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Essays on MST3K


“In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000, Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing,” Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Shelley E. Barba is now available. More info on what’s in it here.

Mary Jo at SXSW

You kids today with your fax machines and your hula hoops and your South By South West conferences…aaaahhhhhh!

But if you are at SWSX, here’s a last-minute addition to your schedule: Mary Jo will be part of a panel Tuesday, March 15.

MST3K Showings: Colonial Theater & Bryant Lake Bowl

Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis will present “MST3k: Salute Your Shorts,” a collection of MST3K shorts Wednesday, April 6, at 10 p.m. Admission is free. More info here.

And a reminder:
The historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pa. (in suburban Philadelphia–the theater where they shot some scenes for the movie “The Blob” ) will show episode 417- CRASH OF THE MOONS Friday, March 18, at 9:45 p.m.
Our source says there’ll be an invention exchange contest before the show for prizes.
More information here. More MST3K shows are planned at the Colonial in the coming months.

If you are having a public showing of an MST3K episode, or if you hear about one, let me know at msampo at a-o-l dot com so we can let people know.

How Was the Show?

An open thread for reports from the Cinematic Titanic shows today in Mesa, Ariz.

Vol. XX Reviews and Mentions

Vol. XX is now available. If you have not ordered it yet, one option is to use click the ad in the right-hand column.

UPDATE: Steve Jones of USA Today has a review.

Eric Goldman at IGN has a review.

Also: Chris Gore had a review set on Attack Of The Show on G4.

Thanks to Robert for the heads up.

Brad Cook at filmthreat.com has a review.

There’s an unsigned review at schlockmania.com.

C.S. Stowbridge at The-Numbers.com has a review.

Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com has a review.

Also, in honor of the release of Vol. XX, mania.com takes a look at the evolution of snark.

The Wall Street Journal’s Arts and Entertainment section has a short mention.

Erich Asperschlager at DVDVerdict.com reviews Vol. XX.

At DVD Talk, Jason Bailey reviews Vol. XX.

Our pal Bruce Westbrook examines the extras on the upcoming Vol. XX.