MST3K News Roundup: 11/19/11

[Chris 'Sampo' Cornell]

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RiffTrax shorts
€ Jobs in Cosmetology. http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/jobs-cosmetology
€ What Makes Things Float?
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/what-makes-things-float
€ Let's Pretend: Magic Sneakers
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/lets-pretend-magic-sneakers
€ Beginning Responsibility: The Broken Book Shop
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/beginning-responsibility-broken-bookshop

RiffTrax video-on-demand titles
€ The Sons of Hercules: Land of Darkness
http://www.rifftrax.com/video/sons-hercules-land-darkness
€ Warriors of the Wasteland
http://www.rifftrax.com/video/warriors-wasteland

Coming next from RiffTrax: Buffalo Rider (another video-on-demand title)
Nov. 22, then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcAQ_OXmzk

Cinematic Titanic did a west coast swing recently, and local press
outlets notice:
€ Dan Taylor of 707, which is run by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, has
a piece.
http://707.pressdemocrat.com/2011/10/mst3k-riffs-on-rotten-movies-at-wfc
€ Forrest Hartman has a piece in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20111030/LIV/110300323/1089
€ D.J. Palladino of the Santa Barbara Independent has a piece.
http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/01/joel-hodgson-brings-cinematic
-titanic-ucsb/
€ Damion Damaske has a piece in the U.C. Santa Barbara Daily Nexus.
http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-11-03/cult-scifi-leader-joel-hodgson-maste
rpieces-screen-stage-ucsb/
€ He also has a review.
http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-11-10/cinematic-titanic-brings-mst3ks-wit-
arena/
€ Thomas Rozwadowski of the Green Bay Press Gazette has a nice long
piece about Joeląs upcoming łhomecoming˛ show there.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20111110/GPG0101/111109165/Le
t-movie-mockery-begin-Cinematic-Titanic-crashes-into-Meyer-Theatre
€ L. Paul Mann reviews the recent Santa Barbara show in The Examiner.
http://www.examiner.com/dj-in-santa-barbara/cinematic-titanic-santa-barba
ra-review

Here's the tour schedule as it stands right now:
€ 12/30: Philadelphia area.­Keswick Theater. Two shows. łAstral Factor˛
(premiere) and łFrankensteinąs Castle of Freaks. 8 p.m. ł$39.50-$58.50.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2B0046BBD10C35B7?brand=keswick
2012
€ 1/20: York, PA­Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center. łRattlers.˛ 7:30
p.m. $30-$40.
http://www.strandcapitol.org/currentseason/calendar/view.asp?id=4188
€ 1/21: Wilmington, DE­Grand Opera House. łDoomsday Machine.˛ 8 p.m.
$32-$41.
http://www.thegrandwilmington.org/Productions/11-12/Cinematic-Titanic
€ 2/2: Hartford, CT­Belding Theater at the Bushnell Center for the
Performing Arts. Two shows: łWar Of The Insects˛ (7 p.m.) and łDoomsday
Machine˛ (9:30 p.m.) $35. http://www.bushnell.org/index.cgi/51786
€ 2/4: Schenectady, NY­Proctorąs Theatre. łAstral Factor.˛ 8 p.m.
$32.75. http://www.proctors.org/events/cinematic-titanic
€ 2/25: Royal Oaks/Detroit, MI­Royal Oaks Music Theater. Two shows:
łAstral Factor˛ and łDoomsday Machine.˛
http://www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=d
etails&id=112%3Acinematic-titanic-featuring-the-original-cast-of-mystery-
science-theater-3000&Itemid=27
€ 3/16: Durham, NC­Carolina Theatre of Durham. łAudience choice.˛ 8 p.m.
$35. http://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/cinematic-titanic
€ 3/17: Greenville, SC­Peace Center for the Performing Arts. łAstral
Factor.˛ 8 p.m. $30-$40. http://www.peacecenter.org/shows/2011/cine
€ 3/30: Newark, NJ­Victoria Theatre. łBlood Of The Vampires.˛ 8 p.m.
http://www.njpac.org/all_events.asp?viewcode=0&startDate=2012-3-30&Date=2
012-3-30
€ 3/31: Newark, NJ­Victoria Theatre. Two shows: łDoomsday Machine˛ (3
p.m.) and łAstral Factor˛ (8 p.m.). $39.50.
http://www.njpac.org/all_events.asp?viewcode=0&startDate=2012-3-30&Date=2
012-3-30
€ 4/27: Milwaukee, WI­Pabst Theater. łDoomsday Machine.˛ Tickets on sale
soon.
€ 4/28: Milwaukee, WI­Pabst Theater. łAstral Factor.˛ Tickets on sale
soon.

