Ballyhoo Motion Pictures is a film company founded by Daniel Griffith. They specialize in documentary pieces about film and television personalities and properties that are of a cult or otherwise obscure nature, ranging from DVD/Blu-ray extras to feature length documentaries. Many of the extras on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD and Blu-ray sets released by Shout! Factory were produced by Ballyhoo.
Note: The below listing does not include the episode introductions with the Ballyhoo copyright line at the end.
MST3K Home Video Extras[]
Title | Featuring (in order of appearance) | Available on |
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Santa Claus Conquers the Devil: A 50-Year Retrospective | Charles Kilgore, David Wilt, Paul Chaplin, Kevin Murphy, Brian Henry*, Larry Blamire, Chris Cornell* | Volume XVI Disc 3 |
No Dialogue Necessary: Making an "Off-Screen Masterpiece" | Randal Turnbull*, Larry Blamire, Bob Burns, Frank Conniff, Lee Strosnider | Volume XVIII Disc 3 |
Larry Blamire Geeks Out | Larry Blamire | Volume XIX Disc 1 |
Citizen Wood: Making the "Bride", Unmaking the Legend | Mr. Lobo, Joel Hodgson, Larry Blamire, Richard Sheffield, Richard Gordon, Tom Weaver*, George "The Animal" Steele | Volume XIX Disc 2 |
The Puppetmaster: Richard Gordon on "Devil Doll" | Richard Gordon | Volume XIX Disc 3 |
Gamera vs. The Chiodo Brothers | Stephen Chiodo, Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo | Volume XXI Disc 2 |
Jam Handy to the Rescue | Larry Blamire, Avery Murphy, Henry Jamison Handy† | "Manos": Special Edition Disc 2 |
Trail of the Creeper: Making The Brute Man | Fred Olen Ray, Ted Newsom, Bob Burns, C. Courtney Joyner, Tom Weaver*, Larry Blamire | Volume XXII Disc 4 |
The Incredible Mr. Lippert | C. Courtney Joyner, Kit Parker, Margia Dean, Bob Burns, Frank Conniff | Volume XXIII Disc 1 |
Codename: Quinn Martin | Jonathan Etter | Volume XXIII Disc 3 |
The Crown Jewels: The Story of America's Oldest Independent Film Company | William Grefé, Chris Poggiali, Ross Hagen | Volume I Disc 1 |
You Asked for It: Sandy Frank Speaks | Sandy Frank | Volume XXIV Disc 2 |
Lucha Gringo: K. Gordon Murray Meets Santo | Dan Madigan, David Wilt, Kevin Murphy | Volume XXIV Disc 4 |
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal | C. Courtney Joyner, David Achecter, Tom Weaver*, Bill Warren, Bob Burns | Volume XXV Disc 4 |
Bert I. Gordon: The Amazing Colossal Filmmaker | Bert I. Gordon | Volume XXVI Disc 1 |
Of Mushrooms and Madmen: Making The Mole People | C. Courtney Joyner, Randal Turnbull*, Bob Burns, Virgil Vogel^, John Agar^, Tom Weaver* | Volume XXVI Disc 4 |
Chasing Rosebud: The Cinematic Life of William Alland | C. Courtney Joyner, Ted Newsom, Tom Weaver* | Volume XXVII Disc 4 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie: The Motion Picture Odyssey | Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson, Jeff Stonehouse, Jef Maynard | The Movie: Collector's Edition |
This Island Earth: 2 1/2 Years in the Making | Tom Weaver*, C. Courtney Joyner, Robert Skotak, Joe Dante, David Schecter, Ted Newsom, Jeff Morrow^, Rex Reason*, Bob Burns | The Movie: Collector's Edition |
