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Reminder: Cinematic Titanic Farewell Tour Begins this Weekend–UPDATED with Interviews

UPDATE: J. Patrick Ohlde at TheBuzzMedia.com also interviews Trace, Mary Jo and Josh.

Matt Mueller of OnMilwaukee.com interviews Mary Jo, Trace and Josh.

Also, The Milwaukee office of the AV Club has a nice little interview that breaks some news about upcoming projects for the team.

Also, Frank and Trace were at Scare-a-con in Syracuse last weekend, and here’s a short video interview that mostly asks them the usual questions but does also ask some good ones.

Here’s the rundown once again:

Sept. 20 (“The Doll Squad”) & 21 (“Danger on Tiki Island”), 8 p.m., Pabst Theater, Milwaukee. More info here.

Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. The Family Arena, St Charles, Mo. “The Astral Factor” More info here.

Oct. 19, 7 p.m. (“The Doll Squad”) and 9:30 p.m. (“The Astral Factor”) at The Castro Theatre (as part of SketchFest), San Francisco. More info here.

Nov. 1, 7 p.m. (“The Wasp Woman”) and 9:30 p.m. (“The Doll Squad”) at the Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, N.H. More info here.

Nov. 2, 8 p.m. at the Calvin Theater, Northampton, Mass. “The Astral Factor.” More info here.

Nov. 3, 7 p.m. Wilbur Theatre, Boston. “The Doll Squad.” More info here.

Dec. 30, 8 p.m. Keswick Theatre, suburban Philadelphia. “The Wasp Woman” and “The Doll Squad.” More info here.

Episode Screenings

At the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, “Master Ninja I” will be shown Friday, Sept. 20, at 9:45 p.m. More here.

And, a little piece about my show on Thursday.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Topics for Scholarly Papers

Rob Weiner at the Texas Tech University Library, the guy gave us “In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing“, a collection of scholarly papers about our favorite cowtown puppet show, is at it again.

He is now calling for presentations/papers for the upcoming conference of the Southwest/American Popular Culture and American Culture Association, Feb. 19-22, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference theme this year is: Popular and American Culture Studies: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Abstracts for papers/presentations on the topic “Mystery Science Theater and the Culture of Riffing” are due on Nov. 1.

Rob also supplied a handy list of topics that might be written about. They include: “Fan Culture and MST: The Misties (who are they and why)?,” “Gender roles, women and MST,” and “The rise of B-movie popularity as a result of being on MST.” (The full list, and full instructions on submitting, is here.)

So, this is where you get to help wannabe scholars: What topic do YOU think should be covered at the conference?

New Short from RiffTrax…

BatmanRbnsWldRidPoster

This time it’s personal! See a sample or download it here.

Logo in TV Ad

I’ve been hearing about this ad on Twitter for a couple of weeks, but today Gorn Captain graciously pointed me to a youtube video.

Here’s a screen capture of the crucial moment.

samsung

Independence Day? Well, maybe he wants to watch it with the RiffTrax…