Migizi Shorts 2020

Jotting down a few thoughts about the MST shorts, Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket and A Busy Day at the County Fair, which were made for the Migizi fundraiser, and shown during Joel's second annual puppet camp (which was a mixed bag - Joel gushing over Wayne White (for good reason) was a highlight, because it was funny to see him geek out over something he has a real passion for (and I agree, Randy rocks!) The grim Jack-O-Lantern song was another laugh, but it was the 2 shorts that brought me to the show, as it paired Joel Hodgson (Robinson) with original Servo Josh Weinstein and Sci-Fi era Crow, Bill Corbett) 

I forgot there were two versions of Supermarket, done by a different trio of riffers (Migizi 2020 & Turkey Day 2020), so I gave both a listen to refresh my memory. My opinion? Team Emily's take was okay, but Joel, Josh and Bill's was a little sweeter. The Pete Davidson line, for example, is funnier than the Tony the Tiger riff for the same scene, and Bill teasing the way the narrator pronounces the word "vegetables", with Josh coming back to that by adding "and the extra syllables removed", was cute. Emily does score with a cutting, dark line, as Johnny helps with the boxes ("Dad, how is this going to help us find my sister?"), plus she got in a Beatles riff... "All the lonely food, where does it all come from... Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles, thank you", so that's another plus. 

However, it was A Busy Day at the County Fair (Migizi, with no re-riff), that I'd crown the king of the night. It was a real crackup, with big money cockfighting, snowflakes, Hugh Heffer, and a kid working out his father issues, as just a few of the riff-skewed perspectives that made this a winner. 

And all told, how wonderful was it to have Bill's Crow riffing with a Josh's Servo? 

The Migizi shorts can be found within this show... https://youtube.com/watch?v=J3JzMk4ThJg&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

Emily's can be found here.. https://youtube.com/watch?v=brO1le5LTpc&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE