Post by Blue Raja on Nov 19, 2009 18:30:24 GMT -5
"Santa And The Ice Cream Bunny"
STILL ACCEPTING SCRIPTS UNLESS WE SAY OTHERWISE ON THIS PAGE!
Yes, you read correctly. After hearing the anguished cries for riffing justice, we're actually attempting to riff this legendary turd. But due to its aforementioned legendary turdiness, we can't do it alone.
Therefore, OPERATION: R.I.F.F. is calling for a Citizen's Arrest of this movie. All forum members who are interested in assisting are encouraged to submit all the riffs they can to us, be it one riff or an entire script. In addition to the writing we'll be attempting, hopefully we can come up with a script we can all enjoy once it's finished. The due date is a soft one - due to all the busy lives involved, we're gonna take this thing nice and slowly.
We will be using THIS SPREADSHEET to write the riffs - its a very simple layout, with an example stored inside to boot!
Skyroniter has agreed to lend a DVD of this film to all interested writers, so we'll be using that for our official timecodes - this way we'll all be on the same page when it comes to placing jokes in the right spot. So just let him know by PM or in this thread of your interest.
This thread will serve as the headquarters for this project, so feel free to post any thoughts or ideas or questions or whatever regarding this project, this film, writing jokes for it, or writing riffs in general.
For now, let's submit all scripts to Skyroniter's website email (tapes@mst3kvideos.com), making sure to let your subject title reflect such. I'll update with any changes in email if necessary.
Please keep in mind - Skyroniter and myself will assume the vocal duties of riffing this whenever the script is finished. Because of family-exposure and various other reasons, therefore, we humbly request that writers please keep all jokes as clean and profanity-free as possible. It is much appreciated.
I believe that's it for now - I'll post more needed info when it comes to mind, 'cuz its not coming at the moment. With that, here are some resources to get you started:
1. IMDB Page
2. Kiddie Matinee's Brief Recap
3. The Famous "Agony Booth" Review and Recap
4. The Story of "Pirate World" - the amusement park where much of this movie was filmed.
5. The Entire Movie on Youtube (Good for previewing and quick-referencing - divided into 10 sections)
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Helpful Riff-Writing Tips (will be updated over time as we think of some)
1. No reference is too obscure. However, if you want it to be strongly considered by we 3, we strongly recommend that you write somewhere in your riffing script an EXPLANATION of where that obscurity comes from. Hellcat, Skyroniter and I represent a wide age group, but even we can miss stuff sometimes. We don't want that esoteric masterpiece to go to waste!
2. Don't be afraid to submit "lame" jokes. Yes, the joke may very well BE lame, but if there's any semblance of a joke idea there, it can at the very least give we three a unique idea of something to work with. Many a good joke have sprung from a half-baked idea that sounded lame at first. In my experience, anyway. Can't hurt to try, in other words!
3. Please make sure you aren't "ripping off" the Agony Booth's jokes about this movie. After recently re-reading the review (Resource Link #3 listed above), I've noticed that they used quite a few jokes that directly or otherwise referred to things I was going to joke about as well. While some scenes simply HAVE to have a certain joke said about them, please make every attempt to make it as unique as possible. I'd hate for those guys (if they ever hear this thing) to think we were "ripping off" their material, when it's simply a matter of 2 great senses of humor coming to the same conclusion on a matter. Just something to consider!
4. Whenever possible, read aloud your riffs at the appropriate point in the film. It is a sad fact - riffs that sound awesome on paper don't always come out quite as awesome when actually spoken. Speaking them aloud helps you with this in many ways - for starters, it helps you to see if perhaps the joke needs better wording. Secondly, it makes sure you aren't stepping over any important movie dialogue that follows the current dialogue you're riffing. Thankfully, in a movie like this, important dialogue is pretty much nonexistant. BUT - you could also be stepping over dialogue that sets up the FOLLOWING joke. So many factors here. Basically, it's never a bad idea to just try SAYING your line to see how it flows.
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Potential writers so far:
Blue Raja
Hellcat
Skyroniter
Truck Farmer
DoctorZ
Captain Hygiene
Bix Dugan
callipygias
solgroupie
Mr. Atari
Ratso
mrmeadows
BilLumburg
crowfan
TVsGrady
spackle
Trumpy's Magic Snout
dph
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If we put all of our funny minds together, maybe....just MAYBE....we can make this movie ALMOST watchable in the end. Thank you, as always, for supporting your government.
