||||||||| 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 February 10, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with RedPillTweeny close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 3:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room. ||||||||| It's 9:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 3:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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 the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's Tweeny, just back from Hellmouth." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and announces "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 3:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| DJTweeny enters at 3:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| 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 – LITTLE FEAT-THE LAST RECORD SHOW 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 steps in at 3:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cease: ah just in time for my fave little feat song Tweeny: Hi Cease Cease: if only the ending ||||||||| Catherwood leads llanwydd into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mumbles something about 3:00 PM, then departs. llanwydd: whaz real? DJTweeny: Hey llan Cease: we'z real llanwydd: sho yo iz llanwydd: me three llanwydd: little feats dont fail me now Rufus_T_Firetween: great band, probably one of the best American rock bands that ever was ||||||||| 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)' llanwydd: must humbly admit I would not know a little feat song if I heard one Cease: one of my faves llanwydd: and me a former dj llanwydd: this has a hint of mid 70s grateful dead ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Deputy Dang close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 3:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the anteroom. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, February 10, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!"
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DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy llanwydd: you know backtiming, tween. cool. llanwydd: Hey Dang Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out EYKIW at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eykiw-rv' llanwydd: hehe Cease: Hi Dang llanwydd: eykiw reminds me of art bell Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: you know backtiming, tween. cool. << Which is why I can't take requests during the opening ;) llanwydd: naturally, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: interesting point llan Cease: Hmm. I hadn't thought of that, "dialed down a bit." but it's true. Rufus_T_Firetween: Art might have been an inspiration Cease: very much inspired by bell, llan Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eykiw-ln Cease: it is more narative-driven than their earlier work. ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 3:00 PM, dragging Beej by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" llanwydd: Hey Beej Cease: Beej ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! DJTweeny: Hi Beej ||||||||| Beet bounds in at 3:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Howdy llanwydd: Hey Beet Cease: j, meet T Beet: Hey, Dr Tween DJTweeny: Evenin' Beet Beet: Hi, Llan johan amadeus myjetski: how did i manage to sneak in without catherwood announcing me? ||||||||| Catherwood announcings johan amadeus myjetski. llanwydd: Hey JAM llanwydd: LOL Beet: Hi, JAM DJTweeny: Hi Johan johan amadeus myjetski: evening, llan! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eykiw-ln Cease: Jammy ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 3:00 PM, dragging JZip by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" johan amadeus myjetski: Hiya beet, & DJT! Cease: I have idea for 2 new collages. May have one finished by the end of the month. llanwydd: Hey Zip DJTweeny: Hi JZip Cease: Hi Zip Beet: Hey, JZip JZip: /me waves johan amadeus myjetski: hi JZip ||||||||| 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!" JZip: You see? I don't know what I'm doing. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's InTheWood, just back from Hellmouth." llanwydd: if I can record anything for you, let me know, cat llanwydd: Hey Woody DJTweeny: Hi Woody Beet: Hey, Wuudy. InTheWood: Hi, all! Cease: Hi In Beet: Woody ||||||||| 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: Not plays, just collages, llan. DJTweeny: JZip: /me waves << In this chat, using a colon : at the beginning of a sentence is the same as /we in IRC
