||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is10:23 PM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for May 20, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Outside, the 3:00 PM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving test coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| test is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 3:00 PM. ||||||||| 3:00 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!" ||||||||| Catherwood leads Merlyn into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mumbles something about 3:00 PM, then departs. Merlyn: Catherwood, what time is it? ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's exactly 3:00 PM!" Merlyn: I think his watch has stopped... Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Merlyn Rufus_T_Firetween:https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Rufus_T_Firetween: click on that ||||||||| 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' Merlyn: hey Merlyn: the website host needs us to update php scripts, and that's what broke the time -- not sure if that's what broke updates or not Merlyn: so I re-ran the crontab jobs, at least. Rufus_T_Firetween: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function split() in /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.inc:197 Stack trace: #0 /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.php(21): get_char_performer_array() #1 {main} thrown in /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.inc on line 197 Rufus_T_Firetween: That's what the BOD site is getting returning :/ Merlyn: BOD? Rufus_T_Firetween: Box Of Danger Rufus_T_Firetween: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function split() in /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.inc:197 Stack trace: #0 /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.php(21): get_char_performer_array() #1 {main} thrown in /webroot/f/i/fires008/firesigntheatrelegacy.com/www/media/media.inc on line 197 Rufus_T_Firetween:https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Rufus_T_Firetween: Well, the clocks working :) ||||||||| 3:00 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!" Merlyn: No, that's cron ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Merlyn: But I went back to old PHP and that should fix it, but it ends in december Rufus_T_Firetween: Did you click on the link? Merlyn: it fixed the media stuff (for now) Rufus_T_Firetween: nope, still getting the same error Merlyn: I'll mail doc, he wrote it so he might know Rufus_T_Firetween: I'm using a very old version of Firefox here, but that's what I'm getting Merlyn: you have to refresh, and your browser might lie to you. It's really fixed Rufus_T_Firetween: k Merlyn: your browser isn't the problem Merlyn: we still have a few months to fix things Rufus_T_Firetween:https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv << refreshed with the same result Merlyn: Catherwood, what is the time ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 8:03 PM, precisely!" Rufus_T_Firetween: OK Merlyn: much better Rufus_T_Firetween: so I just won't advertise the product this evening Merlyn: I wonder if 3:00 means the time is zero and it's just some time zone shift Rufus_T_Firetween: is there an alternate link to BOD? Rufus_T_Firetween: We're playing lots of BOD this evening :/ Merlyn: just try something else like https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=atf Merlyn: they were all broken since it's all the same code Merlyn: it will be fine for other people since their browsers won't have the cached broken version Rufus_T_Firetween: That link works Rufus_T_Firetween: Ah, OK DJTweeny: works here :) DJTweeny: so I need to empty the other browser cache Rufus_T_Firetween: yep, that toook care of it Rufus_T_Firetween: good deal Merlyn: see you later DJTweeny: later gator Merlyn: I managed to capture last week's chat, but I didn't scan for names or URLs. ||||||||| Around 8:11 PM, Merlyn walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| "8:38 PM? 8:38 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Commando Cody should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Commando Cody enters and sits on the couch. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Cody ||||||||| 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: music in a minute or so ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Green 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)' Commando Cody: Hey there Rufus. Looks like you survived the weather on Tues. Commando Cody: Wow, this takes me back. Sugarloaf. DJTweeny: Yeah, it ended up being more of a problem for people SE of San Antonio where they actually had a tornado touch down DJTweeny: but still some flash flooding in the area, and the radar looked really ugly Commando Cody: No problems for you though? Nothing like the past few summers or this past winter. DJTweeny: How are things in your neck of the woods? DJTweeny: NOTHING like February DJTweeny: that was historic Commando Cody: BTW, did you get your scooter parts? No more thieving shall occur? Commando Cody: Starting to get warm here. DJTweeny: having to harvest snow in Austin for water to flush the toilet was a new experience DJTweeny: The new locking cover is on and the mirrors restored. No problems yet (fingers crossed) Commando Cody: Nevewr really much in the way of bad weather here. DJTweeny: just 120 in the summer? Commando Cody: Fingers crossed here for you as well. 