Joe Lawler
@joelawler.bsky.social
Dad, MSTie, comic book fan, phone haver.
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a dinosaur on the back of a truck this week, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
August 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a dinosaur on the back of a truck this week, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Did I write a thousand words about Superman and punk rock?
Of course I did.
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Of course I did.
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Superman: Secret Punk
“I’m listening to the music with no fear“You can hear it too if you’re sincere.” “Punkrocker,” Teddybears featuring Iggy Pop In a deleted scene in “Pulp Fiction,” Vincent Vega and Mia W…
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July 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Did I write a thousand words about Superman and punk rock?
Of course I did.
livelocalman.com/2025/07/16/s...
Of course I did.
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Reading is FUNdamental.
Congratulations! You just won a FREE DOWNLOAD of Frank Conniff's newest audiobook Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life In No Way Whatsoever!
Please email chris@dumb-industries.com to confirm and thank you for playing!
Please email chris@dumb-industries.com to confirm and thank you for playing!
This was the first @frankconniff.bsky.social book I read, so cool to revisit the audio book!
July 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reading is FUNdamental.
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As we celebrate the Halfway To Turkey Day marathon, you can enter for a chance to win the ultimate MST3K summertime survival kit! One lucky winner wil receive a custom apron, spatula, and a bottle of Cowboy Mike's Ricochet Barbecue Sauce.
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Enter For A Chance To Win An MST3K BBQ Kit
Consider this your official Mystery Science Theater 3000 summertime survival kit! One lucky winner wil receive a custom apron, spatula, and a bottle of Cowboy Mike's Ricochet Barbecue Sauce. Tune into...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As we celebrate the Halfway To Turkey Day marathon, you can enter for a chance to win the ultimate MST3K summertime survival kit! One lucky winner wil receive a custom apron, spatula, and a bottle of Cowboy Mike's Ricochet Barbecue Sauce.
gleam.io/Iyq6D/enter-...
gleam.io/Iyq6D/enter-...
My latest Cinematic Titanic post, covering Danger on Tiki Island:
MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 10, ‘Danger on Tiki Island’
The episode starts off with Joel doing a little banter and introducing the five members of the cast (including himself). I figured I would do the same with the six titles of “Danger on Tiki Island.…
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May 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest Cinematic Titanic post, covering Danger on Tiki Island:
Congratulations to the first American Pope, @michaelianblack.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congratulations to the first American Pope, @michaelianblack.bsky.social
I caught Kevin McDonald in an episode of Arrested Development this morning. I love when comedy worlds collide.
TUESDAY!
An all-new episode of The Mads Are Back (#MST3K's @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social) with very special Q&A guest Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall)!
Tickets: dumb-industries.com/anightofspri...
Barnaby Jones mashup by Jay Pennington (aka TreadwellJay)
An all-new episode of The Mads Are Back (#MST3K's @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social) with very special Q&A guest Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall)!
Tickets: dumb-industries.com/anightofspri...
Barnaby Jones mashup by Jay Pennington (aka TreadwellJay)
April 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I caught Kevin McDonald in an episode of Arrested Development this morning. I love when comedy worlds collide.
Savage Dragon figures in the style of Super Powers? Yes, please.
Fresh Monkey Fiction & ToyOtter Longbox Heroes Wave 2 Kickstarter is live - bit.ly/4iBS4RI
March 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Savage Dragon figures in the style of Super Powers? Yes, please.
Get the #RiffTraxLive: TIMECOP Kickstarter to 7,000 backers to unlock @dumb-industries.com rewards from The Mads Are Back & @maryjopehl.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
RiffTrax Live 2025: TIMECOP! In theaters August 14 and 19!
RiffTrax (the stars of MST3K) will riff the Van Damme film before a live audience, then broadcast it to hundreds of cinemas nationwide!
www.kickstarter.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Get the #RiffTraxLive: TIMECOP Kickstarter to 7,000 backers to unlock @dumb-industries.com rewards from The Mads Are Back & @maryjopehl.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
I've done another write-up for my blog, this time about 2010's "The Wolfman." I'll have another Cinematic Titanic post soon, I promise.
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100 Films I haven’t Seen: ‘The Wolfman’ (2010)
I’ve been really into Universal Monsters off and on since I was a kid. My parents would rent 8 mm shorts of the monsters films when I was a young (We rented movies for projectors; every joint…
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March 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I've done another write-up for my blog, this time about 2010's "The Wolfman." I'll have another Cinematic Titanic post soon, I promise.
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Just under six hours in and we are over 75% of the way funded! Thank you all so much for your support! Can we get the rest of the way tonight? www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
RiffTrax Live 2025: TIMECOP! In theaters August 14 and 19!
RiffTrax (the stars of MST3K) will riff the Van Damme film before a live audience, then broadcast it to hundreds of cinemas nationwide!
www.kickstarter.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just under six hours in and we are over 75% of the way funded! Thank you all so much for your support! Can we get the rest of the way tonight? www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
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In the 1930s, Titus Tart started a potato chip company, and of course he named it for himself.
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In the 1930s, Titus Tart started a potato chip company, and of course he named it for himself.
My state is the worst.
February 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My state is the worst.
I'm continuing my "100 Films I Haven't Seen" series, after a 7-year gap. At this pace it will it will only take me 50 or so years to get up to 100.
This one is about "First Blood."
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This one is about "First Blood."
