||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for April 08, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 3:30 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| It's 3:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and intones "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 3:47 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 3:47 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween departs at 3:47 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| 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 Rufus_T_Firetween disembarks at 3:48 PM. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| It's 4:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 5:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:40 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – The Grateful Dead 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 leads DJTweeny in through the front door at 8:40 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Cease close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:49 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the sitting room. Cease: this sounds like bad dead DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: of course that's 90 % of the dead ourvre ||||||||| llanwydd sashays in at 8:51 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. llanwydd: Hey there Cease: hey tweeh. you wanna be in my new play? Cease: you too llan llanwydd: sure do cat ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:52 PM and late as usual, it's Commando Cody, just back from Billville." Cease: 95% of their material is terrible Cease: hi cody llanwydd: not getting any audio Commando Cody: Howdy folks. llanwydd: some GD is fantastic DJTweeny: Hey Cody, llan DJTweeny: American Beauty is a classic llanwydd: I especially like Live/Dead llanwydd: absolutely, tween llanwydd: now I am getting audio Commando Cody: Our local community station KXCI has the Dead air show on Sundays. The guy has quite the collection of live recordings. llanwydd: you live in rhode island, cody? Cease: i only barely live ||||||||| 8:57 PM: Zen Cosmos jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" DJTweeny: Hi Cosmos llanwydd: when I lived in RI, a local college station had a GD show called Help On the Way on Sunday nights Cease: hi zen ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:57 PM, dragging Not Ed by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" DJTweeny: allo Not Ed Cease: you know phil austin was hired by the dead to write a flick about them, eh Cease: hey not Not Ed: I'm Not Ed, he's Ed DJTweeny: If they don't, they will ;) ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cease: i'll be a senior citizen before next week's chat ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: I was managing an arabic restaurant at the time and we played middle eastern music all day every day except sunday nights we played the grateful dead ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL AUSTIN!! ** 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)' Rufus_T_Firetween: haha llan ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 08, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| "9:00 PM? 9:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "will should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as will enters and sits on the couch. DJTweeny: allo will llanwydd: good evening, will ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:02 PM and late as usual, it's Beet, just back from Virginia." Beet: Howdy all! ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL AUSTIN!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “GRATEFUL FIRESIGN” 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: Happy Birthday again, Phil! Commando Cody: Hello Will, Zen ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DrHappyHarrySocks close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:04 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. Beet: Howdy Dr Happy ||||||||| Around 9:05 PM, DrHappyHarrySocks walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| 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 DrHappyHarrySocks plummets into the garden at 9:05 PM. Beet: 'Bye Happy ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Zen Cosmos: how do i listen to this, my media player is not finding it DJTweeny: Hi Harry Commando Cody: What's for dinner? Cheesesteak here. Commando Cody: Link above Commando Cody: Zen DJTweeny: Zen Cosmos: how do i listen to this, my media player is not finding it << should be clickable, but if not then try copying and pasting it the link into your player Zen Cosmos: tried that already Cease: this is ossman about his birth. the best poem i've ever heard DJTweeny: what player are you using? DJTweeny: It's working fine here...
DJTweeny shrugs DJTweeny: Can you use VLC Zen Cosmos? DJTweeny: good x-platform player Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GRATEFUL FIRESIGN” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FIRESIGN_AUDIO_BIOS ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and intones "Presenting 'Deputy Dang', just granted probation at 9:12 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Deputy Dang: Howdy, Pardners! Sorry I'm late--traffic (between the left ear and the right ear). DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Cease: dang llanwydd: Howdy DD ||||||||| cat tiptoes in around 9:13 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Commando Cody: Stick em up Deputy. cat: phil had a good time DJTweeny: meow cat cat: you can imagine how the dead would have loved Firesign ||||||||| It's 9:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| will - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... cat: wow. this is well edited Beet: Hello Deputy DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Catherwood leave those bombers on the side table. ||||||||| Catherwood walks alongside Beet and asks "Did you need me?" llanwydd: Great! cat: hey beet ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Hey, Dr Tween Beet: Hi Dr Cease llanwydd: this darkness got to give cat: did yuou get your lines, llan? Zen Cosmos: downloaded VLC and thx to tipper!!!!!, now