Mystery Science Theater 3000: C/D, S/D.

So I bit the bullet and bought the Cinematic Titanic "Oozing Brain" DVD yesterday...come Thursday, fresh Joel! Or at least I hope so...

Ooh, I might have to attend.

http://cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/ct-launch-party-at-acme-comedy-co-in-minneapolis-mn/

Yeah, that looks great. Go! And report.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXXBuEfQskk

I went to the launch party last night! Was really fun, they showed about the first 15 minutes of the cinematic titantic DVD, which appears to be pretty much exactly MST3K except w/o the robot schtick, but they definitely seem to still "have it" in terms of their riffing on the flick....

the film was called "The Ooozing Brain" late 50s probably...some good lines...Old Man on his deathbed: "I'm dying" -- "FOR A CHOCOTACO"

but yeah after that it was pretty much just a luv fest, they called off a bunch of names i'm assuming were login names on the MST3K messageboard from the sound of it.

then they did standup...Joel did some funny prop comedy stuff..Frank Coniff was fucking amazing actually....he strikes this weird balance between really edgy offensive stuff and almost hokey cruise ship comedy that's amazing...

"I went to the massage parlour and asked the masseuse for a 'happy ending'.....She showed me the end of Shawshank Rendemption..........[long pause]...I mean, I still TOTALLY came"

dammit! i was going to go to that, i completely forgot

and yes, frank is the *greatest*

good to hear some good feedback

"I went to the massage parlour and asked the masseuse for a 'happy ending'.....She showed me the end of Shawshank Rendemption..........[long pause]...I mean, I still TOTALLY came"

oh man

i know i'm on record as kind of an MST hater but i'm sad i missed this!

btw, thank you for posting that 'shine your love' clip, that is absolutely hall of fame

'hey how about shining my STEAK over here?!'

Okay that Frank comment. What a genius.

No man is a 3 Mile Island, Glenn.

- from Amazing Collosal Man

I'm watching this show again for the first time in years and am LOVING IT.

Damn, I forgot about this too!

Hahaha.

"What kind of sin could a man commit in a single lifetime..."

"I just can't believe there were 'woo! woo!' guys on the Titanic."

we got our first film crew DVD, some steve reeves crap... kinda slower paced, not as brutally laugh-inducing as MST. at least not so far. still need to send for cinematic titanic.

Cinematic Titanic is fun...but the first half feels a little awkward, and just a tad forced. But the movie becomes so mind-bogglingly ridiculous that
their comedy gold starts to kick in. I'm interested to see what they do next.

The four films on the first Shout Factory MST3K box were announced a little while back:

211- First Spaceship on Venus
706- Laserblast
904- Werewolf
1004- Future War

Good choices all. "Future Wax!"

Nice job with the new set; ended up getting a fancy schmantz version at Amoeba on credit, so hey. The 50s style movie poster covers/one-sheets for each episode are v. enjoyable, hope they continue that. Still need to sit down and watch the documentary/Comic-Con panel stuff, though.

Meantime, the next set announced, for February release:

* 103- Mad Monster
* 413- Manhunt in Space
* 1001- Soultaker
* 1008- Final Justice

Great to have another season one episode available, and the other three are all treats.

oh man, "Final Justice"

"You think you can take me? Go head on...IT'S YOUR MOVE."

Goosio!

An interview with Rick Sloane, director of Hobgoblins. Who is about to release a sequel.

I was kinda blown away by that Night Train to Mundo Fine song the first time I watched Red Zone Cube. I thought it was John Carradine singing at first.

Oops, it is. Nevermind.

"They don't call John Carradine 'the Voice' for nothing!"

"To be blessed with an instrument like that." (Not positive that was used there, but should've been.)

Yup, it definitely was used there.

"Drink Night Train
Go to the basketball game
Throw up under the bleachers..."

Good episode for ditties: "Everyone is having fun and smoking. And the dogs are eating too."

"This film DARES you to watch it."

Next DVD set:

The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy
The Girl In Lovers Lane
Zombie Nightmare
Racket Girls

Good choices all I'd say.

Racket Girls!!! Gun to my head, that's my single favorite episode.

I love it as well, so much WTF scene by scene in that one.

"Nice...ou--at...you."

"Sorry, little fantasy there."

"Strut, pout, put it out, that's what you want from grandma!"

Hahah oh the pain.

And of course Monk, who I think we both talked about upthread. And Michael Stipe. (Dude did have an uncanny resemblance.)

Oh I'm sure I brought up Monk, Stipe, Rita Martinez, Bub, Peaches and that guy in its seventh year of an unpaid internship all upthread.

"Aaaaah! Aaaaah!"

I've been going through all available MST3Ks, seen and unseen, on netflix. Most of the few I wasn't already familiar with didn't blow me away until I got to Teenage Strangler (for this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTJq4LHes6Q) and Wild World Of Batwoman which I can't believe I hadn't seen until this week.

Both stellar and without clicking I know that link has to do with the theft of bicycles and denials to that effect.

Riding With Death isn't available on any collections yet, right? All I have of that is my scratchy VHS tape from when it originally aired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNDrUid2VbQ

"Mom, I don't want to be in dad's movie anymore!"

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i'm watching seinfeld last night, and sitting right behind kramer as he drives the bus on the peterman reality tour is bunny summers, better known to me as zurella in merlin's shop of mystical wonders. try the merlin chop, a half pound of merlin served with vegetable of the day and whipped desert.

Hahahah oh man.

"I'm a pillow with features!"

"remember: believe in magic...or i'll kill you!

don't get me started. this one's my fave.

"Rock 'n roll machine!"

(Or is it "Rock n' roll martian"?)

"I bet she sweats to the oldies."

It's so "Rock and roll Martian."

Anyway:

"Based on a short story by Sigmund Freud!"

"Working at home: the reality."

"...if you don't talk to your kids about bedspreads, who will?"

And we haven't even mentioned frickin' Borgnine yet.