Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
06/24/2021

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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 24, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Rufus_T_Firetween plummets into the garden at 1:26 PM.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 2:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween steps in at 3:35 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'
||||||||| 3:56 PM: sagvibez jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| sagvibez - dead from the yaws
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 4:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Magog in through the front door at 4:44 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 6:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Magog - dead from the yaws
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Rufus_T_Firetween', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 7:47 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary...
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| 8:00 PM: DJTweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
||||||||| 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 – Jackson Browne
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)'
||||||||| 8:49 PM: llanwydd jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
llanwydd: how ya doin tweeny
DJTweeny: Hey llan
||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Zen cosmos plummets into the garden at 8:50 PM.
DJTweeny: Hi cosmos
Zen cosmos: please help with steps needed to activate program with a VLC player
Rufus_T_Firetween: sure
Rufus_T_Firetween: copy the link from the banner at the top of the screen
llanwydd: I wouldnt know a vlc from an atv
Rufus_T_Firetween: choose Open Network from the File menu
Rufus_T_Firetween: paste the link there
Zen cosmos: thanks
Rufus_T_Firetween: yw
llanwydd: what album is this, tween?
Rufus_T_Firetween: For Everyman
llanwydd: I think I heard that one
Rufus_T_Firetween: one of his very early works
llanwydd: yeah I heard that one
llanwydd: I like his debut album best
||||||||| 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 sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Deputy Dang', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:59 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule...
llanwydd: cool
||||||||| Outside, the 8:59 PM crosstown bus from Virginia pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Beet: Howdy gang
DJTweeny: Yo Beet
llanwydd: hey beet
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 24, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!"
Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners!
Beet: Hi Llan, Dr Tween
Zen cosmos: Actually came early Jackson Browne threw for loop...
llanwydd: howdy dang
DJTweeny: Cat's visiting his grandkids, but he might join us
DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy
Beet: Hey dang
Deputy Dang: hi llanm hi beet
||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Cat', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:01 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary...
DJTweeny: There he is
llanwydd: Hi Cat
DJTweeny: Did your grandkids tell you how to listen, Cat?
Beet: I am operating at a slight disadvantage tonight. I am using an old laptop to type which is a little alow.
Beet: Howdy Dr Cat
Beet: slow
Cat: Not sure how to do this
llanwydd: wont alow you to type?
Deputy Dang: hi cat
DJTweeny: My Macs are 11 years old ;)
Cat: They’re busy
Beet: I can type OK. It'll be OK.
llanwydd: I bought this laptop in 2013
Beet: This one was given to me about 6 years ago.
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: Radio Free Oz's
THE BIG INTERNET BROADCAST OF 1996
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
check out the BIG BROADCAST at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue1/fz1_04.htm'
Cat: They’re going to their cottage tomorrow
||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..."
DJTweeny: A cottage, eh?
Cat: Their parents are rich
llanwydd: excellent
Cat: Granddaughter told me I can’t chat and listen at the same time
llanwydd: lol
Beet: and chew gum too?
Rufus_T_Firetween: haha
Rufus_T_Firetween: iPhone, Cat?
Cat: Their parents have 2 boats
llanwydd: I have a banana boat
Rufus_T_Firetween: lol
Beet: It is amazing how lush a life some people live.
Cat: Tuesday, iPhone 6
Zen cosmos: my weekly dose of needed surreality...
llanwydd: good pun there
Cat: Hope you’re enjoying this show
Beet: I am loving thge puns.
Beet: the puns
llanwydd: the monitor and the merry mac
llanwydd: lol
Rufus_T_Firetween: I've heard that you get disconnected from chat on an iPhone if you switch to another app. Really sux, but Barb at the RFD show chat figured out a work-around
Cat: I tried to type “yes and the phone wrote Tuesday
llanwydd: wow
Rufus_T_Firetween: haha
Beet: Sometimes the letters on phone keypads are very small.
Beet: BTW i received my new eyeball hat. It bis a beauty.
Rufus_T_Firetween: cool, beet
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Peter Bergman's BIG INTERNET BROADCAST OF 1996 >> http://www.firezine.net/issue1/fz1_04.htm
Rufus_T_Firetween: Will be interested to hear about people's reactions Beet
Cat: There are 20 people here now
Beet: Now I only have to figure out where to wear it.
Rufus_T_Firetween: Quite a party
Beet: Did they say which city this was broadcast from?
Rufus_T_Firetween: a comedy club in NYC
Rufus_T_Firetween: check out the above link ^^
Beet: I missed that one. Sorry.
||||||||| 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!"
Cat: It’s usually like this here. Many kids, adults
Beet: That's a good link.
Cat: Hockey game on loudly in the background
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "9:25 PM and late as usual, it's androtweeny, just back from Frisco City."
Beet: Hi andro
androtweeny: from my andrid phone
androtweeny: android
Beet: Very creative song.
Beet: And true
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
Beet: great story teller.
Beet: I remember the Weekly Reader.
Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat, I thought that was just for IRC clients though, not if you're using a browser
Rufus_T_Firetween: Did your grand daughter know it was a web chat and not IRC?
Rufus_T_Firetween: I do too beet
Beet: Showing our age.
Rufus_T_Firetween: yep ;)
llanwydd: I remember weekly reader too
llanwydd: wasnt it on fridays?
Beet: Visited Edgar Cayce's headquarters in Virginia Beach last week. Very cool.
llanwydd: loved peanut and jocko. I used to cut it out and post it on my bulletin board
Beet: Better memory than mine, Llan.
Rufus_T_Firetween: One of our DJs at RFD is from VA and lives near them. Big time into Cayce
Beet: Great organization.
