Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
Genres: rifftrax, comedy, MST3K, humor
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
About Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett release tracks on RiffTrax.com. The tracks are downloadable audio commentaries in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a TV show in which Nelson, Murphy, and Corbett were actors and writers. The RiffTrax are sold online where users can purchase and download the commentaries. While not reprising their characters from MST3K; Mike, Kevin, and Bill mark a return to the same comedy trio that comprised the last 3 seasons of the show. The movies chosen for Mystery Science Theater 3000 were predominantly low-budget B-movies because the show itself was low-budget and producers could only afford films with expired copyright or had otherwise cheap licenses. The idea of RiffTrax came about after Mystery Science Theater 3000 was canceled and Nelson had researched and consulted a lawyer about the possibility of directly releasing DVDs of films with the commentaries included. But Nelson realized this initial idea was not feasible since he would be "sued out of existence." Instead, the best way to distribute the commentaries would be to sell them independently of the films, to avoid having to obtain the rights to distribute the movies themselves. There would be no legal or monetary restrictions to prevent Nelson from producing them, though viewers would have to provide the movies themselves.
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