Our pal Bruce Westbrook reviews the upcoming Shout! Factory release
here.
http://farsider.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/dvd-review-mystery-science-theat
er-3000-xxii/

Theatre Arlo, is now preparing to present łMan Saved by Condiments!˛ a
play written by Mary Jo Pehl, based on the true story of a man whose car
went off a bridge, broke his hip, and survived for five days by eating
snow and the packets of condiments he found under his seat.
The group has started a fundraising effort at Kickstarter to raise money
to bring the show to New York City in February and March of 2012.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2131054610/man-saved-by-condiments-pr
esented-by-theatre-arlo
Frank Conniff is making a guest appearance on a web show called łSpace
Hospital.˛ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ7ZoWaZnHU

SIFF Cinema and Peopleąs Republic of Komedy present Ed Woodąs łPlan 9
From Outer Space˛ with commentary by Dana Gould (łThe Simpsons˛), Frank
and Trace Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Uptown Theater near Seattle
Center. Tickets are $15.

The folks at toplessrobot.com have a top 10 list of MST3K episodes for
Halloween viewing.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/10/10_awesome_mst3k_episodes_to_watch_on
_halloween.php

Technorati.com interviews Mary Jo about her new book.
http://technorati.com/entertainment/article/comedianessayist-mary-jo-pehl
-on-employee/

The We Hate Movies podcast interviewed Mike.
http://www.whmpodcast.com/2011/10/michael-j-nelson-whm-interview.html

J. Elvis was recently interviewed by the Chicago Jewish News.
http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=7&id=254867

RIP
€ BURBANK, Calif.­Character actor Sid Melton, perhaps best known for his
roles in the hit television shows łGreen Acres˛ and łThe Danny Thomas
Show,˛ died Nov. 2, at the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center here, of
pneumonia, his family said. He was 94.
MSTies, to whom he was affectionately known as łlittle monkey boy,˛
recall his performances as Sgt. Willie Tatlow in the movie in episode
208- LOST CONTINENT and Pill Box in the movie in episode 520- RADAR
SECRET SERVICE. You can read his obit here.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20111104,0,2646778.
story

€ CBS-TV newsman Andy Rooney, who was parodied by M&tB in a host segment
in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET, died Nov. 4.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57319150/andy-rooney-dead-at-92/

€ MALIBU, Calif. ‹ Margaret Field OąMahoney, who used the stage name
Margaret Field when she appeared in dozens of TV and movie roles from
the 1940s to the 1970s, died at her home here Nov. 6, after a six-year
struggle with cancer. She may be best remembered at the star of the 1951
sci-fi classic łThe Man From Planet X.˛ She was 89. Her daughter is
actress Sally Field, and she died on her daughterąs birthday.
Field gave up acting in her mid-thirties to focus on family and
eventually helped raise her seven grandchildren.
MSTies may remember her very last role, as a nurse in the TV movie łThe
Stranger,˛ shown in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE. Read her obituary
here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/arts/television/margaret-field-tv-actre
ss-dies-at-89.html

€ NEW YORK CITY­Richard Gordon, a B-moviemaker whose credits as a
producer and executive producer of science fiction and horror films
included łFiend Without a Face˛ and łThe Haunted Strangler,˛ died at New
York-Presbyterian Hospital here Nov. 1, of a heart condition. He was 85.
The British-born Gordon was producer of the movies in episodes 818-
DEVIL DOLL and 901- THE PROJECTED MAN. Thereąs a nice long obituary
here.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/newsworldnation/939102-227/richard-gordon-
producer-of-horror-and-science.html Thereąs also a nice appreciation
here.
http://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/richard-gordon-dies-at-
85/