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

Oh god, that stupid hippie.

"You may or may not believe this but I grow my own mary jane!"

"This is the long version of whatever song this is."

Only Love (Pads the Film)

Went camping at one of our beautiful lakes a few weekends ago with some friends. Boated out to a place they had camped before and named Spider Island. Which got me all excited and go "Spider Island, home to the stars!" They didn't get it, of course, not being a nerd about it like I am. Had to keep the refs to myself all weekend. It was torture!

Did you get hot, beefy and sweaty? Were all your friends sultry dancers?

We had that first part down pat. The second, not so much. I did sing the "Gary, Gary" song to myself a few times.

Joel in the NY Times from a couple of days ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/movies/joel-hodgson-on-mystery-science-theater-and-riffs.html

I wonder how much people paid to attend riff camp. The idea just seems strange to me.

have you never read any fan MiSTings

Unfortunately the first rule is that you do not talk about riff camp.

have you never read any fan MiSTings

Not once! I have always stuck to the show and rifftrax.

quite a project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwyaUXuZncw&feature=youtu.be

http://youtu.be/OwyaUXuZncw

wow, pretty great - background music kinda distracting but nice selection of riffs there.

Malcolm Mooney references Rocky Jones on The Lost Tapes!

In other news, I finally got the "Haitian Divorce" reference in Master Ninja II.

I've been watching (probably re-watching) these and yeah the Joel years are miles away better than the Mike years. At least in the overarching narrative/connective skits. You just can't beat Dr. Forrestor and TV's Frank as villains. I think season 3 is my favorite (Pod People still being my favorite ep).

Sandy Frank
Sandy Frank
Dada people come from trees

I was thinking of watching some KTMAs on Youtube, anybody have any recommendations?

Yeah, watch seasons 2-7 instead.

Just kidding, I actually haven't watched much of the KTMA's tho. Can't really seem to settle into them.

really disappointed in the meager selection streaming on Netflix atm

The KTMAs are weird and mixed but there are a few I would earmark:

Phase IV
Cosmic Princess
Humanoid Woman
SST Death Flight
The Six Million Eyes of Su-Muru

there was a KTMA Gamera episode that is to date one of the funniest things they've ever done

The Gamera eps are all pretty classic

I've only seen a couple but I didn't get the point. Why not just rent the original B-movies and come up with your own sarcastic comments?

LOL. Why go to the park and fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?

I'm watching "Space Mutiny" for the first time. 10 mins in and it's already amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa42pxJyq64

"Special Effects by Industrial Light and Morons"

An all time favorite.

it's the best!

there was a KTMA Gamera episode that is to date one of the funniest things they've ever done

Iirc this is the first mst3k either of us ever saw (at some choir competition or something?) Featuring the immortal "jailbait for gamera" line that no one else in the world seems to remember.

Timely!

http://www.avclub.com/articles/ten-essential-mst3k-episodes,83328/

Iirc this is the first mst3k either of us ever saw (at some choir competition or something?) Featuring the immortal "jailbait for gamera" line that no one else in the world seems to remember.

yessssssssssss "keep your shirt on, honey"

http://www.mst3kjournal.com/k07.html

ZOMG FOUND IT

MANOS

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/13/michael-j-nelson-interview.html

One of the most mindblowing things I encountered in years was that so many KTMA eps are just on youtube. I just remember being on rec.arts.tv.mst3k like 18 years ago during freshman year and trading tapes, and how these were the ultimate prize.

Now you just pull anything up and there ya go.

Come to think of it, I knew the guys who swiped the Forrester stand-up photo-model from the first MSTie Con. I met them when I tried to write for the campus humor mag the next year.

irl LOLz during "Catalina Caper"

"Turn on, tune in, throw up!"

"I think they sent the wrong people to 'Nam."

the song where they make the band harmonize "We can't siiiiiiiiiing"

Weird fact -- that song the band are singing then is a Ray Davies number!

Tom Servo goes a little overboard in that segment.

CREEPY GIRL <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv0S2gzcEeU

Joel was on the nerdist podcast last week

he was great!

I was really gobsmacked by the realization that they were making an episode every week!

And that they did it 9/5, no overtime.

They said the trick was to schedule week or two week long breaks every so often, to give themselves a bit of a life!

Meantime, the woman who played Debbie in Manos is starting a blog about the experience. Obviously a must-read already!

http://debbiesmanos.blogspot.com/

Cool! We just watched the documentary on the MST3K disk that implied no one but the "make out guy" was still alive and willing to talk about the movie.

Ha, weird implication -- both her AND her dad, AKA Manos himself, are alive and well. Hell, he's appearing in the sequel.

TWENTY YEARS OLD TODAY, people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AJVZuQuD6M

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR TORVALD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

let's all stuff our pants with newspaper in their honor

det doot doot do det det doot