||||||||| 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 November 12, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 5:48 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the anteroom. ||||||||| 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 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 7:18 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... ||||||||| 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 – Music About Power 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)' ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:43 PM and late as usual, it's Verplanck, just back from Elmertown." DJTweeny: Hi Verplanck DJTweeny: First time here? ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Cease in through the front door at 8:53 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Rufus_T_Firetween: allo Cease eh Cease: Greetings, chatter ||||||||| It's 8:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Verplanck - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: must have been something i said Cease: Did you play Fight the Power that be? Rufus_T_Firetween: heh ||||||||| Deputy Dang steals in around 8:56 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Rufus_T_Firetween: I did not Cease: Hi Dang Rufus_T_Firetween: od suggestion though Rufus_T_Firetween: Howdy Deputy Rufus_T_Firetween: *good ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:57 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Deputy Dang by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Cease: One of the only rap songs that I like : Howdy partners! Rufus_T_Firetween: It's the theme of the Spike Lee movie Do The Right Thing ||||||||| Soaring Eddie steals in around 8:58 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Cease: That's where I know it from Cease: Hi Soaring Cease: Nothing wrong with this John Lenon song. Soaring Eddie: Power to the people right on! Rufus_T_Firetween: You might try The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphopcracy 'Televeision Drug Of The Nation' Cease: All Hail Groucho and John Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Eddie Cease: Yes I like that too. Used it in a collage ||||||||| 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)' Soaring Eddie: Hello, Dear Friends! ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 12, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Soaring Eddie: who am us anyway? Rufus_T_Firetween: good question Soaring Eddie: I need a guaranteed annual year! ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| Catherwood leads Beet into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, mumbles something about 9:00 PM, then departs. Beet: Evening chatters. Cease: I person one channel came true. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Beet Beet: Howdy Dr Tween ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rotonoto in through the front door at 9:01 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Cease: Hi Beet ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: Proctor & Bergman's “POWER” 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 Read about POWER at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=power-ln' Beet: Hi, Dr Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Roto ||||||||| 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." Soaring Eddie: Hiya Beet! No need to be lonesome here! ||||||||| 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!" Cease: Hi Roto Beet: Hi Rotonoto ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" ||||||||| 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 Elayne plummets into the garden at 9:02 PM. Elayne: Evenin' all. Just came by to ight one up and assure you I'm still alive. :) Beet: Thank you, Souring. Beet: Hi, Eleyne. Soaring Eddie: Aw, call me Eddie! Elayne: Damn, I'm running low. Anyone from NJ on here? Cease: No Don, the country's not for sale. Chow. Cease: Hi El Cease: Great to see you again, as it were Elayne: Will pay all interstate toll fees. :) Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Elayne Soaring Eddie: This is great, I just found the chat online recently and finally set a calendar event so I could actually try showing up! Elayne: Hey Cat, Kurt, anyone else who's name sounds like that! Cease: Good for you Eddie Rufus_T_Firetween: Glad you're still with us :) Elayne: Great idea, Eddie! Rufus_T_Firetween: great Eddie :) Elayne: Oh Kurt, I'll be here for awhile, even when my knees and feet have other plans and keep me from walking without a cane. This too shall pass! Last week I was in bad shape... Elayne: Tonight it's just twinges. Rufus_T_Firetween: ehhh :( Cease: Glad to hear you're recovering ||||||||| 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." Soaring Eddie: the radio show doesn't play on the main page in my browser, is Mac Mojave safari known to fail? I can hear the 128k stream fine from the link on here. Elayne: My doc wants me to do 30 minutes of