llanwydd: cayce was a unique phenomenon
Rufus_T_Firetween: A member, and checks out stuff from their library all the time
Beet: This woman is very funny.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Peter Bergman's BIG INTERNET BROADCAST OF 1996 >> http://www.firezine.net/issue1/fz1_04.htm
||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| androtweeny - dead from Covid 19
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
: dead?
Rufus_T_Firetween: got kicked off for some reason
Beet: With just a few gays to do it, it's amazing what Peter put together for this.
Beet: days
Rufus_T_Firetween: haha
Deputy Dang: lol
Rufus_T_Firetween was scratching his head
Beet: Bad typing can be deadly.
Rufus_T_Firetween: or very funny :)
||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD!
Beet: yes
Beet: innuendo galore
DJTweeny: indeed
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
Beet: cool
Beet: Cat starting to fade.
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
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Cat - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
: I was eating some really good chicken
Beet: What happened to Cat?
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Cat close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 10:02 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule.
llanwydd: who is : ?
llanwydd: wb cat
Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat
Rufus_T_Firetween: same thing happened to me on the Android
||||||||| Not Ed enters at 10:03 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Hat Pack Annex.
Beet: How was the chicken prepared?
Not Ed: Pork?
llanwydd: Hi Not
Beet: Hi Not.
Rufus_T_Firetween: the last comment I made started with : and then I got kicked
Cat: Not
Rufus_T_Firetween: Evening Not Ed
Not Ed: Hey Beet
llanwydd ::::::
Not Ed: Hey Cat, llan, Rufus
Cat: It’s hard to type
Not Ed: Cheers Tweeny
Cat: Lemon herb baked Portuguese style
Beet: Wow. Did you cook it?
Rufus_T_Firetween: sounds yummy
Cat: I’m at a party
llanwydd: portuguese style? must be spicy
llanwydd: then again, lemon herb is probably not spicy but what do I know
Cat: No, I don’t ever eat spicy food
llanwydd: I dont care for it as much as I used to
||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!"
llanwydd: still like curry though
Rufus_T_Firetween: You'd hate Tex/Mex
Beet: There's a place in Va Beach called Captain George's. Most amazing restaurant I've ever been to.
Cat: I’m a fan of subtle food
llanwydd: if you like subtle you would probably like lebanese
Deputy Dang: I'm a fan of in-your-face food!
Beet: 4:30 PM on a Wednesday and hard to find a parking space.
llanwydd: when I was in england many years ago, I got used to VERY subtle food
Cat: You can read my blog about food.
llanwydd: sometimes I like subtle, sometimes I like in-your-face
Rufus_T_Firetween: I hear English food is pretty bland
llanwydd: really is tween but sometimes bland is wonderful
Beet: One of my favorite bits.
llanwydd: I saw your food blog, cat. very fun reading
Cat: My new play is about some food I ate in Vegas that was transcendent
llanwydd: looking forward to hearing that, cat
Cat: Plan and tween are in it
Rufus_T_Firetween: That reminds me I need to record the part for you
Beet: Great
Cat: I’ll send you your lines in July, the main actress is coming over in early July so I can get a lot more done
Deputy Dang: thank you
Cat: Yo
Cat: Hey dang
Deputy Dang: heya Cat
Cat: Things are opening up a bit more here now
Beet: I hope that stays the case
Deputy Dang: I think there will be pockets of breakouts for a while yet.
Beet: Sweet music
Beet: Carpet bombing babies.
Cat: Is that in this Firesign piece?
Beet: Wow
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Peter Bergman's BIG INTERNET BROADCAST OF 1996 >> http://www.firezine.net/issue1/fz1_04.htm
Beet: Aw
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the New Live Concert Collection “FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** “Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood: A Memoir” by David Ossman - http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** THE PROCTOR PODCAST - From the mind, and life, of comedy great Phil Proctor >> http://theproctorpodcast.podbean.com/
llanwydd: got to be going folks. see you all next week.
||||||||| 10:40 PM -- llanwydd left for parts unknown. (Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow").
Cat: Bye plan
Beet: Nice to see you Llan. Later
Cat: Lol
Beet: This particular universe is missing Peter Bergman.
Cat: I hate this phone thing
Cat: “Plan “
Beet: Hmmmm
Cat: New collage next week
Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl
Beet: Drink And Sink Swimclub
Beet: Looking forward to new collage, Cat.
Cat: Maybe Pete is living it up in another universe
||||||||| 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."
Beet: Nice to think about that.
Beet: what's sarong with that.
Cat: About Ferlinghetti
||||||||| 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'
Cat: It’s called a coney ossman of the mind
Deputy Dang: Did you know that the Pledge of Allegience was invented by a guy who wanted to sell flags?
Rufus_T_Firetween: Somehow, I would not be surprised
Deputy Dang: Is this thing on? Did someone break the president?
Beet: I just lost sound.
Rufus_T_Firetween: I had to reconnect
Beet: Got it
Rufus_T_Firetween: maybe the server in California
Rufus_T_Firetween: it's back now
Deputy Dang: yup
Beet: Had fun tonight. Nice to see everyone. Cat unusually quiet tonight. Thanks for guiding us, Dr Tween. See everyone next week. G'Nite all
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation...
Deputy Dang: And a good time was had by all. I'll see y'all next week on the steam-powered internet!
DJTweeny: Mine's Google Gigabit Fiber :)
||||||||| At 10:58 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Deputy Dang!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on...
DJTweeny: Until last time, 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:
||||||||| Cat - dead from jaundice
||||||||| zen cosmos - dead from the yaws
||||||||| Beet - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Zen cosmos - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Not Ed - 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:

androtweeny
Beet
Cat
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen cosmos

URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
http://theproctorpodcast.podbean.com/
http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman
www.dishnuts.net
www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com
http://www.firezine.net/issue1/fz1_04.htm
www.kurtericson.com/firesign
https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases
https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl