Rifftrax Year: 2015
Riffers: Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl
Cindy isn't invited to a friend's party, so she pouts about it and falls asleep. That night she is visited by a fairy godmother, who dresses Cindy up and takes her to the party herself. She then teaches proper social etiquette at parties.
I have no idea how this film was distributed to youngsters, because party behavior hardly seems like something to teach in schools. This may or may not have been a film they had lying around and teachers only showed it because they had ten minutes left in class and their feet hurt and they were just done with the children. Which probably could have been all week, come to think of it.
It's a strange play of the Cinderella tale, of which a girl is dolled up and taken to a party. Only instead of being romanced by a prince she's nagged with social behavior rules. I guess children need to know this, but why is this a short film? Shouldn't this be something their parents should teach them? The existence of this film just perplexes me a bit.
Bridget and Mary Jo are present a serviceable commentary on the short, and there's hardly a dull moment with the duo. The problem is that I don't really think there's much in this film for them to play off of. They get a good jab every once in a while, but ultimately this feels very average for them.
This is almost a rare instance in which I actually wish I had seen an alternate version of this short where Mike, Kevin, and Bill riffed it, because I think their more aggressive style might have propelled a stronger laugh quota. But it might not have been better in the end, and Bridget and Mary Jo do fine here. The question that must be asked is whether or not fine is good enough for a purchase when this duo offers much funnier? I might have to abstain from answering that, but I'd recommend other shorts before I'd point to this one.
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