…and the Maggi Republic helped! We pitched in enough to get the Blu-Rays plus I wanted the stretch goals, no wait, add-ons of thumb drives of Crow and Tom. Having had the great luck to meet Joel Hodgson a couple years ago, he was awesome and very happy to continue to meet fans after all these years, I had no reservations to contribute. Some have complained about how the new episodes will not have the original cast members (Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff namely) but to me I think it’s in line with Joel’s mindset to pass the torch to a new group. He has always been someone who doesn’t want things to grow stale, besides, Patton Oswalt as Frank Jr. is a huge coup. Felicia Day as Dr. Forrester’s daughter strengthens the comeback’s nerd credibility; I have no opinion for I’m not familiar with her work and yes, I’ve hear of The Guild. Dana Gould and Mark Hamill contributed alongside others who may have cameos: Bill Hader, Jerry Seinfeld (Joel and Jerry have been friends since the Eighties so this isn’t a shock to me), Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and Joel McHale. Even Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland of Rick & Morty will help with the writing alongside hit writer Ernest Cline of Ready Player One. Hard to believe how a little show that began on a UHF station in Minneapolis inspired numerous and talented people. It makes me play down its negative side, other assholes thought they gained the right to talk during a movie, something Alamo forbids…unless it’s a Quote-along/Singalong.
I’m glad to see Joel has no hard feelings toward the other faction of writers who operate Rifftrax too. They were included in his stretch goals.
Now what makes me laugh inside. This project has become the largest crowd-funded project in history and yet Comedy Central continues to have spotty, crappy programming. I enjoy an occasional South Park but they should’ve kept MST3K and chosen expansion over axing. Then again, the executive caste driving the world into the toilet wouldn’t know their markets if it bit them on the ass as this will prove.
Push the button Frank!