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“Max the Hero” Screenings at Dragon*Con

The animated short “Max the Hero” which was written and voiced by Mike, Kevin and Bill will have two screenings at the upcoming Dragon*Con:

Friday, Aug. 29 at 5:30 PM in the Hyatt Regency Learning Center. (As part of the “Super Heroes and Evil Organizations” block.)

Sunday, Aug. 31 at 2:30 PM in the Hyatt Regency Baker Room. (As part of the “Animation” block.)

Song-Fu: Songs Are Posted, Voting Begins

The first set of songs for QuickStop Entertainment’s Song Fu contest have been posted (the challenge was to write a song about the moon), including a jazzy little number from The RiffTones called “Moon Shine.” Voting has begun. Check it out.

MSTery Dates

Convention appearances, live shows, Cinematic Titanic releases, RiffTrax releases, Shout! Factory releases… Wouldn’t you like to see a handy calendar containing the dates they’ll all be taking place? Sure, we all do!

(Re-)Introducing our Calendar of MSTievents page, now fulfilling all your MSTievents calendar needs. Or if you just want a quick glance at what’s coming up in the current month, take a look at our “Event Sign!” thingie on the right side of this page. Go ahead, pick a date. Will it be a dream? OOOH! Or a dud? AWWW…

CT LIVE! in Chicago

The Cinematic Titanic crew will be performing live at the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago not one night, not two nights, but three nights in a row. And each night, they will be riffing a different unreleased CT title! The shows will take place December 18-20, with two performances each night on the 19th and 20th. Tickets for all performances are on sale now.

MST during the Olympics?

We’re not sure what to make of this, but Ben Tobin over at Dirty Red Commie claims that a familiar silhouette appeared while he was watching the Olympics on August 17 between 2pm and 3:13pm Mountain Time. The figures were static and there was no commentary. He’s posted a short video to support his claim.

Update: The video has apparently been pulled from the Vimeo site. Here’s a screen capture, more can be seen on Ben’s site.

Ben says the figures only appeared on the HD version of the broadcast. What do you think? Did it really happen? Or is he trying to make an “eat” out of “C” and “H”?

Further update: Based on responses to his post, Ben now believes that it was done by somebody at the local NBC affiliate in Helena, Mont., having fun with/testing its HD channel, which this person may have thought nobody was watching. It apparently was only seen in the Helena area.

Yet another further update: As Ben points out in our comments section, KTVH has confirmed that the silhouette did appear, supposedly due to the use of second-hand equipment being used for the first time. There’s no explanation why the silhouette was on the equipment in the first place.