BILL CORBETT
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The MST3K Reunion Show
The RIFFTRAX LIVE Mystery Science Theater 3000 Reunion Show shown live on June 28 will be rebroadcast in movie theaters around the USA and Canada this Tuesday evening, July 12 (a.k.a. tomorrow, or if you’re reading this Tuesday, TODAY. Hurry!).
For theaters near you, tickets, more info, etc., please go here:
RIFFTRAX LIVE MST3K Reunion show
A little behind-the-scenes stuff for those interested: when my RiffTrax colleagues agreed to this cockamamie idea of mine, it was clear right away that the basic model to use for this show was the shows we’d done at SF Sketchfest, with celebrity guests: a bunch of crazy old short films like the ones we’d often open the show with on MST3K, and still do regularly at RiffTrax; bringing each guest / guests on in turn. This would give all our old colleagues some time to shine in the spotlight alone, give us RiffTraxers time to clown around with each other and with guests between shorts, and accommodate a lot more people than if we just did a single movie.
This show was a thrill to do. As one of the hosts to our former MST3K pals, I had the time of my life occasionally stepping offstage for once and enjoying the show. Mary Jo and Bridget absolutely killed with our first guest short. Next Trace and Frank brought the house down and showed why they are a classic comedy team for the ages. Then founder of the feast Joel plus new kid Jonah thrilled the audience with belly laughs a-plenty, and provided a cool link between MST3K past and future. Finally we all crowded the stage and had ourselves a big danged movie-riffing party together. All throughout I was proud as could be of our Rifftrax crew for making this happen. Even after all these years, Mike and Kevin never fail to amaze me with their limitless talents, and our RiffTrax staff was brilliant.
It was a LIVE live simulcast show, and the show was quite a bit more complex than our usual RiffTrax Live show — so we were white-knuckling the tech aspects a bit . But I’m happy to report that it all went swimmingly. (Or, for fans of onstage debacles, I regret to report that one did not occur. TO MY KNOWLEDGE.)
Please try to see the show tomorrow night if you can! Again, for info and facts and whatnot:
RIFFTRAX LIVE MST3K REUNION SHOW
(P.S. My one regret about the show is that J. Elvis Weinstein, the first Tom Servo + sidekick to Dr. F, couldn’t join us since he’s busy making a documentary. He was missed!)
