MichaelJ.Nelson-related stories
Posted Nov 24th 2009 11:02AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, News, Reality-Free
The
Mystery Science Theater 3000 alums at Rifftrax are taking Christmas down a notch in a nationwide event next month, and you can win a trip to sunny San Diego to watch in person.
Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will team up again with partner and live event specialist Fathom to bring a collection of old-school Christmas shorts to theaters across the country in a live big screen broadcast.
Continue reading RiffTrax offers chance to win a trip to San Diego live show
Posted Sep 15th 2009 2:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Obituaries, Reality-Free
Some more sad news from Tinseltown. Movie star and recent television star
Patrick Swayze has lost his 20 month battle with pancreatic cancer at his ranch in Los Angeles. He was 57 years old.
Barbara Walters will air the actor's final television interview in a one hour special titled
Last Dance tonight at 10 PM eastern/9 PM central on ABC.
He's probably best known for his work on the big screen in movies like
Ghost,
Dirty Dancing and (of course) the timeless
Road House, a movie that became a cult sensation for all the wrong reasons and helped birth the sense of humor of
MST3K and
Rifftrax's Michael J. Nelson. But like all Hollywood actors, he made his presence known on the small screen, and his reach goes much further than his recent venture into cable drama glory with
A&E's The Beast.
Continue reading Patrick Swayze succumbs to pancreatic cancer at 57
Posted Jul 16th 2009 10:04AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Reality-Free
Rifftrax, the
Mystery Science Theater 3000 descendant written and performed by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, is taking its show live to the nation's movie theaters on August 20.
In a move sure to draw desperate
MST3K fans from out of their parents' basements (this reporter among them -- though my folks' old house only has a washer/dryer downstairs),
Fathom Events will present the Rifftrax trio live in theaters via vid-cast up on the big screen.
They'll take on Ed Wood's classically inept
Plan 9 from Outer Space, a movie they've wrestled with on DVD and in past live shows.
Continue reading Rifftrax hits theaters nationwide with Plan 9 from Outer Space
Posted Jun 27th 2009 3:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: OpEd, Web, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Actor, comedian and classically trained suit wearer Joel McHale has taken his talent for riffing to the next level.
The star of
The Soup and the upcoming NBC sitcom
Community has joined forces with Michael J. Nelson's
Rifftrax.com to provide a running comedy commentary for the perennial craptastic 80s classic
Red Dawn. Nelson announced the guest commentary on the Rifftrax site and
his Twitter blog earlier this week.
Rifftrax, for those who may not be familiar with the site and are therefore in no way cool, is the comedy website that provides downloadable MP3s of funny movie commentaries featuring the voices and talents of the minds behind
Mystery Science Theater 3000 including Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy. It is the only reason I still own all three
Matrix films, that and the fact that my desk is missing part of a leg.
Continue reading TV's Joel McHale riffing with Rifftrax on Red Dawn
Have any questions for Rich Sommer of Mad Men? Ask them here!
Syfy's Alice -- An early look
The TV Squad Podcast: Surprising shows, decade-end lists, and the Commenter of the Week!
