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MST3k defined, highly [message #165325] Mon, 25 August 2008 13:27 Go to next message
nebusj- is currently offline  nebusj-
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Weirdest viral-marketing concept ever:

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_ mst3k.txt

Bloggers abuzz over Olympics broadcast on NBC affiliate
By ANGELA BRANDT - Independent Record - 08/23/08
A recent broadcast of the Olympics in Helena and other
Montana communities had some unusual spectators -- from a
television show canceled a decade ago.

TOM: So quick, everyone! Run to your blogs and buzz!
CROW: Can I hum instead?
JOEL: Not if you remember the words.

The Internet has been abuzz over the accidental and
seemingly innocuous superimposition of characters from Mystery
Science Theater 3000 over the high-definition showing of the
Olympics on Sunday afternoon by KTVH, NBC's affiliate in parts
of Montana.

For about an hour of the coverage, the screen was
bordered on the bottom by a silhouette of the show -- a man
and his two robot sidekicks.

--
Joseph Nebus
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Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #165330 is a reply to message #165325] Mon, 25 August 2008 16:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Michael

On Aug 25, 1:27 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
>         Weirdest viral-marketing concept ever:
>
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_ mst3k.txt
>
>         Bloggers abuzz over Olympics broadcast on NBC affiliate
>         By ANGELA BRANDT - Independent Record - 08/23/08
>                 A recent broadcast of the Olympics in Helena and other
>         Montana communities had some unusual spectators -- from a
>         television show canceled a decade ago.
>
> TOM:    So quick, everyone!  Run to your blogs and buzz!  
> CROW:   Can I hum instead?  
> JOEL:   Not if you remember the words.  
>
>                 The Internet has been abuzz over the accidental and
>         seemingly innocuous superimposition of characters from Mystery
>         Science Theater 3000 over the high-definition showing of the
>         Olympics on Sunday afternoon by KTVH, NBC's affiliate in parts
>         of Montana.
>
>                 For about an hour of the coverage, the screen was
>         bordered on the bottom by a silhouette of the show -- a man
>         and his two robot sidekicks.
>
> --
>                                                                 Joseph Nebus
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------
Hopefully this will raise more attention to mst3k. I hope it does.
Other than misties, most people haven't seen or heard of the show.
( By the way, you know that Acess Mst3k guy you reccomended to me?
Well, I sent that cheak in a week ago and have not have been contacted
since then. Is this normal? )
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #165331 is a reply to message #165325] Mon, 25 August 2008 18:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kate Halleron is currently offline  Kate Halleron
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On Aug 25, 10:27 am, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
>         Weirdest viral-marketing concept ever:
>
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_ mst3k.txt
>
>         Bloggers abuzz over Olympics broadcast on NBC affiliate
>         By ANGELA BRANDT - Independent Record - 08/23/08
>                 A recent broadcast of the Olympics in Helena and other
>         Montana communities had some unusual spectators -- from a
>         television show canceled a decade ago.
>
> TOM:    So quick, everyone!  Run to your blogs and buzz!  
> CROW:   Can I hum instead?  
> JOEL:   Not if you remember the words.  
>
>                 The Internet has been abuzz over the accidental and
>         seemingly innocuous superimposition of characters from Mystery
>         Science Theater 3000 over the high-definition showing of the
>         Olympics on Sunday afternoon by KTVH, NBC's affiliate in parts
>         of Montana.
>
>                 For about an hour of the coverage, the screen was
>         bordered on the bottom by a silhouette of the show -- a man
>         and his two robot sidekicks.
>
> --
>                                                                 Joseph Nebus
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------­---

The Vanity Fair blog has a photo

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/olympics-watch

May I say that it's hilarious?

Kate
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #165438 is a reply to message #165331] Wed, 27 August 2008 16:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Elrod is currently offline  Doug Elrod
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On Aug 25, 6:44 pm, Kate Halleron <khalle...@netzero.com> wrote:
> The Vanity Fair blog has a photo
>
> http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/olympics-watch
>
> May I say that it's hilarious?

From the blog:
"In another story of people talking over action far, far away, NBC's
decision to announce several sports from the Saturday Night Live
studio continues to cause awkward situations. JP Dellacamera had some
trouble calling the end of the United States' 1-0 overtime victory in
the gold medal match. Specifically, he couldn't tell if the game had
ended, forced to say that it sounded like it was over."

