||||||||| 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 July 27, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW FIRESIGN CHAT TIME ** ** THE FIRESIGN CHAT HAS MOVED TO 7PM -9PM EASTERN ** The Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starts at 7pm Eastern this evening. Warm-up music now begins around 6:40pm Eastern. 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 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. ||||||||| It's 6:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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, July 27, 2023 - 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 enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the vestibule. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Tweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and DJTweeny falls out at 8:00 PM. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 7pm Eastern this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 6:40pm Eastern You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – GENESIS-TURN IT ON AGAIN Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:00 PM, dragging morlog by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" morlog: corn DJTweeny: Hey morlog ||||||||| Merlyn steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: Hey Merlyn Merlyn: Hey DJ, morlog ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Cease in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Cease: High all Rufus_T_Firetween: allo Cease, eh? Cease: M&M Merlyn: Het Cease Cease: The elected leaders of the Cossacks were called Hetmen. Will be in new play Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: Democracy goes Way Back in Ukraine. Rufus_T_Firetween: They just decided to cancel elections in Ukraine ;) ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Cease: How can you have an alection when you're being invaded? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Beet sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Beet: Very good evening, folks. Cease: How folks come by for Proc's birthday here today Cease: Hey Beet Beet: Hi, Dr Cease ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Deputy Dang', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Merlyn: Hi Beet Beet: Greetings, Merl. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Not Ed close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the Aviary. Cease: Deputy, Ed Not Ed: Waz real Beet: Howdy, Not. Not Ed: Hey Beet Deputy Dang: Howdy, pardners! I'm happy I could be here. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Beet, Deputy, Not Ed ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing — Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “GOING APE ON THE FM DIAL” Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u CHECK OUT CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE AT >> https://www.kurtericson.net/cat' Not Ed: Merl, Rufus, DDang, Cease!, morl good 2 see you Beet: Hi, Morlog, Deputy, Dr Tween. Not Ed: zup Tweeny! Merlyn: Hey NotEd Merlyn: and DD Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “GOING APE ON THE FM DIAL” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Proctor Podcast - https://www.podbean.com/premium-podcast/TheProctorPodcast ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Not to be torturing me!" Not Ed: lol shimmer Not Ed: love that sketch Deputy Dang: It's one of my favorites, too. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Phil Proctor’s newsletter “PLANET PROCTOR” at www.planetproctor.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “Where's My Fortune Cookie?” >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor’s Audio Book of his recent autobiography “Where's My Fortune Cookie?: My Psychic, Psurrealistic Pstory” is now available! >> https://tinyurl.com/y2k7ks5v Cease: i was on some psychedelic when i first heard this. on headphones at friends place. one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. Deputy Dang: Phoenix? Toucson? Las Vegas? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "They're in everyone's eggs." Beet: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Phil! Cease: around xmas, 69. the same time i first saw firesign at their new years show and shared a joint with them. Merlyn: Yeah, happy bday Rufus_T_Firetween: nice, Cease :) Not Ed: Yay PHIL ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Elayne: Evenin' all! Cease: Hi El! Deputy Dang: Howdy! Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Elayne Elayne: Is the (almost) birthday boy slated to make an appearance? Rufus_T_Firetween: Proc's birthday is tomorrow Merlyn: Hey E Elayne: Pepper and Redford better have nice pressies for him that aren't hairballs Rufus_T_Firetween: Nah, I can't do interviews anymore with this old equipment Rufus_T_Firetween: Everything went to hell when M$ bought Skype Elayne: He doesn't need to be interviewed, Kurt. Just come on and type hello and like that... Rufus_T_Firetween: I wish they'd both pop in on occasion like Austin used to :) Beet: Hi, Elayne. Cease: wonddeful description of collages Elayne: That's OK, I'll catch him and Melinda next time they're in NY, which they seem to be a lot. Melinda is definitely into "travel while you still can" Rufus_T_Firetween: but they want a big audience Cease: so it appears, though she has suffered for it of late Elayne: Has she, Cat? Elayne: I hadn't heard. Cease: don't you get planet proctor, el? he post pix of her on facebook constantly Rufus_T_Firetween: great Steely Dan tune Elayne: Right now I'm hearing story after story of folks who caught COVID at San Diego Comic Con. I'm content to stay put Cease: tiz Cease: good for you, el ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "A fair for all and no fair to anybody!" Elayne: Cat, I do get Planet Proctor but never seem to have the time to read it. And haven't seen him posting anything about her