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New VOD Title from RiffTrax…

CityOfTheDead_WebA

See a sample or download it here.

Suddenly Available: 25th Anniversary Set with Tin (and slipcase)

Our source at Shout tells us:

Our distributor found a stash of the now OOP 25th anniversary (25AE) tins, so we grabbed them and put them back up for sale on our site.

To go along with this, we’re offering anyone who orders it from us a free slipcase for the set, because the 25AE tin didn’t allow for a slipcase to be included (unlike 20AE and Gamera). (Some people like to take the DVDs out of the tins and put them on their DVD shelves, and didn’t like the fact that there was no slipcase to go along with the regular sets.)

ALSO, for anyone who has purchased the 25AE tin already and who wants just the slipcase, we’re offering them for free plus shipping.

See? They’re lookin’ out for ya.

Episode guide: The Making of ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’

Original airdate: Aug, 1, 1997

Watch on Youtube:



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• Clearly the filming was done during the episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH, and in fact it ran for the first time the week after that episode first aired and a day before the debut of the next episode 815- AGENT FOR H.A.R.M.
• Kevin’s story about the naming of the show is completely wrong in almost every respect, or at least it is almost totally at odds with the explanation Joel has given.
• Bill was going through a “complete cueball” phase.
• I think the idea of giving the cast camcorders in order to capture “behind the scenes” footage is largely a failure (with the exception, perhaps, of that nice moment when they zoom in close on Mike’s meaty face). There’s a layer of Midwestern shyness and self-consciousness that prevents them from really making it work.
• I will say that this show is very well edited, and the clips from the show are well chosen.
• Apparently the show has won “numerous awards.” Really?
• Among those interviewed is then-BBI staffer Jill Roozenboom, who I don’t think lasted until the end of season 8.
• Interestingly, there is no credit for the narrator. Anybody know who it is?

MST3K at the Colonial Theater

Our pals at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, Pa., is once again showing an MST3K episode Friday, May 16, at 9:45 p.m.: 1006- BOGGY CREEK II: …AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES.

More information here.

RiffTrax Is Back at Kickstarter

This time the RiffTrax guys want to riff the extremely deserving “Godzilla” (the one with Matthew Broderick) and again they are asking for help from the fans. (It doesn’t look like they’re even going to have to break a sweat: as of Tuesday morning they were already three-quarters the way to their $100,000 goal.)

The Kickstarter page is here.