Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
01/11/2024

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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 January 11, 2024 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Catherwood enters with johan amadeus myjetski close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the vestibule.
||||||||| It's 8:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood escorts Tweeny 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!! **
the Firesign Chat & Show starts at
7pm Eastern/6pm Central/5pm Mountain/4pm Pacific
Tonight:
Firesign's HOW CAN YOU BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE WHEN YOU’RE NOT ANYWHERE AT ALL
plus a new cat Collage “Smothersign Theatre”
and from FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD
”D. Family Reunion and Heal-a-Thon, Finale”
Listen to the 256k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd2
or the 16k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1'
||||||||| 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 strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 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 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Tweeny - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "zencosmos should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as zencosmos enters and sits in the comfy chair.
||||||||| llanwydd tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident."
llanwydd: howdy folks
llanwydd: very strange. where is tweeny?
zencosmos: getting a feed from ham radio, not the music lead in...
llanwydd: ham radio! lol
llanwydd: I remember how fascinated I was with shortwave
||||||||| 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 Deputy Dang gets out at 8:00 PM.
llanwydd: hey dang
Deputy Dang: Howdy llanwydd! Howdy zencosmos!
Deputy Dang: A few weeks ago Tweeny changed the setup so there is no more pre-show music.
llanwydd: I dont remember that
||||||||| 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..
Deputy Dang: Last week, he appeared right at the starting time.
llanwydd: I will miss the pre-show music
Deputy Dang: Also for the last two weeks, the show didnt start automatically. It sounds like it's starting this week.
zencosmos: no pre show music! Zen reminds us that all is impermanence, but....
||||||||| 8:00 PM: Cease jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!"
llanwydd: stand by...who am I?
llanwydd: Hi Cease
Cease: hi folks
Cease: I'm in the middle of booking my trip to Spain so will be in and out of here for a bit.
Deputy Dang: Howdy, Cease!
Cease: My tribute to the Smothers in the 2nd hour
llanwydd: cool
llanwydd: my mom always did like them best
llanwydd: I come from a strange family
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Not Ed close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the vestibule.
llanwydd: this is my favorite firesign album
Not Ed: Zup?
llanwydd: howdy NE
Not Ed: Hey llan
Not Ed: Hey all
Not Ed: Happy goo year
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Open up, your door knocker fell off!"
||||||||| Still Ceasing steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
llanwydd: to those who are gooish
Not Ed: splorch!
Deputy Dang: half a watt comes in here!
Still Ceasing: Good year so far. Just booking trip to Spain.
llanwydd: say hi to franco for me
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "These insignificant lumps came together..."
Still Ceasing: he's still dead
llanwydd: I am sure
llanwydd: the only thing I dont like about spain is bullfighting
Still Ceasing: I keep closing the wrong tabs
Still Ceasing: i didnt want to go there because of that but my wife is into spanish guitar and i wanted to see the architecture so we went in 2002. Loved it. best food we'd had in Europe.
llanwydd: good reasons to go to spain
llanwydd: I am into spanish guitar as well
llanwydd: still teaching myself a piece by Tarrega
Still Ceasing: she did the camino de santiago in 2015. i'm going primarilly for the pinxos in the basque country, my attempt at a bourdain immitation
Still Ceasing: you should talk to here, llan.
Still Ceasing: her
Not Ed: tarrega yes
Still Ceasing: just booked hotel in bilbao. san sebastian is next
Not Ed: I love Fernando Sor spanish classical
llanwydd: I know some fsor
llanwydd: in fact that ysed to be my password when I was on yahoo
llanwydd: used
Not Ed: Neat I still remember one of the studies even his simple tunes are beautiful
llanwydd: bilbao baggins?
Not Ed: lol
Not Ed: neato llan
llanwydd: most of the classical music I play is by fernando carulli
Not Ed: beautiful
Not Ed: I think I'm going to do some listening tonight
llanwydd: cool
Not Ed: Carulli yeah
llanwydd: I love this gag
Not Ed: STOP!
llanwydd: funniest part of the album
Not Ed: seconded
Not Ed: ford! ford!
llanwydd: I didnt notice he was saying ford until I saw them do this at Town Hall in NYC back in 1981
llanwydd: by that time the meaning had changed and the change was not lost on the audience
Not Ed: yeah somebody told me lol
Not Ed: interesting
Still Ceasing: some of their most addictive material.
Not Ed: ford.... (shakes head...)
Not Ed: sigh
||||||||| Feynman enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger.
Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a sweaty bottle of bear whiz beer
||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a sweaty bottle of bear whiz beer.
llanwydd: hi feynman
Still Ceasing: Greetings
Not Ed: hey Feyn
llanwydd: you are not the famous scientist, are you?
||||||||| Beet steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
Feynman: Sorry, I prefer tree frog. I brought some from phineas and his brothers.
Still Ceasing: Beet
Beet: Howdy.
llanwydd: I wonder what french legume means
Beet: Hey, Ceaing
Beet: Ceasing
llanwydd: Hey Beet
Feynman: Thanks, though. I brought extra. Anybody want one?.
Beet: Hi, llan
Still Ceasing: Thanks
Beet: Hi, Not, Deputy,zen, Feynman.
llanwydd: whatever happened to kurt from austin?
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Elayne, just back from Elmertown."
Elayne: Evenin' all! Good crowd tonight.
llanwydd: Hi Elayne
Still Ceasing: HI El
Still Ceasing: Sometimes like
Still Ceasing: Fire
Not Ed: greetings E
Beet: Evening, Miss Elayne.
