It’s Just A Show
By: Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)
Language: en
Categories: Tv, Film, Reviews, History
A friendly conversation about the cult tv show Mystery Science Theater 3000, and about its weird movies and diverse cultural references.
Episodes
A Crackpot Theory That I Have No Evidence For. [MST3K 603. The Dead Talk Back.]
Dec 15, 2025The Dead Talk Back, but maybe you’d rather hear Chris and Charlotte talk about true believers, ice cream sales, safety plans, public service announcements, and The Grateful Dead.
With the short: The Selling Wizard.
Show Notes.
The Dead Talk Back (Merle S. Gould, 1957/1993): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
The Selling Wizard (Unknown, 1954): IMDB. UnMSTed.
MST3K has just uploaded The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, which we covered last year, for the holidays.
The Body Is a Shell (Merle S. Gould, 1956).
Peter Ball...
Duration: 01:00:00Everything Is Beautiful. [MST3K K01. Invaders from the Deep.]
Nov 27, 2025Happy Turkey Day! Let’s celebrate with the very first episode of MST3K, which premiered on Thanksgiving 1988! Invaders from the Deep (which is to say, four episodes of Stingray spliced together into a movie) dives after Chris and Charlotte while they flap their lips about Turkey Day, Supermarionation, brief introductions, earnest ecologists, and beer nuts.
Show Notes.
Invaders from the Deep (David Lane, 1981 (based on Stingray (1964))): MST3K Wiki. IMDB.
Details about this year’s Turkey Day, which is happening when this podcast goes live.
You can see a print ad f...
Duration: 00:59:59It’s Just A Town. [Assignment: Venezuela, from the MST3K CD-ROM.]
Nov 16, 2025Assignment: Venezuela sends Chris and Charlotte off to discuss economic colonialism, oil extraction, Latin American history, lying husbands, and CD-ROMs.
Show Notes.
Assignment: Venezuela (Jack Tobin, 1956): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. UnMSTed.
Our episode on The Beast of Yucca Flats, with the short: Progress Island, U.S.A.
The surprisingly robust Wikipedia article on Assignment: Venezuela, with lots of MST3K content.
Eduardo Galeano: The Memory of Fire trilogy: Genesis, Faces and Masks, and Century of the Wind — as well as The Book of Embraces.
A history of Le...
Duration: 00:33:47Fish Flopping. [MST3K 1005. Blood Waters of Dr. Z.]
Nov 04, 2025Blood Waters of Dr. Z (a.k.a. Zaat) gets in its tank while Chris and Charlotte blurble on about fish supremacy, fish people, fish fingers, fish controversies, and smokeless tobacco.
Show Notes.
Blood Waters of Dr Z (Don Barton (and Arnold Stevens), 1971): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
HubrisWeen! on Zaat.
Our episodes on Revenge of the Creature and The Batwoman.
Gill-Man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon films, Kraken from Clash of the Titans, and the Gill Monster from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
...
Duration: 00:59:31Win the Butkus Award. [MST3K K15. Superdome.]
Oct 28, 2025Superdome will give Chris and Charlotte tickets to the big game if they can give the inside scoop on 70s made-for-tv movies, Donald Pleasence, David Janssen, Donna Mills, and surprisingly little about football.
Show Notes.
Superdome (Jerry Jameson, 1978): MST3K Wiki. IMDB.
Previous Donald Pleasence Day episodes: Warrior of the Lost World. The Pumaman. Alien from L.A.. Circus of Horrors. Pod People. Teenage Crime Wave. Prince of Space. Hangar 18. SST: Death Flight.
Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm. (One of Peter Falk’s favourite episodes.)
Halloween (John Ca...
Duration: 00:59:55You’re Pro-Crime, Aren’t You? [MST3K 520. Radar Secret Service.]
Sep 30, 2025Radar Secret Service spies on Chris and Charlotte as they discuss horror safety films, maligned westerns, unseen threats, hype cycles, and elegies for the dead.
With the short: Last Clear Chance.
Show Notes.
Radar Secret Service (Sam Newfield, 1950): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
Last Clear Chance (Robert Carlisle, 1959): IMDB. UnMSTed.
The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934).
Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man.
The latest episode of Chris’s bookish podcast, The Spouter-Inn, which mentions Dashiell Hammett.
We still haven’t done the...
Duration: 00:59:59He Does What We Do! [MST3K 507. I Accuse My Parents.]
Sep 17, 2025I Accuse My Parents of leaving Chris and Charlotte no other option but to talk about Trace, Frank, farmers, parents, and badgers.
With the short: The Truck Farmer.
Show Notes.
I Accuse My Parents (Sam Newfield, 1944): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
The Truck Farmer (Second Edition) (Unknown, 1954): IMDB.
The Dumb Clubhouse.
The Truck Farmer (First Edition).
Turns out Brownsville was named after a fort named Brown which was named after a guy named Brown.
The Mads Are Back: I Accuse My...
Duration: 00:57:33Walt Disney Knew. [MST3K 1312. The Bubble.]
Aug 29, 2025The Bubble has trapped Chris and Charlotte, who keep saying things about Arch Oboler, radio horror, wartime hitchhikers, zoos in space, and the side effects of childbirth.
Show Notes.
The Bubble (Arch Oboler, 1966): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Our episode on Fugitive Alien and Edmond Hamilton.
Leigh Brackett.
Salted egg seaweed crisps.
Brian David Gilbert making pepcorn.
Toronto Event Generator by Misha Glouberman, and Billy’s Popsicle Stand.
Our episodes on Manos and San Francisco International.
Arch Oboler’s radio plays can...
Duration: 00:59:10We Know Who’s Blonde. [MST3K 203. Jungle Goddess.]
Aug 08, 2025It’s a big birthday for Chris and Charlotte, and Jungle Goddess surprises them with new songs, old tropes, Superman, Dick Tracy, and tricky family dynamics.
With the short: The Phantom Creeps, chapter one: The Menacing Power.
Show Notes.
Jungle Goddess (Lewis D. Collins, 1948): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
The Phantom Creeps (Ford Beebe, 1939): IMDB. UnMSTed. Regular Wiki.
Twenty Thousand Hertz: Phone Tones: The hidden language of phone number beeps.
The Minor Thirds: The New Songs is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube, an...
Duration: 01:00:00Good Job, Bud! [MST3K 906. The Space Children.]
Jul 25, 2025The Space Children telepathically command Chris and Charlotte to discuss peep shows, touch tones, Professors, Uncles Fester, and a former child actor.
With the short: Century 21 Calling.
Show Notes.
The Space Children (Jack Arnold, 1958): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Century 21 Calling (Robert W. Larsen, 1962): IMDB. UnMSTed.
Morton Thi.
Forklift wheelie.
The Great Betrayal (1974) is on The Scare Archives Volume 2: Danger Stories.
Staplerfahrer Klaus – Der erste Arbeitstag (Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job) (Stefan Prehn and Jörg Wagner, 2000) (with English subtit...
Duration: 00:59:58We’re Always Making Bloopers [MST3K Poopie! & Poopie! II.]
Jul 15, 2025Whoops! Chris and Charlotte accidentally watch the Poopie! and Poopie! II compilations, and talk about bloopers, mishaps, flubs, gaffes, and boo-boos.
Show Notes.
Watch Poopie! and Poopie! II on YouTube.
The Poopie Parade of Values is not yet on the official MST3K YouTube channel, but you can probably find it if you search.
Our episode on Turkey Day 1995, aka the MST3K Anthology, which includes the Poopie Parade of Values.
Kermit Schafer’s albums of Bloopers are also available on YouTube if you search hard enough. As are ep...
Duration: 00:30:13Be Very Suspicious of Big Forklift. [MST3K 310. Fugitive Alien.]
Jun 23, 2025Fugitive Alien is back for season 3, so Chris and Charlotte finally get to talk about forklifts, forklifts, forklifts, forklifts, and tongue twisters.
Show Notes.
Fugitive Alien (スターウルフ) (Minoru Kanaya & Kiyosumi Kuzakawa, 1978 / 1986): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
Our previous episode on the KTMA version has more behind-the-scenes details about this “movie”.
