||||||||| 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 October 29, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Outside, the 6:06 PM uptown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 7:03 PM, dragging DJTweeny by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" ||||||||| 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: Political Music 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 accompanies Cease in through the front door at 8:50 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Yo Cease Cease: Nice guitar Cease: Is this Cream? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:55 PM and late as usual, it's llanwydd, just back from Florida." llanwydd: hi there Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey llan Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes Cease Cease: llan ||||||||| 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 trudges in at 8:59 PM, dragging Beet by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Cease: Went to a restaurant last night, for the first time in a year. Beet: Greetings to all Fireheads from a cold West Virginia Cease: To celebrate my daughter's 42nd birthday Rufus_T_Firetween: Yo Beet Beet: What kind of restaurant? Cease: do you like it there, beet? ||||||||| 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)' Beet: Hi Dr Tween ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, October 29, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: I like it OK. Rather be in Houston. Cease: Italian place called Cioppino's. chef (who I know) is named Pino. Beet: What did you have? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: Firesign's PAPOON FOR PRESIDENT 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out PAPOON at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=pfp-rv' Cease:https://www.cioppinosyaletown.com/ Cease: I was with chef Pino in the food olympics in 07? he was very nervous, but his soup won the award as best food in Canada. Cease: fuck it was good. Cease: for the main i had the hallibut. amazing lemon sauce Beet: Looks like a nice place. Cease: first time for me to go there with my 13 year old grand daugters Cease: they are serious foodies allready. I had to be in my 60s to care about food. Beet: It one of the nicer thigs to be passionate about. Beet: things Cease: when my parents were in their mid 80s, they suddenly discovered that food tasted good Cease: new thing Beet: My father and mother were sonewhat of gourmands since I knew them. Cease: when i went to japan in 1971, i discovered that. it was startling Beet: Always liked interesting tastes and environments. Cease: Firesign is kind of lilke that. Expands your possibilties ||||||||| RedPillTweeny enters at 9:07 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. Beet: Fortunately living in Houston, Mexican was on the agenda once every week or two. This in the early fifties. Cease: so there are only 4 of us here now? 3 tweens plus 2 other non-bots? Beet: Hey, Rd. Beet: Red Cease: never been to texas but i was in mexico with air america in 08 Beet: The Tween of many hats. Rufus_T_Firetween: A small but appreciative crowd :) Cease: ate very well Rufus_T_Firetween: My family had a time share in Cancun for a while. Beautiful place back in the 80s, but I hear it's now overrun with drug cartel people :/ Beet: How long in Mexico Cease: a week Rufus_T_Firetween: RedPill is not me, and he never speaks in the chat Beet: I never spent enough time in Mexico. Rufus_T_Firetween: a 'lurker' Cease: my sisterish cousin goes to Acapulco every winter. She's 80 Beet: Nice. Cease: getting hard to travel now. Beet: I've always thought that humans should migrate according to the seasons. Cease: i want to go to Egypt but don't know if that can happen Beet: I have always held that as a huge desire. Cease: 3rd grade, 1959. Bastet. I thought, ok, that's for me. Beet: I have heard that people spend the night in the King's Chamber. llanwydd: what is bastet? Beet: Hey, Llan Beet:https://www.ancient.eu/Bastet/ llanwydd: thanks Cease: there's a scene in my play Neal Amid that takes place in Egypt. My daughter Bit plays King Tuts priestess: Cease:http://seemreal.com/nealamid/index.htm llanwydd: great play, cat Cease: how good is my play Neal Amid? I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I've done a lot. Cease: I want" author of Neal Amid" on my tombstone. Rufus_T_Firetween: We need to go through your play Cat, during your collage sabattical ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Rufus_T_Firetween: *plays Beet: That would be a good idea Cease: will have collages about Marx and Polanyi in Nov. Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: Mosrtly working on new plays Cease: where is everyone tonight? Beet: lol Cease: your country's election in a few days Beet: 'ank you Cease: we had electiion here a few days ago. the good people won Beet: That's not possible here. Cease:https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-election-results-2020-a-riding-by-riding-map-of-the-vote ||||||||| It's 9:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: Red is dead Cease: I think Firesign is an antidote to evil Cease: They consciously did that Beet: Thanks God they are always available in some form. Cease: right, beet Cease: space embrace Beet: I just wish we lived in a culture which appreciated them more. Cease: true, beet. but you use what you can get, eh? Beet: Exactly. Cease: they wish they;d made a fuck of lot more money, but, they survived Beet: Should have been millionaires Cease: ossman told me, he wish'd he made to quote ossman, " a fuck of a lot more money" but they didnh't sell out to get it. Cease: proc is in good shape Beet: He works his butt off. Cease:https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-election-results- Cease: i hope i ive that long, but i doubt it Cease: is this a problem, tween? firesign saying fuck Beet: Have any of our presidents not been boozers? DJTweeny: Not in this context Cease: i've been an alchohoic for almost half a century Cease: works for me DJTweeny: I've played this bit from Lawyer's Hospital several times, and the program director has never complained Beet: Hardly ever have any alcohol any more. Sometimes miss it. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Not Ed', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:41 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Cease: Firesign friend told me, they didn't want to make money, and they didnh't want anyone else to make money off them, but they also wanted to complain about not makihg oney Cease: hi not Beet: Standing tall for Ladybird? Hard to imagine. Not Ed: Porque? DJTweeny: Hi Not Ed Not Ed: Cheers C & Tween Beet: Hey, Not Not Ed: Hey Beet Cease: Sobriety has no appeal to me. Beet: Nixon a known curser. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about PAPOON FOR PRESIDENT at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=pfp-ln Beet: Nothing like a nice buzz. llanwydd: so where is everybody tonight? Cease: good question ||||||||| 9:46 PM: Deputy Dang jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Beet: He does a great Paul Harvey rhythm. Cease: hi dang llanwydd: hey dang Deputy Dang: Wahoo! Wahoo! Wahoo! Yada yada yada yada! I'm late, sorry about that! ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Beet: Hi, Deputy. Cease: he was into harvey Deputy Dang: Howdy, Pardners! DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Cease: am i the only person on chat who likes rats? will have rats collage next month Deputy Dang: Do you mean the Giant Rat of Sumatra album> Deputy Dang: ? Beet: They have to chew, you know. DJTweeny: Willard is a favorite movie? Deputy Dang: Or do you mean the blue rats? Cease: FAvourite movie: Paprika Cease:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfP51z0C_NM Cease: is this the papoon thing, tween? Cease: lots of stuff compiled DJTweeny: Yes, it's Papoon For President DJTweeny: right, a compilation Cease: not that good ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: speaking for all canadians, i hope you folks get it together next week ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: we are afraid of you. we'd rather not be Beet: neither candidate will alleviate that, I'm afraid. Cease: you think, beet? Beet: Joe is a warmonger too. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about PAPOON FOR PRESIDENT at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=pfp-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes Beet Cease: all of the power structure is Rufus_T_Firetween: The neocons flocked to Biden, including members of the Bush administration Rufus_T_Firetween: lots of Republican neocons Rufus_T_Firetween: The Military/Industrial Complex Beet: Democrats had republican speakers AT THEIR CONVENTION! Rufus_T_Firetween: The wars won't stop no matter who wins Rufus_T_Firetween: Indeed Beet Cease: i think trump is pumping the pedal to take your country into destruction I think Biden at least knows there is a stop pedal Rufus_T_Firetween: The 'deep state' hates Trump Cease: but i Cease: but i'm in canada, so differt world Beet: Obama/Biden administration expanded Bush's 2 wars to 7. Rufus_T_Firetween: yep Rufus_T_Firetween: Trump at least hasn't started any new wars, and is withdrawing troops from the Middle East Cease: 4 more beers ||||||||| "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!" ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Rotonoto inside, makes a note of the time (10:08 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Cease: hi roto DJTweeny: Hey Roto DJTweeny: Good to see you here DJTweeny: We were just talking about the election Cease: adolph hilton hotel DJTweeny: haha Beet: He wanted wars in Venezuela and Bolivia. The coups didn't work. Beet: Hi Roto Cease: Bolivia is very inspiring Rotonoto: ... Rotonoto: ahhh, finally Rotonoto: good to see all Beet: I want a breast. Cease: breasts 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 Beet: great. Cease: ok folks, i will have a collage about karl marx in a couple of weeks Rotonoto: stupid security software (browser helper) was preventing my Sends... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: Firesign's THE CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out THE FIRESIGN THEATRE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/' Cease: how's it going, rotot? ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." DJTweeny: For those of you who didn't catch it, they did these bits for NPR's Morning Edition show during the 1980 election DJTweeny: and Cat, apparently you have all 6 of the cassettes which as far as I know was they only medium where it was released Beet: I don't think I've heard this before. DJTweeny: Someone would have to have the masters to get a better copy Not Ed: never heard these - tanx Cat Deputy Dang: I haven't heard this before. Deputy Dang: either Cease: it is my job to introduce y'all to firesign stuff, eh? Not Ed: indeedy Beet: We are very grateful. Thanks. Cease: i really wish i were one of many Deputy Dang: It's always a wonderful surprise to hear something "new". Once upon a time, I thought I was doing good to have all of their LPs, including some of the pre-Firesign ones. Cease: i have spent 53 years collecting firesign Rufus_T_Firetween: Just out of curiousity Cat, since these cassettes were never released to the public how did you get them? Deputy Dang: thank you for your service' Cease: dom Cease: don't know Cease: someone gave them to me Cease: i recorded very earely firesing and exchabnged them with folks forf stuff ||||||||| Outside, the 10:30 PM crosstown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Merlyn coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Not Ed: have to dash - see you ALL next time - stay groovy stay tuned and stay turned ON - (Trump stinks) Cease: i go back to the beginning with the guys Merlyn: hey all Not Ed: bbye luvs Cease: hey merl, you lazy person Not Ed: bbye Merl! Rufus_T_Firetween: allo Merlyn Merlyn: by ed Rufus_T_Firetween: later Ed Beet: I actually purchased a collection of cassettes with Dear Friends episodes. Was that you? Merlyn: I'm sure you all know about the video of the Best of show #1 of Feels in Space: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdhVqpbttKSvBWGWHSBkgw/videos Cease: i llove feeling my wife in space Merlyn: Or fools Beet: Hi, Merlyn. Deputy Dang: ttyl ed Deputy Dang: hi merlyn Beet: A belated adios to Not Ed. Rotonoto: have been trying not too successfully to multitask... Cease: good for you roto Rotonoto: nice link Merl- thanks! Deputy Dang: tune in, turn on, and drop out Cease: go away, tim leary Rotonoto: cat I have been collecting radiop junk for 57 years now- FST nearly as long Rufus_T_Firetween: ** David Ossman’s NOT INSANE 2020— Make America Not Insane Again Campaign - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFE6aDIxc4k Cease: good for you and us all, roto Rotonoto: I'm on a basement cleaning and sorting binge of all my lovely junque lately Rufus_T_Firetween: must bring back some memories Cease: i wasa sober on april 15, 1971 but not since Rotonoto: nice link tween Rufus_T_Firetween: Was that when you saw your tax return? Rotonoto: thanks Rufus_T_Firetween: yw Rotonoto: wet and chilly days here lately- good day to stay in, listen to FST Rotonoto: not insane indeed! Rufus_T_Firetween: Was also the year Nixon took the USD off the Gold Standard, and everybody got drunk ;) Rotonoto: well we can still trade beads, right? :) Rufus_T_Firetween: and wampum Rotonoto: ...I took a bushel of corn to the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank... Rufus_T_Firetween: heh Rotonoto: what do I do now with these empty beakers? Rotonoto: anger management glass smashing room? Rotonoto: you know, these chemicals are actually quite toxic... Rotonoto: except for the deadly hydrogen monoxide Cease: Yes tween. The currency suddenly became hard to convert Rotonoto: you can drink that stuff safely (usually) Cease: how's it going, roto? Rotonoto: pretty good actually- you? Cease: really good. gret electionh result Rotonoto: typo above "di-hydrogen monoxide" Rotonoto: you have a local el;ection decided recently? Cease: my center-leftr party won a landslide victory on my daughter's birthday Rotonoto: full coverage of US media political holocause starts, uh... now! Rufus_T_Firetween: nice Rotonoto: yay, good for you cat Rufus_T_Firetween: The election will be contested no matter who wins Rufus_T_Firetween: and mail-in ballots may still be counted for days after Rotonoto: the election will not be televised Rotonoto: oh, wait- yes it will Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_British_Columbia_general_election Rotonoto: heh! Rufus_T_Firetween: It would have to be a landslide one way or the other to avoid it, and I dont' see that happening Deputy Dang: sheep hearders and cattle listeners... lmao Cease: i think biden willl win. am i wrong? Rotonoto: betting is mostly on biden Rotonoto: what were the cattle saying? do tell... Deputy Dang: I'm having a minor surgery on the 4th, and depending how the election goes, I'm going to ask them to not wake me up for 4 years Beet: They'll have to drag Donald out of the White House. Rufus_T_Firetween: hahaha Cease: bummer, dang ||||||||| 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." Rotonoto: ;) Rufus_T_Firetween: My general impression is, if you thought 2020 was 'interesting', wait 'till you see 2021 (no matter who wins) Rotonoto: agree Beet: Find a good anesthesiologist. Cease: ooo drugs ||||||||| 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' Beet: Let's pull Daffy out of retirement. Cease: are y'all happy" Rotonoto: relatively happy this week- next week, not so sure... DJTweeny: Thanks Cease Beet: I actually had a wonderful time tonight. I always enjoy these Thursdays. Enjoyed The Campaign Chronicles, Dr Cease. Thanks for conducting, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: i do my best Rotonoto: will hand out candy Saturday night, I think some will still come around Halloween Rotonoto: nite guise... ||||||||| "10:58 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Cease, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the brambles. ||||||||| Rotonoto is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 10:58 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:58 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Deputy Dang: nidol, when the music ends... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Deputy Dang is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 11:01 PM. ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies gltbiter in through the front door at 11:40 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. gltbiter: how long have you been here? gltbiter: Next time I will be on time. ||||||||| It's 11:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| gltbiter - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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 1:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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
gltbiter
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rotonoto
Rufus_T_Firetween
