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1. Just sending love

   I just want you to know how much I LOVE the Bridget and Mary Jo riffs!

   Please please please let them do some shorts (or even a whole movie!) at the next RiffTrax live broadcast.

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2. More shorts like the Bill Baird marionettes...maybe just a show with short features instead of a whole movie

   I love those "short features" that you do before a full length movie. That short with the Bill Baird marionettes was hysterical. I would love to see a short with just short features.

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3. Blankman

   Who remembers this Daman Wayans stuper-hero and David Alan Grier from series In Living Color skit comedy?

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4. The Stepford Wives (remake)

   Would love to hear the jokes for it

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5. Holes
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6. Midnight Lace with "****" Rex Harrison and Doris Day

   Say no more really!

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7. Heil Honey, I'm Home

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kg21j4ARBY
   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259776/reference

   An amuse bouche of an idea of what this nonsense pilot episode of a failed sitcom that lasted ... one episode is about:
   In Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms.

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8. Farm Family in Autumn

   Hi,
   I’m a big fan of Bridget and Mary Jo, especially the Farm Family series. I recently completed the set by purchasing Farm Family in Autumn and became curious about what happened to the Markham kids (Heaven’s Gate cultists? DeLorean investors? Sec. of the Interior?) That’s when I stumbled upon this interesting tidbit! Hopefully this is new to you guys. P.S.- Mary Jo, you were right! Grandpa was a fraud!

   Sincerely,
   Patrick Sandberg

   from
   http://www.afana.org/2001chrono.htm

   Tom Smith, who would later achieve his greatest critical success as the General Manager of George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, was the creator of probably the most moving portrayal of American farm life in the classroom academic film genre, with his ‘Farm Family’ series of 1967-1968, comprising four films comparing the impact of seasonal changes upon the Red Markham farm and family of Whitewater, Wisconsin.  Each film chronicles daily and seasonal life of the family and farm, contrasting the seeming simplicity of daily chores with the impact of major events, such the birth of a calf, the harvesting of a crop, or the coming of the summer county fair.  With the exception of 'Summer', each film is narrated in first person by a different family member.  We think these are important films that are almost ethnographic in their approach to documenting the life and work of a rural family unit, and present them here consecutively, in a unique viewing context (we're not sure these films have ever been screened together, in one sitting).  The films are:
   'Farm Family in Summer', the only film told in 3rd person narrative, offers a fascinating look at the rural county fair culture, from preparing exhibits to friendly country huckstering, to harness races, to carny rides. 'Farm Family in Autumn' is son Steve’s first-person story of going back to school, sneaking a taste of mom’s fresh-made jam, carving jack-o-lanterns, and the arrival of the tanker truck which collects the dairy farm’s output. 'Farm Family in Winter' is told by Grandpa, who wrestles the hard-starting, gas-powered "snow-buggy" into action, then fetches the vet, who is prevented from reaching the farm road due to adverse conditions, in order to doctor a sick calf. 'Farm Family in Spring', narrated by son Dale, describes a trip into town to buy feed in country store, and a LaGrange 4H club meeting in which the children discuss the progress of their respective projects. The affection that the filmmaker had for the family is apparent, and seems to be evident in the family’s approach to the filmmaker as well, who made four visits to the farm to make these films, and who remains in touch with Dale Markham. The easygoing attitude the family has toward the camera is largely responsible for the charm of this series, a fascinating and refreshing look at a subject that was all too often didactic in the hands of other filmmakers. 
   Tom wrote to us in early June, reminiscing about the events surrounding the making of these films:

