A Night of Shorts 2 – Livestream Screening

The Mads are back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff through a NEW series of vintage short films and cartoons! A post-show Q&A with Frank & Trace and very special guest Mary Jo Pehl to follow!

This show will broadcast live via a private link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime.

Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world.

A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Friends In Need Food Shelf in Minneapolis.

Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing. Please allow 24 hours for us to process the video and make it available for rewatching and downloading.

The show will not be available for purchase after the broadcast ends, so get your ticket early!

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Santa Claus vs The Devil – Livestream Screening

Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special holiday livestream event as they live-riff through the bizarre 1959 Mexican fantasy film, SANTA CLAUS VS. THE DEVIL, followed by a Q&A with Frank & Trace and very special guests Andy Kindler and J. Elvis Weinstein!

This show will broadcast live via a private link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime. Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world.

A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Friends In Need Food Shelf in Minneapolis.

Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing. Please allow 24 hours for us to process the video and make it available for re-watching and downloading.

The show will not be available for purchase after the broadcast ends, so get your ticket early!

SANTA CLAUS VS. THE DEVIL (1959) (taken from Wikipedia)

Santa Claus (sometimes also known as Santa Claus vs. the Devil) is a 1959 Mexican fantasy film directed by Rene Cardona and co-written with Adolfo Torres Portillo. In the film, Santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon named Pitch, sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by killing Santa and “making all the children of the Earth do evil”.

A dubbed and slightly edited English-language version was produced for U.S. release in 1960 under the direction of Ken Smith. It was lampooned on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The film was considered to be a financial success over several holiday season theatrical releases in the 1960s and 1970s. Broadcast of the film also became a holiday tradition at several U.S. television stations. The film garnered at least one award, winning the Golden Gate Award for Best International Family Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1959.

The film was also featured in the fifth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (episode #521), which first aired on Christmas Eve 1993. The devil Pitch became a recurring character on MST3K, played by writer Paul Chaplin. Chaplin said, “It’s kind of a fun movie, and we all enjoyed it”, noting that he made “quite an attractive demon”.[4] The episode may be the origin of the phrase “nightmare fuel”; during the movie, Crow T. Robot calls an animatronic Santa “some good old-fashioned nightmare fuel”, and the phrase spread through MST3K message boards.

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The Brain From Planet Arous – Livestream Screening

Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff through the 1957 cult classic, THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, with a Q&A with Frank & Trace and a very special guest TBA.

This show will broadcast live via a private link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime.

Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world.

Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing. Please allow 24 hours for us to process the video and make it available for re-watching and downloading.

The show will not be available for purchase after the broadcast ends, so get your ticket early!

THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS (1957)

Gor, a powerful criminal brain from the planet Arous, assumes the body of scientist Steve March. Through March, he begins to control the world by threatening destruction to any country challenging his domination. Although its B-movie status gave it poor reviews upon its initial release, the film has since become a cult classic.

In 1983, Stephen King told Playboy magazine that his novel “Carrie, for example, derived to a considerable extent from a terrible grade-B movie called The Brain from Planet Arous.”

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A Night of Shorts – Livestream Screening


Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff through a series of vintage short films and cartoons, with a Q&A with Frank & Trace afterwards!

This show will broadcast live via a private link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime.

Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world!

Can’t watch the show live? Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing. Please allow 24 hours for us to process the video and make it available for re-watching and downloading.

The show will not be available for purchase after the broadcast ends, so get your ticket early!

For press inquiries : chris@dumb-industries.com

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Walk the Dark Street – Livestream Screening

Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff through 1956 film noir Walk The Dark Street, with a Q&A with Frank and Trace afterwards.

This show will broadcast live via a private link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime.

Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world. Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing.

Walk The Dark Street (1956): A platoon leader returns from the Korean War and seeks out the brother of a soldier who had been killed while under his command. The men agree to engage in competition to “hunt” each other through the streets of Los Angeles using camera-guns. The platoon leader does not realize that the brother blames him for the soldier’s death, and intends to kill him.

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The Tingler – Livestream Screening

Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff through William Castle’s 1959 classic, The Tingler, starring Vincent Price, with a Q&A afterwards.

This show will broadcast live via a private YouTube link that will be sent to ticket purchasers an hour prior to showtime. You can also watch directly on Eventbrite. A percentage of the proceeds from the event will benefit NAACP Empowerment Programs, who engage primarily in training, education, and advocacy at the national and local levels.

Viewers will be able to tune in from anywhere in the world. Anyone who purchases a ticket will gain access to re-watch the livestream and download it for personal viewing.

The Tingler tells the story of a scientist who discovers a parasite in human beings, called a “tingler”, which feeds on fear. The creature earned its name by making the spine of its host “tingle” when the host is frightened. The Tingler remains most well known for a gimmick called “Percepto!”, a vibrating device in some theater chairs which activated with the onscreen action.

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Glen or Glenda – Livestream Screening

July 21, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, known to fans of the cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 as “Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank” respectively, have announced a special livestream screening of Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda on Tuesday, July 21 @ 8pm ET, with the two comedians (collectively known as “The Mads”) riffing over the 1953 dud. The show will mark Beaulieu & Conniff’s first time performing together this year, after The Mads’ 2020 tour dates were cancelled due to COVID-19. Tickets are on sale now for $10.

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Details

Date:
July 21, 2020
Time:
8:00 pm EDT
Cost:
$10
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Website:
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Riverview Theater – Minneapolis, MN

***Update: Show postponed. Future date to be announced***

With everything going on the world right now, our venue partners are doing the difficult yet responsible thing and postponing most shows and performances. Follow us on Facebook for specific announcements. If you have questions regarding tickets you’ve already purchased, please contact the venue directly.

 

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Alamo Drafthouse – Tempe, AZ

***Update: Show postponed. Future date to be announced***

With everything going on the world right now, our venue partners are doing the difficult yet responsible thing and postponing most shows and performances. Follow us on Facebook for specific announcements. If you have questions regarding tickets you’ve already purchased, please contact the venue directly.

 

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Alamo Drafthouse – Gilbert, AZ

***Update: Show postponed. Future date to be announced***

With everything going on the world right now, our venue partners are doing the difficult yet responsible thing and postponing most shows and performances. Follow us on Facebook for specific announcements. If you have questions regarding tickets you’ve already purchased, please contact the venue directly.

 

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