||||||||| 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 August 05, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Rufus_T_Firetween', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 1:30 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts michaelpacker into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 2:37 PM, then departs. michaelpacker: can I listen to the Corwin/Ossman/Proctor webcast tonight? michaelpacker: on-line? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi michaelpacker. Yes, there will be a live simulcast starting at 9pm Eastern. Links to the live feed will be posted. ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| It's 3:30 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 yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| michaelpacker - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 7:41 PM, then departs. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 8:30 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... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:35 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Billville." ||||||||| 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 – SONGS ABOUT AMERICA 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)' ||||||||| DJTweeny sashays in at 8:41 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:45 PM and Deputy Dang sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Deputy Dang: First, I apologize for not being here last week--sleep is my only excuse. DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: Second, I'm going to be late arriving tonight. DJTweeny: You're early now :) ||||||||| 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!" Deputy Dang: Howdy Tweeny! I'm working to get a raise, so I can increase my contribution. DJTweeny: kewl Deputy Dang: I never know if hosts know if I'm supporting them. I know it's not much, but I'm giving $5 on a regular basis (per episode? per week? per month? I don't know.) Deputy Dang: And don't get excited--I'm not fishing for laurels for $5. DJTweeny: Even a $5/mo subscription to the station would be greatly appreciated :) 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 Deputy Dang: Anyway, I'll be back in a while, but will definitely be late. ttyl DJTweeny: later gator ||||||||| michaelpacker steals in around 8:55 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Outside, the 8:55 PM bus from Vancouver pulls away, leaving Cease coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Cease: Hi DJTweeny: Hi michaelpacker, Cease ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" ||||||||| Catherwood leads CptButton in through the front door at 8:55 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hi Button Cease: michaelpacker? what a pleasent surprise! CptButton: Hi DJT CptButton: /me thinks there is something fishy about Catherwood. ||||||||| Catherwood snubs CptButton Cease: Hi Capt ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:56 PM, dragging llanwydd by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" DJTweeny: Catherwood is probably working for scale ||||||||| Catherwood strides up to DJTweeny and says "Did you need me?" llanwydd: you guys are early Cease: Llan DJTweeny: Hey llan michaelpacker: Thanks you - I am pleasantly surprised by all of you - whoever you are ||||||||| 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'm Cat. Cease is an abbreviation of C.Simril DJTweeny: We do this every week, michaelpacker Cease: Since 1995 ||||||||| 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)' Cease: I was here on the first night of chat back then and I'm still here. michaelpacker: never knew - so - what's new in Firesign world DJTweeny: wow llanwydd: by any chance did you play the yes version of the simon and garfunkel song? Cease: Chat was originally Elayne's idea. She drops by occassionally. DJTweeny: I did llan ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Snook', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 05, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" DJTweeny: Hi Snook Cease: Proctor and Ossman announce the news through their Facebook posts. llanwydd: I wish I had been here, tween Snook: Howdy all! ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: And speaking of fish.... DJTweeny: Great Yes interpretation of the S&G tune michaelpacker: What is the audio thing you spoke about - he asks Cease: Just in time to hear yourself, Snook. ||||||||| 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." ||||||||| Outside, the 9:01 PM uptown bus from Leesburg pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Hello all. