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How Were Joel’s Shows?

An open thread for reports from Joel’s Minneapolis and South Dakota stops this weekend on his “How to Have a Job Like Mine” tour.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Titles of MSTed Movies

Alert regular “Sitting Duck” writes:

Let’s talk about the movie titles. Specifically how well they reflect the content of the film. Sometimes the title actually has something to do with the film. Other times not so much. My pick for a most appropriate title would be “Bloodlust!” As a review of the episode I once read noted, there is blood (what with all the human hunting), and there is lust (what with Balleau intending to keep Betty and Jean as his own mini-harem). As for a least appropriate title, I would go with “The Dead Talk Back.” As Mike and the Bots noted when they started to leave the theater at the end, the dead never talked back (what with the whole thing being a load of fakery).

The titles that always bother me are “Stranded in Space” and “Space Travelers.” Neither one accurately describes the movie in question, and much better describes the other one.

Your thoughts on titles?

Update: Joel in Minn., S.D. this Weekend

Update on Joel’s “How to Have a Job Like Mine” tour:

Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. Pepitos Parkway Theater in Minneapolis. More here.

Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Icon Lounge, 402 N. Main Ave. in Sioux Falls, S.D. Social hour at 5:30 p.m.; presentation at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $20. More here.

UPDATE: Joel gets interviewed at Minneapolis CBS affiliate WCCO. (“The Gizomcrat?”)

Euan Kerr of Minnesota Public Radio talks with Joel about the show.

Here’s an interview with Joel pegged to the South Dakota show.

New Short from RiffTrax…


the first since July!

Download it or see a sample here.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Stock Footage

Our episode guide discussion focused on a movie with LOTS of stock footage and that’s a topic we’ve never gotten into, so let’s do it.

Let’s hear about your favorite/most memorable use of stock footage in a MSTed movie.

And while we’re at it, are there any movies that didn’t stock footage where it might have helped? Discuss.

For my favorite use of stock footage, I need only say two words: Hitler building.

Have at it!