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Weekend Discussion Thread: Worst Body of Work Among MSTed Producers

Alert reader Chris writes:

This came to me after watching Greydon Clark’s interview for the “Final Justice” DVD. I still can’t believe he suggested that MST3K riff on ALL the films he produced. However, since he did…

Which producer from the following list would you say made the worst films? Also If Cinematic Titanic and/or Rifftrax were going to riff on all of the films of one producer, which would you pick?
[Chris has thoughtfully provided IMDB links for each choice.]

• Charles Band.
• Greydon Clark.
• Roger Corman.
• Coleman Francis.
• Charles B. Pierce.
• Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus.
• Robert L. Lippert.
• Max Rosenberg.
• Jam Handy Organization.
• Bert I. Gordon.
• Samuel M. “The Oozing Skull” and “East Meets Watts” Sherman.

FWIW I know MST3K riffed on all the films Coleman Francis produced but I thought I’d add him more for the first question than the second.
One last thing: I know I could’ve put Ed Wood and Ray Dennis Steckler on the list but I decided to leave them out and give the others a chance.
It was a tough decision for the final four, but I decided to go with a lesser known producer like Max Rosenberg (who was involved in the productions of “The Deadly Bees” and “The Incredible Melting Man”) over somebody worse like Rick Sloane or somebody more talented and famous like Dino De Laurentiis (of “Diabolik.”)

For question 1, I think Charles Band wins, or, rather, loses hands down.
For question 2, I think I’ll pick Samuel Sherman.

Mike Interview

A few days ago, Larry Mantle of “Air Talk” on Southern California’s KPCC radio interviewed Mike Nelson about RiffTrax. He even takes a call from a listener.

Incidentally, Mike offhandedly mentions that another Fathom theater event is coming this summer.

RiffTrax: The Trading Card

Our buddy Len Peralta at Jawbone Radio is currently working on an art project called “Geek A Week” in which every week he turns an influential “geek” into a trading card. This week, it’s RiffTrax. Click on the thumbnails below to be taken to Len’s web pages for them.

Len tells us that a Cinematic Titanic card is also in the works.

New Short from RiffTrax…

Download it here. Free sample here.

RiffTrax DVD Review

Nick Lyons of DVD Corner reviews the recently released “RiffTrax Live- Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza DVD.”