The Mads Are Back: Bride of the Gorilla (w/ Special Q&A Guest Rachel Lichtman)
The Mads Are BACK! Mystery Science Theater 3000's Trace Beaulieu ("Dr. Clayton Forrester" and "Crow T. Robot") and Frank Conniff ("TV's Frank") present an all-new live-riff the 1951 B-movie BRIDE OF THE GORILLA, starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton and Lon Chaney Jr. just in time for Valentine's Day!
Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Bride of the Gorilla is the fifty-second episode of The Mads' legendary livestream series recorded live February 11, 2025. This special digital download features the entire livestream in 720p, including the show's brand-new opening title sequence by Josh Flowers, the livestream intro, movie, intermission, and the live Q&A with Rachel Lichtman! Additionally, you can also download a "movie only" version of the episode, and Matt Resier's entire 75 minute pre-show.
Frank Conniff is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV career writing for the Peabody award-winning series Mystery Science Theater 3000, where he also played “TV’s Frank,” the bumbling yet lovable mad scientist sidekick. He then went on to be a writer, producer and actor on the ABC TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and he was a writer and producer on The Drew Carey Show on ABC, The New Tom Green Show on MTV, and the satirical series O2BE on the Oxygen Network, where he was also a cast member. He was head writer of the animated Nickelodeon series, Invader Zim, and also was a writer and producer for the Air America Radio network, where he provided material for on-air personalities Rachel Maddow, Marc Maron, Lizz Winstead, Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and Randi Rhodes. He was a writer and performer on Viewpoint with John Fugelsang on Current TV, and on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on the FXX network, and he also writes and performs on The Jimmy Dore Show on Pacifica Radio.
Trace Beaulieu is a comic actor, writer, performer. He was a founding member of the Emmy- nominated, Peabody Award-winning, cult hit show Mystery Science Theater 3000. In addition to writing, occasionally directing, designing and building sets and props, Trace performed the puppet character Crow T. Robot, and mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester. He repeated these roles in the 1996 film version of the show, MST3K: The Movie. Trace wrote for ABC’s America’s Funniest Videos for nine seasons. He played a recurring character on Freak and Geeks, and has had cameo appearances on The West Wing and Arrested Development. For six years, he toured with the original cast of MST3K in a live movie riffing show called CINEMATIC TITANIC.
This download features the “Full Livestream Edition” of the show, including the show’s intro and Q&A w/ Rachel Lichtman. You can also download a “Movie Only” version, and the entire pre-show.