   "The Farm Family films were planned as 2nd Editions. There had been a 'Farm Family...' series made in the 1940s in black and white. They were extremely didactic films guaranteed to put you to sleep as quickly as a stiff shot of pentothal. So I was asked to replace them with a new series in color. The first trick was to find a farm where I could film. Headquartered in Chicago, I set out to look in nearby Southern Wisconsin - a two hour drive from my home in Palatine, Illinois. I needed not only a good looking farm but one with kids in elementary school - the age of our target audience. It wasn't easy to find a combination of the two. I consulted with Farm Bureau Agents in several counties. I recall one farm we visited looked great from the outside. The Agent told me they had kids the right age. Then I met the farmer, a handsome, husky fellow - perfect type. We shook hands and it felt strange. Turned out he was missing two fingers on his right hand. I didn't want to have to explain the missing fingers in every film. I knew a lot of shots in the movies would be close-ups of the farmer's hands at work. So this farm was out.
   "It took me weeks of looking. I drove past 100s farms of farms and visited more than 30. I ended up in Walworth county in southern Wisconsin, a country where I had lived for one year when I was a kid. As we drove up to the Markham dairy farm, it looked pretty good. I met farmer "Red" Markham and his wife. Red had all his digits, a good smile was a very tall and strong-looking fellow. His wife Eloise seemed to be all in one piece too. The kids were the perfect age but Red wasn't sure he trusted a city slicker like me promising to pay him some small fee to film his kids on his farm for a year. He had heard lots of sales pitches and figures this could be like one of those "free vacation" offers where they really only want to sell you a condo. We sat in his kitchen over coffee and I tried to persuade him but things weren't going well.
   "To make a connection I mentioned that I lived in nearby Whitewater for one year when I was seven years old. That didn't make much of an impression on him. Then I added that my brother-in-law was from Whitewater too. Maybe he knew him - Bud Ardelt. Red put his cup down and broke into a smile. "Bud Ardelt is your brother-in-law?" Turned out that Red and Bud played for four years on the Whitewater football team together and in High School were buddies. He shook my hand - we had a deal. (Incidentally well-known historian Steven Ambrose was also on that same football team.)
   "It was only my second year at EBEC and the four films were made while I continued to make other films on other subjects. I normally made about five or six, 12 to 18 minute films a year. We began filming with Fall. Then followed each season as it came along. Summer was the last. As you know from having seen the films, there was usually a thin plot running but what carried the show was showing the farming activities during that particular season. Fall was harvest, Winter not much happens but the kids have lots of fun in the snow and they cut their own Christmas tree. Spring is planting time and Summer there is the county fair. I don't recall why we didn't have a first person narration for the summer movie. No one in the films was an actor and to get someone to read a narration was very difficult. I had to do it line by line and often would not let them see the words but rather read it to them and have them repeat it...
   "I've stayed in contact with the Markham family over the years. They have now retired from farming but the parents still live on the farm. The kids are all grown-up and most have kids of their own. None are farmers. As I mentioned "Red" was a big guy - over six foot- five inches tall. His sons grew to be taller than he. One of the boys seen in the film - Dale, went on to be a college football star and briefly played for a pro team. He is now in his 40s. I think he works for a seed company. Pam studied nursing but now is raising her own family. We get Christmas cards from them every year and ten or fifteen years ago I stopped at the farm, unannounced. They were just as friendly as they could be. We laughed and talked of the old days and funny things that happened during that year when I made the films.
   "The film crew was normally about four or five people. I served as cameraman on a couple of the films but don't recall which ones. Arthur Bothham was the cameraman on the others including the "Fall" film. I second unit on all of them - running up to the farm to shoot one specific scene for a day with my Bolex and then returning home. There was no real "Grandpa" on the farm. The fellow who played "Grandpa" was actually our film's grip - Stanley Wallega. Stanley died about 15 years ago."

   Hi,
   I’m a big fan of Bridget and Mary Jo, especially the Farm Family series. I recently completed the set by purchasing Farm Family in Autumn and became curious about what happened to the Markham kids (Heaven’s Gate cultists? DeLorean investors? Sec. of the Interior?) That’s when I stumbled upon this interesting tidbit! Hopefully this is new to you guys. P.S.- Mary Jo, you were right! Grandpa was a fraud!

   Sincerely,
   Patrick Sandberg

   from
   http://www.afana.org/2001chrono.htm

   Tom Smith, who would later achieve his greatest critical success as the General Manager of George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, was the creator of… more

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9. North Korean Pocahantas (TV Series)

   Laser-eye shooting animals, terrible animation, time travel, and a hodge podge of historical revisionism.

   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4791170/reference
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB9rfBSexTc

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10. The Trump Prophecy 2018

    This looks like it suggests itself

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11. Love at First Bite 1979

    horror comedy directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Robert Kaufman, using characters originally created by Bram Stoker.[3] It stars George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin and Arte Johnson.[3] The original music score was composed by Charles Bernstein. The film's tagline is: "Your favorite pain in the neck is about to bite your funny bone!"