Elayne: Cat, you appear to be multiplying
Feynman: What’s all this brew Ha HA?
Elayne: Funny beer?
llanwydd: ha ha ha
Not Ed: they tend to do that
Not Ed: yes yes yes
||||||||| Catherwood escorts Tweeny in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Not Ed: here comes knicky nick
Feynman: Hahahaha ha ha.
llanwydd: Welcome back Tweeny
Tweeny: Looks like the automation is working :-)
Still Ceasing: I am trying to book a trip to Spain and the intoxicants have taken hold
Not Ed: hi Tweener
Tweeny: Evenin' all
Not Ed: lol
Beet: Our D.J. has turned virtual. Sometimes he is sometimes he's not.
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scalp 'em, Tantric!"
llanwydd: better to book when you are sober
llanwydd: unless its an acid trip
Not Ed: I love the organ - just sooooo perfect
Beet: There he is. Howdt, Tween
Still Ceasing: lol
Not Ed: in most hands it would just sound rinky dink and stupid
Beet: Howdy
llanwydd: I wonder whose hands it was in
Feynman: Seriously, was just listening to WFTEOSLH the other night for the first time in years. Totally forgot how weird it is.
Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a big juicy pickle
||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a big juicy pickle.
Still Ceasing: i dont know how reliable "this is our last room" actually is but it does seem to require a response.
llanwydd: only one left. book now!
Feynman: No! Put down that pickle!
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What is reality?"
llanwydd: even catherwood doesnt know what reality is
||||||||| Catherwood ignores llanwydd
Not Ed: cool Feyn - when I heard it in its day I think I was ...maybe 11. It bent my mind permanently, and I'm still laffing.
Feynman: That’s the spirit we have here!
Not Ed: Gateway Firesign here
Still Ceasing: i love that "san ferndandino"
Not Ed: but this is YOURS
Feynman: Always loved the Kennedy references. train.d the Nixxsson-HHUMPHrey Rockefeller-Rockefeller-Rockefeller
Feynman: The last sentence first worD
Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a bowl of rocky road ice cream
||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a bowl of rocky road ice cream.
Feynman: Wow this communication system sucks
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What's all this brou-ha-ha?"
Still Ceasing: ho ho ho
Feynman: And my typing sucks. A perfect storm of sucks.
Feynman: Catherwood, old boy, what do you expect me to do with a bowl of rocky road?
||||||||| Catherwood expects Feynman to do with a bowl of rocky road.
Feynman: OK. Got me on that one.
Still Ceasing: chat gpt it aint
Still Ceasing: Did Elayne leave?
Beet: I think she left.
Feynman: What’s the point of this?
Still Ceasing: She's rarely here for long
Not Ed: gOOd stUff
Deputy Dang: Don't break the station!
Beet: There's no point, which is the point, of course.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
Still Ceasing: got new headphones for xmas. must use them for production. sound great
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Swell pizza!"
Still Ceasing: these various you tube bits are in various conditions.
Beet: Gotta go. See everyone next week.
Still Ceasing: By Beet
||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Elayne - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Feynman - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Cease - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
zencosmos: not ghosting you guys, but too much happens since the wed. before NYE- computer died, computer fixed, cat died, new cat adopted but she is sick with cold and can't afford bringing to vet...<>
Still Ceasing: oh no!
zencosmos: I'll be okay, but hoping its ust a cold that will end, and not infection or pneumo
Still Ceasing: indeed
Deputy Dang: Is that Goldie Hawn?
Still Ceasing: i don't know.
||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| llanwydd - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Still Ceasing: My favourite John Lennon tune.
Not Ed: that was really fun Cat
Deputy Dang: Excellent collage, Cat.
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and johan amadeus myjetski waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
johan amadeus myjetski: better late than never?
Still Ceasing: Thanks
Still Ceasing: HI Jammy. You just the Smothered Firesign Brothers
Still Ceasing: missed
johan amadeus myjetski: i have to catch it at some point in the future
Still Ceasing: we'll post in the archives and on facebook tomorrow, right tween?
Still Ceasing: I should post it to the 3 Firesign Facebook groups
johan amadeus myjetski: all hail lennon & marx!
Still Ceasing: or mccatne and engles
johan amadeus myjetski: hahehe!
johan amadeus myjetski: i'm starting to see the erratum of my ways!
Tweeny: Still Ceasing: we'll post in the archives and on facebook tomorrow, right tween? << I'll send out the announcement tomorrow, but the archive is already up at www.kurtericson.net/firesign
zencosmos: scrolling you tube: benny, burns and bros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gjWkOSczo
||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Swell pizza!"
Still Ceasing: Thanks, Zen
Not Ed: Out of here groovy people - have a great weekend!! (tanx Cat & Merl & Ruf & Tween!)
Deputy Dang: Outstanding! Thank you Tweeny! Thank you Cat! Thanks to all you other people in the cheap seats!
johan amadeus myjetski: nite all!
Still Ceasing: It's always fun making those collages
Deputy Dang: Good night all!
||||||||| Deputy Dang says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Deputy Dang exits at 8:00 PM.
Tweeny: Until last time, again...
||||||||| Tweeny rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?"
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| Beet - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Still Ceasing - dead from The Plague
||||||||| zencosmos - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| 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
Elayne
Feynman
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Not Ed
Still Ceasing
Tweeny
zencosmos

URL References:
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd2
www.kurtericson.net/firesign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5gjWkOSczo