||||||||| 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 23, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 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 visit Firesign's *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 23, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| It's 9:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Funfun Town." ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| It's 12:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Rufus_T_Firetween', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'DJTweeny', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Tweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music – JONI MANFRED MANN-MANNERISMS 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music – MANFRED MANN-MANNERISMS 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 escorts Cat in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: allo Cat ehh ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and llanwydd bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanwydd: howdy folks DJTweeny: Hey llan Cat: aha i got sound here DJTweeny: good deal Cat llanwydd: the links at the top of the page dont take me anywhere for some reason llanwydd: its been that way fofr a few weeks llanwydd: for llanwydd: I dont get audio, I am sorry to say Rufus_T_Firetween: same links as always Rufus_T_Firetween: when I click on it, it opens in iTunes llanwydd: something is different on my end for some reason Rufus_T_Firetween: try copying and pasting it into your player ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** 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: it worked. dont know why I didnt think of it llanwydd: frame me pretty is great ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “FRAME ME PRETTY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Cat: am i here yet? llanwydd: thanks tween llanwydd: guess you know now how computer savvy I am llanwydd: not llanwydd: BEN!! Cat: i often don't know Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat: am i here yet? << You are here Player Cat: lol llanwydd: I hope we get more people here tonight than just us three llanwydd: have you seen the Frame Me Pretty on youtube? llanwydd: hilarious Cat: we should listen to that album next week. i'll have, theortelly my octopus collage finished and wil go with Tile ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Zen Cosmos should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Zen Cosmos enters and sits on the couch. llanwydd: howdy zen ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: Hey Zen DJTweeny: Yo johan llanwydd: ricky rococco LOL Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Cat: Hi Zen. llanwydd: Hey JAM Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: I hope we get more people here tonight than just us three << ask and ye shall receive Cat: Jammy johan amadeus myjetski: hello there's two of everyone here except me johan amadeus myjetski: Hi llan! llanwydd: lol, tween johan amadeus myjetski: hiya DJT, Rufus johan amadeus myjetski: hi cat! Cat: yeah. if 10 people show up here it is a miracle Cat: have y llanwydd: we.., there is always two of tween johan amadeus myjetski: hey it's summertime- the most difficult season to get people to attend - church or anything you want to llanwydd: and sometimes two of Cat llanwydd: I meant...well Cat: all been watching the hearins? this chat should get those kind of an audience. ||||||||| Beet tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: I have not kept up with th hearins Beet: Howdy, Folks! Cat: llan do you mean in the jack benny sense? your money or your life, llanwydd: Hey Beet Cat: hey beet Beet: Hey, Cat Beet: Hi, llan johan amadeus myjetski: Cat,you makeme think of the album by Audience,"Houseon the Hill"... hmm... llanwydd: no, I meant that you hae been here under both names on occasion llanwydd: look, Im turning scottish johan amadeus myjetski: yo beet DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cat: i was hitch hiking accfross canada in the summer of 73 and the houses i found myself in had the4 Watergate hearings on. this reminds me of that Beet: Hi jam and Zen and Dr Tween johan amadeus myjetski: if it's not scottish, it's crrrrap ||||||||| 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!"
