||||||||| 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 May 06, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 5:27 PM: Rufus_T_Firetween jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Outside, the 7:23 PM uptown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving DJTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:31 PM and Commando Cody steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Commando Cody: Howdy Rufus. I'm actually in early today. ||||||||| 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)' DJTweeny: Hey Cody DJTweeny: Music in about a minute ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Doobie Brothers 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)' ||||||||| llanwydd bounds in at 8:43 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. llanwydd: howdy DJTweeny: Evenin' llan ||||||||| Cease waltzes in at 8:48 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: allo Cease Cease: Hi chatters Commando Cody: Howdy llan. Commando Cody: Hello Cease. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:57 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary. Beet: Hello fellow Fireheads. Cease: Beet DJTweeny: 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!" Commando Cody: Hola Beet. Beet: Hello Commando Beet: Hi Dr Tween ||||||||| 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: Howdy Dr Cease Beet: Can't beat the Doobies. Commando Cody: I think it was on the Roadkill show that I told my Doobie brothers story. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 06, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Commando Cody: Physician who was totally straight anti altitude adjusting substances who loved the Doobie brothers was totally bummed when somebody finally told him what the name meant ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS 2” 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/' Rufus_T_Firetween: I remember that one Cody :) Cease: This is an interview Proctor did to promote his autobiography Commando Cody: Did anybody else ever borrow their parents 8mm film cameras to do their own movies? Commando Cody: We were big into stunts and gore. Beet: My oldest brother had one and he made many home movies. Commando Cody: No dialogue. Just action. Beet: He made posters to introduce the plays. Commando Cody: Naked little froggy boys. LOL! Commando Cody: Oh that's cool Beet. Commando Cody: Are any of them still around. Beet: I have asked him and he sent me a few but he can''t find the other ones. Commando Cody: Flying produce into the country. llanwydd: I bought a used super 8 camera when I was 12 and made a kung fu movie with some friends Commando Cody: I wish I had even one item from those days. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s radio show “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FREE_TIME Commando Cody: Do you still have it llan? llanwydd: I didnt get to watch the film for over 30 years because I didnt have a projector Commando Cody: Fence in AZ. USed to be drugs but now it's for people. llanwydd: then many years later I had it transfered to video disc Cease: now and then, pete? Commando Cody: That's great llan. llanwydd: yes I still have it cc Commando Cody: Big chore to do yourself. I've looked at just transferring digital home movies to disc. Cease: maybe by the end of his life when that podcast was made, it was only now and then. in earlier days it was much more than that Beet: Wow, real Mariachis Cease: my parents were really into home movies in the 50s-60s Cease: i had them all digitized so I can watch them. expensive but worth it. Commando Cody: I'm not even sure my parents still have them. I need to ask my brother about it. Commando Cody: I tried getting them to go through old phot albums thast had relatives I didin't know about and they had a hard time identifying a lot of the people in them. Cease: is there a problem with one of the channels? ||||||||| Commando Cody walks away to The Sitting Room. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: is there a problem with one of the channels? << Not here ||||||||| Commando Cody walks in and says "It's 9:19 PM, has anybody seen Nancy?" Cease: proctor is the corrct volume? ||||||||| 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." Rufus_T_Firetween: I'm just playing what you gave me, and I can hear Proctor fine Rufus_T_Firetween: Anybody else hear a problem with Proctor? Cease: i wonder if its a probelm with my newly fixed computer Beet: Mine is OK Rufus_T_Firetween: try playing a familiar song Cease Cease: i'm gonna have to look into its. Cease: this Commando Cody: I can't be of any help as I am listening in mono. Commando Cody: Well psuedo stereo anyway. Cease: this is from the podcast Cease: this is a similar character to rev. barnstormer ossman played Cease: we'll ve hearing some barnstormer in the next hour Commando Cody: As long as we're all grounded, safe and sound and down. Cease: this is from Fools in Space Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s radio show “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FREE_TIME 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ ||||||||| "9:39 PM? 9:39 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Elayne should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Elayne enters and sits on the couch. Elayne: Evenin' all. Just dropped out to say hello. Cease: Hey El Cease: good to see you here again DJTweeny: Hi Elayne Elayne: What's perfectly