So I already have the Legend DVD with the colorized version of Reefer Madness and Mike Nelson commentary. And I have the Three-Riffers edition of Reefer Madness that has Mike, Kevin, and Bill giving commentary. And now I’m seeing it in the theaters. But at least many of the jokes will be new! And there is also some contest about entering your own jokes, but I usually shy away from that as user-generated jokes can be a problem at times (see the RiffTrax of Batman and Robin which is almost entirely user-generated – it’s not that good.)
But this will be cool and I will be watching it and maybe I’ll even enter that contest for the iPad if I stop being lazy.
Here is some email the RiffTrax press dude sent me, but since I was going anyway it doesn’t matter and I’m just including it to bulk up the text of the article for more Google search term matching goodness. It’s called efficient laziness.
The sarcastic wits behind cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 are returning to theaters across the country this August with RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness!
On August 19th (encore August 24th) Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow) will bring audiences to a higher state of consciousness with their signature brand of rapid-fire comedy at the expense of the 1936 exploitation film, Reefer Madness, in which California’s favorite demon weed leads children to murder, suicide and occasional fits of promiscuous dance.
Reefer Madness will be bookended by the performance of three new shorts from the RiffTrax crew, a special presentation from humor website SomethingAwful and the surprise announcement of the winners of the Reefer Madness writing contest.
Anyone who’s ever wanted to write their own RiffTrax now has the opportunity to become a writer for the live performance of Reefer Madness! Entrants should visit www.rifftrax.com/contest before August 18th, watch the ten clips of Reefer Madness and submit the best possible quip for each. Winners will be selected by Mike, Kevin and Bill, have their line included in the show and receive a writing credit.
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