DJTweeny wonders if llan has started wearing a kilt llanwydd: I meant I spelled have as hae Cat: i am now cat because i invited people here who know me as cat. Cat: i hyave lots of names. llanwydd: very burnsish llanwydd: you told us a bit about your trek across the continent, cat. I would have loved to do that when I was young johan amadeus myjetski: sounds likea subject for a collage, don't ya think? llanwydd: Yeah llanwydd: or a play on the scale of Neal Amid johan amadeus myjetski: or playing the scale of Cminus ||||||||| 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: hmm. interesting idea, llan Cat: that's half a century ago and my memoreis of that trip are foggy at best. Cat: but my trip to france 5 years ago sent me on an autobiographical cascade of colages wihch i'm sure Tweeny wil alertr you to. so yeah. at my age, i have a greart need to reemember shit and do sometihng with itm, as a creqative person llanwydd: the furthest I have ever driven my car was 1300 miles from ticonderoga to daytona in one night llanwydd: I live not too far from daytona now llanwydd: did I say in one night? sorry. I visited a friend in philadelphia and stayed overniight. llanwydd: how my memory is faiing Cat: i kno9w i hitch hiked from vancouver to my friends's farm in the peace riuver country in norrthern BC as well as another friend in southernb BC but i have no idea how i got there, that's like 2000 miles, not a clue. llanwydd: maybe you spent the whole trip tripping Beet: Or aliens took you. Cat: no. little drug usage. afaid to travel with grass. cops would haslte me llanwydd: alien abduction, as beet suggests? that would explain a lot Cat: i had a few rides who shared their jloints with me. pople useed to do that in the early 70d llanwydd: yes, cat. in the 80s and 90s too llanwydd: I have done my share of hitching llanwydd: a prisoner of the white lines.... Beet: Used to really enjoy passing a good joint among friends. johan amadeus myjetski: i hitchhikedfrom Key West to Memphis,including getting stuckwith no rides for 10 hot,sunburned, windburned hours in Macon GA llanwydd: didnt we al llanwydd: all johan amadeus myjetski: et al,llan! llanwydd: thats a long trek, JAM llanwydd: lol johan amadeus myjetski: littleover a thousand miles llanwydd: I live in florida but I have never been in the keys Cat: do want to visit them? llanwydd: I hope to some day johan amadeus myjetski: in 74, i was camping in the Keys of a sand spit island called Bahia Honda. John Lennon was in the campsite next to ours Beet: Florida is a wonderful place. llanwydd: did you meet johb? llanwydd: john Cat: it must be hard to be that famous Beet: Was he with Yoko? Cat: i'm sure i told y'allmy george harrison story here many times johan amadeus myjetski: yes, though he was pretty blitzed. He was with the long haired guitarist from the Plastic Ono Band- can't remember his name llanwydd: probably with May Pang in those days. llanwydd: I know my lennonology Rufus_T_Firetween: ** New Music Release from David Ossman – NO BAND IS AN ISLAND - https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/no-band-is-an-island-live llanwydd: long haired guitarist. that would be eric clapton wouldnty it? johan amadeus myjetski: it was Novenber if i recall aright Rufus_T_Firetween: johan amadeus myjetski: yes, though he was pretty blitzed. He was with the long haired guitarist from the Plastic Ono Band- can't remember his name << pretty cool that Alan White of Yes drummed for Plastic Ono llanwydd: plastic ono band was lennon, yoko clapton, Klaus voorman and alan white Rufus_T_Firetween: (before he joined Yes of course) johan amadeus myjetski: no, the curly haired one llanwydd: curly haired guitarist? llanwydd: this fasinates me llanwydd: sic Cat: Jesse Ed Davis, perhaps? he was Taj when I saw them with Firesing at the en do f59 llanwydd: if he wa pretty blitzed it might have been during his famous lost weekend that last for over a year Rufus_T_Firetween: love the carnival-esque organ settings ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Not Ed, just back from Washington." DJTweeny: Hi Not llanwydd: yeah sounds like a wurlitzer Beet: Hello, Not. Cat: hi not Cat: i have never had opium. i hope that changes llanwydd: whish I could see what the audience was laughing at there Not Ed: Hey Beet & Cat Cat: yeah it was theatre llanwydd: great ||||||||| New notice: '*** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE “I DO NOT HAVE ANTHRAX” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out FOOLS IN SPACE at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space' Not Ed:Tweeny, JAM, llan, yo Not Ed: Rufus llanwydd: Hey Ed! Rufus_T_Firetween: New material, folks... llanwydd: sorry, you are Not Rufus_T_Firetween: New Fireseign Release Beet: Opium is a very nice high. It's not surprising entire cultures are built around it. Not Ed: Nope Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space llanwydd: I heard you throw up when you smoke it. no thanks Not Ed: Porque? llanwydd: a pig by any other name Rufus_T_Firetween: extremely addictive, I have no interest johan amadeus myjetski: been looking through pix of plastic ono band, thinking i could recognizehim Beet: llan, that was not my experience. Very mellow what I smoked. Cat: Firesign is addictive Beet: Pass the pipe. Rufus_T_Firetween: you get withdrawl symptoms? Beet: I disn't smoke it that long. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'I need my Firesign fix, mister pusher!' lol johan amadeus myjetski: opium very condusive to writing,to poetry
Rufus_T_Firetween plays Steppenwolf's The Pusher llanwydd: fortunately firesign is still legal johan amadeus myjetski: catherwood, play the Pusher by Steppenwolf ||||||||| Catherwood steps alongside johan amadeus myjetski and inquires "Did you need me?" Rufus_T_Firetween: johan amadeus myjetski: opium very condusive to writing,to poetry << seems like I read Edgar Alan Poe was an addict Rufus_T_Firetween: which may account for some of the darker moments of his writings ||||||||| 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." Cat: i have few addictions left but few is better than none. johan amadeus myjetski: yeo. llanwydd: darker moments? llanwydd: I have read almost all of poe and nearly all of it is dark Rufus_T_Firetween: Well, it was all pretty dark wasn't it? ;) Cat: did any of you smoke? it was a strange tig to do, but it was ubiquitous in Japan where I lived. johan amadeus myjetski: surprized goths aren't into opium llanwydd: I forgot what ubiquitous means Not Ed: We like the dark. Dark for dark business. Rufus_T_Firetween: Haven't smoked The Noble Weed since around 1980. The 1970s were a different matter Not Ed: (The dwarves, The Hobbit) johan amadeus myjetski: dark for stargazing too Cat: sounds like today's hearing, not. llanwydd: yeah dark is great for stargazing johan amadeus myjetski: 81 was my ceasation of all such substances Not Ed: I've stargazed on Mauna Kea.... Not Ed: I'm still smoking llanwydd: cool, Not ||||||||| "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!" johan amadeus myjetski: nice, not, nice!~ Beet: I regret never having been able to spend any time in Hawaii. llanwydd: hope you didnt witness an eruption while you were up there johan amadeus myjetski: did they let you inside the observatory?, Mot? Not Ed: it was amazing - up by Keck and those other big telescopes johan amadeus myjetski: 8Not? Not Ed: about 3/4 the way up the mountain, there's a place to do gazing llanwydd: I hear it snows in those parts of HI johan amadeus myjetski: wow! spent 4 weeks in HI, but didn'tmake it to the big island Not Ed: no bright lights on the island - light polution awareness because of the observatories Not Ed: when I visited the peak, it was about -10 F -- down at the bottom the temp was 85 F Not Ed: -10 with wind chill Rufus_T_Firetween: Not Ed: no bright lights on the island - light polution awareness because of the observatories << I've read that there have been complaints about Musk's StarLink system blocking astronomical observation johan amadeus myjetski: remember, you lose about 4.5*F for every thousand feet higher in elevation Rufus_T_Firetween: wow @ temperature difference Not Ed: hadn't heard Rufus - will czech that out llanwydd: it must be good to live in a place where you can beat the heat or the cold in minutes Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space ||||||||| 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!" Cat: did i tell yall my hawaii story? my bried time in jail? llanwydd: if you did I would remember ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Not Ed: lol want to hear Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: I don't recall it Cat ||||||||| 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!" johan amadeus myjetski: jail in HI? my heartgoes out to you llanwydd: did you meet dog? Beet: Can we hear Cat's clink story? Not Ed: I'll get my harmonica Rufus_T_Firetween: lol Not Ed: Old man river..... johan amadeus myjetski: they fried the kid... Not Ed: lol Cat: my grilfreind had sewed a lot of money in my jeans cuz you werent supposed to take a lot of cash outo f the dcoutnry in thoise days. so i was in honolloulu aiporrt and quite stonbed on inadvertent uppers from couisn who was suposed o send me prescribed downers and anyway, so i was frisked by cios an once money was found i was pu t in jlial. llanwydd: youll want to get your ukelele instead johan amadeus myjetski: slack key guitar... Beet: Smuggling cash? Wow! Cat: whilew rthere i was lalowwesd a phonce call. they said would i like