||||||||| 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 18, 2024 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Tweeny in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** The Firesign Chat & Show starts at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central/5pm Mountain/4pm Pacific Tonight: From The Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood “The Phil Donut Show” plus Nick Danger episodes "The Further Adventures Of Nick Danger", "Down Under Danger" and "Scaled Down Danger" and new Cat Collages based on Paul McCartney’s RAM album Listen to the 320k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd2 or the 16k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1 This show is archived at www.kurtericson.net/firesign / Cat’s collage archive is at www.kurtericson.net/cat' ||||||||| 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 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... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, July 18, 2024 - 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?" ||||||||| 8:00 PM: Tweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Mikey', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Tweeny: Hi Mikey, the show starts in 25 minutes ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Tweeny in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "llanwydd should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as llanwydd enters and sits on the couch. llanwydd: good evening Tweeny: Hey llan ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Deputy Dang 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. Tweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! Deputy Dang: I'm getting atired of standing here with these geeks agawking at me! ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Cease should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Cease enters and sits on the divan. Cease: HI all Tweeny: allo Cease Deputy Dang: Howdy Cease! Tweeny: Comedy icon Bob Newhart, master of the deadpan delivery, dies at 94 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/comedy-icon-bob-newhart-master-of-the-deadpan-delivery-dies-at-94-975d5587 Tweeny: another comedy icon gone :/ Cease: He's been around a long time. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Beet', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Beet: Hi, Folks. Tweeny: Yo Beet Cease: Beet ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Mutt sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Cease: I've spent this afternoon listening to the new Firesign release Tweeny: Hey Mutt Cease: Mutt Mutt: Zip a dee doodads eveybody Beet: Hey, Tweeny, Cease, Deputy, llan, Mikey, Mutt. Cease: We should be playing it here shortly. Tweeny: Perfect for this election season, eh Cease? Cease: Very funny stuff I knew nothing of. Tweeny: Glad to see a proper release of the Campaign Chronicles Mutt: Hiya Beet, Cease, llan, DD and mr. DJ Cease: Where is this from, Tween? Mutt: CampChron is still a riot. I still have my original cassettes but listen to cds I made of them years ago Tweeny: See the top of the page, Cease :) Cease: Oh, Fighting Clowns. I have that,but don't know it well Beet: I purchased the Chronicles. Tweeny: kewl, Beet Cease: Yes, I'm thinkning of blending the new Campaign with the prvious album, jack poet Mutt: That would be an interesting mashup Tweeny: Campaign Chronicles 1980 - https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/not-insane-1980-campaign-chronicles?from=fanpub_fnb&utm_source=album_release&utm_medium=email&utm_content=fanpub_fnb&utm_campaign=firesigntheatre+album+not-insane-1980-campaign-chronicles Cease: another natural blend would be the new Campaign with the presidents in hell and other political stuff. Tweeny: true Cease: i think scaled down danger is my favourite danger adventure. Mutt: Recently located the last disc I was missing to complete my Dear Friends set. In the process I also got a few duplicates. Anyone looking for these? Tweeny: You have legit copies of the Dear Friends album? Mutt: All 12, plus seven duplicates (#5-11). It has taken me years to assemble Tweeny: DOMM has all the Dear Friends episodes Cease: Quite an accomplishment! Tweeny: /broadcasts Mutt: DOMM is a joy. I started trying to find the lps waaay back before cds existed 🤣 Tweeny: I had no idea they made LPs of the series, wow Cease: I think Elayne has those. Mutt: Phil A. gave me #1 - Live at the Ash Grove back in the 1980s. He started me on the path Cease: Wow Tweeny: I'll bet Taylor Jessen (Firesign archivist) would love to have those if he doesn't already Deputy Dang: Yes wow! Mutt: They were all on the DOMM set as an extra, but I’m a vinyl guy so … Cease: Firesign releases a vinyl record not long ago, did you buy that, mutt? Cease: Dope Humor of the 70s ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It's like sitting in a big hand." Tweeny: Was that Dope Humor, Cat? Tweeny: yeah Cease: yes Tweeny: The Firesign Theatre - Dope Humor of the Seventies (2xVinyl) - https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Mutt: Dope Humor? Or something else? Either way I did not - I likely have all of it somewhere on some format Mutt: I do have everything else on vinyl, including Attention Convention! Cease: they seem to be releasing stuff that mixes preivously released material with previously unreleased stuff. Cease: campaign chroniclesm jakc poet have some new and much old stuff. Mutt: In that case I might have to open the old wallet and investigate Cease: OK, I'm going to mix the new Campaign with other presidential Firestuff for next week,and then Jaock POet for President, his ads mixed with the Campagin for the following week. Tweeny: Jack Poet Loves You - https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/jack-poet-loves-you Mutt: Bring it pn! Mutt: On! Deputy Dang: What is a "fifth columnist"? Deputy Dang: Nevermind--I just found out there's something called The Internet. Mutt: Blame the French Mutt: Cease: Do you keep an archive of your productions? Cease:Tween has almost all the collages I've done for the chat archived. Mutt: Ah. Thanks! Mutt: D’oh! Just saw the link at the top of the page Cease: Other productions are archived in other places, such as here: https://seemreal.com/seemreal-selections.html Cease: The plays I did with the Firesigns are there. Mutt: Ta! Tweeny: Cat’s collage archive is at www.kurtericson.net/cat Mutt: Gracias! Tweeny: de nada... Mutt: National Toilet! Deputy Dang: I read it... in The Toilet! Cease: This came out some years after they invented that for EOBE Mutt: We wash our hands after wee wees! Cease: but not after non non Mutt: We’re bringing the war back home Tweeny: naming a pub 'The Crippled Poodle' lol Cease: And there's Poodle Springs from Bride ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| It's 12:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mikey - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Tweeny: Great bit :) Deputy Dang: that was really very good! Cease: Yet, it isn't on the Box of Cease: Danger Deputy Dang: Did you check the other side? Beet: Gotta go. Lotsa fun tonight. Nice to see everyone. See you next week. G'Nite. Deputy Dang: gnight beet! Mutt: Bye beet! Cease: By Beet Tweeny: Nite Beet Mutt: Thanks for another fun evening. Hope to make it next week. Be well everyone ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Mutt walks off into the sunset... Deputy Dang: gnight mutt! Cease: By Mutt Cease: OK, I'm using this in my Spain collage too. Tweeny: kewl Cease: May have some of that done by next week but want to get started on the Campaign/Presidents cross over collage Cease: The original of this was a collage,as you hear. Cease: John Hockenberry and Ted Bonnitt. Cease: Lucy, Taxi Driver and Homer, mixed with Hockenberry's babblinb Tweeny: Need to head to bed, but all be well and we'll see you next Tuesday :) Tweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Tweeny rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Cease: By Tween Cease: You still hear, Dang? Deputy Dang: Yes. I'd never thought about that with the navigation. Cease: I recforded this when it was broadcast and am still learning from it. Deputy Dang: I knew that the Polynesians, et al, used dead reckoning, but I had not considered the difference in knowing where you are vs knowing where you've been. Cease: Never underestimate the off-hand profundity of the Firesigns Deputy Dang: Yes. I'm also learning new things it seems every time I listen to them. Cease: There's no end to it. Deputy Dang: This is another work I don't think I've heard before. Cease: Actually this is from the Box of Danger collection, not the NPR thing. That's called All Things Fiesign. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Why does the porridge bird lay his egg in the air?" Cease: Danger and Pacific Railway Cease: OK, Dang see you next week. Deputy Dang: Gnight Cease! Thank you! Deputy Dang: Well I'm getting atired of standing here with these geeks agawking at me! Gnight all! ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Deputy Dang!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cease - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 8:00 PM: llanwydd jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, llanwydd walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| 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
llanwydd
Mutt
Tweeny
