Moderator: Welcome everybody.
Moderator: You are now in the MST3K moderated auditorium
Moderator: Some of you may notice that you can no longer speak.
Moderator: That is natural.
Moderator: Once Kevin and Mary Jo enter the room, I will post questions from all of you. They will answer.
Moderator: To ask a question, type "/msg Moderator" followed by your question.
Moderator: We will begin momentarily. Really.
Moderator: Mary Jo, can you hear me?
MaryJo: Yes, thanks.
Moderator: Et tu, Kevin?
KevinMurphy: I read you
Moderator: Ok, Good.
KevinMurphy: veritas qualitatum
Moderator: We're ready to begin.
Moderator: Any opening statements?
KevinMurphy: Let 'em at me, the scurvy brood
KevinMurphy: a special welcome to my pal Eli
Moderator: OK, to ask a question, type "/msg Moderator" folllowed by your question.
MaryJo: From me? Um, yes. Be sure to internalize your kundalini
KevinMurphy: Mary Jo is on glue.
Moderator: (Erhardt to Moderator) Good evening, Kevin and Mary Jo. Do you have any new epsiode titles to announce this evening?
KevinMurphy: Prince of Space, hear about that yet?
MaryJo: Horror of Party Beach
KevinMurphy: Last Tango in Paris.
KevinMurphy: hee hee
MaryJo: And Rgaing Bull
Moderator: (Tanatoes to Moderator) How tightly scripted are the host segs? Example: Servo's "Pankakes!" at the end of the waffle song or Tom's head in the bodyguards sketch in Zombie Nightmare?
KevinMurphy: That's Aging bull
MaryJo: Das Boot - we'll be doing it in German
KevinMurphy: We script tightly enough, but smart ass cracks always get in there.
MaryJo: Somewhat - usually during shoot days the actors improvise
Moderator: (SuperChico to Moderator) Mary Jo: What do you think of Pearl's expanded role on the show? Have you had much input on how she's been acting?
KevinMurphy: MJ rules the set.
MaryJo: No. Not a word of input - I come in on my days off from temping and there's the script.
KevinMurphy: with an iron fist
MaryJo: Actually, the writers as a team have really had fun writing for all the characters.
Moderator: (Q to Moderator) Kevin: what do you see when you take a cold, hard look into the soul of an ape?
MaryJo: Nothing
KevinMurphy: A lot of mush
KevinMurphy: a lot of love
MaryJo: Used bananas
KevinMurphy: an urge to scratch one's butt
Moderator: (MrMSTy to Moderator) How many people can fit in the Widowmaker?? I have a feeling there's gonna be more people, am I right??
KevinMurphy: 453.
MaryJo: An urge to scratch everyone's butt.
KevinMurphy: Lew Alcindor.
MaryJo: Mebbe... mebbe not. We don't even know!!!
KevinMurphy: The Beatles.
Moderator: (servo to Moderator) please ask when the action figures will be out and will the bobo have a red butt
KevinMurphy: Bobo will have a red butt with kung fu grip.
MaryJo: Pearl is not an action figure - she is a reclining and reading magazines figure
Moderator: (Ummagumma to Moderator) who is better Pink Floyd or the Beatles?
KevinMurphy: sleeping figure.
MaryJo: THE BEATLES - puhleeeeeeeze!
KevinMurphy: Little Feat.
KevinMurphy: The Mothers.
KevinMurphy: Ornette COleman
MaryJo: I don't really care for the Pink Floyds that all the kids are listening to.
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) There's a Minnesota Film Festival thing going on at the Mall of America this weekend. Is MST3K represented?
KevinMurphy: Wesley willis
KevinMurphy: Pancakes.
KevinMurphy: Yes it will be there.
MaryJo: I think I heard there was going to be a snip of it - I could be mental
KevinMurphy: Right after the Bicycole Theif
KevinMurphy: sp
Moderator: (Pneumat to Moderator) I tried to make the Tom Servo cooking tip on the web, I got violently sick after trying it. Is that normal?
MaryJo: Yes.
KevinMurphy: Don't eat the bone marrow.
KevinMurphy: Drink the Pernod
MaryJo: Take Lactaid in the future
KevinMurphy: just for fun
Moderator: (MrMSTy to Moderator) I want more planets blowing up. Will we see anymore this year??
KevinMurphy: Well the world ends at the millenium, hell that should hold ya.
MaryJo: We really haven't thought that far into the future yet - we'll be lucky if we get in more movies!
KevinMurphy: TheBeatles.
Moderator: (HarleyQuinn to Moderator) Have you heard lately from Joel or Trace? What are they up to?
KevinMurphy: Saw Joel earlier this year. He says hi.
KevinMurphy: Trace is tanning.
MaryJo: Trace was in Mpls this past weekend and we talked - he's been auditioning, talking to people about projects, that LA sort of thing
Moderator: (MrDuffy to Moderator) Will there be a turkey day this year?
KevinMurphy: Yes, but not for MST.
KevinMurphy: sorry
MaryJo: Yes, at my house, I can seat 4 people at my table
MaryJo: Bring a dish to pass
KevinMurphy: we do have a new season coming
KevinMurphy: isn't that enough?
KevinMurphy: what do we have to do?!?
KevinMurphy: Whaaaaa!!!
KevinMurphy: snif. sorry
MaryJo: THere there Kevin
KevinMurphy: The Beatles.
Moderator: I've heard that an SFC Turkey Day marathon is coming...
Moderator: (reddevil1 to Moderator) I remember reading that you guys went through some pretty tough years before you got a fan base. Were there ever any times when you close to giving up?
KevinMurphy: Goody!
MaryJo: From who? What? Why? Who are you? How do you know?
KevinMurphy: Yes, when Mary Jo was hired.
KevinMurphy: wink
KevinMurphy: wink
KevinMurphy: tee hee
MaryJo: Hardee har har that's so funny I fergot to laugh
KevinMurphy: zing
Moderator: (Truffles to Moderator) Any possibility of doing a MST3K review of some cheesy TV shows (for example The Six Million Dollar Man or the Incredible Hulk)?
KevinMurphy: We'd love to do the Hulk. or a $6,000,000 man movie.
MaryJo: We did look at some Incredible Hulk TV movies but the Sci-Fi channel stills shows them in their normal state so we couldn't get the rights!
Moderator: (SolarWind to Moderator) Servo, Lawgiver----what all will be covered in "The Making of MST3K"?
MaryJo: ME
MaryJo: My makeup tips.
KevinMurphy: our sexual preferences
KevinMurphy: and a lot of little details
MaryJo: Our wacky hijinks
KevinMurphy: we shot some of it ourselves
KevinMurphy: on 8mm video
MaryJo: Paul and I fighting - him begging me to wrestle
Moderator: (Servo3000 to Moderator) You haven't done any shorts this season, will you be doing them in the future?
KevinMurphy: I am wearing mine.
KevinMurphy: ha.
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: Um, no plans yet, sorry.
Moderator: (Aerol to Moderator) is it difficult getting rights to movies?
KevinMurphy: Yes, it is, but we have a hero at Sci Fi!
MaryJo: It always seems the most hard for the ones we want the most.
KevinMurphy: His name is Tom.
KevinMurphy: He is a champ and a movie monster
MaryJo: We have been getting a lot of great screeners from Sci Fi channel - bless 'em
Moderator: (JaneMolly to Moderator) Are there any deep secrets buried in either of your pasts?
KevinMurphy: I am a Basset Hound.
KevinMurphy: A gay Basset Hound.
MaryJo: I won a twist contest once. Once I put a bad word in a memo I had to type when I was a secretary. Got fired.
KevinMurphy: imaine how hard that is.
KevinMurphy: sp
Moderator: (Shellback to Moderator) Kevin, just how uncomfortable is the Bobo costume??
KevinMurphy: V-E-R-Y.
MaryJo: Well, its very uncomfortable for the rest of us on the set
KevinMurphy: lots of snot and drool collect..
KevinMurphy: mingle with the sweat...
KevinMurphy: and head for my mouth.
Moderator: (reddevil1 to Moderator) How do you fit into that tiny puppet? Seems like a tight squeeze...
KevinMurphy: ycch.
MaryJo: He smells like a monkey too
MaryJo: Try taking direction from a monkey
KevinMurphy: Funny, stick to moderating.
MaryJo: Har dee har har
Moderator: (Leminkainen to Moderator) Did either of you pick up on hidden communist propaganda in Jack Frost? (ex: False Cripple = the greedy ones that mooch off everyone else)
KevinMurphy: And the girl is the western Infidel.
Moderator: (link to Moderator) Can we get Mike and Bridget in a love scene?
MaryJo: Sure. I also thought the ugly daughter equals selfish and unappealing was funny. Attractive equals good.
MaryJo: We already have many times at work. Its really upsetting.
MaryJo: Kevin is reconnecting please stand by
Moderator: (Yog-Sothoth to Moderator) What is the worst movie you ever saw?
Moderator: Mary Jo, care to take some questions on alone?
MaryJo: That's gonna take a minute... um, I hate Q&A, I hate the Cook the Theif, etc.
MaryJo: Yes, but I'm scared
Moderator: (JohnnyLongtorso to Moderator) Everyone asks you about the worst movies. What's the best movie you've done?
MaryJo: My favorites have been two of the Coleman Francis trilogy and Manos and I really liked another one who's name escapes me. They all run together after a while
MaryJo: Kevin is coming - hang on
Moderator: (Pacosport to Moderator) Do you ever get tired of making fun of movies?
MaryJo: The process itself can be tiring. Some movies just sit on your head and smother you. But the actual job? No.
Moderator: Remember, to ask a question, type "/msg Moderator" followed by your question.
MaryJo: I mean really, what's to hate?
Moderator: (Q to Moderator) Any chance you guys could drag Barb Tebbins, Jim Mallon or Beez McKeever in front of the camera more often?
Moderator: ...don't forget Paul Chaplin either...
MaryJo: We did write a sketch with Barb and our accountant guy Tim, but that was our backup sketch in case the first didn't work. The first worked though.
Moderator: (Ronin to Moderator) what happened to +kevinmurphy, is he an AOL customer?
MaryJo: It wasn't me, says he, across the desk, trying desperately to reconnect.
Moderator: Send him our best...
Moderator: (HarleyQuinn to Moderator) I recently moved to an area that doesn't have Sci-Fi and I can't afford satellite yet..what do I do for MST3K withdrawals?
MaryJo: He'll be back. He's working feverishly
MaryJo: Call your CABLE OPERATOR!! THOSE LOSERS!
Moderator: (zymosan to Moderator) Are there MST Support Groups?
MaryJo: I've heard of some, but they involve invoking the words 'feelings' 'issues' and 'processing'
Moderator: (BotMakr to Moderator) MJ- any pets at home? (and any that can take on Kev's dog?)
MaryJo: I have wanted a dog for years, as everyone here at Best Brains will tell you - however, I live in an apartment and I'm rarely home so I don't think it would be fair to bring a dog into the world at this time
Moderator: (Chopper to Moderator) What is Mike's deal with the whole Adam Duritz hatred thing?
shred: I've got Kevin on the phone.
MaryJo: He hates Adam Duritz, thinks he's a poseur. Mike doesn't like Hanson either so consider the source
shred: I'm typing for Kevin unitl he gets back...
shred: Kevin: Well, doesn't everybody deal with that?
shred: Kevin: Plus, he hates hair extensions.
Moderator: (mactyler to Moderator) what are Servo and Pearl's political persuasions?
shred: Kevin: Servo is a member of the Green Party, but he's thinking of converting to Judaism.
MaryJo: Pearl is a radical leftist militant Republican Libertarian feminist
Moderator: (Dimon to Moderator) Hi! Greets from sunny Russia.Um..Jack Frost just called on his cellular and asked if you were planning on riffing some more russian (finnish) movies in Season 9?
shred: Kevin: And a great dancer.
shred: Kevin: We would love to, but I think we've done them all.