Return to Eden Prairie, Part 1: The Crew | Jef Maynard, Beez McKeever, Patrick Brantseg | Volume XXVIII Disc 1 |
Return to Eden Prairie, Part 2: The Locations | Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon | Volume XXVIII Disc 2 |
Return to Eden Prairie, Part 3: The Characters | Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon, Mary Jo Pehl, Patrick Brantseg, Paul Chaplin, Beez McKeever | Volume XXVIII Disc 3 |
Ninth Wonder of the World: The Making of Gorgo | Randal Turnbull*, Ted Newsom, C. Courtney Joyner, Eugene Lourié^, Bob Burns, Douglas Adamson* | Volume XXVIII Disc 4 |
Last Flight of Joel Robinson | Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy | Volume XXVIII Disc 5 |
The Movie That Couldn't Die | Tom Weaver*, David Duncan^, Carolyn Kearney^, William Reynolds^ | Volume XXIX Disc 3 |
Walter George Alton on Pumaman | Walter George Alton | Volume XXIX Disc 4 |
Stinger of Death: Making The Black Scorpion | C. Courtney Joyner | Volume XXX Disc 1 |
Writer of Gor: The Novels of John Norman | Richard Curtis | Volume XXX Disc 2 |
Director of Gor: On the Set with John "Bud" Cardos | John "Bud" Cardos | Volume XXX Disc 2 |
Producer of Gor: Adventures with Harry Alan Towers | Danny Lerner | Volume XXX Disc 2 |
Shock to the System: Creating The Projected Man | Tom Weaver* | Volume XXX Disc 3 |
Undercooked and Overstuffed: Inside the Turkey Day Marathon | Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson | Volume XXXI Disc 1 |
This Film May Kill You: Making The Screaming Skull | Mr. Lobo, Tom Weaver*, Peggy Webber, Larry Blamire, Mark Martucci | Volume XXXI Disc 3 |
Gumby & Clokey | Joe Clokey | Volume XXXI Disc 3 |
Marooned: A Forgotten Odyssey | Jeff Burr | Volume XXXII Disc 1 |
Barnum of Baltimore: The Early Films of Joseph E. Levine | Gerard Griesbaum*, Chris Poggiali, Frank Conniff | Volume XXXII Disc 2 |
Sampo Speaks: A Brief History of Satellite News | Chris Cornell | Volume XXXII Disc 4 |
Beatnik Blues: Investigating Daddy-O! | Gary A. Smith, Ted Newsom, Tom Weaver*, Mark McGee, Roger Corman | Volume XXXIII Disc 1 |
This Movie Has Legs: Looking Back at Earth vs. the Spider | Tom Weaver* | Volume XXXIII Disc 2 |
Film It Again, Sam: The Katzman Chronicles | Tom Weaver*, C. Courtney Joyner, Michael Schlesinger | Volume XXXIII Disc 3 |
Tommy Cook: From Jungle Boy to Teenage Jungle | Tommy Cook | Volume XXXIII Disc 3 |
Peter Mark Richman: In H.A.R.M.'s Way | Peter Mark Richman | Volume XXXIII Disc 4 |
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The A.I.P Story | Ted Newsom, Chris Poggiali, Christopher Holmes, Milton Moritz*, C. Courtney Joyner, Mark Thomas McGee, Constantine Nasr, Gary A. Smith, Eric Hoffman, Tom Weaver*, Lou Arkoff, David Colton, Mike Malloy, David Del Valle, Roger Corman, Al Kallis, William Grefé, James H. Nicholson^, Nathaniel Thompson, Mike Gingold, Steve Haberman, Vincent Price†, James Honore, Larry Bishop, Lawrence Gordon | Volume XXXIV Disc 1 |
I Was a Teenage Caveman | C. Courtney Joyner, Roger Corman, Stephanie Shayne, Tom Weaver* | Volume XXXV Disc 1 |
Richard Band Remembers | Richard Band | Volume XXXV Disc 2 |
You Are There: Launching 12 to the Moon | Jeff Burr | Volume XXXV Disc 3 |
Medieval Boogaloo: The Legend of Deathstalker III | Thom Christopher | Volume XXXV Disc 4 |
The Devil Down in Georgia: The Mysterious World of Film Ventures International | Chris Poggiali, John Blythe, Jeff Burr, Mike Malloy, Michael Gingold, Nathaniel Thompson, David Sheldon, Igo Kantor, William Lustig, Mark Rosman, Michael Jones | Volume XXXVI Disc 1 |
City Limits: Rae Dawn Chong Looks Back | Rae Dawn Chong | Volume XXXVI Disc 2 |
The Invisible World of Gemini Man | Steven de Souza | Volume XXXVI Disc 4 |
Leave the Bronx: Making Escape 2000 | Chris Poggiali | Volume XXXVII Disc 2 |
Return to Party Beach: Making the First Horror-Monster Musical | Tom Weaver*, Margot Hartman | Volume XXXVII Disc 3 |
August on Neptune | August Ragone | Volume XXXVII Disc 4 |
Zugsmith Confidential | Michael Schlesinger, C. Courtney Joyner | Volume XXXVIII Disc 1 |
Mike, By Joel | Joel Hodgson | Volume XXXVIII Disc 2 |
Tracking a Moon Beast with Leigh Drake | Leigh Drake | Volume XXXVIII Disc 4 |
Chuck Love and the Anatomy of a Theme | Charlie Erickson | Volume XXXIX Disc 1 |
Beyond Transparency: Making Edward G. Ulmer's Sci-Fi Double Feature | C. Courtney Joyner | Volume XXXIX Disc 2 |
Showdown in Eden Prairie: Their Final Experiment | Patrick Brantseg, Kevin Murphy, Beez McKeever, Jim Mallon | Volume XXXIX Disc 3 |
Behind the Scream: Daniel Griffith on Ballyhoo Motion Pictures | Daniel Griffith | Volume XXXIX Disc 4 |
A Good Test Case: #WeBroughtBackMST3K | Joel Hodgson, Greg Tally, Jason Ruvinsky, Baron Vaughn, Felicia Day, Mark Hamill, Elliott Kalan, Jordan Fields, Elizabeth Smith, Richard Foos, Garson Foos, Michael Ribas, Bob Emmer, Harold Buchholz, Ivan Askwith, Mary Jo Pehl, Jonathan Stern, Jonah Ray, Dan Lanigan, Mikaela Barree, Thomas Medved, Dave Goldblatt, Steve Jablonsky, Matt McGinnis, Sharyl Volpe, Joel McHale, Seth Robinson, Mary Robinson, Lesley Kinzel, Ethan Marak, Michael Murnane, Ryan Martin, Justin Leib, Aaron Somers, Grant Baciocco, Russ Walko, Bill Corbett, Hampton Yount, Rebecca Hanson, Beez McKeever, Kevin Murphy, Rob Cohen, Samantha Keuster, Patton Oswalt, M. Waverly, Growler | Season 11 Disc 8 |
Don't Knock the Strock | C. Courtney Joyner, Justin Humphreys | The Singles Collection Disc 1 |
The Man on Poverty Row: The Films of Sam Newfield | Ted Newsom, C. Courtney Joyner | The Singles Collection Disc 5 |
Hobgoblins Revisited | Rick Sloane | Volume VIII Disc 1 |
They Kill for Kicks: Making Wild Rebels | William Grefé, Steve Alaimo, Chris Poggiali* | Volume IX Disc 2 |
Wood: Taming the Sinister Urge | Mr. Lobo | Volume IX Disc 3 |
Lugosi Creeps: Making a Sinister Serial | C. Courtney Joyner, Charles Lee Jackson | Volume XI Disc 1 |
Shock & Awe: Making Indestructible Man | C. Courtney Joyner, Tom Weaver* | Volume XI Disc 2 |
Gene Fowler, Jr.: Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Moviemaker | Justin Humphreys | Volume XII Disc 1 |
Major Auteur: The Films of Will Zens | Mr. Lobo | Volume XII Disc 3 |
*Has an audio-only presence
†From archival footage
^Audio re-enactment