RiffTrax NIGHT OF THE SHORTS 2013 For the first time ever, our...
RiffTrax NIGHT OF THE SHORTS 2013
For the first time ever, our live SF Sketchfest show Night of the Shorts is available video on demand! Get it here:
RiffTrax NIGHT OF THE SHORTS 2013
Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic less-than-educational shorts, filmed LIVE onstage at San Francisco's Castro Theatre in January of this year, in all its gritty, low-light, shakey-cam glory!
Our amazing guests included:
Paul F. Tompkins (Mr. Show; Best Week Ever; the Pod F. Tompkast; Tangled)
Kristen Schaal (30 Rock; Bob's Burger's; Flight of the Conchords)
Adam Savage (Mythbusters)
Kevin MacDonald (Kids in the Hall)
Plus our pals and SF Sketchfest co-founders:
Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra)
Cole Stratton (Pop My Culture Podcast)
Bill's personal note: I've long been a fan of each one of our guests. We were honored to have them join us for this silliness. Plus they were all very lovely people, which isn't always the case with famous genius people, or other types of people.*
(*famous non-geniuses; non-famous geniuses; non-famous non-geniuses)
Thank you!
Hugest McDonald's EVER. unavidamoderna: El edificio tipo...
Hugest McDonald's EVER.
El edificio tipo A del Multifamiliar Juárez, Roma Sur, México D.F., 1952
Arqs. Mario Pani y Salvador Ortega
Building Type A of the Multifamilar Juarez, Mexico City, 1952
Social Qs
Q: Should you keep a conversation going when the other party is clearly trying to stop the chat and move on with her / his day?
A: Unless you’re a sociopath and proud of it, no.
Q: How do you know the other party is clearly trying to stop the chat and move on with her / his day?
A: Elementary! It seems like they want to leave. Your human power of observation shows that they are not participating in the conversation, so much as enduring. They keep trying to END IT POLITELY. Then when that fails, perhaps less politely.
Social cues, in short. The ones you hopefully learned in preschool and / or from being born as a human being.
Q: Sometimes it’s hard to get those cues, make believe this is a question?
A: Sometimes, sure. But c’mon: really, not that often.
My theory: unless you are genuinely on the autism spectrum, sometimes it’s just a decision to treat the other person as a captive audience.
I’m writing this after seeing a nice young man at the gym, mid-20s, repeatedly try to break off on an ongoing conversation with a 60-ish dude whose son went to the same high school. The older guy didn’t seem to have any ulterior motives, though who knows? He seemed to just want to keep talking, in detail, about local high school sports over the last few decades. Yep.
The young man really, REALLY tried to be polite and move on to his workout, and the older guy kept saying things to the effect of “Well, I’ll let you get on with your day, nice talking to you” and then a minute or two later wandering back and RE-STARTING THE CONVERSATION. By the third time this happened, the young guy’s face showed palpable panic and despair as the older guy launched into another something-or-other he just remembered on the topic of boy-wasn’t-that-a-great-hockey-season.
I don’t think I’m projecting here: the young guy OBVIOUSLY wanted to move on, and the older dude was oblivious.
…Or was he? I’m at a loss as to how someone could read this so wrong. There’s a point after which it just seemed like: fuck it, I want to hear myself say this stuff, you seem too timid to back me off, so I’m gonna monologue ‘til I feel like not monologuing and you, your poor polite sonofabitch, are gonna be my audience.
Well.
The real point of this story is: I went to the gym.
architectureofdoom: patrickhumphreys: Ralph Beyer,...
Ralph Beyer, shutter-cast concrete lettering for the porch of St Paul's, Bow Common, Tower Hamlets, 1961.
I hoped it would something a little more impressive.
They left out the rest: "When I got my first computer,...
They left out the rest: "When I got my first computer, who is now my real dad."
N.B.: This touched my heart so I lashed out with a dumb joke in defense. Stay icy, stupid heart!
