MST3K News Roundup: 02/19/12

[Chris 'Sampo' Cornell]

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On March 20th Shout! Factory and Best Brains, Inc. release Mystery
Science Theater 3000: Girl In Gold Boots and Mystery Science Theater
3000: The Wild World Of Batwoman on DVD, available exclusively from the
Shout! Factory store here
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257670 and here.
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257669
MST3K: Girl In Gold Boots and MST3K: The Wild World Of Batwoman are the
newest titles in a special line from Shout! Factory of single
episode/single disc releases of fan favorites.�Shout! Factory also
continues to release new multi-disc collections of beloved and in-demand
episodes. Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII, a 4-Disc collection of 4
previously unreleased episodes and loads of extras, will be in stores
March 27th.
In MST3K: Girl In Gold Boots, a timeless tale of exploitation,
competition, drugs and raw talent-flavored substitute, a young woman�s
quest to make it as a professional go-go dancer reveals a devastatingly
mediocre portrait of Hollywood�s low-budget underbelly. Thankfully,
those schlock �n� roll stars aboard the Satellite of Love are here to
avenge our boredom and riff our pain away. Comedy snipers Mike Nelson
and his robot sidekicks Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot put Girl In Gold
Boots in their crosshairs and take it down. May a statue be dedicated
one day to their heroism!
In 1966 an understandable attempt to capitalize on the popularity of
Batman went horribly, horribly, horribly wrong. The movie that emerged,
The Wild World Of Bat Woman, would have stood a better chance had it
been written by Bob Kane�s dog. There is a plot, of sorts, involving a
masked babe, her team of dancing girls, a mad scientist, an
atomic-powered hearing aid and an archvillain named Rat Fink. Don�t try
to connect those dots. You�ll lose. Just enjoy the ample opportunities
taken by Mike and his robot pals Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot to redeem
the movie with barbs, cracks, digs, jabs and other assorted comic
punishment. MST3K: The Wild World Of Batwoman includes the short film
Cheating, a morality tale about a high school boy whose position in
student government is jeopardized by a cheating scandal.

RiffTrax shorts:
Friends http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/friends
The Lemonade Stand: What's Fair?
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/lemonade-stand-whats-fair
The Clean Club http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/clean-club
David and Hazel: A Story in Communication
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/david-and-hazel-story-communication
(Kevin and Bill created their own version here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzvmllg8vG0)
RiffTrax VOD title:
Ghosthouse http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/ghosthouse
Features:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
0000064&type=4&subid=0
Coming next:
Twilight: Breaking Dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX_rKaeIMMw

Charly Shelton, apropos of nothing as far as I can see, has a piece
about RiffTrax in the Crescent Valley Weekly.
http://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/leisure/01/12/2012/rifftrax-takes-on
-the-baddies-�-bad-movies-that-is/

Jessica Johnson interviews Mike, Kevin and Bill for Time Out Chicago.
http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/movies-on-demand/15114253/michael-
j-nelson-bill-corbett-and-kevin-murphy-of-rifftrax-in

And by the way, Matt Silverman of Mashable.com has a piece about �How to
Be Funny in 140 characters,� in which Bill gets a mention, �cause he is.
http://mashable.com/2012/02/08/funny-twitter/

John Hodgman (author and maybe best known as the guy who played the PC
in those Mac commercials) is touring the country in support of his book
�That Is All.� On four dates in the Midwest, Kevin and Bill will be part
of the show. The shows are:
Thursday, March 29, in Minneapolis at the Varsity, 1308 4th Street
Southeast; get tickets here http://www.ticketfly.com/event/83111/
Friday, March 30, in Madison at the Majestic, 115 King Street; get
tickets here
http://www.majesticmadison.com/index.php/calendar/detail/an_evening_with_
john_hodgman_033012
Saturday, March 31, in Milwaukee at the Turner Hall Ballroom, 1034 North
4th Street; get tickets here http://www.pabsttheater.org/
and Sunday, April 1, in Chicago at The Second City, 1616 North Wells
Street; get tickets soon http://www.secondcity.com/

We got a note from Ben Solovey, the guy who has been working to restore
��Manos� The Hands of Fate.� At his blog, http://www.manosinhd.com/ he
has posted the first 2K resolution image from the original camera
materials.
Up till now, I�ve only been able to share images from the film that have
been scanned crudely on a flatbed. This image, on the other hand, comes
from the same professional grade film scanner used by the Criterion
Collection to digitize their film releases, the DFT Scanity. Yesterday
marked the first scanning session in the project, which is still
fundraising on Kickstarter, http://kck.st/uucMGt and I�d like to share
this image to give people a more accurate view of the level of quality
that the restoration is working at.
For the story behind the restoration, click here.
http://www.manosinhd.com/why-im-saving-manos-the-hands-of-fate/
More progress here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uae58589aec
Here�s the clean clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-YYqLrP79Y