The National Hat Museum in Portland.
Chris was in Liminal’s production of Far Away by Caryl Churchill. (Chris’s hat isn't in the publicity shot of hats.)
That top 100 episodes list.
Trix. Deadlift. Guido.
Forkli...
Duration: 00:58:40This Misfit Movie. [MST3K K12. Fugitive Alien.]
Jun 16, 2025The KTMA version of Fugitive Alien is not as excited about that forklift as it could be, but it will listen to Chris and Charlotte talk about pulp sci fi, adaptations of adaptations, Phantom of the Paradise, misfit media, and Winnipeg.
Show Notes.
Fugitive Alien (スターウルフ) (Minoru Kanaya & Kiyosumi Kuzakawa, 1978 / 1986): MST3K Wiki. IMDB.
Puttin’ on the Hits.
Edmond Hamilton: The Weapon from Beyond. (And the Starwolf series in general. And much of his early work can be found on Project Gutenberg.)
Captain Future. A sample of the anime.
Women in ref...
Duration: 00:59:41An Attempt to Communicate. [MST3K 211. First Spaceship on Venus.]
May 31, 2025First Spaceship on Venus (a.k.a. The Silent Star) won’t respond to Chris and Charlotte’s messages about rampant sarcasm, post-war cinema, Stanisław Lem, Britney Spears, and My Demon Lover.
Show Notes.
First Spaceship on Venus (a.k.a. The Silent Star / Der schweigende Stern / Milcząca Gwiazda) (Kurt Maetzig, 1960): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.
Our episode on 12 to the Moon, which is not the same movie as First Spaceship on Venus.
Our episode on Johnny at the Fair.
Charles Pachter: Invocation. (He goes b...
Duration: 00:59:57Slower than Mister Rogers. [MST3K 611. Last of the Wild Horses.]
May 19, 2025Last of the Wild Horses needs to give Chris and Charlotte a year of rest so they can come up with more fun facts about Robert Lippert, mirror universes, unexpected riffers, John Wayne, and Louis L’Amour.
Show Notes.
Last of the Wild Horses (Robert L. Lippert, 1948): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis.
Our episodes on Rocketship X-M and King Dinosaur. I guess we haven’t done Lost Continent or Radar Secret Service yet?
The tragedy of the commons.
Mirror, Mirror.
Unex...
Duration: 00:59:20Average Dancing Girls. [MST3K 511. Gunslinger.]
Apr 29, 2025Gunslinger comes moseying into town, taking potshots at Chris and Charlotte as they discuss Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, Roger Corman, the Pony Express, and sex workers of the Old West.
cw: This episode doesn’t get as spicy as the last one, but you saw that last discussion item, right?
Show Notes.
Gunslinger (Roger Corman, 1956): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.
Ask Any Buddy on Kansas City Trucking Co.
Our episode on Swamp Diamonds.
A Part of our Scare-itage on Scanners.
Our episodes on...
Duration: 01:00:01Cody Never Wins. [The Complete Radar Men from the Moon.]
Apr 19, 2025MST3K riffed nine chapters of the serial Radar Men from the Moon over the course of season 1. And now that we’ve finally covered all of those episodes, we figured we should probably bring all those plot summaries and most of the relevant segments together in one convenient bonus episode. So enjoy hearing Chris and Charlotte — and old-timers Adam and Beth — talk about the so-called adventures of Commando Cody. Nipple nipple, tweak tweak, fly fly fly!
(Also, this gives Chris a little more time to get over a wrist RSI to edit the Gunslinger episode. Thank you fo...
Duration: 00:54:53Incredibly Liberating. [MST3K 110. Robot Holocaust.]
Mar 31, 2025After the Robot Holocaust, Chris and Charlotte are left to talk about women with accents, goofy character design, classic 70s cinema, obscure corners of New York City, and avocado recipes.
With the final chapter (sorta) of Radar Men from the Moon.
cw: This episode deals with some adult subject material. Our conversation doesn’t get as explicit as the material we talk about, but you still might not want to let little ones or work colleagues overhear.
Show Notes.
Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1987): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.
... Duration: 00:59:24That Doesn’t Seem Very Good. [MST3K 1007. Track of the Moon Beast.]
Mar 11, 2025Track of the Moon Beast pelted Chris and Charlotte with lunar meteorites, and now every night they chat about The Bat-man, the Joker, the ghostwriter, the egotist, and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
Show Notes.
Track of the Moon Beast (Richard Ashe, 1976): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.
Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Elizabeth X, Victoria, Queen of the Skithra, Nefertiti.
Lazy Doctor Who.
Sandia Crest.
Shout Factory’s MST3K Volume XXXVIII has the interview with Leigh Drake.
Our episodes on Werewolf and Cr...
Duration: 00:58:42Defect for Smooches. [MST3K 1309. The Million Eyes of Sumuru.]
Feb 24, 2025The Million Eyes of Sumuru is back, and now Chris and Charlotte can talk about Shirley Eaton, Space Sumuru, Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams, and Bikini Kill.
Show Notes.
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (Lindsay Shonte, 1967): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Our previous episode on the KTMA take on The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: There Was an Old Woman.
Colourless Skittles.
Rover.
Skidoo (Otto Preminger, 1968).
George Nader: Chrome.
The Girl from Rio (Jesús Franco, 1969).
Our episode o...
Duration: 00:59:25Bless That Freak. [MST3K 411. The Magic Sword.]
Feb 10, 2025The Magic Sword dangles over Chris and Charlotte while they dawdle over Bert I. Gordon, Estelle Winwood, Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes, and David Lynch.
Show Notes.
The Magic Sword (Bert I. Gordon, 1962): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Kayfabe, just in case anyone is totally lost.
We discuss Bert I. Gordon a few times, but especially in our episode on Village of the Giants.
Our episode on The Corpse Vanishes.
We talk about Hellzapoppin’ in our episode on The Rebel Set.
And we talk about Paul Fr...
Duration: 00:59:37The Cost of Ladies in Space. [MST3K 109. Project Moon Base.]
Jan 27, 2025Project Moon Base lets Chris and Charlotte walk on the walls and talk about astronauts, feminism, Robert A. Heinlein, Cat-Women, and Joe Cool.
With two episodes of Radar Men from the Moon. Yay.
Show Notes.
Project Moonbase (Richard Talmadge, 1953): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Radar Men from the Moon, eps. 7 & 8: IMDb. UnMSTed. (Our episodes on episodes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, and 6.)
Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers.
A nice blog post about Heinlein, Project Moon Base, and women.
If you support us on Patreon, you...
Duration: 00:59:31The Chorus of Kaiju. [MST3K 213. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.]
Jan 13, 2025Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster protects Chris and Charlotte from other kaiju while they talk about Odysseus, Antigone, Paladin, Pink Lady, and Jeff.
Show Notes.
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster / Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘) (Jun Fukuda, 1966): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Our episodes on Godzilla vs. Megalon, Gamera vs. Jiger, and... you know what, you can look up the rest of the Gamera episodes!
We talked about Godzilla Minus One in a Patreon-exclusive bonus bit.
Also, retired hosts Adam and Beth talked with Chris about the original Godzilla movie — immediately after Beth and C...
Duration: 00:55:47H0H 0H0! [MST3K 1113. The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.]
Dec 23, 2024The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t visits Chris and Charlotte in the middle of the night to talk about adequate holiday movies, big acting choices, delightful ponies, sad ducks, and terrifying descents.
Show Notes.
The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (Il Natale Che Quasi Non Fu) (Rossano Brazzi, 1966): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. HBO promo spot.
Go to our Patreon to hear (for free!) Chris tell Charlotte all about Hard Wood: The Adult Features of Ed Wood.
Dead 2 Rights: Ed Wood Wednesdays.
And if you support us, you can listen to a...
Duration: 00:56:39The Taste of Condiments to Come. [MST3K 1310. H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come.]
