone a sandwich ||||||||| Catherwood brings evryone a sandwich. DJTweeny: "Puttin' on the dog, are ya?" DJTweeny: PA had like 5 dogs, didn't he? Cease: at least Cease: that's why he didn't fly. couldn't fly with a pack of dogs DJTweeny: Didn't know that was the reason ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Beet: What breed did he favor? DJTweeny: but he could drive DJTweeny: interesting ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Dear Friends broadcast collection, “LOUIS P. ILLUMINATO'S CHURCH OF EVERYTHING” 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' Cease: dont think he had a favourite breed. Cease: after flyhing to the east for the 70 tour, i think austin drove to the rest of the tours Beet: I found this Youtube called "Dope Humor of the 70's" by FST. Cool and funny. Cease: i'll look for it Beet: I should say I uncovered it. It was in an old collection I had. Cease: there was supposed to be a biopic of the firesign, but it never happened. Cease: luke polling i think is the film maker's name Beet: A well-done biopic is way overdue. Cease: i think merlyn was going to make such a flick too. that's why he filmned the XM shows Cease: and speaking of firesign visuals, proc is going to be on an internet tv show tomorrow afternoon. Cease: BillBoggsTv, at 5:00 eastern time Beet: I'll attempt to dial it in. Cease: Bill used to a have a TV in NYC that had Firesign on several times Cease: Allan Gross was involved with that. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: tv show Beet: I've missed a ton of stuff over the years. Beet: Is it just us three tonight? Cease: thusfar ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: I must say that I am glad to see that people have finally taken to the streets to move things forward. I was wondering how long it was going to take. ||||||||| 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 Notnerb falls out at 9:24 PM. Cease: in Canada too Cease: Hi Not Beet: Hello Not Notnerb: Rarely up this late... DJTweeny: Hi Notnerb Beet: Sometimes you just have to celebrate. 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#DUKEOFPFTFTJwww.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshowhttp://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Notnerb: Howdy all. Yes - long time firehead DJTweeny: oops, bad announcement ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:25 PM and Ding Dong steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cease: HI Ding Beet: Hey Dong Notnerb: Hi Ho Ding Dong DJTweeny: Hi Ding Dong Cease: that last bit fits perfectly with my dog collage Ding Dong: Low Dong Ding Dong: I see this is not designed for mobile! Ding Dong: Oh well Notnerb: lol low tech Notnerb: old school Notnerb: Just as we suspeccted Ding Dong: So what’s going on here, you guys listen to an album and chat? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=domm-ln Notnerb: yes ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| Seej tiptoes in around 9:30 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: and Cat makes collages for us Notnerb: yes DJTweeny: but yeah, a chat with FST material simulcast Ding Dong: What’s the Cat’s inspiration? Cease: I'm Cat. Firesign is my inspiration DJTweeny: Cat, what's your inspiration? Notnerb: life Notnerb: ? ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: Seej Seej: good evening all Cease: Firesign radio shows are really collections of stuff they found that week. Cease: My collages are like that. Ding Dong: Gut evening Beet: Hi Seej Ding Dong: Ok, gotta split - bye bye Cease: by ding Seej: i can dig it! Notnerb: bye Beet: Bye Dong Cease: come again Seej: nice use of tape echo on this DJTweeny: Hi Seej Seej: hi tweeny, long time DJTweeny: Yes it has been :) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=domm-ln ||||||||| "9:42 PM? 9:42 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Elayne should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Elayne enters and sits on the couch. ||||||||| "I'm going to The Sitting Room" says Notnerb, and leaves. Elayne: Evenin' all. ||||||||| Notnerb walks in and says "It's 9:42 PM, has anybody seen Nancy?" Cease: Hi El DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Beet: Hello Elayne. Notnerb: Welcome Elayne: Everyone still safe and healthy? Cease: so far Notnerb: So far here as well Cease: do you know, or know of Bill Boggs, El? Elayne: I'm familiar with the name, Cat. ||||||||| "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: he had a tv show in NYC that Firesign were on. I think Allan Gross was part of his show. Cease: Anyway, Proctor is going to be on his internet TV show tomorrow afternoon Beet: Everything rolling along here. Cease: BillBoggsTV at 5, eastern time Seej: i heard about that on the fb page. hope i remember to toon in Cease: you gave me some video of firesigns on his tv show from long ago Elayne: Ah, well I get out of work at 3 (summer Fridays) so I'll try to remember. 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 Cease: yeah, proctor promoted it on facebook today 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 Elayne: I haven't really been listening to anything lately, not even the music I used to play on my weekday work commute. Beet: Cops are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Elayne: Much more into quiet and reading. Notnerb: "everybody's infected" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also several unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ - and Dear Friends of Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiresignDearFriends/ Rufus_T_Firetween: Seej ^^ Seej: thanks Cease: "women were dishwashers" Elayne: Thanks Tween, I didn't know about the Dear Friends FB page, just joined it. Cease: proc posts to it all the time. ossman often as well. Cease: ossman posted a wonderful piece with judith about their stone poem Elayne: Well, I hope they accept my application. It's the only FB group for which I've ever had to apply to gain entry. Elayne: Put in a good word for me? DJTweeny: yw Elayne, Seej :) Notnerb: i bet you'll be ok Notnerb: they accepted me Elayne: Well, I was a bit sarky in my application, but I did stick to the canon. Beet: I just put in my request. Elayne: Well, miles to go etc. etc. See you next week ||||||||| Elayne scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Elayne?! It's 9:59 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Beet: It s 10 O'Clock in Romney. Cease: bye el Beet: See ya Elayne. Notnerb: TTFN ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: G'Nite Not Notnerb: bye ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:02 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Notnerb by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Beet: I just realized that you were saying 'bye to elayne, Not Cease: by not Beet: Or not? Beet: That was a wild one. 