MST3K News Roundup: 06/19/11
Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
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Shout will re-release episodes 511- GUNSLINGER and 1009- HAMLET as
single titles, as a pair, or as a four-pack with episode 517- THE
BEGINNING OF THE END and episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES
WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMIBIES, which were released in
February. The street date is June 21. They will be $19.99 each, $39.98
for the pair and $69.96 for all four. More info here:
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257446#axzz1O8pimK2Q
In addition, Shout has announced a special re-release of episode 424-
�MANOS� THE HANDS OF FATE. Previously released on DVD twice by Rhino (as
a 2001 stand-alone disc, and in 2004 as part of �The Essentials� set)
but long out-of-print, Shout! Factory has announced that they are
bringing to participating stores this year a new 2-DVD release of
�Mystery Science Theater 3000 � Manos: Hands Of Fate Special Edition.�
It will be available on Sept. 13 for a suggested price of $24.97.
* Disc one will feature the classic MST3K episode, a featurette��Group
Therapy: Wherein Joel, Trace, Frank & Mary Jo relive the horror��and the
MST3K Hour wraps.
* Disc two will feature the original unMSTed movie, �Jam Handy To the
Rescue!� A Daniel Griffith/Ballyhoo Production featurette (written by
and starring Larry Blamire), BOTH parts of the short �Hired!� �My
(Educational) Short Life,� an Interview with Joel Hodgson and�wait for
it��Hotel Torgo�. Also includes an exclusive mini-poster by artist Steve
Vance. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422433/
Please use THIS LINK to preorder it from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055CP9UY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399701&creativeASIN=B0055C
P9UY
RiffTrax features
* The Crater Lake Monster http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/crater-lake-monster
* The Devil's Hand http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/devils-hand
These are video-on-demand (VOD) titles, which means that you get the
movie and riffing together. You can download a Divx version or a file
you can burn to a DVD.
RiffTrax Shorts
* The Mysterious Message
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/mysterious-message
* Being a Good Sport http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/being-good-sport
The two most recent RiffTrax live shows, �Reefer Madness� and �House on
Haunted Hill,� are now available on DVD. We�d appreciate it you click
here to order.
Reefer Madness DVD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XNH4YU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004XN
H4YU
House on Haunted Hill DVD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XNH4XQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004XN
H4XQ
They will be out on the Blu-ray July 19. If you preorder, we would
appreciate it if you click here:
Reefer Madness Blu-ray
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y2SDR2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004Y2
SDR2
House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y2SDPO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004Y2
SDPO
Thanks.
Also: Psst: The next RiffTrax live show will be Aug. 17 and the movie
will be "Jack the Giant Killer." An official announcement is coming.
The next season of the Cinematic Titanic Tour is shaping up and the show
is headed to a lot of new areas of the country. Very exciting.
* Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m. at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
Get tickets here:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2B0046C3CEE335F3?brand=aeglive
* Saturday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at
Elgin Community College in Elgin, Ill. (Tickets available Aug. 1).
* Thursday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m. at the Lisner Auditorium at George
Washington University in Washington, DC (Tickets not available yet).
* Thursday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m. at Nightingale Concert Hall at the University
of Nevada in Reno, Nev. (Tickets not available yet).
* Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
on the campus of the U.C. Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, Calif. Get
tickets here:
http://www.mondaviarts.org/events/event.cfm?event_id=1010&season=2011
* Satuday, Nov. 5, 8 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50
Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, Calif. Get tickets here:
http://wellsfargocenterarts.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=533
* Sunday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara,
Calif. (Tickets not available yet.)
* Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. at the Meyer Theatre, 117 South Washington
St. in Green Bay, Wis. (Tickets not available yet).
* Friday, Dec. 30, 8 p.m. at the Keswick Theater, 291 North Keswick Ave.
in Glenside (suburban Philadelphia), Pa. Get tickets here.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2B0046BBD10C35B7?brand=keswick
* Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
in York, Pa. (Tickets not available yet).
* Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Del. (Tickets
not available yet).
* Friday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Belding Theater, Hartford, Conn. (Tickets not
available yet).
* Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Proctor�s Theatre, Schenectady, N.Y. (Tickets
not available yet).
* Friday, March 16, 8 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham, N.C. (Tickets not
available yet).
* Saturday, March 17, 8 p.m. Peace Center for the Performing Arts,
Greenville, S.C. (Tickets not available yet).
* Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, 8 p.m., Victoria Theatre, Newark,
N.J. (Tickets not available yet).
* Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, 8 p.m. Pabst Theater, Milwaukee,
Wis. (Tickets not available yet).
If you know of a great venue for a Cinematic Titanic performance, tell
the people at the venue to contact CT�s booking agent. The contact
information to give them is here.
http://www.cinematictitanic.com/contact.php
Mary Jo Pehl has started a blog at opensalon.com. Her first post is
called �My Tiny Hypocrisy.�
http://open.salon.com/blog/midge227/2011/06/07/my_tiny_hypocrisy
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.�Actress Lillian Adams, best known for her work in
commercials during a career that spanned more than 52 years, died May 25
at the Motion Picture & Television Fund home here, due to cardiac
failure. She was 89. MSTies will remember her as Mrs. Ellis in the movie
in episode 414- TORMENTED.
Read her Variety obit here.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037894?refCatId=14
The Polk County Itemizer-Observer recently did a piece about the ongoing
work on the �Manos� sequel.
http://www.polkio.com/archives/Story.aspx/20504/falls-city-fright
If you want to see what the printed version looked like...
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fullpage.jpg
Also, here's the movie�s first teaser poster:
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The_Master_and_ToRgO_
2011.jpg
J. Elvis Weinstein is the guest on the latest Pop My Culture podcast
with our pal Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland.
http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/?p=2028
LOS ANGELES � Ross Hagen, actor, voice actor and producer died of cancer
at a hospital here May 7. He was 72.
MSTies will of course remember him as Rommel in the movie in episode
202- THE SIDEHACKERS and Sgt. Monte Chapman in the movie in episode 209-
THE HELLCATS.
Here�s a great interview with him.
http://toughandgritty.blogspot.com/2011/05/remembering-tough-guy-actor-ro
ss-hagen.html
MST3K Reference on The Cleveland Show
Check about 7:25 minutes in.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/237610/the-cleveland-show-hot-cocoa-bang-bang