MaryJo: We're hoping - those are always really fun to do - they are so queer!
Moderator: (DStalker to Moderator) Who would win, Torgo or Ortega? Oh, any chance of Torgo popping up?
MaryJo: Torgo. Its possible.
shred: Kevin: Ortega will CRAWL you, but Torgo has the KNEES!
Moderator: (Hovergirl to Moderator) Have you ever thought of moving the show out of Minnesota to a warmer clime?
shred: Kevin is on his way to try another PC...
MaryJo: No. We like it here. We hate the winters, sure, but its our duty as Minnesotans. We really would hate to be a part of the show biz scene in LA.
MaryJo: I would consider Jamaica, however
Moderator: (plauge1 to Moderator) try one of mike pcs
Moderator: (Wonko to Moderator) 5 Do you guys have any deep rooted agressions against Comedy Central?
MaryJo: No, we'ver worked them out in therapy. We used those fake padded bats and pretended a pillow was Comedy Central. No, wait, we pretended Paul was Comedy Central.
KevinMurphy: let me back in, folks.
MaryJo: HI!!!!
KevinMurphy: how do
Moderator: (reddevil1 to Moderator) What did you guys do before you watched bad movies for a living?
KevinMurphy: read bad books.
Moderator: You're back, Kevin, no problem.
MaryJo: I was a temp - Employee of the Month, March 1990 and I got fired from 7-10 jobs.
Moderator: (pbsmith to Moderator) I have a theory that Servo represents the young, brash Kevin Murphy and Bobo represents a cranky, middle-aged Kevin Murphy. Your thoughts?
KevinMurphy: i'm getting flooded
MaryJo: I wish I had air conditioning
Moderator: Sorry Kevin, better now?
KevinMurphy: I think I represent a feline, French Kevin Murphy, and Bobo represents a nunnish Kevin Murphy.
KevinMurphy: yes sean.
KevinMurphy: thanks,
Moderator: (Crow14 to Moderator) Kevin, how was the whole MST3K concept made up??
KevinMurphy: In one of Joel's brain lobes.
KevinMurphy: it blew up..
KevinMurphy: and out came MST
KevinMurphy: ta daaa!
Moderator: (Strat14 to Moderator) Will there be more than 5 videos released of the old MST episodes?
KevinMurphy: g
KevinMurphy: Maybe, if we can clear them.
KevinMurphy: and if you're nice.
KevinMurphy: g
Moderator: (Shellback to Moderator) How do you and Jim differ in your directing styles?
KevinMurphy: I try to direct like me, and he doesn't.
MaryJo: Kevin is usually an ape when he directs. Jim has the courtesy to be human
KevinMurphy: I am more confused, but hide it better.
KevinMurphy: and I yell like a drunk.
Moderator: (SuperChico to Moderator) Kevin, a friend of mine almost literally worships Tom Servo. Do you see anything wrong with that?
KevinMurphy: PEHL! get your ass in gear!" like that.
MaryJo: Kevin's rarely on the set when he directs so its usually a more laid back atmosphere
MaryJo: I do, if that counts for anything.
KevinMurphy: Worship Tom Servo, but do it at the church of your choise.
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) Kevin, I see you've lost the "Associate" title off your Producer role recently. Have you enjoyed this promotion, or is it just a placebo like when Sam gave Woody a title on Cheers?
KevinMurphy: c
Moderator: (MrMSTy to Moderator) Mary Jo and Kevin: Do you think the Moderator is Biased??
KevinMurphy: I gave me a surge of power and glory, but actually it turned out to be gas.
KevinMurphy: I am better now.
MaryJo: I don't know - everything seems biased to me.
KevinMurphy: The Moderator, or "putz" is very biased, and cranky.
KevinMurphy: Kidding.
KevinMurphy: putz.
KevinMurphy: kidding again.
Moderator: (Q to Moderator) How did you guys talk Mike Nelson into taking his shirt off for that Xuxa sketch? *shudder*
MaryJo: Wait, he works for Sci fi right? NO, HE IS NOT BIASED
KevinMurphy: We never have to talk mike into nudity of any kind.
MaryJo: No talking him into it - he volunteer... all too quickly
KevinMurphy: Mike is generally nude.
MaryJo: Its casual day every day for him
KevinMurphy: we have to talk him into putting clothes on.
Moderator: (reddevil1 to Moderator) Have you guys ever said something in the heat of the moment on the show you later had to edit out?
MaryJo: Yes. I think we said 'pants' once - oh, and 'car'
KevinMurphy: Bill said about Jim stafford, "fucling Cracker."
KevinMurphy: That's "fucking cracker."
Moderator: (dylord to Moderator) MaryJo: Are those picts of you posted in alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.puppets for =REAL=??
KevinMurphy: I thought Picts were from Scotland.
MaryJo: Hey, hey hey hey! Um, if I look like Courteney Cox, yes, that's me
KevinMurphy: "picts," get it?
KevinMurphy: hmm?
Moderator: (Pneumat to Moderator) I have voices in my head. One of them sounds like Mary. Is it really you?
KevinMurphy: ...see, you wrote "picts"...
KevinMurphy: What do you think, Mar?
MaryJo: MARY!!!!!! It's Mary Joseph, mister!
KevinMurphy: Does the other voice sound like Jo?
MaryJo: Then that's me!
KevinMurphy: in stereo
Moderator: (DarkHelmet to Moderator) how many more seasons are you going for
MaryJo: 87
KevinMurphy: Bridget wants us to hit ten
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) why did you wait until 12 episodes into the season to make the show in stereo?
KevinMurphy: Because my Sansui was at the shop.
MaryJo: We finally got a decent record player from Wards
Moderator: (jcp9j to Moderator) What is Professor Bobo's degree in?
KevinMurphy: Ph.D: Pile it higher and deeper.
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: ha
KevinMurphy: ooohhhh....
Moderator: (Q to Moderator) Why haven't any of the female writers directed an episode yet?
KevinMurphy: Mike is.
MaryJo: Good question - Kevin?!?!?!?
KevinMurphy: We'll see about this
KevinMurphy: I'll ask the producer.
KevinMurphy: I ask me, and turned me down.
MaryJo: Actually, we're too delicate and fragile. We get easily overwhelmed and are usually shopping or talking about boys.\
KevinMurphy: I yelled at me.
KevinMurphy: I just fired myself.
Moderator: (Hegal to Moderator) Has the fan population, mail, and so on increased since you joined Scifi?
MaryJo: I think so, yes. We're getting upwards of three letters a week now
KevinMurphy: Oh heck yes! The web site brings in scads of new members
KevinMurphy: And that web site address, moderator?
Moderator: good old http://www.scifi.com/mst3000/
Moderator: also try www.mst3k.com
KevinMurphy: suburbs call collect.
Moderator: and have a whack at www.mst3000.com
KevinMurphy: and try basic nudes.
Moderator: (DStalker to Moderator) Any chance of you reading mail on the show again?
KevinMurphy: we might, but we've had too many good sketch ideas.
KevinMurphy: we used to do that when we ranout.
MaryJo: We kind of let that slip, didn't we? We had so much to cover with the beginning of this season that we let it go and no-one really misses it
Moderator: (Yog-Sothoth to Moderator) Any chance that the Nanites could appear more frequently in the future?
MaryJo: We try to use them sparingly.
KevinMurphy: The answer is yes.
KevinMurphy: i mean no.
MaryJo: Okay, yes
MaryJo: Sorry no
KevinMurphy: Okay yes,
KevinMurphy: um, no.
Moderator: (DuncunIdaho to Moderator) Will magic voice be making anymore apearances on the show?
KevinMurphy: MAYBE
MaryJo: I mean of course
MaryJo: Sure
Moderator: (agentj to Moderator) Kevin and Mary Jo: Have you been noticing a lot of these questions are coming from the same people? Do you think some other people should be giving it a try?
KevinMurphy: Magic voice will be around.
MaryJo: Yes, although there is a new magic voice
MaryJo: Sorry, I haven't noticed, its all I can do to keep my typewriter on line
KevinMurphy: agent j, go get em!
Moderator: (SolarWind to Moderator) Do you guys ever make fun of movies at the theatre, even to yourself?
KevinMurphy: I made fun of Batman to myself, inside me. It hurt too much.
MaryJo: Yes, unfortunately. Sometimes a movie makes me so mad or irritated I can't even go along for the ride.
KevinMurphy: I screamed at the end of Billy Madison.
MaryJo: I wept after Batman and Robin
Moderator: (Hovergirl to Moderator) Could you bring back the button? Push the button Bobo.
MaryJo: Sure, just for you
KevinMurphy: How 'bout "push the butt, Bobo." HA!
KevinMurphy: sorry.
MaryJo: I don't know who'd do the honors not me
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) Any chance we'll see some more Rubbersuit monster movies like Gamera?
MaryJo: PLEASE NO!!!!!! These movies make me die a little
KevinMurphy: Well, small ones.
KevinMurphy: in the Horror at Party Beach.
KevinMurphy: We have Prince of SPace, just as bad.
Moderator: (EvilErnie to Moderator) In the future do you plan on changing the current characters and are you planning on adding new characters?
KevinMurphy: We will Kill MJ as soon as possible.
KevinMurphy: but we'll keep pearl stuffed in the corner.
MaryJo: Then I will come back as Kathryn Harrold
KevinMurphy: whooo!
Moderator: (MST3kCommander to Moderator) Will Mike ever blow up another planet?
KevinMurphy: You first.
MaryJo: How many planets do you want blown up? You are insatiable!
Moderator: (MrFizz to Moderator) I represent the Spider Council Of America (SCOA), and I would like to commend you for having the courage to mock 'The Giant Spider Invasion'. If you'll give me your adress, I'll send you a reward of assorted spiders in a box.
MaryJo: Here's Kevin's address - 12784 Pine Ridge Road, Eden Pines, MN
KevinMurphy: Give me you address, and I'll send you some monkey scat in return.
KevinMurphy: zip is 55555
Moderator: (Bullseye to Moderator) Will we ever see Bobo, Brain Guy, or Mrs. F in the theater?
KevinMurphy: 5
KevinMurphy: Yes.
KevinMurphy: there.
MaryJo: Ahhh, funny you should ask... stay tuned
KevinMurphy: satisfied?
Moderator: (slartibartfast to Moderator) What kind of books do you guys read?
KevinMurphy: paperbacks and hard covers.
KevinMurphy: you?
MaryJo: I've lately been reading books about documentaries and a book of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke and the Screwtape Letters.
KevinMurphy: I'm reading an obscure fFinnish cookbook now.
MaryJo: Oh, and THe RUles
KevinMurphy: whooo!
Moderator: (TDecius to Moderator) Is Servo planning any solo ventures for the future? TV commercials, books, pornos?
KevinMurphy: Servo will do a one man show called...
MaryJo: He's gonna be pimping medical schools in Barbados
KevinMurphy: Mark Trail tonight!
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) Mary Jo, any special feelings towards Bobo or the Brain Guy we should know about?
KevinMurphy: nausea?
MaryJo: Other than hatred?\
KevinMurphy: gas?
MaryJo: hunger
KevinMurphy: cramps?
KevinMurphy: puffiness?
MaryJo: stuffy nose?
Moderator: (MrCrowT to Moderator) Any new songs on upcoming episodes
KevinMurphy: yes.
KevinMurphy: next?
Moderator: (dylord to Moderator) is the Brain_Guy's brain made from blue jello?
MaryJo: I don't know until it happens
KevinMurphy: No, but it tastes like it.
MaryJo: Its a secret family recipe - hold the marshmellows
Moderator: (Gypsy42 to Moderator) are there any plans for getting some other girls on the satellite? (so gypsy can girl talk)
KevinMurphy: Miracle WHip.