Dec 16, 2024H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come offer Chris and Charlotte a glimpse into their future, where they will find they have discussed H.G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come, Things to Come, the future of condiments, and the horror of it all.
Show Notes.
H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come (George McCowan,1979): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts XI.
Hard Wood: The Adult Features of Ed Wood.
Our episodes on Starcrash, Cosmic Princess, and Spac...
Duration: 00:59:31The Adam Westness of It All. [MST3K Turkey Day Marathons, 1994–1997.]
Nov 27, 2024Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte celebrate with another batch of bumpers and commercials from Turkey Days gone by. This time they get to talk about Adam West, Beverly Garland, Mamie Van Doren, Jack Perkins, and Michael Feinstein.
Show Notes.
Turkey Day 2024: Potluck of the Stars Marathon!
Turkey Day 1994. (Mislabelled as Turkey Day 1993.)
Turkey Day 1995: MST3K Anthology..
A little about Turkey Day 1997.
Our episodes on Zombie Nightmare and Night of the Blood Beast.
As always, you can support us on Patreon. We’re thankful fo...
Duration: 00:28:47The Need to Be Fancy. [MST3K 613. The Sinister Urge.]
Nov 17, 2024It’s Ed Wood’s centenary year, and in celebration, Chris and Charlotte are giving in to The Sinister Urge. It’s leading them down a dark path towards smut, dirty pictures, deathly orgies, love feasts, and taking it out in trade.
Thank goodness this experiment also features an educational short about Keeping Clean and Neat!
Show Notes.
The Sinister Urge (Edward D. Wood, Jr., 1960): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.
Keeping Clean and Neat (Unknown, 1956): IMDB. UnMSTed (in colour?!).
Turkey Day 2024 announcement! And the trailer!
Pota...
Duration: 00:59:59You Can Never Really Tell How Dirty It Is. [MST3K 606. The Creeping Terror.]
Nov 03, 2024Happy (belated) Halloween! The Creeping Terror slowly approaches Chris and Charlotte and overhears them discussing carpet samples, Vic Savage, Ed Wood, avant-garde composers, and Love, American Style!
Content warning for mentions of domestic and sexual abuse. We give a warning before these topics come up. Skip ahead to the chapter on Love, American Style at 46:36 to avoid it.
Show Notes.
The Creeping Terror (Vic Savage, 1964): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
We talked about the 2005 remake of The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980) in our episode on The Slime People.
...
Duration: 00:59:58Famous People Doing Weird Things. [MST3K K13. SST: Death Flight.]
Oct 14, 2024SST: Death Flight, chock full of celebrities, is flying as fast as it can to hear Chris and Charlotte talk about Lorne Greene, John de Lancie, Billy Crystal, Misty Rowe, and, you guessed it, Donald Pleasence.
Show Notes.
SST: Death Flight (David Lowell Rich, 1977): IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
Previous Donald Pleasence Day episodes: Warrior of the Lost World. The Pumaman. Alien from L.A.. Circus of Horrors. Pod People. Teenage Crime Wave. Prince of Space. Hangar 18.
Oops: Tom Welling.
Our episodes on the KTMA episodes City on Fire, Humanoid...
Duration: 00:59:38Nothing Horrid. [MST3K 108. The Slime People.]
Sep 25, 2024The Slime People obscures Chris and Charlotte, who keep talking about volcanoes, fog, mist, domes, and slaughterhouses.
Featuring the short Radar Men from the Moon, part 6: Hills of Death.
Show Notes.
The Slime People (Robert Hutton, 1962): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
(We never mention it, but yes, the director is the same guy who plays our reporter hero.)
Radar Men from the Moon (Fred C. Bannon, 1951): IMDb. UnMSTed. (Our episodes with parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 & 5).
All about Bosley.
Jeffrey (Christopher Ashley, 1995).
Our episodes on Hercules...
Duration: 00:59:49Fast Car Go Vroom. [MST3K 524. 12 to the Moon.]
Sep 15, 202412 to the Moon saves two seats for Chris and Charlotte, who pretend to be experts in concept cars, driving anxiety, space politics, one-woman shows, and Wall Drug.
With the musical short, Design for Dreaming!
Show Notes.
12 to the Moon (David Bradley, 1960): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Design for Dreaming (William Beaudine, 1956): IMDB. UnMSTed.
Magical Kitties Save the Day!
Previous Dodecalabour Day episodes: Hercules Against the Moon Men, Hercules Unchained, The Loves of Hercules, Hercules and the Captive Women, Hercules, Colossus and the Headhunters. Also I guess Manos...
Duration: 00:59:59Richard Kiel’s Cow. [MST3K 902. The Phantom Planet.]
Aug 31, 2024The Phantom Planet brings Chris and Charlotte down to its own size, while they discuss serving man, making a killing, nutty confections, Andy Rooney, and women in space.
Show Notes.
The Phantom Planet (William Marshall, 1961): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Flesh Gordon (Michael Benveniste & Howard Ziehm, 1974) and Bonanza: Under Attack (Mark Tinker, 1995), again.
Our episode on Crash of Moons.
We talk more about Richard Kiel in our episode on Eegah.
All about the Solarites.
The Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man.
Our episode...
Duration: 00:59:58A Curse and a Plague. [MST3K 405. Being from Another Planet.]
Aug 19, 2024Being from Another Planet shuffles towards Chris and Charlotte, hoping to collect their thoughts about Egyptian mummies, musical daddies, Jack Palance, Herb Edelman, and other things grandmas love.
Show Notes.
Being from Another Planet (Tom Kennedy, 1982): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Matt Foy and Christopher J. Olson: Mystery Science Theater 3000: A Cultural History.
Rowman & Littlefield’s Cultural History of Television series.
Our episodes on Teenagers from Outer Space, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Warrior of the Lost World, and The Castle of Fu Manchu.
Mannequin (Michael Gottlieb, 1987)
... Duration: 00:54:49Not My Fluid Dynamics! [MST3K 105. The Corpse Vanishes.]
Jul 31, 2024The Corpse Vanishes offers Chris and Charlotte a corsage, which induces them to talk about orchids, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat, Wham-O, and tag.
Features the short, Radar Men from the Moon, part 3: The Bridge of Death.
Show Notes.
The Corpse Vanishes (Wallace Fox, 1942): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Radar Men from the Moon (Fred C. Bannon, 1951): IMDb. UnMSTed. (Our episodes with parts 1, 2, and 4 & 5)
Our earworm disccusion began in our episode on High School Big Shot.
By Mennen.
Bill Finger.
The Awful Green Things...
Duration: 00:56:18We’ve Got the Mouthfeel Now. [MST3K K00. The Green Slime.]
Jul 11, 2024The proof-of-concept pilot for MST3K tackles The Green Slime, which leads to Chris and Charlotte talking about beginnings, Beeper, Charles Fox, Armageddon, and Minneapolis.
Show Notes.
The Green Slime (Kinji Fukasaku [深作 欣二], 1968): IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
Watch the pilot.
The first KTMA promo for the show.
Our episodes on The Beast of Hollow Mountain and The Beast of Yucca Flats.
And our episodes on Time of the Apes, from KTMA and Season 3.
Charles Fox: The theme song from The Green Slime. (Richard Delvy is the singer...
Duration: 00:53:18Lie Face Down on the Ground. [MST3K 618. High School Big Shot.]
Jun 27, 2024High School Big Shot is a bleak movie, but at least the attached short, an allegory about selling bread called Out of This World, is ridiculous. Together they tempt Chris and Charlotte into talking about Roger Corman, Mother Nature, specialty breads, Abe Lincoln, and Tom’s Diner.
[Content warning: Depressing movie; occasionally sad episode. The movie includes a suicide, which we don’t talk about.]
Show Notes.
High School Big Shot (Joel Rapp, 1959): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Out of This World (Unknown [Jam Handy Organization], 1954): IMDB. UnMSTed.
Once agai...
Duration: 00:59:22A Lumbering Lubbard. [MST3K 314. Mighty Jack.]
Jun 15, 2024Mighty Jack once again rises out of the water and makes a bank turn to rescue Chris and Charlotte, as they talk about dedicated scientists, hot ice, Kurt Vonnegut, Herman Melville, and Betty White.
