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The Steve Allen Theater, 4773 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles (where Cartoon Dump regularly plays), will hold a benefit for Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, the first TV horror host and co-star of the immortal “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” who died Jan. 10 of natural causes. The benefit is to raise money to pay for her internment at the Hollywood Forever cemetery.
While the theater’s own site does not list him among the guests, a poster posted at Vampira’s official site says Joel will be among the performers. Call (800) 595-4849 or visit Steveallentheatre.com for more information. You can buy tickets to the event here. Thanks to alert reader Joe for the heads up. I was originally going to do just a general “Favorite host segment” thread, but then I realized that there are approximately 1,000 of them in total! Think of that: How many TV shows produced A THOUSAND sketches? “SNL”? “Mad TV” (I didn’t say they had to be funny…)? “Meet the Press”?
Anyway, I decided to break it down by season, so we can do this in bite-sized chunks. So: What are your top 3 host segments from season one. (And for a bonus, you KTMA fiends can mention any of your favorite segments from the mythical UHF season. I’ll pass, though.) We may get fewer responses this week: I suspect if there is any season non-completionist fans don’t have much of, it’s this one. If you need a reminder, check the episode guide. My choices, in no particular order: What are yours? It’s Friday, and lately that has meant another Rifftrax short has hit the intartubes, and this weekend is not not an exception!
It’s “Coffeehouse Rendezvous,” it’s DRM free and it’s 99 cents. And did I mention it’s Friday? 
In the topsy-turvy, on-and-off-again world of the “Giant Gila Monster” single disc sales, it appears that it’s back on. If you haven’t bought your copy yet, you should probably order now before Rhino pulls the plug again. Thanks to John for the head’s up. Mary Jo reports from the SXSW Film Fest.
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