January 30, 2008
Why do I love the Internet?
Because you end up finding stuff you didn't even know you were looking for. I don't even remember how I stumbled on Cinematic Titanic, which is a new movie-mocking venture by Joel Hodgson and some other Mystery Science Theater 3000 vets. (Not to be confused with Rifftrax, which is made up of Mike Nelson and several other MST3K people. Friendly rivalry? Not so friendly?) Which then led me to Cartoon Dump, the latest venture from TV's Frank, AKA Frank Conniff. It's a no-budget webcast parody of kid's shows, and you can watch an episode, well, right here:
And then I read this great interview with Conniff, in which he said that the one movie he always wanted MST3K to tackle was Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, because it co-starred a Martin & Lewis ripoff act by a couple of guys named Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo:
I'd heard of this movie before, and that it's one of the worst ever made, and that Jerry Lewis threatened to sue them and basically ruined their careers, but I didn't realize how much that guy looked, sounded, and acted like Lewis.
These things make me happy because I'm a big fan of sadness and despair and things that never were. And now I'm sharing them with you. YOU'RE WELCOME.
http://blowingsmokethemovie.com/cgi-bin/mt-app/mt-tb.cgi/2257



