Hodgson, left, with his unsinkable comedy crew.Two decades since he made watching lousy movies on Comedy Central one of the funniest ways to waste a mid-'90s afternoon, Joel Hodgson has found a new, if similar, calling: a live touring show, Cinematic Titanic, with the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast silhouetted against campy sci-fi flicks.When Cinematic Titanic last played to a Dallas audience, it was just the show's second performance, as Hodgson began thinking seriously about a runn
Nick Prueher, left, and Joe Pickett, the touring kings of forgotten VHS.If, after years of YouTube, unintentionally funny strangers just aren't that funny anymore, there may be only one cure, and -- lucky you -- it's stopping in town tonight at the Lakewood Theater.The Found Footage Festival is a collection of vintage VHS clips lifted off corporate training videos, low-budget TV ads and homemade workout videos, all gathered by the comic duo of Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett. They've spent the last
One prospect from a dating show -- one that's not otherwise Viking-themed -- featured in the latest Found Footage Fest.​When we last spoke with Nick Prueher of the Found Footage Festival, he and fellow comedian-rummager Joe Pickett were gearing up for their first-ever visit to Dallas with their show, a live presentation of confounding 20-year-old workout videos, public access shows and ill-advised celebrity advice tapes.Some scars from that first show are never going to heal (thanks, bath-tub
