Line #14 Awesome/RiffTrax


1	* Kevin and Bill's re-enactment of a scene from ''David and Hazel: A Tale of Communication''. Subtle and hilarious.
2	* The riff of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', the ultimate statement that their choice of movies does not automatically mean they hate them. Also their ultimate statement that a movie does ''not'' have to be bad to find hilarious riffs in it.
3	* On Feb. 25th, 2013, Rifftrax set up a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/90538351/rifftrax-wants-to-riff-twilight-live-in-theaters-n kickstarter account]] to get the rights to do a live-riff of ''Literature/{{Twilight\|2005}}.'' It took them a little over an ''hour'' to reach their goal of $55,000. By the completion of the campaign, they received nearly $265,000, nearly ''five times'' their goal. Unfortunately, they couldn't secure the rights.[[note]]Even more awesomely, they weren't told "no, never, get the hell out!" but just that they'd love to have a [=RiffTrax=] Live of it, but maybe some years down the line when the franchise has cooled off a bit.[[/note]] However, they picked up something that's just as cheesy. ''Film/StarshipTroopers''! And as a special bonus: ''Film/MrBNatural'' to Website/{{Kickstarter}} contributors. In its full, frightening glory.
4	* The riff of ''[[Literature/NewMoon Twilight: New Moon]]'' released on the same day as the home DVD. How did the crew manage to watch the movie enough to write their scripts and record the time codes? ''By paying to see the movie in theaters that many times'' just to get the riff of the film out as soon as possible.
5	* Mike and the boys proving themselves to be more than capable voice actors when they impersonated the Daleks in their riff of ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks'', a voice that other people would need a machine to create.
6	* After two years of waiting, Kevin casually revealing at the ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' live riff that corn ''is'' grass.
7	* And in January 2014, [=RiffTrax=] riffed another movie they liked: ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''!
8	* On April 1st 2014, Rifftrax teamed up with the National Geographic Channel to bring a three-hour "Total Riff-Off" special to TV. That's right, 15 years after MST's cancellation, the guys who made up its final cast come back to TV for one special night.
9	* On May 2014, they ran another Kickstarter to do a live riff of another big-budget Hollywood movie. Which one? [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-wants-to-riff-godzilla-live-in-theaters-n The 1998 Godzilla remake, that one!]] Within a day it met and exceeded its goal, and unlike the ''Literature/{{Twilight\|2005}}'' riff where they ended up not getting the rights, they have a 100% guarantee that they will indeed be riffing on 'Zilla.
10	** Helping in gathering the money were the promised bonus shorts: a fully re-riffed version of ''Film/ACaseOfSpringFever'', another "At Your Fingetips" short, and the classic nuclear survival short "Film/DuckAndCover".
11	** Midway through the campaign they added a stretch goal: If they made it to $250,000 they would riff on ''Film/{{Anaconda}}''.
12	** By the campaign's end, they not only met the stretch goal, but they exceeded the amount they received in the previous campaign by a couple hundred dollars.
13	* The Rifftrax Live! of ''Film/SantaClaus1959'' may be the first time that a re-riffed film is funnier than the original ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.
14	** Getting theaters nationwide to shout "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing DEATH]]!!" all at once as Santa begins his ride.
15	* The ''[=MST3k=] Reunion Show'' is this for fans of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. You get to see almost the whole cast assembled again, all riffing together, including seeing Joel and Mike and Bill and Trace riffing side-by-side. Kevin even squees over how cool it is to see both the Crows together.
16	** Along with Joel and Mike riffing together, Jonah is also included, making the live show the ''only'' place where all three hosts riffed on stage together.
17	* The fact that Mike, Bill, and Kevin have been able to do this for '''10 years''', 200+ movies, and 300+ shorts! People really love these three guys joking about movies.
18	* During the Live Show of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'', Creator/RebBrown got a huge round of applause from audiences when David Ryder was officially introduced within the film. The only other actor to receive one was Creator/VincentPrice in the ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'' show.
19	* Mike, Kevin and Bill attempting some pretty darn intricate three-part harmonies on classic Christmas carols during their 2018 Rifftrax Yule Log video and nailing them is a rare '''non'''-funny Crowning Moment of Awesome for them.
20	* The riffing of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', while not as liked by them as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', still holds the honor of being the highest ranked movie on the ''Website/{{IMDb}}'' that they ever riffed on! Only ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'' films [[https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/ have higher scores.]]

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