on FB. Can't keep up with everything ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I hate rich people. I hate them and their stupid problems." Cease: i' Cease: plottong my trip to denver, but nont til lnext year Elayne: I'm hoping to go to some nice places in Manhattan this autumn, Robin's friend Andy will be coming in from the UK Beet: I listen to Steely Dan a lot. Doesn't get much better. Cease: you knew about her injury in italy, right? Elayne: And something, ANYthing for our 25th anniversary Cease: my favourite groujp, beet Elayne: No Cat, what did she injure? Cease: oh, el, my new lenny bruce collage starts in a couple minutes and You're in it Not Ed: love the dan Elayne: Then you don't need me, because you have me. Only here for a few minutes as usual Not Ed: I had a van called steely van true ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'llanwydd', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Not Ed: road bands - sigh Elayne: Hey llan! Beet: Het, Llan Not Ed: Howdy llan llanwydd: quite jazzed to be here in two places at once Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey llan Beet: Hey Not Ed: Hi Elayne staying cool? Merlyn: Hi llan ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing — Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “LENNY FIRESIGN” Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u CHECK OUT CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE AT >> https://www.kurtericson.net/cat' Cease: when the lone ranger reveals his jewishness, your yiddish bit from Radio Free Booze appears. Listen to the repeat Elayne: Oh, I hear it's horrid outside, NotEd. But should break on Sunday, that's when I plan to go out ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "There's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut." Not Ed: I never went to collage llanwydd: the mini monsoon keeps us cool down here in FL Elayne: Going to the Yankees game next Tuesday w work colleagues, hope it's nice then. Weather report is encouraging Not Ed: good good I think llan Elayne: Speaking of baseball, time to check on the Mets. Next week, all! ||||||||| Elayne hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Elayne?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Not Ed: super nice in Seattle - I feel guilty Beet: 'Bye Elayne. Not Ed: take care E Cease: sounds like when we had all our rain. Cease: no rain for a month and then a small monsoon. Cease: you could hear it pounding on the window as i recorded that. llanwydd: are we going to hear lennys impersonation of george macready? Cease: my favourite lenny bit. used it in Many collages llanwydd: if it werent for syphillis, pasteur would never be own today llanwydd: known llanwydd: maybe perie would be known instead llanwydd: HACKENSACK! llanwydd: thats where I was born llanwydd: who nees a house there llanwydd: needs llanwydd: a mass man is a priest Merlyn: ok llanwydd: austin should have done a side project with jerry garcia Cease: he did Cease: sort of llanwydd: dont mean to monopolize the board Cease: austin hung out with them and wrote screenplay for their flick llanwydd: really, cat! I didnt know Cease: go the archives. the whole story is in one of the collages. llanwydd: I will czech it out Cease:https://s3.amazonaws.com/rfd-firesign/cat/grateful_beats-2.mp3 llanwydd: oh, cat, I still havent gotten my crown yet but I am pretty sure I can do a good impersonation of an elderly german without it llanwydd: I preomise I wll get started tomorrow llanwydd: thanks for the link Cease: have you heard einstein's voice? i think there is a fair amount of it on youtube llanwydd: I certainly have llanwydd: in the soap dish llanwydd: somehow I am able to do a rudimentary ssssssssssssss the way an 80 year old german would sound llanwydd: with the slightest of lithpth llanwydd: the trick now, as I see it, is making einstein a high sounding voice and the russian a low, gruff growl Cease: exactly ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You guys are nothing but a pack of cards." llanwydd: tits and ass are everywhere, whats the controversy ||||||||| 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.. Cease: not 60 years ago. the bit is from ealry 60s Beet: Half of the population have them, for crissakes! llanwydd: lol Cease: i'm readsing his 800 bio now, in research for this collage llanwydd: and you can usually see them, so whats the big deal? Not Ed: Carlin said tits should be a snack food - cheese tits, tater tits,etc llanwydd: hope you done mean the albert goldman book, cat ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "We own the idea of NOW." llanwydd: dont Cease: yes Cease: is it inaccurate? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm Eastern every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net where I play Firesign Theatre and take your music requests - RFR Archives at www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow Not Ed: Castherwood bring everyone a plate of tater tits llanwydd: you can actually believe a word of that book? Cease: previously read his autobi as told to krassner. Not Ed: oopz Not Ed: Catherwood never mind ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to Not Ed and says "Stop typing gibberish, Not Ed!" 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 llanwydd: read his book about lennon, not to mention elvis. not10 percent of it could be trye
