Last night Jenn, Blake, and I drove downtown amidst the craziness that was the last of SXSW, found a decent place to park and trekked to the new Alamo Draft House.  This was our first time at the new one which is now located in the old Ritz.  It is slightly larger than the original downtown location in that it has 2 screens instead of just one.  Mondo Tees is also tightly integrated in the corner of the theatre as well for all your 80’s style t-shirts.

We got to the sold out showing about 45 minutes early and had to wait around for a bit prior to seating but once we were down, we enjoyed our perfect seats as others struggled to find a good spot.  For me it was my first time seeing this type of event, and I can tell you I’ll be back again for the next one.  For those of you familiar with Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Master Pancake is the same thing cept imagine watching it on crack.  The Austinist did a great interview with them this past February.

This February, Master Pancake plays host to the reunion of two original cast members from the Sinus Show: John Erler (the tall bald one) and Owen Egerton (the compact ginger nut), who, along with pal Joe Parsons, lampoon Back to the Future (1985), a film so iconic that for a brief period in the mid-80’s it convinced people that DeLoreans, Burger King, and Huey Lewis and the News were hip. Michael J. Fox (FAMILY TIES, TEEN WOLF) plays, well, Michael J. Fox — or Marty Mc Fly as he’s called here — who travels back in time in order to save his professorial pal ‘Doc’, played by Christopher Lloyd (CLUE, STAR TREK III). Along the way, Mc Fox ends up inventing Rock ‘n Roll, changing the future, and almost dating his own mom. Oedipally complex, this movie features a brilliant performance from indie-icon Crispin Glover as Marty’s exquisitely milquetoast dad, who eventually learns how to sock it to Biff. Time Mc Flys when you’re having fun, and you’ll be having 1.21 jigowatts of it this February, with film-embellishers John, Owen and Joe, weekends at the Alamo Ritz, Village, and So. Lamar. (John)

Seeing one of my old favorites of Back to the Future was a great way to be introduced, aside from the many Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s jokes.  The comedians stopped the movie in the middle to act out in full costune a little skit in which, Marty has the shakes.  I actually felt sorry for the guy doing it as he was getting pretty damn tired jumping around.  All in all very cool, catch the next Master Pancake Theatre the rest of this month doing ET.  Unfortunatly for you, this was the last Back to the Future they will be doing.

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