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Also Leonard Part 6 is a... "comedy" which are never great to do, despite people understandably not wanting a thing to do with Cosby these days in any fashion.
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Apr 20, 2021 15:46
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Takuan posted:Wasn't the job of "head writer" actually "the guy that sits at the computer and types out all the joke people throw out during writing sessions"? I think he’s said he was hired to help with the typing, but that was mostly just self-deprecating humor. My understanding is the head writer gig was more like “the guy who actually picks which jokes make it in, and also decides who writes each host segment.” So his job was definitely more important than just being the typist, but he wasn’t quite the main creative force behind the show in the Joel era either.
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Apr 20, 2021 16:00
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Yeah, he was a major influence during the Joel years, but Joel was the driving force. The invention exchanges - Joel used to do prop comedy and that's an extension of that
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Apr 20, 2021 17:00
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As much as I enjoyed some of the invention exchanges in the new seasons (and the Joel/early Mike years), they should probably cut back to doing like one or two a season, if that.
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Apr 20, 2021 17:04
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these new episodes really need some AV filtering options so they feel like a show taped in 1993. it’s the proper viewing experience 
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Apr 20, 2021 17:23
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Diabolik900 posted:I think he’s said he was hired to help with the typing, but that was mostly just self-deprecating humor. my understanding was that he was literally hired to do that and asked if he could do some of his own jokes. they were so good that he quickly got promoted to head writer
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Apr 20, 2021 18:12
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If there's one change I would make, it would be to shoot the Mads segments at an odder angle.
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Apr 20, 2021 18:25
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Empty Sandwich posted:my understanding was that he was literally hired to do that and asked if he could do some of his own jokes. they were so good that he quickly got promoted to head writer What I mean is, I’m pretty sure this story is somewhat exaggerated for comedic effect. He was someone they knew from the comedy scene, not just someone that was hired off the street. Even if his official job description when he was hired was just to type, I don’t think they would hire someone like that and not expect him to contribute comedically, especially considering the “everyone pitches in on everything” way that the original show was produced.
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Apr 20, 2021 20:36
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Diabolik900 posted:What I mean is, I’m pretty sure this story is somewhat exaggerated for comedic effect. He was someone they knew from the comedy scene, not just someone that was hired off the street. Even if his official job description when he was hired was just to type, I don’t think they would hire someone like that and not expect him to contribute comedically, especially considering the “everyone pitches in on everything” way that the original show was produced. ah, gotcha
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Apr 20, 2021 20:42
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Plucked from the fertile fields of TGIF, even.
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Apr 20, 2021 21:14
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Bicyclops posted:As much as I enjoyed some of the invention exchanges in the new seasons (and the Joel/early Mike years), they should probably cut back to doing like one or two a season, if that. 
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Apr 20, 2021 21:18
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Everyone's Miserable on the Internet, Part MMMCMXCIXCCCXLII: The Kickstarter comments are despairing over Joel's apparent lack of communication, after he said he was making a conscious effort not to overwhelm people with messages this time around. They're predicting a complete flameout with more than two weeks to go. Yeesh.
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Apr 20, 2021 22:26
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Yes, Joel, who literally started a TV show in the 80s, revived it, and organized large tours might not be able to do a TV show again
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Apr 20, 2021 22:59
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This reminded me to actually pledge, I guess I hadn't pushed the button (frank) yet. Good poo poo coming along!
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Splint Chesthair posted:Everyone's Miserable on the Internet, Part MMMCMXCIXCCCXLII: The Kickstarter comments are despairing over Joel's apparent lack of communication, after he said he was making a conscious effort not to overwhelm people with messages this time around. They're predicting a complete flameout with more than two weeks to go. Yeesh. The campaign has gotten a lot less online buzz, which is totally understandable for the second time around, but I think that’s caused the Kickstarter commenters to go crazy. Since like the second day there have been people in there upset over how the campaign’s apparently not going well, despite the fact that it’s been way ahead of the last one’s total at the comparable point the entire time.
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Apr 20, 2021 23:25
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So today Rifftrax released their own pot short ("Keep off the Grass") which weirdly enough also tries to make "blow pot" a thing.
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muscles like this! posted:So today Rifftrax released their own pot short ("Keep off the Grass") which weirdly enough also tries to make "blow pot" a thing. That kind of thing really lifts my lid.
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Diabolik900 posted:The campaign has gotten a lot less online buzz, which is totally understandable for the second time around, but I think that’s caused the Kickstarter commenters to go crazy. Since like the second day there have been people in there upset over how the campaign’s apparently not going well, despite the fact that it’s been way ahead of the last one’s total at the comparable point the entire time. I saw people freaking out that there was hardly anything on Satellite News, which is hilarious to me because there's been practically nothing about ANYTHING on that site for a long time. It's like a page made entirely of Google Alerts.
