Well, the Cinematic Titanic experience was everything I hoped it would be. The Pabst Theater in downtown Milwaukee was a very nice old-time theater, we got there early enough to get good seats, and the movie they picked to riff on was incredibly bad.
Yes, just as in the poster, there was a bathtub scene where the rattlesnake pushed out the gasket and slithered out into the tub.
From the Internet Movie Database (IMDB):
(1976) A herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military. Rated 4.4 stars out of 10. (I would guess the director voted more than once, because no one else would give it more than 3 stars.)
As we looked around the audience prior to the show (which was sold out - including second and third balcony seats), one interesting thing was the older demographic. Nate mentioned there were not many twenty-somethings and almost no kids in the audience. Many 40 and 50 year olds in the crowd. I'd say the crowd covered the spectrum from somewhat geeky to really geeky, including the guy carrying the replica Tom Servo robot that everyone wanted a picture of.
One of the best parts was singing the opening song from MST3K with Joel Hodgson. I think I got all the "La, La, La" s in the right spots.
The most common dialogue had to do with how bad the movie was. As the general is burning some papers in a fire, Joel said, "Thank me, I'm burning the last twenty pages of the script."
There were three or four references during the movie by the riffers to the current difficulties in Wisconsin in the state legislature. Lots of cheers for those.
Unfortunately I don't remember much of the inserted dialogue anymore, but we were all laughing and applauding all evening. A great time was had by all.
Oh, Yeah, they also had Jujy Fruits at the concession stand. Wooooooo! How can you not love something that is both naturally and artificially flavored?
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