To honor MiMi's birthday, we're buzzing about Neil LaBute's "remake" of The Wicker Man starring Nic Cage. Once again, we are here to make silk purses out of a really, really poorly plotted sow's ear. (Spoilers for Six Feet Under TV series from 24:40 - 25:29)Host segments: not how bee allergies do; Joe's Wicker Man Tactics (TM); the cultural cache of bees; problematic historical research; two-riffer problems; The Mitchell Man.

Rifftrax The Wicker Man (2006) and the Sexual Politics of Bees

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What a weird, wild, wonderful ride we had with this episode's movie, The Visitor brought to us by Rifftrax. (CW domestic abuse and abortion)Host segments: Jeff, a well-known Capricorn, apologizes for stereotyping; inaccurate depictions of Southern children; evil cabal do nots; check out the grape stomping reporter; this child is unusable.

Rifftrax The Visitor and Using Appropriate Birth Control

It's listener requiest/fan favorite time with Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell. You know there's bat facts, too, right? (CW: Sexual assault in film context)Host segments: medieval bat facts; creative potato seasoning options; it's a myth, Jeff; peplum goo; nickled and dimed at the Renaissance Faire; how Jeff really feels about Everything But the Girl; soundtrack by Falco; polling everyone's stance on boobies.

Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell and Potato Lust

The SoL-Mates head back into Heston territory with the ill-fated first Gizmoplex premiere, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. Host segments: wrestlers vs. science; Joe tells us the lore of Count Redrum; RELEASE THE BOOBY CUT!; we find out about Porn Studies; wrestling vs. time travel; quality vs. quality - do these beautiful cuts work against production?; we learn way too much about Lisa Rinna; all hail the White Dot; going to bed early is awesome.

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula and the Unkindest Cut of All

Boy, oh boy - did The Girl in Lovers Lane set us to dreaming about a place we've never seen.Host segments: spring break antics; everyone check on everyone else; Go-bos; dealing with street toughs; a brief history of Jack Elam; f**k politeness; Danny and the City; I can't live in Dannysburg, but I'd love to visit.

The Girl in Lovers Lane and Wastin' Away in Dannysburg

IT'S NOT SINBAD. Host segments: No Red Lobster for you; we catch Joe out on a horse technicality; Sadko vs. Sinbad; Sister Beech is back; we find out some things about Joe Namath; let Sadko be Sadko, Joe's mansies; why is it always "Red, Red Wine?"; chicken etiquitte; the friends was the bluebird, etc.

Rifftrax The Wicker Man (2006) and the Sexual Politics of Bees

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