Favorite MST3K Episodes?

[Dre]

A discussion in today's Ron and Fez Listening Thread got the old TV show, Mystery Science Theater 3000, on my mind again. It was a great old show that used to air on TV about a janitor named Joel, who is kidnapped by two scientists named Dr. Clayton Forrester and his assistant Frank, and sent into space on a ship called, "The Satellite of Love". While on the ship, so he's not lonely, he builds robots, that he calls: Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot, (among a few others I think). While on the ship, he is forced by the scientists to watch horrible B-Movies in a theater with the robots, and that's the basis for the show, they watch and joke around in the theater about the crappy films, among the running storyline outside of watching the movies. It's a really great forgotten show. If you haven't seen it, check out the episodes on YouTube, each episode is long, so they're mostly broken into 10 parts.

But, I was wondering, for fans like myself, what are your favorite episodes?

For me, I really like:

-Space Mutiny
-Master Ninja
-The Gamera Movies
-PumaMan

[LiddyRules]

I Accuse My Parents ftmfw. Best episode ever.

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians is another classic. Pod People. Manos of course. In November it's the 20th anniversary of the show. Still one of the funniest things ever put on TV. Time Chasers. It's easy to divide it into JOEL episodes, CC Mike and Sci-fi Mike. And if you've never seen the shorts, you must immediately. Cheating is the best short; Mr. B. Natural; Once Upon a Honeymoon; Design for Dreaming; The Home Ec Story. So much hilarity. Go to youtube and watch it.

Also, go to rifftrax (http://www.rifftrax.com) and watch them. Like the show, the shorts (as well as some of the films) are piss-your-pants funny.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Space Mutiny
Manos, the Hands of Fate
I Accuse My Parents
Werewolf, or whatever that werewolf movie was with Joe Estevez. Pretty sure it was called "Werewolf"

ANY of the 50s-era shorts that involved manners and such.

Google video has a lot of the videos up without breaking them into 10 minute parts. And definitely don't forget about Rifftrax.

edit: No Liddy, I'm not ripping you off, I was typing this while you posted.

[ShooterMcGavin]

Space Mutiny and Santa Conquers the Martians.

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[Chimp Pembry]

The short ads featuring Mr. B Natural (who was of course a woman) were hilarious.

[Mobo]

My favorite one was the Santa Claus movie from Mexico (Lupita...no.....), where Santa has a tangle wit the Debil...I also love any of the short films. I have the two "Shorts" VHS tapes, and I'll still put them in from time to time....if I can find a working VCR.

EDIT: SHIT! I forgot about MITCHELL! featuring the baby-oiled Joe Don Baker......genius. MITCHELL!

p.s.s. Joel ruled.

[LiddyRules]

Some shorts including two I forgot to mention before (bad driving shorts) which are two of the funniest things I've ever seen

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UvhskXf_5XU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Naix-f6KSIg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BGXxrjnVE9A

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eGnEIGuHjtU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-DqEO1ZltPg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8kH4XyWjq4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kfuQMBYNRv0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bz7ey_mxYBo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N6H0vSU9d_Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9xsdiupgM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TlEjVSBX67I

[LiddyRules]

My favorite one was the Santa Claus movie from Mexico (Lupita...no.....),

Man: "Well if he was that old when you were a child, he's probably long dead by now."
Tom *as wife*: "You always know the right thing to say!"

One of my favorite host segments:
53YBN8X_sZU

[WonkaVision]

Its been a while, but I loved one called something like "Killer Robots on Party Island" or some shit like that.

[Awful Me]

Final Sacrifice. Greatest EVER. How can it get better than Zap Rowsdower?

[Edible Napalm]

Final Sacrifice. Greatest EVER. How can it get better than Zap Rowsdower?

Yes I was just going to post that one.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=1bJ7EmwNlyo&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FXmVFT4KVX0&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UWsliVpVo5c&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WuWhalH_jAk&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YuHYgINXpi8&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zCuqB1PXmj0&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2J4470lkV_A&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FAH4oaGabto&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tZsKxguQvPM&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZkLM5ySQYI

[MilkmanDan]

THE MILKMAN BROUGHT IT UP SO HE TALKS REALLY LOUD.

fucking voice hurts then.