cardio 5x a week. Trying to figure out how to do that not using my feet or legs. Rufus_T_Firetween: I hope the new President will put a stop to this 'getting old' thing. It's annoying Soaring Eddie: Whale for lunch? Elayne: Waist-up meditation is easy. Waist-up cardio not so much Soaring Eddie: the way I see it, "getting old" beats the alternative Rufus_T_Firetween: push ups? Elayne: Exactly what I always say, Eddie!! Rufus_T_Firetween: push-ups is good cardio Elayne: Without using my legs, Kurt?? Elayne: How the heck can I push myself up from my lying position on the bed? Elayne: I thought I needed to at least bend my knees for that, and that still hurts a bit. Soaring Eddie: I like those Push Up Pop popsicles. #MoreSugar! Rufus_T_Firetween: that might be a trick Elayne: Even so. Elayne: Once I'm moremobile U'm doing go to for walks again. Soaring Eddie: I might be lying... but that could be a lie! Elayne: The thing that always kills me is the 28 steps between our apt and the ground. Have to navigate those both ways, and that seems to take a tolld on the knees/feet. Rufus_T_Firetween: but I think on the floor you could leave your legs straight Cease: How is Covid in your various areas? It's surging here in BC Elayne: Floor? Not sure I could get up from the floor. Rufus_T_Firetween: TX and Cal have both broken over 1M cases Elayne: Even the carpet. That involves at least getting on one knee, and I Do Not Kneel. Haven't been able to for decades. Rufus_T_Firetween: OK El, might ask the doctor then Cease: We used to get 5 or 6 new cases a day. Now it's 500-600 Rotonoto: ... Elayne: Which brings us back to do, Kurt. The doc who recommended the cardio is leaving, so I'm now in search of a local primary care person affilitated iwth Columbia Presbyterian. Elayne: One I'm mobile I'll make an appointment Rotonoto: Elayne- seated exercises? pushing weights? Elayne: Then ask her about her recommendations. It's like a friggin' merry-go-round. Elayne: Ooh Rotonoto, I like that notion! As long as I don't throw out my shoulder or elbow tendons again. Rufus_T_Firetween: Sucks, E :/ Elayne: See, it's like this. :) :) Elayne: I'm a bit of a mess, yes? Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope you can get some decent help Elayne: Maybe I'll ask for a referral to a rheumatogist... Cease: You'll recover, El Elayne: I'll be ok, Kurt. I just need to get used to having limited mobility days. Rotonoto: in gym I learned very slow reps will produce surprising amount of 'burn' Elayne: And post-COVID look for a place to live that doesn't involve steps. Rotonoto: with not too much weight at all Rufus_T_Firetween: Sounds like a good idea Rotonoto: low weigth minimizes chance of injury Cease: get's my plan as well, El. Beet: May you get better quickly, Elayne. Soaring Eddie: Rum & Rosehips Elayne: Ooh, slow reps. Nice! Welll, I hae 1 lb weights and 2 lb ones so maybe I'll start with the 1 lb Elayne: Thanks Beet! Love you all to bits! Rotonoto: the 1lb is perfect, work up to the 2 ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Elayne: Think I'll go lie down again before my body decides to betray me again... Cease: rest well, El Elayne: Then tomorrow, slow reps the Rotnoto way!! Rotonoto: nite Elayne Rufus_T_Firetween: Have a good rest E Beet: Take it easy. Soaring Eddie: Bye Elayne! Beet: G'Nite, Elayne. Rotonoto: amazing- the 16K stream ios working for me 2nite Rotonoto: have never heard "Power" before Cease: it was on the radio in 1990 Cease: Serialized on John Hockenberry's NPR show Heat Cease: I think that's where Proctor and Bergman met Ted Bonnitt. Cease: Ted's now got a podcast with Proc called The Sexy Boomer Show Rotonoto: for me, so much undiscovered material Soaring Eddie: I see that War Of The Worlds 50th Anniv edition is on band camp as of a couple weeks ago, just noticed it! Cease:https://player.fm/series/phil-and-teds-sexy-boomer-show Cease: Great news, Eddie Beet: Didn't know about the podcast. Cool Rotonoto: bow wowists- lol! sounds like sendup of PETA? Cease: It's been going on for a few months. Great interview with Ossman and Harry Shearer, among others Cease: They are looking for sponsors. Cease: I don't think PETA is into kidnapping. ||||||||| It's 9:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Soaring Eddie: Ivan Boske!!? Soaring Eddie: poor Elayne, she's no fun, she fell right over Rotonoto: knee surgery no picnic Soaring Eddie: no wonder she fell over! DJTweeny: Does anyone think we'd get better attendance if this chat was on another night? DJTweeny: Saturday or Sunday maybe? Rotonoto: egg-zackly! film at eleven... DJTweeny: I was thinking Sunday would have the least conflicts Soaring Eddie: Thursday through Saturday is not favorable Soaring Eddie: Sunday is a good idea Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah Cease: they're all good for me Rotonoto: changing venues tricky... might end up losing attendence Rotonoto: personally, I would move, no problem Beet: I would be OK with a change.
