A Firesign Chat
10/20/2022




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||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night."
||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for October 20, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the vestibule.
||||||||| It's 2:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs.
||||||||| 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
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||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 7:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, October 20, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?"
||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:00 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?"
||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:00 PM, dragging Tweeny by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?"
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies DJTweeny 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.
||||||||| Catherwood leads johan amadeus myjetski into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs.
johan amadeus myjetski: you're/we're making/not making the doctor happy/unhappy!
||||||||| 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)
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DJTweeny: Hey johan
johan amadeus myjetski: hey DJT!
DJTweeny: and no I do not have orange hair
johan amadeus myjetski: hey who you jivin' with that cozmik debris?
||||||||| 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!"
||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM **
Currently playing: warm up music – JETHRO TULL-HEAVY HORSES
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)
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DJTweeny: zappa
johan amadeus myjetski: one of Tull's bestest albums!
DJTweeny: indeed
||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "The Ater should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as The Ater enters and sits on the divan.
johan amadeus myjetski: hi 8r!
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Ater, first time here?
johan amadeus myjetski: the nater - i just got your name
Rufus_T_Firetween: heh
johan amadeus myjetski: very dramatic!
Rufus_T_Firetween: but he spelled it wrong ;)
Rufus_T_Firetween: lol
johan amadeus myjetski: my typing is atricious, my bad
johan amadeus myjetski: "life's too lng, as the lemming said...
||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:00 PM, dragging Alfonzo by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?"
DJTweeny: Hi Alfonzo
||||||||| 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)
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||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Cease', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
Alfonzo: Howdy, pardners! Squeeze the wheeze!
DJTweeny: allo Cease
||||||||| It's 1:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| The Ater - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Cease: Hi and by The
Cease: Hi Alfonzo
johan amadeus myjetski: they're using a laugh track?
Cease: Hi Jammy
||||||||| Beet steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident."
Beet: Howdy, Folks!
DJTweeny: Yo Beet
Cease: Hey Beet
Cease: I'll only be here for a few minutes tonight
Beet: Hi, , Dr Tween
johan amadeus myjetski: hey cease, beet, alfonso!
Beet: Hi, Dr Cease
Cease: Have to go in a few minutes
Beet: Howdy, Mr J.A.M.
||||||||| 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!"
DJTweeny: Hope everything's OK Cease
||||||||| Alfonzo walks away to The Portrait Gallery.
Beet: Hi, Alfonso
Cease: i am happier than I've been in a long time, Tween.
DJTweeny: The Live Earl Jive having fun with laugh tracks
DJTweeny: Great to hear Cease :)
Beet: Good news, Cease.
Cease: I did my favourite thing, walk around down town and take pix of reflections, today
Cease: I am the happiest I've been in weeks
Beet: Nice.
DJTweeny: cool
Cease: Posted some of them on Facebook if you're on that
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: Firesign's “DEAR FRIENDS”
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
check out DEAR FRIENDS at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-rv
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johan amadeus myjetski: my hare has lost his spectacles
johan amadeus myjetski: toad away!
Cease: Firesign tried to become rich and famous by doing this album. Alas,they uesd the word "urinate" and sabotaged their wealth and fame
Beet: All together now
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln
Cease: I tried to help them avoid starvation by playing a cut from this album on Japanese radio when I was involved with thqt, mid 70s
||||||||| 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!"
||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'llanwydd', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly.
llanwydd: hi
Cease: hey llan
DJTweeny: Hey llan
Beet: Hey, Cease, what is your Facebook name?
Beet: Hi, Llan.
johan amadeus myjetski: hey llan!
llanwydd: good to see yall. great album
Cease: Cat Simril Ishikawa, my actual name
Beet: thx
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/duke-of-madness-motors-the-complete-dear-friends-radio-era-1970-1972-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc?rq=duke%20of%20madness
Cease: actual is relative
||||||||| 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!"
Rufus_T_Firetween: The source for these bits ^^
Cease: i wish bottles and ginch would show up
Rufus_T_Firetween: She was at the Tuesday show
johan amadeus myjetski: i love the chinchilla farming infomercial on this album
Rufus_T_Firetween: The Chinchilla Show is one of my favorites as well
Rufus_T_Firetween: and thanks to David Ossman for choosing the bits and putting this album together
johan amadeus myjetski: deputy dan has no amigos
Beet: Did a fabulous job.
Cease: I will only be here for a few more minutes
johan amadeus myjetski: good to see you here, dr cease!
Beet: You are sorely missed when you vacate.
Cease: folks, stay here to listen to Down Under Danger right aftter this. it's very obscure and very good
Cease: well, i do what i can, beet
Cease: at least i was able to be here for a bit
Beet: Which is a lot.
Cease: yeah
johan amadeus myjetski: we all try but you succeed, cease
Cease: we will listen to bride next week. i am working on a collage about mars, probly someitme in nov
Cease: i havew been somewhat diminished the last few weeks, but am better now, eh
johan amadeus myjetski: use Bowie'sLife on Mars
Cease: did, jammy
johan amadeus myjetski )
||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!"
