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sitsI ■TJf.-r .ifMr. Sinus funnymen, Owen Egerton, Jerm Pollet and John Erler, take bad movies to a new level with theirinning commentaryabout Nude on the%Cha-Chee Thalken/Daily Texan StaffMr. Sinus exposes raw humor with ‘Nude’Mr. SinusTheaterStarring: Jerm PolletOwen Egerton John Erlerbest known for hisShowing where: The Alamo Drafthouse Showing when: Tonight, 9:30 p.m.Thursday, 9:30.pm.By Ashok ChandraDaily Texan StaffWhen Mystery Science Theater — the* % 'Comedy Central show where a human and two robot puppets would watch bad B-films and make wisecracks during the show — ended its am a couple of years ago, there was a gaping hole left in the lives of many people. But not to fear, out of the ashes arises Mr. Sinus Theater 3000, ainning currently at the Alamo Draft House.Mr. Sinus Theater 3000, paying homage to the original, puts three local comics/musicians in front of an audience at the Alamo Draft House. As themovie is playing, the guys will make wisecracks, play songs or interact with the audience. While the original MST3K was limited by network standards, Mr. Sinus Theater is not.//here are a lot of films that they couldn't do because they were a televi-sion show limited by network standards, adds Owen Egerton, one of the comedic triumv irate responsible for the Mr. Sinus. We've got some movies that they couldn't have done that they would've loved to have done, and Ithink that they'd be happy if they knew that we were out here continuing the battle that they' began.The show originated in the brain of the owners of the Alamo Draft House.Ians of MST3K were writing in requesting him to have showings of the television program. The owners had a grander idea. They approached Jerm Pollet, a local comedian and musicianGeneral CinemaBARGAIN MATINEES EVERY DAYALL SHOWS BEFORE 6PMBARGAIN MATINEES ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6PMMatinee, Child Senior Admission:$4.75 • Highland Great Hills $5.00 Barton Creek SauareTall, Dark and Lonesome. Pollet, a fan of the show recruited two of his friends, OwenEgerton, an improv comic/musician who also has an//album, Big Thick Wooden Board, and John Erler, who hosts the Elk Mating al Hour program on KVRX. he idea of getting paid for sitting, dnnking and watching bad movies was a dream come true, says Egerton.Mr. Sinus Theater focuses on bad B-movies, just as MST3K did. It takes a lot of rare qualities to make a movie so entertainingly bad. So many bad things came together. Bad acting, bad directing, explains Erler.The current movie, Nude on theMoon, is a film by renowned B-n filmmaker, Doris Wishman. Theis about two scientists in a ninth-grade chemistry laboratory who make a rocket and journey to the moon. When they get there, they find, as the title implies, that nude women populate the moon. This is no porno though, it is just a bad movie.)oris Wishman had a vision. We////are celebrating it, it's a beautiful film, says Egerton.She somehow made 100 naked//breasts as sexless as possible. This isn a gender thing. This movie is fc young and old, male and female, claims Pollet.//For their first show, Jerm, Owen, and John advertised that anyone who showed up to the Draft House nude would get in for free, in honor of the movie. They were surprised to find that the Texas Hill Country Nudistswere fans of the movie.//vbout 15 nude people showed up. We were unprepared for it, so there were nude people sitting next to clothed people. But let me say those were 15 of the most proud people I ever saw, recalls Pollet. Not only did the Texas Hill Country Nudists show up for the premiere, now they are helping to sponsor the next three shows. The same rule applies; if you're nude you get in free.So what can one expect from Mr. Sinus Theater 3000?OnI | - — . x * a 4 v A o' 1 v./ | Xshowed up. About 100 had to beturned away due to seating limita-tioas.The show consists of the traditional wisecracks that were prevalent in the TC show. But it doesn't stop there. Unlike MST3K, this is a live show andthere is a live audience. This expands the possibilities. The threeform sketch comedy whenin front and take cues from the audience a la Whose Line is it Anyway. At some points, they stop the movie and do their own comical take on events inthe movie.//I think this is the way MST3K was meant to be. It felt like a party. Like we invited a whole bunch of cool people to hang out in our room, some of them naked, says Pollet.The show isn't just about making fun of these bad films.//If we were just putting a movie down in a negative tone, it wouldn't be so successful, says Pollet.This party atmosphere is what makes the show successful. TheAlamo Draft House is the perfect place for this sort of event due to its relaxedatmosphere and also because they sellbeer. This little tenet allows for mnrpaudience participation.We encourage drinking withdrinking games, says Egerton.Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 has so farbeen a profound success. Plans have already been made for the future including a possible college tour and celebrity guests that can help work the microphones. We'd love to get someone like Ann Richards, savs Egerton.The shows, which were originally planned to be only on Sunday nights, are so popular that the Draft House extended the run for three extra nights. The movie house rules of 21 and up are suspended for these three shows and anyone 18 and up is welcome. After the end of the Nude on the Moonrun, the next Mr. Sinus show will beOct. 29, when they premiere Gruesomt Twosome.Note: A nude ghetto, a separate area for nude people is established foithese three niehts.
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