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J. Elvis on “Jeopardy”!

On last night’s (07/08) “Jeopardy” broadcast, one ‘answer’ was…

Jeopardy

The contestant responded “Mystery Science Theater.” No deduction of points for omitting the “3000.”

Congrats, Josh!

Thanks to Claire Little and Joe Raygor for the heads up. And thanks to, um, well, he knows who he is, for the screen shot.

Shout! Factory Whoopsie

Apparently some early promotional material released by Shout! Factory for the Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition DVD box set has “Laserblast” and “Werewolf” listed as two of the episodes that will be included. But this may not be the case. Here is Shout!’s official response to our inquiry:

Unfortunately, Laserblast and Werewolf were accidentally included in temp copy for Shout! Factory’s 2008 catalog, which was sent out to the printer prior to any titles being licensed.  In addition, our team was licensing enough titles for not only the 20th Anniversary Edition, but our second release coming early next year at the same time.  The four films that will be included in our 20th Anniversary Edition will be officially announced during our special reunion panel at San Diego’s Comic-Con International later this month.

I guess we’ll just have to wait a couple more weeks to know exactly what the titles are. Stay tuned!

Today’s Rifftrax Short is…

Skipper

Download it here. Here’s a sample.

Long Weekend Discussion Thread: Favorite Inventions

I was going to wait until tomorrow with this, but what the heck, it’s a holiday weekend, so let’s get started.

Here are my top 10, mostly based on how funny the bit was. You are welcome to use whatever criterion you like.

• 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M: the BGC-19, if only for the sheer work that went into building it.
• 307- DADDY-O: Alien teething nook. Why doesn’t somebody make them? This picture went around on the net recently, but this is not a pacifier, it’s just a plushy somebody put on the kid’s face. I bet the real thing would sell.
• 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN: A plant that reviews music, aka “Robert Plant,” as he was later known. Kevin channels every pompous NPR announcer he’s ever heard.
• 317- VIKING WOMEN VS. THE SEA SERPENT: Meat re-animator. One weird mamajama.
• 318- STAR FORCE-FUGITIVE ALIEN II: the big head. Big as all outdoors.
• 320- THE UNEARTHLY: Hard pills to swallow. Probably my all-time favorite, because Dr. F seems to enjoy it so much.
• 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER: Renaissance festival punching bags. Bite me, Frodo.
• 505- MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD: Chin-der wear. At last those obscene chin butts can be covered.
• 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN: The Mads, Crow and Tom Servo. A memorable moment of self-parody.
• 519- OUTLAW: Fabio kit. Probably the funniest invention of the short Mike invention era.

Bill on a Podcast

Bill Corbett is the guest on Len Peralta’s “Jawbone Radio.”

Len interviewed Mike Nelson a few years ago.

He says he’s angling for a Kevin Murphy interview, too. We’ll announce that if/when it happens.