Show Notes.
Mighty Jack [マイティジャック] (Kazuo Mitsuta, 1968): IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
More Mighty Jack links in our previous episode.
Our episode on Ring of Terror.
Charlotte talks about The House of Frankenstein in our episode on The Mad Monster.
The hot ice bar in Las Vegas.
How to make hot ice.
Kurt Vonnegut...
Duration: 00:56:15I Missed Out on Many Fun Years. [MST3K K14. Mighty Jack.]
May 31, 2024Mighty Jack is coming to rescue Chris and Charlotte from sick jail, but while they wait, they talk about fan clubs, fan newsletters, math equations, Japanese special effects, and bowling.
Show Notes.
Mighty Jack [マイティジャック] (Kazuo Mitsuta, 1968): IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
R.I.P., Roger Corman.
Make your own Roger Corman festival with our episodes on: It Conquered the World, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, Swamp Diamonds, Night of the Blood Beast, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, The Undead, Avalanche, Starc...
Duration: 00:59:00Sick Day.
May 15, 2024Chris and Charlotte are sick. They’re getting better, but you’ll hear how lovely their voices sound right now, as they introduce five bonus bits — the parts of the show cut for time that we release for our Patreon supporters. Enjoy, and see you in a few weeks, hopefully!
Show Notes.
Our episodes on City Limits, Colossus and the Headhunters, The Batwoman, The Sword and the Dragon, and The Deadly Bees.
The name change to artistic swimming.
Annette Kellerman.
Million Dollar Mermaid (again).
Neptune’s Daughter (1914).
Nept...
Duration: 00:46:45It’s Like Ballet. [MST3K 1010. It Lives By Night.]
Apr 28, 2024It Lives By Night gains bat powers and tries to hunt down Chris and Charlotte, who just want to talk about Lou, Murray, Ted, Sue Ann, and Mary.
Show Notes.
It Lives By Night [a.k.a. The Bat People] (Jerry Jameson, 1974): IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Our recent bonus episode on The Making of MST3K.
It Lives By Night, Diabolik, and Swamp Diamonds rough cuts.
(This got cut for time, but for the curious, this movie has a Bonanza count of 5, and a Murder, She Wrote count...
Duration: 00:59:49A Fate Worse than Death. [MST3K 103. The Mad Monster.]
Apr 15, 2024The Mad Monster (with the short, Radar Men from the Moon, ep. 2) causes Chris and Charlotte to howl about the moon, the Wolf Man, Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
Show Notes.
The Mad Monster (Sam Newfield, 1942): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Radar Men from the Moon (Fred C. Bannon, 1951): IMDb. UnMSTed.
Marc Evanier on Olsen and Johnson. (Thanks, Greg!)
Our episode on Humanoid Woman.
A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) (Georges Méliès, 1902).
A fluffy moon...
Duration: 00:59:49Sophisticated Jokes About Film. [MST3K 419. The Rebel Set.]
Mar 21, 2024It’s our 150th episode, our seventh anniversary, and someone’s birthday! Charlotte and Beth rewatch one of their favourite episodes, The Rebel Set, with the short, Johnny at the Fair. They reminisce about visiting Chicago, Toronto, Winnipeg, the Canadian National Exhibition, and Hellzapoppin’.
Show Notes.
The Rebel Set (Gene Fowler Jr, 1959): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Johnny at the Fair (Jack Olsen, 1947): IMDb.
Edward Platt might look familiar. (And of course, the other actor is Don Adams.)
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
Crow’s itinerary (without Evanston
Duration: 00:58:42What Even Is This. [This Is MST3K and The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000.]
Mar 15, 2024Nearly a hundred and fifty episodes — and seven years — into this podcast, Chris and Charlotte decide to watch a few “documentaries” to find out what this MST3K show is all about. This Is MST3K (from season 4) and The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (from season 8) get them talking about M, S, T, 3, and K.
Show Notes.
This Is MST3K: MST3K Wiki.
The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000: MST3K Wiki.
Our episode on Avalanche.
And that’s all this time! If you support us, you can hear so...
Duration: 00:45:57Dinosaurs for Who Knows What End. [MST3K 1105. The Beast of Hollow Mountain.]
Feb 29, 2024The Beast of Hollow Mountain shows up much too late to hear Chris and Charlotte talk about killer cats, dinosaurs, cowboys, cows, and Wallace Shawn.
Show Notes.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (Edward Nassour & Ismael Rodríguez, 1956): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Our episode on Angels Revenge.
Uninvited (Greydon Clark, 1988).
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Michael Winner, 1976).
Geronimo (Arnold Laven, 1962).
Las luchadoras contra el robot asesino (René Cardona, 1969).
They Saved Hitler’s Brain (David Bradley, 1968).
Our episode on King...
Duration: 00:55:53Off-Brand Nudie. [MST3K 1008. Final Justice.]
Feb 12, 2024It’s Final Justice for Chris and Charlotte, who are sentenced to talk about Joe Don Baker, Greydon Clark, Yes, Malta, and Geronimo.
Show Notes.
Final Justice (Greydon Clark, 1985): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
By-The-Bywater is the Megaphonic podcast about all things Tolkien.
Our episode on The Crawling Hand.
R.I.P. Peter Schickele. Chris especially recommends the 1712 Overture, though New Horizons in Music Appreciation is a little more MST3K.
Paul Frees: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.
Our episode on Hobgoblins (which Greydon Cl...
Duration: 00:59:47A Terrible Word for Love-Making. [MST3K 415. The Beatniks.]
Jan 29, 2024The Beatniks avoids anything too far out, but Chris and Charlotte have a gas talking about Paul Frees, pocket pool, dippy slang, store-bought cake, and controversial troll dolls.
Also features another General Hospital short!
Show Notes.
The Beatniks (Paul Frees, 1960): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
How to replace a DVD.
Big Action Bill: The History of Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973).
Belushi vs. Megalon.
Pocket billiards and pocket pool.
A supercut of the thousand voices of Paul Frees.
Our discussion of Scrooge (Ronald...
Duration: 00:56:10They’re Huge! [MST3K 212. Godzilla vs. Megalon.]
Jan 16, 2024Happy Gamuary! This year, Chris and Charlotte broaden their scope a little, as Godzilla vs. Megalon finds them roaring about Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, Gigan, and Squawkzilla.
Show Notes.
Godzilla vs. Megalon (Jun Fukuda, 1973): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Our episodes on Crash of Moons and The Sword and the Dragon.
Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953).
Gregory Younging: Elements of Indigenous Style.
Some more articles on the topic.
Adam and Beth and Chris watch Godzilla on The Scene Of The Scene.
Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954).
A Cold Place. [MST3K 617. The Sword and the Dragon.]
Dec 23, 2023Happy Holidays! Let’s gather round to hear the tale of The Sword and the Dragon , or at least let’s hear Chris and Charlotte talking about Ilya Muromets, Ingmar Bergman, August Strindberg, Sven, and Ole.
Show Notes.
MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer (for the restorated version).
Support us on Patreon to hear the interview with Chris and to hear Chris, Charlotte, and Beth (!!!) talk about the 1970 musical Scrooge with a bunch of other Megaphonic hosts.
Our episodes on the other “holiday” experiments: The Day the Earth Froze, Jack Frost, and The Magi...
Duration: 00:59:23Swoon Tune. [MST3K 417. Crash of Moons.]
Dec 16, 2023Rocky and Winky are back for Crash of Moons (or Crash of the Moons, if you like). But as Chris and Charlotte try to escape their trajectory, they talk about old news, rogue planets, happy leaders, bizarre tv shows, and broken guitars.
Featuring another General Hospital short!
Show Notes.
MST3K Wiki. IMDb. UnMSTed.
Turkey Day 2023 host segments, if you missed it.
The fundraising campaign didn’t make it.
Support us on Patreon if you want to hear a long off-topic interview with Chris (and one a fe...
Duration: 00:51:12A Little Meaningful. [MST3K Turkey Day Marathons, 1991–1993.]
