“Oh, it can be done. I just didn’t do it. That will be on my tombstone.”
– Bill Corbett
Rifftrax is perfect for fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the beloved cult cable TV series about a man stranded in space with two robots who is forced to watch terrible sci-fi movies. Created by former MST3K writer and star Michael J. Nelson, Rifftrax continues his earlier show’s tradition of riffing movie commentary to go along with cinematic turds and classics alike. What Rifftrax misses from MST3K in its lack of skits and puppetry, it makes up for in its ability – freed from the legal wrangling that constrained MST3K – to riff on literally any movie Mike and his crew can stand to watch.
Bill Corbett, who voiced Crow T. Robot during the later Sci-Fi Channel years of MST3K, and Kevin Murphy, who played Tom Servo, quickly joined Mike on the Rifftrax project, and once their commentary starts the only thing missing for MST3K fans is their silhouettes in the bottom right corner. Bill and I talked recently about the fourth year of Rifftrax, the Twilight movies, and whether Mike is the only funny Republican on Earth.
Read our exclusive interview with Bill Corbett on SuicideGirls.com.
