RIFFTRAX - IS CORN GRASS?

[@TigerofRobare]

My big takeaway from all this is that kids used to sit around in class praying fervently for someone to invent videogames.

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Pretty much...🤷‍♀️

[@jamiemiller723]

God please let someone invent something so I don’t have to use nature as toys anymore....amen

[@shawnfields2369]

@@lordscrewtape2897 Well, I mean, what else were we all supposed to do back then, sit on our butts and twiddle our thumbs, whilst waiting for someone to invent something interesting, so we wouldn't all die of boredom? I think so. Sorry you had to live through those times. I have no way of knowing, I wasn't born until the early 90's.

[@alancarnell2747]

Video games are cool but I wanted a jetpack. Still do.

[@JoelRiter]

As a student of anthropology and a millennial who remembers a time pre internet, yes. Holy shit yes.

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Just for everyone's sanity, yes, corn IS a type of grass.

[@sleepyhollow783]

Thank you. I was starting to second guess myself. 🙂🌾🌽

[@PanozGTR2]

For the record, bamboo is also a type of grass.

[@MrYTGuy1]

@@PanozGTR2 and rice

[@tritiumH3]

@@MrYTGuy1 in fact, all grains are grasses! Except for quinoa.

[@Kornknealious]

But this "educational " film didn't answer that question. Therefore I dont trust any answer until I hear from the makers of this film

[@loulie1997]

I love that after all that, I am no more educated on grass than I was before.

[@jamesanthony8438]

But at least now you can make a fancy headress out of it! =)

[@cannedcream]

I actually think I know less.

[@DevinGates]

Grass, won't you?

[@aedwardsss]

This was about grass??! I’m so confused..

[@PurpleMetal75]

Better yet, I still don't know if corn is grass!

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

Years ago, a young Stephen King would watch this short in class. When grown, he took his repressed trauma of the event and used it to write a bestselling novel. Though, to this day, he still has no idea whether corn is grass or not.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Children of the Grass?

[@tfmaster96]

ah, yes... the shining

[@MichaelJohnson-tw7dq]

@@tfmaster96 the shining was an a-maze-ing movie.

[@Bobsheaux]

0:59 - Anyone else seeing Servo bobbing up and down in his seat as he's singing this?

[@stevenDOTdanger]

I am now.

[@teedup8995]

Me me me,,, uh,,,,yes.

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Oh good it's not just me😳

[@kendra_t]

Oh hai Bobsheaux!

[@SchizoSkillz]

Now I do! 😅

[@patjacksonpodium]

"Put grass in straws. Just DO IT." is still one of the funniest damn things I've ever heard even after all these years 😂

[@HankMeyer]

Now there's a film that nobody ever sat through voluntarily until rifftrax got ahold of it.

[@bdeamon1]

I'm sure many church basements held regular viewings

[@johntumahab323]

Did, like...the USA have a surplus of dead grass or something in the 70s...?

[@HankMeyer]

@@johntumahab323 I think we had a surplus of bored people with nothing to do.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Perfect punishment for a rowdy classroom

[@ballsrgrossnugly]

It was more annoying with the constant overbearing unfunny commentary, I didn't sit through it this time, and I know why I don't listen to riftrax now.

[@THX11458]

It's the gift that tells her, "pay attention to me because I'm unstable and might be outside your window right now"

[@BurntWeeny435]

1:43 "I could use a solid joint right about now". that cracked me up. damn, I love these guys.

[@haleymist09]

I so appreciate that the MST3K crew found ways to continue their awesome awesome comedy. Let the riffs continue!

[@janeeyre1990]

Joel, Trace Beaulileu (Dr. Forrester and the original voice of Crow), Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), and Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl) had their own spinoff called Cinematic Titanic.

[@janeeyre1990]

I should point out that MST3K was Joel's baby. He came up with the show and made the robots out of puppets from his standup act. He said he loved doing it, it was his dream job, and he only left because he and the producer kept fighting for control, and he thought it would be better to leave than risk destroying the show. My boy Joel isn't as popular as Mike, Kevin, and Bill so I like to remind folk to show him some love, and buy his stuff if you're able.

[@haleymist09]

@@janeeyre1990 i love all the iterations. Thanks for pointing out Cinematic Titanic! I'm glad all the writers and crew can keep up their comedic careers.

[@37view37]

The entire universe of MST3K and all that flowed from that original concept have been a fount of laughter and joy for 32+ years! It’s incredible how they’ve woven their talents through pop culture - not unlike grasses being woven...into...a lovely headdress, or a hair ribbon.