🤞 ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'llanddfyl', just granted probation at 8:52 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Commando Cody: Not usually. We're still not quite as warm as Phoenix. llanddfyl: howdy DJTweeny: Hey llan ||||||||| 8:53 PM: Cease jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Commando Cody: Hey there llan. DJTweeny: really, even though you're further south, interesting DJTweeny: allo Cease Commando Cody: Cease! Cease: Green earings. great choice Commando Cody: Not as much of a heat island as the Phoenix metro area. Commando Cody: Until the humidity picks up during the monsoon season it's quite tolerable. Rufus_T_Firetween: ah, not all the buildings and roads, sure Cease: Green music indeed ||||||||| Outside, the 8:55 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Commando Cody: And that's coming from an overweight crabby old guy from NE PA. Beet: I need me some Firesign tonight! Cease: where the vegetables are green and you can pee into the stream Beet: I need me some Firesign tonight! Cease: you got it, beet Commando Cody: Beet! DJTweeny: Hey Beet Cease: part one of my new collage Could be Green Beet: Howdy Dr Cease, Cody, Dr Tween Commando Cody: Ahh, that explains the collusion on DJTWeeny's part. Beet: I love te song selection. DJTweeny: :) Cease: Based on Norman Corwin's 1949 play Could be ||||||||| 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)' Commando Cody: This was creditied as being the first bubblegum tune. DJTweeny: Didn't know that ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “COULD BE GREEN-PART 1” 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 strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 20, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Nice menu for this evening. ||||||||| 9:00 PM: Merlyn jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" DJTweeny: Cat suggested some Danger Beet: Hey, Mr Merlyn DJTweeny: wb Merlyn ||||||||| 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: Hey Merl Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage COULD BE GREEN at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Commando Cody: Hola Merl! Cease: my collage is alot about WW2 and nick danger ends with FDR surrendering to Japan Beet: Van the Man. One of my very favorite performers. Merlyn: Hey there DJTweeny: appropriate Cease Cease: i had no idea this was a kermit song unitl many years after i heard the van morrison version ||||||||| 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." Commando Cody: Damn, need to get him on my list of artists to see if possible. Cease: just learned it was about racism in something i read recently, about sesame street Cease: saw him here in vancouver in 73. very acrobatic ||||||||| Deputy Dang enters at 9:04 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. Beet: Hey Deputy. DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Cease: maybe not so much anymore Cease: and speaking of the early 70s... Cease: Hi Dang Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! Beet: I don't think people can stop it anymore. Commando Cody: Howdy Deputy. Commando Cody: I'm strating to allocate concert funds towards older performer's I haven't seen in concert. llanddfyl: kjhgfygguytrewsdfnb Commando Cody: *starting DJTweeny: gesundheit DJTweeny: or is that Welsh? Beet: I drink Welsh's Grape Juice all the time. ||||||||| 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!" llanddfyl: just trying to keep the grey out above llanddfyl: I have having dinner and couldnt really type properly Deputy Dang: Talk to Guliani about keeping the grey out above. llanddfyl: was having llanddfyl: lol Cease: Keep Armenia Beautiful. Get a hair-lip llanddfyl: I liked him as a mayor but it is hard to like him these days Beet: A sandwich in one hand and a keyboard in the other? llanddfyl: not quite, beet Beet: Still a neat trick. llanddfyl: I dont get why have I written before Beet: Bernie always sounded sincere. llanddfyl: did he say wars or boars? Cease: this is vancouver writer seth klein Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage COULD BE GREEN at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** CBC Ideas programme “The Greenest Metaphor” >> https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15835019-the-greenest-metaphor Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Cease: one of my favourite writers, solnit 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/ ||||||||| 9:27 PM: WasMax 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 WasMax, welcome Cease: hi max WasMax: Hi Rufus_T_Firetween: First time here? llanddfyl: hey max WasMax: Yeah, I usually see the anouncements long afterwards Rufus_T_Firetween: Glad you made it for the show :) WasMax: Thx Rufus_T_Firetween: 9pm Eastern every week, with 15-20 minutes of warm up music before that Rufus_T_Firetween: mark your