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Posted by Sampo, on June 10th, 2012  Rancho Mirage, Calif.–Stan Jolley, a production designer who was one of the original art directors who designed Disneyland and who later worked on Disney film and TV projects, died June 4 of gastric cancer at a hospice facility here June 4. He was 86. MSTies may recall that he was the production designer for the TV movie “The Stranger,” seen in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
His obit is here.
Posted by Sampo, on June 9th, 2012 Alert reader Zee has a good one:
Here’s my suggestion for a discussion topic: A handful of the experiments were TV show pilots. But what if… wait for it… they all were? What MST3K movie do you think would make the best TV show? What kind of show would it be? Live action or animated? What would you change about the movie to modify it for the serialized storytelling format?
I’m going to pick “The Slime People.” Every week Tom Gregory gets into a new scrape with the help of Prof. Galbraith and Tom’s girlfriend Lisa. Wacky complications ensue when Bonnie gets kidnapped every week and their wacky neighbor Norman “The Goat Man” Tolliver adds to the fun!
What’s your choice?
(Please keep those suggestions coming!)
Posted by Sampo, on June 8th, 2012 We knew this was coming out, but since it was Region 2/PAL (in other words, not playable on most American players) we didn’t give it much thought. But we do have some readers across the pond, so, you can get it here and here.
I read a real review of it somewhere, but I can’t find it at the moment… I will update when I do.
Luke Owen of flickeringmyth.com reviews it. So does DVDActive.com.
Posted by Sampo, on June 7th, 2012 Apparently there was a showing of a Cinematic Titanic episode at the Belfast Film Festival in Northern Ireland. Here’s a report — from the future! (Note the date.)
Posted by Sampo, on June 5th, 2012  BOSTON–Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters, died June 4 at a hospice following a period of declining health that included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83.
MSTies will recall The Platters’ appearance in the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
The Boston Globe has the story here.
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Rancho Mirage, Calif.–Stan Jolley, a production designer who was one of the original art directors who designed Disneyland and who later worked on Disney film and TV projects, died June 4 of gastric cancer at a hospice facility here June 4. He was 86. MSTies may recall that he was the production designer for the TV movie “The Stranger,” seen in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.