Mystery Science Theater 3000: C/D, S/D.

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Speaking of MST3K Bergman parodies, is their "Death and Taxes" Turkey Day ad online somewhere?

I Am Curious (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link

back when i first saw pod people, i seriously considered making my own "im a virgin" tshirt. didn't go through with it. for better or worse.

andrew m., Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link

Idiot control, yes!!! Sooooo much fun.

Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Mike's episodes were generally better written with faster riffs inside the theater, but almost too slick.

You and comedy! Not everything can be as shabby and uneven as Hellzapoppin!

Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Wow I hadn't seen one of Mike's episodes in a long long time. Joel kills Mike in everything but the riffs. From villains to theme music to skits to the way he interacts w the robots.

Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link

You're talking about Village of the Giants? Much as I love the end of the fifth season I do see it as essentially transitional -- I think he came into his own with the sixth season.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link

I sort of thought Mike was one of the main guys behind all the songs, not Joel.

queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link

The original theme song was a Joel/Josh/Charlie Erickson cowrite. But Mike ended up doing most of the songs once he joined.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link

The credits of the Joel episodes always attributed the theme song to Joel & the Joels. I never bnothered to see if Mike & the Mikes took over.

How to Make an American Quit (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link

The 'Joel and the Joels' thing was the first season or two, I think -- a performance credit!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link

just watched Racket Girls again on Netflix -- boy o boy, Peaches Page was one VERY strange looking woman w/ an IQ of a rock. as for the other wrestling women, Tom Servo said it best: "i guess if you were a gay guy who liked truckers, you might find these women attractive."

STARTE DAS VERDAMMTE SPIEL!! (Eisbaer), Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link

You know, Peaches has a fresh, natural stupidness that isn't forced or contrived.

queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link

(My favorite episode, btw.)

queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link

"Sorry, Peaches is kinda clingy."

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link

All those Michael Stipe jokes -- but they were so OTM.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link

Every joke in every wrestling scene, but mostly the endless final match between Rita and Iggy Pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgrfryOy0sI

queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3eXkziBODk

"Strut, pout, put it out, that's what you want from Grandma!"

queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 March 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link

Actually here's a question (based on a quick Starfighters rewatch) -- who is the classical music radio/TV guy they endlessly parody throughout the series? The tag line always seems to be a smooth, vaguely Euro-accented delivery along these lines: "...and they're escaping to Barber's "Adagio for Strings," fantastic."

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 March 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link

who is the classical music radio/TV guy they endlessly parody throughout the series? The tag line always seems to be a smooth, vaguely Euro-accented delivery along these lines: "...and they're escaping to Barber's "Adagio for Strings," fantastic."

maybe it's someone who's famous in Minnesota (and no-where else)?!? there's no Rosetta Hotdish Stone here AFAIK.

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Thursday, 4 March 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link

I almost get the impression it's supposed to be some Chicago guy.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 March 2010 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link

I think I'm 10 years too young to get most of the jokes. Lots of riffs deal with Gen X humor, 70s/60s sitcoms and late night TV hosts.

Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 4 March 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link

I think I'm 10 years too young to get most of the jokes. Lots of riffs deal with Gen X humor, 70s/60s sitcoms and late night TV hosts.

this thought actually crossed my mind, esp. wr2 the Joel episodes. e.g., Tom Servo's "Session Presents!" throughout Tormented, which had me in stitches back in the day and upon rewatching this episode but probably means nothing to young 'uns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpISdQw8wDM

it's become a trip down memory lane rewatching them, but then again i am a gen x'er.

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Thursday, 4 March 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link

plus tormented is like a really, really bad episode of mad men. i mean, a LOT of the movies MST3K clowned were like bad episodes of man men (if for no other reason than a lot of them were from the late 50s/early 60s), but in my mind anyway tormented takes the cake in that regard.

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Thursday, 4 March 2010 05:04 (fourteen years ago) link

thought for the day: Mitchell was the Jimmy McNulty of his era. and people in the 1970s were too thick to understand the greatness of a Mitchell/McNulty-type character.

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Friday, 5 March 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link

never seen this pilot before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxEgHUPOaQ#t=4m10s

zappi, Friday, 5 March 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

Yeah that started to circulate after the first convention -- had to start somewhere!

The only true 'missing' episodes now are the first three KTMA ones -- everything else is out there.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 March 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link

another favorite moment from the Joel era ... "hey, even the band is vomiting. bleh bleh bleh!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCA7FENmtg

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Saturday, 6 March 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link

"I can sympathize with your feelings..."
"...but you're contractually obligated to finish this film."

"Traffic? It's after the apocalypse!"

Also love the way they look around perplexedly as the "bleh! bleh! bleh!" starts up.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link

the whole plot (such as it is) is downright retarded. they're fighting against an "evil corporation" that's in cahoots w/ the government -- to restore electricity, running water and other utilities after the apocalypse. i could almost imagine a teenaged Timothy McVeigh watching the original movie to get his ideas (such as those were).

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link

it's one of those wonderful moments when even the MST3Kers are momentarily perplexed by whatever cinematic atrocity they are watching -- like the sudden, unexpected outburst from the "Chinese" spirit at the seance in wild world of batwoman (where mike's initial reaction was just, "what the HELL?!?")

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link

I love those moments, especially knowing that they've had to watch the films over and over in order to compose the riffs, so still conveying that sense of immediate confusion and/or amusement is really beautiful...see again Servo's "Criminy!" in Pod People. Really lovely.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 6 March 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9Hd2dksTc&feature=related

"Oh no, they're roasting Bullwinkle!"

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 6 March 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link

Hahaha I *adore* all the Soviet fantasy films they did. Crazy big budgets, crazy acting.

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 March 2010 07:13 (fourteen years ago) link

"kids come runnin' for the rich taste of Sampo!"

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Saturday, 6 March 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link

wr2 zombie nightmare: i can't figure out, after motorhead's "ace of spades" starts blaring in the film's intro, whether Tom Servo is saying "ah Motorhead, i have their collection of cool power tools" or "ah Motorhead, i have their collection of Cole Porter tunes." both would work and would be hilarious.

XD

Tommy Wiseau's Ass, Can You Hear Me? (Eisbaer), Monday, 8 March 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link

Hahaha I *adore* all the Soviet fantasy films they did. Crazy big budgets, crazy acting.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, March 6, 2010 2:13 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Looking forward to this! I just saw "Fugitive Alien" and it was incredible. Right now I really like the wild 70s Japanese fantasy films they do, all the acting and characterization is already so OTT...

Adam Bruneau, Monday, 8 March 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link

xpost -- Hahah it's definitely 'Cole Porter tunes' but Lemmy does seem like a cool power tool guy. (Or alternately is a cool power tool, depending on who you talk to.)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 March 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link

Right now I really like the wild 70s Japanese fantasy films they do, all the acting and characterization is already so OTT...

It's really a bummer that they haven't been able to work out any official release for pretty much all of those. Thanks Sandy Frank!

Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 March 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link

LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvN10-n1NBc

Adam Bruneau, Monday, 8 March 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9U5BMceRGM&NR=1

"Come back, we have yet to taunt you, we are the planet of novelty items!"

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 00:36 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOOhovyYkE&feature=PlayList&p=B6ABF428125530B8&index=3

Just saw this, pretty funny. Love the Gamera song they sing. Also features Japanese space babes with dubbing by some lady that sounds like Sarah Palin. LOL

Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link

all of this, and no mention of one of the funniest riffs on a short -- in this case, Gumby in the screaming skull episode. too many funny riffs to list any:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M4_XZ3FLHw

Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Saturday, 13 March 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link

"You can't beat me at flash-zooms, I was in Time of the Apes!"

Doctor Casino, Monday, 15 March 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link

When they go "ho-hooooo that's good stuff!" in a silly high voice, who is that referencing?

Adam Bruneau, Monday, 15 March 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link

I want to say "my 12th grade economics teacher" but I know that's not the correct answer.

smoking cigarette shades? it doesn't even make any sense. (HI DERE), Monday, 15 March 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

lol @ "habitat AGAINST humanity"

call all destroyer, Monday, 15 March 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link

When they go "ho-hooooo that's good stuff!" in a silly high voice, who is that referencing?

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, March 15, 2010 11:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i always thought this was meant to be johnny carson character "art fern."

Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Monday, 15 March 2010 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link

When they go "ho-hooooo that's good stuff!" in a silly high voice, who is that referencing?

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, March 15, 2010 11:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i always thought this was meant to be johnny carson character "art fern."

for some reason, i thought that it was Jackie Gleason. but i think that you're right, that it is Johnny Carson.

Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link

Meantime, titles for the next box set, which should appear in early summer or so:

• episode 208- LOST CONTINENT
• episode 417- CRASH OF THE MOONS with short, “General Hospital”–Segment 3
• episode 621- THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS with shorts: “Money Talks!” & “Progress Island, U.S.A.”
• episode 813- JACK FROST

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link


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