listening, a OLD Firehat cat: my favourirte deat tune llanwydd: is it in my email? I havent checked Commando Cody: Glad yo ugot it figured out Zen. llanwydd: hasnt come through yet, cat DJTweeny: cool Zen Cosmos :-) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GRATEFUL FIRESIGN” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FIRESIGN_AUDIO_BIOS Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com llanwydd: did you remember to put a 12 in my name, cat? llanwydd: some people dont Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ cat: cat is rather creative Rufus_T_Firetween: We do this every Thursday guys, please join us :) ||||||||| 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!" Commando Cody: OK now I'm confused. cat are you Cease and Cease are you cat? cat: since 1995 Deputy Dang: Come on Jesus! Show yourself! Come out with your hands up! cat: yep Deputy Dang: I'm not a cat. cat: just looked at my birth certificate the other day my name is cat simril ishikawa Zen Cosmos: love bizarre old time radio Commando Cody: OK, I'm built low to the ground. The fast ones are going over my head. Zen Cosmos: Have any youse guys ever checked ZBS.org sci fi and fantasy?- recommended cat: zen, firesign blended old and new Beet: Do the words in your name have meanings on their own, Cat? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Rufus_T_Firetween: Next up after the top of the hour - Phil Austin's 1974 solo album Roller Maidens From Outer Space Deputy Dang: What did we learn about last week? Bears? Commando Cody: Thanks Zen. I'm going to check that out. Commando Cody: I think it was dogs Dang Deputy Dang: Ah, ok. Thank you. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." cat: Ishikawa is my wife's lasr name, which she wanted to keep Commando Cody: This is quite reminiscent of the CB radio songs. Commando Cody: CW McCall I think. Deputy Dang: Convoy Commando Cody: That's it. Commando Cody: They even made a movie with Kristofferson in it I think. Commando Cody: might even have that on vinyl. Commando Cody: Don't mess with the Jesus. Commando Cody: That creep can roll. ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cease - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Commando Cody: Catherwood, get me a drink ||||||||| Catherwood gets Commando Cody a chocolate malted Vulcan. cat: i just wAche stae trek 4, the one ab ou th ewhales Commando Cody: What did you think? Beet: My favorite ST Commando Cody: I'm not a trekkie but I do like most of what I've seen of the shows and movies. Rufus_T_Firetween: cat: i just wAche stae trek 4, the one ab ou th ewhales << "Too much LDS" cat: making collage about humpback whales Rufus_T_Firetween: very fun movie Rufus_T_Firetween: Nimoy's, as I recall cat: nefer too few lds Commando Cody: I don't remember any Mormon's in the movie. Rufus_T_Firetween: yy Rufus_T_Firetween: the scene at the warf where the whale scientist gives them a ride cat: latter day saints Rufus_T_Firetween: "He was in the Free Speach Moverment at Berkeley" Rufus_T_Firetween: "Too much LDS" Rufus_T_Firetween: fun movie Rufus_T_Firetween: *Movement Rufus_T_Firetween: looking forward to your bit with the whales and Star Trek IV Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: don't forget Yes's mid-70s song "Don't Kill The Whale" Rufus_T_Firetween: from their album Tormato
Rufus_T_Firetween tries to figure out how how cat's 1:03:43 collage didn't make it to the top of the hour Commando Cody: Channeling Doug Kershaw again. Rufus_T_Firetween: OK, let me dig up some more Austin ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Deputy Dang: Cross and Switchblade... lol Rufus_T_Firetween: /me digs up Nick Danger's grave and finds Shack Out On The Alien Highway Commando Cody: Is that the Love Shack? Rufus_T_Firetween: Will have to take a look at that collage file Cat Zen Cosmos: need to stock on entheogens and cannabis for listening next time... cat: good idea, zen cat: see me smile Rufus_T_Firetween: cat, did you think your collage ended early? cat: hmmm cat: the collage's all have different endings Rufus_T_Firetween: because it was supposed to go until after the top of the hour Rufus_T_Firetween: 1:03:43 is the time I have cat: yreah Commando Cody: Well, entheogens is my new word of the day. Rufus_T_Firetween: and it went into RM instead cat: ok Rufus_T_Firetween: anyway folks, this is Shack Out On The Alien Highway from the Box Of Danger ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “SHACK OUT ON THE ALIEN HIGHWAY” 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' Zen Cosmos: entheogen, coined by Huston Smith a ioneer in comparative reglion and psycodelics...it means any shaman sacrement like peyote, etc. Zen Cosmos: typos...sorrreeee cat: i'm hip like a zip. let's take a trip Commando Cody: I just never heard he word before. Commando Cody: *the Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Commando Cody: Oh another balcont quip. Commando Cody: *balcony cat: Candadian money eh: ||||||||| 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' cat: by all Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: As per usual, I enjoyed this Thursday's doings immensely. Nice to see everyone and thanks for your contributions. Great collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for the guidance, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Commando Cody: Thanks Cat and Tweeny. Commando Cody: I really need to get myself recalibrated to get to your show on Tues. DJTweeny: Please do :) Commando Cody: Adios all. ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:58 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Commando Cody by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Zen Cosmos: ahhh.. we just met... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| cat - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from jaundice ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from jaundice ||||||||| DrHappyHarrySocks - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Deputy Dang - 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 4:31 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
cat
Cease
Commando Cody
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