You guys are hitting some good ones but you missed the best one of all time

THE WORST FILM EVER TO COME FROM CANADA---- JKL#$KLJJKL$KLJ!$

THE FINAL SACRIFICE

to that I add
SQUIRM
A TOUCH OF SATAN

[MilkmanDan]

Mr. B Natural you're hot !

[Garyisajoke]

Space Mutiny
Manos, the Hands of Fate
I Accuse My Parents
Werewolf, or whatever that werewolf movie was with Joe Estevez. Pretty sure it was called "Werewolf"

ANY of the 50s-era shorts that involved manners and such.

Google video has a lot of the videos up without breaking them into 10 minute parts. And definitely don't forget about Rifftrax.

edit: No Liddy, I'm not ripping you off, I was typing this while you posted.

x2 on Manos, Hands of Fate.

[LiddyRules]

Girl in Gold Boots is another classic. I tend to like the movies which are more "real" based over the sci-fi-/horror ones. Ed Wood's Violent Years, The Rebel Set and The Beatniks are some more of those types.

Red Zone Cuba might fall under weirdest depressing films. Eegah. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.

So many great episodes.

[weeniewawa]

MITCHELL
MANOS
giant gila monster
I used to stay up way too late watching this every night and only get a few hours sleep, but did it again the next night.. Joel was the best

[ThatsNotFunny]

Any of the Gamera series, but in particular Gamera and Gamera vs. Guiron....

Not sure if anyone is interested, but there's a torrent with every single episode, special, interview and commercial, including the original local pre-Comedy Central season. It's about 135 gigs. Worth the d/l.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

I Accuse My Parents ftmfw. Best episode ever.

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians is another classic. Pod People. Manos of course. In November it's the 20th anniversary of the show. Still one of the funniest things ever put on TV. Time Chasers. It's easy to divide it into JOEL episodes, CC Mike and Sci-fi Mike. And if you've never seen the shorts, you must immediately. Cheating is the best short; Mr. B. Natural; Once Upon a Honeymoon; Design for Dreaming; The Home Ec Story. So much hilarity. Go to youtube and watch it.

Also, go to rifftrax (http://www.rifftrax.com) and watch them. Like the show, the shorts (as well as some of the films) are piss-your-pants funny.

Since you seem to be VERY well versed in the ways of MST3k, I have to ask you. I've had a MST moment stuck in my head since the Thanksgiving marathon in 1994(?). It was from a short, and actually, I think it WAS from "Cheating"...there's a kid lying in bed, guilt ridden, and there's a bad effect where he envisions his teacher's head hovering over his bed, flashing back to something she told him, and Crow says "Oh, Hi Ms. (whateverhernamewas)! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, GET IT AWAY!!!!!!!"

Does that even make sense? As far as I'm concerned, that was the funniest moment on the series, yet I can't figure out why.

[LiddyRules]

It's at around 4:45 in the Cheating short I linked to above.

[weakside]

Some shorts including two I forgot to mention before (bad driving shorts) which are two of the funniest things I've ever seen

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UvhskXf_5XU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Naix-f6KSIg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BGXxrjnVE9A

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eGnEIGuHjtU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-DqEO1ZltPg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8kH4XyWjq4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kfuQMBYNRv0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bz7ey_mxYBo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N6H0vSU9d_Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9xsdiupgM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TlEjVSBX67I

I love all of these! The shorts were the best.

[Jerry1]

My top three:

The Slime People
Robot Holocaust
Zombie Nightmare(How many movies they watched that started with the song "The Ace Of Spades" by Motorhead?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFCmeJ8kkwY

[ThatsNotFunny]

Since you seem to be VERY well versed in the ways of MST3k, I have to ask you. I've had a MST moment stuck in my head since the Thanksgiving marathon in 1994(?). It was from a short, and actually, I think it WAS from "Cheating"...there's a kid lying in bed, guilt ridden, and there's a bad effect where he envisions his teacher's head hovering over his bed, flashing back to something she told him, and Crow says "Oh, Hi Ms. (whateverhernamewas)! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, GET IT AWAY!!!!!!!"

