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More Movie Poster Fun

We recently had a weekend discussion thread about movie posters. The topic has also been on the minds of some other fans. Check their collections out here and here.

And of course probably the best collections is here.

Frank Guests on a Podcast

Frank Conniff is the guest on the latest Pop My Culture podcast with our pal Cole Stratton and and Vanessa Ragland. Topics include Glamour’s “50 Sexiest Men,” cat people, The Expendables, the Minneapolis stand-up scene, Albert Brooks, The Rockford Files reboot, the early days of MST3K, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Kim Cattrall, spaceship rides, the writing process, Robert Pattinson’s hairy wrists, the ever-popular Torgo, and the many benefits of having beagle ears.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Dumbest Comment You’ve Ever Heard about the Show

Alert reader Brandon writes:

Has this one been done? “Dumbest comments ever said about MST3K, by non-fans”?
I got one from my dad. Whenever I put in an MST3K episode to watch my dad’s complaint is something along the lines of, “Why do you even bother watching this show for? The only reason you watch it is because of the host and the robots, and their jokes.” That comment alone shows he doesn’t get it.

What immediately leapt to my mind was “freelance scriptwriter” Eric Wallace, on the Sci-Fi Channel show “SF Vortex,” who said to Mike and Mary Jo (and, I’ll acknowledge, was probably told to be a devil’s advocate): “When people see you doing your thing to bad science fiction films, and especially people who aren’t familiar with the genre, they’re going to bring that over and say ‘Oh, science fiction’s a hokey genre.'”
You can hear all the dumb things he said here and here.

What dumb things have you heard?

Cinematic Titanic Tour Update

Tickets are now on sale for the Cinematic Titanic live show in Washington D.C.
Here’s a list of the upcoming Cinematic Titanic’s shows that have been announced:

• Friday, Sept. 24: Two shows, 7:30 p.m. (“War of the Insects”) and 10:30 p.m. (“Blood of the Vampires”) at Club Nokia, 800 West Olympic Blvd., in Los Angeles. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets are $25 and $36.50.
• Saturday, Sept. 25: Two shows, 7 p.m. (“The Oozing Skull”) and 9:30 p.m. (“Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World”), at the Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets are $25 and $35.
• Friday, Oct. 15: One show (“War of the Insects”) at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW, Washington, D.C. at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $35.
• Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at the Edwards Auditorium on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus (about 30 miles south of Providence). Reserved seating. Tickets are $35; $15 with a valid University of Rhode Island ID. Get tickets on campus and at ticketmaster.com.
• Friday, Oct. 29: One show, 7:30 p.m. at the Wilbur Theater, 246 Tremont St., Boston. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets are $40.
• Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, in St. Charles, Mo. More info when we have it.
• Saturday, Nov. 27 (that’s Thanksgiving weekend) two shows, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the Victoria Theater of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center Street, Newark. Tickets are $33 and $36. Looks like general admission.

Also coming up:
Feb. 18-19, 2011, at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee,
April 15, 2011 at the Community Theatre in Morristown, N.J. and
April 16, 2011 a the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J. More info on these dates when we have them.

• Also, the Titans will also be attending Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Sept. 3-6.

Update: Frank in ‘Funny or Die’ Videos

Frank pops up with comedian/actor Eddie Pepitone in a video on the Funny or Die website. Frank and Eddie discuss what all manly men discuss at work.

Part two has now been posted.