Watch Peter and Tony eat Gross Food!
Added 2019-09-12 22:12:29 +0000 UTCOriginally published to Drip on July 3, 2019.
Hi folks,
Erik here! Yesterday, our own Peter Hunter celebrated his third year working with us. And that reminded me: we've talked about it here in the past, but have never revealed the moment when he and our assistant video editor Tony Masiello both "officially" became part of the team — a process which tends to involve eating unappealing foodstuffs purchased by Mike from nearby convenience stores.
NOTE: This post was originally published on July 3rd, 2019 on Drip
Yes, even though Peter had already been an employee of RiffTrax for 2+ years, and Tony for a little over one year, in order to fully become one of us, they would have to eat things from an assortment of questionable food items: marinated pig stomach, baby squids, fish jerky, raw silkworm larvae, and more — or risk TOTAL BANISHMENT*. (Mike was unable to locate any century eggs, sadly. Maybe they weren't in season at the time?) We even pulled our Meat Raffle wheel out of storage for the occasion!
So please enjoy this short video I put together which showcases a bit of our tasting while we were together in the San Diego office earlier this year; Mike, Bridget, Kevin, and Bill were visiting as well, helping us put the company shuffleboard table to good use. Since we were all in the same place for once, we felt that would be a perfect time as any to "jump in the new guys," and record it just for you, dear DripTraxians.
Enjoy!...?
Yours in Adventurous Eating,
Erik
* We would never actually fire anyone for refusing to eat these things. A good-natured ribbing, on the other hand...