Does that even make sense? As far as I'm concerned, that was the funniest moment on the series, yet I can't figure out why.

Yeah, I remember that one too...I know it was about cheating, but I'm not sure what was, though.

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

"Heart's pounding...Mitchell! Arteries clogging...Mitchell!"

there's this other one, i think it was called Pod People. it was a bad E.T. ripoff about these aliens that looked like Snuffy from Sesame Street if he was played by a midget. it was filmed in a foreign country and then dubbed into English. the best is when Joel and the bots act out scenes from the movie during the skit segments.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Thanks for posting all those videos. Always loved that show, even when I was like 13. None of my other friends ever watched it. Their loss.

Santa vs the Martians is a must watch every year. Fuck Miracle on 34th st.

[ruckstande]

The Final Sacrifice bitches!
"My hair is an intricate network of nerves, constantly processing information."

[Biff Hardslab]

All time favorite was "High School Big Shot" The lines were dead on. Everytime I watch it I still laugh.

Manos is a very close second. Watching it is like touching a cold sore with your tounge.

I have the Rifftrax for all three Star Wars prequels downloaded. Phantom Menace is pretty funny, but ATOC is still hard to sit though, even with the help.

[ShooterMcGavin]

All time favorite was "High School Big Shot" The lines were dead on. Everytime I watch it I still laugh.

Manos is a very close second. Watching it is like touching a cold sore with your tounge.

I have the Rifftrax for all three Star Wars prequels downloaded. Phantom Menace is pretty funny, but ATOC is still hard to sit though, even with the help.

I'm thinking of getting some Rifftrax, but are they very hard to sync up? It seems like it would be frustrating getting the timing just right.

I noticed they have a Star Wars Holiday Special, and since that is such an awful movie, I really want to see how they shit on it.

[StonerJack]

Anything with Robert Z'dar in it.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120494/

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

I'm thinking of getting some Rifftrax, but are they very hard to sync up? It seems like it would be frustrating getting the timing just right.

I noticed they have a Star Wars Holiday Special, and since that is such an awful movie, I really want to see how they shit on it.

Nope, they give you instructions on how to sync it up, and also, during the rifftrax every once in awhile a voice will speak a line from the movie so you can tell if you're still synced up. I use my Inno for it, and it works perfectly.

Still looking to leech some Rifftrax from anyone that has any. All I gots are Roadhouse and the 5th Element, which I'm more'n happy to trade.

[ruckstande]

Nope, they give you instructions on how to sync it up, and also, during the rifftrax every once in awhile a voice will speak a line from the movie so you can tell if you're still synced up. I use my Inno for it, and it works perfectly.

Still looking to leech some Rifftrax from anyone that has any. All I gots are Roadhouse and the 5th Element, which I'm more'n happy to trade.

Just make sure the DVD is a legit copy. I don't care how good your shit is, it won't sync up as well with the Rifftrax.(At least that's my experience.)

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Just make sure the DVD is a legit copy. I don't care how good your shit is, it won't sync up as well with the Rifftrax.(At least that's my experience.)

Yes, I forgot to mention that.

I found that out when I tried to watch a copy of 5th Element.

Good thing I own Roadhouse.

[BCH]

Godzilla Vs Megalon

[NortonsHeiny]

I dont remember the title but it was a Nordic movie with a girl on a sleigh in the snow. I loffed and loffed.

[LiddyRules]

Jack Frost

[Bobobie]

My favorite was when they reviewed a crappy movie that had such a small budget, that they spliced in space battle footage from the old Battle star Galacta series. What was funny, the robots tried recreate the final battle in the movie with the stations escape pods. Joel never even knew there were escape pods. Were there any more? No, just the two, and the robots smashed them into scrap playing bumper cars. I think it was called Space Mutinty. These two "supposedly" futuristic cars were obviously Floor waxers.

