Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
12/07/2023

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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 December 07, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| 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 Rufus_T_Firetween falls out at 8:00 PM.
||||||||| 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 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 Globner's disease
||||||||| 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, December 07, 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?"
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| 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)'
||||||||| Catherwood leads 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.
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: warm up music – SPACE MUSIC
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)'
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's llanwydd, just back from Funfun Town."
DJTweeny: Hey llan
llanwydd: howdy
llanwydd: space music?
Rufus_T_Firetween: for How Tme Flys :)
llanwydd: now I am hearing Yes
Rufus_T_Firetween: Starship Trooper
Rufus_T_Firetween: *How Time
llanwydd: I have said many times that this is the best album ever made
Rufus_T_Firetween: in celebration of David Ossman's 87th birthday yesterday
llanwydd: God bless him
llanwydd: HTF is a great album
llanwydd: I have it on cassette
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Let the air out of your shoes and prepare yourself for a period of simulated relxation."
Rufus_T_Firetween: This Yes tune supposedly inspired by the novel Dune
||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'Deputy Dang', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly.
llanwydd: Hey Dang
Deputy Dang: Howdy llanwydd!
||||||||| Elayne enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Hat Pack Annex.
DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy, Elayne
llanwydd: Hi Elayne
Elayne: Evening’ all!
Deputy Dang: Howdy DJTweeny!
Deputy Dang: Howdy Elayne!
Elayne: Hey Dep!
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Duluth? Bucko, you can get Tierra del Fuego!"
llanwydd: all these years, I never heard bucko in that line
llanwydd: I thought I might have heard begorra or something similar
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bob's Dad into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs.
llanwydd: Hey Cat
Bob's Dad: High all
DJTweeny: Hey Cat
Elayne: Evening’ Cat!
Deputy Dang: Howdy Cat!
Bob's Dad: Wow. How wondeful to see you here, El
Rufus_T_Firetween: This is Weird Al
Bob's Dad: Dang, LLan.
llanwydd: I recognized the voice
Bob's Dad: El. I had dinner last night with my old friend Frank who you met when you were here. I need a Ukrainian woman to play my grandma and he may have one in his family.
Bob's Dad: Love this song
Elayne: Not going to be here long, Cat. Picked up a nasty rhinovirus on my birthday and still haven’t been able to shake it.
llanwydd: niel innes
||||||||| 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)'
Bob's Dad: Bummer
Elayne: And I’m freezing out here so I’ll be burying myself under some blankets in the bedroom shortly.
Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: niel innes << he did this live with Python at The Hollywood Bowl
Bob's Dad: Hope you enjoy my Edidie Izzard/Firesign mixes
Bob's Dad: Robin too
||||||||| 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..
llanwydd: I used to have the hollywood bowl video on vhs
Rufus_T_Firetween: It's a wonderful concert
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: David Ossman's “HOW TIME FLYS”
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 HOW TIME FLYS at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-rv'
Deputy Dang: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
||||||||| 8:00 PM: Beet jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!"
Beet: Happy Birthday, Dave!
Elayne: Sorry Cat, I haven’t listened
Beet: Good evening, friends.
Elayne: I don’t listen when I’m on chat
Elayne: Hey Beet!
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What you don't mean won't hurt you."
Bob's Dad: Please do. Robin too. I think Firesign and Izzard are an easy mix.
Deputy Dang: Howdy Beet!
Bob's Dad: Beet
Beet: Hi, Elayne, Dad, Deputy Llan, Rufus.
DJTweeny: yo Beet
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about HOW TIME FLYS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-ln
DJTweeny: and here's Harry Schearer
Elayne: Shearer is celebrating he 40th anniversary of Le Show.
Bob's Dad: Sexy Boomer show did an interview with him on Tuesday
Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah
Rufus_T_Firetween: pretty amazing
Bob's Dad: Harry goes back with Proc to 1968 KRLA
Bob's Dad: the swinging sixties indeed
Elayne: Someday I’ll listen to Sexy Boomers too. I really don’t listen to anything any more.
||||||||| 8:00 PM: Not Ed jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
Bob's Dad: hi not
Not Ed: Waz real?
Bob's Dad: too busy, el?
Beet: Hey, Not
Not Ed: Hey Bob's
Not Ed: Let me get hooked up here
Elayne: No interest, Cat.
DJTweeny: Hey Not
Elayne: No interest, Cat.
Not Ed: Ahh that's better - Oh great audio choice!
||||||||| Elayne leaves at 8:00 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..."
||||||||| 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 Elayne gets out at 8:00 PM.
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about HOW TIME FLYS at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-ln
Rufus_T_Firetween: wb Elayne
Bob's Dad: by el
Not Ed: Rufus!
Rufus_T_Firetween: David's 87th birthday yesterday :)
Not Ed: Hi Beet & DDang & DJT & Eeeee
Not Ed: Oh bye Eeeee
Elayne: Yep, my. 66thwas Saturday and Robin’s 62nd was yesterday too.
Not Ed: Cool
Not Ed: I love this play so much
Bob's Dad: i hope we live as lnog as david ossman
Beet: He seems to be doing OK.
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "She's no fun, she fell right over."