[@haleymist09]

@@37view37 🤣😆🤣😆

[@GrandCorsair]

Well if my plane ever crashes in the mountains I'll at least be the nicest dressed cannibal in my grass mask, belt and head dress.

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

Just who are going to cannibalize? Nobody will get in a plane with you if they know that you want to CRASH it into a mountain!

[@DanGalletti]

*FANCY Headress

[@heralds]

Wasting the skin of your comrades

[@gregghelmberger]

The most madness-inducing ending in cinematic history. They pose the conundrum and then leave you twisting in existential doubt.

[@rugxulo]

Corn-undrum? 🌽🤔

[@chillydawgg4354]

I used to sort donations for a thrift store & let me tell you how many angels made of straw I threw straight in the garbage

[@spencerm.8870]

how many?

[@chillydawgg4354]

@@spencerm.8870 an assload

[@bynrdskynrd]

DO👁NOT👁 BE👁AFRAID👁👁👁👁👁👁👁

[@pengwin_]

you were doing gods work

[@shannondore]

My mom used to make those along with braided crosses out of the palm leaves we'd get on palm Sunday. She'd give them to her friends. I bet most of them ended up at the bottom of a trash bin too.😆

[@Gappasaurus]

“Is corn grass?”... the question at the center of life, the universe, and everything ✨

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Thanks to the girl from Iowa, everyone who's seen THE STARFIGHTERS knows that corn has a pretty abstract side - "We grow corn and we DON'T grow corn!"

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

"Is corn grass?" "42"

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

"what are birds?"

[@arladicey]

But, since the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42... how does corn factor in?

[@rhunter42dragon]

@@arladicey You can see the connection plain as day... if you're high.

[@whitworth5s248]

I lol'd at "and it's a good strategy to get out of jury duty"

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

Film by Peter Erik Winkler, who was later cornered by a gang of extremely bored (and angry) elementary schoolers and stabbed to death with safety scissors. Ironically, a small patch of corn was found growing on the unmarked grave he was later discovered in. None of the children were brought up on charges, and three of them received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

[@37view37]

Awesome story! I present you with The Crown of Grass.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

@@37view37 *WHAT AM I??*

[@matthewszalkowski4719]

Not the Children of the 🌽

[@KairuHakubi]

Don't you mean _corn_ -gressional?

[@roringusanda2837]

@@KairuHakubi 😮🌽

[@ecojosh1]

I would rather get nothing for Christmas than get a box with some old grass glued to it.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Does the box have a couple hundred dollars in it? I could suffer my allergies for that. =)

[@emilinebelle7811]

Well, I know what NOT to get your ungrateful butt for Christmas

[@bryanrickard7712]

Kevin doing the singing along to the music is my favorite part of any riff.

[@notme222]

I'm loving this new trend of putting full length stuff on KZbin. Hope it gets RiffTrax a lot more subscribers.

[@RanMouri82]

Me too. They deserve it! And hopefully, whoever owns the Twilight movies will let the guys do a Rifftrax Live.

[@RustyMuck]

Their riffs on public domain shorts like this are always the best \o/

[@ghintz2156]

Probably my favorite short. Practically broke a rib laughing so hard during the live event. It just keeps spiralling deeper into madness.

[@adiraiju9336]

A rhyme to remind you: Sedges have edges, Reeds are round, Grasses have joints (when the cops aren't around) There. I told you more about grasses that you probably didn't know than this ENTIRE TEN-MINUTE SHORT.

[@ericstoverink6579]

But you still didn't answer the burning question. Is corn grass!?

[@alexcarter8807]

@@ericstoverink6579 Relax, it is.

[@DrThunder88]

Thank you, mysterious grass educator!

[@TheDavidN]

I could use a solid joint after that.

[@noahkarpinski1824]

We throw our joints into the grass when cops walk up Where do the grass throw their joints?

[@patrickdrazen3574]

"David Lynch's Wedding Registry" LOL

[@albertgein3082]

Dying

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Is David Lynch a Professional Corn, wherever you are?

[@ars731]

One of the best shorts Rifftrax did period.

[@krikeydial3430]

I loved the DIY cursed object grass art.

[@skatter44]

Drugs Are Like That short must be near the top of everyone's list.

[@andrewlemley]

@@skatter44 drugs are like grass art projects.

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

@@skatter44 Drugs are like setting up a room to teach kids how to make fancy headdresses with grass.

[@johntumahab323]

This is a thing. This is a film that was made. This is something that someone paid filmmakers to film, someone to narrate, and kids to question their life choices at the age of eight when they find someone paying them to make crud out of weeds.

[@HylianFox3]

"With just a few drops of your innocent child-blood, your creations come to life!"

