I had to laugh that this was announced initially on April Fools Day. They are professional comedy professionals, for sure.
The SUPER RIFF-A-PALOOZA they describe will feature ALL of the riffers at once, while the others will feature two or three at a time. I'm very excited! (Full disclosure, I am a backer of the Kickstarter.) On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 8:04:39 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > > > http://www.avclub.com/article/rifftrax-exclusive-joel-hodgson-and-jonah-ray-join-234659?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link > > Rifftrax Exclusive: Joel Hodgson and Jonah Ray join the live MST3K reunion > > Presumably due to their common trauma of having been held captive aboard > the Satellite of Love, Joel Hodgson and Michael J. Nelson (a.k.a. Joel and > Mike) have been supportive of each other’s respective > <http:///article/joel-hodgson-bringing-back-mystery-science-theater-228190> > efforts > <http:///article/get-involved-internet-rifftrax-putting-together-ms-233503> > to revive *Mystery Science Theater 3000* lo this past year or so. But > they haven’t done a *MST3K* event together—until now. *The A.V. Club* has > exclusively learned that—along with Nelson, his Rifftrax compatriots Kevin > Murphy and Bill Corbett, and *MST3K* cast members Trace Beaulieu, Frank > Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, and Bridget Nelson—Hodgson and host of the revived > *MST3K* > <http:///article/joel-hodgson-names-jonah-ray-his-potential-mst3k-s-228465> > Jonah Ray will be joining the rest of the gang for a full-on* MST3K *reunion > later this year. > > The reunion will take place during the aptly named “RiffTrax Live: *MST3K* > Reunion Show,” an event for which Nelson launched a Kickstarter campaign > <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-live-2016-mst3k-reunion-time-chasers-live> > > earlier this month. The event will take place on June 28 on *MST3K*’s > home turf of Minneapolis, and will be simulcast to theaters across the > U.S., as has become customary > <http:///article/exclusive-rifftrax-says-oh-hi-encores-room-and-sta-229207> > for Rifftrax live events. The evening will begin with the gang riffing on > educational shorts in the tradition of classics like “A Case Of Spring > Fever <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Hym_r409g>” and “What To Do On a > Date <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVytXppIFw0>,” followed by an > all-caps “SUPER RIFF-A-PALOOZA.” We’re not sure exactly what that entails, > but it sounds fun. > > Of the reunion, Nelson says, “I couldn’t be more excited to get the whole > *MST3K* principal cast together again after all this time. I just wish I > told them in advance that in addition to riffing we’d be doing a Cirque du > Soleil-style second act.” Mike, Joel, and the ‘Bots miming in goofy > costumes? Yes please. > > “RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion Show” will be broadcast live by Fathom > Events on June 28 at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT (tape-delayed to 7 PM MT/8 PM PT), > followed by an encore showing on July 12 at 7:30 PM local time. Tickets > will go on sale on April 15, and you can buy them here > <http://fathomevents.com/event/the-mst3k-reunion-show>. And if you just > can’t wait, there’s always the “RiffTrax Live:* Time Chasers*” show for a > new take on a *MST3K* classic. That one takes place on May 5, with a > rebroadcast on May 17; tickets for *Time Chasers* are already on sale here > <http://www.fathomevents.com/event/rifftrax-live-time-chasers/buy>. > > > > * Send your Newswire tips to [email protected] <javascript:> * > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