MaryJo: We have no girls on the ship.
KevinMurphy: Just grrls.
MaryJo: riot grrrrrrrrls!
Moderator: (SirDude to Moderator) What is Pearl's ship name?
KevinMurphy: oh, and womyn
MaryJo: The Widow-Maker
KevinMurphy: Or Spankwagon.
Moderator: (Gordo to Moderator) Your show has such a cult following, I wondered if you've ever had any celebrities express an interest in appearing on the show?
KevinMurphy: Um,...
KevinMurphy: thinking...
KevinMurphy: ...not yet.
MaryJo: Besides ourselves, you mean? I kid.
KevinMurphy: they like us, but are afraid of us.
Moderator: (BotMakr to Moderator) Kev- Are the bots anatomically correct?
KevinMurphy: Yes, as sexless robots, yes.
KevinMurphy: pervo.
Moderator: Ok, we're wrapping things up now...
Moderator: I'm going to send through one or two final questions.
KevinMurphy: I'll have a burrito.
Moderator: (SuperChico to Moderator) Kevin, do you ever have dreams/nightmares about Servo or Bobo?
MaryJo: I do, does that count?
KevinMurphy: Just Servo and Bobo together.
MaryJo: Nightmares.
KevinMurphy: wow.
KevinMurphy: imagine.
KevinMurphy: in the biblical sense.
MaryJo: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Moderator: (DuncunIdaho to Moderator) In season four crow said he ran on unix. Have you upgraded the bots software since then?
MaryJo: Yes, they're on batteries now
KevinMurphy: he is now C- -
Moderator: and finally...
Moderator: (JanInAPan to Moderator) Are you all happy at the turn out of people who break their necks to get to these chats? :)
KevinMurphy: We love you! you nuts!
KevinMurphy: It's a lot of fun.
MaryJo: Yes! Its really fun! Thanks, all those who attended. There are bars and punch in the fellowship hall!
KevinMurphy: But MJ whines about it.
KevinMurphy: kidding.
MaryJo: LIAR!!!!!!!!
Moderator: Thanks again for dropping by KM and MJ!
MaryJo: THank you!
Moderator: In order for us all to share our love,
Moderator: we will now be going unmoderated.
KevinMurphy: Watch our Summer Special in September!
This room is no longer moderated.
KevinMurphy: Thanks!
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Moderator: Hi everyone. We're moderated now.
Moderator: To ask a question to Mary Jo, type "/msg Moderator" followed by your question.
Mode change "+v MaryJoPehl" on #auditorium by Moderator
MaryJoPehl: Hi everyone
Moderator: Great. We're ready to begin.
Moderator: We hear that season 8 just wrapped. How does it feel?
MaryJoPehl: We look back at the first shows we did this season like the Revenge of the Creature and we all feel like that was years ago
MaryJoPehl: It feels great! We're excited about season 9!
Moderator: (Sampo to Moderator) Hi, Mary Jo! I hear that BBI begins work on Season Nine shortly! Do you know the title of the movie for episode 901?
MaryJoPehl: No we don't. We get the movies minutes before we even start them. I know we've got some that we've selected, but we never know which ones we're going to get and in which order
Moderator: (Zarquon to Moderator) MST3K has evolved from a cult show to a more main stream thing, what are your feelings about this
MaryJoPehl: I actually think it's great. I think the writing has improved, I think the show itself has improved. If one of the by-products of that is that we're getting a wider audience, I think that's ok.
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) with the season ending on Halloween, what sort of weird cast/Halloween party followed on Friday night?
MaryJoPehl: It was on Saturday night (last night). There were a lot of wild costumes. A guy came wearing chaps with no pants. I thought his butt was plastic, so I touched it, but it wasn't plastic...
MaryJoPehl: He was sitting on our couch, and we weren't too happy about that... That was kind of emblematic of our wrap parties
Moderator: (Jamie to Moderator) Lawgiver, will we ever see Mike Nelson pay for his crimes? What do you have in store for him for Season Nine?
MaryJoPehl: Would you believe, as is the wont of MST3K, we're still figuring out what we want to do next season. And we start writing in a week..
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: How do you think the character if Pearl Forester has evolved over the last year?
MaryJoPehl: She's lost her moustache, which I'm thrilled about. She doesn't wear her awful nails anymore -- which I the person am thrilled about since I can go to the bathroom which is impossible with those nails.
MaryJoPehl: With those nails, I couldn't do anything for the rest of the day...
MaryJoPehl: For some reason she's become younger
Moderator: (Shadowalk to Moderator) Is there any danger of running out of schlocky sci-fi movies?
MaryJoPehl: Oh, no, no, no, no, no..... Sometimes I wish there was.... But believe me, we're in no danger...
Moderator: (neelix to Moderator) how do you like playing Ms. Forrestor and how different/alike is she to yourself?
MaryJoPehl: well, I hope she's really different. I have a lot of fun playing her because my fellow actors are SO funny. It's just fun goofing off with them in that sort of realm. They crack me up every time...
Moderator: (EuroMiSTy to Moderator) What are your thoughts on MST3k airing in Europe?
MaryJoPehl: My tiny brain can't quite fathom it. I don't get if it's going to be translated, and if so, it's a terrible job translating comedy, much less those horrible movies!
Moderator: (mrduffy to Moderator) Season Eight brought joy, sadness, and cheese, but out of it all, what was *your* all time fav of the year?
MaryJoPehl: I think the worst was Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. We were all so close to killing ourselves and each other, and it was just unbelievably horrible.
Moderator: (Jamie to Moderator) Mary Jo, I heard you appeared in some comedy bits on MTV a few months back. Are you working on anything these days outside of MST?
MaryJoPehl: I did a thing on MTV -- a profile on independent record companies - I was a terrible receptionist. Now I'm working on a documentary in the Twin Cities with an informal mentoree. But whenever a friend asks me to do something, I'm there.
Moderator: (smaug to Moderator) Why does the crew of the SOL *have to* watch the movies you send them?
MaryJoPehl: Because I'm MAD and I'm MEAN!
Moderator: (Shadowalk to Moderator) Have the producers of any movies ever refused permission to use them?
MaryJoPehl: I'm not so sure that it's the producers who refuse the rights, but the distribution company. But sometimes they're owned by the producers, so indirectly perhaps. We do get refused, but it may not be the producers.
Moderator: (Carnage to Moderator) In the future do you see another movie for MST3K?
MaryJoPehl: No, I seriously doubt it. And I think that's ok. We had this experience, and it was a difficult experience working with a studio instead of staying the independent entity we are. We have more creative control with the TV show, and we're happy to keep with that. I think the format is better suited to television anyway.
Moderator: (neelix to Moderator) what are some of your favorite *GOOD* movies and books?
MaryJoPehl: I have so many. Pee Wee's Big Advneture, My Favorite Year, Wings of Desire, the director's cut of Das Boot, and books... Where do you even start...
Moderator: (dagger to Moderator) With MST3K finding a wonderful new home and an ever-increasing fandom, is there another convention in the forseeable future?
MaryJoPehl: That's really hard to say. At this point, I'd have to say no, but I'd have to offer the caveat that we're always changing our minds...
Moderator: (Redbeard to Moderator) Have you been in contact with Joel, Trace or Frank? What do they think of the new shows?
MaryJoPehl: Yeah. I talk to Trace on a regular basis. Infrequent, but regularly. Frank I talk to occasionally. When I'm in LA, I see all 3 of them. I see Trace and Frank when they come to the Twin Cities....
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) Any chance we'll see another MST3K CD?
MaryJoPehl: Oh it's quite possible. The last show we just did a new song. And we've got some songs that haven't appeared on CD yet. I'm sure. No doubt...
Moderator: (DrMarcus to Moderator) Have gotten any more net saavy since your last chat experience?
MaryJoPehl: *LOL* YES!
MaryJoPehl: I actually am on the Information Superhighway now.
MaryJoPehl: But still clinging to the last vestige of Luddite-ism.
Moderator: (Callipygeas to Moderator) So, we all know that there will be a Turkey Day Maraton this year, what funny fun things can we expect?
MaryJoPehl: Actually, we didn't all know that... I didn't know that...
MaryJoPehl: And we haven't started writing it yet, so I don't know if my co-workers know that...
MaryJoPehl: Those are all re-runs, as far as I know
Moderator: (dagger to Moderator) Why does the brain guy follow Pearl's orders?
MaryJoPehl: We have wondered that ourselves. For one thing, I think she's less harsh with him. And I think there's the dynamic of conspiracy of brain guy with Pearl against Bobo.
Moderator: (QuarksLady to Moderator) I just started watching MST3K a few weeks ago (got hooked from the very first show; wish I'd watched it sooner). Has your character ever had a romance, or are there any plans for such?
MaryJoPehl: She did go out with Sandy, played by Paul Chaplin. And I believe in the past we have made delicate allusions to the number of men in Pearl's past. She's been through a couple of husbands.
MaryJoPehl: Husbands are stacked up like cord wood in the back yard.
Moderator: (Carnage to Moderator) I was wondering if you had any shorts planned for season 9?
MaryJoPehl: It doesn't look like it so far. Our movies have been running to the time we need them to run to, so we really haven't needed to do shorts.
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: I am asking this because you are one of the many writers for the show...but where do you get your plot ideas?
MaryJoPehl: We all bring in a number of ideas and in a really great group brainstorming process, we work on ideas until a really great idea evolves. It's really a colaborative process.
MaryJoPehl: We are really inspired by a lot of sci-fi conventions (literary conventions, that is)
Moderator: (cp3o to Moderator) is there always a set script, or are there times that you are free to go off on your own?
MaryJoPehl: There are times when each of the actors has ad-libbed a bit or can turn off the script just for fun. Sometimes when there's a blown take, we just play around and sometimes those end up in the final show.
Moderator: (Da'an to Moderator) is there any chance of peral, bobo, and brain guy having to watch a movie, like if mike and the bot pulled off a mutiny
MaryJoPehl: Yes, it is very possible. We have discussed taht.
Moderator: (CaveDweller to Moderator) Is there any (quote/unquote) "Good", "Big time" Hollywood movies that have come out in the last few years that would be good for an MST treatment?
MaryJoPehl: Oh yes. I think so. Waterworld, the Body Guard.
MaryJoPehl: Just to name a few.
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: In the upcoming seasons is there the probability that there will be even more characters introduced in MST3k?
MaryJoPehl: Not as regulars. It's quite possible we might have the occasional visitors, but at this point we don't forsee adding any more regulars.
Moderator: (KatySkinner to Moderator) Mary Jo, if the MST3K gig ended, what would you like to do next?
MaryJoPehl: I would like to make documentary films.
Moderator: (Godzilla to Moderator) How do you pick movies to watch?
MaryJoPehl: There are distributors who buy up the rights for all these terrible movies, then they send us video tapes and we sort through them and say yea or nay to them.
Moderator: (CHUPACABRA to Moderator) I loved the online chat viewer participation last year on MST3k premiere, any chance it will happen again in the near future?
MaryJoPehl: Oh probably. I expect so.
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) Will there be a cliffhanger at the end of this season? And if so, could you give us a hint as to what it might be?
MaryJoPehl: Boy, I'm wondering if I should make it a cliffhanger whether there will be a cliffhanger.... But no, there is no big cliffhanger.
Moderator: (Croooow to Moderator) In the Internet Movie Database, "Manos: The Hands of Fate" was recently outvoted for Worst Movie of All Time in favor of a 1995 Norwegian film called "Dis". Have any of you considered using it for the show?
MaryJoPehl: We haven't seen it. I've not heard of it. But please if it's worse than Manos, please DO NOT send it our way!
Moderator: (Wile to Moderator) Was there ever a time where a movie was picked for the show, then ask yourself "Dear God! What was I thinking??"
