||||||||| 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 29, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "1:32 PM? 1:32 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits on the divan. ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Outside, the 7:04 PM bus from Billville pulls away, leaving DJTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| It's 7:15 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 escorts Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (7:36 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| 8:35 PM: DJTweeny 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!" ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Clown 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)' ||||||||| land squid steals in around 8:49 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." land squid: good evening folks ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:50 PM, dragging Cease by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" DJTweeny: hi squiddy land squid: hey cat DJTweeny: allo Cease land squid: hey tween DJTweeny: is that like the SNL Land Shark? land squid: not quite Cease: Greetings land squid: did you already play Send In the Clowns? land squid: Cool! ||||||||| Outside, the 8:53 PM uptown bus from Leesburg pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Howdy Pardners. land squid: Hey Beet Beet: Hi Squid Cease: Beet DJTweeny: Hey Beet Beet: Howdy Dr Cease land squid: we have a leesburg here in LF Beet: Greetings Dr Tween land squid: I mean FL Rufus_T_Firetween: Lower Freedonia? land squid: lol Beet: Our Leesbug is actually about an hour away from where I am. land squid: I figured it wasnt the florida one Beet: Nice voice land squid: yeah thats joni DJTweeny: Joni Cease: Never heard this song before DJTweeny: from the album Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm Beet: What album? DJTweeny: good album Beet: Thanks land squid: did you play smokey robinson before I came in, tween? DJTweeny: Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk_Mark_in_a_Rain_Storm land squid: a chalk mark in a rain storm would not last very long DJTweeny: sure did squiddy land squid: I like that song ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:59 PM and late as usual, it's Deputy Dang, just back from Funfun Town." land squid: Hey Dang Beet: Hey Deputy Cease: Dang ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 29, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: thank you Tweeny ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS” 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/' ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:01 PM, dragging Merlyn by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" Beet: Hi Mr Merl. Cease: Welcome to Bozoland, Merl DJTweeny: Merlyn emerges from a puff of smoke DJTweeny: perhaps Yukon Blue Cease: There may now be a cannabis strain called Yukon Blue. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s radio show “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FREE_TIME Merlyn: hey all, just posted the Firesign podcast clip link on Chromium Switch's facebook page: https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/podcasting/list.php ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! DJTweeny: Wouldn't surprise me Cease Cease: As you can deduce, Bozo's first destination is Australia Merlyn: Looking at archive.org (where the clips are) shows they're right around half a million listens. Cease: We'll be listening to some Barnstormer, next week, Merl Merlyn: Good stuff, cat ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: We thrive here through the good graces of King Cease. Beet: And Thanks Cease: This is the one Nick Danger episode that isn't in the Box of Danger compilation Cease: Down Under Danger Beet: A little bit different flavor to this episode. Cease: indeed Cease: a real downer, as the name implies Cease: austin wrote some dark stuff, when not in Firesign mode. Deputy Dang: I'm enjoying it. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope they get FST Radio back up soon Cease: Proctor would know. I think is daughter is running the Firesign site now, right, Merl? Cease: his land squid: no, is land squid: lol Cease: Proc mentioned it in one of his planets a while ago land squid: has anybody heard david ossmans war of the worlds radio broadcast? Cease: Merl? land squid: I came across it very recently on youtube Cease: not me, squidy Cease: is it there? DJTweeny: I have not land squid: yes it is Cease: i thought they were going to be selling a streaming version soon on bandcamp land squid: judith is in the video as well Cease: that's her production company land squid: so is that actor I forget his name who starred in a thousand clowns Cease: Otherworld Media Cease: Jason Robarts land squid: uep land squid: I mean yep Cease: Ossman talked about doing that show in one of the interviews we played over the past 2 weeks Cease: this is from the XM Fools in Space shows Cease: Bergfman's daughter told me he wanted to be buried