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Snook: God Bless A Mackeral Beet: Hi, Dr Tween Cease: Beet ||||||||| Catherwood escorts InTheWood into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:02 PM, then departs. InTheWood: Evening, all! Beet: Howdy Dr Cease DJTweeny: Hi Wood Cease: Holy Mudhead, Mackeral Beet: Hey ITW Cease: Hi Woody michaelpacker: Well, I'm outa here - if anyone has information about the Corwin/Ossman/Proctor thing - private me Cease: we're going to be listening to it here in a few minutes, michael ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Norman Corwin & Richard Fish's “BETWEEN AMERICANS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out FIRESIGN at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/' michaelpacker: So I should just stick around? InTheWood: Yes. Yes, you should. DJTweeny: It's live now Cease: it's on now. Cease: The Great Fish Voice michaelpacker: Where be it? Snook: Oy, I'm just this guy, OK? Cease: on your speakers, hopefullly Beet: Hello/Goodbye michaelpacker Snook: The Voice in this production belongs to David Ossman Cease: you certainly are, Snooky Snook: One of those wise and wonderful people was Orson Ossman. michaelpacker: Can't hear a damn thing - somebody post i somewhere so I can hear ir DJTweeny: Snook, you have an internet link for this? Snook: Internet links coming up Cease: can't you get the stream? DJTweeny: The links at the top of the page, michaelpacker DJTweeny: Should be 'clickable' Snook: YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gQ5JP5PRk Snook: Link to download audio-only version (it is a radio show after all): https://www.dropbox.com/s/z1zrjsihdowaza1/Between%20Americans%202021%20FINAL%20MIX%2020210621.wav?dl=0 Cease: this sounds like music in a disney ride Cease: it's a small america after all! Snook: Link to download audio + video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe2ku00t9ityl3t/Between%20Americans%202021%20Audio%20With%20Video.mp4?dl=0 michaelpacker: Finally found it - This new fangled gadgety stuff has be boggled (my strokes don't help) Snook: Love the comments, no matter what -- don't worry or hold back DJTweeny: So you're listening live, michaelpacker? Cease: who was the boy? Snook: Nathan Morris, 10 years old, Bloomington Indiana Beet: Only a red cap DJTweeny: Bloomington's a good town. Like Austin in that it's an 'island of Blue in a sea of Red' Cease: because of the universities? DJTweeny: probably a big part of it DJTweeny: some call Austin 'The San Francisco Of Texas' Beet: Keep Austin Weird! DJTweeny: indeed Beet: Wonderful place Cease: I thought that was Portland DJTweeny: All the California tech companies/people moving here has also made a difference DJTweeny: That's Portland's motto as well, or so I've heard Cease: "First nations" is what we call them in Canada. DJTweeny: but Austin doesn't put up with the ANTIFA violence like Portland does Cease: Wonderful narration by Ossman. No surprise there. ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: I'd love to have some conversations with Ossman about his experiences on the Native American reservations Cease: He was some stories. Cease: michaelpacker did a wonderul show with Ossman called An Autobozographical Evening. DJTweeny: Need to get Zoom installed so I can do some more interviews Cease: I've used clips from it in many collages InTheWood: We'd love to join them, or watch them! DJTweeny: Ossman has offered DJTweeny: Need to upgrade my equipment DJTweeny: Skype quality was pretty dicey Rufus_T_Firetween: Old interviews here >> ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign 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 ||||||||| 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: Was that last bit from Corwin, Snook? Cease: This sounds more like Corwin. Snook: Yes, a clip from ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, Corwin's masterpiece V-E Day show Snook: It's considered the best single radio broadcastg of the 20th Century. Cease: the stuff about slavery and Japanese-American internment was Corwin? Cease: sounded more like Firesign than Corwin. Snook: He and I worked on that. Cease: good work, Snook Beet: I like the combined voices commenting. Cease: That last bit sounded like Greta Thunberg Snook: The actors were asked to give their own personal opinions for the Group Reactions - those parts were NOT scripted. Cease: I like the future. I'm in it. Cease: Wonderful, Snook. InTheWood: A great and rare opportunity. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." DJTweeny: So Snook, we need to get you together with Doc and figure out the tech so you can do these shows on occasion :) Cease: Carmel was my parents' favourite place. Loved going there as a kid. Snook: Note: that speech was written in 2009. DJTweeny: Wasn't Clint Eastwood Mayor of Carmel at one point? Cease: yes. greart place inspite of that. DJTweeny: haha Snook: George Tirebiter Cease: Was that George? Cease: I said on Facebook earlier George was in both the 1941 and 2021 versions of this. Snook: George as the Founding Father Cease: that's quite profound. also true of Canada. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: ask the milkman, white with foam! DJTweeny: Coming up next (The American Pageant) ||||||||| 9:40 PM: Lili 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: great bit, Snook DJTweeny: Lili! Beet: hello lili DJTweeny: long time no chat Cease: Hi Liili DJTweeny: Wonderful tribute to America Cease: beautiful writing Snook: that's Corwin from 1941 DJTweeny: RIP InTheWood: Lovely piece. Thank you. DJTweeny: The archive of this show will be up by tomorrow evening ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| michaelpacker - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: That was a very nice piece. Cease: Proc's daughter Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign Cease: wish i could write that goof InTheWood: "George Tirebiter"?! Cease: good Beet: Fabulous ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing from SHOES FOR INDUSTRY ”The American Pageant” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out SHOES FOR INDUSTRY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=sfi-rv' Snook: I'm very glad you liked it! Corwin had a network to broadcast his shows, but we don't have one for this -- so please spread the word, maybe it'll "go viral." Cease: we'll do our best. Snook: I sent this to Norman Corwin -- he was amused, but a little uncomfortable because it was so right on! DJTweeny: heh DJTweeny: I can imagine why Proc said it was his favorite skit Snook: A reference to ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH - which used a folk song, sung by Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Lee Hays Cease: those commies DJTweeny: not so much a fan of communism DJTweeny: the PRC would not allow this ;) Cease: i dont think actual communists are fans of communism. DJTweeny: if they were making fun of their history Cease: no i dont think you can do that in china. DJTweeny: just another tyrrany like the USSR Beet: I like the structure of the Christian Scientists. No individual leader. Cease: i'm working on collages based on Adam Curtis' latest BBC series, Can't Get You Out Of My Head Snook: The fluidity of the presentation and the way ideas overlap and contrast and reinforce -- that's such a terrific tribute to the way Corwin "pushed the envelope" and used radio; nobody else did that until he showed the way. DJTweeny: Christian Science is not a form of government Cease: it's as much about Power as Firesign Cease: very observable, snook Beet: They do have a structure to their congregations Cease: like the "government" of the Firesign Theatre Beet: Same idea Beet: Classic 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: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN – POWER SHOW” 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.net/cat/' Cease: the lads loved playing wirth my last name. Snook: Corwin did comedy (he did everything) -- not as deeply layered; he was always working live; but it's still funny today. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with mpacker close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 9:57 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the sitting room. Cease: here's Elayne, the founder of this chat. Snook: Corwin's THE UNDECIDED MOLECULE is still hilarious: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kygqtxt87y6dek/Norman%20Corwin%20-%20The%20Undecided%20Molecule.wav?dl=0 ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: i've done 2 collages out of Corwin shows so far. maybe Molecule? Snook: And if you want to hear the radio play that inspired David Ossman (age 8) to go into radio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/au4djz0h97117hw/Norman%20Corwin%20-%20The%20Odyssey%20Of%20Runyon%20Jones.wav?dl=0 Cease: the stuff i've been doing recently is so serious. it would be fun to go in a lighter directrion ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! DJTweeny: wb mpacker Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s FST FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN broadcast “Power Show” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: yes Snook, i made a collage out of it, starring my 7 year old grandson. Cease: it's the archives Snook: Comedy is powerful - or we wouldn't be here, would we? Cease: also a more recent collage based on his Could Be ||||||||| 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: lol snook ||||||||| Val steps in at 10:01 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Snook: COULD BE and CITIZEN OF THE WORLD are amazing. Corwin did them for the United Nations, after CBS let him go during the Tailgunner-Joe-McCarthy era. Cease: Hi Val Beet: Hello Val Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Snook: Hey Val 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/ DJTweeny: Hey Val :) DJTweeny: Glad you could join us :) Cease: At work on new play now, feasturing chatters Llan, Tween and Snook. InTheWood: Val! DJTweeny: We do this craziness every Thursday Val DJTweeny: click on one of the the links at the top of the page to listen Snook: Total classic bit Cease: this one? InTheWood: i'm scared Cease: i can use this in my new collage Snook: "confidence in the system" I meant. But this one is superb Cease: yeah ossie loves performing that. Snook: One of the Supreme Court is a woman, and it's not the one you think! Cease: you came back, mr packer. Snook: "white with foam" made me laugh for ten minutes straight the first time I heard it. Cease: the