STILL ACCEPTING SCRIPTS UNLESS WE SAY OTHERWISE ON THIS PAGE!
Yes, you read correctly. After hearing the anguished cries for riffing justice, we're actually attempting to riff this legendary turd. But due to its aforementioned legendary turdiness, we can't do it alone.
Therefore, OPERATION: R.I.F.F. is calling for a Citizen's Arrest of this movie. All forum members who are interested in assisting are encouraged to submit all the riffs they can to us, be it one riff or an entire script. In addition to the writing we'll be attempting, hopefully we can come up with a script we can all enjoy once it's finished. The due date is a soft one - due to all the busy lives involved, we're gonna take this thing nice and slowly.
We will be using THIS SPREADSHEET to write the riffs - its a very simple layout, with an example stored inside to boot!
Skyroniter has agreed to lend a DVD of this film to all interested writers, so we'll be using that for our official timecodes - this way we'll all be on the same page when it comes to placing jokes in the right spot. So just let him know by PM or in this thread of your interest.
This thread will serve as the headquarters for this project, so feel free to post any thoughts or ideas or questions or whatever regarding this project, this film, writing jokes for it, or writing riffs in general.
For now, let's submit all scripts to Skyroniter's website email (tapes@mst3kvideos.com), making sure to let your subject title reflect such. I'll update with any changes in email if necessary.
Please keep in mind - Skyroniter and myself will assume the vocal duties of riffing this whenever the script is finished. Because of family-exposure and various other reasons, therefore, we humbly request that writers please keep all jokes as clean and profanity-free as possible. It is much appreciated.
I believe that's it for now - I'll post more needed info when it comes to mind, 'cuz its not coming at the moment. With that, here are some resources to get you started:
1. IMDB Page
2. Kiddie Matinee's Brief Recap
3. The Famous "Agony Booth" Review and Recap
4. The Story of "Pirate World" - the amusement park where much of this movie was filmed.
5. The Entire Movie on Youtube (Good for previewing and quick-referencing - divided into 10 sections)
*********************
Helpful Riff-Writing Tips (will be updated over time as we think of some)
1. No reference is too obscure. However, if you want it to be strongly considered by we 3, we strongly recommend that you write somewhere in your riffing script an EXPLANATION of where that obscurity comes from. Hellcat, Skyroniter and I represent a wide age group, but even we can miss stuff sometimes. We don't want that esoteric masterpiece to go to waste!
2. Don't be afraid to submit "lame" jokes. Yes, the joke may very well BE lame, but if there's any semblance of a joke idea there, it can at the very least give we three a unique idea of something to work with. Many a good joke have sprung from a half-baked idea that sounded lame at first. In my experience, anyway. Can't hurt to try, in other words!
3. Please make sure you aren't "ripping off" the Agony Booth's jokes about this movie. After recently re-reading the review (Resource Link #3 listed above), I've noticed that they used quite a few jokes that directly or otherwise referred to things I was going to joke about as well. While some scenes simply HAVE to have a certain joke said about them, please make every attempt to make it as unique as possible. I'd hate for those guys (if they ever hear this thing) to think we were "ripping off" their material, when it's simply a matter of 2 great senses of humor coming to the same conclusion on a matter. Just something to consider!
4. Whenever possible, read aloud your riffs at the appropriate point in the film. It is a sad fact - riffs that sound awesome on paper don't always come out quite as awesome when actually spoken. Speaking them aloud helps you with this in many ways - for starters, it helps you to see if perhaps the joke needs better wording. Secondly, it makes sure you aren't stepping over any important movie dialogue that follows the current dialogue you're riffing. Thankfully, in a movie like this, important dialogue is pretty much nonexistant. BUT - you could also be stepping over dialogue that sets up the FOLLOWING joke. So many factors here. Basically, it's never a bad idea to just try SAYING your line to see how it flows.
*********************
Potential writers so far:
Blue Raja
Hellcat
Skyroniter
Truck Farmer
DoctorZ
Captain Hygiene
Bix Dugan
callipygias
solgroupie
Mr. Atari
Ratso
mrmeadows
BilLumburg
crowfan
TVsGrady
spackle
Trumpy's Magic Snout
dph
*********************
If we put all of our funny minds together, maybe....just MAYBE....we can make this movie ALMOST watchable in the end. Thank you, as always, for supporting your government.