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muscles like this! posted:So today Rifftrax released their own pot short ("Keep off the Grass") which weirdly enough also tries to make "blow pot" a thing. Yeah yeah we've all seen The Staircase
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Apr 21, 2021 00:29
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Gavok posted:I'm going to be doing an interview with Joel this week. Anyone got any questions they want me to ask? Live around here much?
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IUG posted:[Kickstarter] needs 18,500 backers by Wednesday for Quest of the Delta Knights, and it has 17,112 now. At 17,649 backers today, I don't think this goal will be met.
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IUG posted:At 17,649 backers today, I don't think this goal will be met. Ugh where am I going to get my high definition early career Richard Kind now 
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Another Bill posted:Ugh where am I going to get my high definition early career Richard Kind now "Yes, I got the role in Mad About You!"
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I know the middle part of the Kickstarter campaign is when things tend to trail off but it really does feel like this one went off a cliff. Even with a surge in its final days, I worry we won't get to $5.5 million. 
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Dawgstar posted:"Yes, I got the role in Mad About You!" Have a seat at the bar and we’ll get a table for you
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Quest of the Delta Knights is such a weird shitshow. How old is that girl supposed to be anyways? And why is Da Vinci such a creepy perv the whole time?
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Ballz posted:I know the middle part of the Kickstarter campaign is when things tend to trail off but it really does feel like this one went off a cliff. Even with a surge in its final days, I worry we won't get to $5.5 million. Kicktraqs has this campaign taking in $30,551 yesterday. You do know that the majority of all Kickstarters take in less than that across their entire campaigns, right? It's quite possible that the majority of people who were going to pledge did so in the first two days. Then again, it's quite possible many of those people will be willing to double their pledge amounts to get the thing to $5.5 million. For context, the previous MST3K kickstarter had a spike on day 14 and 15 (I presume following a reveal of some sort), but day 12 and 13 were $28,067 and $37,138, so roughly where the current Kickstarter is. It also had under $3 million at this point, even after the day 14 spike in pledges. The last few days were the big push, and I assume the same will be true this time. The Rifftrax kickstarters show that people are willing to keep funding the shows they want to see; the real question in this case is what kind of additional information we'll be getting over the next few weeks that convinces people that Joel can pull off something more ambitious than what Rifftrax offers with its crowdfunding drives. TL;DR: you should really just relax.
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Another Bill posted:Quest of the Delta Knights is such a weird shitshow. Also I couldn't really tell, was that movie intentionally supposed to be a comedy?
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Ballz posted:I know the middle part of the Kickstarter campaign is when things tend to trail off but it really does feel like this one went off a cliff. Even with a surge in its final days, I worry we won't get to $5.5 million. At the very least, the campaign should cross the halfway mark sooner or later. That means 6 more episodes and the little Gizmoplex tile on my Roku's home screen. That's a lot more than we had when Netflix pulled the plug.
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Narsham posted:Kicktraqs has this campaign taking in $30,551 yesterday. You do know that the majority of all Kickstarters take in less than that across their entire campaigns, right? Also note that the last Kickstarter exceeded the $5.5 million goal by $800,000 when you include add-on rewards, so this campaign can afford to actually finish a good deal lower than last time and still hit the goal.
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Another Bill posted:Quest of the Delta Knights is such a weird shitshow. 🎶"I sing of the glorious Delta Knights/They live in Europe somewhere..."🎶
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MST3K being saved by Kickstarter and then effectively being cancelled by Kickstarter would be the most MST3K ever.
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Apr 21, 2021 21:45
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Then my parents moved and I was Leonardo de Oxnard for a couple years...
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Apr 21, 2021 22:04
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"...and so that's how I became known as 'Mr. Wiggly'. You?"
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Larryb posted:Also I couldn't really tell, was that movie intentionally supposed to be a comedy? Well, it's one of those "family adventure movies" so yeah, kind of a comedy. There was a lot of direct to VHS movies like Quest of the Delta Knights with its same...comedy(?) and a random recognizable actor with a completely stock plot.
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I Am Fowl posted:Well, it's one of those "family adventure movies" so yeah, kind of a comedy. There was a lot of direct to VHS movies like Quest of the Delta Knights with its same...comedy(?) and a random recognizable actor with a completely stock plot. Who was the “random recognizable actor” in Delta Knights?
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Larryb posted:Who was the “random recognizable actor” in Delta Knights? David Warner. And David Warner!
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