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 ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “DOGGED RUNYON” 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/' Beet: My tail is wagging. DJTweeny: haha Cease: should be wizard's Curse Cease: but Phoenix is rather new to reading Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “DOGGED RUNYON” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Dear Friends on FB just approved my request. Seej: cool Cease: this is from so long ago people said "automobile" instead of car DJTweeny: kewl Cease: this is form a collection called 13 by Corwin, produced by our friend Fish Seej: this is very surreal for the 40s Beet: Very intertaining. Seej: yes indeed Cease: Fish told me Ossman heard this as a boy and it motivated him to go into radio many years later Seej: nice DJTweeny: Richard Fish had a recording studio in Bloomington, IN called Home Grown Studios DJTweeny: long time Firehead Beet: Amazing design of the production and great writing. DJTweeny: Met him when I was a sound man for a country concert hall in a nearby town Cease: Fish has wondeful stories about Firesign on the collage I made of Ossman's notes a few weeks ago DJTweeny: We're trying to set Rich up to do shows here :) Seej: thatd be cool Beet: very cool Seej: queer talk! oh no! DJTweeny: Rich is responsible for getting Proc & Ossman for a FST concert with friends in Indiana recently DJTweeny: He's got lots of rare FST material Seej: which way's Goshen???? Beet: This is quite a cosmic story. Cease: from 80 years ago DJTweeny: wow DJTweeny: Sure hope people can get the word out about this chat Cease: i try and mix these collages with as many different things as possible ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (10:41 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Beet: Cool Cease: dog-ged ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “THE CASE OF THE MISSING SHOE” 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' Cease: hi llan DJTweeny: Hey llan llanwydd: hows everybody? Seej: might need the robots on the fb to post more often. more often than not, i always see the posts afterward Beet: Evening Mr Llan DJTweeny: Good llan, and I've posted the new liner notes at Cat's archive Cease: just missed my new collage, but tween already has it archived llanwydd: had a little car trouble tonight. thats why I am so late Cease: bummer. llanwydd: I will listen to it, cat DJTweeny: DAVE! llanwydd: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “DOGGED RUNYON” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: did you hear from doc that he fixed the liner notes? llanwydd: yes I did cat DJTweeny: did you see what I just posted, Cat? llanwydd: I really appreciate all the work you guys put into that DJTweeny: Hey, accuracy is important ;) Cease: indeed Cease: though almost the whole mole of firesign humour is based on inaccuracy llanwydd: do not recognize See. has he or she been here before? Seej: yes, ive been here before. Seej: i always keep missing the chat llanwydd: cool.welcome back Seej: thanks Cease: the story of this and the script are in Ossman ||||||||| 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!" Cease: s latest book llanwydd: I forget, cat. what is the book titled? DJTweeny: I recognize the nick Cease: Fighting clowns of Hollywood DJTweeny: and it has been a while Cease:tween posted a link before llanwydd: oh yes Cease: great book Cease: what we did will be part of the NEW book. 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 llanwydd: REALLY cool, cat llanwydd: tftl, tween llanwydd: get it yet? llanwydd: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: Richard Fish's NPR show in Bloomington, IN - Firehouse Follies - https://wfhb.org/category/follies/ llanwydd: dont know dick DJTweeny: He got FST & Friends to do the shows in Indiana last summer llanwydd: or rick or ricky or ricardo llanwydd: cool DJTweeny: grid bless 'im DJTweeny: my 102 year old mother met them :) DJTweeny: when they did a rehearsal showin her town near Bloomington ||||||||| 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' Seej: my dad met pete and proc on tour back in the 70s, bought a round iirc DJTweeny: nice Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... llanwydd: 102! god bless her Beet: This was fun. Nice to see a few newcomers. Thanks to all. Really enjoyed the collage, Dr Cease. Many thanks for the leading, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. DJTweeny: 103 now (thrank grid) ||||||||| 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!" Cease: i rmember you telling us about your dad turning you onto firesig, seej llanwydd: nite beet Seej: yes, he did Cease: by beet DJTweeny: imagine being born during WWI and seeing all the changes DJTweeny: A teen in The Great Depression llanwydd: anybody still living from the Great War (to end all wars)? Cease: amazing vista, tween llanwydd: must be Seej: quick, to the bozoputer DJTweeny: Turns out The War To End All Wars became permanent :/ Cease: indeed Seej: sadly, no. the last vet passed in 2011 DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: hope to see you here more regularly, seej Seej: me too, lol. take care all ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:59 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Seej by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| At 10:59 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Cease!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: I guess I will head out too. take care everybody ||||||||| llanwydd runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's llanwydd?! It's 11:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| 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."
