Getting stuck in a subroutine

Here is a script I am using to export recordings made with EyeTV. My problem is when the script is triggered from EyeTV when the recording is done it works just fine. If I run the script as a stand alone app on a selected recording it gets stuck at the CheckMultiplePIDs subroutine. I put a display dialog before and after the "set logdata to every paragraph of input_text" line and only the first dialog box shows and nothing obvious is happening. I tried to take out the non-relevant code to make things a little easier to read. If you want to see all the code I can post that.
-- Run the python MarkCommercials script for the given recording
-- this must be run with the RecordingStarted script
-- it will check if there were multiple PIDs for the recording and runs MarkCommercials for each pid
-- requires updated MarkCommercials which allows specifying the pid
-- by Ben Blake, September 2009
global LogMsg
on RecordingDone(recordingID)
        set LogMsg to ""
        CheckMultiplePIDs(recordingID)
        --display dialog "in RecordingDone" & recordingID
        --disable this if you do not want a logfile written
end recordingdone
-- one more edit for plex export, only section below.
on readFile(unixPath)
        set foo to (open for access (unixPath))
        set txt to (read foo for (get eof foo))
        close access foo
        return txt
end readFile
-- testing code: this will not be called when triggered from EyeTV, but only when the script is run as a stand-alone script
on run
        tell application "EyeTV"
                set selectedRecordings to selection of programs window
                repeat with theRecording in selectedRecordings
                        --display dialog "theRecording ID " & (get unique ID of theRecording as integer)
                        set recordingID to unique ID of theRecording as integer
                        my RecordingDone(recordingID)
                end repeat
        end tell
end run
on CheckMultiplePIDs(recordingID)
        --check if there are multiple Video PIDs in the file
        tell application "EyeTV"
                set input_text to my read_from_file((path to "logs" as string) & "ETVComskip" & ":" & recordingID & "_comskip.log")
                if (count of (input_text as string)) > 0 then
                        set logdata to every paragraph of input_text
                        set logdata_lastrow to (item ((count of logdata) - 1) of logdata) as string
                        if (items 1 thru 19 of logdata_lastrow) as string = "Video PID not found" then
                                --multiple Video PIDs, rerun MarkCommercials until successful
                                set recrdingIDInteger to recordingID as integer
                                set rec to recording id recrdingIDInteger
                                set LogMsg to "RecordingDone found multiple PIDs for recording ID: " & recordingID & ", Channel " & (channel number of rec) & " - " & (title of rec)
                                set PIDs to (items 44 thru ((count of logdata_lastrow) - 2) of logdata_lastrow) as string
                                set delims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
                                set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ", "
                                set PID_List to {}
                                set PID_List to every word of PIDs
                                set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delims
                                repeat with pid in PID_List
                                        my launchComSkip(recordingID, pid)
                                        repeat while (my mcIsRunning())
                                                delay 5
                                        end repeat
                                end repeat
                        end if
                end if
        end tell
end CheckMultiplePIDs
on read_from_file(target_file)
        --return the contents of the given file
        set fileRef to (open for access (target_file))
        set txt to (read fileRef for (get eof fileRef) as «class utf8»)
        close access fileRef
        return txt
end read_from_file
on write_to_file(this_data, target_file, append_data)
        --from <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.apple.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-09.html">http://www.apple.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-09.html</a>
        try
                set the target_file to the target_file as string
                set the open_target_file to open for access file target_file with write permission
                if append_data is false then set eof of the open_target_file to 0
                write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof
                close access the open_target_file
                return true
        on error
                try
                        close access file target_file
                end try
                return false
        end try
end write_to_file
on launchComSkip(recID, pid)
        if pid = "" then
                set cmd to "'/Library/Application Support/ETVComskip/MarkCommercials.app/Contents/MacOS/MarkCommercials' --force --log " & recID & " &> /dev/null &"
        else
                set cmd to "'/Library/Application Support/ETVComskip/MarkCommercials.app/Contents/MacOS/MarkCommercials' --force --log " & recID & " --pid=" & pid & " &> /dev/null &"
        end if
        do shell script cmd
end launchComSkip
on mcIsRunning()
        set processPaths to do shell script "ps -xww | awk -F/ 'NF >2' | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | awk -F '-' '{print $1}' "
        return (processPaths contains "MarkCommercials")
end mcIsRunning
--Subroutine to remove troublesome characters
to parseout(stringtoparse)
        set illegals to (ASCII character of 60) & (ASCII character of 62) & (ASCII character of 58) & (ASCII character of 34) & (ASCII character of 47) & (ASCII character of 92) & (ASCII character of 124)
        repeat with i from 1 to count (illegals)
                set testletter to (text i thru i of illegals)
                set the_offset to 1
                repeat
                        set the_offset to offset of testletter in stringtoparse
                        if the_offset > 0 then
                                set stringtoparse to (text 1 thru (the_offset - 1) of stringtoparse) & "_" & (text (the_offset + 1) thru -1 of stringtoparse)
                        else
                                exit repeat
                        end if
                end repeat
        end repeat
        return stringtoparse
end parseout

While this isn't a solution, you could write lots of output to a log file. You should eventually see where it is stalling out. I use textwrangle to look at the log file while it is running.
the code escape is. Notice the tag is the same for start & end:
your code here
Here is my log program.
   Write debug text to the file /debugLog.txt
   example 
      --- debug on Friday, February 11, 2011 2:23:20 PM   --- 
   start program.  
   thePath = Macintosh-HD:
   End of program.  
   fyi:
   The applescript log statements are ignored when not run from the script editor.
on run
   -- thePath points to the folder in which to create the debug log.
   global thePath, firstRunning
   (* Use the path to clause to create a generalized  path statements *)
   set thePath to (path to startup disk as string)
   set firstRunning to ""
   -- Write a message into the applescript editor event log.
   log "  --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
   debug("start program.  ")
   Your program here...
   debug("thePath = " & thePath)
   debug("End of program.  ")
end run
on appendToFile(fileId, theData)
   local theSize, writeWhere
   set theSize to (get eof fileId)
   set writeWhere to theSize + 1 as integer
   write theData to fileId starting at writeWhere
end appendToFile
-- based on log by James Reynolds, 12.18.2000, University of Utah
on debug(theMessage)
   global thePath, firstRunning
   local theSize, startupDiskName, pathToLog, fileReference
   set pathToLog to (thePath & "debugLog.txt")
   try
      set fileReference to (open for access file pathToLog ¬
         with write permission)
      log "firstRunning = " & firstRunning
      set theSize to (get eof fileReference)
      if firstRunning = "" then
         set theSize to (get eof fileReference)
         log "theSize = " & theSize
         if theSize is equal to 0 then
            appendToFile(fileReference, "New log created on " & ((current date) as string) & " " & return)
         end if
         appendToFile(fileReference, "   --- debug on " & ((current date) as string) & "   --- " & return)
         set firstRunning to "running"
      end if
      appendToFile(fileReference, theMessage & return)
      close access fileReference
      tell application "Finder"
         set the creator type of the file pathToLog ¬
            to "R*ch"
      end tell
   on error mes
      try
         log "  We got an error when writing to  " & mes
         close access fileReference
      end try
   end try
end debug
Robert

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