MST3K News Roundup: 10/20/12

[Chris "Sampo" Cornell]

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Our pal, the brilliant artist Jean Jackson, has posted six new (or
improved) paintings. Check em out! http://stores.ebay.com/MST3K-Prints/

It s here. http://theshoutfactory.tumblr.com/
Some of the first photos are from the staff s recent trip to New York
ComicCon, including this shot of some hard-working employees at the
show.
http://theshoutfactory.tumblr.com/post/33636866738/a-couple-of-our-hard-w
orking-employees

RiffTrax
The next RiffTrax Live show, where they will be riffing the truly awful
"Birdemic: Shock and Horror," will be Thursday, Oct. 25.
http://www.fathomevents.com/originals/event/birdemic.aspx
The guys discuss it here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVs_Glpi7k

Press coverage has begun:
* Kicking things off is an interview with Mike, Kevin and Bill by Jamie
Frevele at Boing Boing.
http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/rifftrax-birdemic-live.html
* Derrick Blair of Stitcher.com s Now It s the News interviews Bill
(pretty briefly) about the upcoming Birdemic show. He interviews Ralph
Nader and Evan Thomas first. Bill s interview starts at about the
31-minutes mark. http://stitcher.com/s/player.php?ABHAAKrCA
* John Scott Lewinski at Craveonline.com interviews Mike.
http://stitcher.com/s/player.php?ABHAAKrCA
* Alex Biese of DailyRecord.com in New Jersey interviews Mike.
http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/198313-michael-j-nelson-and-ri
fftrax-takes-on-birdemic
* Will C. Franklin of Gazette.Net in Maryland interviewed Mike.
http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/ENTERTAINMENT/710179744/1149/form
er-mystery-science-theater-3000-stars-pick-apart-birdemic-live&template=g
azette

Another collaboration with RiffTrax and IGN has produced this mini-riff
of the awful Super Mario Bros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Btl6WCHrbs

Feature films:
* The Hunger Games Download it or see a sample here.
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
906&type=4&subid=0
VOD titles
* The Guy from Harlem Download it or see a sample here.
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
946&type=4&subid=0
* Future Zone Download it or see a sample here.
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
976&type=4&subid=0


Joel s one-man show How to Have a Job Like Mine will be Saturday, Nov.
3, at 7 p.m. Pepitos Parkway Theater in Minneapolis. More here.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/278845

Frank has moved back to his hometown of New York City, where he s got a
new gig: head writer for the new series John Fugelsang: So That
Happened, which will debut on Friday (Oct. 5) on Current TV.
http://current.com/blog/93859747_john-fugelsang-officially-joins-the-curr
ent-primetime-lineup.htm
Can t get enough Frank? Check out his new podcast series, Podhouse 90,
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podhouse-90/id567057144 on iTunes (it
s free), or check out his video on his Tumblr site.
http://frankconniff.tumblr.com/

Interviews
* Patrick Hickey Jr. of the local New York NBC affiliate caught up with
Joel at New York Comic-Con.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/television/NATL-Joel-Hodgson-Q--A
-174783931.html
* Adam Spiegelman at ProudlyPresents.com interviews Kevin.
http://proudlyresents.com/kevinmurphy/
* Joel was recently a guest on the Dork Forest podcast. Topics include
ventriloquy, Joel s new one-man thing and cruelty. The audio is a little
skypey (is that a word?) in places.
http://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-139-joel-hodgson
* Cecilia Holman, nerd lifestyle editor at Examiner.com interviews
Joel at NYC Comic-Con. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO3thUoT9Z0
* Our buddy Ken Plume has dug up three recordings from DragonCon panels.
One, from 2010, is with The Mads (Trace, Josh, Frank, Mary Jo, Bill
and Kevin).
http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2012/09/22/mst3k-mads-ken-plume-chat/
One, from 2011, is with the occupants of Deep 13 (Trace and Frank).
http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2012/09/22/mst3k-deep13-ken-plume-chat/
One, from 2010, looks at the history of the show, with Trace, Frank,
Bill, Joel, Kevin, Beez, Mary Jo and Josh.
http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2012/09/22/mst3k-history-ken-plume-chat/


RIP
AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. Olympic gold medalist Barbara Ann Scott, known as
Canada s sweetheart, died at her home here Sept. 30. The cause of death
was not immediately known. She was 84.( MSTies will remember her
appearance in the short JOHNNY AT THE FAIR, shown in episode 419- THE
REBEL SET. Read her obit here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/canadian-figure-skating
-great-barbara-ann-scott-dies/article4578669/

BILOXI, Miss. TV and radio personality Gary Collins, known for his
roles in television series including The Sixth Sense and Charlies
Angels has died of natural causes at a hospital here Oct. 13. He was
74.( Longtime MSTies will remember his role as Steve Bancroft in the
movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18. The AP has an obit.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlBbzO0roCL304J0yUNtP6w
FDXkg?docId=d362caeb93aa40abac6a99803abb7d0a

Cassville, Mo. Character actor Norman Grabowski died here Oct. 12. He
was 79. MSTies will remember him as Skin, one of Mamie Van Doran s gang,
in the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
In addition to appearing in many films produced by Albert Zugsmith and
Walt Disney, and, later, guest starring roles in several TV shows,
Grabowski was also known as an award-winning custom car designer. Among
his most famous creations was the car driven by Edd Kookie Byrnes in
the TV series 77 Sunset Strip.