to call. i said reinhardt puaaa. they were stunned. he was there boss. he was my friend in that ciyt and os i wa alloowed out of jail and on a plane back to LA johan amadeus myjetski: too stoned to think of a plausible story on the spot? Beet: Very cool. johan amadeus myjetski: yes very cool Not Ed: lol that's wild Cat johan amadeus myjetski: it ain't what you know, it's who... Cat: well smuglibng is a word. the bossx didnt pay me for most of time and when he finlayh did it was in japanese cashwhich i choold not change in japn. it was a more priimitbie world then llanwydd: did you get to kee your cash, cat? llanwydd: keep Cat: yep llanwydd: cool! Not Ed: It's not who you know, it's how you who. (Ralph Puke) Not Ed: Cool C Cat: it was only a few grand, but i did work for it and dint want the police to steal it Cat: sometimes good things happen to us, sometimes bad things happen to us. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Not Ed: Yan & Ying Not Ed: I mean... johan amadeus myjetski: at least you didn'tloose your jeans... Beet: It's important that whatever happens to us at least makes a good story. llanwydd: art bells house? Cat: it was so serrendipiotuys it was a kind of miracle johan amadeus myjetski: at least be worthy of being made into a song, as Bilbo said Not Ed: serendipity Cat: indeed jammy Beet: You must have felt a huge wave of relief when your friend came through for you. Not Ed: serendib llanwydd: if it werent for rheinhart... johan amadeus myjetski: serendipitous Not Ed: old word for Sri Lanka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka johan amadeus myjetski: Say-Lon llanwydd: that was my favorite symphony that we just heard Cat: i had no idea he was their boss. he was just a freind of my parents i'd stsayed wtih the previous year. he told me to cal him when i was next in town. i knew he ws wsith customs but had no idea he was the boss. Not Ed: Steve the cat says meow (hi) johan amadeus myjetski: Beethoven's 6th, wasn't it? llanwydd: yep Beet: Hindu Tush johan amadeus myjetski: i remember that music was used in Soylent Green, when Edward G Robinson was being suicided Beet: Meow right back at ya. Not Ed: Pish Tush johan amadeus myjetski: i have a friend that lives in the Hindu Kush... ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Not Ed: He likes attention Beet and appreciates it ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat: i had no idea he was their boss. he was just a freind of my parents i'd stsayed wtih the previous year. he told me to cal him when i was next in town. i knew he ws wsith customs but had no idea he was the boss. << damned lucky thing ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: Steve must be very cool. Not Ed: He's a fine fellow - about 13 - skinny b&w shorthair - looks like "Sylvester" johan amadeus myjetski: don't say bullshit - it's not p.c. - say rather "bovine by-products" Beet: A famous look-alike. Not Ed: indeedy! Rufus_T_Firetween: lolol johan Not Ed: haha Rufus_T_Firetween: don't want to offend the cows Not Ed: I used to drink instant breakfast all the time lol Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat: i had no idea he was their boss. he was just a freind of my parents i'd stsayed wtih the previous year. he told me to cal him when i was next in town. i knew he ws wsith customs but had no idea he was the boss. Cat: lol jam johan amadeus myjetski: actually, meat is the by-product, methane IS the main bovine product 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: This is a dood collection. Not Ed: P.U. Not Ed: What does P.U. stand for? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space johan amadeus myjetski: Princeton University? johan amadeus myjetski: Practically understandable? Beet: probably Not Ed: P.U. as in it stinks Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc 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: P U. (euphemistic) An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent; an exaggerated pronunciation of pew. johan amadeus myjetski: shorthand for the smell-describing “”pee eww” etymology” Beet: What would we do without the All-Knowing Google. johan amadeus myjetski: in the year of out Google.... johan amadeus myjetski: our Google Not Ed: Ahh thank you Beet! johan amadeus myjetski: why don't catfish haave kittens? Cat: a lng time ago pre gooble lwe had to know stuff, eh? thsat was a key ot firesi8gh succfess, wtye wanted us to be more intelllitgent Beet: Thank goodness we have the Tweeny brothers with us tonight to fill out our numbers. ||||||||| 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!" johan amadeus myjetski: they certainlyhelped grow MY intelligence. & that'sno joke Rufus_T_Firetween: haha johan amadeus myjetski: made me think... DJTweeny: What matters is