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Jennifer asks:
Then Brandon asked:
Well, is ShoutFactoryTV too obvious? What do you think?  Canadian radio, television and film actor Doug Lennox died Nov. 28 (we don’t have details yet). He was 76. MSTies might remember he played The Captain in the movie in episode K20- THE LAST CHASE.
Lennox began his career in radio in 1965. He spent the ’70s at CBC Radio & Television. All during this time, he continued a successful second career both on-camera and as a voice-over actor in the commercial world of advertising. Perhaps his most enduring success was his radio series and the subsequent series of books under the title “Now You Know.” He also had a 35-year career on television and movies. Thanks to Timmy for the heads up. Among the highlights:
There’s a new fundraising rewards, and next week there will be livestreaming double features Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with new intros from Joel. Okay, it’s 8 p.m. in the west, the west coast viewers should be in their seats with their phones off, so Charlie the pretzel monkey says: let’s get started!
First the business: By emailing Santa@rifftrax.com you get an email back with lots of little prizes and discounts, etc. They announced that there will be two repeat showings: Starship Troopers on Thursday, Jan. 14 and The Room on Thursday, Jan. 28. Visit rifftrax.com/bunny to get the digital goodies, including the new RiffTones song. And visit riftrax.com/app for the new RiffTrax app. They seemed very excited about it, saying it will automatically synch any movie — including a movie in a theater…hmmm… Theater about half full in Scranton. They seemed to be loving it. They did three shorts: “Santa Claus’ Story” (and a weird one it was), “Custard the Dragon” (which made NO sense) and one they’ve done before “Santa’s Enchanted Village” (“kids love it when furries have labor disputes” and “I need you BOTH tonight” — a callback). Another callback: “Hey look! Grass…or is it corn?” Also: “Slrpnls.” There was even a Torgo reference. As they explained at the previous show, this version of the main movie was different from the one they already riffed — the Thumblina story line is out and a deeply ’70s-clad “Jack in the Beanstalk” story took it’s place. One of many highlights–the appearance of the rare “male cameltoe.” I also particularly loved the way the movie used was clearly the amusement park’s refuse heap as a backdrop for some scenes. Amazing. All in all, a great show. I laughed really hard. Both Kevin’s and Bill’s beards are lookin’ good. I’m done. Thoughts? |
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