Nov 22, 2023Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte celebrate by rewatching the bumpers and commercials for the first few Turkey Day Marathons! Reminisce with them about Thanksgiving traditions, Thanksgiving television, Thanksgiving hymns, Thanksgiving foods, and so many turkeys.
Show Notes.
Turkey Day Marathon 2023!
Turkey Day 1991, including the classic Turkey Day Hymn.
We talk about yams in our episode on Ring of Terror.
Turkey Day 1992.
Turkey Day 1993. (Mislabelled as Turkey Day 1995.)
As always, you can support us on Patreon. We’re thankful for all our listeners as well as...
Duration: 00:38:42You Need to Have High Drama. [MST3K 413. Manhunt in Space.]
Nov 19, 2023Manhunt in Space has Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and his pal Winky chase after Chris and Charlotte among the stars, as they discuss stethoscopes, soap operas, space operas, sprucing up, and seeing colours.
With a short: part of an episode of General Hospital!
Show Notes.
MST3K Wiki. IMDb. UnMSTed.
Help make MST3K Season 14!
Turkey Day Marathon 2023!
Our Patreon.
Winky was played by Scotty Beckett.
Days of Our Lives opening.
Chris talks about Harriet the Spy and Invisible Man on...
Duration: 00:58:46Get a Broom. [MST3K 907. Hobgoblins.]
Oct 29, 2023Hobgoblins emerge out of their vault to let Chris and Charlotte live out their fantasy of talking about hobgoblins, gremlins, regular goblins, hobbits, and other scary things.
Show Notes.
Hobgoblins: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
We discuss Kolchak: The Night Stalker in our episode on The Last Chase.
Tolkien stuff comes up a lot here, thanks to By-The-Bywater.
Our episodes on Reptilicus and MST3Kon!
Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984).
Gremlins 2 (Joe Dante, 1990).
Hobgoblins 2 (Rick Sloane, 2009). And yes, RiffTrax has covered it.
Hobgoblins...
Duration: 00:59:25More Than Just a Psychiatrist. [MST3K K19. Hangar 18.]
Oct 11, 2023Hangar 18 is filled with aliens, so the government must do everything to stop Chris and Charlotte from talking about Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, Stuart Pankin, infomercials, and—you guessed it—Donald Pleasence.
Content warning: We discuss a movie that deals with sexual violence. We mention when we’re about to discuss in the episode, and have provided chapter markers to allow you to skip it.
Show Notes.
Hangar 18: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
We talk about She-Man in our episode on Wild Rebels.
Rifftrax Presents presents Tron.
Demon...
Duration: 00:58:40What People Really Did Back Then. [MST3K 913. Quest of the Delta Knights.]
Sep 30, 2023Huzzah! Quest of the Delta Knights finds Chris and Charlotte in the medieval early ’90s, where they drink mead and discuss things like David Warner (good), David Warner (evil), David Warner (virtual), David Warner (narrator), and the Pleasure Faire.
Show Notes.
Quest of the Delta Knights: MST3K Wiki. IMDB.
Jerry van Dyke on Inside Edition.
The 1994 L.A. earthquake, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the 2001 Olympia earthquake.
Our episode on The Starfighters.
The David Warner Film Festival of Tron and Time Bandits and Time After Time. (Plenty of...
Duration: 00:59:47Born From Stone. [MST3K 605. Colossus and the Headhunters.]
Sep 09, 2023Happy Dodecalabour Day! Uh, a little belated. Turns out Hercules couldn’t make it, and so we’ve got Colossus and the Headhunters rushing after Chris and Charlotte as they talk about Nummymuffincoocolbutter, Maciste, Hercules’s son, Pound Puppies, and good kitties.
Show Notes.
Colossus and the Headhunters (Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste): MST3K Wiki. IMDb.
499 (Rodrigo Reyes, 2020).
Porkchop sandwiches.
Gretch the Slinky is from The Sidehackers.
Our episodes on Hercules against the Moon Men and Hercules.
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercul...
Duration: 00:56:45This Is Not A Secret! [MST3K 1308. The Batwoman.]
Aug 29, 2023The Batwoman (La mujer murciélago) swims towards the good ship It’s Just A Show, where Chris and Charlotte are talking about Mexican resorts, Mexican cosmopolitanism, Mexican movies, Mexican luchadoras, and menstrual products.
Show Notes.
The Batwoman: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Support us on Patreon if you want to listen to Charlotte talking about this and that on Mug Up!
Jaime Loftus: Raw Dog.
You can listen to us on YouTube. You can also watch the drawing of the SoL float by, if that soothes you.
T...
Duration: 00:58:30People Working Together. [MST3K 209. The Hellcats.]
Aug 09, 2023The Hellcats play tug-of-war with Chris and Charlotte as they try to discuss women bikers, gay bikers, (sorta) helpful bikers, speed chess, and cheesecake.
Content warning: There’s a mention of homophobic violence in a movie. We warn you when it’s coming, and we don’t go into graphic details. If you want to skip it, use the chapter markers or skip ahead to 28:20 when we mention it.
Show Notes.
The Hellcats: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
Our episodes on the other biker movies: The Sidehackers. Wild Rebels.
Jeeter...
Duration: 00:59:58Touched by a Joel. [MST3Kon!]
Jul 20, 2023Chris and Charlotte went to Blobfest and MST3Kon! And so now they’re going to tell you all about meeting Joel, meeting Jonah, meeting Emily, meeting the Blob, and meeting oppressive amounts of humidity.
Show Notes.
MST3Kon.
The Blob (1958) and The Blob (1988).
The Colonial Theatre.
We met Joel and Jonah and Emily!
Our episodes on The Wild Wild World of Batwoman, Santa Claus, Beyond Atlantis, and Demon Squad.
On AI and the SAG-AFTRA strike.
More on AI and the SAG-AFTRA strike.
... Duration: 00:35:27What Do They Do in Florida? [MST3K 207. Wild Rebels.]
Jul 14, 2023Wild Rebels are crunchy and punchy, but Chris and Charlotte are in to talk about symbols that were popular in Germany in the late 30s/early 40s, Florida film scenes, sad boy singers, pretty boy bikers, and driving around Florida for kicks.
Show Notes.
Wild Rebels: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
See you at MST3Kon!
Welcome, Waystar Corncob!
The critic Chris mentions is Peter Stanfield in his book Hoodlum Movies: Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle, 1966-1972, which was useful reading for these episodes.
Wikipedia...
Duration: 00:59:39A Way to Be a Bad Guy Biker. [MST3K 202. The Sidehackers.]
Jun 26, 2023The Sidehackers (or is it The Side Hackers?) revs its engines real loud and makes it hard for Chris and Charlotte to talk about sexual violence, friendly bikers, unfriendly bikers, sidehacking, and Rommel’s book.
cw: This is a heavy episode, and we talk about sexual violence (including a discussion about the notorious scene that was edited out of the movie) as well as other histories of violence.
Show Notes.
The Sidehackers: MST3K Wiki. IMDb.
MST3Kon is July 16, as part of Blobfest!
Our episode on Cave Dwellers.
... Duration: 00:59:33To Live Amongst The Bees. [MST3K 905. The Deadly Bees.]
Jun 12, 2023The Deadly Bees are swarming around Chris and Charlotte, distracting them as they try to talk about timelines, mysteries, nuisances, knees, and spices.
Show Notes.
The Deadly Bees: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
We don’t mention it on the show, but we’ve got a limited edition Pride t-shirt featuring our network’s mascot, Curtis the Dinoplant, showing some colours. We first mentioned Curtis way back in episode 4 on Future War.
Our episode on The She-Creature.
And our episodes on The Projected Man and The Killer Shrews.
Blin...
Duration: 00:59:54My Sense of the Sublime. [MST3K 407. The Killer Shrews.]
May 30, 2023The Killer Shrews are gnawing at Chris and Charlotte to talk about shrews, rats, dogs, cows, and college kids.
Also features the short, Junior Rodeo Daredevils!
Show Notes.