MaryJoPehl: Yes, oh my god yes! Every single week! We always select these movies and then when it comes to actually doing them, we get into fights about who said that this movie was ok to do. And the movie we just did, "Overdrawn", well there were a lot of bitter recriminations and finger pointing in the writer room...
Moderator: (smaug to Moderator) MaryJo, do you target a particular age group with the humor that you write? It seems to me, (geezer), that some of the younger viewers couldn't possibly understand some of it.
MaryJoPehl: I think that's true. One of the things I personally like about the show is that we're all over the map with our peccidilloes and sensibilities.
MaryJoPehl: We love that kids watch it, but we're not deliberately trying to make it a children's show. At the same time, we want to be sensitive to the fact that children are watchin, so we try to make it somewhat palatable -- we don't want children asking their parents, "What's a _____?"
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: How did you become involved with MST3K?
MaryJoPehl: I had been doing stand-up cmedy for a couple of years. I knew Joel and Mike and Frank and Bridget, and at one point, I had heard that they might be looking for another writer, so I mustered up all my courage and called Mike and he asked me to audition.
Moderator: (hbogie to Moderator) I would like to know if Sci-Fi will be airing any of the older mst3k from Comedy Channel
MaryJoPehl: No. I don't think any arrangement can be worked out. That is Comedy Central domain....
Moderator: (Carnage to Moderator) Are there any plans for another MST3K book?
MaryJoPehl: We talk about it. We might just continue where the other one left off. We had so much fun writing the last one that it's very possible.
Moderator: (Nanite to Moderator) What's the story about the MST comic book? What's it going to be like?
MaryJoPehl: I don't know that much about it, not being a comic person. It's going to be essentially the TV format in comic book format. Mike and the bots will each have balloons commenting over the pre-existing comic book material.
Moderator: (Fertikas to Moderator) Do you know how many more Rhino MST home videos will be released in the near future?
MaryJoPehl: No, I don't know that. Sorry.
MaryJoPehl: I don't know anything about my job, lets face it...
Moderator: (QuarksLady to Moderator) What was your first acting job?
MaryJoPehl: My first acting job was doing a local casino commercial, where the director instructed me to scream like I was having an orgasm.
MaryJoPehl: because I had won so much money in the commercial
Moderator: (LilSimba to Moderator) (to MaryJoPehl:) Does Mike, having a culinary background, ever make lunch for the writing staff?
MaryJoPehl: No and we hate him for it! We resent him deeply! He has occasionally offered us tortilla chips...
Moderator: (Jon to Moderator) Are any more MST specials in the works, like the summer movie preview?
MaryJoPehl: Not in the works. It's quite possible something will come out, but nothing's currently brewing.
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: I have recently noticed that lately the scenes outside the theater have gotten longer. Why is this happening?
MaryJoPehl: I think we're having more fun with the sketches. We're playing around with the length of the sketches. I also think we're trying to cover a lot more territory since we've had more of a story line that necessitates more exposition.
Moderator: (TVsJeff to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: Are you(or any other BBI member) going to promote MST3K on any talk shows? I'd love to see you on Conan.
MaryJoPehl: Wow, you know, I think there has been talk about getting anyone of us on a talk show. Of couse I'd love to be on Jerry Springer, come on!
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) Any chance we'll see you or any MST3K staff at any scifi conventions in Canada?
MaryJoPehl: If I'm invited... I think any of us are game once we're invited. Those things are a blast!
Moderator: (TomServo to Moderator) MaryJoPehl: Is George Clooney REALLY Pearl's fiance?
MaryJoPehl: Yes, but he doesn't know it. It's going to be a big surprise for him.
Moderator: (CaveDweller to Moderator) Did you ever see any of the pre-Comedy Central KTMA episode of MST?
MaryJoPehl: No, I've never seen those. I hear legend of them, though...
Moderator: (sooprfrk to Moderator) How many more seasons do you think you could continue on MST3K before you experience some kind of burnout?
MaryJoPehl: Oh, that has happened already. Maybe 2 more...
Moderator: (QuarksLady to Moderator) How did Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo get their names?
MaryJoPehl: They were named by Joel when Joel created them.
Moderator: (Wile to Moderator) What happened to all those "I thought you were Dale" jokes?
MaryJoPehl: We grew to hate them, so we dumped them.
Moderator: (Callipygeas to Moderator) Goddess Apearlo, what are the odds of us seeing Gypsy in the theatre in upcoming episodes?
MaryJoPehl: We've played around with that in the past. It could happen again.
Moderator: (Jamie to Moderator) What did you dress as for Halloween?
MaryJoPehl: I'm afraid I went I as a normal girl in her mid-30's who was too busy and lazy to come up with a costume...
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) Does Best Brains endorse any candidate in the Minneapolis mayoral election Tuesday? :)
MaryJoPehl: Not Best Brains, but I will gladly spout off. The only thing I would say is DO NOT vote for Barbara Carlson.
Moderator: (BuckFifty to Moderator) With the recent appearance of Pitch, can we look forward to seeing more of the older MST3K characters such as Torgo?
MaryJoPehl: We have thrown the idea of Torgo around here and there. It is very possible.
MaryJoPehl: As you can tell, we're not adverse to inviting folks back.
Moderator: (egerton to Moderator) What were all those "I thought you were Dale" lines a reference to?
MaryJoPehl: There was a commercial, I wanna say in the 70's?, where because the woman had used Ivory dishwashing soap, that somehow she had been mistaken by her son-in-law, as her daughter because were so young looking.
MaryJoPehl: "I thought you were Dale"
Moderator: (dagger to Moderator) What kinds of outtakes of you are there in the Poopie 2 tape?
MaryJoPehl: Unfortunately, and I'm not proud of this, but I saw the edit list, and many of them are of me cracking up.
MaryJoPehl: and a lot of flubbed lines and frustrated performers.
MaryJoPehl: and sets or props that didn't function properly
Moderator: (Doom to Moderator) How does MST3K Find all those bad movies??
Moderator: Oops. Answered already...
MaryJoPehl: We already mentioned that-- distributors send us tapes.
Moderator: (Shadowlnd to Moderator) what is the meaning of "movie sign"? always mistook it originally, but it still makes no sense.....
MaryJoPehl: It was just a device we used to segue from the host segments into the movies. It also represents that Mike and the Bots have no choice.
Moderator: (Gothhound to Moderator) Mary Jo, how do you feel about Bill's perfomance as Crow as opposed to Trace's? Do you know his opinion?
MaryJoPehl: For me personally, I think it's not a matter of opposition to. They both brought something great to the role. Bill has done an incredible job. Trace's shoes were very hard to fill. I think Trace agrees that Bill's done a great job.
Moderator: (invincor to Moderator) Could we please have a host plot someday that focuses (heh) on some issue regarding Cambot?
MaryJoPehl: *LOL* OK, just for you, we'll do it
Moderator: (CaveDweller to Moderator) Have you ever gotten complaints from any of the "big time" actors you've made fun of in MSTed movies?
MaryJoPehl: We heard that Joe Don Maker was very displeased with us.
MaryJoPehl: We also were contacted by Kim Catrall as everyone knows, but she was not displeased, she enjoyed it.
Moderator: (Callipygeas to Moderator) Is there any chance we'll see another MST Live?
Moderator: We only have time for a few more questions. Please send your questions for Mary Jo to the Moderator now.
MaryJoPehl: It's possible, if we do another convention. Sort of hard to say right now. We don't figure these things out until 2 days before we want to do them.
Moderator: (Shampoo to Moderator) Mary-Jo Do you enjoy MST3k better than your stand-up work??
MaryJoPehl: Oh YES, YES, YES, YES, YES! And did I mention, YES! Dear God YES!
Moderator: (GnFightr1 to Moderator) Will Mike Nelson and the bots ever get off of the SOL?
MaryJoPehl: No, not if I have anything to say about it....
MaryJoPehl: We all need the work...
Moderator: (JimTheBrainGuy to Moderator) Will we ever see any of the other Observers again?
MaryJoPehl: It's very possible. We don't know.
MaryJoPehl: They were a fun lot...
Moderator: (NONE to Moderator) How, Mary Jo, do you relieve your agony of a terrible movie?
MaryJoPehl: I go for a walk on my lunch hour. And I have gone into the bathroom and cried...
MaryJoPehl: And we also have been known, all of us, to give the finger to the movie. You get so enraged sometimes.
Moderator: (Gurney to Moderator) Are there any movies that you have trouble making fun of?
MaryJoPehl: Yeah, if the movie itself is trying to be funny, that's problematic, and often some of these movies, even though they might not be violently gory and graphic, they are still presenting a horrible (sometimes misogynistic) world view that I have a hard time with.
Moderator: Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us!
MaryJoPehl: Thank you all for coming, it's been a delight!
Moderator: OK, we will be making the room unmoderated.
Moderator: Don't forget about the MST3K movies we're now showing in our "Screaming Streamings" area!
Moderator: The old pre-SFC ones!
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MaryJoPehl: Thanks everyone! Bye!
MaryJoPehl: Enjoy the videos on-line!
MaryJoPehl: http://www.scifi.com/scifi.con/screen/screaming/
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Topic is: Chat with Bill Corbett - 11/28 @ 9pm ET
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Bill: Hi dee ho
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Moderator: OK, we're ready to go.
Moderator: I'm going to make the room MODERATED ('cause that's what I do, y'see?).
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Bill: *ahem*
Bill: Hi Chris, hi Brian
Moderator: If you have a question for Bill, please send it to me as a private message.
Moderator: So...live from Dick Cheney's secret bunker, it's our very own Bill Corbett!
Bill: And all you other beautiful people!
Bill: Yeah, I'm working in primitive conditions
Bill: Crappy computer, bad chair
Moderator: Known to many of you as "Brain Guy" and "Crow T. Robot," and more recently as the titular "Edward the Less."
Bill: The Taliban looking over my shoulder
Bill: scram, guys!
Moderator: Thanks for making online with us tonight. Do you have any opening remarks for the assembled throng?
Bill: Oooh...you called me "titular"...Is that dirty?
Bill: Nothing profound, as ever
Bill: Thnaks for coming to talk to me, everyone
Bill: I get lonely
Moderator: OK, then let's make with the questions.
Bill: LET's CHAAAAAAAAT!!!
Bill: Questions?
Moderator: (Servo to Moderator) Bill, Mike and Kevin have book projects going - do you have any book plans?
Bill: OK g'night!!!
Bill: Not collectively, Servo
Bill: Mike and Kevin each have their own
Bill: But I'm....
Bill: well, I'm a tad illiterate
Bill: I AM doing a scathing bio of Jonathan Harris, though
Bill: Oh the pain!
Bill: ga
Bill: ooops
Moderator: For some reason, I can suddenly picture you starring in a one-man Jonathan Harris show.
Bill: fell asleep
Moderator: Think about it.
Moderator: (RealFolkBlues to Moderator) how does it feel working with some of your old Co-stars again?
Bill: well, you can't get much campier than Brain Guy, eh?
Bill: hee hee
Bill: he just got gayer as we went on
Bill: to answer:
Bill: it feels great working with my buddies again
Bill: I have a blast with those guys
Bill: they be smart!
Bill: and we all like beer, so that's a bonus
Bill: ga
Moderator: (freetoflythecrimsonsky to Moderator) Thanks for coming to chat with us, Bill! :) Here's my question: Is "Edward the Less" a playful homage to LOTR or taking a jab at the upcoming film(s)?
Bill: my pleasure, chatting and all -- nice break from my job at Sox Appeal
Bill: we haven't seen the upcoming film
Bill: but we DO know it's upcoming
Bill: more of a jabbing homage at Hobbits -- do you like those guys?
