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Posted by Sampo, on May 5th, 2011 A further note from Jordan Fields at Shout! Factory:
I’d completely forgotten about the MST Hour wraps for “Gamera” and “Gamera Vs. Guiron” until reading their responses to the extras. Fortunately there is still time to include, so I will. As for the KTMA host segs (or any footage from KTMA), I was not able to include.
Here’s an update Vol. XXI: “MST3K Vs. Gamera” (as it will be called). As you already know it will contain all five Gamera episodes: 302- GAMERA, 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON, 308- GAMERA VS. GAOS, 312- GAMERA VS. GUIRON and 316- GAMERA VS. ZIGRA. It will be in a tin box. The street date is Aug. 2
The extras will be:
* So Happy Together: A Look Back at MST3K and Gamera
* Gamera Vs. The Chiodo Brothers
* Gamera Obscura: A Brief History by August Ragone (author of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters)
* Original Japanese Trailers
* 5 limited edition mini-posters by artist Steve Vance
Posted by Sampo, on May 3rd, 2011
Posted by Sampo, on May 3rd, 2011 Mary Jo will be one of the guests on “Writing on the Air” Wednesday, May 4, 6-7 p.m. Central Time on KOOP, 91.7 FM if you are in the Austin, Tex., area or by KOOP.org. Other guests will be Nick Ramirez, one of the organizers behind Austin Sketch Fest 2011, and members of Your Terrific Neighbors (a local sketch group).
And speaking of Austin Sketch Fest, Mary Jo will run a workshop at Sketch Fest called “Writing Your Humor”
Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. More info here.
And further speaking of Austin Sketch Fest, Mary Jo will be taking part in the “Best of the Festival” show that closes the festival Sunday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at the at ColdTowne Theater. Find out all about the Fest here.
Posted by Sampo, on May 2nd, 2011 
BENEDICT CANYON, CALIF.–Former B-movie siren Yvette Vickers was found dead last week at her home here. Her mummified body appears to have gone undiscovered for months, police said. Vickers was 82. A neighbor discovered her body in an upstairs room of her home and the state of her remains indicates she may have died more than a year ago.
The official cause of death will by determined by the Los Angeles county coroner’s office, but police said they saw no sign of foul play.
An early Playboy playmate, she may be best remembered from her role in “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman.” MSTies will remember as sexy Liz Walker in the movie in episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES.
Read the full story here.
Thanks to our buddy Tom for the heads up.
Posted by Sampo, on May 2nd, 2011 Well, it’s interesting (and a little intimidating!) to learn that Joel seems to be dropping by this site once in a while…
Last week in the episode guide I again asked about the origin of the “hat party” gag that gets used a number of times on the show. Again, nobody knew for sure. Then an email from Mr. Hodgson arrived:
Noticed you were curious about the term “hat party”
“Hat Party” and especially “We’re staging a Hat Party” was something I read in a Magic Magazine. It was part of a promotion for a Magic Convention, I think, as a way to entice wives and girlfriends to want to go to a magic convention – which they never do. I think the copy also read “the name of the game is HATS”. So it fascinated me, still does – I think I may have read it to everyone in the writing room and I remember Frank really laughing about it. That was it.
So I surmise that the “mine will be the grandest of all” is a Frankism, as he went with the premise in the writing room.
Joel also volunteered this stunner:
Also, by the way, the name “Best Brains” was also a phrase I found in a magic catalog. It was the old “Vick Lawston” magic catalog. The copy read something like: “from some of the Best Brains in the magic business!”
Never knew THAT!
Never one to let a good thing rest, I decided to ask for one more: I had wondered in that episode guide entry if that “beat” poem Joel reads at the top of that episode (210- KING DINOSAUR) was his, so I asked. He replied:
Yes, I think I may have wrote that poem – it has some references that I recognize from other sources – mostly the Suburbs album (a local Minneapolis band) “Stories for Boys” and George Harrison’s “33 and a 3rd” record with the song “Pure Smokey” – also Tom Servo is dropping some lines from the Van Morrison
song “Rave On, John Donne”.
So there’s that! Thanks, Joel!
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