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Thirty days to go and they’re already over halfway to their goal. Let’s make sure they make it, and more.
In an email to backers last night, Joel answered the question everybody has been asking:
And there was much rejoicing. Here’s a cast photo Netflix posted: Pennsauken, New Jersey–Joseph R. Crowthers, husband, father and MST3K fan who had a rare chance to contribute to a small element of the show, died here Feb. 13. He was 63.
Crowthers was an 18-year veteran of the Pennsauken police department and loved to play ice hockey, which led to him getting jobs maintaining ice hockey arenas, first at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and later as the general manager at the University of Pennsylvania Class of 1923 Arena. Joe was a lifetime member of the Highland Fire Co. of the Pennsauken Fire Department. Joe built his home, countless pieces of furniture, go carts and many other things–including the Crow and Tom Servo robots featured in this video, which was an extra on the single-disc version of “The Giant Gila Monster,” which Rhino replaced “Godzilla vs Megalon” with after being threatened with litigation from Toho, aka Vol. 10.2. Online he was known as “JoeCrow,” and he ran his own bot building web site. Our condolences to his family. Thanks to Bookworm for the heads up.  Middlebury, Vermont–Actor Warren Frost, perhaps best remembered as Doc Hayward on the classic TV series “Twin Peaks,” or as the father of George’s fiancee Susan on “Seinfeld,” died at his home here after a lengthy illness. He was 91.MSTies might remember his small role as a switchboard operator in the movie in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST. The Hollywood Reporter has the story. Thanks to Timmy for the heads up. Alert regular Timmy suggests:
Well, I’d go with “Moon Zero Two” since it already has a cartoon theme song. What’s your pick? Have a WDT idea? Send it to msampo@aol.com! |
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