The Killer Shrews: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer
Junior Rodeo Daredevils: IMDb.
Kate DeMillo: The Tale of Despereaux.
Brian Jacques: Redwall.
A venemous shrew.
National Geographic presents Psycho Shrew vs. Scorpion.
Bonus BBC shrew fights.
The Green Berets.
Moonrunners.
LBJ and his dogs.
Frau Blucher.<...
Duration: 00:55:21Misogynist Jerkpants. [MST3K 1302. Robot Wars.]
May 12, 2023Robot Wars avoids war with any other robots by peacefully transporting Chris and Charlotte as they talk about Barbara Crampton, Lisa Rinna, Barb, Star, and a punching bag.
Show Notes.
Robot Wars: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
The video from our live show, as well as video for all the live shows recorded that day, is now available!
Bonus bits cut from each episode for time are available for people who support us on Patreon.
Barbara Crampton on Barbara Crampton.
Re-animator. Castle Freak. Chopping Mall. Jakob’s Wi...
Duration: 00:59:58Bicyclists Were There for Us. [MST3K Short of the Month Club, part 2.]
Apr 25, 2023Chris and Charlotte were live in Portland, Oregon, to look at two recently riffed shorts on a topic that is dear to all Portlanders’ hearts: bicycle safety! The Bicycle Driver and Bicycling Visual Skills both want to teach us about how to share the road with cars safely. [And yes, Chris gets the name of one of the shorts wrong the first time.]
Show Notes.
Bicycling Visual Skills: Not on IMDb?! Not yet on the MST3K Wiki, even, though it should end up here. But, update: It’s from 1983!
The Bicycle Driver: Also...
Duration: 00:31:03The Immenseness of That Power. [MST3K 901. The Projected Man.]
Apr 18, 2023The Projected Man beams itself into Chris and Charlotte’s life, and so they talk about 4D Man, Lee Meriwether, Ralph Carmichael, Bert from Sesame Street, and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Show Notes.
The Projected Man: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.
RIP, Mark Russell.
We talked more about Mark Russell in our episode on Gamera vs. Guiron.
(EDIT: There used to be a link to our live event in Portland here, but that was long ago.)
Our fine range of t-shirts.
Island of Terror.
4D Ma...
Duration: 00:59:54We Could Have Cleaned This Up. [MST3K K11. Humanoid Woman.]
Mar 25, 2023Humanoid Woman plays a curious tone and compels Chris and Charlotte to discuss Humanoid Woman, Through the Thorns to the Stars, Per Aspera Ad Astra, To The Stars by Hard Ways, and Через тернии к звёздам.
Show Notes.
Humanoid Woman: MST3K Wiki. IMDb.
(EDIT: There used to be a link to our live event in Portland here, but that was long ago.)
Our episode on Robot Monster.
[UPDATE: Looks like they were peeking at the movie beforehand at this point, but probably not watching it all the way through.]
Some Russian sources: A...
Duration: 00:59:52Encyclopedia Mouthfeel. [MST3K 820. Space Mutiny.]
Mar 21, 2023Space Mutiny throws Chris Hardcheese and Charlotte Manmuscle over a railing while they talk about Battlestar Galactica, Captain America, Jane Fonda, Annie Sprinkle, and body positivity.
Show Notes.
Space Mutiny: MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer.
Season 13 on Pluto! (But not in Canada, it seems.)
And the announcement for Season 13 on Pluto.
The nicknames for Dave “Blast Thickneck” Ryder.
David Winters’ obituary.
Our episodes on Kitten with a Whip and Starcrash.
The Last Horror Film.
Thrashin’.
The Bad Movie Bible on Space...
Duration: 00:59:59Hot Cross Buns. [MST3K 319. War of the Colossal Beast.]
Mar 01, 2023Mr. B Natural pops into Chris and Charlotte’s bedrooms to talk with them about musical education, predicting the future, kids learning science, many years of solitude, and guacamole errors.
Also featuring the feature, War of the Colossal Beast.
Show Notes.
War of the Colossal Beast: MST3K Wiki. IMDB.
Mr. B Natural: IMDB. UnMSTed.
[UPDATE (March 8, 2023): RIP Mr. BIG. You made all our lives more colossal.]
Our episode on Manos.
That Bones episode.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
And its gl...
Duration: 00:59:54It’s A Little Bit Bigger Now. [MST3K 309. The Amazing Colossal Man.]
Feb 16, 2023The Amazing Colossal Man towers over Chris and Charlotte, as they pepper him with facts about big birthdays, tall tales, huge attractions, hearty meals, and profound mathematics.
Show Notes.
The Amazing Colossal Man: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
The Incredible Shrinking Man.
Our episodes on Village of the Giants and This Island Earth.
Homer Eon Flint’s The Nth Man was published the Spring 1928 issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly.
Images from The Nth Man: one, two, three.
The casinos in this film: Dunes (with the su...
Duration: 00:59:54Down with the Pickle. [MST3K 819. Invasion of the Neptune Men.]
Feb 01, 2023Invasion of the Neptune Men finds Chris and Charlotte talking about Prince of Space, traditional Japanese theatre, Braille, pickles, and crackers.
Show Notes.
Invasion of the Neptune Men: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Watch at the Gizmoplex!
Pick up a copy of The Mads’ A Night of Shorts X if you missed it.
Our episodes on Prince of Space and Agent for H.A.R.M. (with the Bobo courtroom sketch).
Some videos to introduce you to noh and kabuki. (The noh video also does the Abbott and Costello joke, bu...
Duration: 00:59:01Whether It Is Nasty or Not... [MST3K 1307. Gamera vs. Jiger.]
Jan 17, 2023Happy Gamuary! This time, it’s Gamera vs. Jiger in the battle to win the hearts of Chris and Charlotte, as they think about parasites, pregnancies, world’s fairs, accents, and choosing your own adventures!
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Jiger: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
We talked about Katamari Damacy in our episode on the first few Season 13 shorts.
Our episode on the best Gamera episode, Season 3’s Gamera vs. Guiron.
Expo 86.
Bureau Internationale des Expositions.
The Great Exhibition of 1851 (Chris said the name wrong, whoops...
Duration: 00:59:54Thank You, Heads! [MST3K 505. The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.]
Dec 29, 2022The Magic Voyage of Sinbad finds not the Bird of Happiness but the Chris and Charlotte of Chatting, as they discuss Sinbad, Sadko, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff, novelty chess, and instant coffee.
Show Notes.
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad: IMDb. MST3K Wiki.
Megaphonic’s twitch channel. Maybe keep an eye out on New Year’s Day, starting around noon eastern?
Subscribe to our Patreon to hear us talk about The Greatest Story Ever Told!
Our episode on The Day the Earth Froze.
Были́на.
A translation of the Sadko story...
Duration: 00:59:42It All Comes Back to Beastmaster. [MST3K 403. City Limits.]
Dec 21, 2022City Limits drives circles around Chris and Charlotte as they talk about Kim Cattrall, James Earl Jones, Rae Dawn Chong, Robbie Benson, and Morrissey.
Show Notes.
City Limits: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Fiasco Family Movie Night.
Our patreon has some new features!
The Greatest Story Ever Told. (And yes, Charlotte did join us!)
Kim Cattrall and Pierre Trudeau.
Mannequin.
Big Trouble in Little China.
Today’s Special.
This is CNN.
Beastmaster or Conan the Barbarian?
...
Duration: 00:58:23My Own Personal Creepy Doll. [MST3K 818. Devil Doll.]
Nov 24, 2022Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte are having dinner with a Devil Doll , and they’re having awkward conversation about creepy dolls, rowdy dorms, endless puppets, ice cream, and Magic: The Gathering.
[cw: The movie has scenes of sexual assault. We discuss that fact, but outside of the plot summary, we don’t go into detail. ]
Show Notes.
Devil Doll: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Watch the Surgically Enchanced Turkey Day at the Gizmoplex for free! Oh, you already are?
Cat-Women of the Moon on Rifftrax.
The Caro...