I asked them to tell me the happiest moment of their lives. The first kid said: "When I met my real dad." Suddenly doubtful of the gravity of his response, the second kid replied a bit sheepishly: "When I got my first computer."
NOT demons? I'm unconvinced. mkupperman: Just CLOWNS
NOT demons? I'm unconvinced.
Just CLOWNS
Clint Eastwood's "Stranger" character: the...
Clint Eastwood's "Stranger" character: the true story.
Lions
what do lions eat
They eat other lions legs.
Bruce Vilanch actually made this one WORSE.
Ha ha ha ha! He's OLD. thingx: Old Man Meme – create...
Download this to make your own! Upload with hashtag #thingx
Ha ha ha ha! He's OLD.
Old Man Meme – create your own!
Snakes on a Train
Unconscionable. Please write your Congressperson.
While the box promises "100 Trapped Passengers - 3,000 Venomous Vipers", in reality there are only about a dozen passengers and a small handful of snakes shown in the film. There is also a wholly unconnected subplot regarding two female passengers smuggling drugs.
What writing feels like some days. undr: Miguel Aun, Varredor...
What writing feels like some days.
undr:
Miguel Aun, Varredor em Prados, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1970s
Thanks to luzfosca
Cameron Esposito: Tell your rape jokes. Expect to be challenged on them.
Cameron Esposito: Tell your rape jokes. Expect to be challenged on them.:Perfectly said.
Seems like every 6 months or so - maybe once a year - there is a debate about rape jokes. Here's how it goes:
A dude tells jokes about rape or deals with hecklers in way that includes rape. A woman hears these jokes or is the heckler. She publicly states that she is upset or didn't like the joke…
"DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKS" + RiffTrax! Available...
"DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKS" + RiffTrax!
Available video on demand this Thursday, May 23.
Being "nice:" etymologically speaking, it's...
Being "nice:" etymologically speaking, it's overrated.
"To this day, it remains a good thing to say about something when you don't want anyone to know what you actually think of it." From The Hairpin, Etymological Origins of Words Related to Insults. (And we really like that nice is on there.)
For more of this morning's roundup, click here.
Peter Sellers, comic genius and pioneer of the Ikea Monkey...
Peter Sellers, comic genius and pioneer of the Ikea Monkey coat.
Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr and John Cleese: together again for the first time.
Flattered, but I I wouldn't go that far. The greatest...
Flattered, but I I wouldn't go that far. The greatest moment in TV history is obviously the time Jessie took too many caffeine pills on SAVED BY THE BELL, followed by the first moon landing, followed by that time on STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP when they had that smart conversation about humor while walking. Then this.
literally the greatest moment in television history?
Brilliant. Never, ever don't follow PFT's...
Brilliant. Never, ever don't follow PFT's tumblr!
All I wanted to do was just hang out here on weekends, just to unwind and chill out— watch a dog get neutered, a kitten take a pill. Maybe see a hamster get thrown in the trash. Then one day this guy said, Hey, wanna try something wild? Well, he took me to a different animal hospital, a much more intense one, and it. Was. A RUSH. Have you ever seen a rhino get a tonsillectomy? Ever seen a giraffe hooked up to a dialysis machine? Man, it's like nothing else. Now I need more and more and I'm out of control. I'm watching crocodiles get skin tags removed like 5, 6 times a day. Oops! Somehow I died from this? Now I'm in heaven with all the trash-can hamsters! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, KIDS!
LOVE this. "Take a still from a multi-million dollar...
LOVE this.
"Take a still from a multi-million dollar animated film that required thousands of man-hours to create and replicate it in Maya in 30 minutes"
Good memorial to the days of totally punk rock...
Good memorial to the days of totally punk rock pooping.
Recreation of CBGB's Bathroom at The Met's PUNK: Chaos to Couture
List of dog sports
Someone’s gotta take on the big issues.
Dog sports are activities that involve dogs.
There is much discussion about what exactly defines a sport for dogs. Some issues are:
- Must a sport be entertaining to watch?
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