||||||||| 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 September 01, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits on the divan. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 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 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 01, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Regular Boinklyn, just back from Hellmouth." Regular Boinklyn: Oops. Looks like I am early. Will return later, I hope. ||||||||| It's 11:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Regular Boinklyn - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'johan amadeus myjetski', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. johan amadeus myjetski: darned this chinese time machine! ||||||||| 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 accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Tweeny', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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 steals into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... DJTweeny: Evenin' johan johan amadeus myjetski: hiya DJT! ||||||||| Zen Cosmos enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Chapeau Manger. DJTweeny: allo Zen johan amadeus myjetski: hi Zen C! ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music FIRE MUSIC 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)' johan amadeus myjetski: ABW&H!!! johan amadeus myjetski: hope Hatty Nilsson's Jump Into The Fire is one of your firesong! johan amadeus myjetski: Harry Nilsson DJTweeny: yes indeedie DJTweeny: nope, missed that one :/ ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: so many to choose from... johan amadeus myjetski: but i bet Robert Fripp's You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette isn't one of them ;) DJTweeny: no Fripp either, sorry johan amadeus myjetski: this is arguably Joel's best song DJTweeny: one of his finest, for sure DJTweeny: great song for the 'boomer' generation johan amadeus myjetski: inspired, as i understand it, by a Time magazine cover composed of pixels of past Time mag covers DJTweeny: hah, kewl johan amadeus myjetski: h'organ! DJTweeny: In Austin, they put up a statue to Stevie Ray Vaughn johan amadeus myjetski: SRV was a fire that burned bright & way too fast... DJTweeny: down by the lake, with guitar in hand DJTweeny: like the next guy (Jimi) DJTweeny: SRV was killed in a helicopter crash after he had gone sober DJTweeny: Jimi killed himself with druugs :( johan amadeus myjetski: sometime, look into youtube for an inspiration of Jimi's, Sister Rosetta Tharp - one mean guitarist! ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Cease close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the Aviary. DJTweeny: wow, hadn't heard that name DJTweeny: allo Cease eh... Zen Cosmos: His song was an attempt to make sense of too much info coming on too fast...aka future shock or the new term: hypernovelty, as coined in the new book Hunter-Gather's Guide to the 21st Century, a book you should all check out. Cease: Hi all Cease: Intriguing name for a book. Will look for it. Cease: Speaking of hunters, I just opened Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway, a Cree writer who grew up as a hunter in the north. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the Aviary. Beet: Hi, Gang! DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cease: Beet ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: Greetings, Dr Tween. Dr Cease Cease: It's Seatlle Day on Firesign Chat. Hope some Seattelites show up ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out FIREZONE at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458' ||||||||| Catherwood leads Bottles can't comment, oh well into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: before the Radio Now Live! tour, apparently Bottles can't comment, oh well: Hiyas Beet: I see you up there, jam and Zen and Bottles.. How you be? DJTweeny: Hey Bottles Bottles can't comment, oh well: Wow, I got in! Cease: Is your comment that you can't comment, Bottles? DJTweeny: You Are Here, Player johan amadeus myjetski: hi beet, Bottles Can't, Cease! Bottles can't comment, oh well: I guess so, Cease. I haven't been able to chitchat lately. Cease: I was part of the crew that recorded this, along with Fred, Doc and Brian Cease: We all had DATs DJTweeny: nice Bottles can't comment, oh well: Direct from the soundboard, Cease? Sounds great. Cease: A dissappeared technology, alas. Beet: That was a good technology. Cease: Twas Bottles can't comment, oh well: Can you even buy DAT tapes anymore? Bottles can't comment, oh well: We saw some of those boiling hot water pools yesterday Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 Rufus_T_Firetween: The Alesis ADAT system that used VCR tape was a pretty interesting transitional technology Rufus_T_Firetween: digital multitracking VHS tapes Rufus_T_Firetween: was popular for a while Cease: When my DAT machine broke down 15 years ago, I tried to have it fixed and was told that was impossible. The technology had been retired. Bottles can't comment, oh well: I remember Ry Cooder recording Get Rythmn digitally, like a big deal in the 80s Cease: Great song, Bottles. Bottles can't comment, oh well: Rhythm even johan amadeus myjetski: i used a Casio DA-7 which used the AMPEX 455 TAPES Cease: His version, not Johnny Cash's. Bottles can't comment, oh well: I think they did the whole album in one take, Cease: My fondedst memory of DAT was meeting Harry Shearer at the DAT store in Santa Monica while I was in LA recording Neal Amid in 97. 