Joel Hodgson and Josh Weinstein (in his first-ever convention appearance) were the surprise guests at Gallifrey 2008, a convention dedicated to “Doctor Who,” and to a lesser extent other sci-fi, in Los Angeles last weekend.
“We had hoped to make a big announcement but we were unable to confirm it by press time, so we had to make it a big surprise,” says Shaun Lyon, one of the organizers.
“The panel they both participated on was a ’20th anniversary MST3K panel’, which was packed to capacity. Both then signed autographs in the dealers room and sold copies of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ They wanted to show it, too, but sadly we were so full on programming we just didn’t have the room for it!”

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Update: Scott Armstrong, the moderator of the panel and the person responsible for bringing Joel and Josh to Gallifrey, gives us the following report:

They spoke for about 50 minutes. The entire panel was a Q&A with the standing room only crowd.

No real surprises at the panel.. They talked about how MST was started, Josh mentioned why he left (he said it was a conflict with Jim Mallon), Joel went on about Manos. They were really enthusiastic talking with the fans, even though Josh injured his ankle in Minnesota earlier in the week, and he was walking with a cane. They promoted Cinematic Titanic, and mentioned that they may do some shorts in future releases. They are going into the studio to record the next 2 episodes.

Scott also sent us the following pictures. Click on them for larger versions.