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RiffTrax + CBS = Love

May 20th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 21 Comments

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So, as part of our ever growing mission to expand the empire of RiffTrax into every facet of the media (after successfully getting the air conditioning and bathrooms working again in our offices after thieves stole the critical parts over the weekend) we’ve decided to partner up with the CBS RADIO Digital Network! Yes, soon those radio-stations-with-real-person-names listeners among you will soon be subject to a barrage of RiffTrax content over the radio waves!*

To kick off this monumental pairing of corporate behemoth with fledgling media company that has an eye for a logo, Mike has decided to take questions on the air regarding…well anything. But let’s be honest: we tread a fairly narrow margin here on the RiffTrax Blog. So if we could keep all questions focused purely in the realm of the big three topics (I think you all know what they are), we’ll be doing just fine. And we’ll get to hear some crazy questions asked out loud for the first time ever. So submit away in the comments, they’ll be pulling them directly from here and we’ll keep you apprised of when it’s going to air.

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Tags: In the Media · RiffTrax

21 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Scooter on May 20, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    What are one or two of the most obscure references made that you can think of, and what is the explanation?

    also

    When someone makes a bad pun, there is usually a threat or follow through of being hit. Would that be considered PUNishment?

  • 2 Hugh on May 20, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Could you elaborate on this? What does this mean, exactly? I’m not clear on whether you’ll be providing on-air content of some kind for them, or whether you’ll just be conducting interviews about Rifftrax, or something similar.

  • 3 Inspector Dim on May 20, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    The three big topics being bacon, hats, and Joey Pants, I presume?

  • 4 Dallas on May 20, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    I thought they were bacon, boll weevils and vegetables Kevin doesn’t resemble?

  • 5 Bill Corbett on May 20, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Not exactly sure what’s going on, but today I was told I’m being replaced by Charlie Sheen.

  • 6 Barry on May 20, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    I’d rather you were being replaced by Denise Richards, but I’ll take what I can get.

    I keed, I keed! :)

  • 7 Rifftrax partners with CBS digital radio « deep ape on May 20, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    [...] with CBS digital radio Posted on May 20, 2008 by Hugh Um, I don’t really know what this means, and apparently neither does Bill Corbett. But it sounds like Mike will be on someone’s [...]

  • 8 Ninjew on May 20, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Yeah, Conner is really confusing the heck out of me.

    I checked my calander, and it isn’t April 1st, so there must be truth to this…

    A better explanation would help prevent us from ripping our hair out.

    (sorry Bill)

  • 9 karen on May 20, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    finally something great on the internet radio land! i do love the old time radio there. :)

  • 10 karen on May 20, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    how about denise richards? excercise queen, if im not mistaken. she’s getting divorced is she not?

    will she be getting a lb of bacon from her ex saying “is this all my worth is to you? salty goodness?

  • 11 Conor Lastowka on May 20, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I have no idea what the ACTUAL big three are, but figured it would be fun to argue about.

    I think that what is going down with CBS is going to be the inclusion of material in between the songs on the radio. If you listen to their player at the link, they have a visual element to it that will allow some video content to be embedded, as well as audio. I’m sure further lowdowns are to follow.

  • 12 suzanne on May 20, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Has there been any instances where a joke would crack someone up royally and production would have to cease? What jokes specifically? And who’s the most likely to ruin takes with laughter?

    or maybe a better question….

    How many different kinds of fish can you name?

  • 13 Heather on May 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Does this mean that the Rifftrax cast and crew will be appearing in a new drama as a group of forensic humorists? Will the first episode involve the gruesome murder/suicide of Ernest Scribbler and his mother?

  • 14 ShutterBun on May 20, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    The Big Three topics, eh? Well, Joey’s Bacon Berets is gonna be happy about this!

    http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4362/baconberethf3.jpg

  • 15 Darth Chimay on May 21, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Does that mean that every time you go somewhere you must be preceded by Wild Thing?

  • 16 Ben on May 21, 2008 at 5:09 am

    I thought the big three topics were black tar heroin, undercooked pork products and “Can you guess from the smell of my gas what I had to eat today?”.

    Can I be the annoying convention Trekker/Trekkie who asks about someone that happened in the third segment of episode 305 during a commercial break when the ad for Tums came on?

  • 17 Onil on May 21, 2008 at 6:59 am

    Yes! One step closer to a Rifftrax morning zoo crew!

  • 18 ety3 on May 21, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    If at some point in your life you begin to resemble Shane McGowan, which method of suicide would you prefer?

  • 19 Pommpie on May 21, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    Tempted to go with some pseudo-corporate suckup post (Mr. Nelson, over the years you’ve shifted paradigms and added a focused perspective to a newly-enlightened twenty-first century America, so what’s your favourite Peter Graves movie and why?) but I opted for a real one.

    Now that you’re doing blockbuster movies and don’t have to worry about getting a watchable print with good sound, what do you think distinguishes a riffable movie like Over the Top from your run-of-the-mill crap like Firewall?

  • 20 Max Keller on May 27, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    What’s your favorite era of MST3K? The Joel era, the Mike Comedy Central Era or the Sci Fi Channel era. And what stands out most in your mind about each era?

  • 21 HillyBear on May 28, 2008 at 9:19 am

    What in your opinion is the worst movie of all time?

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