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Conversing with NatureMaking an Artist's Case for Nature with Mary Edna FraserOn this episode, we sit down with Mary Edna Fraser, a Charleston-based artist and environmental activist. An expert on the ancient method of Batik on silk, Mary Edna makes the artist's case for nature by bridging art and science to bring messages of conservation, stewardship, and environmental awareness to her art. As Mary Edna walks us through her design process and discusses her scientific collaborations, she inspires us to make art (and do it as much as possible!), to be proactive for the things we care about, to be adventurous, and to never stop learning.2025-05-2331 min
The Matt McNeil ShowThe Matt McNeil Show – May 13, 2025On today’s show:
– Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are no longer banned by MLB.
– A Florida Panthers NHL team owner gets in a social media spat with a random Canadian fan.
– How our air traffic controller system is a mess since Trump II.
– Mary Jo Pehl from MST3K and RiffTrax joins the show!
– Why are the Vikings playing two games in Europe in 2025?
– Brett’s weekly visit with Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer.
– Michelle Fischbach (still) can’t let go of Minnesota changing o...2025-05-141h 33The Matt McNeil ShowMatt McNeil with Mary Jo Pehl (5/13/25)Matt was joined by Mary Jo Pehl from MST3K and RiffTrax. They talk about doing comedy during Trump II, the mechanics of stand up comedy, political news and more. Also catch Mary and other MST3K alums for a standup show on Thursday May 15 at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis. Get tickets at: https://theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/rifftrax-comedy
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Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of MinnesotaMatt McNeil with Mary Jo Pehl (5/13/25)Matt was joined by Mary Jo Pehl from MST3K and RiffTrax. They talk about doing comedy during Trump II, the mechanics of stand up comedy, political news and more. Also catch Mary and other MST3K alums for a standup show on Thursday May 15 at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis. Get tickets at: https://theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/rifftrax-comedy
2025-05-1322 min
Retro RidoctopusThe Brig: Rambling Through the Avenues of Dumb (with producer Chris Gersbeck)Back for his second stint in the BRIG… it’s writer/comedian/producer Chris Gersbeck!
With his company Dumb Industries, Chris produces and hosts a metric ton of hilarious weekly programs (including but not limited to) The Mads Are Back, The Mary-Jo Pehl Show, The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour and the retro gaming centric, Super Dumb Bros!
Chris talks about how it feels to be finally on a break after producing 49 consecutive live-streams of THE MADS ARE BACK. We also talk about some of the other great shows on https://dumb-industries.com and plenty of just...2024-08-202h 01
CULT and CLASSIC FilmsEP 187: REVISITING REVIEWS WITH MARY JO PEHL & BRIDGET NELSON OF MST3K AND RIFFTRAX!In honor of MARY JO PEHL’s new memoir, DUMB DUMB DUMB: MY MOTHER’S BOOK REVIEWS, it’s a special return to our famed episode with MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and RIFFTRAX comedians MARY JO PEHL (Ms. Forrester!) and BRIDGET NELSON (Mr. B Natural!)They join us as we talk SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER (1993) and THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF A TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM (1993)! Will these veterans of watching bad movies survive our 90's-riffic double feature? Listen to find out!It's "Relationships are Murder," this week on CULT AND CLASSIC FILMS Podcast!Get MARY JO PEHL’s...2024-01-161h 35
GodzillavangelistsGodzilla vs. Megalon (ft. Mary Jo Pehl): Godzillavangelists Episode 49Is the cheapest Godzilla movie ever made also the worst? That's our topic today with Godzilla vs. Megalon! We talk razor thin budgets, 70s interior design, and the clever and impactful American marketing of the movie that made it one of the most-seen G-films. This super-size episode features not only Ryan, Joanna, and Sam, but Ryan's sister is back, and there's exciting new guest Mary Jo Pehl! She shares her MST3K and Rifftrax experiences and has a few things to say about the world of Godzilla as well. Next episode will be the controversial...2023-12-201h 37
Director's CutMary Jo PehlMary Jo talks about her new book, growing up in Minnesota, her colorful work history, and writing and performing on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Guest: Mary Jo Pehl2023-08-2152 min
The NovelizersMary Jo Pehl, Kevin Shinick, Jesse Glasgow - Khan Ch. 5 & 6Chapter 5 “This One Has Farts and Lady Jokes,” Novelized by Liz Lent narrated by Mary Jo Pehl.
Chapter 6: “Showtime,” Novelized and narrated by Kevin Shinick.
Interview: Jesse Glasgow, sound engineer in charge of beeps and boops.
