||||||||| 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 November 17, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 8:00 PM: tbn32 jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" tbn32: I actually know you haven't been talking about me ||||||||| 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 9 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes some tones on a small xylophone and says "It is noon in New York this day of November 17, 2022 "- then a trapdoor opens up and swallows him. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 8:00 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 *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 17, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Rufus_T_Firetween', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Tweeny close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the vestibule. ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "DJTweeny should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as DJTweeny enters and sits on the couch. ||||||||| Rufus enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. ||||||||| "Hey Rufus!" ... Rufus 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!"... ||||||||| Rufus T Firetween steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Rufus T Firetween aka 'The Reaper' has killed off tbn32 at 8:00 PM ||||||||| 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: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music – STEPHEN STILLS MANASSAS 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 walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'Cease', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Rufus T Firetween: allo Cease Cease: ah, jsut got sound Rufus T Firetween: kewl ||||||||| 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 the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: Firesign Theatre's JUST FOLKS: A FIRESIGN CHAT 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out JUST FOLKS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=jf-rv' Cease: Haven't listened to this in awhile ||||||||| Beet steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Dear Friends! Cease: Beet Beet: Howdy, Dr Cease. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Evening, Dr tween Rufus T Firetween: ** Read about JUST FOLKS: A FIRESIGN CHAT at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=jf-ln Beet: Is it just the three musketeers tonight? Cease: thusfar Cease: and not even american thanksgiving Rufus T Firetween: First time we've played this album this year Beet: Let's use our psychokinesis to summon more participants. Beet: Ommmmmm! Beet: I guess you have to have psychokinesis first. Rufus T Firetween: We need one of those giant spotlights they like they use when they call Batman Rufus T Firetween: put a big FST in the sky Cease: It's odd. I get likes and comments when i invite folks here, but not visitors Beet: Feels like millions are missing out on something quite special. Rufus T Firetween: same here ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I see your passport, please?" Rufus T Firetween: all those people on FB who never show up :/ ||||||||| Catherwood leads Hugo 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. Cease: Welcome Hugo Beet: Hi, Hugo. Hugo: Hello DJTweeny: Hi Hugo Rufus T Firetween: ** Read about JUST FOLKS: A FIRESIGN CHAT at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=jf-ln Cease: A rare album of theirs ||||||||| hugo bounds in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cease: 2 hugos? hugo: always, a spare Cease: we already have 3 tweens Beet: Hello, hugo #2. hugo: hello, I am not getting audio and am new to this group hugo: I can shout but don't hear you Rufus T Firetween: THose links should be 'clickable', but if not then try copying and pasting one into your player Rufus T Firetween: try http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny Rufus T Firetween: maybe the m3u extension is throwing off your OS Cease: this is to their Let's Eat radio show as Dear Friends was from their radio show of that name. Cease: awraparounds Rufus T Firetween: So this is the first studio version of Pass The Indian Beet: i REALLY miss being able to tune in Peter's RFO each week. It was always a good way to stay awake, you know. Cease: yes Cease: still with us, hugo? Beet: #1?, #2? Rufus T Firetween: guess the usual cast is busy this evening Cease: you mean the kpfk in 66, dudbt start til his krla show in april, 67 Cease: a wonderful show ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing - from Firesign's XM Radio series the MARK TIME episodes 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 you can listen to/watch the XM Radio series at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/xmradio/' Beet: I always get more out of Just Friends with each additional listen. Cease: you an old Firesign fan, hugo? Cease: it's at least 90% from the Let's Eat shows, which I know well Cease: they;re on the DVD. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Not Ed 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. hugo: Sure am, loved the last 15 or so minutes, took me back. Do you do this weekly? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I see you are a sailor." Not Ed: Repeat itself? DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed Not Ed: Hey Tweeny DJTweeny: Every week Hugo, please put it on your calendar :) Cease: Hola, Not Not Ed: Sup C, Ruf, Beet Not Ed: Hugo/hugo DJTweeny: Next week will be the Thanksgiving Show Cease: sbnce 1995, hugo Not Ed: Excellent Cease: never rent a time machine by the hour hugo: Wow. Gotta do the bomb bay door thing now as it's late. I'll return and thanks. Cease: did you catch that line? Not Ed: lol C Not Ed: haha Cease: look forward to your visit Not Ed: entropy, the arrow of....time! Beet: Howdy, Not Ed Not Ed: Yo Beet: The cool thing about these of course is you could watch them at work. Cease: i missed that tween 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 ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:00 PM, dragging llanwydd by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" DJTweeny: no problem Cease: hey llan DJTweeny: hey llan llanwydd: howdy Beet: Hi, Mister Llan. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s TIREBITERS 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/' Cease: earlier someone suggested we summon visitors so i imagined you and not showing up Cease: does that show my psyhic power? DJTweeny: Nino! llanwydd: your power is sekf evident ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: self Cease: i should put on a turban and open a website Cease: this is the latest ossman and proctor, from election day Cease: they still have it llanwydd: fs lf