Bill: I sure don
Bill: 't
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Sampo to Moderator) Hiya Bill. This may sound like a weird question, but here goes: Irony is a one of the tools you use in your work. Right after Sept. 11 there were a couple of commentaries pronoucing the death of irony? Are you glad it's still with us?
Bill: Hey Chris!
Bill: great question
Bill: well, it's like this, in my opinion:
Bill: REAL irony is not just trite sarcasm
Bill: not that we (us ex-Brainers) haven't trafficed in that sometimes
Bill: as wel as fart jokes and such
Bill: It's good and right that we mourn the Sept. 11 events
Bill: and give the victims the respect, comfort and love they need
Bill: but
Bill: this should never lead to a joyless world
Bill: real irony is profound, in my opinino, and address the real contradictions of life, albiet in a playful way sometimes
Bill: (spelling erros abound!)
Bill: erros, geez
Bill: I think we took a proper moment
Bill: to consider what these horrible events mean
Bill: and to look at our lives in relation to them
Bill: the "what's really important?" questions
Bill: but I thin it's clear that laughter and joy ARE important
Bill: profoundly so
Bill: and in many ways the answer to violence and cruelty and rigid ways if thinknig that lead to those things
Bill: of thinking, I meant
Bill: end of sermon :)
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Dr-Forrester2001 to Moderator) Bill, did all those people who said they hated crow's new voice ever bug you? get you down?
Bill: (thanks for that question, Chris -- it's something I've been thinking a lot about -- obviously!)
Bill: Re Crow voice:
Bill: To be quite honest, I never heard that many people say that they hated Crow's new voice
Bill: Maybe I was shielded by Best Brains, I dunno!
Bill: But I would understand it, if they didn't care for it
Bill: Trace was an amazing talent
Bill: And my best hope was to not fuck the show up at first
Bill: But then I relaxed a bit
Bill: drank a lot
Bill: etc.
Bill: Actually people, on the whole, were extremely kind
Bill: So thanks and all
Bill: ga
Moderator: (trnoel to Moderator) All the folks at Best Brains had such diverse knowledge. Do you have a particular field you brought to the group?
Bill: I was the token ignorant guy
Bill: who knew very little
Bill: Um:
Bill: pretty good knowledge of politics
Bill: literature
Bill: sports, but nowhere near to match Paul's encyclopedic knowledge!
Bill: and I am an expert in all things to do with James Coburn
Bill: Ask me anything!!!
Bill: ga
Moderator: (SilverWordz to Moderator) Are there any episodes of MST3K that stand out in your mind as the most fun to have done? And on the other extreme any episodes you wished that you hadn't done?
Bill: let me start with the negative, since I am from Brooklyn, and is our Way there:
Bill: those Southern-y films in the last two seasons drove me batty
Bill: Squirm, Boggy Creek, etc.
Bill: And I think we devolved into Southern-basjhing once too many times
Bill: abd bashing, to
Bill: too
Bill: jeez
Bill: favorites:
Bill: strangely, Jack Frost tickled me a lot
Bill: Horror of Paty Beach, don't know why
Bill: um, PARTY beach
Bill: Prince of Space, 'cause I got to play Kranor and do that annoying laugh
Bill: OH! Prince of Space!
Bill: And though your weapons ARE useless against me, I invite you to ask another question
Bill: (Krankor -- soory, just read what I wrote, yikes)
Bill: ga
Moderator: I'll take you up on that invitation.
Moderator: (freetoflythecrimsonsky to Moderator) Another question but this one begins with a personal comment. The ending skit of "Girl in Gold Boots" where Brain Guy is dressed in the go-go dancer outfit was the most freakishly hilarious thing i've ever witnessed. How did you keep a straight face? Also can you name any occasions that were hard to work through without cracking up?
Bill: I am typing with boxing gloves on
Bill: Ooh, big ol' question
Bill: give me ten minutes to read it, 'k?
Bill: ahh, I kid freeetoflythecrimsonsky, i always do
Bill: oh my god thjat skit is still on TAPE?
Bill: they still SHOW IT?
Bill: excuse me while I commit ritual sepuku
Bill: well, thank you
Bill: I was wearing my own wardrobe in that skit, that's the scary part
Bill: I was reduced to blubbering laughter on the set many many times, thanks to Kevin and Mike and Mary Jo
Bill: we had a good time
Bill: *sniff!*
Bill: now I work at Chuck E,. Cheese, it's less fun
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Cal to Moderator) What genre of movies is your favorite? Also, what are some of your favorite movies? BTW, I miss MST3K!
Bill: Thanks, Cal
Bill: you were one of my favorite presidents, silent as you were
Bill: I really don't have a particualr genre I favor
Bill: I love some talky little indies, aka Sexy Beast
Bill: and big-ass mainstream things sometimes -- loved the Matrix
Bill: am I a cliche or what?
Bill: the Matrix actually made Keanu Reeves seems like a sentient being
Bill: whoa
Bill: ga
Moderator: (trnoel to Moderator) Did you get tp hang onto any MST memorabilia for a keepsake or was it all sold on eBay?
Bill: most of it was sold on eBay
Bill: I got a # 3 pencil, but the point broke
Bill: I have one keepsake: the little gold Crow that was used in the bots' angry puppet show after the Gumby short
Bill: I sleep with it under my pillow
Bill: sad, really
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Ford-Prefect to Moderator) "Edward" is the best web show I've ever seen! If it's successful enough, is there a way to market it so we can view it on something better quality than Realplayer?
Bill: I hope so
Bill: And thank you!
Bill: ga
Bill: (Ford, you ARE perfect)
Moderator: (NikeMelson to Moderator) How is Edward the Less like you and not like you?
Bill: If the Edward the Less were a tree, I think he'd be me
Bill: huh?
Bill: Um:
Bill: I am a titch taller
Bill: Edward is a bit scrappy, I guess
Bill: compared to his passive fellow pudges
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Moderator: Hmm...Bill seemed to go "poof."
Moderator: What have you guys done with Bill?
Moderator: Hang tight -- we'll go unmoderated while I look for Mr. Corbett.
Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, I've just received word...
Moderator: For the remainder of our chat, the part of Bill Corbett will be played by Trace Beaulieu.
Moderator: (Just kidding. Bill is trying to reconnect as I type.)
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Bill: what happened?
Moderator: OK, we resume the fun....now!
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Moderator: OK, welcome back, Bill.
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Moderator: So, you were tell us how you were (or weren't) like Edward...?
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Moderator: Hmm...?
Moderator: Hang on a sec...
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Moderator: OK, just talked to Bill on the phone...he's connecting again.
Moderator: Now kids, it's not fun to pretend to be Mr. Corbett, 'cause then he can't connect.
Moderator: And, no, I will not sell you Bill's phone number.
Moderator: I do have some naked pictures of Kevin Murphy that I'm planning to put up on eBay soon, though.
Moderator: Sorry for the delay...shouldn't be more than another moment or two.
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Moderator: Now might perhaps be an excellent time to peruse the fabulous Edward the Less website.
Moderator: http://www.scifi.com/edwardtheless/
Moderator: Hmm...hang one on sec, Bill's on the phone again.
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Moderator: We should be back in business, well, eventually.
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Moderator: Ok, we have Bill back...finally!
Bill: good god
Moderator: He and Dick Chaney have been moved to their new secure location, and we're ready to resume.
Moderator: So, what's new since last we spoke?
Bill: i'm SO sorry
Bill: damn Taliban
Bill: they took away my computer for listening to the Sex Pistols
Bill: I've aged a loit, Moderator
Bill: I was SO SCARED!
Moderator: It's OK, we're all back together now.
Bill: anyway, thank you for hanging in, everyone
Moderator: Here, a question will make you feel better:
Moderator: (MSTieScott to Moderator) Do you have any zany anecdotes to share from the Edward the Less recording booth? Or was doing the voices a serious, straightforward affair?
Bill: so sorry
Bill: Zany, no
Bill: but madcap, yes
Bill: Kevin kept pulling out nose hairs, it was fun!
Bill: Um
Bill: it was crowded in there
Bill: which was...clsoe
Bill: close
Bill: and a bit airless
Bill: but we yukked it up
Bill: it was actually tremendous fun
Bill: I loved how we seemed to get our timing back instantly
Bill: except for Mike, who was heavily doiped up on Robitussin
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Kiosk to Moderator) When and how did Mary Jo Pehl come onboard the Edward the Less project? Or was she in it from the beginning?
Bill: (I have about another 25 minutes)
Bill: Mary Jo wasn't in on it from the beginning -- she lives in NYC now, and we did it in Minneapolis
Bill: Also, Mary Jo has a sense of dignity, which we seem to lack
Bill: But once it was a "go" to do the voices we knew we wanted her invovled in some way
Bill: Unfortunately, there aren't many (any?) great women's parts in Edward, at least yet
Bill: but we asked her in just to do some voices and (mostly) hang out with us
Bill: She had all these "New York"-y airs and wore furs and diamonds and all but eventually warmed up
Bill: j/k - she's the greatest
Bill: ga
Moderator: (pitch to Moderator) Bill, I noticed that the IceBox site is back up. Are you doing any more work on Poker Night or are you finished with that project?
Bill: no more work on the doggies
Bill: Iceobx is back in a kind of skeletal form
Bill: my partner Rob and I have had some disccusions out in Hollyweird about related projects, but nothing solid yet
Bill: but who knows?
Bill: could be more dumb neutering jokes yet
Bill: hee hee
Bill: ga
Moderator: (KingTom to Moderator) Have you ever visited the "Caption This!" site on MST3K.com?
Moderator: (or SCIFI.COM, since that's where it really is)
Bill: yes i have
Bill: you guys are funneeee
Bill: nice work
Bill: ga
Moderator: (RealFolkBlues to Moderator) It seems that you do more reflections on the MSt3k page than anyone, did you guys choose who did it, or did you just do it for the heck of it?
Moderator: (those are from the episode guides, right?)
Bill: Actually I think Paul sets the record -- he was the default guy to do it for a while
Bill: Mine just seem like more, because I have no sense of brevity
Bill: And I'm VERY reflective
Bill: *Urp!*
Bill: 'scuse me
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Truent to Moderator) I asked Kevin his feelings on digital distribution of the non commmercially available mst3k material, and his thoughts were, "circulate those buggers, just dont charge for em, ideas are free" What are your thoughts on the subject?
Bill: You asked KEVIN?
Bill: Didn't he just give you a big ol' drunken "go to hell!"?
Bill: No, I agree with my former parnte from the puppet trenches
Bill: partner
Bill: ga
Moderator: (PsychoMSTie to Moderator) Kevin Murphy has said that wether or not there is another season of MST3K is up to us. What would we have to do to get another one? And would you join the cast again if they did agree to another?
Bill: Kevin this, Kevin that!
Bill: Godddd!
Bill: hee hee
Bill: I had a wonderful time doing MST3K, and would do it again in a second
Bill: I may not be as optimistic as Kevlar, though, as to whether another season is possible
Bill: but he knows more than me
Bill: (except about James Coburn)
Bill: I also don't know that it's right to keep asking the fans to go to bat for us yet again, unless there is a real possibility we know of
Bill: but what do I know
Bill: I can barely tie my shoes
Bill: Kevin is a good, dear, sweet, funny man
Bill: But he'll lead you down the primrose path to hell
Bill: I know, I've been there
Bill: (Hi Kevin!)
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Erhardt to Moderator) Hiya, Bill. Besides your TV and web work, you're also a successful playwright. Do you happen to have any new (or old) plays coming soon to a theater near us?
Moderator: Or, phrased another way:
Moderator: (Kismet1 to Moderator) Say bill are you going write any more plays or get them produced?
Bill: I have a few plays that seem to keep circulating around the country, and I'm very lucky to have that
Bill: But I'm (finally!) working on some new stuff now
Bill: Including a couple of play commissions
Bill: More info to follow (eventually!)
