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

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I am William Burroughs ... I am William Burroughs ... I am William Burroughs ... I'm Rose Kennedy.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link

You know, this episode has one of my all time obscure lines. After Eegah smacks Arch Hall Jr and they all cheer, first Tom does a whiny voiced complaint supposedly from Arch, then Joel adds "Come on, you stupid zinge." Zinge? Am I hearing that right?

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 November 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link

"Whatsa matter Mister Miller?"
"Sit down, Pieface. It's a long list."

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 November 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link

I love how much they hate Arch Hall jr

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 November 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link

Gorgo.

Comedy Central: 2
Sci-Fi: 1

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link

Tuned in earlier just in time to catch the end of Eegah!, fell hard for Joel's response to the narrator banging on about the book of Genesis: "Ahhh, that's totally out of context!"

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 November 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link

Gorgo is such a boring turd not even mst3k can save it.

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 November 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link

Have we done an MST3K POX itt yet?

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link

Godzilla vs. Megalon
Santa Claus Conquers the Marians
Monster a Go-Go
Manos: The Hands of Fate
The Atomic Brain
Village of the Giants
The Creeping Terror
San Francisco International
Racket Girls
Red Zone Cuba

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link

I knew Racket Girls would be on your top 10

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 November 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link

I'm constantly perplexed by MSTies' coolness toward that episode.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link

Teenagers from Outer Space is 4th up today.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link

Oh, perfect. What an amazing episode. (It's Thanksgiving lunch here it turns out so I've had to miss this and Gorgo.)

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 November 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link

I have to stop now for dinner. Hoping for a few more Sci-Fi eps for you all.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 November 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link

Yes, _Danger! Death Ray!_ is next. Finished the meal and cleaning here so I'm just going to happily enjoy this and whatever the final one is.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link

was skyping with VegemiteMum for a while a missed most of teenagers. i've never seen this one

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 November 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link

I am William Burroughs ... I am William Burroughs ... I am William Burroughs ... I'm Rose Kennedy.

I quoted this from memory w/out seeing that scene today... but do you know it is a parody of contestants identifying themselves on the quiz show "To Tell the Truth"? (apparently it's being revived next year, but the classic period was 1956-78)

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link

Yup, I remember seeing episodes when I was small.

And _Santa Claus Conquers the Martians_ to see us out. Only appropriate.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link

hooray! i havent seen this one either

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:51 (eight years ago) link

Kickstarter about to hit $3 million; $300,000 out from six new episodes.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 02:21 (eight years ago) link

"Maynard Ferguson playing a ballad there."

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link

Okay given the final new skit there -- I would trust MST to make fun of cutesy ukulele filksongs, not to fucking rely on one.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link

During the final kickstarter spot that closed out the marathon, Joel mentioned anyone from the original show run has been welcomed back to either contribute or make cameos. Presumably Mike got the invitation and begged off?

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link

I have a feeling that's a bit of cover.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 03:49 (eight years ago) link

I haven't invested a whole lot of time or energy investigating, but do Joel and Mike have a beef?

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:51 (eight years ago) link

Mike launched Rifftrax and has been doing it for nearly a decade, so pretty understandable he would continue to devote his energy there.

Chris L, Friday, 27 November 2015 04:22 (eight years ago) link

But, I mean, just a cameo.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link

Racket Girls is a sloggggg imho, one of those where the sheer dull repetitiousness of the movie ultimately defies riffing. All the wrestling scenes are basically rock climbing, and there's nothing else about the movie to keep it going.

Gorgo is all right. We howled at the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald riffs early on, can't remember a lot of other stuff about it. Teenagers From Outer Space is pretty classic iirc.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 November 2015 04:49 (eight years ago) link

I'm kind of fond of Racket Girls. That may be partly due to Eric's enthusiasm for it itt

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:05 (eight years ago) link

I remember thinking the Coleman Francis movies were too painfully dull to get through, but eventually warmed to them and they're all three among my favorites. The Gamera movies, otoh.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link

Racket Girls is a seriously great episode. A double bill of that and The Sinister Urge is some weird high camp all around.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link

Even in MST3K, diva worship reigns supreme.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link

those casts are divas, huh?

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link

Was mostly just referring to Gloria from Sinister Urge.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:49 (eight years ago) link

The intense dullness, or blankness perhaps, of the Coleman Francis movies is daunting, yes... I dunno, there's something so idiosyncratic and strange about them that they remain compelling. "Quirky" isn't the right word, but they're distinct. Amazingly, each one kind of finds its own way toward spectacular awfulness while still sharing a fundamental Francis-ism. The long rambling episodic narrative of Red Zone Cuba, the non-narrative of Sky-Divers, the essentially dialogue-free Beast of Yucca Flats... it's a hell of a body of work, one of MST's great discoveries.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 November 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link

As individual a voice as Ed Wood's, no question.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 27 November 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link

Ah, coffee - a Coleman Francis motif.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 November 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link

A new update:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k/posts/1430238

"Patton Oswalt has agreed to join MST3K as the Forrester's newest Evil Henchman... TV's Son of TV's Frank!"

...uh.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link

That's pretty surprising.

Evan, Monday, 30 November 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link

is it really, though?

jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 30 November 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link

Well... I just didn't think that well known of a person would have filled that role.

I hope that Joel is able to dial back some of the cynicism I'm sure Patton might push in the writer's room when they're pitching riffs.

Evan, Monday, 30 November 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link

did Oswalt's movie-fanatic memoir spend much time on poverty-row productions?

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 November 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link

Patton feels like the most natural feel in the world for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUrw7j0UA4

Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link

all the feels

Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link

remember when he was nominated for an oscar? that was weird

polyphonic, Monday, 30 November 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link

cool this and felicia are good news.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 November 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link

I'm sure it is for some.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 November 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link

Anyway they've gone over $3.3 million so six episodes now planned.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 November 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link

Meanwhile, separately:

http://www.themadsareback.com/

Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 November 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link

Huh! Is it weird that I'm kinda more intrigued by the idea of seeing a live show by those two than by any of the existing variants?

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link


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