Last time I told you about RiffTrax doing a live show, they made a fool of me — a fool! — but this time instead of doing it through that buggy and untested new internet thing, they’ll be broadcast live in over 400 different theaters nationwide on August 20th. I already got tickets for the Edwards in Boise, so they better not screw it up this time.
They’ll be riffing Plan 9 from Outer Space, often considered the worst film ever (I’ve watched it before and its the fun bad instead of just the tedious bad). Michael J. Nelson once spoke at my college and I remember his explaining why MST3K never took on the movie, and I can’t remember the exact excuse, just that the excuse was lame.
BTW, RiffTrax DVDs are now available on Amazon.com and Netflix. They have DVDs of their shorts and the older movies they could get actual rights to. If you’ve ever watched MST3K, the shorts are some of the funniest things since they shove so much earnest stupidity into a very short timespan. If you have a dollar to spare, check out Drugs Are Like That.
While I’m randomly plugging stuff, The State
Feh! Like Olivier’s Shakespeare compared to Manos: The Hands of Fate, which MST3K did take!
Beat me to it, Ed. Manos was so painful to watch. I still haven’t watched the whole episode.
If you want to see a really good BAD movie I recommend J-men forever, It can be hard to find but well worth the trouble. I think netflix has it!
I have Netflix. Going to Netflix now.
J-Men Forever(2002) NR
This cult classic is the story of two high flying detectives and their encounters with superheroes and villains who are taking over the world through rock-n-roll. Fans of Woody Allen’s What’s up Tiger Lilly? should find this highly a highly enjoyable romp with actors Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman often aping Allen’s style in a hilarious fashion.
You can’t spoof What’s Up Tiger Lily. ie., you can’t spoof a spoof, so I could easily imagine how this could go horribly wrong. I’ll pass.
“It’sa the Pope-a!”
Also fun memories:
“I want to stick my balls in it…” with Jesus. A great send-up of catchphrase humor.
I found “240 dollars worth of pudding” on Youtube. It cracked me up at the time, but didn’t hold up well.
I’ll have to rent it just for “The Jew, The Italian, and the Red-haired Gay”.