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New Short from RiffTrax…

Download it here. Free sample here.

RiffTrax WebCast Tonight

RiffTrax hosted a streaming webcast of the panel from last year’s Comic-Con, free, tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific.

The show ran just over an hour, and included the live riffing of SHAKE HANDS WITH DANGER that the guys did to a standing room-only crowd of 1,000 people. After the riffing, there was a question-and-answer session where the audience got to suggest one of the next movies for the guys to riff. (Spoiler alert: the winner was Dragon Wars.)

Joel Interview

We missed this when it came out about a week ago, but Gareth von Kallenbach of sknr.com interviewed Joel.

Easter Egg in Vol. XVII

It’s the season for Easter eggs, and our pal Tom Noel of the totally awesome “Temple of MST3K Stuff” has found one…

…on the “Beatniks” DVD from set XVII. If you go to the Extras menu and highlight the MST hour segments option then click the left arrow you will see that the EXTRA title at the top of the screen is now clickable. If you click it you will see Mike and the bots perform The Greatest Frank of All live at the 1994 Conventio-Con. Frank’s interpretive dance is also included.

Hilarious stuff.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Your Favorite Wimp

“M Sipher” wrote in the comments for this week’s episode guide entry:

Have we really studied the pusses of MST3K experiments in full? Have we really investigated the wimps and whiners that are supposed to be principle characters we’re supposed to cheer for, and the SOL’s reactions to them?

No, we haven’t, so let’s! Who’s your favorite wimp in an MST3K movie or short?

I’m gonna have to go with Buzz from “Mr. B Natural.” Ineffectual and a little creepy, he’s really no better at the end of the short, except he can play an instrument.

What’s yours?