Not Ed blinks Not Ed: llan Cease: doest this sound like the 1972 shows we just heard? Cease: their voices didnt change much in 50 years Cease: this is ossman riffing last week Cease: this is from i974 album. pretty much the same voices Cease: this is now Rufus T Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “TIREBITERS” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: ossman now sounds like he pretended to sound 50 years ago Not Ed: haha true Not Ed: red trickle - so long kari lake (raspberry) ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| hugo - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: people who havent seen me in 30 or more years tll me i look the same as i did then. Rufus T Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s FST FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN broadcasts at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FREE_TIME Rufus T Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com 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/ ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!" Cease: i havent blogged in ages. Cease: certainly plan to when the play comes out Rufus T Firetween: No tasty dinners recently? Cease: rarely eat out. went to a good ukrainain place overtown but that as much to supporrt Ukraine. Cease:https://www.order.store/ca/store/kozak-ukrainian-restaurant-gastown/dJfC-u0uR0Gjw4XmTuQCWQ Cease: i mean, i make pretty good borscht. the usual beats, a beef boullian cube, vinegar, butter, corriander and lots of dill. cooked slowly Cease: my granny would scoff.] Cease: but i suspectr, at kozaks, she would not scoff. diffferent ingredients but same idea Cease: you still here, beet? Beet: Yup, I'm here enjoying. Not Ed: groovy Cease: trhis is brand new stuff Cease: phil's voice has aged. Cease: same voice, by filtered by age Cease: but ||||||||| It's 3:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Hugo - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: 10 grand Cease: they used their friends Rufus T Firetween: Good stuff Cease :) Beet: cool ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I see your passport, please?" ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: DAVID OSSMAN'S THE REVEREND BILL BARNSTORMER 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u visit Firesign's *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' Cease: Our Dear Friend Brian Westly did these with David
Rufus T Firetween wonders what happened to Merlyn Not Ed: Thanks for sonic specialties Cat Cease: ah ha thats it. renting a time macfhine by the hour. the same phrase occurs in Just Folks. you'll see my ref to it earlier in chat. Beet: Amen Not Ed: Must head out - good to see, hear, and feel you all! Have a groovy weekend! Cease: my brain is attened to firesign lines as any Cease: you too not Cease: attuned Beet: Have a good evening, Not. Rufus T Firetween: later gator Cease: come again ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You first bag will be your last." Cease: this is kind hard to listen to but its' from their website Cease: brian was like the 5th crazy guy Cease: this is so bizarre Cease: Gabor Day Rufus T Firetween: Barnstormer is fun Cease: ossman couldn't right a bad piece if he wanted to. Rufus T Firetween: There's a site for this character around somewhere, but I couldn't search it Cease: i recall that. it was from westley Rufus T Firetween: videos even ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Inferior people should not be employed." Rufus T Firetween: Cease: ossman couldn't right a bad piece if he wanted to. << or a left one, for that matter Cease: he did a LOT of Firesign stuff. Beet: Great talent Cease: i dont say i'm in his league. he was more part of their family, but i've done at least as much in volume to his output with all these collages Beet: Right on Cease: botgh of uis have been inspired by firesign to stand on their shoulders and do new stuff Cease: which is what they wanted to do since the beginning. i was there Cease: and i think stood on our shoulders to do new stuff ||||||||| 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' Cease: barnstormer is the voltaire of our time Beet: This was a nice session. Too bad more people didn't show. Great collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for M. C. ing Dr Tween. See you next week. G'Nite all. Cease: I do my best. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Rufus T Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: unless time pirates are behind us Cease: zzzzz ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Cease hurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 4:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus T Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Beet - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Tweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| 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
DJTweeny
Hugo
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus T Firetween
tbn32