DJTweeny welcomes the newcomers llanwydd: oh, of course johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Woodsy! Cease: There's a Canadian scientist named David Suzuki I want to do a collage about. Also a poet I know. DJTweeny: same as /me, sorry JZip: Thank you for the colon-scopy! DJTweeny: haha ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 3:00 PM and Elayne steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanwydd: Hi Elayne DJTweeny: Hey E Elayne: Evenin' all! Wow, lots of people came to hear the whales wail. johan amadeus myjetski: Hi E! Deputy Dang: Oooh! A grape! Elayne: Must be a raisin by now, if I'm raisin' it. Cease: HI El llanwydd: yeah, dont kill the whale Elayne: Good luck tonight, Cat~ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eykiw-ln Beet: Hi, Elayne. Elayne: I won't be around long, just came to say hi and back to watching the 'lympics. DJTweeny: Great Yes tune, llan DJTweeny: the limpingics? JZip: Not much of a market for limp pics. Elayne: But first, my CBD gummies. I'll be so happy when legal sales in NY finally start and I can smoke the real thing again. Rufus_T_Firetween: I thought it was already legal ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: Still illegal in NY? Usually so ahead, I'm surprised. ||||||||| It's 9:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beej - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 3:00 PM and DutchElmStreetFighter waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. johan amadeus myjetski: ill eagle = a sick bird... Cease: Hi Dutch DJTweeny: Hi Elm DJTweeny: good point johan Beet: Hey, Dutch. johan amadeus myjetski: hi Dutchie Elayne: Hey Dutch! 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 Cease: Hey El, you're going to be in a new vid I'm working on. At least your voice Elayne: Good to know, Cat. My voice is everywhere. Elayne: At least according to Robin, but I think he may have just been telling me to be a bit quieter. Cease: Your interview with Bit will be part of the vid. Cease: I hadn't known of its existence until I went through the tape you sent me recording your Van trip. johan amadeus myjetski: love these ads Cease: LOL, EL DutchElmStreetFighter: I love this album SO MUCH Tweeny: It's my fav of all their releases :) JZip: Mine, too. Cease: Fewer parody ads than in many othr works, but as always,they're great ||||||||| "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!" Cease: Us too, Dutch. llanwydd: parody ads, cat. I think there seem to be at least as many Cease: Eat or be Eaten is almost all ads. DutchElmStreetFighter: God, I love this album SO MUCH Cease: in this compared to, dwarf? Tweeny: as in P&B's Give Us A Break Cease: bozos was adless but then it took place in a theme park. llanwydd: interesting comment about EobE, cat. I have never bought a video game. do they have a lot of ads? Cease: giant rat too, but then it's from a pre-advertising time. johan amadeus myjetski: that's me - a real earthoid! Cease: although disneyland has lots of ads in it. Cease: i know nothing of video games, llan. llanwydd: giant rat seemed to follow the doyle formula to some degree DutchElmStreetFighter: “Humanings and Earthoids” Cease: are you new here, dutch? llanwydd: and I have read everything doyle ever wrote about SH DJTweeny: For those of you who are new here, we do this every week so please join us :) Beet: Sounds like a good idea. DutchElmStreetFighter: So dense Cease: every week since 1995 DJTweeny: Giant Rat is another favorite. A very intricate and well done parody. Cease: We can thank Elayne for that. Beet: Thank you, Elayne. Cease: This could be an episode of Anceient Aliens. JZip: I drop by from time to time. Cease: Glad you could drop by tonight. Cease: At the start of every year, we play the albums in chronological order, sort of. Cease: this is actually after Giant Rat wihch we'll get to soon. Cease: We're also playing the Magic Mushroom plays in order that they appear on the new DVD DutchElmStreetFighter: IS THIS IT..... JZip: I think we've all asked ourselves that. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php DutchElmStreetFighter: The chirping is such GENIUS DutchElmStreetFighter: Old Age Thinking, indeed johan amadeus myjetski: like the woman said, "I said live it, or live with it"... Beet: A perfect philosophy for a disappearing environment. llanwydd: I love that line, JAM johan amadeus myjetski: No, your blueness llanwydd: I say..d DutchElmStreetFighter: Gary! ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: How does he do that? johan amadeus myjetski: the ea of holes? johan amadeus myjetski: the sea of holes Rufus_T_Firetween: are there enough to fill the albert hall? Beet: There are holes evrywhere. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Beet: I'm fixing a hole. johan amadeus myjetski: disclosure! DutchElmStreetFighter: }hello, Cox} DJTweeny: They come, they go.... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - “TWENTY YEARS BEHIND THE WHALE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out THE MUSHROOM PLAYS at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio' Beet: Great llanwydd: great album JZip: No. It's the end. johan amadeus myjetski: Hello, i'm I C U R A Sailor Beet: Remember watching Victory At Sea? johan amadeus myjetski: Yes! ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... JZip: Funny, she didn't _seem_ jaundiced. johan amadeus myjetski: ever seen anuone with jaundice? johan amadeus myjetski: anyone JZip: Are you suggesting it's a hoax? johan amadeus myjetski: no! my mom had it - turned a bright golden yellow overnight DJTweeny: yipes JZip: Golden? I'd envisioned a greenish yellow. johan amadeus myjetski: looks fake as everything johan amadeus myjetski: but isn't Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php Beet: Other than the color, what are the symptoms? johan amadeus myjetski: it's associated with gall bladder trouble Rufus_T_Firetween: Is that the same thing as 'lock jaw'? JZip: Naw...tjat's tetanus. Rufus_T_Firetween: ah, right ||||||||| 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." Cease: The Mushroom shows have a number of inventive dope references. Rope in this one, sesame seeds in another. there are more johan amadeus myjetski: also from liver failure johan amadeus myjetski: there's some chemical that the body can't dispose of Cease: herring ||||||||| 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!" johan amadeus myjetski: rope used to be made of hemp... Cease: indeed. Cease: the song about the titanic goes into that johan amadeus myjetski: throw him in the bed with the captain's daughter, throw him in the bed with the captain's daughter, throw him in the bed with the captain's daughter, earlie in the morning johan amadeus myjetski: your mean the Ballad of the USS TIIIITanic by Jamie Brock 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 Cease: that's it! Beet: I dated an Admiral's daughter. johan amadeus myjetski: back in my folkie days, we did that song! Cease: it's central to one of the parts of my Marine Trilogy. johan amadeus myjetski: we opened the final set with it - too late for the bar owner to object Cease: we'll be listening to another part of that tonight, the whale episode ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. johan amadeus myjetski: but it was ice cream , that's where i had them... Cease: all of the mushroom shows feature them correcting a numbre. ||||||||| 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!" Cease: this is the most musical of the mushrooms johan amadeus myjetski: ius that gilbert or sullivan? Cease: yep johan amadeus myjetski: or the caine mutiny? ||||||||| 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: that was brecht JZip: Brecht and Whale. johan amadeus myjetski: aw, give us a brecht! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php DutchElmStreetFighter: Boulez and Stockhausen references I hadn’t known about Deputy Dang: I didn't realize this was s true story. Beet: cool Cease: this reminds me of 3 Faces of Al, wihch also ends with holes punched in a boat to sink it. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s CATCH AND RELEASE 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/' InTheWood: These are all true stories. Cease: there's Me ||||||||| 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!" Cease: There's Pete Cease: I think Proc was the principle writer on this. he showed me the script when i visted him in 95 InTheWood: Loved the Digital Diner. Cease: You know it, Wood? Cease: You are one of Very Few Cease: This is my play Box of Time InTheWood: I didn't have web access until '98 or so, but... ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" InTheWood: The Radio Free Oz podcast in the early '10s included the DD in chapters, among other things. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: aha! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “Catch and Release” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES ||||||||| 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: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ InTheWood: Pete was at the helm of the podcast in those days, I think. Cease: Firesign archivist Micahel Packer sent me the 2 DDs when they came out, in 94 as i recall Cease: yes, until his death in 2012 Cease: we just heard this. Beet: Makes me want to go listen to some Doors. Cease: from my inferior copies of the magic mushroom shows. so happy to have nice clean copies of the plays now. Cease: indeed, beet. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" JZip: Goodnight till next time, folks. ||||||||| At 3:00 PM, JZip rushes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Beet: See ya Zip Rufus_T_Firetween: Taylor did a great job with the remastering Cease: i was an intern on a radio show in 68 when i was a student of radio production in 68. my boss, b. mitchel reid, told me a story about that song Cease: he took an old blind, black woman of his aquaintance to hear the doors and she asked him if Morrison was the grandson of slaves Cease:tween, Taylor ALWAYS does a great job Rufus_T_Firetween: did he do DOMM? Rufus_T_Firetween: or was that Doc? Cease: that was taylor Cease: i have to do a serious collage mixing lord buckley with firesign. but that would be a Big project. Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: i prefer small projects these days. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Kelraith inside, makes a note of the time (3:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Rufus_T_Firetween: Taylor is a very talented fella Cease: That 14-part Fireheads collage series was exhausting. Cease: Firesign are lucky to have him DJTweeny: Hi Kelraith Cease: Hi Kel Kelraith: Ello Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “Catch and Release” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Hey, Kelraith ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DutchElmStreetFighter - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: By Dutch llanwydd: that guy just died of the plague llanwydd: but actually I would bet he is not dead yet Beet: The Really Big Disease! llanwydd: lol johan amadeus myjetski: nite all - gotta go. next fire week same fire time! llanwydd: nite JAM Beet: Nice to see you JAM. G'nite. Cease: by jam Beet: Nice. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s HUMPBACKED FIRESIGN 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/' Rufus_T_Firetween: Cool project, Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “Humpbacked Firesign” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES ||||||||| 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 dont count them, but i' Cease: i've done a lot of these in the past 7 years Rufus_T_Firetween: ST IV The Voyage Home is probably my fav ST movie Rufus_T_Firetween: Produced by Nimoy Beet: Excellent movie. Cease: My favourite star trek flick. there isn't even a 2nd place. Rufus_T_Firetween: "He was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley. Too much LDS..." Cease: the mormons must have loved that line Rufus_T_Firetween: I doubt it lol Cease: lds is their official name. Cease: later day saints. Rufus_T_Firetween: yes, I know Cease: we were plagued by them in japan. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: You've seen the Bill Maher documentary Religious? Cease: yes but recall it. ||||||||| 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: don't recall it. Rufus_T_Firetween: Scientology is also a tad odd Cease: i had amazon video recently and it was on there but missed the opportunity to watch it again. Cease: a tad. Rufus_T_Firetween: It's a great examination of religious theories Cease: i should rewatch it. Rufus_T_Firetween: and because it's Bill Maher, much fun as well Beet: Official doctrines are always suspect. Cease: i'm re-reading Another Roadside Attraction now. Cease: great writing, lots of interesting ideas about religions InTheWood: I think Amazon also has the documentary on the Church of the SubGenius. Cease: circa 1971. Cease: really, wood? i would have liked to have seen that. subG is an outgrowth of Firesign Cease: Elayne was a fulcrum for that. Tweeny: Religulous - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/ Cease: listen to her story in the We're Doomed collage, about getting Ossman together with Mr. Subgenius InTheWood: It's still viewable there now, and on other platforms, even Tubi for free, I see. Tweeny: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4257858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 << also a good serious documentary about Scientology InTheWood: Wait, no, sorry. Not still on Amazon. Try it on Tubi. Cease: My local library has Religious. will get it from there. i'd love to see that Going Clear flick Cease: The Master is a scary flick about Hubbard Beet: Tubi or not Tubi. Rufus_T_Firetween: heh Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “Humpbacked Firesign” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES llanwydd: careful what you say about scientology. you can gt sued ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: Thanks for the courtesy laugh Tween. llanwydd: get Cease: Yep, local library has that too. For a small city library, it has an amazing collection of dvds InTheWood: Stang! Cease: that's the dude Cease: 82,000 pe3ople. not a big city, though we're close to one. Rufus_T_Firetween: Van is only 82,000 people? Cease: NORTH Van, yes. Greater Van is about 2.5 million. Rufus_T_Firetween: That seems unlikely Rufus_T_Firetween: That I believe ;) Cease: my su burb is small, the city is big. Rufus_T_Firetween: gotcha ||||||||| 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.net/firesign' Beet: It's odd but many times at this point in the show, my link drops out. After a few seconds, I can click on it and it comes back. Rufus_T_Firetween: Solid connection here Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Deputy Dang: This was entertaining and introspective. Rufus_T_Firetween: hard to beat Google Gigabit Fiber InTheWood: Thanks, Tweeny, Cat, and Merlyn! Beet: This evening went really fast. Lots of fun. Thanks to everyone. Couple of great collages as usual, Dr Cease. Thanks for leading us, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: thanks dang ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. InTheWood: Great show. G'night, all! ||||||||| It's 11:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Kelraith - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| InTheWood leaves to catch the 3:00 PM train to Funfun Town. Cease: see y'all next week. ||||||||| 3:00 PM -- Cease left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Rufus_T_Firetween: Be well all... DJTweeny: Until last tme, again... DJTweeny: *time ||||||||| 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 jaundice ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from the yaws ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Deputy Dang - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly.. ||||||||| Catherwood says "3:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Tweeny by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
DutchElmStreetFighter
Elayne
InTheWood
johan amadeus myjetski
JZip
Kelraith
llanwydd
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
