Bill Corbett will be calling into Desert Bus at 11am PST on Wednesday, November 19th.

Bill is an American writer and performer known for his work as the voice and puppeteer of Crow T. Robot (v.2.0) on the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He also played an omnipotent dim witted alien, The Observer (also known as “Brain Guy”) along with other minor roles on MST3K.

As a playwright and screenwriter his body of work includes the screenplay, Starship Dave (released as the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave), and the plays The Big Slam, Hate Mail, The Stuff of Dreams, and Super-Powered-Revenge-Christmas #1. He is also a contributing writer to NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered.

Bill reunited with his MST3K teammates Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy to create Rifftrax, which creates MST3K style riff audio commentaries for movies of all sorts from blockbuster hits to B-movies to educational short films.

Have a question for Bill? Leave them in the comments below!

Desert Bus is excited to welcome back writer and performer Bill Corbett. He will be calling in at 6pm tonight, Sunday November 17th.

Bill Corbett is most known for his work as the voice and puppeteer of Crow T. Robot (v.2.0) on the award-winning cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also played a number of other characters on MST3K, including the omnipotent, but dim witted alien, The Observer (also known as “Brain Guy”).

Bill is an international playwright and screenwriter. His screenplay, Starship Dave, was made as the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave. He has also written a comedy called The Big Slam, which has been produced at theaters coast to coast; from Washington to Washington. His other plays include Hate Mail, The Stuff of Dreams, and Super-Powered-Revenge-Christmas #1. He is the co-creator of the animated web show Poker Night and is a regularly contributor to NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered. Bill also is an actor for the Guthrie Theater and Berkshire Theater Festival and has taught playwriting and screenwriting at numerous schools.

After giving bad film a few years to catch its breath, Bill reunited with his MST3K teammates Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy to create Rifftrax, which creates mp3 riff commentaries for movies ranging from the obscure to blockbuster hits. He is an Aries.

If you have any questions for Bill, please put them in the comments section below.