How did you hear about or find Rifftrax?!?

[Pak-Man]

They have a DVD and a movie section. I tried writing them about it in their mailbag a while back and never got a reply...

[torgosPizza]

I've noticed that besides Satellite News and other MST-related sites, many people target customers have stumbled upon RiffTrax simply by dumb luck. I think this says that RiffTrax needs more and/or better marketing. Sure, the concept is best explained by citing MST, but I'm sure there're ways to market it to the uninitiated.

We're working on something, don't worry 

EDIT: Actually we're always working on "something" ...

[BathTub]

Yeah well theforce.net they got onboard.

[Sharktopus]

How about The Onion A.V. Club? They'd probably be interested in interviewing Mike.

I've noticed that besides Satellite News and other MST-related sites, many people target customers have stumbled upon RiffTrax simply by dumb luck. I think this says that RiffTrax needs more and/or better marketing. Sure, the concept is best explained by citing MST, but I'm sure there're ways to market it to the uninitiated.

We're working on something, don't worry 

EDIT: Actually we're always working on "something" ...

I'm sure you are. Busy little beavers, you guys.

[superfly]

Can you believe...the Wrestlecrap message board?

http://realwrestlecrap.proboards89.com/index.cgi?board=WWE&action=display&thread=1166585550

Proof that even the intellectually challenged appreciate MST3K!

[Minnesota]

dam I read your 6 page wrestlecrap thread and you guys had alot to say about MST3K. I once tried bringing Rifftrax up in a Rap music message board and got like zero responce

[superfly]

dam I read your 6 page wrestlecrap thread and you guys had alot to say about MST3K. I once tried bringing Rifftrax up in a Rap music message board and got like zero responce

Different audience, man. Those Wrestlecrap guys celebrate all the stupid things that show up in pro wrestling, and that covers about 90% of pro wrestling. No surprise that folks who can laugh at one form of crappy entertainment would have an appreciation for Joel, Mike and the rest of the guys making fun of another form of entertainment.

Rap fans, for the most part, take themselves too serious. Years ago I tried to get some of my rap listening friends to sit through an episode of MST3K. They didn't get it at all (how can you not get "Horror of Party Beach"?!?), and after giving up on my experiment, they changed the channel to BET's Rap City. Their loss.

[Minnesota]

dam I read your 6 page wrestlecrap thread and you guys had alot to say about MST3K. I once tried bringing Rifftrax up in a Rap music message board and got like zero responce

Rap fans, for the most part, take themselves too serious.

Yeah, I think you just nailed it in this case. I should say for the record that I do like rap, but when it comes to "most" fans, these are some of the most easily offended people in the world (pretty ironic considering the taboo lyrics of most songs) and they are so dam fickle about their prefferences too.
Two worlds that werent ment to collide I guess

[BathTub]

well they don't collide too often. Luke Ski raps and likes MST3K. He's referenced it more than once, Nummy Muffin is available on his free mp3s page at the moment. http://www.lukeski.com/freemp3s.htm it's an older song though so haven't checked what the quality is on that one. He's also did a parody of another song, I think it was Science Fiction Double Feature called Mystery Science Theatre Picture Show on his Carpe Dementia album from from 1999

[mdh65120]

I heard about Rifftrax through www.satellitenews.com.  I was so excited that I asked for an MP3 player for Christmas just to download the riffs!   I am not really a person who has to carry 1000 songs around with them, so I'd never bought one.   I am a person who appreciates the humor of my old friends from MST3K and the good Mr. Nelson, so today I'm ready to go!  Keep up the good work!

[AmandaGal]

I guess I can answer this (mostly because I'm pretending to be really busy so my family won't bother me anymore, lol).  I've bought most of the autographed DVD releases from Legend and I heard about rifftrax from an email from Legend.

Now, how did I hear about the DVD releases?  I have no idea.  Maybe I stumbled across them on Satellite news.  While I don't check the site often, I sometimes do when I'm bored.  I remember the last time I visited it I found out Mike was coming to AR (my state, yes I own it) and I almost "missed" it so maybe I should check more often.

[Minnesota]

no offence but hasn't the "mst3kinfo" newsletter been dead for awhile? cant we just start referring to it as "MST3K.COM" yet?

Creatures of habit maybe... but the show is looooong gone and this would help spread the word to people under the age of 25

[AmandaGal]

I think what you refer to something as doesn't really matter to people under 25 anymore as long as you link it  I could say that website about the show and people would still get the point.  So, calling it the MST3k Newsletter or Satellite News or whatever doesn't matter.

There's a big difference in how you talk to fans of a show as opposed to how you talk to people who don't know the show. That goes for any type of TV show you enjoy (or anything for that matter).  I don't think talking in URLs is the way to get new fans because quite honestly, mst3k.com isn't that "flashy" or grabbing.  It's made for hardcore fans.   A person just trying to figure out the show would be over whelmed and possibly frightened. 

I think re-airing the show is a way to get new fans which isn't going to happen...short of that, putting rifftrax in people's stockings is also a good way. Nobody is going to "get" the concept from a website if they haven't watched MST3k.  I even think the clips poorly convey the concept because they're too short and if you didn't really get it, you'd just be confused.  The best way is to watch a movie.

[KingOfShippers]

I heard about it one day when I was looking through G4's Feed.

[Amy]

I heard about it through the forums for The Agony Booth (agonybooth.com). Most of the folks who post there are MST3K fans.