MST3K News Roundup: 07/15/12

[Chris 'Sampo' Cornell]

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At this week's Comic-Con, The RiffTrax guys announced that, in addition
to their "Manos The Hands of Fate" live show in August, they will also
to a "Birdemic" live show in October.

Our pal Bruce Westbrook takes a look at the extras on the upcoming Vol.
24.
http://farsider.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/mst3k-vol-xxiv-dvd-review-vampir
es-and-wrestlers-and-dragons-oh-my/#more-2783

RiffTrax shorts
* Jimmy of the Safety Patrol Download it and/or see a sample here.
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/jimmy-safety-patrol
* Joy Ride http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/joy-ride

VOD titles
* Brainiac http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/brainiac
* Bloody Pit of Horror http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/bloody-pit-horror

Joel will host the start of the sixth annual łProject Twenty1? film
competition, in which filmmakers have 21 days to make a short film,
which must contain a common łelement˛ that will be announced at the
kickoff event, which will take place Saturday, July 28, 2-6 p.m. at the
Triumph Brewing Co. in Philadelphia. More info here.
http://www.projecttwenty1.com/7282012-21-day-competition-launch-event.htm
l/

Itąs still a few weeks away, but the RiffTrax Live show is getting
closer all the time. Theyąll be doing the show in Nashville, and from
the Examiner.com crew there comes an interview with Mike, Bill and Kevin
with Chris Griffy, who covers the łnerd culture˛ beat (ugh).
http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-with-mike-nelson-kevin-murphy-a
nd-bill-corbett-from-rifftrax

LOS ANGELES ‹ Ernest Borgnine, who delivered an Academy Award-winning
performance as the lonely Bronx butcher looking for love in the 1955
drama łMarty˛ and displayed his comic side in the 1960s as the star of
the popular TV sitcom łMcHaleąs Navy,˛ has died July 8 of apparent
kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center here. He was 95. MSTies
will remember his performance as the grandfather in the movie in episode
1003- MERLINąS SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS. The L.A. Times story is here.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ernest-borgnine-20120709,0,4
672694.story
Bill is the guest on Brian Thompsonąs łQuit It˛ podcast, discussing,
among other things, łthe ubiquity of the term Śgeek.ą˛
http://quititpodcast.com/

Joel to Be among the Guests of Seinfeld Web Series
Blink and youąll miss him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pe7J-8qIPY
Cinematic Titanic's next DVD, being released July 17, is "Rattlers."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYHSODbmZY

Corey Hall of Metrotimes.com blogs about the recent shows in Ann Arbor
previews this weekąs Cinematic Titanic show.
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/cinematic-titanic-riffs-on-rattlers
-and-the-doll-squad/
Kevin and Bill are among the voices on the latest Superego podcast,
which Iąd never heard of before, but wow itąs pretty funny. WARNING;
ADULT LANGUAGE AND NSFW. http://www.gosuperego.com/podcast-episode-3-14/

Entertainment Weekly, apparently picking up on the New York Times piece
earlier this month, had a piece about movie heckling in last weekąs
issue. A condensed version has now reached the web.
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/07/01/movie-heckling/

There goes your productivity for a while: The first 10 episodes of
Cinematic Titanic are now on Hulu. http://www.hulu.com/cinematic-titanic

At his recent appearance at the Colonial Theater, Joel riffed the
trailer for łThe Blob,˛ as a promo for the townąs annual łBlobfest.˛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQ2qoY4wUNQ

The Satellite of Love ranks no. 9 in Entertainment Weeklyąs list of
coolest spaceships.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20603756,00.html#21172640
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.­Actor Richard Lynch, who employed his platinum hair
and scarred face to play villainous characters in such films as łBad
Dreams˛ and łThe Sword and the Sorcerer,˛ was found dead at his home
Tuesday. He was 76. MSTies will remember him as Noel in the movie in
episode 904- WEREWOLF. The AP has the story here.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/20/entertainment
/e140636D54.DTL