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The Latest RiffTrax Short…

… is another in the terrific Mary Jo/Bridget series:

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Stream or download it here.

‘Manos’ Piece in ‘Playboy’

We’re a few days late with this, (sorry, I was sick this weekend) but Jake Rossen has an eye-opening piece in Playboy (I read it for the articles, honey!) about the behind-the-scenes battles over the rights to “Manos.”

The Latest from RiffTrax Is…

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Stream or download it here.

And don’t forget RiffTrax Live: “Miami Connection” on Thursday at a theater (hopefully) near you!

Weekend Discussion Thread: Favorite Science References

Alert reader Brandon suggests:

Okay, so we know the show isn’t about how the crew eats and breathes, or other science facts. But Joel, Mike and the Bots sure knew a lot about science and technology. And not just the easy stuff – they often pointed out scientific errors in the film (“There is no steam in a vacuum!” from “12 to the Moon”) or made obscure references to science, researchers and concepts (Joel’s tissue fax from Linus Pauling in “Gamera vs. Gaos”).

What are your favorite science references from MST?

RIP Paul Galloway

This is from the Facebook page dedicated to the movie “Zaat” aka the movie in episode 1005- THE BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z.

It is with great sadness that we here at ZAAT Movie must announce the passing of one of the film’s stars, Paul Galloway, who played Sheriff Lou Krantz. Galloway passed away on Friday, Sept. 11 at the age of 92. ZAAT historian ED Tucker had these words to share about Paul:
In 2011, when the Jacksonville-lensed film ZAAT was being shopped around for a home video release on DVD and Blu-Ray, it was a running joke among the cast and crew that there would need to be two commentary tracks, one for Paul Galloway and one for everyone else. Galloway played the gruff redneck Sheriff in the film that must protect the residents of a small town from a rampaging monster. Just like the character he played, Galloway was colorful and larger than life. Whenever the ZAAT gang would do public appearances at screenings of the film, I would always volunteer to give Paul a ride. His Keystone Heights home was a good 45 minutes out of my way but I wouldn’t have traded those drives with Paul for anything in the world. He was never at a loss for a good story about his life as a firefighter, a pilot, an actor or whatever he had up his sleeve at the moment. In his later years, he still loved to perform before an audience, whether it was telling jokes to the ZAAT fans while still wearing his original uniform or dressing as biblical characters to illustrate Bible stories for Sunday School classes. No matter how late it was when we returned from these excursions, I never had to worry about falling asleep at the wheel with Paul in the car, only laughing so hard that I might drive off the road. He was part of a rare breed and he will be missed.

Blood Waters 0f Dr Z aka Zaat 1982 photo candid Paul Galloway as Sheriff Lou Krantz with creature (d09-11-2015, age92)

Thanks to our good buddy Daddy-O for the heads up.