Duration: 00:59:47Weenie Roast! [MST3K 503. Swamp Diamonds.]
Nov 15, 2022Swamp Diamonds drags Chris and Charlotte into the bayou to ask them about Mike “Touch” Connors, Beverly Garland, Fred Mertz, tuna wiggle, and racist fire drills.
With the short: What to Do on a Date.
Show Notes.
Swamp Diamonds: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
What to Do on a Date: IMDb. UnMSTed.
Watch the Turkey Day marathon!
Our episodes on The Starfighters, Warrior of the Lost World, and Catalina Caper. Oh, and The Horror of Party Beach.
And our episodes on Santo and the Treasure of D...
Duration: 01:00:00Shaking It and Waiting for the Horrors to Come. [MST3K 817. The Horror of Party Beach.]
Nov 01, 2022Happy Halloween! The Horror of Party Beach emerges from the beach to interrupt Chris and Charlotte as they discuss beach parties, Broadway shows, ballads, body hair, and BOO!
[Did we scare you?]
Show Notes.
The Horror of Party Beach: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. UnMSTed.
Adam talks about The Mask on A Part Of Our Scare-itage. Check it out!
The poster for The Horror of Party Beach.
Our episodes on Catalina Caper and Village of the Giants.
Trailer for I Drink Your Blood/I Eat...
Duration: 00:59:54Justice for Waluigi. [MST3K 816. Prince of Space.]
Oct 20, 2022Happy (you guessed it) Donald Pleasence Day! Oh no, the dastardly Prince of Space has invaded, hoping to steal our precious reserves of Donald Pleasence! Luckily his weapons are useless against Chris and Charlotte, who instead talk about wormholes, stargates, portals, haiku, and Lutherans.
Show Notes.
Prince of Space: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. UnMSTed.
Donkeylips and Zeke the Plumber, remembered.
Happy Donald Pleasence Day! Our previous Donald Pleasence Day episodes: Warrior of the Lost World, The Pumaman, Alien from L.A., Pod People, Teen-age Crime Wave.
Catch Chris and...
Duration: 00:59:49Salute Your Shorts. [MST3K Short of the Month Club, part 1.]
Sep 30, 2022Chris and Charlotte enjoy the first few shorts from Season 13’s Short of the Month Club! Up on deck: Pipeline to the Clouds (in which GE will solve our water supply issues); Let’s Make a Meal in 20 Minutes (thank heavens for canned food); Court Case (balls! tennis balls!); and Sleep for Health (good luck with that).
Show Notes.
Pipeline to the Clouds: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. UnMSTed.
Let’s Make a Meal in 20 Minutes: IMDb. MST3K Wiki.
Court Case: MST3K Wiki. UnMSTed.
Sleep for Health: IMDb. MST3K ...
Duration: 00:46:58Heart of a Champion. [MST3K 502. Hercules.]
Sep 05, 2022Happy Labour Day! That famous dodecalabourer, Hercules, asks Chris and Charlotte to talk about mythmashes, golden fleece, Hercules failing to perform, old ads, and patooties.
Show Notes.
Hercules: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch it on YouTube.
Our other Hercules episodes: Hercules Against the Moon Men. Hercules Unchained. The Loves of Hercules. Hercules and the Captive Women.
Hercules with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The Labours of Hercules and the Argonauts.
Medea.
Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica.
Oscar Meyer ads and the story behind the them...
Duration: 00:59:49Flinching and Seething and Whimpering. [MST3K 206. Ring of Terror.]
Aug 23, 2022Ring of Terror dares Chris and Charlotte to gather at the morgue and discuss bad prints, old actors, irrational fears, medical school, and invisible creeps.
Featuring the short: The Phantom Creeps, episode 3!
cw: Discussions of animal harm, fat shaming, and sexual assault.
Show Notes.
Ring of Terror: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Our episode on The Pumaman.
George Mather obituary.
Norman Ollestad: Inside the FBI.
Chris forgot to mention that Pamela Raymond played Alice Lund.
June Smaney.
Tiger sharks...
Duration: 00:59:46Completely Unrecognizable. [MST3K 614. San Francisco International.]
Aug 13, 2022San Francisco International pats down Chris and Charlotte to see if they’re holding any information on Pernell Roberts, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, or the Ponderosa Ranch.
Show Notes.
San Francisco International: IMDB. MST3K wiki.
MST3K’s Gamera vs. Jiger trailer.
Chris talked about Airport in our episode on Avalanche.
Pernell Roberts.
Radar was played by Gary Burghoff.
Pernell in Montgomery, Alabama.
Gentle Ben’s opening credits.
The Mighty Casey.
UPDATE: Chris misspoke. Clu was in Mas...
Duration: 00:59:12I Love Tom’s Old Voice! [MST3K 1306. Demon Squad.]
Jul 22, 2022Demon Squad applies some prosthetics to Chris and Charlotte’s faces as they talk about film noir, fancy hats, Hummel figurines, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Mobile, Alabama.
Show Notes.
Demon Squad: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
The Demon Squad folk had an “ask me anything” thread on the MST3K forums (which clarifies a few things we wonder about in this episode).
Demon Squad’s poster is… not entirely based on the movie.
Constantine.
The Frankendemon’s head has also appeared in Star Raiders.
The Maltese...
Duration: 00:59:34Pie Palindrome Pie. [MST3K 815. Agent for H.A.R.M.]
Jun 24, 2022Agent for H.A.R.M. offers Chris and Charlotte a comfy cardigan to keep them warm as they discuss spies, panties, Prince, palindromes, and pies.
Show Notes.
Agent for H.A.R.M.: IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
The Polka King.
If you support us on Patreon with us and chat during the premiere of Demon Squad!
Our episodes on Operation Double 007 and Danger!! Death Ray.
In Like Flynt.
Our episodes on Girl in Gold Boots and Catalina Caper.
The Fiasco Family on...
Duration: 00:59:55Heartbreaking, But Not Heartbreaking. [MST3K 418. Attack of the the Eye Creatures.]
Jun 08, 2022Attack of the the Eye Creatures just doesn’t care as Chris and Charlotte as they discuss Larry Buchanan, Tommy Kirk, Ethan Allan, Lucille Ball, and Lawrence Welk.
Show Notes.
Attack of the the Eye Creatures: IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
A very special movie trailer. [The movie it’s for.]
Munchie [MST3K trailer].
Larry Buchanan: It Came From Hunger!: Tales of a Cinema Schlockmeister.
Café des Artistes is now The Leopard at des Artistes. [NSFW.]
What Buchanan refers to as Homer Goes Hygienic seems to ac...
Duration: 00:59:40A New Voice in the Room. [MST3K 1303. Beyond Atlantis.]
May 26, 2022Beyond Atlantis welcomes a new host — or two? In addition to greeting Emily on the Simulator of Love, it listens in while Chris and new cohost Charlotte discuss the Philippines, Atlantis, Donovan, Middle-Earth, and Alison Bechdel.
Show Notes.
Beyond Atlantis: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Our episodes on Manos and Alien from L.A.
The Mads will soon be riffing Cosmos: War of the Planets. Be there!
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
An overview of the history of Philippine cinema.
(And an overview of th...
Duration: 00:59:41The Mask of Lucha Libre. [MST3K 1301. Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.]
May 05, 2022A new season of MST3K emerges, offering Santo in the Treasure of Dracula , which asks Beth and Chris if it may enter to talk with them about lurid colours, luchadors, vampires, cognac, and cemeteries.
(Obviously this episode is based on the preview version for Kickstarter supporters, and the final version will come out in a few days. Obviously, this contains spoilers if you haven’t seen the episode yet! If you’re on the fence about paying to watch Season 13, all we can say is that we’ve been enjoying it so far!)
Show Notes... Duration: 00:55:25
Yokel Personas. [MST3K 814. Riding With Death.]
Apr 02, 2022Riding With Death has Chris and Beth trapped in the back of a tractor trailer, as they talk about white dots, invisible men, unexpected charisma, tasty knishes, and flying dreams. (Also there’s some important news about the show!)
Show Notes.