Bill: thanks for asking
Bill: and letting me do some SSP
Bill: (shameless self-promotion)
Bill: ga
Moderator: (pitch to Moderator) Bill, as you are both playwrights from the Minneapolis area, have you ever had any dealings/meetings with Garrison Keillor?
Bill: yes
Bill: I wrotre some things for ol' Garrison
Bill: but found that he was too tall to work for
Bill: I wrote some skits for Prairie Home Companion, then he revised them
Bill: I admire him as a writer, and think his monolgues are pretty brilliant
Bill: but when we spoke it was like we were from other planets
Bill: so we agreed to fire me
Bill: (no, not so harsh -- just got busy with other stuff...)
Bill: ga
Moderator: (ddelony to Moderator) If a group of MSTIES and a group of Trekkies got in a fight, who would win?
Bill: MSTies would clean their clocks before the poor dopes ever got out their plastic phasers
Bill: there would be blood and fake Vulcan ear-things all over the floor
Bill: 'twouldn't be pretyy
Bill: prettyy
Bill: if you guys fight them, can I come?
Bill: I want to sucker punch a Kirk wannabe
Bill: ga
Moderator: Bill Corbett vs Bill Shatner in the ultimate grudge match. Neato.
Bill: and I don't even wear a girdle!
Bill: (maybe I should...hmmm...)
Moderator: (Ben-Cohen to Moderator) Be honest: Did things ever get 'amorous' between Pearl and Brainguy when we weren't looking?
Bill: if he started singing Mr. Tambourine Man I'd have to cover my ears, then he could get me...
Bill: *shudders*
Bill: ga
Bill: (about ten more minutes then I gotta go...)
Bill: Pearl and Brain Guy?
Bill: good god, no
Bill: he only liked non-corporal beings
Bill: corporeal?
Bill: or corporeal men in uniform
Bill: yikes, erase that!!!!!!
Moderator: We'll fix it in post. Keep going.
Bill: before I shame myself futher...GA
Moderator: (PsychoMSTie to Moderator) I have seen a lot of Boy Scout jokes over the years on the show. Where you ever a scout?
Bill: (must THINK before typing...must THINK before typing...)
Bill: I was a scout, but not a serious scout -- I think I was a Tenderfoot for three years, never tried to advance
Bill: the Eagle guys were distrubing
Bill: disturbing
Bill: We had a lot of scout jokes?
Bill: You sure you don't mean about Bruce and Demi's kid?
Bill: ga
Moderator: (BugsBunny to Moderator) Bill, are you bald? Even though I saw Brain guy with hair once.
Bill: I am differently follicled
Bill: No, not total baldino, but inching my way there slowly
Bill: I keep my head nearly shaved during the MST years,so it looked a little shinier
Bill: I am now trying Miracle-Gro on my head
Bill: ga
Moderator: (Sentroid91 to Moderator) My question is: Now that GatewayCon has ceased to be, do you think you or any of the other Brains would consider going to cons in other areas(the NJ/NYC/PA area for instance)?
Bill: yes, I think we'd enjoy that
Bill: Gateway was great fun
Bill: If you build it, we will come
Bill: ga
Moderator: We've got time for only a couple more questions.
Bill: (two/three more maybe?)
Moderator: Send your final ones in now.
Bill: what he said!
Moderator: (Rowsdower to Moderator) What makes you laugh Mr. Corbett?
Bill: sunshine, puppy dogs, a walk on the beach...
Bill: wait, that's my personal ad.
Bill: many things...I'm basically insane
Bill: but I'm a fan of behavorial huor more thna jokey humor, as a rule
Bill: love slapstick
Bill: "humor" was the intended weird word above
Bill: basically anything short of Carrot Top can make me laugh
Bill: abusive, ultra-sarcastic humor? nahhh
Bill: ga
Moderator: (RealFolkBlues to Moderator) Were you satisfied with the way MST3k ended (the final epsiode I mean) if not, how waould you change it?
Bill: I liked the way it ended VERY MUCH
Bill: i just don't like that it ended
Bill: "DIABOLIK" was an odd one to go out on, but I guess any movie would have been
Bill: might have been nicer if we could have dug up an unused GAMERA or something, though
Moderator: I was hoping for Berlin Alexanderplatz.
Bill: on MANOS II: The Next Day
Bill: At least it'd be long! :)
Bill: We'd still be doing it now
Bill: one more, then ?
Moderator: OK, last question for the night:
Moderator: (MSTieMuppet to Moderator) whats next after Edward the Less?
Bill: Edward the Even Lesser
Bill: Um
Bill: I honestly don't know right now
Bill: this is an odd world we all work in
Bill: sometimes promising things come to naught
Bill: then sometimes you get a gift out of the blue
Bill: we will let you know
Bill: read SATELLITE NEWS!
Bill: (great recipes there, too...)
Bill: I want to thank you all for coming out tonight and chatting with me
Bill: I had a lot of fun
Bill: apologies for getting lost for a while, there...
Moderator: It's was great having you as our guest, Bill.
Bill: Thank you!
Moderator: Thanks everyone for joining us tonight, and thanks for sticking around through our technical difficulties.
Moderator: And special thanks to our guest Bill Corbett, whose dulcet tones can currently be heard on The Adventures of Edward the Less (http://www.scifi.com/edwardtheless).
Bill: Happy holidays my friends!
Moderator: And on MST3K most Saturday mornings.
Moderator: We're now going to go unmoderated...please stand by.
Bill: Dulcet? Maybe you never heard Sci-Fi era Crow
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Bill: hee hee
Moderator: That was "irony," Bill. Someone told me it's not dead. :)
Bill: 'BYE EVERYONE!!!!
Bill: GOOD NIGHT!!!!!
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MST3k: OK, can we begin?
MST3k: Hey everyone. Mike Nelson here. Don't hit me!
SciFiMJ: Hi!
MST3k: And don't believe anything Mary Jo says. 'Kay?
shred: Whew, at long last we're ready to roll.
shred: I'm gonna handle moderation, so PLEASE send all questions for Mike and Mary Jo to me.
MST3k: Dear Kim. Thank you for your question. Yes, Joel's shoes were quite filthy.
shred: you can do that by typing /msg shred (question)
MST3k: Actually it was quite frightening, but the therapy is helping.
shred: Mike, Mary Jo - anything to say for starters?
MST3k: Dear Shred and everyone, thank you for the opportunity to tell my side of the story.
SciFiMJ: I'm scared because I've never done an on line chat before and I'm not really a people person
shred: first question:
shred: (Sampo) to (Moderator): so far we have the names of four movies for the news season: Revenge of the Creature, The Mole People, The Leech Woman and The Deadly Mantis. Can you give us any other confirmed titles?
MST3k: Were doing The Magnificent Amersons, and It's a Wonderful Life!!
MST3k: Actually, how does Terror From the Year 5000 sound?
SciFiMJ: We're trying to get waterworld too
shred: (Thrillsee) to (Moderator): What is your outlook on re-airing on the sci-fi channel?
MST3k: Private to Zonks. Can I have my hat back?
MST3k: We're very excited about the SciFi channel because we get to meet the Incredible Hulk. He's been really nice and he helped me move
SciFiMJ: I'm excited because it seems like they actually want our show on their channel and they've been great to work with and we have a lot more titles to chose from (movie titles)
shred: (arteitle) to (Moderator): Will Tom and Mike be aware of Crow's new voice? Or will it be a "new Darren"-on-Bewitched type thing?
SciFiMJ: There will be some allusion to it. A veiled reference here and there.
MST3k: I should announce that standing next to me now is Jack Perkins. No kidding!! He's really cool.
shred: (Choadster) to (shred): Mike, what does Crow sound like now without Trace doing his voice?
SciFiMJ: Mike lies so bad - there's nobody here.
SciFiMJ: Mike is busy with his invisible friend jack perkins so I'll answer if you don't mind. It sounds like someone else is doing Crow's voice, but the character remains the same.
shred: (jlbore_) to (shred): For MJ... How do you respond to (especially on-line MSTies) who feel you shouldn't have been chosen as the one to host Deep 13??
SciFiMJ: Um... I I guess I didn't know that there were a lot of on line MSTies who felt that way.
SciFiMJ: Hi!!
shred: (LPBNEdito) to (shred): Do you (Best Brains) plan to produce any other shows besides MST3k, now or in the future?
SciFiMJ: We have tossed around ideas here and there, but for the time being we're really tied up with MST.
shred: (JWL) to (shred): Will the format of the episodes change? Like, for example, did the really-nice dictatorship of the SciFi channel force you to use buzzwords, etc.? And will there be a new door sequence?
SciFiMJ: Hey, thanks!
SciFiMJ: No, there will not be a new door sequence but watch for a terrific new opening. And no, the Sci-Fi channel is not forcin us to use buzzwords. We can't use the word Shatner however
SciFiMJ: Hey, thanks!
MST3k: There is a new doorway sequence starring Sylvestor Stallone.
shred: (invincor) to (shred): for MJ: I heard that you and Rosie O'Donnell were/are? friends and if so, do you think you'll get to plug your show on her show come February?
SciFiMJ: I was on VH1 standup spotlight so I met rosie then, but right now I've secretly trying to will her to have me on her show.
shred: Please don't send private messages to Mike & Mary Jo. Also, I'm not passing along any questions that are currently answered in the FAQ.
shred: (DataJoe) to (shred): 8 seasons, huh? How does it feel to be among the ranks of "The Facts of Life" and "Coach"?
MST3k: I actually have a lot in common with Tootie. (sp?)
SciFiMJ: Oh, wow! Well, until we've had George Clooney on in a recurring role - or Jerry Van Dyke - I guess I won't consider us in that realm!
shred: (CamBorg) to (shred): Mike, who do you feel is the most important person to MST3K?
MST3k: Confidential to MrFizz. Please get off my porch.
MST3k: I feel that the most important person to MST is Garret Morris. Without his unswerving vision, there would be no MST. Thank you.
shred: (Wiles) to (shred): Any plans for another "behind the scenes" type show? (better than CC's)
MST3k: Confidential to hectate. Use a better knife.
MST3k: Actually, we're doing a lot of stuff for SciFi and I think a new one of those is inevitable. Unless it doesn't happen. Then I take back what I said. Sorry.
shred: (MSTer) to (shred): With "The Mole People" in the wings, will Gerry & Sylvia be making a cameo?
SciFiMJ: No - we forgot who played those roles and so cannot contact their agents
MST3k: El Santo, thank goodness you're here. We're actually doing a lot of SciFi movies and if there is an El Santo movie with a scifi edge, we'll do it. Thank you for your interest in sweaty wrestlers.
shred: (Xxyl) to (shred): any word on the new theme song, or will we just have to wait?
MST3k: confidential to funnyman. A sweater or a keychain is a nice gift.
SciFiMJ: There will be a theme song - several in fact played concurrently
MST3k: The new theme song is being done by LaToya Jackson. She's really nice.
shred: (ACC3k) to (shred): Hello Mike, Mary Jo! Me and my friends (who treat you like gods) were wondering if there is going to be another ConventioCon in the not-too-distant future?
MST3k: Actually, there is a new theme song, but you'll just have to wait. Just sit there and wait. And wait. Don't move.
shred: (TomServo) to (shred): What big secrets can you hint at for us?
MST3k: I think it will be a couple of years before we do the ConventioCon again. We're still sleeping in from the last one.
MST3k: mewster, you just opened up a whole can of whoop ass!
SciFiMJ: I don't always throw the deadbolt on my apartment door when I get home. But I don't like people to know that. Sometimes I take people's clothes out of the dryer before they are dry so I can use it.
MST3k: confidential to mary jo. can you skootch over a little.
