Two preview clips from my feature-length Video On Demand iRiff, available Nov. 5 at Rifftrax.com.

Howdy, folks! I had the great honor of contributing material to the latest “Rifftrax Presents” release, Spider-man 2 featuring guest riffer Josh Fruhlinger (A.K.A. The Comics Curmudgeon). Yes, this one was a real Josh-splosion.

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Three classic Fun With Shorts videos are now available for sale on iRiffs, a new feature of Rifftrax.com. “Dating Dos and Don’ts,” “Cindy Goes To a Party,” and “The Fun of Being Thoughtful” are available as video-on-demand for a negligible $.75/each!

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Another awesome Comic-con has come and gone. Photos are up on my Flickr stream.

Cartoon Brew’s Jerry Beck has announced this year’s ‘Worst Cartoons Ever’ event for 9:30pm on Friday, July 25th at San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve caught this painfully funny show the last two years and it’s a hoot. Glad to hear it’s back this year, and that it won’t conflict with the epic MST3K panel. Between these events, the live Rifftrax show, and the usual shenanigans, it’s gonna be a juicy con this year.

[BUMP AND UPDATE] - The track is now available for purchase and download. It’s only $3!

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Film buffs worldwide and MSTies in particular are shedding a tear at the loss of actor John Phillip Law, who died today in Los Angeles.

Law was best known (to me, anyway) for two very memorable roles in MSTied movies, each from a different period in his prolific career. He was the evil Calgon (Kalgan) in the horrendous ‘Space Mutiny’ and the dashing ‘Diabolik’ in the last film ever featured on the show.

If nothing else, I thought, at least I’ll get to see a guy saw his own foot off. That was my attitude watching Saw for the first time last night (thanks to Rifftrax Presents). Turns out, the movie disappoints on the appendage-removal and just about everything else.

It’s not a completely incompetent movie, but it doesn’t make any sort of impact. The horror doesn’t really kick in until the final act of the movie, when Cary Elwes blows some kind of acting fuse and begins blubbering and squeaking like Dudley Dursley. At that point, you better believe I was watching through my fingers.

Still, if you can stomach grisly subject matter (like whiny British actors choking down their accents), I recommend this movie. But ONLY with the assistance of Mr. Murphy and Mr. Corbett.

Looks like Rifftrax is expanding their operation a bit to include content “sanctioned by” but not featuring head riffer Mike Nelson, all under the banner Rifftrax Presents. The first titles are already available, and include an episode of the fan-created series Star Trek: the New Voyages (riffed by Bill and Kevin) and the horror crap-fest Dark Water with Jennifer Connelly (riffed by a new guy - the very funny and very British Matthew J. Elliott).  Very exciting to see the catalog and the avenues for content growing. I’ll be watching this new project with great interest.

The top story over at ICWXP.com pretty much says it all. I will have the pleasure of contributing jokes to Incognito Cinema Warriors XP, a movie-riffing internet show that’s like Mystery Science Theater 3000 plus heavy metal and zombies. (I know, right?!)

Oh, and this is just part one of “Awesome Josh News.” More to come…