Cinematic Titanic schedule
� 2/25: Royal Oaks/Detroit, MI�Royal Oaks Music Theater. Two shows:
�Astral Factor� and �Doomsday Machine.�
http://www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wra
pper&Itemid=54
� 3/16: Durham, NC�Carolina Theatre of Durham. �Audience choice.� 8 p.m.
$35. http://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/cinematic-titanic
� 3/17: Greenville, SC�Peace Center for the Performing Arts. �Astral
Factor.� 8 p.m. $30-$40. http://www.peacecenter.org/shows/2011/cine
� 3/30: Newark, NJ�Victoria Theatre. �Blood 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, NJ�Victoria Theatre. Two shows: �Doomsday Machine� (3
p.m.) and �Astral Factor� (8 p.m.). $39.50.
http://www.njpac.org/all_events.asp?viewcode=0&startDate=2012-3-30&Date=2
012-3-30
� 4/21: Princeton, NJ�McCarter Theater Center. No info available yet.
http://ticketing.mccarter.org/ticketing/tickets/production.aspx?performan
ceNumber=6876&&.
� 4/27: Milwaukee, WI�Pabst Theater. �Doomsday Machine.�
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012.
� 4/28: Milwaukee, WI�Pabst Theater. �Astral Factor.�
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012.

Going to the Cinematic Titanic shows in Durham, N.C., or Princeton,
N.J.? Vote for the movie you�d like them to riff. Vote for the Durham
show here
http://www.carolinatheatre.org/poll/cinematic-titanic-you-choose-filmand
vote for the Princeton show here.
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EPPM8EYC7

By the way, remember �O2Be,� the short-lived 2002 series starring Liz
Winstead on which Frank was a consulting producer? Episode 1 is up on
Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYAfMsUDeg

Michelle Denise Norton has a piece, including fresh quotes from Joel,
ahead of their recent show in York, Pa.
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/news/ci_19727040

Chris Mautner of The Patriot News has a nice interview with Joel.
http://blog.pennlive.com/go/2012/01/cinematic_titanic_comes_ashore.html

Andre Lamar of CommunityPub.com also has an interview with Joel,
http://www.communitypub.com/arts/x255290245/-Cinematic-Titanic-comes-to-T
he-Grand ahead of Saturday�s show in Wilmington, Del.

Sean O�Sullivan of the Wilmington News Journal has a piece ahead the
recent show in Wilmington.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120120/ENTERTAINMENT10/201200357/
Take-film-skewer-it

Joel does a long and fascinating phone interview with Stephen Sajdak of
the �We Hate Movies� podcast.
http://www.whmpodcast.com/2012/01/joel-hodgson-whm-interview.html

The local NPR affiliate in Connecticut interviewed some of the CT cast.
http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/node/18179.

Brianna Snyder at CT.com has a short piece on the show as well.
http://www.ct.com/entertainment/movies/nm-ht06titanic-20120202,0,2938868.
story

Bonnie Goldberg of the Middletown Press has a short article.
http://middletownpress.com/articles/2012/01/29/entertainment/doc4f204723e
4bbc263422557.txt

Susan Dunne has piece in the Hartford Courant, including some fresh
quotes from Joel, ahead of the Feb. 2 Cinematic Titanic shows.
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies/hc-cinematic-titanic-0129-201
20123,0,3728513.story

Alex Zalben of MTV Geek News interviews Mary Jo.
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/02/14/mystery-science-theater-3000s-mary-jo
-pehl-on-self-publishing-and-movie-skewering-interview/

Mary Jo Pehl�s play �Man Saved By Condiments!� will begin a six-show run
in New York City next week, as part of the NY Frigid Festival. Shows
will be at the at the Red Room Theater, 85 East 4th St., in Manhattan.
More info on the play is here. http://frigidnewyork.info/Show.aspx?id=35

Hideaki Nitani played Harold Atari in �Mighty Jack.�
http://jfilmpowwow.blogspot.com/2012/01/actor-hideaki-nitani-1930-2012.ht
ml

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA�Actor Peter Breck, best remembered as
Victoria Barkley�s (Barbara Stanwyck) hot-tempered, middle son Nick in
the popular 1960s Western �The Big Valley,� died here February 6 after a
long illness. He was 82.
MSTies will remember him as Mooney in the movie in episode 415- THE
BEATNIKS and Steve Curan in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND.
The Hollywood Reporter has the story.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/big-valley-star-peter-breck-289272

MADRID�Spanish character actor Francisco �Frank� Brana, who appeared in
more than 170 films, mostly action movies and Westerns (including
several of Sergio Leone�s �spaghetti� Westerns), died here Feb. 13 of
lung failure. He was 77. MSTies will remember him as Burt, the
gray-haired egg collector in �Los nuevos extraterrestres,� seen in
episode 303- POD PEOPLE.
There�s a story about him here, in Spanish.
http://www.farodevigo.es/sociedad-cultura/2012/02/14/frank-llego-hora/623
592.htmlGoogle will translate � sort of.

WNYC�s nationally syndicated public radio show �On The Media� is back
doing more �Media Scrutiny Theater.� http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/mst/

And for you wrestling fans, there�s �Are You Serious?�
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feov0bmMdXE Get this: �From underneath
Titan Tower, Road Dogg and Josh Mathews are forced to watch some of the
most appalling, unpleasant and dreadful clips found in the WWE video
library.