||||||||| 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 September 26, 2024 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Tweeny, just back from Funfun Town." ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** The Firesign Chat & Show starts at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central/5pm Mountain/4pm Pacific Tonight: From Firesign’s LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM Concerts “Tile It Like It Is” and “A Life In The Day” plus Cat Collages based on Phil Proctor’s podcasts “Orders” and “Another World” Listen to the 256k 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 4:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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, September 26, 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 half hour!" ||||||||| 8:00 PM: Deputy Dang jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" Deputy Dang:Tweeny, for the last two weeks, there have been times during the show when the audio drops out for seconds at a time, then picks back up. Last week, I think I was the only one who lasted to the end. Other than the dropouts, the audio was fine--no static or distortions or noise or whatevers. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies morlog into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs. Deputy Dang: Howdy morlog! morlog: hey there ||||||||| Beet sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Beet: Howdy, pardners. Beet: Howdy, pardners. Deputy Dang: Howdy Beet! Beet: Pardon the repeat. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: Hi, Deputy ||||||||| "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. Beet: How are you, this fine Thursday evening? Beet: Howdy, Cease. Deputy Dang: I'm very tolerable; thank you for asking. Cease: I am indeed Tweeny: Evenin' compadres Deputy Dang: Howdy Cease! Tweeny: Yo morlog Beet: Hi, morlog Beet: Hi, Tweeny. Cease: Mmm. Mushrooms Beet: Put some on my pizza, please. Cease: I remember recording this on Christmas Eve, 1967. It was their Christmas play Tweeny: wow, cool Cease: I believe this is my recording. Tweeny: so gald you recorded their radio broadcasts Tweeny: *glad, even ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Shoes for Industry! Shoes for the Dead!" Cease: Also the last six hour hours, on the Duke of Madness collction Cease: I'm just surprised lots of other people weren't recording these Tweeny: let alone the stations that broadcast them Cease: LA is a big city with a lot of people with tape recorders, who I'm sure were istening Tweeny: RFD has recordings of pretty much everything that's been broadcast Cease: that's good morlog: cool morlog: i like cheese ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You first bag will be your last." Cease: lots of people like cheese, morlog Cease: some even like cheese logs Tweeny: morlog: i like cheese << american or communist? Tweeny: don't think I've ever eaten a cheese log morlog: they are good morlog: like cheese balls Tweeny: sounds about as appealing as a christmas fruit loaf Cease: they are indeed. and speaking of eating, this time next week I'll be here: https://www.restaurantmartin.com/ ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Mutt bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Tweeny: Hi Mutt Mutt: Evening all morlog: like sushi but with cheese and nuts instead of fish and seaweed Cease: HI Mutt Beet: Hey, Mutt. Mutt: Hey twee! Mutt:Tween Cease: intresting comparison, morlog Tweeny: This sounds like a precursor to Proctor & Bergman's TV or Not TV Mutt: Hi Beet and cease Cease: it is Cease: i suggested we listen to TV or Not TV and Dwarf next week, as they both derive from today's mushroom plays ||||||||| 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 Not Ed disembarks at 8:00 PM. Not Ed: welly welly wel Cease: hi not Not Ed: waz real Tweeny, DDang, morlog, Beet, Cease Beet: Yo, Not Not Ed: hey C Not Ed: Yo! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Back from the Shadows again." Mutt: Hey Deputy and Mr. Not Not Ed: Hey Mutt Cease: you have to be quite old to know what blue laws were Cease: anyone remember not shopping on sundays? that was a blue law. Deputy Dang: yup Mutt: I remember them. One town near me didn’t lift its law until the 1990s Cease: wow morlog: there are still blue laws Mutt: The blue laws for booze lasted a lot longer ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and ''Bob'' steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. morlog: still have them here Cease: "Greetings" Bob ''Bob'': Greeatings! Is the stream down for everyone or just me? morlog: working here Cease: It is up for us. Mutt: Mine is fine Mutt: There have been issues recently ''Bob'': Weird. Winamp isn't cooperating tonight for some reason. Cease: yes there were some last week, and apparently 2 weeks before ''Bob'': Ah, there she goes. Weird. Probably Comcast's fault somehow. Cease: rember the flick Road to Morocco Mutt: Blame ‘em anywho Cease: Hope, Crosby and Dorothy LaMour Mutt: Love the road pics Cease: they were hilarious Mutt: Patty cake patty cake! Cease: That was Proc as Benny. He also played Benny in my play Neal Amid. Tweeny: mmmmmmm patty cake Cease: I was in LA recoriding it and I met Harry Shearer at the DAT store in Santa Monica. Mutt: Lol ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "We own the idea of NOW." Tweeny: definitely the precursor to TV :) Cease: He asked what brought me to town, and I told him, I was recording Proc as Benny Cease: Harry said, "I can do a better Benny than Proctor". Not surprising as he was on the Benny show. Mutt: Wow Mutt: And wow again Tweeny: As morlog recently posted on facebook, "If people make you sick, you should cook them longer" ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Train's comin' through - right now!" Tweeny: good one ;) Cease: "The problem is, I'd have to PAY you" I told him. Phil and Melinda did my plays for free Mutt: One of the