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IRiffs Takes MST3k Open Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-your-friends-are-clearly-funnier-then-the-professionals dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Michael J. Nelson started up Rifftrax as a 2nd act to his stint as host of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and now they're making their website open to anyone and everyone who thinks they're funny with iRiffs — allowing people to upload their own comedy commentary tracks and charge whatever they want. They've already got a few would-be groups online, including one who takes the open source a step further — soliciting jokes from listeners and combining submissions into a final product."

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  1. Open Source? by HeavyD14 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So how exactly is this "open source"?

  2. Re:Fine, but by Tetsujin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Rifftrax != MST3K. If it were, you'd have Cambot, Tom Servo and Crow.

    What concerns me more:
    when you set up something like iRiffs, a community for would-be comedians (particularly people who are just interested in it 'cause they all saw the same funny TV show) you run into a few problems...

    First, lots of people think they're funny, but aren't.
    Second, a fair number of the ones who aren't funny will use gags sufficiently cheap (memes, particularly) to boost their popularity...
    And the end result is you wind up with a few gems, maybe, sloshing around in a sea of crap... And you can't rely on popularity rankings to tell the good from the bad.

    I think it's kind of funny that you equate MST3K with "Cambot, Tom Servo and Crow"... I mean, you never even see Cambot. But you left out Gypsy...

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