Mystery Science Theater 3000: Favorite episode?

[Goathead]

"Hands of Manos" is a hard one to beat I also like "Riding with Death"



Start being Ben Murphy!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Oh, how I miss that show....

I better get myself over to eBay and find the DVDs.

Thanks for the reminder.........

[Caution]

2. Mitchell!

My personal favorite with Manos a close second.

[Downtown Hound]

9. Ditto!

My My Mitchell!

[luxpara]

20. Damn right!!

Nuttin' beats Joe Don Baker!!!!

[Socialist Dem]

34. "Stop! or I'll have a heart attack!"

gotta love Joe Don Baker

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. Gammera!

Then again, I never got to see any of the Godzilla episodes.
If shorts count then I nominate the one about grooming.

[Cush]

7. Mr B Natural!

"Forget music, I wanna dance!"

[Crazy8s]

21. Gamara

is turtle meat
Gamara is fun to eat
We love eating Gamara!!!!

[Torgo4]

4. Outlaw

T & A and a great musical interlude:

Breastical Boobular...
Latissmal Dorsical....Hung Like a Horsical...!

[Cush]

5. any ep with an old Japanese Sci-Fi flick

Gamera, Prince of Space, Invasion of the Neptune Men, etc

[CBGLuthier]

6. Man that is a hard one.

I love Manos but phwew the movie itself is almost unbearable.

Mitchell is still fond, what with it being Joel's farewell and all.

I sure miss those guys.

[Cush]

10. I could never finish the Manos ep

even with the guys, its still unwatchable

[billyoc]

8. Shit, I just mentioned mst3k today, after not

thinking about it for like a year!

Hmm, favorite...

Attack of "the the" eye creatures!

[Cush]

11. lol, "What is this, French?"

[no name no slogan]

12. What was the one from Canada that had Rowsdower in it?

Does anybody remember that one? It was set in some small western Canadian town, and was about some evil ancient culture that was rising again. The bad guys all drove around in early '70s muscle cars and wore black T-shirts, and the "hero" was a guy named "Rowsdower".

Anybody remember that one? :shrug:

[Cush]

13. The Final Sacrifice

and the kid was named Troy

[no name no slogan]

16. YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a thousand thank yous for this! I borrowed a vhs copy of it from someone once, and watched it way too much!

"Here, I made you some trail mix out of hair and rat droppings."

Gotta go check that one on the IMDB. Maybe there's a DVD of it out now?


ZAP ROWSDOWER, a real Canadian Hero

[frylock]

41. dear larry csonka...

[no name no slogan]

54. Hey, I'll pay money for that (n/t)

[frylock]

57. how computer savvy are you?

Are you familiar with using P2P? If not, send me a PM; perhaps we can work sumthin out. I have this ep burned to a CD.

http://www.dapcentral.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=MasterList2&file=index&show=1&ep=0910&func=detail

[Merrick]

14. The Beginning of the End

it had Peter Graves fighting giant grasshoppers (that had been mutated by large doses of radiation, of course)

[billyoc]

15. "Final Justice"

"Hey Malta, get a tree!"

[frylock]

42. another jdb classic!

[lazarus]

17. Alien from LA

First one I ever saw, so it's got a special place for me.

I love Santa Claus Conquers the Martians solely for "A Swayze Christmas", my favourite Xmas song ever.

CROW: Uh, Cambot, shoot 'em the tune. Uh, okay, you'll just have to stay with
me, everybody, okay? Uh, your part's written out. Let's have a Patrick
Swayze Christmas, by Crow T. Robot.

JOEL: "Paul, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas"?

CROW: Right. Hit it, Cambot!

SERVO: Oh! Oh, I start. I get it. Hmm.

CROW: I'm sorry.

SERVO: Pick it up. "Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas
in."

CROW: "We'll gather at the Roadhouse with our next of kin."

SERVO: Not bad!

JOEL: "And Santa can be our regular Saturday night thing."

'BOTS: "We'll decorate our barstools and gather round and sing."

SERVO: "Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year!"

CROW: "Or we'll tear your throat out and kick you in the ear!"

JOEL: Hold it, hold it a sec. Cambot, stop it. Uh, Crow, I don't know if I
think this is an appropriate sentiment anymore for Christmas.

CROW: Hey, what? Like a good action sequence don't belong in Christmas?

JOEL: Well, no, it's just that I've never heard of an action sequence in a
Christmas carol before.

SERVO: Well, yeah!

CROW: Well, then grab hold o' your socks and read on, Joel Robinson!

SERVO: Okay, pick it up from measure 20, Cambot. Lovely intro, though. Very
tasteful.