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100 Films I haven’t seen: ‘First Blood’
When I was a kid, I had a vision of Rambo in my head. It was the Rambo from “Rambo III,” sweaty, shirtless, telling people who were fighting the Taliban “I’m your worst nightmare.” It w…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm continuing my "100 Films I Haven't Seen" series, after a 7-year gap. At this pace it will it will only take me 50 or so years to get up to 100.
This one is about "First Blood."
livelocalman.com/2025/02/20/1...
This one is about "First Blood."
livelocalman.com/2025/02/20/1...
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"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war
February 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war
The heroes of @mst3kofficial.bsky.social by @lunamacaroon.bsky.social @jonahrayrodrigues.bsky.social @emilymarsh.bsky.social @funkybeck.bsky.social @movieriffingmelee.bsky.social @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @thetoiley.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My day is made, and it’s a snow day.
Love this! Thank you.
A Marvel and @mst3kofficial.bsky.social-mashup by @lunamacaroon.bsky.social #mst3k @frankconniff.bsky.social @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @maryjopehl.bsky.social @felicia.day @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @bv-tv.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social @funkybeck.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My day is made, and it’s a snow day.
A Marvel and @mst3kofficial.bsky.social-mashup by @lunamacaroon.bsky.social #mst3k @frankconniff.bsky.social @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @maryjopehl.bsky.social @felicia.day @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @bv-tv.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social @funkybeck.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A Marvel and @mst3kofficial.bsky.social-mashup by @lunamacaroon.bsky.social #mst3k @frankconniff.bsky.social @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @maryjopehl.bsky.social @felicia.day @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @bv-tv.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social @funkybeck.bsky.social
After a 7-year break, I'm back to do write ups about the @mst3kofficial.bsky.social side project Cinematic Titanic. In my write up about The Alien Factor, I realize that Willard Scott may hold the riff-a-verse together.
MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 9, ‘The Alien Factor’
The episode starts with Joel introducing Trace, Josh, Mary Jo, and Frank and giving a bit of backstory about them, before launching into the riffing. I don’t know quite how to sum up this mov…
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January 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
After a 7-year break, I'm back to do write ups about the @mst3kofficial.bsky.social side project Cinematic Titanic. In my write up about The Alien Factor, I realize that Willard Scott may hold the riff-a-verse together.
8 years ago I started writing an episode guide about the Cinematic Titanic, featuring 5 @mst3kofficial.bsky.social alumni. Then grad school happened and my writing trailed off. Its returning. Heres a quick update on what’s gone on in the riff-o-sphere since I stopped writing about it.
MSTing Links: Transmission incoming
Back in 2017, I started doing write-ups about the long defunct Cinematic Titanic, a riffing project that the reunited Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Josh Weinstein, and Mary Jo Pehl. …
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January 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
8 years ago I started writing an episode guide about the Cinematic Titanic, featuring 5 @mst3kofficial.bsky.social alumni. Then grad school happened and my writing trailed off. Its returning. Heres a quick update on what’s gone on in the riff-o-sphere since I stopped writing about it.
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PSA: You can watch the #MST3K forever-a-thon, which will bring you joy, instead of watching something that will make you miserable. @mst3kofficial.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social @maryjopehl.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social
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🚀 MST3K: Mystery Science Theater 3000 🚀 Streaming Now❗️
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January 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
PSA: You can watch the #MST3K forever-a-thon, which will bring you joy, instead of watching something that will make you miserable. @mst3kofficial.bsky.social @billcorbett.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social @maryjopehl.bsky.social @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social
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One of my best friends passed away just after the new year. Not long before Christmas he said he was sad that I don't blog anymore. My goal for 2025 is to blog more regularly.
I just wish one of the first posts back didn't have to be about him.
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I just wish one of the first posts back didn't have to be about him.
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I met my best friend in a Spider-Man bathroom
-Arturo Fernandez, Des Moines Register I met a lot of people through my time as a reporter. Some became acquaintances. Some became Facebook friends. A few became in-person friends. One – Stev…
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January 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One of my best friends passed away just after the new year. Not long before Christmas he said he was sad that I don't blog anymore. My goal for 2025 is to blog more regularly.
I just wish one of the first posts back didn't have to be about him.
livelocalman.com/2025/01/15/i...
I just wish one of the first posts back didn't have to be about him.
livelocalman.com/2025/01/15/i...
Over the weekend I went to Madison with @lunamacaroon.bsky.social to check out Joel Hodgson and Wayne White's Cheese-Capades show.
It's been about three years since I've blogged, so please be gentle. I promise I'll have another post up soon.
#MST3K
It's been about three years since I've blogged, so please be gentle. I promise I'll have another post up soon.
#MST3K
Joel Hodgson IS Truman Capote AS Robert Crumb IN Hodgson & White’s Cheese-Capades!
Wayne White, Joel Hodgson, Yvonne Freese Oh hey, remember when I had a blog? Then I started grad school, then a new job, then another stint of grad school, and suddenly it’s been years since I’ve p…
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January 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Over the weekend I went to Madison with @lunamacaroon.bsky.social to check out Joel Hodgson and Wayne White's Cheese-Capades show.
It's been about three years since I've blogged, so please be gentle. I promise I'll have another post up soon.
#MST3K
It's been about three years since I've blogged, so please be gentle. I promise I'll have another post up soon.
#MST3K
Today I found out that a therapy dog I thought was just named Doug actually has an amazing full name. #Brooklyn99
December 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Today I found out that a therapy dog I thought was just named Doug actually has an amazing full name. #Brooklyn99