So, last month, a dream I’ve had for a long time, that I never thought would happen, actually...

So, last month, a dream I’ve had for a long time, that I never thought would happen, actually happened.

The wonderful RIFFTRAX crew asked me if I’d like to participate in writing some jokes for one of their hysterically funny riffs on a terrible film, and I of course said HOLY CRAP YES I WOULD.

Now the thing is, I am sure this doesn’t seem like a huge deal, it’s just writing some jokes out of the thousands they somehow come up with every year. But to me, it really is a big deal, one of the funnest things to happen in my career.

For a couple decades now, when I’ve been sick, or down, or under too much pressure, the antidote was always Mystery Science Theater 3000 or RiffTrax. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve had the flu or something and all that made me cheer up was Bill, Kevin and Mike (and the rest of the various casts!) doing their hilarious thing. Sometimes sitting in a dark room watching them riff MANOS made everything a LOT better.

Even more fun was watching with family. We’re all fans, and routinely watch our favorite episodes over and over.

Even MORE MORE fun are the Rifftrax Live theater simulcast performances, where a whole bunch of nerds get together to laugh at the guys making fun of everything. I’ve loved all the spin-offs and new versions, like the new MST3k and Cinematic Titanic, but I have so much fondness for the original show and Rifftrax, especially.

It’s one of the few things out there that’s just designed to make you feel happy and laugh out loud that actually WORKS on me, as I’m not big on sitcoms or a lot of the other stuff people crank out.

Rifftrax has always been that great mix of brilliant and stupid that works on me every time. I have met a LOT of movie stars but I was far more choked up meeting Bill, Mike and Kevin than any of those.

Everyone has something they just love and cherish. Rifftrax is one of those things for me. And they asked me to write some jokes and I did and they made it in and YAY!

Thank you so much, guys! The episode is up, it’s a genuinely TERRIBLE movie, called KARATE COP, and I got to cosplay being a rifftraxer for a bit and I loved it. I hope you check it out at rifftrax.com!

PS. I wrote four times more jokes than they requested. Couldn’t help it!

PPS. A LOT of them were about headbands!

rifftrax.com, now with terrible Gail jokes! Go get it and laugh!