legal in both NY and NJ yet I cannot buy any in either state? Argh... DJTweeny: "Your daughter is a drop out." Cease: here's Tweeny llanwydd: Hi Elayne Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s radio show “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – ROCKET BOZOS 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FREE_TIME ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Hi, Elayne ||||||||| 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: Hello elayne. Elayne: Okay, so I'm depressed (not clinically) and out of supplies. Going to bed now. Bye all. Cease: by el come again Beet: See you later. DJTweeny: Rest well and be well Elayne Commando Cody: Or at least stop by. Commando Cody: Hope you can visit for longer next time. Cease: we too want peace. of Nigeria Commando Cody: I worked with a guy who grew up in the USSR before it broke up. Commando Cody: I remember asking him how he was and his reply was "Why do you want to know?" Nobody in the Soviet Union ever asks that Cease: lol Beet: Communism created some wierd routines. Commando Cody: Indeed. Anybody here know about garatchky? DJTweeny: nope Commando Cody: It's what you open the garatch door with. Commando Cody: LOL! Commando Cody: Polish humor. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Rufus_T_Firetween: The famous Russian dissident, garatchky Beet: Cool Commando Cody: That was pretty cool to hear your interview Tween. Cease: i promoted this chat on the show, as you heard at the end ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: cool, cat ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Commando Cody: That works as well Tween. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Phil Austin's “ROLLER MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out ROLLER MAIDENS at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rm-rv' Commando Cody: How did you get him to join in on the show? Rufus_T_Firetween: My interviews are available here - ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign Rufus_T_Firetween: I need to get a call-in setup again so I can do some more. David Ossman has said he would Commando Cody: That would be great. I'm glad you were able to dothat. Rufus_T_Firetween: The problem is, we get so few people here that it's not really worth their time anymore Rufus_T_Firetween: Austin used to stop by the chat on occasion Commando Cody: Well we'll just have to get some more folks in here. Homework for all. Cease: actually he was here fairly often his last few years, but never a phone interview like proc and ossman Commando Cody: It's surprising given the multiple FB pages I've found. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Don’t forget to tell your Firehead friends about our little soireé. Let’s get lots and lots of folks in here! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about ROLLER MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rm-ln Cease: ok, what country singer is austin playing here? Rufus_T_Firetween: I advertise on all of them just before the show Rufus_T_Firetween: Kris Kristofferson Cat. Austin even said so in chat Cease: ah, right Cease: yeah, i can hear that. Commando Cody: I watched a You Tube mini documentary about the Highwaymen. Rufus_T_Firetween: Great country supergroup Commando Cody: Really interesting to see the interaction of the Willie and Kris opposite Waylon and Johnny Cash. Rufus_T_Firetween: Kris, Waylon, Cash and Nelson Rufus_T_Firetween: they were a great blend Rufus_T_Firetween: Like The Wilburys Commando Cody: Indeed. Commando Cody: It's surpising how well they worked together. Apparently Kristofferson annoyed Waylon a lot. Commando Cody: Yes, the Wilburys Rufus_T_Firetween: haha, will have to check that out Cease: i hadn't realized this was ossman before Rufus_T_Firetween: Kris was really intelligent, a Rhodes scholar Rufus_T_Firetween: also an Army Ranger in Vietnam Cease: we heard something like this on Roadkiill, Tween. Cease: some song about a car Rufus_T_Firetween: as well as being one heck of a singer/songwriter and actor Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, this is based on Hot Rod Linclon, I do believe Commando Cody: Here's the link Rufus. https://youtu.be/wbxFy5DB6Rc ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks cody Cease: yes, that's it Commando Cody: I would agree on the Hot Rod Lincoln likeness. Commando Cody: I felt lucky to have found Commander Cody playing their versions of older C&W songs like that. Commando Cody: Definitely helped broaden my music appreciation. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah that was a cool band Rufus_T_Firetween: popular in Austin Rufus_T_Firetween: made a live album here Commando Cody: I really need to visit sometime. Interviewed for a job there years ago but ended up further west. Commando Cody: Watched Austin City Limits from the start. Rufus_T_Firetween: The tech scene rivals Silicon Valley Commando Cody: Now it's crazy big with the SXSW thing. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah ACL is what attracted me to Austin Beet: Austin is a wonderful place. Rufus_T_Firetween: Wouldn't have moved to any other TX city Rufus_T_Firetween: the COVID business has had a devastating effect on The Live Music Capital Of The World :( Commando Cody: Oh I agree. Interviewed in Houston at the same time in August and was glad I didn't get offered a job. Beet: Ever see Stwevie Ray live, Tween? Beet: Stevie Rufus_T_Firetween: no, before my time in Austin Rufus_T_Firetween: but I sure like his music Beet: Very exciting Commando Cody: Well, I'm sure you can still catch the other Vaughan brothers once in awhile. Rufus_T_Firetween: They put up a statue to him in one of the public parks Beet: I have seen that statue. Rufus_T_Firetween: tinyurl.com/vz7j6brw Cease: this is elvis Beet: cool statue Cease: saw a pretty good doc about elvis a few years ago, on pbs i think Cease: heard marc maron interview tom jones recently. talked about his friendship with elvis Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about ROLLER MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rm-ln Commando Cody: Gotta love Tom Jones. I absolutely fell off my chair laughing when he showed up in Mars Attacks. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** PHIL AUSTIN at Wikipedia >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Austin Rufus_T_Firetween: fun movie Commando Cody: This is the Doug Kershaw impression. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** PHIL AUSTIN at the Firesign Theatre web site >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Austin Rufus_T_Firetween: Mixed Doug Kershaw on several occasions in Indiana Rufus_T_Firetween: kept one of his posters in my office Rufus_T_Firetween: Tome Jones even played there, because the wife of the owner went to Vegas a lot and convinced him to perform there Commando Cody: Oh wow! I remember when we discovered him probably at his height of poularity. Rufus_T_Firetween: *Tom Commando Cody: Where in the Hoosier state Tween? Beet: An amazing voice Rufus_T_Firetween: A little 2000 seat concert hall in Nashville, IN called The Little Nashiville Opry Rufus_T_Firetween: I was their house soundman for most of the 80s Rufus_T_Firetween: We got most of the top Nashville acts Commando Cody: East of Bloomington. Rufus_T_Firetween: In between Bloomington and Columbus, yeah Cease: i have no sense of most american geography Commando Cody: My parents are from Fort Wayne. I've spent some time there visiting relatives and also in Indy. Rufus_T_Firetween: My Dad taught at IU in Bloomington way back in the day, which is how we acquired property there Commando Cody: LOL! I could say the same about Canada Cease. Rufus_T_Firetween: There's a really good music store in Ft. Wayne called Sweetwater Sound i've done business with Commando Cody: I've been to your wonderful city, traveled around Nova Scotia when I was a kid and spent a bit of time on Montreal. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Beet: I bought some headphones from them Commando Cody: What's your connection to Indianna Beet? Beet: Not much at all. I just saw a fantastic deal on those headphones. Rufus_T_Firetween: Sweetwater is as good as any of the big music stores on the East/West coasts Commando Cody: I get it now. Online purchase. It appears to be a big outfit. Rufus_T_Firetween: great prices, and their sales people are really knowledgeable Beet: And very friendly also. Beet: Jesus is in San Antonio. Cease: great band too Commando Cody: It appears they have a lot of live workshops and events too. Commando Cody: Don't mess with the Jesus. Rufus_T_Firetween: long silence at the end ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: David Ossman's “THE REV. BILL BARNSTORMER” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out David Ossman's Facebook Page at >> https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=639203550&ref=content_filter' Cease: I think Merl recorded these. Too bad he's not here tonight Cease: love that "truthiness" Rufus_T_Firetween: In the Bill Maher movie 'Religulous', he visits The Creation Muesum Cease: i saw that Rufus_T_Firetween: they have an exhibit with a child riding a baby Triceratops with a saddle Rufus_T_Firetween: a bit of a stretch Cease: dont recall scenes but i recall enjoying it muchly Rufus_T_Firetween: Bill Hicks has a bit about dinosaurs and the creationists saying that the world is 6000 years old Cease: he does indeed. that's in one of my collages Commando Cody: Didn't that place finally go bankrupt? Commando Cody: Nope, it appears to be alive and well. Rufus_T_Firetween: Creation Museum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Museum ||||||||| 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' Cease: actually, you can't listen to firesign on their station any longer. alas Beet: Had fun tonight. Great collage as usual, Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Commando Cody: Thanks again Rufus and Cease for all the great material. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Commando Cody: Adios Beet. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: actually, you can't listen to firesign on their station any longer. alas << hope they bring it back soon Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe with some teasers of their new material DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: great idea but i dont think they're interested in it anymore Cease: off we gly ||||||||| 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." ||||||||| Cease leaves to catch the 10:59 PM train to Vancouver. ||||||||| 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 pneumonia ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Commando Cody - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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 intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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."