[@dunes8817]

The short that spawned a dozen references.

[@LordEvan5]

Somebody is out there madly weaving grass and disliking the video

[@TheRogueWolf]

This film serves the vital function of teaching children about the concept of "bait and switch".

[@newwavepop]

when i was your age all we had to play with was grass, AND WE WERE HAPPY!

[@ayndie38]

Damn right!😂😂😂

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Sadly, i actually believe this is prob true, and i'm not even joking! This is basically a generation before me and footage like this had always been dated, but there's an innocent openness in making horrifying plasticene corn dollies and sheaf earrings which is completely free of a dopamine economy of "likes and views". No doubt, if i had a child, 100% would rather they make hideous grass imprints on clay than be on the internet. I know there's good things on the internet too, but it changes everything about attention and learning skills and to a large extend has wholly removed wholesome noodling for no purpose other than experimental creativity from our loves. When you see kids actually literally start to hanker for _wholesome_ as though it is as impossible commodity to come by, indeed a bygone, it's pretty telling. Even a grandmother talking about hydrangeas can these days captivate millions of views from lonely children. Of course, this stuff is deeply uncool, but that's kinda the point. I think we've got it wrong. Irony is great, but too much sophistry for kids can't be. Let them have hideous daggy crafts, the kind not even a mother could love, pointless ones, it's exactly the sort of thing they need a massive injection of.

[@gezortenplotz]

LUXURY!!

[@mzdtmp2]

@@gezortenplotz "Had to lick road clean"

[@luisreyes1963]

I fear this is what kids did with their spare time in the movie The Postman.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Kinda brings back memories of elementary school when the teacher brings out the projector, and it was either this or Jiminy Cricket's "I'm No Fool" series. Of course, some of us weren't that lucky.

[@AI-dp3rd]

I’m still traumatized by “The Red Balloon” from 3rd grade

[@Pygar2]

@@AI-dp3rd Ooh! or Red Nightmare, or the one with mousetraps and pingpong balls...

[@luisreyes1963]

I was lucky to have seen a couple of those Jiminy Cricket cartoon films at school. Can't recall be seeing any of those Sadist flicks the Rifftrax kids made fun of. 😆

[@gwendolynstata3775]

Nobody on their phones, just kids creating nightmares in the face of God, the seventies really were just a better time. 😭❤️

[@shawnfields2369]

Wow, sorry more interesting and actual fun things weren't invented back then. I'm guessing fun wasn't invented until the late 70's, or sometime in the 80's. I mean, I don't know. I wasn't even alive until the 90s. But this just looks like the most boring thing possible. I think we've finally found it everybody! The most boring possible thing! Not this Riff, of course. These guys are hilarious. If it weren't for them, I'm sure nobody would've even wanted to sit through what feels like a half-hour of the most boring things you can do, and then, not even answer the question they ask at the beginning of the video. Pretty sure corn may be grass though. Can't quite say if these were better times. They certainly don't look like it. The invention of fun can't come soon enough... never have 10 minutes felt like such an eternity.

[@HAL9000s3]

Oh no they weren't! It was a time when petrochemicals were used to make many household items, and (choke!) clothing!!! Oh, the humanity!

[@Chipotleadvisory]

Make a fancy headdress out of grass and sacrifice Nic Cage to appease your bee god.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

🐝🌾👑

[@JamaicanCastle]

What's in the grass, a shark or something?

[@typacsk]

But it won't bring back your goddamn honey :(

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Can we just sacrifice Mr. Cage, merely for the pure joy of doing so? Asking for a friend, yeah that's it.🤔

[@williamivborges9151]

Get the attention of child protective services. 😆 just died laughing.

[@guyvizard549]

Those grass-covered boxes would make the PERFECT gift-wrapping for someone who presents you with a doll made of your own discarded hair.

[@magus4201971]

The tone of desperation in "Dammit is corn grass or not? C'mon!" slays me

[@greenatom]

Ah, the 70's. A time of madness.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Finally my favorite Riff

[@simonbyrd6518]

What fresh hell, indeed..

[@DevinGates]

Finally, an answer! .... An answer? Please?

[@AmyLSacks]

I would do all these crafts unironically and then still watch this and laugh my, uh... grass off. I would also mess with friends at potlucks (remember those?) by asking, "Have you tried Marie's grassbread? It's really delicious!"

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

4:42 Nothing like a Bach prelude to soothe the jangled nerves of those that witnessed clay-straw-head.

[@maninhades]

The freshest of fresh Hells indeed ... Always hilariously hilarious! Put grass in straws .... DO IT!