many reasons Mr. Procmer is beloved Cease: Many indeed Cease: It was Melinda who suggested I create radio plays. Cease: This is definitley my recording. Tweeny: nice Beet: I like these. ''Bob'': Between all these new Firesign releases and the forthcoming Bonzo Dog Band box set, I'm going to be a poor man. Mutt: We all owe yinz a lot, cease, for preserving these Cease: This is almost identical, but not quite, to KWKWT Cease: It was indadvertant, Mutt. Cease: I expected many people to be recording this Cease: KWT is on the Duke collection, live from NYC Not Ed: Austin was the same in that regard - I asked if he could make up some random lines for one of our space games - like announcements on board a starship in the background - I asked what I should pay him and he said no pay - wow - I mean, that's the way we all worked on our games - super indie - we ended up doing something else though so it didn't happen - nice to connect with though Mutt: I get you but still you did it ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!" Not Ed: with him though Cease: True, Mutt. Firesign have been centrsl to my life since 1967. Cease: INdeed, Not. Cease: That sounds like the Firesign guys I know. Not Ed: Indeedy Cease: Their idea, like mine, is to produce as much good stuff for as many people as possible. ''Bob'': With so many celebrities getting cancelled recently, it's nice to hear good things about some of my favorite performers. Cease: Indeed, Bob Not Ed: Cool Bob ''Bob'': I mean, the 4 or 5 aren't exactly celebrities to most people, but, still. ;) ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:00 PM, dragging llanwyddorsomeonelikehim by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: good evening ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I have proof I've been to ancient Greece, look at this grape!" Cease: HI Llan Mutt: The first time I met Austin we ended up talking about the radio shows (i was on my college station) and he sends me Live from the Ash grove a few weeks later. A mensch! Beet: Hi, llan Tweeny: Hi llan Cease: Hey Llan, did you play a Ruissian general, big role, in Smetana? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: thats cool, mutt Cease: That whe was Mutt. All of them. Not Ed: Firesign is like Nilsson - you mention them and people either say oh yeah they were great! classic! while others will say who?? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I hate rich people. I hate them and their stupid problems." llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I was not in that one, cat ''Bob'': Yeah, exactly. Instant friend maker. ;) Not Ed: there's no in between : ) Not Ed: hey llan llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: is there someone who loos or sounds like me in Smetana? Cease: Bummer. I'm using your Einstein in Act 4 which is now in production Cease: I know you did some of the Russian soldiers in the play. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: so what is a bummer? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Mister policeman, what makes America great?" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: is smetana a movie, a play...? Cease: Russian General is a big role. I thought I had your voice as that role, but if not, I'm gonna need a new voice soonest. Cease: Yes Smetana is my new play. You play Einstein in it. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "More coffee, warden?" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I am definitely one of the russians llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: or two or three Cease: It's been in pre-production for a few years, but want to have it all done and online by first week in nOVEMBER. that's soon Not Ed: isn't that the cheesy build up on a penis? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I just might be the Russian General in Smetana Not Ed: oh wait that's something else Mutt: Lol morlog: smegma Not Ed: doh! of course! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Train's comin' through - right now!" Mutt: Spasmodic llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: would you send me some audio of the general? and then if it is not me, then you already have your general Deputy Dang: this isn't the greatest for audio Cease: Our friend Steph, who played my daughter Bit in the last play, did such a wonderful job as a young girl that I cast her a 7 year old girl who beocmes head of the Russian army in smetana, act 4. she's coming over this weekend Not Ed: Smetana, Spasmodic, Frogg didn't sound right llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: but I would be very happy to record if you need me to. Mutt: Law firm Not Ed: haha right lol Cease: Smetana is the Ukrainian word for Sour Cream. my only Ukrainian words Cease: can I get back to you tomorrow, llan? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: lol Not Ed: really!? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: please do cat llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: ZSxdfc hbnjm;,l/ Beet: yep Mutt: Spreek engrish, troop! Cease: Thanks, Llan llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yw Not Ed: this is great lol llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: first time I have ever used that abreviation. just had to Cease: even those sneaky little yellow stains. Cease: ref to the then ongiong Vietnam War Not Ed: I don't think I've ever heard napalmolive performed live Not Ed: I don't have this Cease: it's for sale, Not Not Ed: I know Not Ed: I better get crackin Tweeny: The Firesign Theatre Live at the Magic Mushroom - https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc Not Ed: Tanx Tween Tweeny: a great collection of early FST material Tweeny: done between Electrician and Two Places Cease: Hugh Romney, later known as Wavy Gravy? Not Ed: gotta have it & will Cease: YOu should Not Ed: I see, C Not Ed: Neat period - yeah I didn't know that llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: rebel held vermont. lol Not Ed: lol Cease: This was my introduction to Firesign Not Ed: really Not Ed: neat Cease: changed to Angerdream in Dwarf Not Ed: ahh right! Not Ed: this is great llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: that music is from spartacus Not Ed: is it! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You first bag will be your last." llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah, the 1960 kirk douglas film llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: not this music but the one before it llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: you also hear it in Dwarf Beet: Always liked that score. Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone a plate of stunned ducks in alcohol sauce ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a plate of stunned ducks in alcohol sauce. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: this is the exit music Not Ed: wow cool Cease: Fiesign stole music from everywhere Not Ed: who doesn't? (blush) Tweeny: even minks? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: the beatles would have called it a nick llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: they nicked a lot of licks Not Ed: yes llan Not Ed: lol llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: this was from before 2 Places? Cease: dangerous Cease: this is also a jakck poet ad Cease: i'm using one of the jack poets in my new collage llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: LOL llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: lol at the jim garrison reference Cease: this is from 57 years ago. a lot of refs are long lost. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I was six years old back then Cease: that was the last of the mushroom plays, jan 1968 ||||||||| 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: i was 17 and draft age. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: wellmaybe seven ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "How does he make his voice do that?" Cease: thankfuily, Canada doesnt' have a draft. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: were you drafted, cat? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah I was about tho ask. in fact I did Cease: nope. we don't have that in Canada. I returned to my home town in Sask before my 18th birthday llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I have to admit I didnt like zachariah Not Ed: so no mandatory military service Cease: not since ww2. my dad was drafted into that. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Wake up - and consider your only logical choice." Not Ed: ahh ''Bob'': My father had probably bought the automobile in which I was to be conceived about then. ;) llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: but what do I expect, Gone With the Wind? Cease: my dad and his brothers sold cars llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: oh, your dad told you all about it bob? Not Ed: a friend in finland was captured on the way out for not doing his mandatory service - which he had to do before they let him leave again - it sucked too - he hated it Not Ed: he's VERY not the military type llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: at least they didnt send him to vietnam llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I assume Not Ed: well there's that Cease: if my grandparents had stayed in Ukriane, I could be in the Ukrainian army now. Not Ed: this was ion....2028 or so Cease: Though I don't think they're looking for 73 year old soldiers Not Ed: in llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: they actually let people of all ages into the ukrainian army? Cease: maybe with appropriarte skills llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I bet anybody could serve in some capacity ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What's all this brou-ha-ha?" Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone a Johnny cup ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a johnny cup. Cease: i'm weaker than my 7-year-old grandson. not of much use Cease: thanks cathy Not Ed: no muscle mass me llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: surprised to know that catherwood knows what a johnny cup is ||||||||| Catherwood ignores llanwyddorsomeonelikehim llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: even I dont Not Ed: lol Cease: Zach was supposed to be based on Siddartha. i just re-read Steppenwolfe. Not Ed: hey is the old FST FAQ from the newsgroup still around? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I have read both Cease: was good as it was when I first read it, but that was in the late 60s Cease: oh, we missed the fuck thre, tween llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I read one other hesse novel called demian. probably my least favorite of the three ''Bob'':http://www.faqs.org/faqs/firesign-theatre/ Tweeny: ehhh, no big deal llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I missed it too Not Ed: great! thanks! llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: dont worry about the fcc Cease: wolf and sidd both wonderful as i recall. journey to the east also. others, declined precipitiously llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: demian must have been the last one Cease: i would like to see the festivla of ligths there Beet: Glass Bead Game pretty darn good. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I need to see chichen itza someday llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: thanks for the recommendation, beet ''Bob'': I've built Chichen Itza so many times in Sid Meier's Civilization. ''Bob'': Never seen it, tho. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: or kitchen pizza or whatever it is Beet: lol Not Ed: hehe Not Ed: hey Bett Not Ed: Burt ''Bob'': What band is this? Not Ed: hehe Cease: steve miller. one of my faves in those days Not Ed: I dunno but it sounds great Not Ed: Miller! thanks ''Bob'': Man, I need to get my turntable set back up. Probably have it on LP, but been forever since I listened to those. Not Ed: ditto ''Bob'': I shouldn't be allowed to buy new music when I can't even remember what I have already. ;) Not Ed: ha! Not Ed: heard that llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: why buy music when you have it on youtube? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: well, I can see some reasons Cease: saw miller at the hollywood paladium with the youngbloods and jj cale, i972. amazing ''Bob'': As a DJ, I must maintain my superiority over the young folks who plays songs off of Spotify at dances. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Surrounded by a thin thin thin 16mm shell. And inside, it's delicious!" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: you probably dont have youtube in your car Cease: Miller did this version of Wild Mt.Tyhlme that was mesmerizing Beet: These guys are great: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_lu88CYCO49t9aYp4N_40615W5h6TtLK llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I have only been to four rock concerts in my life llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: five now that I think of it. I have seen Yes four times and Rush once ''Bob'': Oh, yeah, I follow those guys on YT. ''Bob'': Also a fan of Band Geeks: https://www.youtube.com/@RichieCastellano Cease: i have no idea how many great shows i've seen. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah, I love the new lon anderson album llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: jon Beet: It's so fantastic watching real time performances of these great tunes. Cease: rarely to out these past few years. Cease: go out ||||||||| Tweeny dashes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Tweeny?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Tweeny steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ''Bob'': I know that I've seen at least 150 artists, because at some point I started adding them to a list on rateyourmusic. But that's only the ones that actually have records on RYM. Beet: I miss going to see live music. Don't have the chance much anymore. ''Bob'': I have a long list of "regret that I didn't see them while they were still around" though. Beet: me too llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: oh me too. jethro tull, bob dylan, genesis...the list is endless ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I take your hat and goat?" Cease: one group i have never seen is santana. wouldn't mind seeing carlos live. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "How does he make his voice do that?" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: he was very impressive in woodstock ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I see your passport, please?" ''Bob'': I'm still mad that Covid cancelled the Einstuerzende Neubauten show I had tickets for. Hopefully they make it back to the States and I get my chance. Beet: Saw him in Houston after his peak. Tweeny: Or John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu for that matter Cease: i saw john with jean luc ponty here in van in maybe 74. amazing Tweeny: wow, nice ''Bob'': Nice. Would love to have seen him with Zappa. Cease: bily cobham on drums, as i recall. amazing concert. saw A LOT of Great Music in Van ''Bob'': Would love to have seen Zappa at all, for that matter. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: could not get into that. solo violin irritates me Cease: jean luc and john competed to see who could play the fastest. it was unreal llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: cant even listen to the sibelius violin concerto Cease: like the story of the devil on fiddle Cease: or is it just a song? Beet: Devil Down in Georgia llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah, it was the charlie daniels band. The Devil Went Down To Georgia Cease: sis you like the group Sweetwater? One of the first groups I know of that made great use of strings ''Bob'': It's done properly on accordion, really. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vghb60sC38 Cease: that's it. thanks beet. Cease: sweetwater was as fave of la bands when i was there in late 60s llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I really enjoy a string ensemble but I cant listen to solo violin ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What's all this brou-ha-ha?" ''Bob'': Weirdly, "Devil" is the only song I've seen Charlie Daniels Band play live, because I randomly stumbled onto the end of their show at a state fair or something. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I have eaten in two great restaurants called Sweetwaters ''Bob'': Was sitting here thinking it was time for dinner. Gonna order some pizza now. Cease: always a good idea Beet: Doing a Beyond Burger after the show. Tweeny: pizzas are usually so disorderly Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone a slice of simulated pizza ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a slice of simulated pizza. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Close the door, and the light stays on!" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: swell Not Ed: lol Not Ed: uh huh ''Bob'': With no anchovies, natch. Cease: you all enjoying this? Beet: Love the school menus. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: very much cat Cease: wasnt that last piece too long? ''Bob'': It's definitely making me hungry. LET'S EAT! llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I didnt think so Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone a bowl of meatless hot creatures ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a bowl of meatless hot creatures. Beet: great Not Ed: yeah the menus are wonderful ''Bob'': I didn't even know Burns did a FLW biopic! Beet: It's quite excellent. Everything he deos is good. Beet: does Not Ed: interesting llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I had a faux newspaper called the San Francisco Post Dispatch Intelligencer written by Phil Austin when I was in high school and it had some of those school lunch menus llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: now that I think of it, it might not have had sanfrancisco in the title but there must be some reason I remember it that way Cease: wow Cease: they did A LOT of stuff llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah I got a lot of stuff in the mail when I subscribed to the Young Tom Edison Club back in the seventies Cease: Austin lived there in early 60s. was in King Lear with a woman who later become very famous llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: some of it was really weird llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: PDI was not as big as a real newspaper. more like a pamphlet llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: with a nespaper motif Cease: did you read the National Lampoon's newspaper? One of the funniest things I've ever read ''Bob'': "Anger is an energy." – Johnny Rotten llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: a shallow observation ''Bob'': Well, he's not a philosopher, that's for sure. LOL ''Bob'': So weird to see him all old and bougie these days. Beet: Nice observation about Vincent. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yes I saw that sunday newspaper parody, cat. I hardly remember it,though Tweeny: Speaking of young Thomas Edison, this is a really great movie about Edison/Westinghouse/Tesla >> The Current War - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140507/ Cease: this week's return to the Sexy Boomer Show was about Tesla llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: thanks tweeny Tweeny: The 1880s were quite a time of experimentation and innovation ''Bob'': How does Benedict Cumberbatch find the time to be in so many films? Tweeny: Yeah, worth a watch llan Tweeny: I sweat I thought it was Dennis Quaid until I saw the movie credits llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: not familiar with BC but if he doesnt have a lot of lines to learn it can be done Tweeny: Cumberbatch did a great impersonation Tweeny: *I swear Beet: One of the best actors around. ''Bob'': LOL llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: well you sweat too, dont you? ''Bob'': Don't sweat it. Tweeny: "I can't sweat!" ~ The Firesign Theatre llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: LOL ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Deputy Dang dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ''Bob'': "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." – Thomas Edison (supposedly) Tweeny: Actually I think that's an Einstein quote, Bob Beet: This was a great listen. Enjoyed your company this evening, gents. Thanks to Cease and Tweeny. G'Nite. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scalp 'em, Tantric!" llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I heard it attributed to edison ''Bob'': Maybe Mark Twain. ;) ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Heavy on the 30 weight." llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: Nite Beet ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Son, it's in the water - that's why it's yellow." Tweeny: We'll see you next time Beet Cease: I'll be logging in from Santa Fe next week ''Bob'': Byte Beet ''Bob'': It's complicated. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison#:~:text=Genius%20is%20one%20percent%20inspiration%2C%20ninety%2Dnine%20percent%20perspiration.,still%20of%20the%20same%20opinion%22. llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: say hi to errol flynn and ronald reagan for me Cease: are they buried there? llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: no, the were in The Santa Fe Trail llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: reagan played custer Cease: this is a toronto sax player, with various south africna musicians. ''Bob'': Well, this has been a minor miracle. Facebook finally reminded me of the chat before it was already over. I better play the lottery. Nice to hear/see y'all in real time for a change. ;) Cease: good to see you here, bob llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: Nite Bob llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: he had to go talk to his bookie at facebook llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: we may be getting some serious wind and rain tonight llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: I am not very far from a hurricane Cease: one of the best songs i've ever heard Cease: stgay safe, llan ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Ha ha ha - that's very logical." Not Ed: Great chat! Not Ed: Later y'all! Cease: off we fly llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: yeah great show. thanks again tween and cat Cease: we do what we can llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: this song was in heay rotaion when I was a dj at an oldies station llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: heavy llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: rotation Tweeny: Later gators Tweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| morlog - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwyddorsomeonelikehim: nite everybody ||||||||| llanwyddorsomeonelikehim rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Cease walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| 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 ||||||||| Mutt - dead from the yaws ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Tweeny - 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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:
''Bob''
Beet
Cease
Deputy Dang
llanwyddorsomeonelikehim
morlog
Mutt
Not Ed
Tweeny