calendar Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage COULD BE GREEN at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Hello WasMax. Rufus_T_Firetween: Just to let you all know, I'm going to lose my rights to kurterison.com because Bambi didn't leave a will. In a few weeks everything will be kurtericson.net. I'll send out notifications so you can change any references you have. Commando Cody: Hola WasMax. Commando Cody: I realize it's old history here but how did Bambi have ownership of your site? Cease: thnaks for the notification Rufus_T_Firetween: Bambi set me up with a web site and host Commando Cody: I don't know about you Cease but I m always mistyping thanks as thnaks. Rufus_T_Firetween: It's been a real mess for a lot of people, because she put all the ownership under her account Commando Cody: Ahh, that makes sense. Commando Cody: This was all under the dishnuts umbrella then? Cease: i get away with what spelling i can Rufus_T_Firetween: got the we hosting service to accept making a new account for me, but she put bad info in the domain info saying I owned the domain when in fact it was a subset of her account. I'm sure it was an honest mistake Beet: cool ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “THE THREE FACES OF AL” 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' Rufus_T_Firetween: *web hosting Commando Cody: Oh man. Agreed, likely an honest mistake. It ought to be easy enough for everyone to transition. Rufus_T_Firetween: Commando Cody: This was all under the dishnuts umbrella then? << Nothing to do with Dishnuts. Their station was CNI Radio, but they were friends with RFD and their shows played there Rufus_T_Firetween: I met her and JL (the last DJ here) long before I got involved with RFD Merlyn:tween, do you have an archive of your website? Rufus_T_Firetween: Just happened to come across the fact that FST had a chat back around 2003, and CNI was doing the show then Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes, I always made my own web site Merlyn Rufus_T_Firetween: It's not an issue Rufus_T_Firetween: thankfully Rufus_T_Firetween: other of Bambi's clients are not so lucky :/ Merlyn: that's good, at least. Maybe you could get a new domain and put a pointer to it until the old one dies. ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanddfyl - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Merlyn: there are ways to archive a website from outside: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/8s4vef/best_way_to_archive_a_website/ Commando Cody: Interesting. CNI radio. I found some archived podcasts of Jimmy Lee and Bambi Cease: hope llan enjoyed the collage Rufus_T_Firetween: I have backups of everything Merlyn: Add your middle name or initial or something for a new domain Rufus_T_Firetween: The hosting company has already brought over everything to a new account, now it's just a matter of publiching what's new from here Rufus_T_Firetween: Merlyn: Add your middle name or initial or something for a new domain << Ah, good suggestion Rufus_T_Firetween: so better identification? Rufus_T_Firetween: 'not to be confused with...' Rufus_T_Firetween: *publishing Rufus_T_Firetween: rape your cat? rofl Rufus_T_Firetween: take your hat... Commando Cody: Oh right I just put two and two together. I stumbled on to the dead Jimmy Radclife site last week. Commando Cody: I inadvertently typed something that auto created a link. Commando Cody: Ooh, that came out sort of insensitive like. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'dead Jimmy Radclife site' is a bit ironic Rufus_T_Firetween:ah clem Commando Cody: I meant the broken web link is dead. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah Merlyn you need to remove that link :/ Commando Cody: That was it. Rufus_T_Firetween: that was one of Bambi sites Cease: we haven't heard this ina long time Rufus_T_Firetween: *Bambi's 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 ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Commando Cody: So, going back to the lead in music. Did you know that the Lemon Pipers didn't write the song. Cease: kerouac would enjoy this Commando Cody: They were a studio band that was told to play songs provided to them. Rufus_T_Firetween: hah Rufus_T_Firetween: like The Monkees? Commando Cody: The dissolved and years later became Ram Jam and had another hit with Black Betty a LeadBelly song. Commando Cody: Yep. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cody, RFD has nothing to do with this show except that since I'm a DJ there, they're nice enough to provide the streaming server for this show, which is not broadcast live Rufus_T_Firetween: So if you guys want to thrown a few $$ their way in appreciation, that would be cool :) - ** 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 ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 10:09 PM, dragging Not Ed by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Not Ed: Pork? Commando Cody: I will catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to Commando Cody and says "Would you like something?" DJTweeny: Hey Not Not Ed:Tweeny! Commando Cody: US Pork of course. Not Ed: Kind of Commando Cody: Howdy Not! Not Ed: Hi CC Not Ed: Fun Box! Beet: Hi Not Not Ed: Danger Box! Not Ed: Hey Beet Cease: Hi Not ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "10:12 PM and late as usual, it's llanddfyl, just back from Hellmouth." Not Ed: Cease! llanddfyl: didnt know I was gone Cease: did you hear the collage, lllan? Not Ed: Hey dere llan Cease: i'm usually in the 2nd hour DJTweeny: This is one of only two Firesign albums that didn't include David Ossman Cease: true, tween Not Ed: Where waz he? Commando Cody: You had faded out up their at the top. DJTweeny: Working for PBS, as I recall Cease: npr, and others DJTweeny: NPR maybe, yeah Not Ed: Oh right makes sense Commando Cody: *there llanddfyl: most of it, cat. it was excellent ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" DJTweeny: not PBS Not Ed: I see tx Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage COULD BE GREEN at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: the title isnt' reflecrted in partr one. part two has a big chunk of the corwin play Not Ed: thanks Rufis
DJTweeny sees miles and miles of TX Not Ed: Are the corwin radio pieces available anywhere these days? DJTweeny: Got a link, Cat? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Not Ed: Not at the Corwin site Not at Amazon Cease: no Beet: fun ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “THE CASE OF THE MISSING GENERAL” 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' Not Ed: Thanks for 3 Faces ||||||||| 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: I bought 13 by Corwin yearfs ago from Lodestone which no longer exists Not Ed: I have "The Undecided Molecule" but none of the others DJTweeny: Box Of Danger is definitely worth owning ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: Def Tween Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Cease: i made a play out of Runyon Jones, did you hear it? Not Ed: I see Cease tx Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Cease: you might be able to email richard fish Not Ed: Was it ossman who produced corwin's "of these truths"? Cease: yes. and corwin was still alive then Rufus_T_Firetween: Search Dogged Runyon at that link ^^ Cease: he worked with fish and ossman at least once Not Ed: sorry "we hold these truths" - i think that's it Cease: ossman got into radio because of corwin Not Ed: oh! cool Cat - I know he was one of DOssman's influences Not Ed: right Cease DJTweeny: They did this at the London concert (unreleased) DJTweeny: (Mr. Liverface) Not Ed: haha DJTweeny: We need to do another 'night in England' with Giant Rat and the London concert Not Ed: please! Cease: ossman did a wondeful audio piece, autobiography, last year. we played it on chat. DJTweeny: maybe in a couple of weeks, Cease? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Not Ed: what was it Cesase? Not Ed: Seasick Cease: what, tween, play that again? Not Ed: lol I love this stuff DJTweeny: Rat and London 2005, yeah ||||||||| 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!" Cease: ok part 2 is finished and i want to do somethinh micinh eykiw with the latest ufo news Not Ed: oh cool C Cease: mixing DJTweeny: sounds cool Cease Cease: i may not have it finished in 2 weeks. if not we' Cease: we'll do sometihng else ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NICK DANGER” 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' Not Ed: Sweet Tween DJTweeny: You're not my type Not llanddfyl: what is the latest ufo news cat? I havent heard anything lately DJTweeny: Oh yeah, there's been lots in the news ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Zen Cosmos inside, makes a note of the time (10:29 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. DJTweeny: Hey Zen llanddfyl: havent even heard any updates on coast to coast am Cease: hi zen Commando Cody: Hi Zen DJTweeny: You're a little Late For Supper llanddfyl: hey zen. I remember you Zen Cosmos: finally figured out the VLC player...the answer is 42 Cease: watch lastg week's 60 Minutges llanddfyl: I missed that one, cat ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| WasMax - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: by max Commando Cody: Well you would have figured it out sooner if you had know the question. Commando Cody: *known Cease: this is the piece that made firesign famous Cease: you could laugh at it without being an intellectual DJTweeny: Their most famous character, for sure Commando Cody:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLv5TN3dnwAhUXuZ4KHZbwAGAQFjAFegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2021%2Fapr%2F16%2Fpentagon-ufos-leaked-photos-uap&usg=AOvVaw2qpl9ZE5HsqTVOab4LD0ju DJTweeny: People were thinking they had tuned into OTR lol Commando Cody: Crap, I really need to do tiny URLs llanddfyl: its a cross between otr and the goon show DJTweeny: tinyurl.com is your friend Cease: gave thnem their career, in my opinioin Commando Cody: Anyway that is a story from the guardian about the UFO thing. Beet: Yo Zen llanddfyl: thanks for the link cody Cease: i read a big new yhorker about it recently. will try and turn the podcast of that article into a firesign collage llanddfyl: if you need any voices, let me know, cat ||||||||| Around 10:35 PM, Deputy Dang walks off into the sunset... llanddfyl: nite dang Commando Cody: This is definitely one of my favorite bits. Beet: See ya Deputy Commando Cody: Later DD. Rufus_T_Firetween: Classic, Cody Cease: by dang llanddfyl: from my favorite fst album Cease: no this is just a collage, llan. but i loved your voice in the new play Cease: maybe think of other things for you to do in other acts. it is coming slowly Beet: Catherwood, find your script. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up to Beet and says "Would you like something?" llanddfyl: I really enjoyed it cat llanddfyl: great fun Cease: i'm always doing something creative llanddfyl: Im always trying to Not Ed: great sound fx llanddfyl: I had a film audition yesterday but about ten other guys tried out for the same part Not Ed: cool llan Not Ed: lots o' guys llanddfyl: havent done film in many years ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: best of luck llan Not Ed: yeah! llanddfyl: thanks tween. Commando Cody: What was the part llan? Cease: you certainly have the talent llanddfyl: a pharmacist cody llanddfyl: being roobed by an addict. pretty dramatic llanddfyl: robbed Beet: A druggist? Not Ed: cool! llanddfyl: and roobed Not Ed: roobed? count me in! llanddfyl: lol Commando Cody: That's great. llanddfyl: roobed me the wrong way Commando Cody: LOL!. Not Ed: chaos! Not Ed: lol llannn Not Ed: a left hahaha Cease: rube Not Ed: lol Not Ed: right? Cease: i think i'll have a reuben sandwich for lunch llanddfyl: lol Not Ed: yum llanddfyl: quite a late lunch ||||||||| 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: Did you play it straight up or more of a Mr. Gower in It's a Wonderful Life? Not Ed: right on down the line lol llanddfyl: very dramatic cody. Not Ed: these guys are really good who are they? llanddfyl: I am more in my element with comedy but I have done mostly drama Not Ed: haha Commando Cody: Just kidding llan. Not Ed: interesting llan I didn't know you were an actor Not Ed: are Not Ed: lol llanddfyl: not so much lately but I was a very busy acgtor at one time llanddfyl: and agitator Not Ed: neat! Not Ed: haha excellent ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Commando Cody: What's your favorite llan? Stage or screen or voice? Commando Cody: Chocolate Malted Falcons. Not Ed: at your cervix yes! Not Ed: lol CC Not Ed: the miracle of radio llanddfyl: really hard to say, cc llanddfyl: I have done all three. It depends on a lot of things Not Ed: was Nick inspired by Johnny Dollar? Or Sam Spade? Cease: the whole genre, not Zen Cosmos: if FST radio is on hiatus why do we keep seeing promos here for it, love to have access and listen but need a active url that actually is broadcasting.... ||||||||| 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' llanddfyl: I heard it was johnny dollar but I hear some of spade as well Cease: raymond chandler most of all. Not Ed: Oh I see sure Commando Cody: I enjoyed doing stage plays a lot. I wonder if I could memorize lines like I used to. Not Ed: Sure I can see that llanddfyl: funny you mention it I was rewatchng the maltese falcon a few hours ago Zen Cosmos: I need a email/or other notice to get here ON TIME... llanddfyl: didnt get to watch it all Beet: Maltese Falcon one of my alltime favorites. ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: Huston llanddfyl: my favorite bogart film Not Ed: The wrap up "cut" still kills me Rufus_T_Firetween: Philip Marlowe maybe? Not Ed: Bogie is so cool Commando Cody: I'm going with Huston just on the basis of the chocolate malted falcons. llanddfyl: lol Not Ed: the Roaring Twenties with Cagney Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Not Ed: alright Tweeny Not Ed: ty Rufus Commando Cody: Thanks DJTween and Cat. Beet: This was a much needed dose of FST. Thanks to everyone. Great collage Dr Cease. Thanks for the guidance, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: part 2 of Could be Green next week Merlyn: thanks for letting me know about Catherwood slacking off tween ||||||||| Catherwood lettings Merlyn know about slacking off tween. ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: See you all - stay groovy despite the MaDNeSS lol Commando Cody: We'll be waiting Cease. Adios all. ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:56 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Commando Cody by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| At 10:57 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Cease!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... llanddfyl: thanks tween and cat. fantastic show see you all next week ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! ||||||||| Merlyn says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Merlyn exits at 10:58 PM. ||||||||| llanddfyl leaves at 10:58 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| RedPillTweeny bounds in at 3:24 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| It's 3:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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
Cease
Commando Cody
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanddfyl
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
WasMax
Zen Cosmos