Liz Lent is a writer and painter. Check out her work on Instagram @lizlent,
Mary Jo Pehl is a writer, actor, and comedian. She was one of the founding members of Mystery Science Theater 3000 where she later played Pearl Forrester, as well as Cinematic Titanic and Rifftrax. The Mary Jo Pehl Show streams on Twit...2023-06-1234 min
Movie OublietteSisters (with Mary Jo Pehl)Writer, actor, comedian and all-round wonderful human being Mary Jo Pehl joins us as we try to untangle the twisted tale of Brian De Palma's Sisters (1972). Starring Margot Kidder (of Superman and The Amityville Horror fame) in the dual roles of demure French Canadian model Danielle and her psychotic, groin-stabby twin Dominique, and Jennifer Salt as the hard-boiled investigative journalist determined to prove the murder she witnessed from her apartment window, Sisters is at once a delirious Hitchcockian fever dream that would define the direction of De Palma's career and dark exposé of the forces ranged against the women's liber...2023-05-3058 min
Lori & Julia5/22 Monday Hr 2: Hollywood Speak Alec Baldwin continues to show us his true colors!
Mary Jo Pehl's Random Thoughts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-2341 minLori & Julia5/22 Monday Hr 2: Hollywood Speak Alec Baldwin continues to show us his true colors!Mary Jo Pehl's Random Thoughts!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-2340 minLori & Julia5/22 Monday Hr 1; Our friend, Mary Jo Pehl is in for Julia today!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-2341 minLori & Julia5/22 Monday Hr 1; Our friend, Mary Jo Pehl is in for Julia today!
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2023-05-2341 min
Adapt or PerishHamlet, Part 2 (Ep. 126)In Episode 126 of Adapt or Perish, we're back for a second discussion about William Shakespeare's Hamlet! This time we're focusing on a selection of what can best be described as the many Hamlet "derivatives" that have been brought to the stage and screen. In this episode, we discuss: To Be or Not to Be (the 1942 theatrical movie), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer, and starring Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack, and Sig Ruman The Bad Sleep Well (the 1960 theatrical movie), directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijirō H...2023-05-022h 34Lori & Julia4/19 Wednesday Hr 1: Everybody loves Ray RomanoRay Romano is hitting up the talk show circuit to promote his new movie 'Somewhere in Queens'. It's his directorial debut. The one and only Mary Jo Pehl joins the program to talk about her new book 'Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews'. We were lucky enough o have her for a half hour!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-04-2040 minLori & Julia4/19 Wednesday Hr 1: Everybody loves Ray Romano
Ray Romano is hitting up the talk show circuit to promote his new movie 'Somewhere in Queens'. It's his directorial debut. The one and only Mary Jo Pehl joins the program to talk about her new book 'Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews'. We were lucky enough o have her for a half hour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-2041 min
Lori & Julia's Book Club4/19 LOJ Book Club: Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews by Mary Jo Pehl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-04-2019 min
Retro RidoctopusThe Brig: The Mads Are Back & They Brought Snacks (with producer Chris Gersbeck)Comedian, producer Chris Gersbeck joins us for a hilarious interview about his show THE MADS ARE BACK. Starring Mystery Science Theater 3,000 legends, Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, the show celebrates the duo's MST3K roots by live riffing a different terrible movie each month!
Since launching The Mads Are Back as a ticketed livestream in July 2020, The Mads have released over twenty livestreams including six shorts compilations, and have welcomed guests such as Mike Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, Jonah Ray, and many other cast members and writers from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Chris...2023-04-111h 33
Hungry Trilobyte PodcastHTP #157 - Mary Jo PehlMary Jo Pehl is a seasoned writer and performer on both Rifftrax and seasons 4-10 of Mystery Science Theater 3000. She joins me today to talk about her book Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother’s Book Reviews. We start off with the difficult process of resolving grief and the sometimes necessity to do so with a bit of humor, and this rolls into a discussion of the mechanics of riffing… and some speculation about educational shorts in particular.