Riding With Death: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
The Gizmoplex has softly launched!
White Dot.
Our big episode on Manos.
Our episode on Jack Frost.
Baking soda or vinegar.
H.G. Wells: The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man (1933) [trailer].
...
Duration: 00:57:30The Many Reasons It’s Bizarre. [MST3K 312. Gamera vs. Guiron.]
Feb 01, 2022Gamuary continues as Adam and Chris watch the best Gamera episode, season 3’s take on Gamera vs. Guiron! They get to talk about the Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, The Wooster Group, Mark Russell, and Michael Feinstein.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Guiron: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Adam was trying to recall reading Samaris twenty years ago, and may have gotten some details wrong.
Adam’s other podcast, A Part Of Our Scare-itage.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [trailer].
Chris talked about Boys in the Band on anothe...
Duration: 00:59:20It’s Just A Movie. [MST3K K08. Gamera vs. Guiron.]
Jan 30, 2022Gamera vs. Guiron : The match you’ve all been waiting for! But wait! What’s this? We’re being told that this is just a warm-up for the match you’ve all been waiting for! While we wait, Adam and Chris will provide colour commentary about business casual racism, Space Gaos, weird dubs, Gamera fanfic, and memorable movie trailers.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Guiron: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Adam was so close.
Just keep track of the Mads on twitter, OK? You’ll be glad you did.
More Kickstarte...
Duration: 00:56:23The Root of All Relationship Problems. [MST3K 813. Jack Frost.]
Dec 28, 2021Jack Frost chills Chris and Adam to the holiday bone, and they try to keep warm by discussing Russian folk tales, a pumpkin Christmas tale, evil stepmothers, scary old women, and Yakov Smirnoff’s love advice.
Show Notes.
Jack Frost: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
As always, The Mads. You can now buy some of their episodes on their own.
Update: Rifftrax released another riff of Jack Frost right after we recorded this.
Andrew Lang’s translation of The Story of King Frost.
Drew Gooden on recent Chri...
Duration: 00:59:57Not a Sausage. [MST3K 1206. Ator, The Fighting Eagle.]
Dec 15, 2021Ator, The Fighting Eagle absolutely refuses to admit to the existence of prehistoric hang-gliders, leaving Adam and Chris with nothing to talk about except Cave Dwellers, Joe D’Amato, prurient films, Rodney Dangerfield, and D&D.
[ cw: This one got weirdly blue, and also there’s some brief mentions of potentially upsetting interactions between adults and children. Just FYI. ]
Show Notes.
Ator, The Fighting Eagle: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on Netflix.
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.
Ant-Man.
An overview of the Season 13 films.
Our...
Duration: 00:59:54It’s Thong. [MST3K 301. Cave Dwellers.]
Nov 25, 2021Happy Turkey Day! Cave Dwellers hang-glides right into Adam and Chris’s hearts, as they talk about early MST3K experiences, vast tracts of Keeffe, Alan Hale Jr (for some reason), Danny Elfman (again!), and Dave Foley.
Show Notes.
Cave Dwellers: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Where to watch Turkey Day 2021.
The Mads will riff Manos.
Our mega-episode on Manos.
Mary Jo Pehl’s Twitch channel.
Our previous episode, on The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.
And our recent episodes on T...
Duration: 00:59:49Oh No! [MST3K 102. The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.]
Nov 18, 2021The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy are too busy fighting to notice Chris and Adam talking about early experiments, serial movies, mummification, mummy movies, and mummy cats.
With the Commando Cody short, Radar Men from the Moon , part 1.
Show Notes.
The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Radar Men from the Moon: IMDB.
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women.
By the way, you really won’t want to miss the next Mads outing…
“Weird Al” Yankovic: Mr. Popeil.<...
Duration: 00:59:41She’s So Flexible. [MST3K 908. The Touch of Satan.]
Oct 31, 2021The Touch of Satan compels Adam and Chris to mull over spooky movies, harpsichord music, eighteenth-century bad boys, curious products, and… Gorgo?
Show Notes.
The Touch of Satan: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Elliot Brood’s cover of Matt Maxwell’s C’est l’Halloween.
The Shaggs: It’s Halloween.
The Mads: Halloween Safety.
Adam’s other podcast, A Part Of Our Scare-itage.
HubrisWeen!
Chris’s new podcast, Game Show 1939!
Our episode on Girls Town, way back when.
Robert O...
Duration: 00:53:36Pinteresque. [MST3K 522. Teen-age Crime Wave.]
Oct 05, 2021Teen-age Crime Wave gets Chris and Adam to talk about strong perfume, claustrophobic films, Tommy Cook trivia, bad kids, and (you guessed it) Donald Pleasence.
Show Notes.
Teen-age Crime Wave: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
The end credits from the NES Castlevania game.
The Megaphonic hosts played The Donald Pleasence Game.
Our previous Donald Pleasence Day episodes: Warrior of the Lost World, The Pumaman, Alien from L.A..
1984 (not 1984) vs. 1984.
Kliph Nesteroff, comedy historian.
Our episodes on Kitten with a Whip, Girls Town...
Duration: 00:56:29The Camera Loves Rondo. [MST3K 702. The Brute Man.]
Sep 27, 2021The Brute Man creeps after Adam and Chris, who discuss Manos reactions, Rondo Hatton, early travelogue movies, early chickens, and egg facts.
Features the short: The Chicken of Tomorrow.
Show Notes.
The Brute Man: IMDB. MST3K Wiki.
The Chicken of Tomorrow: IMDB. Watch unMSTed.
December Bride.
Origin of Oskee Wawa?
Adam on Norm Macdonald.
Norm Macdonald: Based on a True Story.
Rondo Hatton.
Acromegaly.
Pearl of Death.
We talk about Richard Kiel in our...
Duration: 00:58:38A Cult Favourite. [MST3K 424. Manos: The Hands of Fate.]
Sep 10, 2021In our very special one-hundredth episode, Manos: The Hands of Fate keeps our heroes talking for a long, long time about notorious movies, controversial jazz, weird zeitgeists, stale comics, and exactly what MST3K does that makes us love it so.
Features the short, Hired, part 2!
(If this is your first episode of It’s Just A Show, welcome! This one is a little different.)
Show Notes.
Manos: The Hands of Fate: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Watch it on ShoutFactoryTV!
Hired!: IMDB. UnMSTed. [Part 1 was covered in our episode on...
Duration: 02:20:26I Have Enough Friends. [MST3K 423. Bride of the Monster.]
Aug 24, 2021Bride of the Monster traps Adam and Chris in the swamp and gets them to monologue about Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, octopuses, and door-to-door sales.
Features the short: Hired! Part 1.
Show Notes.
Bride of the Monster: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Hired!: IMDB. UnMSTed.
Look, just follow The Mads Are Back on Twitter, ok? And get ready for The Brain Eaters [trailer] on September 14th!
Leonard Nimoy’s “Australian” accent.
MST3K’s Mindless Summer.
The Moon Zer...
Duration: 00:58:56Two Terrible Tastes That Somehow Taste Great Together. [MST3K 812. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?]
Aug 03, 2021The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? may not be all that Adam and Chris have to contend with this time!!? They talk about Ray Dennis Steckler, Renée Richards, Wendy Carlos, Peter Falk, and the alleged Mrs. Peter Falk.
[ Content warning: Discussions of transphobia (and a bit of homophobia and racism). ]
Show Notes.
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV.
Our Facebook page.
Listener Marty runs a lovely Facebook group about MST3K...
Duration: 00:55:55Stuntman On Fire. [MST3K K16. City On Fire.]
Jul 20, 2021City On Fire traps Chris and Adam, who are quickly running out of oxygen as they talk about Ava Gardner, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, and Max Headroom.
Show Notes.
City On Fire: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Never Let Me Go. [And the trailer for the movie.]
Obligatory link to The Mads.
MST3K will be touring this fall/winter!
Making Contact.
Eyepiece prank on TV Tropes.
Frank Sinatra covering Something.
Earthquake.
12 Angry Men vs the remake.<...
Duration: 00:56:50