Rufus_T_Firetween looks at the attendance lol Soaring Eddie: Monday night is actually my favorite concert night, followed closely by Sunday. And there are no concerts now. Rufus_T_Firetween: there aren't :/ Rufus_T_Firetween: Live Music Capital Of The World (Austin) is shut shown for large gatherings Cease: It would be hard to have less attendance. Soaring Eddie: lots of music streams on thu-sat though... highly concentrated Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah Cease lol Soaring Eddie: on the other hand, don't ask me, I never even found this chat until now!? Beet: Is every venue on 6th Street closed, Tween? Rotonoto: on average, Tue/Wed/Thu probably best (guessing) Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah Beet, it's a restaurant or nothing Rufus_T_Firetween: bars also closed across Texas Beet: wow Rufus_T_Firetween: Saw a bar the other day that had a sign saying they are now a restaurant Rotonoto: MD so far just bumped it up a notch, not total closures Cease: I was lucky enough to go to a restaurant 2 weeks ago, first time in a year. They may all close again soon. Rufus_T_Firetween: musicians are giving living room concerts online on Facebook or whatever and asking for PayPal donations Cease:https://www.cioppinosyaletown.com/ Rufus_T_Firetween: Actually, I'm wrong about the total ban on bars in TX. They said that it could be decided County by County. Travis County (Austin) decided to keep them closed Rufus_T_Firetween: That's fairly recent Beet: I know of two comedians doing a Zoom concert. Soaring Eddie: I've been watching a few streams weekly, one of my favorites is not weekly but happens in this time slot., Friday and Saturday have multiple options for me already... Rufus_T_Firetween: I wish Zoom wasn't a PRC app Soaring Eddie: I've paid for three Zoom comedy shows, and the quality depends a lot on limiting crowd microphone interaction Rufus_T_Firetween: but it seems like it's becoming part of the culture now Rotonoto: PRC? China? Rufus_T_Firetween: may have to use it just to interview Phil and David Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, communist China Rufus_T_Firetween: not a fan Soaring Eddie: Zoom uses servers in USA for sessions here, but I guess they don't exactly say that they don't route traffic through HQ Rotonoto: I tried to install zoom into one of my Linux boxes, didn't take for some reason Rufus_T_Firetween: THere was time when they were sending back personal data to PRC servers Rotonoto: all I have here is Linux now. on over a dozen machines Soaring Eddie: Try zoom from inside a regular web browser, it should not require the app Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe they cleaned that up, I don't know Rotonoto: Eddie- link to do that please? Rufus_T_Firetween: Didn't know you could do that Eddie, will have to give that a shot Soaring Eddie: shall I open a zoom up? just a sec! Rufus_T_Firetween: thanks for the tip Beet: Zoom works on my browsers OK. Soaring Eddie: normally when I get a zoom invite, it requests to use the app but offers an option to just click and go in browser Rotonoto: I would need a link to do that probably, not likely to receive any invites ||||||||| 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: ...since I have studiously avoided social media over the years Rotonoto: I do not tweet, facebook, etc. Beet: I am barely involved in social media. Rufus_T_Firetween: I use Facebook occasionally Rufus_T_Firetween: again, like Zoom, it's ubiquitous Soaring Eddie:https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8431768411?pwd=Z2hXbVkxbWdQM1IrZmJHRjc2UVFidz09 Beet: I like hearing from old friends on Facebook. Soaring Eddie: can I post a link? Try chatting with me as a test? Rotonoto: will do later- I saved the url Soaring Eddie: uh I'm gonna log off this momentarily, I don't wanna keep this thing on tap... it's an invitation to spam to post a link like this to the web! Soaring Eddie: On line: Beet Cease Rotonoto Rufus_T_Firetween Soaring Eddie DJTweeny <- limited cast of potential abusers Rotonoto: I don't even understand this sort of stuff Beet: Good luck, Eddie. Rotonoto: The few cameras on my lappies have tape over them Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Eddie Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, I do have an account Soaring Eddie: I've heard of people posting zoom links openly and then suddenly there are trolls in your classroom! Rufus_T_Firetween: but haven't used it ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:44 PM and late as usual, it's llanwydd, just back from Daytona Beach." Soaring Eddie: you are lucky if the trolls don't post offensive content. Jeez. llanwydd: good evening dear friends Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi llan Cease: Hi llan Rotonoto: hey llan Soaring Eddie: DEAR Friends! Beet: Hey, Llan. Soaring Eddie: Howdy! llanwydd: call him eddie. hes an american now Soaring Eddie: YEs please! I'm getting really good at French Horn, or as we like to call it, corno francese llanwydd: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: How are the water polo lessons coming? Soaring Eddie: The horses keep drowning llanwydd: or cornelle or cornitte llanwydd: or cornelius Soaring Eddie: It's my first time in this chat so I'm trying to go deep on the quotes just to feel appropriate, but sometimes I gotta just reach for the pure gag! Soaring Eddie: Cornelius "Chevy" Chase never played at the FST Cease: reach for it, soaring llanwydd: best way to go, SE Cease: a quote from Weirdly Cool. right on, ed llanwydd: I am sure chevy knew about fst Cease: he did play with Steely Dan before they were a thing Soaring Eddie: Reach For The Sky! I got my White Brains On Toast tour tank top! llanwydd: I knew about that Cease: they were at Bard with Ossman's wife Judith Soaring Eddie: (OK that meeting link on zoom officially goes nowhere now.) llanwydd: has there been any discussion of alex trebeck before I came in? llanwydd: very sad news Cease: Eat Hawkmoth or get Eaten Soaring Eddie: LAURA! llanwydd: wow, is this eobe part 2? Soaring Eddie: have another Johnny Cup Rotonoto: minty fresh llanwydd: baoaoists Soaring Eddie: This Power is some great stuff, I've never heard it! Cease: A Billycup for me Rotonoto: does sound like Laura Hawkmoth Cease: If you come here often, you'll hear A LOT of Firesign you haven't heard before Cease: Not the same person, I don't think. llanwydd: how many fst recordings have you heard,SE? Cease: The REAL Laura was my Facebook friend at one time. Soaring Eddie: I've been using my time wisely stocking up my brain on FST. https://youtu.be/W5s55lLol44 ||||||||| 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 POWER at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=power-ln ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! llanwydd: thanks for the link Cease: She produced Phil Austin's radio show Hollywood Nightshift. Rufus_T_Firetween: She's still on FB, last time I checked Rufus_T_Firetween: Laura Hawkmoth Cease: Elayne, who was here before, attended one of the shows and sent me the vid she took there. Soaring Eddie: I love all the Jack Poet ads. 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: I did a stupid thing in 1968 when Pete and Dave had a Sunday Morning radio show 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 Cease: I recorded the Jack Poet ads, but not the shows. 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: The ads have been endlessly reproduced and have been online for years. Cease: The radio show has dissappeard Rufus_T_Firetween: not here llanwydd: I had both the firesign books in the late 60s and/or70s llanwydd: one got lost one got stollen Rufus_T_Firetween: Oh, you didn't mean the RFD feed llanwydd: no not the rfd feed Beet: Big Book ofPlays was my Bible for a long time. Soaring Eddie: I got the DECLASSIFIED. it's fantastic. Got Fighting Clowns of Hollywood! It's even better than the original which won't stop me from collecting the MFSL fighting clowns and the little picturedisc with artwork by Phil Hartman! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: I had that one, beet and the big mystery joke book Soaring Eddie: Just got Marching to Shibboleth... was expecting to be marching, marching to Omaha. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Marching To Shibboleth: The Collected Plays of the Firesign Theatre now available at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?books Cease: I'd love to get the script from EYKIW from that. Cease: There's A Earnest Guy's great voice. Cease: He's announcing on the Sexy Boomer Show 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: nice Cease: Actually there's another episdoe from this, from another Bergman Project called Digital Diner Cease: Bergman tries out his Italian accent. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Currently playing: Firesign on National Public Radio in 1980 THE CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES” 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 Visit The Firesign Theatre Web Site at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/' Cease: This sounds a lot like Proctors character Hal Stark, prisoner of the 20th century. Beet: Shocking: I have never had a couch! Cease: We have two Cease: You have the extra Power episode, Tween? I must have sent it to you. Beet: CanI sleep on one? Rufus_T_Firetween: I played what I have, at least under that name Cease Cease: It's about time for some Dope.... Cease: Humour of the 70s Cease: You'll have it before you play Power again. Rufus_T_Firetween: Taylor has give us the new album :) Cease: Actually I was expecting the Power show I did for Firesign Radio. Austin wanted me to call that show Free Time with the Catman Rufus_T_Firetween: Dope Humor of the 70s Rufus_T_Firetween: haven't listened to it yet Cease: But this fits even better. Two trump jokes. Cease: we can listen to my show another time. Cease: Next week, parts 5.5 and 6 plus part one of my new collage series, Kaput-alism. ||||||||| 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!" Soaring Eddie: I'm excited about Dope humor but I already have Duke Of Madness... Beet: Editing will be the key. Soaring Eddie: Agree, Beet. One reason I have not checked the DVD yet is that it's a little daunting! Perhaps DopeHumor will be the skeleton key, as it were? Cease: Not so much daunting as rewarding. Beet: I'm looking forward to it. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: I make collages mixing Firesign stuff with other stuff that appeals to me and is relavent to their work. Soaring Eddie: I gotta get through Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood for a second pass before I dig in... getting close. Cease: My main source material is DOMM ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Not much info on this series. Cat just happaned to have the cassettes (which were not widely available) ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope they release it to the new Download Store at some point Cease: Apparently they did it for NPR in 1980 Rufus_T_Firetween: right Soaring Eddie: the cassettes.. Ooh. Do the Cassettes have some stuff that's not on the DoM DVD? Beet: I hope so too. Rufus_T_Firetween: Oh yeah, this isn't on DOMM Soaring Eddie: Mmmm Rufus_T_Firetween: DOMM is strictly the radio shows in the early 70s Cease: I think these were only released as cassettes. 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: but the masters have to be around somewhere Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe Rufus_T_Firetween: if NPR has kept track of them ||||||||| 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!" Cease: Crazy Mallard Cease: Bonzo Gipper Cease: And Here's....Hal llanwydd: lhkgfdsedfgyhuugy Soaring Eddie: Cosmetic tomatoes on a white plate?!? Rufus_T_Firetween: If only we spoke Welsh Soaring Eddie: my fave bit in Anythinge is the grave diggers. Just freaking kills me. Cease: Could be on one of Austin's school lunch menus Soaring Eddie: I'll stop, I'm stopping... I've stopped! Rotonoto: eww- school lunches Soaring Eddie: AMY CARTER, First Lady PRESIDENT! Rotonoto: I did like the sugary 'sticky buns' in the middle shcool cafeteria Cease: i went to a private school that had hot school lunches and they were good! Cease: but compared to my mother's cooking, that's not saying much. Rotonoto: hey I invented a wonderful new misspelling word- Shcool Rotonoto: unanswerable- sequel to unforgiven? ||||||||| 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!" Soaring Eddie: Big Rubber Bumper! haw Rotonoto: ah, yes- I fondly remember my wonderful shcool years at Communist Martyr... Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Soaring Eddie: I don't know how they have room for any students at CommieMartyr what with MorseSci jammed alll up in there. Cease: On which side? Soaring Eddie: and you gotta admit, for all her murderous tendencies, Bottles was all over that scam Rotonoto: what a fabulous riff Rotonoto: loving the stream 2nite Cease: most people haven't heard this. Rotonoto: mr. bumper Rufus_T_Firetween: /me has a Morse Science High Athletic Dept baseball hat they gave me :) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Firesign T-shirts, coffee mugs and other goodies now available at >> http://www.cafepress.com/firesign ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Toppless Nurse Judy', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:45 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Cease: Hi Judy Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Judy Toppless Nurse Judy: This Regan one is great. Beet: hello Nurse. ||||||||| 