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 ||||||||| Catherwood leads Deputy Dang in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Cease: Hi Dang Cease: I have that CD, bottles. Tweeny: Howdy Dang Bottles can't comment, oh well: Hey Deputy Cease: When we were in Seattle for the show, we got all kinds of lost looking for the hotel. Bottles can't comment, oh well: Lots of people prefer reel to reel tape, for the sound quality ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and ModeratelyGinchy waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cease: Welcome back, Ginchy. ModeratelyGinchy: *waves* Beet: Hi, Deputy Cease: Here's something you have NEVER HEARD BEFORE. ModeratelyGinchy: Hey, thank you. I've missed my Thursday sanity checks. Bottles can't comment, oh well: But you can record a hundred tracks digitally, then put on tape I guess DJTweeny: Hi Ginchy Beet: Hi, Ginchy Cease: Twisted indeed. Different streets have the same name. Cease: Then again, here in North Vancouver, our main street changes names every few blocks. Bottles can't comment, oh well: Well Ginchy maybe your sanity check will arrive tomorrow ModeratelyGinchy: Hi Beat! Hi Cease! ModeratelyGinchy: lol ModeratelyGinchy: Hi DJTweeny ModeratelyGinchy: Cease, do you have rain there... I mean, in general. I'm afraid we never will again. DJTweeny: "There ain't no Sanity Clause..." ~ Chico Marx ModeratelyGinchy: Great quote Bottles can't comment, oh well: Where you at, Ginchy? Its almost like that here Cease: Vancouver is very wet, yet this August was our driest Aug. on record. ModeratelyGinchy: So Cal ModeratelyGinchy: suburbs between LA and San Diego Cease: Orange county? I have a friend in Mission Viejo. Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! Beet: Either draught or massive floods all over. ||||||||| "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!" Bottles can't comment, oh well: I'm in NoCal. I was at Lassen park yesterday. No snow on the mts here. ||||||||| "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: How are things in Deputy land? Deputy Dang: Restful? ModeratelyGinchy: Yes, but not near Sotuh OC, where the trumpsters gather like cockroaches Rufus_T_Firetween: NoCal? Is that like California Lite? Cease: OK, Firesign folks, which album has the line, "a tough steak, well done" Cease: LOL, Tween. Bottles can't comment, oh well: No, that's LoCal, Rufus. Rufus_T_Firetween: 3 Faces Of Al? ModeratelyGinchy: *lol* ModeratelyGinchy: LoCal... I like it ModeratelyGinchy: HaSo what is this piece from - it's obviously newer Cease: I thought it was something earlier, Tween. I need the ref for the collage I'm doing. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 ModeratelyGinchy: Thank you! Rufus_T_Firetween: The new Firesign web site is looking for a new producer/vendor of FST CDs since Laugh.com went down Rufus_T_Firetween: Let's wish them luck Rufus_T_Firetween: until then, there's are lots of new releases at WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM Cease: Indeed, Tween. I hope all these Firezine discs can be re-released. Cease: Tonight's show ends with A Visit to Planet Proctor, another Firezine disc. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, I hope the new site can bring all the old material back on line for sale ModeratelyGinchy: Would love to have vinyl... I know, I bet most of you own vinyl Zen Cosmos: whether 1996 or 99(?) at Bagley Wright I was there live in Seattle...not exactly a coincidence that David lives on Whidbey island and the widow of another lives by Gig Harbor...recent vist by Proctor was told in the latest Planet proctor newslwetter ModeratelyGinchy: Do you have a link to the newsletter sign up? Rufus_T_Firetween: funny you should say that Grinchy >> ** NEW FIRESIGN DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Rufus_T_Firetween: Double Vinyl :) Zen Cosmos: I'll look for it... Rufus_T_Firetween: Grinchy >> ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com Rufus_T_Firetween: *Ginchy ModeratelyGinchy: Cool, thank you Cease: Indeed, Zen. They love Washington state. Cease: Bergman also lived on Whidbey for a while Zen