YORKIETHON 5 took place over the weekend of December 18th – 20th, 2020 and was a big success! The Movie Crypt podcast’s annual 48-hour LIVE marathon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue is always THE podcast event of every year as hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen stay on the air live for 2 straight days with celebrity guests joining them around the clock for live comedy, live music, live script readings, live film commentaries, live interviews, and so much more. This year’s YORKIETHON featured 70 celebrity guests and is on track to ultimately raise $30,000.00 (donations are still trickling in)! With the pandemic devastating so many people’s finances in 2020, we were realistically hoping that YORKIETHON 5 would raise around $15,000.00. However, our audience (our biggest yet- averaging between 8-10,000 live viewers every hour) overwhelmed us with their generosity despite the difficult times we are in.
To date The Movie Crypt podcast’s YORKIETHONs have raised well over $130,000.00 for Save A Yorkie Rescue and helped the non-profit organization save countless abandoned and abused dogs, but this year the event also helped raise the collective spirit of our community by bringing artists from all sides of the industry together to have some much needed fun – all in the name of love. Thank you to our guests (the full list is below) for helping make this our best 2-day long show ever, thank you to our amazing crew who quite literally made the live stream possible, thank you to our friends who donated items for Arwen’s Silent Auction, and especially thank you to everyone around the world who tuned in and donated this year!
YORKIETHON 5’s GUESTS:
Director Dave Parker once again produced the weekend’s centerpiece event- the live reading of Nick Antosca’s un-produced screenplay for FRIDAY THE 13TH 3D, which was originally intended to be the followup to the 2009 remake. Every Yorkiethon has featured a live reading of a screenplay that general audiences have never had a chance to see/read before, whether it be an un-produced script (George A. Romero and Mick Garris’ THE MUMMY, John Sayles’ NIGHT SKIES) or an early draft of a massively popular film that was extremely different from the movie that audiences ultimately saw (Chris Columbus’ GREMLINS and THE GOONIES). For the last 3 YORKIETHONS in a row our dear friend Dave Parker has put together the casts for the Saturday night script reading, shouldering the responsibility of each marathon’s centerpiece segment in an effort to help us with the herculean workload that we face producing a 48-hour live event. Dave has absolutely knocked it out of the park every year, casting a wide array of actors, voice-over professionals, and fellow filmmakers that have brought each script to life for our audience. THANK YOU, Dave! And THANK YOU, Nick for giving your blessing for us to read your fantastic screenplay!
The cast of the FRIDAY THE 13TH 3D live script reading: Ace Von Johnson, Elissa Dowling, Matt Mercer, Dave Parker, Jeffrey Reddick, Sarah Nicklin, Damian Maffei, Joseph Lambert, Jace Anderson, Jared Rivet, Diana Prince, and Tiffany Shepis.
The cast of HOLLISTON reunited for a live reading of an un-produced script from the (still in sit-com production purgatory) 3rd season called “Laura’s Little Bubblebath.”
“Like the closing video of smiling dogs said … keep smiling. Things will get better soon.” Adam Green, Joe Lynch, & Arwen
Team Y5 (From L to R): Joe Lynch, Dottie, Ryan Plume, Arwen, Corey Culp, and Adam Green. Not pictured but the true MVP of this year’s event- Sean Becker.
Adam Green and Arwen shared an exhausted but triumphant roll on the floor after signing off.