Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
06/17/2021

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||||||||| 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 June 17, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween waltzes in at 2:42 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
||||||||| 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 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.
||||||||| 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 pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 7:48 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Chapeau Manger.
||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 7:48 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. **
Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET
You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected)
128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
(streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)'
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: warm up music – Music About Mothers
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)'
||||||||| "8:46 PM? 8:46 PM!!" says Catherwood, "lpow should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as lpow enters and sits at the bar.
DJTweeny: Hi Ipow
lpow: hey hey
DJTweeny: Been here before?
lpow: i like spaghetti
DJTweeny: but do you like The Firesign Theatre?
||||||||| Catherwood leads llanwydd into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:49 PM, then departs.
llanwydd: good evening
DJTweeny: That's sort of what we're here for ;)
DJTweeny: Hey llan
||||||||| Catherwood leads Cease in through the front door at 8:53 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Cease
Cease: il love thi s song
Rufus_T_Firetween: One of their best
Rufus_T_Firetween: My parents loved The Beatles
Cease: how3 are you, tween?
Rufus_T_Firetween: bought some of their early albums
Cease: the firesgin evolved ffom the beates
Rufus_T_Firetween: Doing OK Cease, thanks
Cease: bergman in lnodon said i want to make a 4 man group of comedy likte the beatela
Rufus_T_Firetween: a tad difficult having to deal with obituary and eulogy for her service at the Quaker Meeting in Indiana
||||||||| Catherwood leads Merlyn into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:57 PM, then departs.
Cease: do not overestimate my not fucked up ness
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Merlyn
Cease: hey merl
Merlyn: hey
llanwydd: hi merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween: This is one of my all-time favorite Martin bits
Cease: did you hear last week's show? i think you were part of it
Merlyn: No, I missed last week
Rufus_T_Firetween: such a great parody of the 50s shows like Mickey Mouse Club
llanwydd: I managed to miss last week as well somehow
llanwydd: well, not the whole week
Cease: you are more not here than here, merely
||||||||| 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)'
||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:59 PM, dragging Deputy Dang by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?"
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 17, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!"
||||||||| It's 9:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| lpow - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Deputy Dang: Howdy pardners!
llanwydd: we areall here because we are not all there
DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy
llanwydd: hey dang
||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action!
Cease: i forgive you, lllan. your're in my pllays
Cease: hey dangy
||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'Zen Cosmos', just granted probation at 9:02 PM", then leaves hurriedly.
llanwydd: hi zen
Cease: hi zen
DJTweeny: This is from DOMM Extras
DJTweeny: Hi Zen
Deputy Dang: Welcome, Zen!
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's 2019 Appearance at
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
check out FST AT LOC at >> https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/09/pic-of-the-week-firesign-theatre-comedians-share-their-story/'
Cease: wow i fucked up here
DJTweeny: Amazed they didn't fix the low level here
Cease: tween you should have listened to this firsrt,eh?
||||||||| 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: Well then, it's Do Touch That Dial
Rufus_T_Firetween: apparently
Rufus_T_Firetween: If it's still this low with Phil & David, I'll boost the gain
Cease: thanks tween
Deputy Dang: doa schoolbooks?
Cease: dave and phil toured this piece
||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:09 PM, dragging InTheWood by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?"
Rufus_T_Firetween: OK, that's max boost on this end
Cease: yout mother woud haved seen this, tween
Cease: hi in
DJTweeny: Hi Woody
InTheWood: Hi, all!
Rufus_T_Firetween: Likely at the Nashville, IN show, yeah
Rufus_T_Firetween: It was a real thrill for her to meet Phil & David
Rufus_T_Firetween: She loved FST
InTheWood: Remember night rates?
llanwydd: morose! lol
Cease: amazing how mch they can do with 2 voices's
Cease: she must have been amzing
Cease: tween' s mom wouod hav heard this show
||||||||| Catherwood escorts Not Ed inside, makes a note of the time (9:17 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something.
Not Ed: Pork?
llanwydd: hi not
Cease: hry notty
DJTweeny: Hey Not
Not Ed: Cheers llan
Not Ed: hey C & Tweeny
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:18 PM and late as usual, it's Cptbutton, just back from Billville."
Not Ed: DDang, ITW, Zen, yo
llanwydd: howdy cpt
||||||||| 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."
InTheWood: Yo!
DJTweeny: Hi Button
Not Ed: Hey Captbut
Cptbutton: Hi DJT
Cptbutton: Hi !Ed
Not Ed: Izzat Rufus?
Cease: hey
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Ed
Not Ed: HI ho
InTheWood: Layers within layers, in this production.
Rufus_T_Firetween: as opposed to their albums?
InTheWood: Indeed. It's interesting to hear contemporary references.
llanwydd: anybody get that joke, americas only detective?
Not Ed: no I always wondered
Cease: one of their most explicit
Cease: does anyone herte follow firesignh chat?
llanwydd: I follow it very closely
Cease: on facebok
Cease: not?
Not Ed: firesign chat FB page specifically?
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also several unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ - and Dear Friends of Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiresignDearFriends/
Cease: i want to speak for myself and othres.
Cease: the patterns you find, you bring
Cptbutton: TB Glide
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre Live at THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS >> https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/09/pic-of-the-week-firesign-theatre-comedians-share-their-story/
Cptbutton: Consumer Roundup
Cease: dig, this is proc and ossiie on stage, in washington dc
Not Ed: The Facebook Firesign Page I usually visit has become poluted with irrelevant junk posts
Cease: my colllages will be with this
Cease: this is a bull siht idea
Cease: the oz film festival, minus
InTheWood: They played porno films on the radio, didn't they? Back in the WPFK days.
Cease: not audio
Cease: i'll be onne of those rooms
Cease: yes,woody
||||||||| Catherwood leads Cat inside, makes a note of the time (9:52 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something.
Cat: somebody's girl freind
Not Ed: Catty Kit
Cat: how can you be?
Cat: i cold never get off the stuff
||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!"
Deputy Dang: Is this on video?
Cat: nah
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
InTheWood: ...playing naughty records...
Cat: http://seemreal.com/redshift/index.htm
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
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre Live at THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS >> https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/09/pic-of-the-week-firesign-theatre-comedians-share-their-story/
Rufus_T_Firetween: "UPDATE: Watch the video of the presentation here." ^^
||||||||| Catherwood enters with CptButton close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 10:07 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the anteroom.
Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes it is apparently, Deputy
Cat: this is wonderfil
Cat: hey button
CptButton: I played with Eliza in the mid-1970s on the high school computer terminal but it was called "Doctor."
Cat: you're old enough to be a firesign faN
llanwydd: I did that catherwood voice in an audition for a school play back in high school
||||||||| Catherwood pretends not to hear llanwydd
Cat: last week, someon appeared here asking if there were fans in theri 30s-40s
Not Ed: Eliza was funny - back in the days of "Adventure"
Cat: i really hope so, but i have other things to hope for more
Cat: hi llan
llanwydd: hello again, cat
Cat: one of my favouirie actors
Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a hot kiss at the end of a wet fist
||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a hot kiss at the end of a wet fist.
Cat: hot kiss
CptButton: What a sap she had!
Deputy Dang: Oh cool--I have that page open, but hadn't read very far down.
DJTweeny: This is very cool, thanks for the suggetsion Cat
||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Cptbutton - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Deputy Dang: That was awesome!
Not Ed: terrific
llanwydd: excellent
DJTweeny: I'll fix your levels in the mix Cat
InTheWood: Very nice piece.
||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s
“MOMS”
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/'
Deputy Dang: fake cveneer?
DJTweeny: might take a couple of days before I can post it
DJTweeny: pretty busy at the moment
DJTweeny: Still trying to get Doc to link up with the RFD server so he and Fish can do shows on occasion
Cat: these are pieces from Fools in Space
DJTweeny: what happened to the levels, Cease?
DJTweeny: normalizing process?
||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Now playing: from Firesign's PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN album
”OVER THE EDGE!
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
Check out PINK HOTEL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv'
llanwydd: veryvery good, cat
||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Now playing: from Firesign's PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN album
”OVER THE EDGE!"
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
Check out PINK HOTEL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv'
Cat: i did not correct
||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
DJTweeny: This _such_ a great soap opera parody
Cat: lllan, i do my best, but that's not very good
llanwydd: sure it is, cat
Cat: by zen
Cat: the number of peopleweho hear my collages could be counted on the fingers of one hand
llanwydd: great skit
DJTweeny: I love it
DJTweeny: some of their best work, imho
llanwydd: somewhat a return to their goon show influence
Cat: yeah
llanwydd: lol
Cat: i was in peggy in munich
||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! **
Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :)
Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign'
Not Ed: Yee all take good care and be groovy!
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation...
llanwydd: nite not
Deputy Dang: Nice
Not Ed: Thanks Merl, Rufus & Tweeny
Not Ed: Be good!
DJTweeny: Goodbye Davida
llanwydd: thanks for everything tween. my condolences.
Merlyn: thanks tween
CptButton: Thank you.
||||||||| Merlyn says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Merlyn exits at 10:57 PM.
Not Ed: ITW, DDang have a groovy 1
DJTweeny: Thanks llan
InTheWood: Thanks, Tween!
Cat: thanks to your mom for being aliive, tween
Deputy Dang: Goodnight all; I hope to see you all next week.
||||||||| Deputy Dang is kicked out just as the clock strikes 10:57 PM.
DJTweeny: Thanks Cat
llanwydd: nite everybody
||||||||| Catherwood says "10:58 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs llanwydd by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
Cat: we al exigt,one way or another
||||||||| At 10:58 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Cat!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on...
DJTweeny: The Circle Of Life, yes
DJTweeny: Until last time, again...
||||||||| InTheWood rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's InTheWood?! It's 10:59 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!"
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| CptButton - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Covid 19
||||||||| Cease - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - 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:
Cat
Cease
Cptbutton
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
InTheWood
llanwydd
lpow
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween

URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
http://kurtericson.com/cat/
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
http://seemreal.com/redshift/index.htm
www.dishnuts.net
http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv
www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com
www.kurtericson.com/firesign
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/09/pic-of-the-week-firesign-theatre-comedians-share-their-story/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiresignDearFriends/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208