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See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com
Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig2023-03-1638 min
Fowl Players RadioSeason 10 Episode 1 Mary Jo Pehl- Writer and "Pearl Forrester" on MST3K, Riff Trax, Cinematic Titanic, Author, ComedienneSend us a textNOW AVAILABLE ON FOWL PLAYERS RADIO- www.fowlplayersradio.com and on YouTube @fowlplayersradio!Greetings and welcome to Season 10 of Fowl Players Radio! I would like to thank all of you for your support for the past 9 seasons, and we hope to keep improving and bringing you more and more great episodes!!Tonight's guest is Mary Jo Pehl, best known for her portrayal of Pearl Forrester, mother of evil Dr. Forrester of Mystery Science Theater 3000! She was also a writer on MST3K and has also appeared in Cinematic Titanic...2023-01-1053 min
History 21: The Podcast!Mary Jo Pehl from Circle Pines to Mystery Science TheaterLook for the show notes at AnokaCountyHistory.org2022-10-0700 min
RedPubPodRedPubPod #011 Mary Jo PehlWelcome to the Redhawk Publication's podcast, REDPUBPOD!
Redhawk Publications is honored to have as their guest on this episode author/performer, Mary Jo Pehl. You might know her from her stand-up, comedic writing, or her lengthy work with Mystery Science Theater 3000, but we just know her as the kind, bright author of a funny and touching memoir, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews.
Mary Jo shares with us her background growing up in Minnesota, insight into growing up as a creative in a Midwest backdrop ("Does the Job have Benefits?!"") and more thoughts on...2022-09-1636 min
Castle of Horror PodcastCastle Talk: Mary Jo Pehl of Rifftrax on"Dumb Dumb Dumb" and "Bridget & Mary Jo: The Brain That Wouldn't Die"Mary Jo Pehl is a writer, comedian and commentator, published everywhere from magazines and anthologies to NPR’s All Things Considered, and she’s the author of the 2022 book DUMB DUMB DUMB: My Mother's Book Reviews which came out this past May. But a lot of us know her as one of the voices and minds behind the Peabody-Award winning Mystery Science Theater 3000, and over the last few years as a part of the comedy duo Bridget and Mary Jo on the Rifftrax video series. Their most recent release is a new riff on the 1962 cult film The Brain that Woul...2022-08-2131 min
Suns and Shadows-CastEpisode 15: Evil Dead : LegacyJeff, Kev and Will are joined by an all-star guest panel with Steve Fodor (Too Much Scrolling), Robert Yaniz (Crooked Table Productions - Franchise Detours, Close Watch) and Chris Gersbeck (Dumb Industries - The Mads are Back, Mary Jo Pehl Show). The cast discuss the film franchise juggernaut of Evil Dead from beginning to end, and including the new Evil Dead Rises on the horizon. Listen to tales of discovery, fond memories, hopes for the franchise and who's better Rambo or Ash.... all that and so much more! 2022-07-201h 34
At The Devils BallEpisode 100: Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (1962) With Mary Jo Pehl!In our 100th episode(!), we are joined by Chris Gersbeck of Dumb Industries and the amazing Mary Jo Pehl of MST3K/Rifftrax fame! We discuss Pehl's memoir, her show on Twitch and, of course, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE. Join us, won't you?2022-07-171h 02
Linoleum KnifeLKTV 281: Mary Jo PehlCW: LANGUAGE Dave and Alonso are joined by their good friend Mary Jo Pehl for a not-Clean discussion about the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000, her stand-up comedy entrepreneurship, and her wonderful new book Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews. Want more LKTV? Join our club.2022-06-0953 min
Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*tDLG290 Producer, publicist, and podcaster Chris Gersbeck makes a ton of fun shit happen.I invited Chris Gersbeck to be on the show mostly to chat about the huge career strides he's made in the last 2 years as producer, publicist, and podcaster and founder of DUMB Industries, but I inadvertently roped him into helping me with my own self-esteem issues. I felt much better at the end. But we did manage to squeeze some Chris info in. A great story of how he made DUMB Industries happen. Chris really is a special person—people feel better just being around him, but I can't say exactly why or how—he's just that way. I'm not t...2022-03-2559 min
The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Formerly known as Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU)Episode 253: Comedian Mary Jo PehlIt's another major Dumb Industries crossover event as Dave, Dez, and Chris welcome comedian Mary Jo Pehl back to the Goodtime Hour to discuss hecklers at the opera, improper phone usage, unruly dogs, improper grammar usage, pianist page-turners, and Dave & MJ's plans to visit the opera in full Nic Cage/Cher Moonstruck regalia. Recorded live on March 21, 2022.Watch The Mary Jo Pehl Show on Twitch or Dave will stab you.Brand-new "Is this the show?" t-shirt designs, inspired by numerous guests, viewers, listeners & law enforcement, are now available! Watch Dave's latest stand up s...2022-03-251h 07
The MostMovie ModeIn this episode we have on very special guests MST3K's Mary Jo Pehl and writer director Owen Egerton to talk about movies and then do a rapid fire that dissolves into madness. 2022-03-141h 07
Maximum Film!Episode 230: Watch 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' with the Captions OnWhat’s black and white and now streaming on AppleTV Plus? Why it’s Joel Coen’s solo directorial debut, The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as a couple with big dreams and no chill…well, maybe they have a little chill in this version? Up for debate. How does this Macbeth measure up in categories like: Bloodlust! Justifying its existence! Cool-looking Birnam Woodl! Plus, our hosts each submit and defend their Hall of Excellence candidate for Most Badass Denzel Performance. What’s Good MentionsAlonso - Former guests doing cool stuff (Nathan Rabin...2022-01-281h 04
It’s Just A ShowIt’s Thong. [MST3K 301. Cave Dwellers.]Happy Turkey Day! Cave Dwellers hang-glides right into Adam and Chris’s
hearts, as they talk about early MST3K experiences, vast tracts of Keeffe,
Alan Hale Jr (for some reason), Danny Elfman (again!), and Dave Foley.