CROW: Thank you.

SERVO: I like that. "It's my way or the highway, this Christmas at my ba-ha-
haar."

CROW: "I'll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car!"

JOEL: "I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till."

'BOTS: "I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will, ohh,"

ALL: "Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, one and all. And this can be
the haziest . . . this can be the laziest. . . this can be the Swayziest
Christmas of them *AAALLLLLLLLLL*!"

SERVO: "La la la laa ha HAAA!"

CROW: How long before it becomes a standard?

JOEL: I think you gotta come with me. C'mon.

CROW: Waaaaah!

SERVO: We'll be right back. Oooh. Save a leg for me! Heh heh heh.

[lakemonster11]

18. Horror at Party Beach

"Look Polish everyone!"

I also love Space Mutiny.

[Cush]

19. another good one: "Invasion USA", not starring Chuck Norris

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044750/

"Five people are sitting in a New York bar with a mysterious Mr. Ohman, when they hear the news that the godless Communists are invading the good ol' U.S. of A. The five rush off to various sections of the country to do their part to stop the invasion, when an A-bomb crashes down upon Manhattan.

Turns out the invasion never happens, it was an experiment to test peoples reactions to a possible invasion

[Cornjob]

22. Twelve to the Moon!

But there are many more gems!

[Plaid Adder]

23. I Was A Teenage Werewolf

"Sir, animals are also afraid of vaccuum cleaners, maybe we should..."

Still my favorite line, although "The Head that Wouldn't Die" is pretty good too.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[billyoc]

30. "If only they had provided milk to throw." n/t

[Caution]

35. Love this one too! Classic!

[Stew225]

24. I was freaked out today when I was talking

with a guy about half my age and he mentioned MST3000. It's my favorite TV show of all time. We had a ball for about an hour just reminiscing.I loved every show. sorry. They were all genius to me.

[CatWoman]

25. The Thing that Couldn't Die

:D



and The Brain the Wouldn't Die

[LSparkle]

26. "Parts: The Clonos Horror"

The make-out scene by the campfire is classic. ("On top of old Smoky indeed!")

[CBGLuthier]

31. I actually liked that movie

The rich and powerful farming the bodies of the unintelligent.

Hmm, wonder how far we are from that. :-)

Just think. If they did have such a place and they had a Bush clone, they woudln't even have to lobotomize him.

[Crazy8s]

27. The short films

often covered were really my favorites. You know, the ones about dating, the usefulness of the spring, etc. Hillarious stuff. I actually have a sillouette of Joel and the bots on one of my TV screens!

[LSparkle]

29. Yeah!

"No Springs!" (get lost, Coily!) And the one about home ec and "Why Industrial Arts?" Or how about the summer at the dairy farm? All hilarious!

[stanwyck]

32. "A Date with the Family"

or, How to Be A WASP. Unbelievable. One of the most fascinating short films ever. Total brainwashing. Mom is in a frilly apron fixing supper w/daughter's help. Son is helping younger son with his homework. Then...DAD comes home. And it's all about NOT UPSETTING DAD. Whatever you do: don't upset Dad! Don't bring up any subject that Will Upset Dad! You have to see it.
I bought the boxed set of shorts for my college age son/daughter last Christmas. They and their friends thought there were hilarious. But, actually, they're very scary.

[LSparkle]

28. "Prince of Space"

"I am the Phantom of Crankhore ... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA". The aliens look like chickens in negligees.

[Caution]

36. another classic!

[Zuni]

33. It was Manos: Hands of Fate and it was the worst film I ever saw

My favorites are the short films and the Gamera movies

[Goathead]

39. I stand corrected

You are right it was "Manos: Hands of Fate" I always call it "Hands of Manos" for some reason, I don't know why. :shrug:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. "The Transparent Man"

I LOVE it.
"Oh this is going to be so great!"

[LSparkle]

45. Does Servo throw a fit during that one over Sheila undressing?

"I WANNA SEE SHEILA IN HER UNDERWEAR!"

[Caution]

38. Anyone have any of the KTMA episodes?

I've got about 12 of them and would really love to get more (and I need to convert the ones I have to DVD)

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/

[frylock]

44. mst3k dap..

[Caution]

52. Holy smokes!

Thank you!!!!

[frylock]

56. word up, man..

I have about 60 eps burned to disc. They help get me through the dark times.

[frylock]

40. you turkey! too many favorites to list..

but I would list the two you mentioned as being up there, along with Sidehackers, Prince of Space, Devil Doll, Puma Man, and whatever that one with Rowsdower in it was called.

