The first thing that popped into to my head when I read this was a few lines from the Dead Milkmen's 'Punk Rock Girl':

We went to the Philly Pizza Company/
And ordered some hot tea/
The waitress said well no, we only have it iced/
So we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy

Most of the animosity (and thus the lack of any foreseeable MST3K reunion) from both Rifftrax and CT camps seems to be directed toward MST3K executive producer Jim Mallon (AKA Gypsy)--he also apparently holds the rights to the name, characters, etc.

Mike was the head writer throughout most of the show's run (including the Joel years), so the Joel vs Mike arguments really stem from style of delivery (Joel=light-hearted stoner, Mike=bitter ex-TGI Fridays waiter). No one wins these arguments, except, perhaps, Dr. Forrester. And probably Karl Rove.

The haters who think they can riff better than these fine people have likely never followed a fart joke with an Ibsen reference. Where's your cult audience?

#25 - There were some great MST-ings of FanFic back in the day, weren't there. The Stephen Ratliff ST:TNG stories (Kid's Crew tales!) were stone classics, and there was inspired riffing on spam emails (presented as "shorts" to accompany the stories).

Going from a Best Brains drought to a smorgasbord of riffage is frankly a dream, so I wish them all the best. It's not as if they lack for good material.

P.S. I love my Tom Servo tattoo.