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Joel in New York Times Piece

Joel Hodgson and MST3K are mentioned in the lead-in of, and Joel is quoted in, a New York Times story (apparently in tomorrow’s paper) about people using social media such as Twitter to talk back to TV and other media.

Peter Graves, RIP

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Actor Peter Graves was found dead Sunday, March 14, at his home here. The star of TV’s “Mission: Impossible” and scores of movies apparently died of natural causes. He was 83 years old.
MSTies will remember him as powerful CEO Paul Whitley in K13-SST DEATH FLIGHT, as morally upright scientist Paul Nelson in episode 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, as well-meaning-but-culpable scientist Ed Wainwright in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END and as immoral politician Jeff Knight in episode 811-PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR. He also provided the uncredited narration in 418-ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES. He also provided narration for the long-awaited video game Darkstar, which stars several MST3K cast members.

You can read his obituary here.

Update: Many Cast Members Confirmed for Dragon*Con

We don’t know what they’ll be doing yet, but Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy and J. Elvis Weinstein are all slated to appear at Dragon*Con, Sept. 3-6 in Atlanta. For more info, check out their Web site.

Cinematic Titanic Live Show Update

Upcoming Cinematic Titanic shows:

• April 15: One show (“Danger on Tiki Island”) at the Calvin Theatre, Northhampton, Mass., 8 p.m. Tickets are $35-$25. Reserved seating! Get tickets here.

• April 16: One show at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ. at 8 p.m. The theater is holding a poll at their Web site for attendees to vote on what movie they will riff. Reserved seating! Tickets are $30-$25. Get tickets here.

• April 17: One show (”Danger on Tiki Island”) at the Nokia Theater Times Square, New York City, 7 p.m. Tickets are $45-$35. Buy tickets here.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Romance and MST3K

This probably should have been done for Valentines Day, but well, here it is anyway. Alert reader Andrew writes:

I’m curious if MST3K plays a role in anyone’s love life. That sounds weird, so let me explain. Is anyone out there lucky enough to have a spouse or significant other that loves MST3K as much as they do? Has anyone ever watched MST3K on a date? I tried “Day the Earth Froze” on a date one time and she just didn’t get it. We’re still friends and she still reminds me how weird “that one show with the red-haired guy in the bike helmet” was. Fast forward, my wife will watch MST3K with me if she has nothing else to do, except for “Space Mutiny” which she LOVES! In fact, she had me put the audio on a CD and we listened to it on a road trip one vacation. That definitely rocked!

One of the things I noticed at both the MST3K conventions, and subsequent convention appearances by the cast, is how many couples there were in the crowd. So I’m suspecting we’ll see a lot of answers in the affirmative.

By the way, keep those weekend discussion thread ideas coming! Send them to msampo at aol dot com.