Oh and while we’re on the subject of miscellany, yes, we know that a visual on “The Daily Show” last week used the phrase “Mystery Finance Theater 2012.” But it was such a glancing reference (Jon Stewart didn’t even say it) they we didn’t think it worthy of its own item. It’s kind of like how, about 10-15 times a year, some movie critic will invoke the show, as in: “This movie is so bad it would be worthy of Mystery Science Theater 3000.” It’s become such a lazy cliche there’s really no point in mentioning it every time somebody does it.
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This has been on Tumblr for a couple of weeks now. Matt Silverman of Mashable.com has the story.
Oh, I like this one. Alert emailer “Timberwlfy” suggests:
Have at it! It’s Sunday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Saban Theater, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. The movie they will be doing is “Doll Squad. Get tickets here.
The new short is:
Download it and see a sample here. And: we don’t normally mention RiffTrax products without Mike, Kevin or Bill in them, but we make an exception for our pals, the very funny Janet Varney and Cole Stratton. They have a new one out.
Here’s the trailer:
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