It would have been pretty exciting, if the feed had changed to, say,
"MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE", and he had to call the action on that!

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
Next up, the 100-Meter TORGOS! ;-)
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #165442 is a reply to message #165330] Fri, 29 August 2008 01:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nebusj- is currently offline  nebusj-
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Michael <michaelr96@gmail.com> writes:

> Hopefully this will raise more attention to mst3k. I hope it does.
> Other than misties, most people haven't seen or heard of the show.

Ah, but look at it the other way: people who have heard of the
show are almost all MiSTies, or at least like to be.


> ( By the way, you know that Acess Mst3k guy you reccomended to me?
> Well, I sent that cheak in a week ago and have not have been contacted
> since then. Is this normal? )

On further research I find that ... I have no idea. I'd always
mailed first to make sure the episodes were available, so he had fair
warning I was sending a check, and after that I was living overseas and
so my parents would just hold the box until a convenient time for me to
pick them up. So I don't seem to have any clear evidence of how long
any of these shipments took, though. (Complicating things, I'd use
electronically-written cheques, so that I don't actually know when the
Access MST3K guy got my payment, when he sent it out, or when my parents
received it.)

But it's probably good advice to e-mail the guy and ask if he
did receive and if he was ready for you.

--
Joseph Nebus
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #165550 is a reply to message #165442] Fri, 29 August 2008 07:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Michael

On Aug 29, 1:23 am, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> Michael <michael...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hopefully this will raise more attention to mst3k. I hope it does.
>> Other than misties, most people haven't seen or heard of the show.
>
>         Ah, but look at it the other way: people who have heard of the
> show are almost all MiSTies, or at least like to be.  
>
>> ( By the way, you know that Acess Mst3k guy you reccomended to me?
>> Well, I sent that cheak in a week ago and have not have been contacted
>> since then. Is this normal? )
>
>         On further research I find that ... I have no idea.  I'd always
> mailed first to make sure the episodes were available, so he had fair
> warning I was sending a check, and after that I was living overseas and
> so my parents would just hold the box until a convenient time for me to
> pick them up.  So I don't seem to have any clear evidence of how long
> any of these shipments took, though.  (Complicating things, I'd use
> electronically-written cheques, so that I don't actually know when the
> Access MST3K guy got my payment, when he sent it out, or when my parents
> received it.)  
>
>         But it's probably good advice to e-mail the guy and ask if he
> did receive and if he was ready for you.  
>
> --
>                                                                 Joseph Nebus
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------­---

Thanks. I was contacted recently that he sent it in the mail Monday. I
might be here today
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #166257 is a reply to message #165325] Tue, 09 September 2008 04:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: haywood jablomy

Joseph Nebus wrote:
> Weirdest viral-marketing concept ever:
>
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_ mst3k.txt
>
> Bloggers abuzz over Olympics broadcast on NBC affiliate
> By ANGELA BRANDT - Independent Record - 08/23/08
> A recent broadcast of the Olympics in Helena and other
> Montana communities had some unusual spectators -- from a
> television show canceled a decade ago.
>
> TOM: So quick, everyone! Run to your blogs and buzz!
> CROW: Can I hum instead?
> JOEL: Not if you remember the words.
>
> The Internet has been abuzz over the accidental and
> seemingly innocuous superimposition of characters from Mystery
> Science Theater 3000 over the high-definition showing of the
> Olympics on Sunday afternoon by KTVH, NBC's affiliate in parts
> of Montana.
>
> For about an hour of the coverage, the screen was
> bordered on the bottom by a silhouette of the show -- a man
> and his two robot sidekicks.
>

I once worked at a television station that was upgrading to digital HD,
and brand new equipment was being installed. I was playing with the HD
switcher (it was not yet on the air) and among the settings for the
"keys" (superimposed graphics) there it was, pre-installed... the
familiar silhouette of the seats and the SOL crew. Of course, it was
deleted before the HD system went online.
Re: MST3k defined, highly [message #166489 is a reply to message #165325] Thu, 11 September 2008 09:56 Go to previous message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Rick Thorne

Joseph Nebus wrote:

> TOM:    So quick, everyone!  Run to your blogs and buzz!  

Might've been funnier if they had the "he's a loser" riffs from "The
Day the Earth Froze" during the race.

"Kids come running for the good taste of Sampo..."

Rick - I'm with the bride, not the failure
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