Not Ed smiles sheepishly Cease: also krassner's autobi, for the third tieme, in prep for my next collage about krassner. llanwydd: true Cease: watched all the lenny i could find online, plus my own collection Cease: as well as Maisel's Lenny llanwydd: I judge the lenny bruce book by the elvis and lennon books, especially lennon Cease: didnt read them. Cease: it is rarther obssessed with lenny's drugs. but so was lenny Cease: certainly nasty to krassner, who is one of the nicest people i've ever met. llanwydd: there is a little anecdote about mccartney leafing through The Lives of John Lennon and he is going Well that never hppenned. leafs further: Well that never happned. further: Well that never happened. and then he gave up Cease: the long lnog passages from his trials is really boring. maisel pointed that out quite well Merlyn: ok llanwydd: I dont know how goldman felt about lenny b ut he hated elvis and lennon Beet: Gotta go, friends. See you next week. llanwydd: elton john used to admonish from the stage Dont read the book. llanwydd: Nite Beet Not Ed: noted Not Ed: take care Beet llanwydd: I loved lenny on the steve allen show Cease: yeah that was great Cease: by beet Merlyn: Bye Beet llanwydd: did you see the lenny bruce clip where he was usuing the microphone as a sensor in a catholic mass? hilariousot Cease: yes Cease: i saw this on johnny carson in 84 llanwydd: wonder if carson knew bruce Cease: probably llanwydd: they all knew each other llanwydd: even mort sahl know lenny llanwydd: I think I saw mort sahl at a bus stop once llanwydd: I was with my granmother, I said that guy looks like mort sahl. she looked and said yeah, kinda. and he smiled slyly ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It goes in - it must come out." llanwydd: wrong catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood rushes up to llanwydd and mumbles "Did you need me?" llanwydd: if it goes into a black hole it never comes out again Cease: so where does it go? llanwydd: it stays like brer rabbit in his brier patch llanwydd: thats what I sould to llanwydd: would do Cease: and eventually they just deteriorate into nothing llanwydd: do you really think that anything deteriorates into nothing? Cease: i think our universe bubble may be finite) llanwydd: I am sure it is llanwydd: that arguement about what is beyond? is moot llanwydd: there is no beyond. not even a void ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It goes in - it must come out." llanwydd: wrong, cathy. there is no coming out of a black hole Cease: but i suspect there are uncountable other universes Cease: totallly different laws llanwydd: possibly Cease: this is the real lennny mixed with the maisel one from a few weeks ago ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing — Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “PHIL'S MINIATURES” Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u CHECK OUT CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE AT >> https://www.kurtericson.net/cat' Not Ed: that was fun C Cease: good to see maisel ressurcet interest in the actual lenny. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Open up, your door knocker fell off!" Cease: his daughter was invovled in that llanwydd: when shes ten feet tall llanwydd: I am not so tiny llanwydd: shot people Cease: i havent heard this collage in a lnog time and it's really good ||||||||| It's 12:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Deputy Dang - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Not Ed: love newman's song "rednecks" llanwydd: I read a review of this song. it had som many typos in once sentences it was hilarious Not Ed: lol Merlyn: Short pe ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It's like sitting in a big hand." Merlyn: Shorh llanwydd: about a certain radio sations decision to "an the playing of the hig song, 'Shot People' llanwydd: I tell ya shot people got no reason to live ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Not responsible! Park and lock it!" llanwydd: my ambien is kicking in a little early llanwydd: like I said, cat. I will get started on the recording tomorrow Cease: is that bad? llanwydd: is what bad? llanwydd: it only means a cant make it though the rest of your collage, but I will check it out when I wake up Not Ed: btw we're [redacted] authentic skunk #1 - [redacted] into it - as close to northern lights as I've seen in ages Rufus_T_Firetween: Randy Meisner has died :( Not Ed: oh no! llanwydd: I could go for some of that, Ed Rufus_T_Firetween: Loved his work with Poco and Eagles Not Ed: any time llan but I might not be able to save any - still, stop by anytime ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Let's stand him on his head!" Cease: indeed Not Ed: we are going to [redacted] it all Not Ed: lol ; ) llanwydd: send me your eamil address, ed Not Ed: okies Not Ed: gettin' small Not Ed: really small lol ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Deputy Dang steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Let's Get Small' ~ Steve Martin llanwydd: nite everybody Rufus_T_Firetween: wb Deputy Rufus_T_Firetween: nite llan ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, llanwydd!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Not Ed: hey every-1 have a groovy weekend -- hope it's not going to be monstrously where hot where U R -- stay cool! Not Ed: ty Merl, Ruf, Tweeny & Cat-man Rufus_T_Firetween: mid-100s for the foreseeable future here :/ Cease: you too, not Merlyn: Yeah, Not ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Ha ha ha - that's very logical." ||||||||| 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' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, everybody… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation… Cease: thanks gween Cease:tween Deputy Dang: That was fun. I enjoyed the Lenny Bruce especially. Merlyn: Nite Cease: thanks, dang Cease: nite,merl ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Merlyn vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Deputy Dang: Thank you and goodnight all. ||||||||| Deputy Dang leaves to catch the 8:00 PM train to Billville. Cease: moe fun next week ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Cease walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| morlog - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
llanwydd
Merlyn
morlog
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
