Here I am with Dr. Forrester's mom!
Last night our friends Leslee and Michael took us to Master Pancake Theater’s presentation of Halloween, the original John Carpenter version, not the Rob Zombie re-make. MPT is Austin and Alamo Drafthouse’s version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 but it’s done live with the actors sitting in the front row. I anticipated to chuckle from time to time, express some amusement since the original MST3K gang were hard to beat. These guys were actually pretty good. They were genuinely funny and they made me laugh unlike most films branded as comedies. Plus you get a goodie bag with Kerbey Lane’s pancake mix! It smells really great raw, I imagine the finished product will be even better.
Besides ripping on the slasher flick that started the trend, MPT had a special guest participating in the fun, Mary Jo Pehl. You may remember her from the last few seasons of MST3K as a writer, Jan in the Pan and by the end, Dr. Forrester’s mother. She answered questions before the screening, threw in her jabs at the movie and had a skit at the intermission. I got to talk to her afterwards only to find out she moved to Austin. Another Midwesterner sick and tired of the cold, wet weather. The other great piece of news was her upcoming work with Joel Hodgson’s new project Cinematica Titantica. No release dates yet.