I just found Google Video Link of some MST3K videos someone uploaded.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8590533394044637016

[jnoble]

Since you seem to be VERY well versed in the ways of MST3k, I have to ask you. I've had a MST moment stuck in my head since the Thanksgiving marathon in 1994(?). It was from a short, and actually, I think it WAS from "Cheating"...there's a kid lying in bed, guilt ridden, and there's a bad effect where he envisions his teacher's head hovering over his bed, flashing back to something she told him, and Crow says "Oh, Hi Ms. (whateverhernamewas)! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, GET IT AWAY!!!!!!!"

Does that even make sense? As far as I'm concerned, that was the funniest moment on the series, yet I can't figure out why.


My favorite lines from Cheating was when you see the teachers floating head and Tom Servo says something like "the faces of all he's wronged flash before him" and there's a part where he's sitting behind the girl in class and the narrorator says "Jane, who's head is right in front of you with all the answers in it" and Joel or Servo says "Split it open now!"

Very dark but hilarious.

My favorite MST3K period was the Sci-Fi era '97-99. Mike was funnier to me as host than Joel who talked like he was stoned half the time and even though some won't agree, I really liked Mary Jo as Pearl and Brain Guy and Bobo. Watching those particular episodes brings me back to my college years.
:)

[jnoble]

I liked the song they came up with during the opening music of Mitchell:
Mitchell, heart poundin!
Mitchell, vains cloggin!
Mitchell, eye on the sandwich!

something like that.
:action-sm

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

I liked the song they came up with during the opening music of Mitchell:
Mitchell, heart poundin!
Mitchell, vains cloggin!
Mitchell, eye on the sandwich!

something like that.
:action-sm

i just searched out that episode on YouTube. it's a Joel episode, but Mike Nelson makes an appearance early on after the first commercial break. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds0koak4XmQ

[Jerry1]

i just searched out that episode on YouTube. it's a Joel episode, but Mike Nelson makes an appearance early on after the first commercial break. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds0koak4XmQ

That was the episode that Joel left and Mike came on at the end.

[Edible Napalm]

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/888/888274p1.html

TV Shows on DVD reports that the Shout! Factory will announce a new 4-disc set of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 episodes at the 2008 Comic-Con International in San Diego. The set should hit on October 28, 2008 – at least according to Amazon's pre-order page – for an SRP of $69.99, though Amazon shoppers can apparently snag it for around $48.99.

No word yet on which epsiodes or special features will be highlighted on the release, though the site does hint that Shout! may be planning a second set for early 2009.

Stay tuned to IGN DVD for more!

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

That was the episode that Joel left and Mike came on at the end.

damn, i forgot it was. guess i should have watched the last part of it before posting. :icon_redf

[RobeSoup&Tears]

LOL...Thanks Liddy. :haha7:

That was fun.

Love all MST3Ks

If anyone has Netflix and you haven't seen these already...you gotta check these out.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-5676119-1348028?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Film+Crew

[Stalker2]

One of mine fav`s:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-143885161322585207&q=mystery+science+theater+3000&ei=Xx14SKXZIoqY-wG46KCXCw

[Jerry1]

Sad part is that they will never put all the episodes on DVD. Seems the makers of some of the movies they watched did not appreciate the jokes about it and refused to give the ok to take theirs and put it on DVD.

And don't forget.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyk8uk9syBA
..it's all about the Torgo!

"I'll...get your...bags....."

[Jim T.]

Mitchell, definitely. Not only was it Joel's last episode, but it's the one that made Joe Don Baker hate them forever.

Prince of Space was another great one.

[Edible Napalm]

LOL...Thanks Liddy. :haha7:

That was fun.

Love all MST3Ks

If anyone has Netflix and you haven't seen these already...you gotta check these out.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-5676119-1348028?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Film+Crew

You can wacth for free if your a member of hulu.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/25596/film-crew-hollywood-after-dark

[MilkmanDan]

Swamp Diamonds is another little known classic (on netflix)
Lots of chick fights and ... swamps... and looking for diamonds...

