W_Z wrote:
I read about it too late, so no I missed it...really sucks too because I was in the city that day.
I have gotten to see them live, though, at a Cinematic Titanic Live showing a few years ago. I wore an "I'm a Virgin" shirt. While that is quite an obscure reference (i also own a Castleton shirt), the people that got it were very receptive. I wanted to show it off to the guys but there were too many people in line to see them and...i didn't want to be that guy.
anyhow, yeah I think "manos" may be my favorite of all time as well.
It wasn't seeing them live as much as it was some Q&A moderated by some dude from the museum on an auspiciously un-elevated stage. i put a picture of my perspective on that mst3kinfo site (in the thread about the thing) where from my seat in the back you could see the top of frank's head amongst the endless foreground in front of me. a good # of people got up and stood around the periphery rushing up to take their pictures; i guess i underestimated the fandom contingent showing up early, but then again i didn't get home from the aceyalone show til ~2:15am and fall asleep til ~3am, so getting back up cleaned out the door and on the L by 9:00-9:30am wasn't happening. c'est la vie.
i too have seen the majestic cinematic titanic in action (or, as my brother the MST3K fan calls them, the quitters brigade (save MJP) up in milwaukee and i remember falling asleep at some point. that was fun. i wasn't much a fan of them always seeming to be at places with $30-40 tickets in odd locales like elgin or milwaukee for multiple nights because it was both a decent financial hit (when you're talking 3-4 people going and you wanna be cool) and a relative pain in the ass to get to. and once you've stood in one autograph line for these guys you're pretty much all set to never do it again (cuz they did their usual thing where they all sat at a couple'a tables and everyone lined up. and the gift shop there was scalping 25-27 methinks just in case you wanted to buy something to have them sign it. i guess it's their lot in life)
being largely on the periphery of this fandom here, i gotta say my favorite moment was the "robot knife fight" song from the end of the rifftrax of avatar. that's one moment where i bought into the whole experience.... even tho they're cheesier and a bit less cerebral/understated/joel-brand-smarmy at least the rifftrax live stuff is $12/person a few times in the 2nd half of the year, as opposed to $30-50 out in elgin or whatever.
oh and in that mall by the broadcast museum in the food court there's a place called champ burger or cruise burger or c[word] burger and it's a legitimately excellent burger (if you dont mind a $10 combo with fries and a soda). holy shit that was good.
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hands down one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.
y marathon. I taped about 4 episodes on an Extended Play VHS tape.