[@Burt_Cokaine]

-"Where are your fingernails?"- The next installment in the film series, "Do and Don'ts for your fingers". With hits like: "Dont put your fingers in there!" "Why do your fingers smell funny?" and the classic, "God, I hope thats only your finger."

[@meghannsherman]

I read that palm trees are grass and it upsets me every time I'm in my backyard.

[@janeeyre1990]

Do you have palm trees in your backyard or is it just a coincidence?

[@meghannsherman]

@@janeeyre1990 lol 6 queen palms and 3 pygmy palms. So palms everywhere making me question how they could be grass. 😂

[@ladambell]

They REALLY just made a film asking if corn was grass and never gave us an answer. Someone probably got grant money to make this.

[@PanchromaticNoise]

Corn IS a type of grass

[@bobbyfeet2240]

As is wheat and rice. But they can't include that, it's be too exciting for this film.

[@Razgriz85]

@@PanchromaticNoise Yes, but the video never actually answered the very question it asked in the beginning. It's like they got sidetracked with all the crafts they could do with any grass but corn.

[@Magic_beans_]

If they resolve Corn’s story arc, what would they do for a sequel?

[@apezilla83]

Thank you for posting this! I almost died when I watched it live

[@blampfno]

I bet this one made kids start to fear movie day in school.

[@teedup8995]

Lol!

[@tfmaster96]

Kevin: I could use a solid joint right about now. Me: drugs are like that.

[@apo18llo]

Drugs are like corn...which may or may not be grass

[@larrymantic2635]

I just love the sudden “Grass” at the end

[@kingsford3657]

Same here! I’ve started saying “Grass!!” when f-bombs are not appropriate.

[@FlintIronstag23]

The real joke is that some schools used part of their limited annual budgets buying this "educational film".

[@TheRogueWolf]

...this was for _sale?!_ I thought reels of this film were left in teachers' mailboxes as some sort of vague threat!

[@mostmelon]

You say that now, but when you’re on the operating table and the doctor admits he doesn’t know if corn is grass, then you’ll be sorry.

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

That school budget would honestly been better spent on Boys Beware than this.

[@johntumahab323]

What's next? An educational video about all the wonderful things you can do with the gravel pebbles in the playground?

[@lordscrewtape2897]

I saw all kinds of stuff like this being in elementary school in the 70s.... I'm still considering a lawsuit...😳

[@RavelLopez]

"Oh what fresh hell is this?!" had me rolling

[@Kornknealious]

I can assure you that I am not grass.

[@corwin32]

This is what they watched off-screen in _Midsommar_

[@odolowa1]

This takes such a left turn partway through. It's like even the creators couldn't think about anything to say about grass.

[@singrdave]

Oh what fresh hell is this

[@georgewilson7432]

Grass...or corn.

[@singrdave]

@@georgewilson7432 corn IS grass

[@FuzzyBunny28]

@@singrdave grass is corn...inception?

[@bensdreamatorium8315]

Fresh-cut hell, you mean

[@SandraSoapbox]

I bet during 2020 or even now, some parents was thinking of this video and thought that's a good arts and crafts idea for my quarantine children.

[@jeffjensen8]

Pretty sure that's child abuse!

[@shawnfields2369]

@@jeffjensen8 "You can get the attention of Child Protective Services!"

[@mylearningaccount]

"Show them you care enough to glue some weeds to some garbage."🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenj.mst3kfan836]

8:15 A neat strategy if you ever need to get out of jury duty. I'd like to try this. Lol!

[@CraftyCapsie]

These were the videos we were shown in school when the teachers would lie and say "fun video today". Not everything was better in the "ole days"

[@shawnfields2369]

Exactly.

[@Pygar2]

"It's raining, so no recess. We can either watch Hemo the Magnificent or this film about grass. Hmmm... I choose grass!" Thanks, Mrs. Hitch...

[@demonkingbadger6689]

@@Pygar2 can we just go outside in the rain?

[@Pygar2]

@@demonkingbadger6689 You know what happens to old witches who get wet!

[@shwahgamer]

These videos exist for teachers who need a smoke break.

[@SonicStantz]

ACI shorts have brought so much laughter to the world.

[@sleepyhollow783]

This short has caused me to question the origins of some of the ingredients of Johnny Longbone's famous stew. 🌽🌶🍅🥕🍠🍲 🤔

[@robertkiefer3879]

*sighs 'Onions'.

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

@@robertkiefer3879 hair?

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

😂😂😂

[@Yophillips3272]

I really hope they upload the "What is nothing" short.