in either new zealand or syria, just before he died. Cease: this was inh 2012 and the Syrian civil war was on. land squid: so where was he buried? Cease: "No Fucking Way I'm taking your body to Syria," she told him. Cease: he was cremated and i think his ashes are in la, unless they were taken back to cleveland, i know not land squid: llol Cease: proc has a funny story about that. Cease: pete's sister is a rabi, she came to la after his death. Cease: he died in a hospital and his body was supposed to be transferred to the crematorium. Cease: proc, pete's ex wife and sister were in search of him. Cease: "He's STILL fucking with us," said the ex wife. DJTweeny: lol Cease: proc told that story at the memorial brou ha ha ||||||||| 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!" Merlyn: Here's the cartoon episode of The Tick that had all four Firesign voices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqZgrFEG8IA Cease: is that the one where they appear as cartoon characters? DJTweeny: nice Cease: first time i ever saw them as cartoons Cease: proc's main job is voices in cartoons, over the years. Cease: now that you're here again, merl, can you tell us about firesign radio? Merlyn: what do you mean, cat? Cease: scroll up Merlyn: Doc said it broke and I think it's no longer sponsored land squid: fantastic! Cease: Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope they get FST Radio back up soon Cease: Proctor would know. I think is daughter is running the Firesign site now, right, Merl? Cease: his land squid: no, is land squid: lol Cease: Proc mentioned it in one of his planets a while ago land squid: has anybody heard david ossmans war of the worlds radio broadcast? Cease: Merl? Cease: proc said his daughter was taking it over last year. Cease: in one of the planets Cease: i thought the sponsorship ended a while ago land squid: it is on youtube somewhere but I dont remember the title Merlyn: He's been saying that for years but nothing so far Cease: i see land squid: something like the making of... Cease: i heard somewhere that he wanted to ditch the station. land squid: jason robards is in it Merlyn: Jason Robards is in everything, he's in everybody's eggs land squid: lol Cease: ah, now i know whay included this. bozo's rocket ship could indeed go to planet X land squid: well he died in 2K. surprised nobody is familiar with it Cease: was the 2000 year old man? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s radio show “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FREE_TIME Merlyn: And here's Peter Bergman's appearance in the 2002 live-action The Tick starting at about 18:50 https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/a84579dd65955ee9a720ee054bd1ab02 Cease: So Bozo's destinations this episode are Australia, New Zealand, Planet X Cease: I made this 8 years, hard to recall Rufus_T_Firetween: There's a 'part 2' next week, right Cat? Cease: speaking of mathematical puzzles, whenever pete went to a new city, he went to the uinversity books store and bought math books Cease: yes, tween Cease: tried to find a puzzle he couldn't solve Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: yes, next week bozo's rocket goes to mexico, china, and other places Cease: also, roller maidens and some other firesign religious parodies ||||||||| llanwydd sashays in at 9:57 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cease: hey llan Merlyn: Pete knew APL, a strange programming language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language) Merlyn: Damn, link breaks due to () Beet: Hi Llan Cease: oh, the last destination is the middle east. Beet: It's Ten O'Clock in Romney, Wv ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: i really stound stoned here Beet: Are you? 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 Cease: the firesigns said they never performed stoned, but that's not true. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: i really stound stoned here << surely not... ;) ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “I THINK WE'RE ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOZOS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bozos-rv' Beet: You may already be there. Cease: i recorded this a couple of days ago. not stoned at all. Cease: i had this record when i was a little kid Beet: I had one of rhose Bozo albums as a kid. Rufus_T_Firetween: not being a good Vancouverite, Cease Beet: The one I had was an underwater adventure. Rufus_T_Firetween: This would soooo politically correct these days Rufus_T_Firetween: *incorrect Cease: i remember the rocket one, if only cuz i rediscovered it for this. Rufus_T_Firetween: would be banned Cease: i had several, but didn't recall any of them. Cease: this is a Long way from Sesame Street Rufus_T_Firetween: miles Cease: i think i found the idea that there were other, very different places from where i was living was exciting to me as a small child Cease: i grand parents spoke other languages so i had some concept of Other Cease: had Cease: my dad's people spoke german Rufus_T_Firetween: and russian? Cease: my mom's were ukranian speakers. some of my dad's brothers were russian Cease: you were in play about those uncles in SF, Tween. Louie (played by llan) and Adam. a true story Rufus_T_Firetween: Which play? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com llanwydd: it was great fun doing that, cat Cease: love your ducasse for the new play. i'm hoping to record a voice for scene one soon. tween will be in scenes one and two, two with you. Rufus_T_Firetween: have the script, haven't looked at it yet Cease: that was scene 2 i sent you, with llan and the chef. Cease: scene one is still being created DJTweeny: k llanwydd: funny thing about ducasse is that he is such a hotshot big name foodie but I had never heard of him before you told me about your new play Cease: i had no interest in food until aug, 2006. Cease: i had no idea about any chef or restaurant before then. DJTweeny: you weren't hungry? llanwydd: lol Cease: the idea of Fine Dining had never occured to me. ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: The Man Who Eats Watches is great P&B Cease: indeed Beet: I am quite fond of discovering new food alternatives. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Yippee_Taiwan in through the front door at 10:24 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Beet: Howdy Yippee Cease: i was in a restaurant in a hotel on salt spring island. have a lousy cocktail and awaiting good fish Cease: hi taiwan Yippee_Taiwan: Hello Cease: looking out the window into the english garden, i suddenly was possessed with an idea that i had to follow the path of fine diing. ||||||||| 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: firesign fan, yippee> ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: Hi Yippie Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about I THINK WE'RE ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bozos-ln Yippee_Taiwan: Hi DJ. Is this the future? DJTweeny: you new here Yippie? Cease: it is now ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: "If it isn't Now, who cares?" Cease: i ilke the future. i'm in it. DJTweeny: yy Yippee_Taiwan: First timer Cease: Welcome Beet: How do you like the Future? DJTweeny: we do this every week at 9pm Eastern, please do join us llanwydd: very sleepy right now. must conk out DJTweeny: later llan Beet: See ya, Llan. Yippee_Taiwan: Uhhh, it’s electric Cease: by llan llanwydd: freat collage, cat. thanks to you and tween. see you next thirsty ||||||||| 10:30 PM -- llanwydd left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Cease: see you then 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: ** 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 Yippee_Taiwan: I wanted to see if it was real. Apparently, the last reel! I’ll be back next week, and earlier. Bye! Cease: see you next week Beet: See ya, Yippee Merlyn: Thanks again tween ||||||||| Merlyn is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:37 PM. Beet: Nite, Merl Cease: By Merl Cease: Love this album Cease: lay HIS egg Cease: the problem with the liner notes is that they give you too much information about this ||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Yippee_Taiwan - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Deputy Dang: Deputy Dang? Cease: hi dang Beet: Hey Deputy Deputy Dang: I thought I heard them call my name. :-D Cease: they're always calling your name, dang Cease: i wonder if land squid is still here Beet: Hey Deputy Cease: i love the idea of "forget the future" as you don't know it. Deputy Dang: Howdy Beet! ||||||||| 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' Beet: Truly a great album. Cease: tis Deputy Dang: It was the first I heard. I listened to it so much I had it memorized at one time. DJTweeny: Everybody be well, see you next week Beet: Thas was good. Thanks, guys. Nice work, Dr Cease. Thanks for putting the needle on the record, Dr Tween. G'Nite. Rufus_T_Firetween: Electrician starts with the wind, Bozos ends with it Deputy Dang: Thank you all. This was a good night, indeed. DJTweeny: yw Beet Cease: we do our best ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! ||||||||| "Hey Deputy Dang!" ... Deputy Dang turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:57 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| At 10:57 PM, Cease vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! DJTweeny: Until last tme, again... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| land squid - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Beet - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'WhatTimeIsIt?', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 11:17 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... WhatTimeIsIt?: Oh it's only two hours ||||||||| WhatTimeIsIt? leaves to catch the 11:18 PM train to Newark. ||||||||| 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
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
land squid
llanwydd
Merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
WhatTimeIsIt?
Yippee_Taiwan
