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Podcast with Bill

The Chronic Rift podcast interviews Bill about the upcoming “Plan 9” riff. The interview starts at about the 2:30 mark. The interview doesn’t really break any new ground, but, like most of these podcasts, the interviewer seems to be in MSTie heaven.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Favorite DVD Set

Alert reader David writes:

In the wake of the recent Shout Factory release of Vol. XV and announcement of contents for XVI, I want to know what people consider their favorite of the numerous DVD box sets.

Talking points could include:
• artwork/packaging
• bonus features (trailers, outtakes, interviews)
• episode choices (Joel/Mike ratios, favorites/non-favorites, thematic connections)
• Rhino vs. Shout Factory

This topic could go in a few directions. Some people may choose to rank all the sets in order of preference and others may chose a single set as their “desert-island dvd”. Also, suggestions for which set a budding MSTie might purchase first.

Well, I’m afraid I’m biased. I have to pick the 20th Anniversary Set from Shout Factory because, well, I’m on it. :-)

What’s your pick?

List of Weekend Discussion Topics So Far

As people have been submitting suggestions for weekend discussion threads, people often say: “I don’t know if we’ve done this one yet, but…”
And, that’s fair: Our first weekend discussion thread was posted on March 1, 2008. We can’t expect you to be keeping track of every topic we have done in the 15 months since.
So, FYI, we have discussed the following topics.

Your First Time (i.e. the your first episode experience)
Your Desert Island Episode
Favorite Host Segments–KTMA and Season 1
Fave Season 2 Host Segments
Season THREE Host Segments
Fave Season Four Host Segments
Top 12 Season 5 Host Segments
Fave Season Six Host Segments
Favorite Season Seven Segments
Fave Season 8 Host Segments
Favorite Season 9 Host Segments
Favorite Season 10 Host Segments
Top 15 Funniest Shorts
Favorite Songs
Top 5 “Actual Songs from the Actual Movies”
Introductory Movies
Top 5 Stingers
Lamest Heroes in a MSTed Movie
Long Favorite Inventions
Most-Used Catchphrases
Top 12 “Guest Starring Roles”
The Episodes for the 20th Anniversary Collection Are…
Goofiest Monster in a MSTed Movie
Memorable Dance Numbers
Top 10 Most Memorable Villains
Most Memorable Movie Theme Songs
Memorable ‘Bot Alterations
Fill In the Missing Stingers
Hotties/Hunks from MSTed Movies
Most Disgusting Movie Moments
Sleeping Pill Episodes
Two-Part Mike Discussion
Favorite Joel Moments
Favorite Trace Moments
Favorite Kevin Moments
Favorite Mary Jo Pehl Moments
Favorite Josh “J. Elvis” Weinstein Moments
Favorite Paul Chaplin Moments
Why MST3K Matters
Catchphrase T-Shirts Update
“Personal Riffs”
Christmas Movies that SHOULD Be Riffed
Long Best RiffTrax of 2008
Questions for Joel
The Grand Convergence
Shorts That Should Be Riffed
Joel Answers Your Questions
UnMSTed MST Movies You Own
Worst MSTed Movie
Mike’s Bacon “Stupidity”
Worst Performances
Worst Performance by an Actor
Worst Director
MST3K Viewing Habits
Favorite MSTed Movie Genre
Most Ridiculous Scene
Questions for Jordan Fields of Shout! Factory
Riffs that Got Run Into the Ground
Worst Ensemble Cast
The Taxonomy of Riffs
Your MST3K Projects
Riffs You Use in Daily Conversation
Most Annoying Movie Character
Episode Watching Memories
Favorite Callback
The Un-Sexiest Moment in a MSTed Movie
Favorite Farewells
“MST3K The Movie 2″–What Movie Would You Choose?
Your First “MST3K: The Movie” Experience
Best Pearl Moments
Drab and Dreary Movies
What’s Funny to You?
Lame Science

Updated: Titans Will Take Some Summer Down Time

Update: Joel has just sent along a clarification: “Cinematic Titanic does intend to put out more DVDs in the future – we’re just not recording any this summer — sorry for any confusion.”

On the Cinematic Titanic blog, Joel has announced that the CT team is going to take “a much-needed break for the rest of the summer,” though they are working on a new title they’ve just acquired.

He also announced that the team has signed with talent agency APA, which is “the agency I worked with when I was a young stand-up: they helped me land my first bookings on SNL and Letterman as well as being the company that helped make that very important MST3K deal back at Comedy Channel. It’s great to be back working with them, and they will be representing Cinematic Titanic for theatrical gigs as well as bringing our live shows to various media too.”

Finally, he also revealed that “we’ve decided not to record our last three live features (‘East Meets Watts,’ ‘Danger on Tiki Island’ and ‘Alien Factor’) in the studio, as I previously announced. Instead, we will continue to present these features in future live dates.”

Another EW List

Look who’s included in Entertainment Weekly’s list of 23 Sci-Fi Characters You Want on Your Buddy List.

Thanks to Eric from Kalamazoo for the heads up.