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!" Rotonoto: how did we end up in Lawyer's Hospital? Rufus_T_Firetween: unfortunately, the show's about over :/ Rufus_T_Firetween: try 9 Eastern next week :) Toppless Nurse Judy: I know. Always late to the ball. Cease: they recylced their material relentlessly Beet: It doesn't matter. You're topless. Rotonoto: unanswerable... Cease: you're too young to think about things like that, Lulu Balls, uh, Bells Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Rotonoto: back to the whine seller... Toppless Nurse Judy: underneath this flimsy burnous... Cease: a burnous is better than a burnout Rotonoto: then it hit me... Beet: Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudly. ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing from SHOES FOR INDUSTRY ”The Breaking Of The President” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out SHOES FOR INDUSTRY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=sfi-rv' Soaring Eddie: Violent Grudley? Toppless Nurse Judy: Better to burnous than to Fay Dunaway Cease: old soldiers never dye Soaring Eddie: Hello - always nice to see you, $Name Rotonoto: didn't she and beatty get shot up by federal agents? ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Toppless Nurse Judy: Unhappy Mac Nab Soaring Eddie: state short question Rotonoto: please don't bnreak the president- not now! Toppless Nurse Judy: Bernie! Toppless Nurse Judy: Barney Rotonoto: job? end the lockup- er, down... Cease: Barn F, Barn G Rotonoto: exit left to funway Soaring Eddie: Bar(HONK)ney Toppless Nurse Judy: Fun Dunaway? Cease: he did a fine job on my ankules too Toppless Nurse Judy: Mr. President, What makes America great? Rotonoto: simulfax Rotonoto: I wanted a telegram Soaring Eddie: Hello! How are you, state maintenance question. ||||||||| 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!" Toppless Nurse Judy: Ask the cop on the woodpile Cease: Confidence in the System Rotonoto: please don't spill the porrige Soaring Eddie: flip flip Rotonoto: ridge? Soaring Eddie: flop ||||||||| 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' Toppless Nurse Judy: Illegal entry try again llanwydd: mr pleeceman, what would make america great again? Rotonoto: a good 5 cent cigar? llanwydd: lol Cease: well, you can turn in your badge Toppless Nurse Judy: Hmm?? Cease: burn your ocelots Soaring Eddie: cars with apples and girls with dapples? Toppless Nurse Judy: Hmmm.. ||||||||| 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 7-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' llanwydd: LOL Rufus_T_Firetween: My show times have changed ^^ Toppless Nurse Judy: Unhappy Mac Nam Rotonoto: direct readout Soaring Eddie: Read unhappy macnam, unhappy macnam! Rotonoto: evaluate Cease: MacNamara not happy Toppless Nurse Judy: Go away I'm sorry this ride is closed. Rotonoto: domains of opposite polarity Soaring Eddie: I'm sorry, this ride is close Soaring Eddie: d Soaring Eddie: good fun, catch you some other Horus! Rotonoto: omg the FST was prescient at times Beet: This was fun. Nice to see some new chatters. Thanks to all. Gratitude to Cat for the cassettes. Thanks to Tween as usual for guiding the ship. G'Nite all. Cease: at times Soaring Eddie: Ignore that 200m link, it's dead Rotonoto: thanks all Soaring Eddie: cu in a week! Cease: we do our best Rotonoto: thanks kurt Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Rotonoto: Beat the Reaper applies so well to current events Cease: it does Rufus_T_Firetween: indeed Rotonoto: heh! Rotonoto: the guys were brilliant Cease: still are Rotonoto: yeper ||||||||| 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: and two of them still are :) DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: still very active Rotonoto: forward into the [past! Rotonoto: ] Rotonoto: nite all Cease: they inspire me to do more work constantly Cease: new collage next week. Rotonoto: keep it up, guy... ||||||||| Cease leaves to catch the 10:59 PM train to Hellmouth. ||||||||| "Hey Rotonoto!" ... Rotonoto turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 11:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Soaring Eddie: later alligator, crogigator, that's why they so mean! ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Toppless Nurse Judy - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Soaring Eddie - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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
DJTweeny
Elayne
llanwydd
Rotonoto
Rufus_T_Firetween
Soaring Eddie
Toppless Nurse Judy