[EstimatedProphet]

43. Radar Secret Service

[LSparkle]

46. One more and then I stop: "Girl in the Gold Boots"

The interstitial stuff is hilarious -- Crow does a striptease.

MIKE: Is that Crow in a bikini?

SERVO: (leeringly) Not for long!

[billyoc]

47. What is KTMA, a TV station? n/t

[Book Lover]

61. Yes, a local UHF Twin Cities station

that later became a Christian fundamentalist station... I have some of those 0-season episodes; they did some there that they redid later, like Mighty Jack ("Ask not what your country can do for you...") and nearly all the Gamera movies (Did you know Gamera is full of meat? He's also really neat).

The KMTAs are not very strong in terms of funny, but it is fun to see Joel's long hair, the original bot designs, and the original theme song.

on edit: found the lyrics!

In the not-too-distant future--
Next Sunday, A.D.--
There was a guy named Joel,
Not too different than you or me.
He worked in a satellite loading bay,
Just polishing switches to pay his way;
He did his job well with a cheerful face,
But his bosses didn't like him
So they shot him into space.
We'll send him cheesy movies,
The worst ever made.
Joel says when you got lemons,
You make lemonade.
Now keep in mind he can't control
When the movies begin or end,
Because he used the extra parts
To make his robot friends!

Robot roll-call--
Cambot
Servo
Gypsy
Crow!

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself it's just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000!

[Doctor_J]

48. I must confess I like Svengoolie better

though MST3K was good too, and gave rise to the pretty funny "Cheap Seats" in ESPN Classic.

As for MST eps, "The Girl From Lover's Lane" was certainly in my top 3.

[ThoughtCriminal]

49. Tie: Space Mutiny and Prince of Space

Space Mutiny -
Railing Deaths: we counted, but I can't remember the total.
Cushman chase: "Even in their silliest moments, the Three Sttoges never sank to this level of indignity"

Prince of Space -
Krankor. How about this moron for a leader? But then again, we could do worse - AND HAVE!

[ReadTomPaine]

60. I'd take Phantom of Krankor over GWB any day.

[Sleepysage]

50. The Attack of The The Eye Creatures

With, as a close second: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Died and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

[FizzFuzz]

51. boy am I glad I saw this thread

I saw MST3000 maybe three times, pretty long time ago. Forgot how much I loved it, boy did I ever laugh my brains out. OK I gotta get over to Ebay and find some DVDs

[Guy Fawkes]

53. Santa Claus Vs. the Space Aliens

best. movie. ever.

[Aristus]

55. "PU-ma MAN! He FLIES like a MORON!"

Pyoomaymen!

[LostInAnomie]

58. Side hackers, or Catalina Caper

Ever seen Big Jake break a man's spine? OOF!!

[Paul Hood]

59. The Creeping Terror

or maybe The Giant Gila Monster, well I sing whenever I swing whenever I sing.

[Borgnine]

62. Oh man.

This was probably one of the only shows in the history of television that got better and better as it progressed.

I love too many of them to name just one favorite. Contrary to the Joel-purists, I think the later Sci-Fi Channel episodes are among the best.

I Was a Teenage Werewolf - There was just some genius riffing in this one.

Prince of Space - Probably my favorite. It had all the elements for a great MST3K episode: great riffing, a movie that was sort of fun on its own, and entertaining host segments (this is the episode where they go through the wormhole and reality gets distorted in various ways, including Mike becoming a robot himself and the bridge of the SOL transforming into a wooded glen)

Time Chasers - This was just released not long ago in the fifth DVD set. It's a dorky film about a merry band of New Englanders who travel through time in a small plane. You have to love when they arrive in the post-apocalyptic future and Crow remarks that a Wal-Mart must be responsbile for the condition of the town.

As far as Joel episodes, I think Manos was tops, but egad, I recommend it only for MST3K veterans. It's not for the faint of heart.

Man, they really need to do a revival of this program. I still can't believe Comedy Central and then Sci-Fi had the gall to cancel it. Comedy Central desperatly needs something of this caliber again to take time away from their constant MadTV reruns.

[Goathead]

64. Oh yeah "Time Chasers"

I do remember that, that is the one with Mike's evil jerk brother "Eddie" isn't it? Eddie throws empty beer cans at the screen. LOL! That one is a classic.

[Gemini Cat]

63. There are so many!

Just to name a few...
Mano's
Mitchel
I was a Teen Aged Werewolf
Space Mutiny
The Unearthly
Atomic Brain
Fire Maidens
She Creature



I taped as many as I could and I bought every single one I could get my hands on. MST3K was the best show ever and I miss it.