Cosmos:https://mcusercontent.com/17ac2a15ddd6e35c076e5addc/files/c25f54a3-4907-654b-e4fa-3dc667ed7da7/22_08_Planet_Oona.pdf ModeratelyGinchy: Oh man, what a great resource. Zen Cosmos: what i gave was the pdf link, there is also a word.doc link ... ModeratelyGinchy: Yeah, reading it now. Thanks Zen Cease: My producer and I visited Phil in 97 to record him and Melinda for Neal Amid, he was in the middle of composing one of those Planet Proctors. Thney Cease: They've been around for a while. Cease: I didnt know about secret underwear until that mormon ran for pres, forgot his name. ModeratelyGinchy: So... stupid question but... is he funny in person or just a normal guy who doesn't bring work home? Cease: kinda both, ginchy. ModeratelyGinchy: Makes sense Cease: the more people around him, the more he is ON. Deputy Dang: mittens romney ||||||||| "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: one on one he's just a regular, though very smart guy. Beet: I would imagine that anytime there was an opportunity for a good pun, he would take it. Cease: Romney, that's righrt. I was thinkning of, was he his father, who ran for president in the 60s? lost to nixon in primary Beet: George ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: Last time I saw him was in LA, november 2017, with my wife and Firesign original fan Edgar Bullington. ModeratelyGinchy: Funny... I follow Joel Hodgson who is a huge fan of FST and he's also like order-of-magnitude next-level smart Cease: Proc was ON. Cease: its easy to forget my american history, beet. but not easy enough. ModeratelyGinchy: Just saw the location predictions - very funny Beet: I'm kind of a history buff, Cease Cease: Nino has in the USA. Nope. Cease: There's a lot of history to buff about, beet. Beet: Absolutely johan amadeus myjetski: abit of a student of history meself... ModeratelyGinchy: Oh geez... feeling stupid, I see the title of this at the top, now Beet: Endlessly fascinating. Cease: It's like Proctor told Penn Gillette when they first met and Penn was seeking advice at the dawn of his career, Learn Everything. Cease: speaking of US history, I just re-read Bring the Jubilee, a 1953 novel by Ward Moore about the South hving won the civil war. HIghly reccommended. johan amadeus myjetski: is that what an ombudsman is, interested in everything? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Cease: He said, "who the fuck cares" but I edited that out. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Regular Boinklyn inside, makes a note of the time (8:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Rufus_T_Firetween: thank you for being kind to RFD, Cease :) DJTweeny: Welcome Regular Beet: Het, Boinklyn. Regular Boinklyn: Hi, hi, hi everyone Cease: Hi regular DJTweeny: We do this every week, folks Cease: Is that near Brooklyn? Cease: Since 1993 DJTweeny: put it on your calendar :) Regular Boinklyn: Ethyl is out with Juicy so I gots a few minutes
ModeratelyGinchy waves Cease: Or was in 95? So long ago, I forget, and I was there. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 ||||||||| Dr. Pedal waltzes in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Regular Boinklyn: It’s been almost 41 years since I first saw the boys live ModeratelyGinchy: Great line Cease: Yeah 95 Cease: Where did you see them, Regular? Cease: Hi Dr. Rufus_T_Firetween: more like 50 for me, Regular Rufus_T_Firetween: Lisner Auditorium in D.C. Dr. Pedal: It's not obsidian , it's just a little overweight Regular Boinklyn: Cease: At a show in Washington D.C. and then at a local university a night later. DJTweeny: Hi Dr. Pedal, missed you coming in 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 ModeratelyGinchy: Hey, I did that, the Radio Free Dishnuts thing ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s GOING APE ON THE FM DIAL 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/' DJTweeny: RFD is a good internet radio station DJTweeny: lots of good shows Zen Cosmos: for those who don't know Phil is also featured-occasionally -- in the monthly tabloid Funny Times, which also has a FB webpage... Beet: Hi, Dr Pedal. ModeratelyGinchy: Oh, cool, gotta look for it. Cease: I used to subscribe to that long ago, Zen. Didnt know it was still going on. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and llanwydd sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanwydd: evening folks Cease: Hey llan llanwydd: never heard of funny times. is it funny? DJTweeny: allo llan Regular Boinklyn: Bernard Flapdoodle! Beet: Hi, Mr llan. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GOING APE ON THE FM DIAL” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS ModeratelyGinchy: DIdn't they have a print version a long time ago? ModeratelyGinchy: think they did Cease: New here, Dr. Pedal? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. johan amadeus myjetski: greets, llam! llanwydd: thanks jamm Cease: This is from their 1996 New York show at the Toyota Comedy Festival. llanwydd: toyota comedy. that is funny in itself ModeratelyGinchy: I can't breath for laughing... Cease: synchronistically, bergman was fired from a radio show in 68 or 69 when he played with a toyota commercial. ModeratelyGinchy: Oh, that's right ModeratelyGinchy: d those were hillarious commercials ModeratelyGinchy: *and Dr. Pedal: CAN ONE OF YOU TWEENY'Y TELL ME WHY i'M OUT OF COMMUNICATION AND UNABLE TO SEE THE MESSAGES ModeratelyGinchy: hilarious llanwydd: ralph spoilsport toyota? ModeratelyGinchy: Wow Cease: no, before that. llanwydd: like jack poet wolkisvagen ModeratelyGinchy: and His Band of Renown johan amadeus myjetski: why is it a monkey wrench, but not an ape wrench, nor a anthropoid wrench?, Dr. Pedal: WWell faith and bygolly It just turned up there on the flat screen! Cease: poet was selling vws in those days Cease: the line he was supposed to read, "when you get your hands on a toyota, you'll never let go" Cease: Bergman said, "When you get hands up the skirt of a Toyota" and was quickly canned. DJTweeny: when SNL was funny :) Cease: But he seemed to invite being fired in many radio jobs. Cease: yes, tween. a distant era. llanwydd: snl hasnt been funny since chevy chase llanwydd: and thats a long time Cease: This is also from that Toyota show, The Big Broadcast of 1996. llanwydd: what did the big broad cast? Dr. Pedal: Now Now you boys are talkin 'bout the last century a time well known as B.C. Cease: a spell over me
ModeratelyGinchy lol llanwydd: lol Bottles can't comment, oh well: Gotta wash the dishes then make dinner.. ModeratelyGinchy: Ah, Bottles no fun :) Cease: i look forward to hearing your new play tonight, Bottles llanwydd: she fell right over johan amadeus myjetski: B.C. =before computers. yes i'm old enough to remember... Cease: Bottles is a good playwrite. ModeratelyGinchy: I like that... I think I'll use that, myjetski Beet: Do you wash and dry or just drip dry? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! johan amadeus myjetski: fell free, Mod, my pleasure! Dr. Pedal: life as usual may be faster and cleaner here in A.D=After Digitalization, But I can't help thinking we "Lost something" from that simpler age... johan amadeus myjetski: i coined the term after talking to a young lady,10 year old, that i told i didn't have my first computer until after i graduated high school. she bluntly told me thast i was lying. Cease: I agree, Dr. ModeratelyGinchy: Seriously? ModeratelyGinchy: thought you were lying johan amadeus myjetski: unfortunately, yes, seriously. true story Tweeny: johan amadeus myjetski: B.C. =before computers. yes i'm old enough to remember... << In fact there were vacuum tube based computers in the 40s ModeratelyGinchy: I didn't know that Tweeny ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! johan amadeus myjetski: true enough Tweeny but they weren't everywhere, in everything, & everybody... ModeratelyGinchy: Have to look them up. I did har SHakespeare coined the term. Odd. ModeratelyGinchy: *hear Tweeny: 'personal computers' didn't appear until the late 70s, that's true Dr. Pedal: Comedy is only as seious as you make it. The difficult part is the involentary anti gag relex called "the laugh" ||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Regular Boinklyn - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Bottles can't comment, oh well - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Tweeny: ENIAC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC Tweeny: "ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)[1][2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945." Beet: I remember Univac. Tweeny: Dr. Pedal: Comedy is only as seious as you make it. << "Comedy is heavier than gravity." ~ FST ModeratelyGinchy: Yeah, I am always confused when they say boomers can't use tech... I looke at people and say, you do know they made the more advanced tech that now is so easy for you to use, right? ModeratelyGinchy: But, now, I guess I'd have to put that even earlier johan amadeus myjetski: i saw a Univac model 1 in a natural museum in columbia, SC; 4 panels 6x20 feet each. it could add, subtract, multiply & divide to four decimal places. Beet: Next week's topic Gravity and its opposite Comedy. ||||||||| 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." johan amadeus myjetski: natural history museum johan amadeus myjetski: the secret of comedy? taking yourself lightly Tweeny: btw Happy Birthday Lily Tomlin (today), and Happy Birthday Doc Techincal this coming Saturday Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GOING APE ON THE FM DIAL” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS Beet: Ooh, I love Lily. Saw her in Boone, NC. Happy birthday, Lily. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Beet: Happy birthday, Doc. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ 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/ Dr. Pedal: yes Leading us all over the cliff of creating the disposable society or the "Chicken a week Asian Labor rate of the Exploitative eighties! ModeratelyGinchy: So much to look at... going down the rabbit hole Rufus_T_Firetween: Beet: Ooh, I love Lily. Saw her in Boone, NC. Happy birthday, Lily. << She was wonderful on Laugh-In Beet: One ringy dingy Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah :) Dr. Pedal: Hey M Grinchy , make sure and pet it first! johan amadeus myjetski: is this the party to whom i am speaking? Cease: Ossman also made collages, though more 3D. Rufus_T_Firetween: Long Live Ernestine Beet: Is this Mr Fbuckley? johan amadeus myjetski: or mr. gor veedal? Dr. Pedal: Long live the Enegizer Bunny! Beet: Hilarious stuff. johan amadeus myjetski: and Bugs Bunny! Beet: Singing along to to the Dan. Rufus_T_Firetween: F M Dr. Pedal: Hey Lonsome! I see you made it out of deputy Dans refrigerator ModeratelyGinchy: No static at all johan amadeus myjetski: frequency modu-elation Beet: Love this song. Rufus_T_Firetween: One of their best Cease: shitty flick but great song. DJTweeny: 'funked-up muzak' ModeratelyGinchy: Yeah, I'll be playing the album while cooking now... I hear them and go on multi-day binges DJTweeny: that was a polite way of saying it ;) Dr. Pedal: I thought the fifth infentry took Mount Bellzoney? ||||||||| "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: that' Cease: that's some good sax ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: doubtless ||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from the yaws ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: don't even need a condom ModeratelyGinchy: If I lived here, I'd be home by now... oh wait, I am johan amadeus myjetski: i know good sax when i... where's my hat?
ModeratelyGinchy lol Cease Beet: Fabulous ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** now playing: Firezine's “A VISIT TO PLANET PROCTOR” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out VISIT at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue5/fz5_04.htm' ||||||||| Deputy Dang is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 8:00 PM. Beet: Proc's fake sneeze always makes me laugh. Dr. Pedal: yea but we still have a few bones left to pic with Duke who Made his Dog Flat as a Frisby! Cease: Proc's first flick, at least a star. With Jack Nicholson at the beginnibng of his career orson welles art the end, and tuesday weld in the middle of hers. ModeratelyGinchy: Orson Welles? Which movie? Beet: This is good. Dr. Pedal: I'll take Tuesday Weld's middle if it's on offer! Beet: An early love interest of mine also. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Safe_Place ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: Good size pic of Proctor on the poster Cease: Tom Mixting bowl? : No, that's LoCal, Rufus. : I'm in NoCal. I was at Lassen park yesterday. No snow on the mts here. : Where you at, Ginchy? Its almost like that here Cease: Firesign used to live in Mixville, the old Tom Mix estate : Cease, who did that Everybody rock & roll the place? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Boggles, just back from Funfun Town." Beet: Hi, Boggles. ModeratelyGinchy: Oh great... blackout... just lost power here... and it's only like 99 degrees outside ModeratelyGinchy: Oh, well, good company until the laptop dies Tweeny: Sounds like the weather we've been having in Austin Tweeny: 100+ for weeks on end ModeratelyGinchy: This is our first week of it ModeratelyGinchy: I'm not Texas tough. Tweeny: only 20 minutes left for the show Tweeny: hang in there... Dr. Pedal: but enough steely day... have ever noticed just how many '70's bands named themselves after dildos?? steely dan; Pink floyd Monty Python but I digress... Tweeny: Where are you Ginchy? ModeratelyGinchy: Are they? ModeratelyGinchy: named after dildos? ||||||||| 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!" Tweeny: Steely Dan ,yeah ModeratelyGinchy: I thought Monty Python might be a rip of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus ModeratelyGinchy: from Godfinger Tweeny: hadn't heard abou Floyd or Python ModeratelyGinchy: I didn't know Steely Dan was named after a dildo Tweeny: yep Tweeny: check out Wiki ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ModeratelyGinchy: fun facts Cease: From the novel The Naked Lunch Beet: I've always wanted to run into a women with the first name of "Pussy". Somehow never did. Tweeny: 'run into'? Cease: Inspiration for the cut The Trente-huit Cunnegonde on the first Firesign album. Beet: so to speak Tweeny: How about the James Bond movie Tweeny: Octopussy Dr. Pedal: he said he was going down the rabbit hole! I swear that boy is of questionable sex and height! Beet: Eight Pussies? Tweeny: Trente-huit Cunnegonde << 38 what?