MST3k: It will be explained in the first show for the SCIFi channel. Gosh what a great channel. I love these guys. (the pres. is right over my shoulder)
MST3k: Dear CamBorg. Yes. Thank you for your interest in my middle name.
shred: (davey23) to (shred): hey mike, is microsoft paying you to make anti-mac/pro bill gates refrences on the show??
MST3k: The best way to get soy sauce out of your jumpsuit is, well, first you cry. Then you put white wine on it.
MST3k: Dear KimCatral. I do love you and I will marry. When should we set it up?
shred: (MrFizz) to (shred): "What is your fondest behind-the-scenes memory of TV's Frank? (Right now the pres. of the scifi channel is going 'Who's Frank? You never told me about any Frank!')"
MST3k: Dear IG-72, name at least one of your sons or daughters Jebediah. You'll be glad you did!
MST3k: Dear Birdman, thank you for your interest in my head. I will have the same $7.00 haircut I always have.
SciFiMJ: My favorite memory of frank was one day in the writing room, someone made a very funny comment and frank, without laughing, said in his very flat voice, "That's hilarious." Its hard to convey in writing, but it was very very funny, his flat assessment of the joke. And he really did think it was funny!
shred: (Snowdemon) to (shred): How is Bill Corbett coming along in his character?
MST3k: Dear Lisa, In fact I do. He's living in L.A., working and doing well.
SciFiMJ: Who's bill corbett? Is he the new Mrs. Forrester?
shred: (Seawitch) to (shred): Is anyone else planning to leave the show?
MST3k: Snowdemon, Bill is wretched. It hurts. What have we done. My god, what have we done.
MST3k: Actually, Bill is fantastic and we're having a ball.
SciFiMJ: Yes. We had a squirrel in the rafters at the office and he left. We escorted him off the premises
shred: (Gypsy) to (shred): Many of us were discussing our favorite episodes earlier tonight. Are there any episodes you consider your personal favorites?
MST3k: Dear Kim, I find it rather comforting that as a woman, I am so horribly, viciously, wretchedly ugly I could gag a maggot. So no.
MST3k: Dear People. We're going to take just a few more questions. Then we have to go to Pizza Hut.
SciFiMJ: Yes, frankly, I love two of the three Coleman Francis movies - Red Zone Cuba and Skydivers. I loved the non-effort that went into them. I also quite liked Dead Talk Back
MST3k: Dear CrowLuvr. Do not go down this road. It is lonely dark and deep, but you have promises to keep, and miles to go before you sleep.
shred: (Moxie) to (shred): Have either of you watched Sabrina?
SciFiMJ: No, I haven't - I don't have a tv and I don't get cable or network stations. Its actually a closed circuit monitor of other rooms in my apartment
MST3k: To Claye. Thank you for your interest in our CD's. In fact our CD's have been outselling Corey Hart for some time now. As far as I know, we can't use the themesong from the movie or Universally will have us ritually executed.
MST3k: Last question and I will answer...um...no, not you. You, there in the front, yourquestion?
shred: (Masem) to (shred): question: If someone were to give you a sufficient amount of funds, a studio, and all the waffles you can eat, would you considering doing another movie, and would you do something "big" like, oh, Star Trek V?
MST3k: Dear XXyl, first, get a better screen name. As to your question, it's us because it's not Kevin and it's not Jim. Kevin is very smelly and has a hairy back. I smell like lavender and am hairless. Jim is not here because he is somewhere else. That is all, thank you.
MST3k: We'd like to thank everyone, except that one guy, Mary Jo and I have enjoyed our chat. I hope you liked our Spoon Bread and fresh jellies. Thank you all and we'll see you on SciFi come february!!
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PaulChaplin: test
BridgetJones: test one two
Moderator: That's good, Paul.
PaulChaplin: Are we in? I think we are!!
Moderator: Good. Cool!
BridgetJones: ok
PaulChaplin: Let's chat!!
BridgetJones: Were on our way!!1
PaulChaplin: 1?
Moderator: OK, do you have any opening remarks?
PaulChaplin: I'm glad to be here, and I'm glad to be here still.
BridgetJones: let's go!
Moderator: OK, here we go.
Moderator: (Sampo) to (Moderator): Have any of the movies been chosen for episodes 814 on up?
PaulChaplin: No, but a bunch we've looked at. They're not very good movies.
Moderator: (Epicharmus) to (Moderator): This is for Bridget: Did you get any special satisfaction from being able to slap Mike silly as Adrienne Barbeau in ep. 805?
PaulChaplin: I got special satisfaction from it.
BridgetJones: Yes it wasn't as fun as at home but yiu make do
Moderator: (igor) to (Moderator): Paul or Bridget, can you give us a hint where the SOL will travel to next and who they will encounter?
BridgetJones: I want it to go to a planet of sorority girls
PaulChaplin: A planet of guys who wear no make-up and hang around the studio.
PaulChaplin: We don;t know, actually.
Moderator: (DataJoe) to (Moderator): Paul, Bridget...who was your favorite character to play and why? And as a follow up, what one show do each of you watch week after week without fail?
BridgetJones: I watch the essence of Emeril but he bugs me
PaulChaplin: I played Hamlet in the fourth grade, but seriously I think Pitch. I like the laugh.
BridgetJones: My favorite charecter was the Amazon mom
PaulChaplin: I watch a local show called "simply fishin'"
BridgetJones: With you paul it's all simple
PaulChaplin: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
BridgetJones: Zing
PaulChaplin: ring a ding ding
Moderator: (Kodiak) to (Moderator): Paul, any animosity for having to go through all that makeup, and having yet to survive a planetary disintegration?
PaulChaplin: Remember, that was a character.
BridgetJones: Paul goes through ytubes and tubes of charels of the ritz
PaulChaplin: We all hated that ape make-uip - pretty hard to put up with for a whole day
PaulChaplin: What is charels of the ritz?
BridgetJones: You poor soul
PaulChaplin: I know
PaulChaplin: Oh, "charles"
BridgetJones: Paul why don't you just come to my office and we'll talk
PaulChaplin: You come to my office
BridgetJones: no
PaulChaplin: you don;t have an office
BridgetJones: thanks
PaulChaplin: Yeah
PaulChaplin: (zing)
BridgetJones: i have a special chair
Moderator: (Shellback) to (Moderator): If Pearl keeps gaining sidekicks, is she going to have to get a bigger van?
PaulChaplin: Remember she already owns a "big rig"
BridgetJones: Yes and it's going to be a town and country with juice box holders
PaulChaplin: we think of it as a sort if outer space Outlaw Josey Wales
Moderator: (CitizenNancy) to (Moderator): Paul and Bridget, is there a way for us fans to recommend bad movies for you to use?
BridgetJones: Yes, tell Barb
PaulChaplin: And then Barb will decide what we do
BridgetJones: bring on the?????
Moderator: (Bookworm) to (Moderator): Now that you've reached the third-of-the-way point, do you think the show is going the direction you want it to? Is it evolving the way you envisioned it?
BridgetJones: we4ll Charels Nelson Riely hasnt been shipwreckrd yet
PaulChaplin: We rarely think more than about a day ahead, if that
PaulChaplin: We're having fun, so that's a good thing
BridgetJones: Can someone be hired to help me spell and type?
PaulChaplin: That's me, right?
BridgetJones: oh yrrj,dh
PaulChaplin: Ythrn
BridgetJones: sdfjilksdgf;hkiadklu
PaulChaplin: FGHf!!!!!
Moderator: (MrListOfLists) to (Moderator): Will we get to see some films in color?
PaulChaplin: Yes, if you have a color TV
BridgetJones: YES lots we've been asking for them by name
PaulChaplin: After about half way through the 13, they start popping up
PaulChaplin: We're doing another of those werid Russian movies - that's in color
BridgetJones: I got that girl in color
Moderator: (CountZero) to (Moderator): do you plan on using anymore of the old short clips from the schhol films and such at the beginning of your episodes?
BridgetJones: We don't know and they would never tell paul and i anyway
PaulChaplin: We don;t know, hard to say at this point. My Kevin advises me no comment
Moderator: (Cynic-Guy) to (Moderator): How about some 3D movies?
BridgetJones: okay
PaulChaplin: Sure.
BridgetJones: Is this a date
PaulChaplin: How about dinner and a 3-d movie
BridgetJones: No your cookin with crisco
BridgetJones: I ment now
Moderator: (Q) to (Moderator): Paul - if there were a real wrestling match between you and Kevin Murphy, who would win?
PaulChaplin: Is this the same guy asking all these questions? WE could just call him
BridgetJones: I put my money on Paul
PaulChaplin: I would fight so dirty that he would not know what hit him
BridgetJones: Kevin uses oil
PaulChaplin: Was that Don King?
Moderator: (ETI) to (Moderator): What's your favorite part of the shows to write: the mstings, or the host segments?
PaulChaplin: It's fun when it's fun
BridgetJones: I like the second run through of the movie
PaulChaplin: The host segments are in some way the biggest challenge.
BridgetJones: The second time around we usually start writing things out of desperation and it makes us laugh
PaulChaplin: A lot of staring that day
PaulChaplin: I stare at Kevin, usually
BridgetJones: Yes and drooling
BridgetJones: You always stare at kevin
Moderator: (tomservo) to (Moderator): Both: has there ever been a movie so bad you thought it might be even too bad?
PaulChaplin: Yes, every week we go through that stretch
BridgetJones: Yes MANOS i haaaaaate that movie
BridgetJones: Manos made me think the devil was coming
PaulChaplin: And he was, but we threw him out
BridgetJones: He moved in and you know it
PaulChaplin: Was he who took my forst office?
PaulChaplin: I mean first
BridgetJones: What?
PaulChaplin: Huh?
BridgetJones: Ohb.
PaulChaplin: jhikhdf;s
PaulChaplin: Hello?
Moderator: (agentj) to (Moderator): Paul: I heard how you were spotted by Best Brains as a writer was an interesting story. Could you tell us about it?
PaulChaplin: I was running naked thorugh the bush and Mike saw my talent
BridgetJones: I was with mike and urged him on
PaulChaplin: Seriously - they saw me at an open stage and admired my perseverance as I attempted to host a real sad open stage
PaulChaplin: By "they" I mean some guys from here
BridgetJones: Paul you were very funny selling those dots
PaulChaplin: They were Jujyfruits
BridgetJones: Dots
PaulChaplin: No. Jujyfruits
BridgetJones: horse mule horse...
PaulChaplin: I know, you're right. Dots
Moderator: (ETI) to (Moderator): Would you say fans of MST3k are in general more sane than trekkies?
BridgetJones: Yes!
PaulChaplin: Well, it hasn't been 35 years yet so yes.
BridgetJones: I'd say they are better dressers
PaulChaplin: Plus I don't know of any weird psycho-sexual touches at our conventions
BridgetJones: And most peoples t shirts go over their guts
Moderator: (Josh) to (Moderator): both:will rhino release manos on video?
PaulChaplin: I don't know - hopefully.
BridgetJones: Paul?
PaulChaplin: Yeah?
BridgetJones: oops
PaulChaplin: You okay?
BridgetJones: my tummy hurts
PaulChaplin: Bridget had a bad hot dog earlier
BridgetJones: at target
PaulChaplin: So she can always return it
BridgetJones: It doesnt look right with the shoes
PaulChaplin: or on the shoes, yeah!
Moderator: (WabitTwax) to (Moderator): When are they going to make MST3K Action Figures! (Wit not included)?
BridgetJones: Soon I hope because I've got great Ideas for MaryJo
PaulChaplin: I can;t think of anything to say! I don;t know
Moderator: (Stav) to (Moderator): Outside of MST, do you think you guys are 'normal'?
BridgetJones: Oh cripes yeah
PaulChaplin: Yeah, why? Who have you been tlaking to? I mean I think it's a little subjective what normal is, but i think a coupla regular guys like us can agree that we're both pretty regular
PaulChaplin: I fish, that's normal
BridgetJones: I work at my church and stuff
Moderator: (lando5) to (Moderator): Can we settle once and for all what Mary Jo said that got bleeped out of ep 807?
