Alcohol (Rifftrax Shorts)

Rifftrax Year:  2012
Riffers:  Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett

This is Chuck.  Chuck needs a few drinks to get through the day and deal with the stress of corporate life and marriage.  Any questions?

"All I have is one or two after work to relax a little!"
"Then I sleep it off in a dumpster!  What's wrong with that?!"

I imagine this might have been a film used by A.A. to help people take a look at how their drinking might effect their lives around them.  Chuck spends too much on alcohol during lunch with clients, shows up to work drunk, and neglects his nagging wife.  If I were to put forth a criticism it's that the context is lacking in this film.  We are treated to his boss "discussing" his job with him as well as his wife's henpecking, but it comes off as a limited stageplay and I don't really learn anything from it.  Maybe if the film had some sort of scene at the beginning to show a point where Chuck wasn't drinking as a comparison it might come off more understandable.

"What actually goes on at Rifftrax headquarters!"
"Well, no ties."
"And no pants."

The guys have a lot of fun with this one because, let's face it, drunks are comedy gold.  And yet there aren't as many swaying, happy alcoholic riffs as you might expect.  They target the reactions to Chuck more than anything, with riffs adding to his work and home life.  Some of the funniest moments of the short come at the expense of his wife, who's hysterics from beginning to end are pretty funny on their own.

The short closes with just a sudden screeching to a halt, and Mike, Kevin, and Bill list the morals they've learned from this story, all of which are hilarious.  I'm not much of a drinker, but Alcohol just might prove to be a short I'm addicted to.  I encourage all who read this to take a shot.

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