A documentary by Joel Hodgson and Mateo Hodgson, produced with Gabe Fajuri Going, Going, Gone is a colorful new documentary from Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson, made in collaboration with his son, college student/animator Mateo Hodgson. The film takes viewers inside the remarkable world of Potter & Potter Auctions, the Chicago auction house where magic, popular culture, show-business history, and wonderfully strange objects pass through the hands of collectors from around the world and showcasing the founder and lead auctioneer, Gabe Fajuri; his father and co-founder of Potter & Potter, Sami Fajuri; and auction manager Ethan Friedman-Brauner. Our way into this world is anything but conventional. Cameras — and occasionally a drone — travel through the aisles, offices, loading docks, and warehouses of Potter & Potter, passing extraordinary and sometimes priceless objects waiting for their next owners. Mateo Hodgson’s original animation expands that journey, turning the auction house itself into a playful, constantly changing visual landscape. At the center of the film is a charity auction: Joel Hodgson is curating a collection of props, puppets, costumes, sets, artwork, prototypes, and memorabilia from the modern era of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which includes the Netflix series of twenty feature-length episodes and The Gizmoplex's five year mission of thirteen new episodes, shot during Covid, and props and puppets and costumes from the four live national tours: Watch Out For Snakes!, 30th Anniversary Tour, The Great Cheesy Movie Circus (Joel's 100-city farewell live tour), and the ill-fated Time Bubble Tour, which went out during Covid. Rather than simply putting these objects into storage, Hodgson decided it was time to send them back out into the world — giving MST3K fans a chance to become their next caretakers while using the auction to benefit charity, Gigi’s Playhouse in Madison, WI, a resource for people with Downs syndrome. Part documentary, part backstage tour, part visual comedy, Going, Going, Gone is ultimately a story about the strange lives of objects: where they come from, why we love them, and what happens when it's finally time to let them go. And for Joel Hodgson, it is also a chance to say farewell and thanks to the community that made it all possible. Tickets → The Den Theatre and comedy club is pleased to host GOING, GOING, GONE on October 10, 2026 at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets are currently available at thedentheatre.com or by calling (773) 697-3830. MORE SHOWS https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/phil-hanley-standby-vx81ua Phil Hanley Special Taping Fill In Seats October 9-10 STANDBY TICKETS Read more → Poly Diaz October 13 BUY TICKETS Read more → TEAM ASTANA October 19 BUY TICKETS Read more → Teton Gravity Research presents 'Actually, It Is Rocket Science' October 21 BUY TICKETS Read more → Vinny Guadagnino October 22-24 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/my-cousin-vlad-scwxpr My Cousin Vlad October 24 BUY TICKETS Read more → Taylor Tomlinson: Tries Out New Ideas October 27-30 SOLD OUT Read more → JOSH THOMAS: JIGGLE, JIGGLE October 29 BUY TICKETS Read more → MURRAY HILL: Showbiz! Show & Talkback November 1 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/mc-hammersmith-9bpcvu MC Hammersmith Live! November 4 BUY TICKETS Read more → Catherine McCafferty: Pretty Gay November 5 BUY TICKETS Read more → Michael Yo November 6 BUY TICKETS Read more → Not For Lack of Clarinets - An Intimate Evening with dodie November 10 BUY TICKETS Read more → Ralph Barbosa November 13-18 SOLD OUT Read more → Lil Mo Mozzarella November 19 BUY TICKETS Read more → Ralph Barbosa: Special Taping November 20-21 SOLD OUT Read more → LIZ GLAZER November 22 BUY TICKETS Read more → Mi Casa Es Tu Casa with Gwen La Roka November 27-29 BUY TICKETS Read more → Learnmore Jonasi December 3 BUY TICKETS Read more → Kelsey Cook December 4-5 BUY TICKETS Read more → Sam Morrison: DUCK December 9 BUY TICKETS Read more → Alonzo Bodden December 10 BUY TICKETS Read more → Deric Cahill December 11-13 BUY TICKETS Read more → Liz Miele December 13 BUY TICKETS Read more → Natalie Cuomo January 15 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/geoffrey-asmus-yy4obd Geoffrey Asmus February 4-7 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/janeane-garofalo-qq6qcu Janeane Garofalo March 10-12 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/6a7e33418a1d5dfad08ac2f5/6aa2f56eaa8368c191759c0f Maria Bamford April 1-3 BUY TICKETS Read more → Younis Dhaher August 29 BUY TICKETS Read more → https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/saaniya-abbas-yu8jgj Saaniya Abbas - Hellarious March 2 BUY TICKETS Read more → Source:: https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/going-going-gone-g1jpys