that we're enjoying ourselves :) Beet: Absolutely. Cat: all of us, jammy Not Ed: well heack yeah johan amadeus myjetski: truly Cat, truly Not Ed: hark? ||||||||| 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: Hope others will join us eventually, even if they don't want us to be part of the new Firesign web presence DJTweeny: We'll still promote their new products Beet: I will stay with this chat until they rip away my keyboard from my cold dead hands. Cat: i was in rwadio when the transiotin began, from am to fm. i twas amgical time and it was how the firesign came into existence Rufus_T_Firetween: AM radio would never have played Firesign johan amadeus myjetski: in the year of our firesign six and fifty... Not Ed: It was a magical time we were lucky johan amadeus myjetski: Firesign in mono.PU. but your mother will still love you... Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Cat: well thier 1967 show as on krla, an AM station Rufus_T_Firetween: Ah, didn't know that Rufus_T_Firetween: but I guess I meant mainstream AM Beet: It's nice how clean these recordings are. Cat: late 60s a big time in radio. we were doing someting new johan amadeus myjetski: BUT, wouldn'tit have been something if short FST pieces WERE played on mainstream AM? Might have started other comedy recordings being played alongside music. a different world right there.... Cat: LA as a bit centre rof thsat and i was a studnet5 of radio thne so Cat: jammy they were. Cat: i livede in japan for a lonog time and they were on FEN, the US military station. johan amadeus myjetski: i think my baptism in Firesign was in 70 or late 69. Cat: its always good whenever it starts Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat: i livede in japan for a lonog time and they were on FEN, the US military station. << A DJ playing FST on military radio is on the level of Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam johan amadeus myjetski: indeed, Rufus! Not Ed: awesome Rufus Not Ed: tripping on stuff u guys are relating tonight Cat: yes i was watching the hearing today and is relevasnt to that Beet: So, it's ether that produces the melty hats. Cat: i think we shoild do a show combinign all the mark times and the ossman albm. w've done it beforfe but it oculd be redone Beet: lol Cat: i am slowly working on a collage about the octoop-us but not usre i can have irt finshed by next week but wil tuyr. it wul be knd of snhborrt Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat: i think we shoild do a show combinign all the mark times and the ossman albm. w've done it beforfe but it oculd be redone << good idea Cat: well you know what i mean Beet: It doesn't matter how snhborrt it is, it will no doubt be geneous. Cat: this is wonderul, thjis xm show Rufus_T_Firetween: 'twas a great series Zen Cosmos: busy multi-tasking OL but I am listening... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space johan amadeus myjetski: dropped outta chat tomake a bite of supper. listening, laughing,chewing Beet: I love the fake sneezes. Not Ed: Hey Zen Cat: Zen Beet: A lot of people now make fun of the President. Not Ed: Spools in Face! Cat: tihs is wonderful Not Ed: string is only a theory? but.... Rufus_T_Firetween: The String Theory Cheese Incident? Not Ed: lol Not Ed: Right! ||||||||| 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' johan amadeus myjetski: string is theory but kites are real... Not Ed: Do your doo doo! Not Ed: well see that's the thing JAM Not Ed: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: Do join us on Tuesday evenings when I start the show with a little Firesign and play music and comedy requests Not Ed: Say frank you Not Ed: oh Rufus did not know - or forgot Not Ed: Tues here, same Firetime? Rufus_T_Firetween: 7-9pm Eastern every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net :) Not Ed: ohhhh ok tanx! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... ||||||||| Cat scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Cat?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Not Ed: Good stuff tonight! Beet: This was very enjoyable tonight. Thanks everybody. Looking forward to new Dr Cease creations. Special thanks to our guide, Dr Tween. See you next week. G'Nite all. johan amadeus myjetski: nite all - thanks all! Not Ed: Great to see you all! Not Ed: Stay sane & groovy! Not Ed: Peace & love! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Tweeny!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Beet - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from the yaws ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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 4:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
Beet
Cat
DJTweeny
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