origin of this is from chat. Cease: when the firesign got a radio station given to them by a solar panel company in 2013, austin came to chat and asked for programme ideas Cease: i took him up and that and created this show. austin always wanted me to identify myself, such as in my play Neal Amid. Cease: he chose the name Catman, as in wolfman jack. Cease: but my name is playful to begin with. Snook: The process of editing is as deeply creative as any form of poetry. Snook: Steve Allen was in David & Judith's 50th Anniversary Production of War of The Worlds -- he worked with Douglas Edwards in his scene Cease: "wonderfully wacky' is not something i would say about steve. that whole bit was written by bill mcintyre, the producer of the show and the whole network, along with many other firesign projects. Cease: editing, yes inhdeed, snook. though ossman may not agreee. Snook: David also interviewed Steve Allen about Lenny Bruce, who Allen regarded as the finest standup comic ever ||||||||| It's 10:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Val - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| mpacker - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: read a greast review of lenny's first gig in frisco by ralph j gleason from 58 Cease: ralph is in my last play CAST Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#PLAYS Snook: Steve Allen was the first host of the Tonight Show, but the concept of that show was created by his namesake -- a close friend of Norman Corwin, who unfortunately died before he could get it on the air -- Fred Allen. Snook: Bergman is right. It's hard to understand the totally pervasive influence of VietNam unless you lived through that period. Cease: didn't know that. just learned about pat weaver starting that show. Cease: true, snook DJTweeny: or COVID, these days Snook: Fred Allen had tried TV several times and flopped, and finally created that concept. I think Weaver backed the idea, but Fred died of a heart attack in 1956. Snook: Interestingly, Corwin was a guest on Fred Allen's radio show in the 40s, and the comedy sketch was a satire of Corwin's work. ||||||||| 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!" Snook: I have proudly carried a Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame on my car for over 20 years--except when driving in New Jersey, where they can pull you over if the frame covers anything up on the plate. Deputy Dang: Two flying plates just landed on my saucer! Snook: That's why Nick Danger had to search for the Missing Yolk Snook: 1932? "Drei und zwanzig" means 23. (cf Robert Anton Wilson) Beet: I was talking to someone of my age today and he didn't know what the phrase "final solution" referred to. I couldn't believe it. Cease: hey dang Snook: I'm going out there too! Actually, I have a guest and have to pay attention to him, as well as go find some breakfast... Deputy Dang: Probably he doesn't understand the reference to Shicklegruber (sp?). Cease: you still here, Lili? Deputy Dang: Heya cat, et al, pardners! Beet: Didn't see you enter Deputy. Howdy. Cease: speaking of RAW, the Adsam Curtis piece I'm working on now has some stuff about the illuminati Cease: as a parody conspiracy theory gone bad Deputy Dang: I signed in early, knowing I'd be late. InTheWood: To be fair, everything comes back to the Illuminati, doesn't it? Snook: Hagbard Celine - which came first, his Yellow Submarine or the Beatles'? Snook: Actually, Hitler was born Hitler, it was his father who changed his name from Schicklgruber to Hiedler which was then misspelled by some clerk. ||||||||| 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!" Cease: i found that trilogy hallucinogenic. ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| CptButton - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Deputy Dang: Good to know--so maybe the reference is more subtle than I previously thought. Deputy Dang: Which trilogy? Snook: But I really do have to sign off. So I'm making a sign that says "Off." Lovely to chat with y'all! ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| Snook rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Snook?! It's 10:30 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Deputy Dang: Peace out Beet: See ya, Snook. InTheWood: Night, Snook. Cease: By Snook Cease: Snook is Richard Fish, whose work you just appreciated Beet: In boot camp, got out of all the marching by singing in the boot camp choir. Nicest scam ever. DJTweeny: Well done, Beet Deputy Dang: I gotta remember that if I ever get drafted. Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy DJTweeny: We're a little old to get drafted ;) DJTweeny: I came damned close Deputy Dang: Speak for yourself, old man! I'm not even 60 yet! Plenty of sheen on this chrome! Beet: I marched for five years straight in high school bands. I was tired of it. DJTweeny: haha DJTweeny: I was lead drummer at a military academy Cease: I've never marched. Just Apriled Beet: I played drums also. cool DJTweeny: *rimshot* Cease Deputy Dang: +1 Cease DJTweeny: Shecky Simril Beet: lol Cease: i'm 70. that' Cease: that's not old. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts residualecho into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:41 PM, then departs. Cease: proc and ossie are in their 80s Cease: hi ken DJTweeny: Hi echo ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" residualecho: Heya Cease: you showed up before the show ended. residualecho: This time Cease: greatest massacre in the history of frisco. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s FST FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN broadcasts “Power Show” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ Cease: if you don't count all the original inhabitants Beet: hey residual residualecho: Are you sure you're not a Beat? Beet: I accept any version residualecho: Always pictured a red veg in a beret on bozos DJTweeny: Beat's nick? residualecho: That Beat's nick is Beet Beet: Sure DJTweeny: so he's a Beatnick? residualecho: I suspect DO is almost old enough to be a Beat DJTweeny: Beetnick Beet: I have facial hair and I have smoked marijuana. DJTweeny: Yeah, DO had a taste of that for sure residualecho: Beatnick was intended as a pejorative, by wossname in SF, Herb Caen? residualecho: Maybe somebody else DJTweeny: pretty sure some of his poetry comes from that era residualecho: Well then, Mr. Beet. You and your roofer Beet: reefer? DJTweeny: Beet: I have facial hair and I have smoked marijuana. << Didn't get singed? Cease: not quite, ken, but he did interview allen in 1960 on wbai which is the miiddle period of beatness Cease: yes ken. Beet: Not once burned. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Val into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 10:47 PM, then departs. residualecho: Caen coined it in 1958, according to the internet, so you know it's true residualecho: I've burned my fingers a few times. ||||||||| 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!" Cease: welcome back, Val DJTweeny: wb Val DJTweeny: Val is in a sauna called Alabama Cease: did you hear the story abvout tom wolf, herb caen and marshall mcluhan at the topless restaurant? Cease: it's in a few of my collages residualecho: I'd like to picture that Cease: i've talked to enough bots to be in Botswana Deputy Dang: The city of the future? I've been there! And how! Deputy Dang: Valorian? Cease: bill mcintypre wanted me to introduce these bits ||||||||| 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!" Cease: this is from their KBOO show, one of their last live things Cease: the magaziine i helped start was the origin of Occupy Wall Street. Deputy Dang: Barnes and Barnes Cease: maybe the happiest thing i can look back on in my long creative life is that indirectly i could help create something that had such a beneficial influence on peter bergman ||||||||| 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.net/firesign' Cease: bergman died askikng us to occupy ourselves. Beet: That's a pretty good heritage, Cat. Rufus_T_Firetween: nice ending, Cat residualecho: I'm camping out until I can move into myself Beet: That's a pretty good heritage, Cat. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: Had fun tonafgt as usual. Nice to see everyone. Nice job, Dr. Cat. Thanks for conducting the service, Dr Tween. G;Nite. Deputy Dang: This was realy good. I wish I had been here for the whole thing. Deputy Dang: I need to make a reminder for Tuesday nights. DJTweeny: The archive will be up by next evening Deputy Cease: What can be more fun than listening to lots of Firesign all day and mixing it wirth other stuff? Rufus_T_Firetween: Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign residualecho: I'm going to get back to unwiring the old sound system and wiring the new one. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: glad you could drop by, Ken residualecho: I'll make it earlier next wee residualecho: k ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: not sure what we'll do next week but hope to see you here then. ||||||||| "Hey Cease!" ... Cease turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 11:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... residualecho: hasta la vista ||||||||| residualecho leaves at 11:01 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..." ||||||||| Deputy Dang leaves at 11:03 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..." ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Val - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Beet - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Lili - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| InTheWood - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (12:53 AM), 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 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies between americans inside, makes a note of the time (4:01 AM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| It's 4:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| between americans - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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."