[Edible Napalm]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6g2e41l36es

[Edible Napalm]

I justed watched Invasion of the Neptune Men.\

"Oh no! Not the Hitler museum."

[generoso]

I dont remember the title but it was a Nordic movie with a girl on a sleigh in the snow. I loffed and loffed.

I forget that title as well. But that to me was by far the best. Some old dude had to see this witch and build a boat out of a tree. He hit with a fucking hammer a few times and blammo a full Viking boat emerged. with all sails and painted. Than had to build this machine called a sofer or some shit like that. Totall laugh fest....

[Edible Napalm]

I dont remember the title but it was a Nordic movie with a girl on a sleigh in the snow. I loffed and loffed.

I forget that title as well. But that to me was by far the best. Some old dude had to see this witch and build a boat out of a tree. He hit with a fucking hammer a few times and blammo a full Viking boat emerged. with all sails and painted. Than had to build this machine called a sofer or some shit like that. Totall laugh fest....

The Day the Earth Froze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBkGKqrZQ4

[LiddyRules]

Jack Frost was the Nordic creepy version of Cinderella. Where the guy got the bear head.

[generoso]

I dont remember the title but it was a Nordic movie with a girl on a sleigh in the snow. I loffed and loffed.

I forget that title as well. But that to me was by far the best. Some old dude had to see this witch and build a boat out of a tree. He hit with a fucking hammer a few times and blammo a full Viking boat emerged. with all sails and painted. Than had to build this machine called a sofer or some shit like that. Totall laugh fest....

[Jerry1]

I forget that title as well. But that to me was by far the best. Some old dude had to see this witch and build a boat out of a tree. He hit with a fucking hammer a few times and blammo a full Viking boat emerged. with all sails and painted. Than had to build this machine called a sofer or some shit like that. Totall laugh fest....

"The Day The Earth Froze"

Which followed one of the greatest shorts ever: "Here Comes The Circus"
(Hell, I got a scene in my sig!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Ux4N-9UnI

[ThatsNotFunny]

Seasons 2 thru 4 = comedy gold. TV's Frank, Joel Robinson...yeah.

[Edible Napalm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kApPe2Frc&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnHfMj2iUo

[LiddyRules]

Funny as those two were, they didn't include two of my favorite WTF Mike Moments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FHO4NwO7o (at 3:43). The entire short is classic but it's not only a WTF moment Mike has one of the best reactions I've ever seen. There's also a surprisingly risque line at 6:48.).

And

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53YBN8X_sZU

[buya97]

One of mine fav`s:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-143885161322585207&q=mystery+science+theater+3000&ei=Xx14SKXZIoqY-wG46KCXCw

"the Mathew Brodrick Story"

[Reaper G]

Jack Frost was the Nordic creepy version of Cinderella. Where the guy got the bear head.

"Every boy I meet is either gay or a bear." Or Steve C.

[Stig]

The 1996 MST3K movie is on cable On Demand right now.

[Edible Napalm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0yNEA6pCA

[AFA]

The Final Sacrifice

When Zap brings his single-shot shot gun to kill all the cult members
"Oh, I shot right in between them, I got confused."

and when Zap finds Troy in his truck bed
"what are you doing back there kid?"
"I'm laundry"
and
"Why don't you get in the cab. It's much more comfortable there."
"Actually I bet it isn't"

"so.... ay then ay?"

"are you gonna be a mountee or a fishing guide when you grow up?"

"where are you heading?"
"liquor store"

"so... Rosdower... Is that a stupid name or..."

[ruckstande]

The Final Sacrifice

When Zap brings his single-shot shot gun to kill all the cult members
"Oh, I shot right in between them, I got confused."

and when Zap finds Troy in his truck bed
"what are you doing back there kid?"
"I'm laundry"
and
"Why don't you get in the cab. It's much more comfortable there."
"Actually I bet it isn't"

"so.... ay then ay?"

"are you gonna be a mountee or a fishing guide when you grow up?"

"where are you heading?"
"liquor store"

"so... Rosdower... Is that a stupid name or..."
Best Episode Ever.