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What's All This Then with Charlotte McDonnell and Libby Watson
Lord of the Rings with Bill Corbett
Ep. 35
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Long have I yearned for this episode's release... Is what you'd say about this episode if you were Tolkien, but alive and a fan of the show. Libby tried ever so hard and mostly failed to hide how excited she was to have Bill Corbett, from Rifftrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000, on the show, to talk to us about Lord of the Rings! Plus, we made him look at some really horrible, dirty sausages, and talked about the best MST3k episodes filmed in the UK. Drop your favourite quotes from The Projected Man in the comments.
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Theme song by Howell Dawdy. Art by Kendra Wells. Edited by Patrick Gill.
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