ModeratelyGinchy lol johan amadeus myjetski: the 3 stooges had a character named Octopus Grabus, a roman ceasar Cease: duringthe french revolution, one ideas was change the names of the months. the title refers to that. Beet: I didn't know that. That's great. johan amadeus myjetski: not just thenames of the months, cease, they proposed a month consisting of 3 10-day weeks Beet: Do you know which stooges that was? Cease: there is no bottom to the depth you can get from firesign Dr. Pedal: Personally I've always though J men forever and "Hot Shorts" were ground breaking and would have been even more popular, if they hadent been ahead of their time! johan amadeus myjetski: episode titled "Matri-phony" mid-1940s Beet: Oh, cool. Thanks. ModeratelyGinchy: Agreed. I didn't even know they existed until a friend told me. I was like, "too bad they didn't do anything visual," and he pulled them up for me. johan amadeus myjetski: you are so right, Cease! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about A VISIT TO PLANET PROCTOR at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue5/fz5_04.htm johan amadeus myjetski: Fireheads' minds are active, imaginations open wide. possibilities rife everywhere they look! Cease: i've devoted a large part of my life to listenig to and then working with their vast output Cease: i'm always surprised there aren't many, many people like me. Dr. Pedal: Ahh yes it's all astro surplus now... what with the internet making music comedy and porn "free" just look at all those displaced workers we need to retrain! Dr. Pedal: did you remember to carry the bum? Beet: Request to the Universe: More Firezine, please. johan amadeus myjetski: return them all for re-grooving, Dr.Pedal! Cease: Get off of my bum, bum. DJTweeny: Hope to see you here next week, Pedal and Ginchy. We do this every Thursday :) Cease: Firezine was a unit of its time. That was long ago. DJTweeny: Lots of rare material, as well as the classics ModeratelyGinchy: I work for a company that is branching out from advocacy and copright collection for songwriters to doing it for comedians. Hopefully we can help change the theft of their IP. Dr. Pedal: "Porn Free" As Free As Electrons free from inabisins on the screen ther's "Porn Free" Cease: You're doing good work, Mod ModeratelyGinchy: lessen it anyway ModeratelyGinchy: Yeah, it would be great, working on the side of the angels (the angels who make us laugh) ||||||||| 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' ModeratelyGinchy: songwriters are much crankier bunch ||||||||| 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." johan amadeus myjetski: yes, Mod, work that's much appreciated. around here, anyway! johan amadeus myjetski: can of peas? Cease: Radio is television put together ModeratelyGinchy: And, yeah, trying to make every Thursday.. this is my fun break Beet: I like that. Cease: We appreciate your appearances, Mod ModeratelyGinchy: Didn't know he went to Yale... Beet: Nice having you here. DJTweeny: Bergman and Proctor met at Yale johan amadeus myjetski: Thanks everybody, new & old! enjoyed the n'yuks! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Dr. Pedal: As a designer with multaple patents I can atest to the fact the the only ones who stand to make the money it's the Doctors who are brave and the lawyers who are beautiful! at least that's what the bus tire tracks on my chest tell me! Cease: Pete wrote lyrics, Proc acted in the plays and sang them Beet: Man, this went by fast. Lots of fun. Nice to see everyone. Great collage as usual, Dr Cease. Thanks for the guidance, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. DJTweeny: lol Pedal ModeratelyGinchy: Eli's boys :). found the title A SAfe Place.. Cease: By Beet ModeratelyGinchy: Thanks again for the info! johan amadeus myjetski: nite all! ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ModeratelyGinchy: Night! Dr. Pedal: I'll try not to be late next time! Cease: We look forward to seeing you here, Dr. ModeratelyGinchy: So ahead of their time Cease: they pushed time ModeratelyGinchy: Nicely put Cease: it is larger cuz of Firesign. ModeratelyGinchy: I like that DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: Our friend Bottles has her new play on right now. We should support her. ModeratelyGinchy: Sorry, link? ModeratelyGinchy: I have so many open ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: looking for it. Cease:http://kkrn.org/ ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: hope to see you here again ||||||||| "Hey Tweeny!" ... Tweeny turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 8:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| Cease departs at 8:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Boggles - dead from the yaws ||||||||| ModeratelyGinchy - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Billville." ||||||||| It's 3:45 AM, 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 ||||||||| Dr. Pedal - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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
Bottles can't comment, oh well
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Dr. Pedal
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
ModeratelyGinchy
Regular Boinklyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
Zen Cosmos