PaulChaplin: She swore at me so bad.
BridgetJones: I work at my church and stuff
PaulChaplin: It was "shmuck" apparently, and it means something bad in Yiddish.
BridgetJones: I'm not sure I think communicatio is breaking down
PaulChaplin: It's all fine, you're coming through clear and fine, it's good to be fine,
Moderator: (PinkBoy) to (Moderator): Has there been any talk (general mumblings, screams in the night) about a third con?
BridgetJones: Why Pink Boy?
PaulChaplin: It's always a possibility, but you'd probably know before we do.
BridgetJones: Really Why is your name Pink boy?
PaulChaplin: He's pink. Sad really.
PaulChaplin: We'd have to hire the Astrodome,
PaulChaplin: Hello?
Moderator: (Stav) to (Moderator): If there were a movie that you could do which would either of you pick to MST?
BridgetJones: I would choose the Bodygaurd
PaulChaplin: I would love to do a good movie, meaning no disrespect. Or maybe meaning disrespect. Like a Bergman movie. Or "lifeboat"
BridgetJones: IIIIIIIIIIIwill always love that movie
PaulChaplin: I'm sure you would choose the bodyguard, rowll
BridgetJones: Paul did you know i love life boat/
PaulChaplin: I knew you love Lifebuoy
BridgetJones: less scum
PaulChaplin: More flavor
BridgetJones: and my active life requires that
PaulChaplin: I'd love to do any of the Ganera movies, you ever see them?
Moderator: (JaneMolly) to (Moderator): what's the weirdest thing a fan has ever sent you? Has anyone ever knitted you or the bots something?
PaulChaplin: We have been knitted sweaters, very nice sweates. A guy sent us toenails once, but they were the wrong size.
BridgetJones: Y3es this really nice lady knit every single one of us these great sweaters
PaulChaplin: See? I wasn't lying.
BridgetJones: Pauls is asassy cardigan
PaulChaplin: I'm not lying about the toenails.
PaulChaplin: Everything about me is sassy.
BridgetJones: Short and Sassy
PaulChaplin: Hey - what do you mean short?
BridgetJones: Long and silky short and sassy
PaulChaplin: Okay then. That's what i think about you too.
Moderator: (ETI) to (Moderator): Do you ever MST things in theaters and get yelled at by people nearby?
BridgetJones: Yes during the bodygaurd
PaulChaplin: We all went to see Waterworld together and did it, the day it opened, but other than that it's not a nice thing to do.
BridgetJones: Maryjo and I and about 6other people
Moderator: (iggymac) to (Moderator): A little off the subject of MST3K but...where did you and Mike meet? And, is there an interesting anecdote? I hope that's not too personal.
PaulChaplin: Well, we met at a comedy club, and I could tell right away that there was just something - oh, you mean Bridget
BridgetJones: It was during the war in paris my husband Victor... no wait
BridgetJones: i walked in to his Gin Joint
PaulChaplin: I mnet a guy once, you want to hear about that?
BridgetJones: Actually we met at an open stage
PaulChaplin: Hello?
Moderator: (larrylt) to (Moderator): Bridget, as CEO of AOL's Bridget Brigade, I have to ask...would you consider playing a major character on MST?
BridgetJones: Oh HI...
BridgetJones: Yes i'd do it if i could work out the homefront
PaulChaplin: And her massive pay requirements
BridgetJones: And trailer
PaulChaplin: And all the blue M and M's
PaulChaplin: And bodygards
BridgetJones: I would love to be an arch enemy of MJ
PaulChaplin: Who wouldn't
BridgetJones: But thats not what i used to do
Moderator: (Reaper) to (Moderator): What did you do before mst??
PaulChaplin: I was a caddy.
BridgetJones: I used to sell Banana boat skin Care products
PaulChaplin: Hey so did I!!
BridgetJones: Thats how we met
PaulChaplin: And became bitter rivals
BridgetJones: your always so much tanner then me
PaulChaplin: There;s simply not enough Banana Boat territory to go around
BridgetJones: Damn you for selling the northeast
PaulChaplin: It's mine - mine!!!
Moderator: (Mike) to (Moderator): I have an idea for the show. How would I go about sending it to you?
BridgetJones: Mike.. my husband mike?
PaulChaplin: Is that you MIke?
BridgetJones: Honey your tghe head writer relax
PaulChaplin: Actually, e're not supposed to read ideas, sorry
Moderator: (MULDER) to (Moderator): What is the meaning of life?
BridgetJones: Live love laugh
PaulChaplin: To make others happy.
BridgetJones: Stuffing
PaulChaplin: Potatoes
BridgetJones: STUFFING
PaulChaplin: Yes, you're right.
Moderator: (GEORGIANA) to (Moderator): Question for both: How did you become involved with BBI, and has acting/showbiz been something you've always wanted to do, or was it something you "fell into"??
Moderator: Newcomers: just /msg Moderator with your questions.
PaulChaplin: Some giys from here saw ne at an open stage (op cit)
BridgetJones: Hi georianna thats a great question that gets to the heart of the matter
PaulChaplin: I'd like to say this about that
BridgetJones: I always thought i'd be adancer but i was bad
BridgetJones: so i went in to typing
PaulChaplin: Atually I wanted to be a mountain climber, then a composer after I saw David Macallum as Beethoven.
PaulChaplin: God that was beautiful.
PaulChaplin: Freude schone Gotterfunken, etc.
Moderator: (tomservo) to (Moderator): is the real mike anything like the mike on the show?
PaulChaplin: Sure, we use a standard mike that amplifies sound like any mike
PaulChaplin: Get it?
BridgetJones: Well he alway wears a jumper if that's what you mean
PaulChaplin: He is a sweet guy and one of my favorite people in show business
BridgetJones: Actually he is very fun to live with as long as you don't touch his speakers
PaulChaplin: Oops.
BridgetJones: Paul did...once
PaulChaplin: And he has speakers covering eery inch of the house
PaulChaplin: he is speaker mad.
BridgetJones: And i hate them, but don't tell
PaulChaplin: I won't... hey MIKE!!!!
Moderator: (Sampo) to (Moderator): Bridget, what kind of dad is Mike?
BridgetJones: a tall one
PaulChaplin: Their kids are being raised in boxes.
BridgetJones: PAUL!
PaulChaplin: Well they are.
BridgetJones: Speaker boxes
Moderator: (Erhardt) to (Moderator): For Paul: It surprised a few fans when Bill was made the last remaining Observer instead of you. Why did the part go to him?
BridgetJones: Paul was in the potty
PaulChaplin: We wretled, and i let him win.
PaulChaplin: wrestled I mean.
PaulChaplin: I'm gathering behind the scenes power like you wouldn't believe,
BridgetJones: Are we doing ok
BridgetJones: I fear were not fast enough
PaulChaplin: or smart enough.
Moderator: You're doing fine.
BridgetJones: thanks
Moderator: (Q) to (Moderator): Is there some sort of "hazing" a new writer has to go through at BBI before they can join, i.e. Bill Corbett?
BridgetJones: I made him do all my Bio labs
PaulChaplin: We jam old sketches into his chest as hard as we can.
BridgetJones: Actually it was to busy... but we love him
BridgetJones: Too
PaulChaplin: Just be great from the get-go, that's the on'y expectation.
Moderator: (Q) to (Moderator): Who's the marx brothers fan at BBI? I've noticed a lot of references lately.
BridgetJones: ALL of US
PaulChaplin: All of us. It's a requirement for membership in the human race.
BridgetJones: Can't you see what i'm trying to say i love you
PaulChaplin: Go, and never darken my towels again!
PaulChaplin: We must defend this woman's honor which is more than she ever did
BridgetJones: okay okay
Moderator: (gmark) to (Moderator): Who is Dale? And why are you making a reference to her hands on EVERY show?
BridgetJones: A commercial for soap in the 70's...
BridgetJones: Dale Evans
PaulChaplin: It's an old commercial - OLD - a guy mistakes a girls' mom for the girl, the girl being Dale. It's actually pretty intricate.
BridgetJones: Her hand were so youg looking
BridgetJones: Hope you think it's funny it cracks us up
PaulChaplin: Cuz her hands are real nice, see, like the clearly younger Dale. The implications are pretty frightening, and we're left to wonder what happens between this young fellow and the odler woman.
PaulChaplin: So that's the Dale thing.
Moderator: (T0RG0) to (Moderator): Why did you stop doing the end of credits "Stingers"? I love them!
PaulChaplin: They'll be bakc, don't worry.
PaulChaplin: You gotta let us mess aoround once in a while.
Moderator: (GailPolly) to (Moderator): question to Paul: why haven't we seen you on screen more in past years. I think you've got a great comic deadpan look!
BridgetJones: Paul let others talk honey
PaulChaplin: (I'm giving that look now.)
PaulChaplin: Is it also sly and sexy?
BridgetJones: notice the silence/
Moderator: (Kodiak) to (Moderator): Paul or Bridget: What do you think about Mike's ONION comment about there being a small number of Internetters who basically have the loudest voice of the fans?
BridgetJones: I think he has his own mind
PaulChaplin: Well, considering that we have roughly 45 million fan club members, the Internet group is a relatively small number.
BridgetJones: but dedicated, don't go!
PaulChaplin: What do you think about Mike's opinion that John Tower would have nade a good sec of defense)
PaulChaplin: We love all our fans unconditionally.
Moderator: (JaneMolly) to (Moderator): This might seem off topic, but it's really important to me. What's your favorite kind of pickles? Gherkin, dill, Vilasic, or what?
PaulChaplin: Off the topic? No.
BridgetJones: Sandwich slices
PaulChaplin: I'm just not sure I feel comfortable answering.
PaulChaplin: I like PIckles, Morey Amsterdam's wife on Dick Van Dyke.
Moderator: OK: Last five minutes everyone!
PaulChaplin: last call!
Moderator: (DataJoe) to (Moderator): Can each of you remember your first riff? What was it?
PaulChaplin: Mine was a fart.
BridgetJones: Yes it was chocolate rebel with out a cause...6years old
Moderator: (Josh) to (Moderator): will leters ever be read again?
PaulChaplin: I'd guess yes.
PaulChaplin: By someone somewhere.
BridgetJones: we don;t get them any more
PaulChaplin: That's not true, we get letters from banks and stuff.
Moderator: (JaneMolly) to (Moderator): this is for Bridget: does Mike wear boxers or briefs?
PaulChaplin: is this cyberpsace) Are we cybertyping?
BridgetJones: ummmmgee well golly
PaulChaplin: What does that have to do with the price of potatoes?
BridgetJones: I'm not saying
Moderator: (MULDER) to (Moderator): Is there even a remote possibility that Joel, Frank, or Dr. F. will return?
PaulChaplin: Define "remote"
BridgetJones: That would be so cool..
BridgetJones: but they all have a lot of stuff on their own now
BridgetJones: Maybe guest spots?
Moderator: (ETI) to (Moderator): Do you like answering people's questions live, or like this?
BridgetJones: LIVE
PaulChaplin: I love it both ways, but this does get a bit weird.
BridgetJones: I'm not to smart and this is hard
PaulChaplin: Speaking of spots, Bridget, I've git this rash...
BridgetJones: oh Paul
PaulChaplin: Yeah yeah yeah
Moderator: And on that note...
Moderator: Thank you both for spending time here with us tonight.
BridgetJones: I hope this was fun for folks it eas for me
PaulChaplin: Thank you and goodbye. Say helloto Mrs. Moderator.
BridgetJones: I ment was
PaulChaplin: We know,
Moderator: we're going to switch over to unmoderated mode, so everybody be nice...
BridgetJones: Thanks... Paul....Beer?