Nearly ten years ago, we asked Joel 20 questions. Joel says he’s ready for another 20. Now, I can think of four or five I’ve wanted to ask him. Brian says he has a few. But 20 really good ones? We’re gonna need your help for that. So let’s hear ’em. Later next week, we’ll pick the best, combine them with what we come up with, and send ’em off to Joel. So have it!
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Weekend Discussion Thread: Questions for JoelI really wasn’t sure what this weekend’s thread would be, until last night, when I got an e-mail from Joel.
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Do you like Jeff Dunham and Peanut?
I have a question that I hope Joel can answer, and that I haven’t seen satisfactorily addressed in any interview up until now. The Sandy Frank “Gamera” dubs: what is the definitive story on that, re why we haven’t seen them released yet and why the rights seem to be such a bugaboo? Is Sandy Frank really still that PO’ed? Does Sandy Frank himself still own the rights to those dubs? The films themselves, in different (I believe AIP… don’t quote me) dubs, show up in cheap-o DVD releases all the time, so I imagine that the rights to the films themselves aren’t so hard to get. So, perhaps Joel can give us a close-to-definitive answer on the status of the “Holy Grail” of MST3K DVD releases, and whether we are ever likely to see them released.
On a different note, since Joel is a fellow Pennsylvanian now, might I recommend a weekend trip to Ohiopyle and Fallingwater? It’s beautiful out there in the summer and fall, if you enjoy rolling mountains, bike trails, waterfalls, and Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. :smile:
I wonder how the writing process for CT differs from MST since they are now riffing as themselves versus as delivering the riffs as characters. Are there riffs Joel would have said as the character Joel Robinson that he will not deliver as himself? Or are the riffs just riffs and nothing personal?
Maybe the question is better directed to Trace or Josh as Crow and Servo? An example – in Hercules Unchained (I think) on seeing Steve Reeves, Crow (again I think, my memory is on holiday) says something like, “His body makes me feel funny”… would Trace actually say that as Trace and not behind the character of Crow? Then again, maybe the question is pointless since Steve Reeves’ body probably does make Trace feel funny. :grin:
Hey, Joel.
This isn’t a question (so it will probably be promptly thrown out), but I just wanted to say that your work in MST3K and Cinematic Titanic inspire me to be creative, even if I’m not the best artist in the world.
Thanks again,
Sensoria
Just one from me. Any chance of ct working with mike kevin and bill?
Can you see Cinematic Titanic going as many years as MST3K or producing as many episodes?
Have you devised a contingency plan for the unfortunate circumstance that one or more of the other CT members of quits? Any replacements in mind?
Corrected:
Have you devised a contingency plan for the unfortunate circumstance that one or more of the other CT members quits? Any replacements in mind?
Any chance of a CT / Rifftrax crossover? (MSTJon’s idea of a ‘Generations’ type of episode is gold!)
Ever thought of making an actual movie?
Could you please tell us if you have any other projects slated?
Also, do you still keep up with studying magic?
Thank you.
this would be my question…
in interviews you often seem uncomfortable. did you not anticipate having so many strangers, for lack of better words, care about your life so much?
i’d also like to know about crazy fan encounters. has it ever gotten out of hand?
ooh! just thought of another. :grin:
when did you know you had done something really special?
Will MST3K ever come back as a combined cast –
why
or
why not?
I”m sure it’s already mentioned above, but I can’t read all the comments.
Why don’t the Titans do (insert thing here) like the Rifftrax guys do? ;)
The nonspecification of activities is just to represent this question coming up in my mind on several occasions, most recently about a live riff for fans to watch online. It’s an idle question really, mostly rhetorical, but I have wondered how different Cinematic Titanic *has* to be from Rifftrax, community-wise.