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12. Faster, ********! Kill! Kill!

    More Tura Santana!

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13. Blood Alley - Chillicothe Makes a Movie

    This is a movie my very dear friends made. Tim is a huge MST3K fan, as am I, obviously. I asked their permission to submit it and made sure that they felt they had the emotional prowess to withstand the verbal beating it will surely take if you chose to riff it. Anywho, I hope you guys at least check it out. Thanks for giving me a great way to escape reality over the years. You guys have been great enablers. keep it going. Never give up, never surrender!

    https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Alley-Chillicothe-Makes-Movie/dp/B07KZHBPCP

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14. cop and a half
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15. Something Completely Different 3 (This is my last (and best) something completely different idea.

    I think that I have always liked the 'host segments' of MST3K as much, if not more, than I liked the movie riffing.

    The host segments were done partially as a time filler, and partially as a buffer to begin and end the television commercials.

    Rifftrax has been riffing movies and shorts for a long time now, (and doing a great job of it, I might add.), but isn't it time to get all of the riffers back in front of the camera, not emulating MST3K. but doing something completely different and original? Isn't it time? Isn't it?

    Back in the day, there were a number of people who would acquire the American rights to old movies, (usually foreign), and redub them into English, and present them to English audiences in the movies, and many times the redub imports would go directly to the new media of television. Some entrepreneur directors would do the same thing, except that they would change the film's original story, film new scenes with American actors, and redub the foreign actors lines to fit into the new storyline and try to blend it in with the reshot footage. Director Jerry Warren did this a lot with mixed, (usually poor), results. I think that John Carradine was probably in most, if not every one of these cut and paste movies that was ever made.

    Steve Martin used this idea brilliantly when he took scenes from a number of old black and white movies, made up a new storyline, filmed scenes that matched the film clips and he interacted with the actors in the old movie clips, blending the newly filmed footage scenes and actors. The result: a very funny murder mystery story that worked seamlessly. Steve Martin's 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' is highly recommended viewing if you have never seen this very original, very funny movie.

    I propose that Rifftrax try this same idea. Come up with an original movie plot, take dialog clips from different movies, or find one movie, and seamlessly blend their newly filmed footage with the movie's other footage, provide creative editing and pasting, some sound effects, some music if needed, and come up with a hilarious new original new movie.

    This would require a lot of time, and expense, so if you think that this might be a do-able idea, you probably will need the backing and financial support of a large studio, like Comedy Central (welcome home) or Netflix, maybe even Amazon studios? I doubt someone like Universal, or Warner Brothers is open minded enough to even bother with something like this. They are too **** big and not open minded enough!

    There is a lot of potential and possibilities with this seed of an idea, and it does need a lot of work, but could this be the dawn of a new era for Rifftrax,.

    Could the riffers be reborn as actors and find their way back in front of our television screens?

    Vote yes for Rifftrax to once again become the actors that they were destined to be and take comedy to heights never before imagined.

    I think that I have always liked the 'host segments' of MST3K as much, if not more, than I liked the movie riffing.

    The host segments were done partially as a time filler, and partially as a buffer to begin and end the television commercials.

    Rifftrax has been riffing movies and shorts for a long time now, (and doing a great job of it, I might add.), but isn't it time to get all of the riffers back in front of the camera, not emulating MST3K. but doing something completely different and original? Isn't it time? Isn't it?

    Back in… more

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16. More stuff with Joel!

    Live show or studio. I don't care, just more riffs with Joel as a guest! PLEASE!

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17. Top Dog

    Chuck Norris partners with a dog in this sadsack cop buddy movie written and directed by Chuck's brother Aaron.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMxLN9XxM14&index=10&t=0s&list=WL

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18. ernest goes to camp

    I love Jim Varney, but even though you may have loved this movie as a kid, it's not the kind you can really enjoy as an adult. It's fairly depressing, and having Iron Eyes Cody as main character kind of caps off the unpleasantness. Which is what would make it perfect for riffing!

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19. Hoodwinked 1 & 2
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20. Daddy day camp

    Daddy Day Camp
    Such a terrible movie, and you've mentioned how bad it is in numerous riffs... Why not subject yourselves to the horror for our benefit? Are you not here to entertain us? Are we not entertained?!
    Anyway, that's my suggestion.
    Best -
    Rob

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