SyFy Portal has also posted an interview with Mike. While no new ground is broken, it does give a nice and tidy summary of Mike’s background, his work on MST3K, and his current RiffTrax duties. You can read the interview at:
http://www.syfyportal.com/news423314.html
Our pal (and long-time MSTie) Ken Plume posted a lengthy and fascinating interview with Mike for Quick Stop Entertainment. Read it at:
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=3300
The SciFi Zone Radio Show, a syndicated radio program that’s heard on radio stations in Orlando, Tampa and Kansas City, interviewed Mike on its Nov. 11 show. Although co-host Meghan Moroney revealed herself to be a major MST3K fangirl, she also broke some news: Mike is mulling some sort of Rifftrax live show college tour. He didn’t give any details and it was clear this was an idea that is in its early stages, but we like it!
You can download the show here:
http://www.scifizoneradio.com/podcast/SFZ111106.mp3
Rich “Lowtax” Kyanka, of Something Awful did a phone interview with Mike, using the net phone program Skype. The result is not much of a commercial for Skype. Despite the quality issues, there are some interesting comments from Mike, especially some details on the nuts and bolts of the Rifftrax creative process, and musings on obsessive fans. Also, note that Mike discusses an upcoming Rifftrax, slated for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, of a big famous movie, one he says he actually likes, and calls “the Mt. Everest of this endeavor,” but the title is mysteriously bleeped out…. But we have the scoop. See below.
Listen to it here:
http://downloads.somethingawful.com/mp3/misc/mikenelson-64k.mp3
Finally: You kids today, with your fax machines and your hula hoops and your myspace pages, may want to know that Mike now has a myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/michaeljnelson