Show Notes.
Cave Dwellers: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV!
Where to watch Turkey Day 2021.
The Mads will riff Manos.
Our mega-episode on Manos.
Mary Jo Pehl’s Twitch channel.
Our previous episode, on The Robot vs. the Aztec
Mummy.
And our recent episodes on T...2021-11-2559 min
2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious PodcastF9 (Lap 9)We're unofficially closing out Lap 9 by talking about F9 (once again) with Mary Jo Pehl (Mystery Science Theater, Rifftrax)! Before Mary Jo joins us, we talk about new movies and Halloween candy before trying to decode The Rock's idea for a Hobbs & Shaw sequel. Then, we take an incredibly deep dive into Roman's history in the 2 Fast 2 Furious Minute (24:15) as we examine lots of text that appears on screen for mere fractions of a second. Then, Mary Jo joins us (47:25) to talk about F9. We learn about her struggles with the movie Tommy Boy before we give her a...2021-11-091h 57
The Changed Podcast with Aden NepomNancy Davis Kho on How Gratitude Changes Your Everything – Episode 50This episode is not just the 50th episode of this podcast (WOW!), but it also brings to a close an amazing second season of this show. What better guest than Nancy Davis Kho, host of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast, and author of the book: The Thank You Project, Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time.Nancy Davis Kho is a speaker, author, and podcaster whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR affiliate KQED. Nancy is also the author of the book THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Grat...2021-10-0147 min
It’s Just A ShowI Have Enough Friends. [MST3K 423. Bride of the Monster.]Bride of the Monster traps Adam and Chris in the swamp and gets them to
monologue about Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, octopuses, and
door-to-door sales.
Features the short: Hired! Part 1.
Show Notes.
Bride of the Monster: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV!
Hired!: IMDB.
UnMSTed.
Look, just follow The Mads Are Back on
Twitter, ok? And get ready for The Brain
Eaters
[trailer] on September 14th!
Leonard Nimoy’s “Australian”
accent.
MST3K’s Mindless Summer.
The Moon Zer...2021-08-2458 min
The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Formerly known as Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU)Episode 230: Mary Jo PehlIt's yet another mind-blowing episode of The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour that will blow your mind and stuff as Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mary Jo Pehl stops by to talk about her new show The Mary Jo Pehl Show, her dad's penchant for building urns, her new comedy club in her garage we've decided should be called The Urn, and Dave's downstairs real estate. Recorded live August 16, 2021.Watch The Mary Jo Pehl Show on Twitch, premiering Tuesday, August 24 @ 8pm ET!Follow Mary Jo Pehl on Twitter.Come to JAILBREAK! at littlefield on September 1...2021-08-201h 28
Reels of JusticeROJ-110: “The People vs. Ishtar” with Mary Jo PehlThis week, Mary Jo Pehl (Mystery Science Theater 3000) steps into the court to defend what some have called “one of the worst movies ever made,” the 1987 adventure comedy “Ishtar.” * * * Prosecutor: Maynard Bangs. Defense: Mary Jo Pehl. Judge: The Honorable Dylan J. Schlender. Jurors: Kayleigh DuLac, Ryan Luis Rodriguez, Ben Haslar. * * * Advisory: Silvana Carranza. Prologue: Kirk R. Thatcher. Original Theme: WT Golden.Don't miss the premiere of “The Mary Jo Pehl Show” on 8/24 at 8 PM ET on Twitch! RSVP on Eventbrite now! https://www.twitch.tv/dumbindustriesWhat did you think of the verdict?2021-08-1957 min