MST3K News Roundup: 01/15/11
Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
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RiffTrax features:
" Santa Claus and the Christmas Bunny
http://www.rifftrax.com/ondemand/santa-and-ice-cream-bunny
RiffTrax shorts:
" Basic Job Skills: Handling Daily Problems
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/basic-job-skills-handling-daily-problems
" The Being On Time Game http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/being-time-game
" Courtesy: A Good Eggsample
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/courtesy-a-good-eggsample
" Santa Claus Punch and Judy
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/santa-claus-punch-and-judy
" Coming next: "Inception" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix." Or so says the pooping monkey.
http://www.youtube.com/v/QgF3I0tKg4g
From the recently completed JoCoCruiseCrazy Cruise...
" "Sparkly Vampires." http://www.youtube.com/v/f1BDeKOFbZY
" Bill and Kevin riff "Shake Hands with Danger"
http://www.youtube.com/v/w-KoXZafT1I
" What I'm guessing is a new RiffTones song, "It's a Trap!"
http://www.youtube.com/v/i8MhivnzHS8
" And, finally, JoCo and the whole crew join in for a re-creation of
the United Servo Academy Choir. http://www.youtube.com/v/jsrBIGpXK-8
Kevin and Bill will host a night of shorts at the Castro Theater
Thursday, Jan. 20, at 9:30 p.m. with special guests Paul F. Tompkins,
Maria Bamford and frequent RiffTrax Presents team Cole Stratton and
Janet Varney.
Update: Adam Savage of TV s Mythbusters has been added to the lineup
of this show.
More info here.
http://www.sfsketchfest.com/performers/index_autoselect.php?performer=rif
ftraxshorts.jpg
Bill and Kevin stopped by American Public Media s Marketplace to
discuss the technology of Santa. You can listen here.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/12/24/tech-report-the
-technology-of-santa/?refid=0
Here s the latest Cinematic Titanic tour schedule:
" Saturday, Jan. 29: two shows, 7 ("The Alien Factor") and 9:30 p.m.
("War of the Insects"), at The Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South
Main St., in Concord, N.H. Tickets range from $25 cheap seats for one
show to $67.50 for great seats for both shows. The box office can be
reached at (603) 225-1111. http://www.ccanh.com/event/cinematic-titanic
" Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18 ("East Meets Watts") and 19
("Rattlers"): One show each night, 8 p.m., at the Pabst Theater in
Milwaukee. Tickets are $24.50 or $40 for both shows. General admission
seating.
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=3823&group_id=353389
" Saturday, Feb. 26: Two shows, 6 ("Legacy of Blood") and 9:30 p.m.
(movie TBA), at the Royal Oak Theater, 318 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak,
Mich. Tickets are $35; $50 for both shows.
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21986
" Saturday, March 12: Two shows, 3 ("War of the Insects") and 7:30 p.m.
("Rattlers"), in the Piper Repertory Theater, Mesa Arts Center, 1 East
Main St., Mesa, Ariz. Tickets are $40.
http://www.mesaartscenter.com/index.php/performances/special/cinematictit
anic
" Friday, April 15: One show ("Rattlers"), 8 p.m., Community Theatre at
the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown, N.J.
Tickets are $27 and $37.
https://online.mayoarts.org/Onlinemayoarts/seatSelect.asp?WSadmissions::a
dmission::performance_id=0D32FE4D-D5D1-4E7B-8859-2907C4E206AF
" Saturday, April 16: One show (audience choice), 8 p.m., in the
Matthews Theater of the McCarter Theater, 91 University Place,
Princeton, N.J. Tickets are $28-$38.
http://ticketing.mccarter.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceN
umber=6208
" Friday, May 6: Two shows, 7 ( Samson and the 7 Miracles of the
World")
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415325 & 9:30 p.m. ( Rattlers")
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415335, at The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San
Francisco. Tickets are $35 for one show, $60 for the double feature.
General admission. Buy a combo ticket:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415365.
Satellite News is deeply saddened to learn of the passing, yesterday
morning, of Jack Beaulieu, Trace s father. He was 87. MSTies will recall
his appearance as Old Forrester in a host segment in episode 706-
LASERBLAST. Satellite News offers its heartfelt condolences to Trace and
his family.
