Posts Tagged ‘MST3K’
October 26, 2015 9:00 am
Posted by: Kara

Autographed Tom Servo Replica

Created and donated by Darian Glover

 
Autographed Tom Servo Replica

Forget about Echo, Siri, and that Roomba that’s gathering dust. Now you can have your own personal robot. Er, puppet. This fully functioning replica Tom Servo has been autographed by the cast of Cinematic Titanic: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff, and Mary Jo Pehl. It is so exact and well-made that Mary Jo was stunned to see Tom in the flesh (or in the plastic?) and Joel attempted to goad J. Elvis into operating Tom. Tom’s mouth, head, and arms are fully operable to a level of authenticity that allows you to experience the “fun” of his operators and ‘bot wranglers (see Poopie! tapes). Simply repeat to yourself “It’s just a show, I should just really relax.” Bid high to keep this advanced sarcasm sequencing technology from falling into the wrongs hands.

Tom Servo is a special snowflake, a complicated being, and as such involves a lot of parts. Materials include: replica cast resin Money Lover Barrel Bank, toy engine block, and ventriloquist’s dummy hands. Vacuformed Eveready lantern bezels and Tyco Turbo Trains. Replica hoverskirt (bowl) with foam trim (spare unpainted trim included, not pictured). Genuine Carousel Executive Snack Dispenser and C’More Bunz arms with air bladder. PVC pipe and other special parts formerly used to control a private screening room’s projection booth.

Tom measures approximately 12.5″ diameter by 23″ tall (31.75 cm diameter by 58.4 cm).

About the artist:
Tom’s maker, Darian, comes from a long line of craftsmen, but makes his living as a contractor cobbling together e-mails, meetings, and occasionally strings of code to make information technology work for the U.S. Federal Government in Washington, DC. On occasion he will take on a personal project to stretch his creative muscle.

Right side view of Tom Servo Replica

Back view of Tom Servo Replica

Left side view of Tom Servo Replica

Close up of Tom Servo Replica face

Close up of Tom Servo Replica arm

Close up of Tom Servo Replica transmission

Tom Servo Replica signatures 1

Tom Servo replica signatures 2

Close up of Tom Servo replica air pump

 
November 19, 2014 9:00 am
Posted by: Heather

ci_bill_corbettBill Corbett will be calling into Desert Bus at 11am PST on Wednesday, November 19th.

Bill is an American writer and performer known for his work as the voice and puppeteer of Crow T. Robot (v.2.0) on the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He also played an omnipotent dim witted alien, The Observer (also known as “Brain Guy”) along with other minor roles on MST3K.

As a playwright and screenwriter his body of work includes the screenplay, Starship Dave (released as the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave), and the plays The Big Slam, Hate Mail, The Stuff of Dreams, and Super-Powered-Revenge-Christmas #1. He is also a contributing writer to NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered.

Bill reunited with his MST3K teammates Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy to create Rifftrax, which creates MST3K style riff audio commentaries for movies of all sorts from blockbuster hits to B-movies to educational short films.

Have a question for Bill? Leave them in the comments below!