At the risk of completely exposing my dorkish leanings, I really miss Joel, Mike, Crow, Tom, Gypsy, the Forresters, Carol, Bobby, Alice, Sam, Maynard, Dobie, President Gerald Ford, and everyone else from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (okay, maybe some of those people weren't strictly on the show). For those of you who don't know what MST3K was, let me explain it this way: You know how it is when you and a group of friends sit around watching -- and ripping on -- Snakes on a Plane? That's pretty much the show, except the movies were even worse and there were robots. And, later, a talking ape. And a guy who held his own brain in a dish.
You can see why I'm missing this.
But I've just discovered RiffTrax (www.rifftrax.com), and it looks like Mike, Tom, Brain Guy, President Ford, and Carol are back, albeit in a slightly different form. It works like so: you purchase and download a RiffTrax commentary for, say, Transformers (now playing on HBO -- DISH Network channel 300), turn the volume down on said movie, then turn on the RiffTrax commentary, which is perfectly synced to said movie. Then, you sit down in said chair and laugh said butt off. And possibly spill said Pepsi on said cat.
Gotta go. I'm downloading said RiffTrax for I Am Legend, premiering said Saturday, October 4th on HBO.
