Talkin' RiffTrax: Suburban Sasquatch
Added 2020-05-02 19:57:45 +0000 UTCDearest Traxians -
We’re utterly tickled to be able to bring brand-new funny to you good folk, thanks to technology and the ability to record a reasonably good vocal at home (the subject of another story for Patreon, coming soon!). We’re even able to bring you brand new Talkin' RiffTrax segments, for movies like this one - Suburban Sasquatch, one of the worst-made movies we’ve done since - well, since Feeders, which really wasn’t that long ago, come to think of it.
But in order to bring you new Talkin’ RiffTrax installments in the age of Social Distancing, it means that I must call Bill and Mike from the RiffTrax studio, and talk to them on the phone.
Folks, Mike and Bill have forgotten how to talk on the phone. They treat every phone call like they’re a wacky morning drive-time team, like Larry and Stinkfish, or maybe Mickey in the Morning with The Ape — hell, I don’t know, you can make up your own names for them. But there’s no getting an iota of reliable information about Suburban Sasquatch.
So it’s down to me to tell you about Suburban Sasquatch. It’s a Sasquatch, run amok in the suburbs. Need more? Okay. The ol’ Squatch is being pursued by the schlubbiest man the world has ever spawned, and a fake Native American shaman/huntress.
What else, you say? There's cheesy mysticism, magic arrows, sub-Birdemic-level effects, a Grandma, a truly embarrassing rubber Sasquatch suit, and the most un-cop-like pair of cops ever put on video.
So enjoy Suburban Sasquatch, but also enjoy the madness that is a conversation with Mike and Bill on the phone.
-kwm
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Comments
So, that is where our extra Patreon money is going? Apparently the technology is devolving as time goes on too. I would probably enjoy it if I could hear what the guys were actually saying. I am guessing it's the same sound guy that did the social distancing MST3k tonight :)
Derek Levesque
2020-05-04 02:44:06 +0000 UTCyall I think that really was Guy Fieri.
val the singer
2020-05-03 10:34:29 +0000 UTCIs corn meat?
Joey Martell
2020-05-03 06:54:27 +0000 UTCAre Hamdingers meat?
Richard
2020-05-03 05:26:22 +0000 UTCHi, Kevin, Good to know you're all safe and healthy. That Zoom call was hilarious, and not just the part that was intended as such. You did the best you could, as there was no way to directly connect the phone to that wonderful stack of blinkenlights you've spent so much time and money collecting. The call made me smile, even when I couldn't tell completely what Mike and Bill were saying. That's because it reminds me so much of all the online tabletop role-playing I've been doing with friends. We also have many moments when something goes wrong, for whatever reason, and the words get garbled. By the way, About a year ago, I bought a copy of A Year at the Movies, after a few years just occasionally thinking about it. I thought. "It's Kevin Murphy, so it's worth a try." Wow. I have never been so pleasantly surprised in all my 61 years. I am amazed that you've been able to make *just* writing about movie experiences so full of life and fun. I had expected something like the two times, ever, that I tried reading reviews of record albums. I don't blame those people, it was just the wrong medium, for describing sound. Yet you've managed to talk about sound and images, in a way that has kept me reading. I'm over halfway through, and if I weren't also committed to reading through half a dozen other books, by struggling, small-press authors, I'd be long finished, by now. I won't ever be able to think about "The Sound of Music" without almost laughing out loud. I'm encouraged that some small, independent theaters are doing very well. I can't remember the name of that wonderful female French film-maker, but you make me want to fight through my ADD/senior moments, and seek out her work. And I really want to read what those three black women have to say about movies. One of my favorite podcasts is The Bechdel-cast, and as good as it is, it's too white, though it really tries not to be. I've always loved going to the movies. Before my ADD was diagnosed and treated, the only time I could totally focus was in a dark theater, watching a movie. Thanks to being actually "on the short bus" for a variety of reasons, all from the neck up, I've experienced only marginal employment, and that only about half my working life. So most of the time, I couldn't afford to go to the movies, anyway. More than anyone else, more than all the streaming and DVD services I can now afford, you have helped me make up for decades of lost time. Thank you. Bless you Stay safe.
Bill Lemmond
2020-05-03 01:31:29 +0000 UTCOkay, not really a few words, more like a couple. But it's Canadian bacon. It's basically ham with less fat.
Andrew Horn
2020-05-03 01:14:52 +0000 UTCI would like to say a few words in defense of Canadian bacon. It's okay.
Andrew Horn
2020-05-03 01:13:15 +0000 UTCI'm hoping they do a chat where all three get a window, with Bill in a pirate costume, Mike using puppets in front of the camera, Kevin still being Kevin, and the fourth window dedicated to penguins walking around a zoo looking at all the other animals.
Paul Lenoue
2020-05-03 00:54:17 +0000 UTCTalk about tryn' to herd cats. Now I'm wondering if I have enough meats.
Paul Rabogliatti
2020-05-02 22:32:37 +0000 UTCMike is going crazy.
Jenny Erdahl
2020-05-02 22:11:12 +0000 UTCWell, now I want some pizza.
Nathan Filizzi
2020-05-02 21:08:21 +0000 UTCIs this what insanity looks like? This feels like Mike and Bill have gone insane. I think Kevin would have more luck holding the conversation with two hand puppets named Mike and Bill. Do the whole show Jeff Dunham style.
Matt Stetz
2020-05-02 20:31:20 +0000 UTC