Not Ed: Here I brought something: David Ossman's study https://youtu.be/RX0xoe6stkM May 23, 2013, from Taylor Jessen's YouTube channel
Not Ed: Tweeny
Bob's Dad: Oh, I just asked Taylor to be the recipient of my Firesign stuff.
Not Ed: Outstanding Bob's
Beet: Must be a vast storehouse.
Bob's Dad: So itg'll go into the Library of Congress, whee it belongs
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Son, it's in the water - that's why it's yellow."
Not Ed: Indeed!
Not Ed: (Beet)
Deputy Dang: Don't slam the phone!
Not Ed: lol
Bob's Dad: this album never gets old
Not Ed: True. It's still refreshes the mind and funny bone
Not Ed: Which bone is your funny bone btw?
Not Ed: 2000 lol
Elayne: Off to bed. Night all!
||||||||| Elayne departs at 8:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?"
Bob's Dad: interesting to see yea 2000 millenial fanstaies withe lte album Immortality
Deputy Dang: Gnight Elayne!
Bob's Dad: Sleep well, El
Not Ed: Laterz
Beet: Enjoy your rest.
Bob's Dad: how is eveybody?
Rufus_T_Firetween: catherwood, how is everybody?
||||||||| Catherwood strides up to Rufus_T_Firetween and says "Someone mention my name?"
Deputy Dang: Numerous
Bob's Dad: its al enertainment
DJTweeny: Doing well, Cat, and hope you and yours are as also...
Beet: AOK
Bob's Dad: yeah, want to finish Ukriane play htis year, get it produced before I leae town
Rufus_T_Firetween: *as well
Not Ed: lol
llanwydd: great album
||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing — THE REVEREND BILL BARNSTORMER
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 the new Firesign web site at >> www.firesigntheatre.com'
Bob's Dad: wonderful play. great to hear on his 87h birthday
Bob's Dad: his is something david did wih brian westley, founder of this chat
Rufus_T_Firetween: Haven't seen him in a couple of weeks, hope he's doing OK
Bob's Dad: doc tech sounded worried
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
Beet: I love Pete's Bronx cheer interludes.
Bob's Dad: heeeers Kurt
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
||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing — Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “CALL ME EDDIE”
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'
Bob's Dad: helo?
DJTweeny: herro?
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
Bob's Dad: mrs bad crumble
Bob's Dad: this is my favourite firesiign bit. i played it on japanese radio in 75
Not Ed: Hey all! Have to exit stage left. Thanks Cat & Tweeny & Ruf & Merl and---Peace & Love & have a great weekend!
Bob's Dad: you too, Not
Beet: See you later, Not
Bob's Dad: a la Eddie
Beet: Gotta go. See everyone next week. G'Nite all.
Bob's Dad: by beet
Bob's Dad: proctors dream of wolves
Bob's Dad: even their dreams were brilisnt
Bob's Dad: anyone else here?
Bob's Dad: htis is brilliant stuff
Deputy Dang: i'm here
Bob's Dad: good to hear, dep
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “CALL ME EDDIE” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES
Bob's Dad: my dad had a strory about pjs in ww2
||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing — THE POETRY OF DAVID OSSMAN
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 the new Firesign web site at >> www.firesigntheatre.com'
Bob's Dad: david ossman is a great poe
Deputy Dang: I think I've heard this before, and I agree,
Deputy Dang: .
Bob's Dad: poet
Bob's Dad: ya i mix firesign stuff to make these
Deputy Dang: That's undoubtedly where I heard it then.
Bob's Dad: im lucky to be able to present this to someone who otherwise would not have heard
Deputy Dang: I sometimes reflect on the sadness of greatness being forgotten due to the passage of time.
Deputy Dang: and count myself lucky to have heard this and them.
Bob's Dad: indeed
Bob's Dad: he combines briliant writng with brillinat theatrical delivery
Bob's Dad: a modern mak twain'
Bob's Dad: will anyon last to the end of the show?
Deputy Dang: I'm here still.
DJTweeny: Mark Twain was undoubtedly an influence
Bob's Dad: still? now i can make whisky
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I say Live it, or Live With It!"
||||||||| 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'
Deputy Dang: lol, still, yes.
Bob's Dad: we do what we can
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, everybody… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation…
Deputy Dang: Excellent collage, Cat! Thank you Tweeny!
||||||||| SidFudd sashays in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
Bob's Dad: thanks, kurrt
Deputy Dang: Good night
||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Deputy Dang left for parts unknown. (Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow").
SidFudd: hey you crazy kids, stay on camera!
DJTweeny: Hello and goodbye SidFudd
Bob's Dad: we'll talk elsewheere
Bob's Dad: fudd as you taylor?
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
SidFudd: hit me up on the Twitters or the BlueSkys or the Mastodons if you need any reissue updates evvybuddy!
Bob's Dad: I kind of hsve no idea wha you'e saying
Bob's Dad: can you email m the info to my emasil account> this is maybe not secure
DJTweeny: Until last time, again...
||||||||| DJTweeny 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 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Bob's Dad - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| 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...
||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| SidFudd - dead from the yaws
||||||||| 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
Bob's Dad
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
SidFudd

URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-rv
http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u
http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u
www.dishnuts.net
www.firesigntheatre.com
www.kurtericson.net/firesign
www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow
https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf-ln
https://www.kurtericson.net/cat
https://youtu.be/RX0xoe6stkM