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Official Shout Press Release on Next Set

I don’t think there’s anything new here, but here’s the official press release from Shout about the next set:

Available on DVD November 26th from Shout! Factory
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition
5-DVD Box Set Features Previously Unreleased Episodes
Moon Zero Two, The Day The Earth Froze, The Leech Woman and Gorgo

A man and his puppets in space watching cheesy movies … sounds crazy, no? But here on the Satellite of Love you might say each one of us is a captive audience, watching gifted writers and performers try to make sense of it all without losing their minds. Why do we continue to treasure this oddball TV series? That can be answered in one word: funny!

On November 26th, 2013, join us as we celebrate 25 years of cult-movie craziness with Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition from Shout! Factory. Housed in a collectible silver(ish) tin, MST3K: 25th Anniversary Edition is a five DVD set that features the films Moon Zero Two, The Day The Earth Froze, The Leech Woman and Gorgo. Also included are all new bonus features including the three-part documentary Return To Eden Prairie: 25 Years Of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Life After MST3K: Mary Jo Pehl, Ninth Wonder Of The World: The Making Of Gorgo (MST3K Edition), Last Flight Of Joel Robinson, MST Hour wraps, four exclusive mini-posters by artist Steve Vance, and more!

As a special gift to celebrate the silver anniversary, we’re including a bonus DVD in the set with a double feature of two long-out-of-print fan-favorite episodes. Yes, we said we weren’t going to get each other gifts, but we just couldn’t help ourselves! On this special occasion, we brought back two key episodes that were the shot heard ’round the MSTie world: Joel’s last episode, Mitchell and Mike’s first episode, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. We know, we shouldn’t have, but nothing says “love” like a favorite episode forever memorialized on DVD.

Titles Include:
Moon Zero Two
The Day The Earth Froze (with short: Here Comes The Circus)
The Leech Woman
Gorgo

Bonus Disc Double Feature
Mitchell
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die

Bonus Features Include:
Bonus DVD with Mitchell and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Three-part documentary Return To Eden Prairie: 25 Years Of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Ninth Wonder Of The World: The Making Of Gorgo (MST3K Edition)
Last Flight Of Joel Robinson
Life After MST3K: Mary Jo Pehl
MST Hour wraps
Leonard Maltin Explains Something
Original trailers
4 exclusive mini-posters by artist Steve Vance

Weekend Discussion Thread: MSTed Movie Spinoffs

Alert reader G.C. asks:

I was sitting here this past Wednesday, watching some sitcom on TV, and the question popped into my head: Could any of the movies riffed by MST have done well as a sitcom? And, if so, which one(s)?

I see a weekly action series starring Ator, the lovely Lisa and wacky sidekick Thong. He’s searching for, I don’t know, the portal to his own dimension so he can go home, something like that. Meanwhile he travels from town to town righting wrongs and battling his evil enemy Zor.

What’s your pick?

New Short from RiffTrax…

BatmanTnlTer

Continuing the saga of Batman’s shorts. Or something like that. Download or see a sample here.

Reminder: Joel in Atlanta This Weekend

Joel will perform “Riffing Myself” Saturday, Aug. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Get tickets here.

On Sunday, Aug. 11, Joel joins Atlanta’s own Cineprov for a “Star Trek” riff, with the audience choosing the movie we’ll be riffing together. Tickets here.

Both shows are at the Plaza Theater 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. in Atlanta.

For tickets to both shows with discount, click here.

For tickets to both shows with a VIP ticket for “Riffing Myself,” click here.

Visit www.cineprov.com for online sales and info.

Update: Bonus Features for the Next Volume

Further update from Jordan:

Bless your readers, if it weren’t for their comments, I would have forgotten to include the MST Hour wraps for THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE. I’ll make sure they’re included.

The latest from Shout!

Bonus features include:
· 3-Part Documentary Return To Eden Prairie: 25 Years Of Mystery Science Theater 3000
· Ninth Wonder Of The World: The Making Of Gorgo (MST3K Edition)
· Last Flight Of Joel Robinson
· Life After MST3K: Mary Jo Pehl
· Leonard Maltin Explains Something
· Original Trailers
· 4 Exclusive Mini-Posters By Artist Steve Vance
And to clarify: There will be a fifth disc in this set containing the double feature of “Mitchell” and “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”

Some intriguing stuff here. I bet what Leonard wants to explain is his much-maligned star rating system.