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Weekend Discussion Thread: Worst Fight Scenes

Alert reader Mike, aka “Rowsdower”, writes:

For some reason I started thinking about how lame the fight scene was in “Prince of Space” or how wonderfully terrible the wrestling was in “Racket Girls”, not to forget the limp-wrist punch that Cal Meachum gives Exidor in “This Island Earth”. It seems there are so many fight scenes from almost all of the MSTed movies that need to be picked on a bit more than they have.

What immediately comes to mind is the “good-natured brawling” in “Hercules and the Captive Women.” Sheesh.

What’s your pick?

New Short from RiffTrax…

Oh, and back atcha, Y Walker.

See a free sample and download it here.

Joel Interview

Longtime MSTie John Scott Lewinski interviews Joel for CraveOnline.com

Update: Joel to Appear at Ernie Kovacs Tribute

The Paley Center for Media in New York City will hold a tribute to and retrospective of the great Ernie Kovacs on Tuesday, April 12, and Joel Hodgson (a big fan of Kovacs and winner of the Ernie Kovacs Award at the Dallas Film Festival) will be on the panel. Keith Olbermann will moderate the panel, which will also include Robert Smigel (the creator of “TV Funhouse” and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog), George Schlatter (executive producer of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” ), Jolene Brand Schlatter (a performer in Kovacs specials) and Ben Model (the curator of the The Ernie Kovacs Collection DVD Set, see below).

More info here.

In the meantime, for fans of Ernie and for those who want to know more about his work, Shout! Factory has just announced that they will release “The Ernie Kovacs Collection” in April. More info here.

Cinematic Titanic Tour Schedule

Here’s the latest Cinematic Titanic tour schedule:

Note: Tickets are still available for Saturday’s shows.
• Saturday, March 12: Two shows, 4 p.m. (“War of the Insects” ) and 8:30 p.m. (“Rattlers” ) in the Piper Repertory Theater, Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main St., Mesa, Ariz. Tickets are $40.
• Friday, April 15: One show, 8 p.m. (“Rattlers” ), Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown, N.J. Tickets are $27 and $37.
• Saturday, April 16: One show, 8 p.m. (Audience choice: choices are “Rattlers,” “East Meets Watts,” “The Alien Factor,” “Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World,” “Legacy of Blood” and “The Oozing Skull”. Vote here!), in the Matthews Theater of the McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, N.J. Tickets are $28-$38.
• Friday, May 6: Two shows, 7 p.m. (“Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World” ) & 9:30 p.m. (“Rattlers” ), at The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San Francisco. Tickets are $35 for one show, $60 for the double feature. General admission. Buy 7 p.m. tickets here. Buy 9:30 p.m. tickets here. Buy a combo ticket to both shows here.