[@goldenagenut]

' David Lynch's wedding registry.' 😂

[@spencerdouglas9]

OMG, Susan !! Your grass earrings are attracting Bees !!

[@shanac5536]

"oh what fresh hell is this" is my brain the entire film yet i kept watching

[@ElizabethBattle]

Ah, I have so many fond memories of running amock chasing my friends and reinacting pagan sacrifices while covered in GRASS.

[@kendra_t]

Somehow there are MULTIPLE grass-related craft videos

[@RonKhan]

Ah, teaching kids to make gilly suits before the war starts.

[@andyjay729]

Suddenly the surrealistic educational movies shown on The Simpsons make a lot more sense.

[@UnclePengy]

Children of the Grass.

[@TrueRiderFan]

"Put grass in straws. Just do it."

[@douglasjohnson4382]

In the words of Joel Robinson "Grazing in the grass is a gas!"

[@j.c.5528]

Baby, can you dig it?

[@kellyweingart3692]

grassanova 😂

[@albertgein3082]

" You can get the attention of child protective services " muhajaha

[@gamingchinchilla7323]

not gonna lie... some of those crafting projects could come in handy when your stranded on a tropical "grassy" island Specifically the demonic grass mask that you could use to scare the wild natives into submission and absolute servitude.

[@kendromeda42]

Someone's been playing The Forest

[@BGNOLA]

The 50s: "I bet we'll have robots in 20 years!" 20 years later: "Here kid, play with this grass."

[@davincent98]

Lenny: Now do Classical Grass

[@Tareltonlives]

I recommend you guys buy the live show of Reefer madness: this short has a special bit at the end

[@JamaicanCastle]

Clearly they need the mashup, "Is Reefer Grass?"

[@Tareltonlives]

@@JamaicanCastle Kevin: Well, this is a stoner movie, can I offer you some grass? Bill: It wouldn't take the form of a fancy headdress, would it?

[@jungleno.]

She said "I'll wear my grass skirt." I said "I'll bring my lawnmower."

[@sejembalm]

This is the most brilliant thing I have seen all month!

[@barbaro267]

How can Satan smite your enemies with grass when he can't get past a simple hedge of protection? 😂

[@ChibiPanda8888]

...that's a great one. 🤣😂

[@OneSockFellOff]

Absolutely hysterical...and that ending lol!

[@donkrouskop1743]

"Is corn grass?" "What?" "Corn." "What do you mean?" "What baby?"

[@Pants4096]

But... um... and pardon me for asking, but.... uh.... IS CORN GRASS!?

[@GrizDrummer25]

This live version of this is pretty great too :)

[@elc1960]

Little Susie wore her "fancy headdress" all that day, and the next morning she said "Mommy, my head itches!" Then it was off to the drugstore for some salve.

[@esmokems]

"it's a neat strategy if you ever need to get out of jury duty."

[@DonaldRilea]

Ah! A bossa-nova to grass rubbings on paper! The most appropriate music to accompany such a task!!

[@TooLateForIeago]

The expression on that little girl's face at 8:40 is priceless.

[@tugatomskanimation6370]

The opening tune reminded be of the soundtrack of Fables of the Green Forest.

[@craigpinkava6256]

If they actually showed this back when I was in school, I would be begging for a math quiz as well!

[@Ann_Dromeda]

"Is corn grass?!!" I want the t-shirt!

[@calsavestheworld]

Very good one-liners here.

[@walterkobylak3296]

That ending shot! Jeez. Forget ACI Presents, might as well be called ACID Presents.

[@vintagearisen]

The utter chaos at the end is my favorite

[@janeeyre1990]

Braiding and creating elaborate braided grass origami? Cake walk. Grass rubbings? Impossible. Too difficult. Need step-by-step directions.

[@georgewilson7432]

Corn, like the Internet, is at your fingertips.

[@Watchoutforsnakez]

I actually like this. it’s simple and relaxing, plus hilarious. Win win!

[@mindmesh7566]

4:04……Little Billy: “I think Malakai will totally love this one!!! Heehehehehehe!!!”

[@krombopoulosmichael]

Never in a hurry to enjoy a fine day's riffin'. A Rifftrax Short should be consumed in a leisurely manner, perhaps with several viewings. It's not the answer to the question, "Is corn grass?" that should be the aimed-for result, it's the manner in which one arrives at that result. Me, I prefer a cold slice of meat-lovers, m'dog on my lap and perhaps the ambient sound of Torgo breathing heavily that gets me there.

[@davidwilliams5497]

9:29 Just a few weeks until Halloween and I still hadn’t found my costume for this year… UNTIL NOW! Thanks, Rifftrax!!