||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for April 04, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 8:19 PM: Rufus_T_Firetween jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (8:20 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:42 PM and Thunderbird2319 waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Tuesday Music) Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' DJTweeny: Hey T-Bird Thunderbird2319: Hello! Thunderbird2319: What's playing tonight? DJTweeny: Celebrating Phil Austin's birthday with lots of cuts from the Box Of Danger collection Thunderbird2319: Awesome! ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Cat in through the front door at 8:51 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hi Cat Cat: Welcome back, Thunder. Hi Tween Thunderbird2319: Hi Cat! Cat: I'm going without my usual nick tonight. Phil knew me as Cat Cat: Oona still does Cat: Hope Elayne shows up. She's usually here for the birthdays. Cat: She's the founder of chat Cat: I forgot about this Tuesday song, Good catch, Tween Cat: Are you on Facebook, Thunder? Thunderbird2319: Yes Cat: You should connect with Proctor there. He's on Facebook ALL THE TIME Thunderbird2319: Like send him a message? Cat: Yep Cat: He'll be delighted that you found Firesign through his acting Thunderbird2319: what should i say? Cat: Just tell him what you told us last week. That you discovered him through his work in Disney and other flicks and that brought you to discover Firesign. Thunderbird2319: Ok thanks! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Cat: You can also mention Firesign chat. He shows up here occasionally Cat: Phil Austin used to be a regular. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 04, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also a couple of other unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ Cat: We should listen to Nick Danger and the Case of the Missing Shoe sometime DJTweeny: That can be arranged ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “SHACK OUT ON THE ALIEN HIGHWAY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Cat: I see it's on Disc 2 Cat: I remember when they did this on Fools in Space DJTweeny: The XM Radio series, yeah Cat: do you have that? DJTweeny: Looks like I do, yes Cat: I use it alot in my collages DJTweeny: Downloaded in Real format that I can play with VLC ||||||||| Geephead sashays in at 9:15 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cat: Hi Geep Geephead: Hi Cat DJTweeny: Hi Geep DJTweeny: Geephead, can you get the audio stream OK? Geephead: let Me check ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Thunderbird2319: I've never heard this, I love it ||||||||| Catherwood enters with NotInsane close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 9:24 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. DJTweeny: The Box Of Danger collection is wonderful ;) Cat: Hi Not ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" DJTweeny: Hello NotInsane Thunderbird2319: I've been wanting to listen to it, this is so cool Cat: Ossman had a show called Not Insane 2020 a few weeks ago. Rufus_T_Firetween: Do you have a YouTube link, Cat? Cat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFE6aDIxc4k&feature=share DJTweeny: NotInsane, can you play the audio feed for this show OK? (see links at the top of the page) Thunderbird2319: Sent Proctor a message. Hopefully he responds, my nerves are going crazy NotInsane: Yeah it’s playing fine. Cat: He's just getting back today from a show he did with Ossman near Seatle yesterday DJTweeny: Proc is very good about responding to fans :) Thunderbird2319: That would make my week Thunderbird2319: Hell, my year probably Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also a couple of other unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ NotInsane: Gotta go walk my dog. Heading out on the great alien highway DJTweeny: Have a good walk Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil On Facebook: EXCITING NEWS!!! - From my producer Sue Zizza, regarding my book “Where’s my Fortune Cookie?” - The audiobook will be coming out 5/7/2019 through Spoken Realms/ Blackstone -- and we will have physical product as well as digital downloads.... Meantime, if your fans can't wait: They can download it from us directly here: http://www.suemediaproductions.com/wheres-my-fortune-cookie.html?fbclid=IwAR2PMEYG1J7meBLupsCqKfDXBdRzQzkD_8dI6Al-19Lp7pxWF2LWqMvCxzU ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| NotInsane - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “VEGAS ATE, TUESDAY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' DJTweeny: They're in _everybody's_ eggs Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Great Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama delights Cat at the Bellagio >> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Yayoi+Kusama%2C+youtube&t=ffhp&atb=v156-6b_&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=iT360Glhb9o ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cat: the frittata was green and red peppers inside and tomato on top Cat: i was astonished. Cat: this was from my first radio play in 96 DJTweeny: Sounds pretty yummy Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “VEGAS ATE, TUESDAY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#vegas_ate ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" DJTweeny: Not a fan of avocados, eh? lol DJTweeny: I love 'em :) DJTweeny: I put them in my homemade chef salads Cat: I explained in the Tween message. Cat: My wife eats them all the time. I try and be in another room DJTweeny: LOL, that bad... Cat: another universe would be preferable DJTweeny: haha ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Ernest Lee Sincere', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:27 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... DJTweeny: Hi Earnest ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “NICK DANGER MEETS E.T.” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Cat: HI Ernie Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “VEGAS ATE, TUESDAY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#vegas_ate ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “SNAKEHEAD SYMPHONY (Live)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Cat: I used to live near Chandler. Went to Chandler elementary school DJTweeny: Is that AZ or Cal? ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cat: Van Nuys, California DJTweeny: k Cat: Chandler Blvd is parallel with Magnolia Blvd (where my Jr High was). That's the street Austin refers to in another Nick Danger episode ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Ernest Lee Sincere - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Thunderbird2319: next week will be the last chat I'll be in before I leave for basic military training. Cat: Good luck with that DJTweeny: How long will it last, T-Bird? Thunderbird2319: Thanks, I'll be back as soon as I get my computer back. Basic training is a little over 8 weeks DJTweeny: Hope it goes well... Thunderbird2319: I really love attending these, I'm mad that I didn't think to do so earlier DJTweeny: Well, we're glad to have you here now :) Cat: You have the future to enjoy
Thunderbird2319 ) thanks! DJTweeny: Would be great to get more young people involved DJTweeny: btw, using a : st the beginning of an entry is like using /me in IRC chat ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." Thunderbird2319: Hopefully I can help with that Thunderbird2319: Oh I was wondering what that was DJTweeny: I you want to start a sentence with an emoticon, leave a space first Thunderbird2319: gotcha DJTweeny: *at the DJTweeny: *If you DJTweeny: :)
DJTweeny is glad to be of service ||||||||| 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 6-8pm EST every Sunday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cat: I' Cat: ll be here ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" Thunderbird2319: Goodnight! Cat: See you here next week, Thunder ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:52 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Thunderbird2319 by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Cat: Another Austin classic Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes indeed ||||||||| It's 10:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Geephead - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| At 10:56 PM, Cat vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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 4:32 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:
Cat
DJTweeny
Geephead
NotInsane
Rufus_T_Firetween
Thunderbird2319
