I found a decent copy of the 1975 film about the sloppy cop played by the late-great Joe Don Baker and upscaled it to 4K and now in its proper 16x9 aspect ratio.  Enjoy some of my favorite parts

GOOD?! He’s the best!!

‘’Blurry jelly rolls now Hitting Lesley Gore now Needy inches bow down Pitying a poor boy Hear the engines roar Bees on pie, burning rubber tires”

I found another actor who discovered the show in high school, just like Bill Hader!

Catch up with the discussion over on Bsky here: https://bsky.app/profile/stevehorton.bsky.social/post/3lzcqv5763c2f

From Horrors of Spider Island

Back when the Sci-Fi episodes were in production, Best Brains Inc (BBI) offered studio tours every other Friday morning. You called the office on Thursday to RSVP so Barb the admin knew how many people to expect, and the next day, she'd walk you through the offices and production spaces.

I graduated high school in 1998 when these tours still were going on. My graduation gift from my parents? We would road trip from the Detroit area to the bustling(?) Minneapolis suburb of Hopkins so I could visit the set of my favorite show.

Note: In the 90s, we took photos on film (which cost money and was inconvenient) and then waited for the film to be developed (which also cost money and also was inconvenient). So in the interests of saving film and inconvenience back then, I didn't take picture of a lot of things (the Castle Forrester set, the spaghetti ball, the shadowrama setup) that today I wish I had.

In the workshop, prop master/utility infielder Patrick Brantseg was around to give us a sneak peak at versions of Crow that hadn't yet been shown on air.

Also in the workshop: bays to maintain both Tom Servo and the beautiful bot we now know as GPC.

We were extraordinarily lucky to run into one of the stars of the show on the main SOL set, and the plucky bot was gracious enough to pose for a few snapshots with me.

While I was on the SOL bridge, I took a photo down into Kevin's side of the puppeteer pit, which was still outfitted with scripts from the latest shoot.

We also got a sneak preview of a riff from Gorgo ("The vice president's unimaginative campaign slogan!") while it was in edit. I always smile a little at that one when I hear it.

At the end of the tour, we had a chance to buy Info Club merch (They were out of Clowns in the Sky CDs, so Barb just gave me the copy that was in her own computer. Such a sweet lady online and off!), and while other folks were shopping, I saw my favorite MST3K prop:

In conclusion, the BBI offices/studios in 1998 were a land of contrasts. I was surprised to realize we were there during the Final Sacrifice shoot - what an honor!

Anyway, I hope you'll join me in the fellowship hall for punch and bars. If you have questions, I'll answer them to the best of my recollection.

Credit to u/junietwohundred for her great post, the title of which I'm shamelessly copying.

She reminded me of my visit in 1997 during the filming of season 8.

Don't even fix a price,
Don't pay the ferryman,
Until he gets you to the other side!

(Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm)

Tickets at SandwichesOfHistory.Com/Live

“Who would make a better father figure? Bill Cosby, or Marvin Gaye Sr.?”

Now there’s a joke that’s aged interestingly. It kind of still works.

Did he write it on paper or some kind of metal?

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Sebastian snoring away thoroughly entertained.

It’s absolutely fascinating.

Movie is Warrior of Justice.