SEE two young boys descend into madness at their local library! SHRIEK as you encounter the menace of Fad Diets! LEARN the three magic words to use when selecting pork! WONDER why anyone would possibly need to make a short film about that! RiffTrax: Shorts to Astonish! contains nine of our most thrilling, remedial, hilarious shorts. From the existential crisis of Cops: Who Needs Them? to the powerful fire-related questions raised by What if We Had A Fire?, it s a super collection of laughs that you ll want to add to your collection.
N**E
How DID we survive this long?
As usual, these guys deliver the goods. There are some really strange ones on here. Alone at home? Learn what to do - or not. Who needs cops? Not the chucklehead who's dad's car was stolen. And the police in this short? Must be from L.A.If the colors in Fad Diet Circus were any more faded, it would be invisible. Of course, it was terrible, but so funny. Watch out for the end - it just...stops.Library World - is enough to make you want to be illiterate. Telephone for help gives new meaning to "I've fallen and I can't get up."The parts of speech is on an earlier compilation - but still fun to watch - but not pay attention - much like I did (or not do) in english class.Three Magic Words is enough to make you scared of shopping for pork. How did all those guys get into the house? And what if there was fire? There must have been because the kid wears the same stupid shirt for most of the short.Safe living at school tells you how to avoid becoming a statistic due to your own stupidity. All the more reason to home school some kids.There are 3 extras that are not riffed by the usual guys - but Cole Stratton and Janet Varney do a good job. Boy of Mexico is the story of a young boy and his donkey. Just watch, you'll understand. Borrowed Power makes you want to make it tougher to get a drivers license. Damn kids!And the final one is also another repeat but with different riffers. At Your Fingertips: Boxes, is a tale of how NOT to have your kids entertain themselves. If any of my kids tried this stuff, I would ship them off to a wilderness camp.Enjoy!
R**S
If You Like Songs About Pork, This Is The DVD For You!
The RiffTrax team is back with another batch of otherworldly shorts in "Shorts to Astonish." Indeed, they will astonish. These oddball instructional shorts are all peculiar, but I must admit that "Three Magic Words" is my hands-down favorite of the lot. Not that "Library World" isn't radically cool, or that "The Parts of Speech" isn't captivating in the extreme, but the concept of three butchers able to warp the laws of space and time while invading your personal privacy and singing earnestly about the joys of pork makes "Three Magic Words" rival the greatest shorts of all time on the basis of surrealism alone.Of course Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy deliver the goods in all their shorts, but be advised that only nine of the twelve shorts included feature the traditional RiffTrax crew; the three remaining shorts, including the almost insufferable "Boy of Mexico," are done by Cole Stratton and Janet Varney. It's hard to compete against MST veterans in the riffing world, and while I admire their audacity in doing so, I was not a convert to their cause."Shorts to Astonish" is a bargain for the musical pork product placement alone! Get yourself a copy today.
A**E
Need more shorts!
I enjoyed RiffTrax and MST3K for years, and their shorts are some of their best work. These shorts in particular are great fun. The part of speech film had me laughing so hard I had trouble breathing. They are also something I can share with my family, and with TV being even more of a wasteland than normal that's an important consideration. I know these dvds were released some years ago, but it still astonishes me how cheap they are. I bought three shorts collections for under $25, and now that I've finished them I'm on the lookout for more.
E**R
One of My New Favorites!
I have all of the Rifftrax Shorts DVDs. This one is definitely one of my favorites. I tend to enjoy the 70s and 80s shorts and this DVD has a lot of them and they are all great! The two older shorts are repeats from previous DVDs, but they are good ones. In fact, the one about Parts Of Speech is my kids' favorite and they were happy to see it again. Get this one for you and one for a friend as a gift and share the funny!
A**S
Happiness Alert!
Product is as described and is awesome as always. For guaranteed joy in your life I suggest checking out all titles before they disappear. Satisfaction has definitely been delivered and is highly recommended. Thanks for the laughs.
R**M
Great stuff
Rifftrax is always funny to me,...
C**Y
and if there had been riffers back then it sure would have made watching shorts in school fun. This is such a hoot
The guys from mst3k are at it again, this time with "shorts". I grew up having to watch this crud, and if there had been riffers back then it sure would have made watching shorts in school fun. This is such a hoot!
T**9
Shorts to Astonish
Another great compilation of riffed shorts. On top of the 2 hours of regular riffing, this disc also includes a small sampling of two new up-and-coming riffers on shorts of their own. Well worth the asking price.
M**T
Five Stars
Excellent! Very happy customer.
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