Cease: i have tried, for 71 years, to do good stuff and not fuck up. sometimes i succeed, sometimes i don't.,
Cease: by al
Beet: You have a pretty good record.
llanwydd: nite, cease
Beet: See you next time. Have fun.
llanwydd: oh, Al!
llanwydd: yeah thatguy faded
johan amadeus myjetski: shut up & take my money!
Rufus_T_Firetween: got toad away...
Rufus_T_Firetween: and here come the chinchillas
johan amadeus myjetski: "i think we ought to take him up on the roof & overthrow hm" - Curly
johan amadeus myjetski: him
Beet: My favorite doctor
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Not Ed close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the vestibule.
||||||||| Catherwood leads Dina mo Hum into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs.
DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed, Dina
Not Ed: What's up, Earthloids?
Beet: Hey, Not
DJTweeny thinks someone in here is a Zappa fan ;)
Not Ed: Hey Beet
Beet: Hi Dino
Not Ed: Tweeny!
johan amadeus myjetski: hey not!
Not Ed: Hey C & JAM to boot
Not Ed: and izzat llan?
Not Ed: Rufus! : )
||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:00 PM, dragging Zooe Suite by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?"
Not Ed: Dina mo!
Not Ed )
DJTweeny: Hi Zooe
johan amadeus myjetski: hi yo dynamo!
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln
Beet: Hey, Zooe
Not Ed: We didn't have the radio shows in Minnesota, so this album blew me (us) away -- we wanted more!
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies That’s ZOOT! ya spelled it wro 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: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/duke-of-madness-motors-the-complete-dear-friends-radio-era-1970-1972-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc?rq=duke%20of%20madness
Beet: It was a huge surprise and a change of pace from what I was used to.
llanwydd: JUST zoot
Not Ed: Such. A. Duke. Fan.
Rufus_T_Firetween: It's a wonderful collection
Not Ed: "Happy" the urologist
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Berry Dingle bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
Not Ed: Hey Berry
Beet: Hey, Dingle
Not Ed: hot marijuana?
DJTweeny: Hi Dingle
||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Hugh G Rekshun should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Hugh G Rekshun enters and sits in the comfy chair.
Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a bunch of hot marijuana
||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a bunch of hot marijuana.
Beet: Sometimes spelled - Dingle, Berry
Beet: Hi Hugh
||||||||| "Hey Hugh G Rekshun!" ... Hugh G Rekshun 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!"...
Not Ed: LOL fascism DID come to this country
Rufus_T_Firetween: Watch out for Lore Anna Bobbit there Hugh
Not Ed: Zoot?
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER– Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/beforetheychangedthewater?rq=before%20they%20changed%20the%20water
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 2:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Dina mo Hum - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Alfonzo - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Beet: Dina and Afonzo have been possessed right away.
Not Ed: I love these sound effects
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
Not Ed: 1972! Yeeow!
DJTweeny: Not Ed: I love these sound effects << pretty true to the way old time radio theater did it
DJTweeny: with a 'weirdly cool' twist ;)
Not Ed: That's so cool
Not Ed: Yeah right lol
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space
Not Ed: MT theme = theme from The Dunwich Horror
Not Ed: https://youtu.be/a7UjHnKAwo8
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln
Not Ed: lol Bergman
johan amadeus myjetski: am fading fast - nate all! thanks all!
Not Ed: later JAM
Not Ed: Be good
Rufus_T_Firetween: later gator
Beet: G'Nite J.A.M.
||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Zooe Suite - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Not Ed: Hey I'm going to have some beans of all things - see y'all next time - be weirdly groovy!
Not Ed: Adios!
Not Ed: Love the make cars line. LOL
Not Ed: Laterz
Rufus_T_Firetween: Be well Not
Beet: Enjoy dem beans, Not. G'Nite
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Now playing: Phil Austin''s “DOWN UNDER DANGER”
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
check out PHIL AUSTIN at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Austin
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Beet: The best
||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Berry Dingle - dead from jaundice
||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 2:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Covid 19
||||||||| That’s ZOOT! ya spelled it wro - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| 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
'
DJTweeny: Just you and me Beet
Beet: wow
Beet: The last two Texans
DJTweeny: holding the fort ;)
Beet: It's a noble occupation.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation...
||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD!
Beet: I thoroughly enjoyed this evenings offerings. Nice to see everyone. We missed you, Dr Cease. Thanks for leading, Dr Tween. Nite all.
Beet: G'Nite Tween
DJTweeny: Until last time, again...
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 3:15 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
||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood says "8:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs llanwydd by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
||||||||| It's 3:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Cease - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Tweeny - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| Beet - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| 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:
Alfonzo
Beet
Cease
DJTweeny
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?member=Austin
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
www.dishnuts.net
www.firesigntheatre.com
http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-rv
www.kurtericson.net/firesign
https://firesigntheatre.com/store/beforetheychangedthewater?rq=before%20they%20changed%20the%20water
https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space
https://firesigntheatre.com/store/duke-of-madness-motors-the-complete-dear-friends-radio-era-1970-1972-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc?rq=duke%20of%20madness
https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln
https://youtu.be/a7UjHnKAwo8



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