We ve learned that, later this year, The Paley Center for Media in New
York City will hold a tribute to and retrospective of the great Ernie
Kovacs, and that Joel Hodgson (a big fan of Kovacs and winner of the
Ernie Kovacs Award at the Dallas Film Festival) will be on the panel.
The event hasn t been scheduled yet. We ll let you know more when we
know more.
In the meantime, for fans of Ernie and for those who want to know more
about his work, Shout! Factory has just announced that they will release
The Ernie Kovacs Collection in April. More info here.
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257356&utm_source=redire
ct&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=kovacs
Here s the press release for Shout s upcoming single-disk re-releases of
Incredibly Strange Creatures and Beginning of the End.
And our pal Bruce Westbrook has some thoughts &.
http://farsider.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/mst3k-gets-individual-titles-fro
m-shout-incredibly-strange-and-beginning-of-the-end/
THE NEWEST MST3K DVDS AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 15 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
From 1988 to 1999, the hilarious and widely beloved space travelers on
The Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000 skewered
B-movies and in the process made them masterworks of comedy. Hot on the
heels of the recent Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIX
limited-edition 4-DVD box set, Shout! Factory, in association with Best
Brains, Inc. proudly presents Mystery Science Theater 3000: The
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up
Zombies, and Mystery Science Theater 3000: Beginning Of The End,
available on February 15, 2011 from ShoutFactoryStore.com.
In Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who
Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies, a playful trip to a carnival
turns sinister when a trio becomes the target of a mysterious zombie
plot hatched by the enchanting stripper Carmelita and her
fortune-telling sister Estrella. Zombies! Fortune-tellers! Acid-wielding
henchmen! Showstoppers! That s right! It s the world s first monster
musical!! The bizarre plot, song and dance numbers and relentless riffs
have made The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became
Zombies a favorite amongst MSTies. Now you can see why for yourself!
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Beginning Of The End s Dr. Ed Wainwright
(Mission Impossible s Peter Graves), reporter Audrey Aimes and a
deaf-mute gardener fight together to eradicate swarms of gigantic,
radioactive locusts that are demolishing entire towns and cities in
Illinois! Mike and the bots use this hilarious classic from the fifth
season s Turkey Day to help illustrate the point that anyone can write a
repetitive screenplay revolving around Peter Graves including the SoL s
own Crow!
MADRID Juan Piquer Simon, a Spanish director and producer of
exploitation films, for more than two decades, died here Friday, Jan.
7, from lung cancer. He was 74.
MSTies know him as the director and screenwriter for 1983 2s Los Nuevos
Extraterrestres the movie seen in episode 303- POD PEOPLE.
I know I ve worked in a manner and with a genre that critics do not
appreciate much, he said in an interview.
Thanks to DreadCentral.com for the news. Their site has a short bio.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41772/rest-peace-juan-piquer-simÛn
There s a short item (in Spanish) here.
http://www.elcorreo.com/alava/v/20110109/cultura/cine-terror-espanol-pier
de-20110109.html
The historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pa. (in suburban
Philadelphia the theater where they shot some scenes for the movie The
Blob ) will show episode 813- JACK FROST Friday, Jan. 21, at 9:45 p.m.
There will be prizes before the show. Also on hand will be the guys from
Late Night at the Horror Hotel, a local public access horror host show
in Philadelphia. http://latenighthorrorhotel.blogspot.com/ (More
information here.
http://www.thecolonialtheatre.com/2010/events/mst3k-jack-frost/ More
MST3K shows are planned at the Colonial in the coming months.
By the way, if you are having a public showing of an MST3K episode, or
if you hear about one, let me know at msampo at a-o-l dot com so we can
let people know.
Shout! Factory is taking preorders on Vol. XX. And if you act now, you
ll receive free MST3K stress ball with your order. Details here.
http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-4189090-10857752
Jeff McGinnis of the Toledo Free Press comments on a remark Joel made 20
years ago that is at the heart of why we love MST3K.
http://www.toledofreepress.com/2011/01/05/mcginnis-
the-right-people-will-get-this /
Clay Wirestone of the Concord Monitor interviews Joel.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/231467/turning-bad-movies-into-gold
DVDverdict.com digs up a previously unheard 2008 Comic-Con interview
with Joel, Jim and Trace, and also a phone interview with Kevin.
http://www.dvdverdict.com/mp3s/podcast745.mp3