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Re-Watching Mystery Science Theater 3000
OK, I'll be handling this one a little differently than some of the other TV series I've re-watched. I don't own every episode of this, and what I do own isn't in broadcast order, so I'll be watching them as I find them, and updating this initial post as to where they sit in the show's history.
Season One
Show 101: "The Crawling Eye" (11/18/1989)
Show 102: "The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy" (11/25/1989)
Show 103: "The Mad Monster" (12/2/1989)
Show 104: "Women of the Prehistoric Planet" (2/20/1990)
Show 105: "The Corpse Vanishes" (12/9/1989)
Show 106: "The Crawling Hand" (12/16/1989)
Show 107: "Robot Monster" (12/23/1989)
Show 108: "The Slime People" (12/30/1989)
Show 109: "Project Moonbase" (1/6/1990)
Show 110: "Robot Holocaust" (1/13/1990)
Show 111: "Moon Zero Two" (1/20/1990)
Show 112: "Untamed Youth" (1/27/1990)
Show 113: "The Black Scorpion" (2/3/1990)
Season Two
Show 201: "Rocketship X-M" (9/22/1990)
Show 202: "The Sidehackers" (9/29/1990)
Show 203: "Jungle Goddess" (10/6/1990)
Show 204: "Catalina Caper" (10/13/1990)
Show 205: "Rocket Attack U.S.A." (10/27/1990)
Show 206: "Ring of Terror" (11/3/1990)
Show 207: "Wild Rebels" (11/17/1990)
Show 208: "The Lost Continent" (11/24/1990)
Show 209: The Hellcats" (12/8/1990)
Show 210: "King Dinosaur" (12/22/1990)
Show 211: "First Spaceship On Venus" (12/29/1990)
Show 212: "Godzilla vs. Megalon" (1/19/1991)
Show 213: "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" (2/2/1991)
Season Three
Show 301: "Cave Dwellers" (6/1/1991)
Show 303: "Pod People" (6/15/1991)
Show 304: "Gamera vs. Barugon" (6/22/1991)
Show 305: "Stranded in Space" (6/29/1991)
Show 306: "Time of the Apes" (7/13/1991)
Show 307: "Daddy-O" (7/20/1991)
Show 308: "Gamera vs. Gaos" (7/27/1991)
Show 309: "The Amazing Colossal Man" (8/3/1991)
Show 310: "Fugitive Alien" (8/17/1991)
Show 311: "It Conquered The World" (8/24/1991)
Show 312: "Gamera vs. Guiron" (9/7/1991)
Show 313: "Earth vs. the Spider" (9/14/1991)
Show 314: "Mighty Jack" (9/21/1991)
Show 315: "Teenage Caveman" (11/9/1991)
Show 316: "Gamera vs. Zigra" (10/19/1991)
Show 317: "The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" (10/26/1991)
Show 318: "Star Force: Fugitive Alien II" (11/16/1991)
Show 319: "War of the Colossal Beast" (11/30/1991)
Show 320: "The Unearthly" (12/14/1991)
Show 321: "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" (12/21/1991)
Show 322: "Master Ninja I" (1/11/1992)
Show 323: "The Castle of Fu Manchu" (1/18/1992)
Show 324: "Master Ninja II" (1/25/1992)
Season Four
Show 401: "Space Travelers" (6/6/1992)
Show 402: "The Giant Gila Monster" (6/13/1992)
Show 403: "City Limits" (6/20/1992)
Show 404: "Teenagers From Outer Space" (6/27/1992)
Show 405: "Being From Another Planet" (7/4/1992)
Show 406: "Attack of the Giant Leeches" (7/18/1992)
Show 407: "The Killer Shrews" (7/25/1992)
Show 408: "Hercules Unchained" (8/1/1992)
Show 409: "The Indestructible Man" (8/15/1992)
Show 410: "Hercules Against The Moon Men" (8/22/1992)
Show 411: "The Magic Sword" (8/29/1992)
Show 412: "Hercules and the Captive Women" (9/12/1992)
Show 413: "Manhunt in Space" (9/19/1992)
Show 414: "Tormented" (9/26/1992)
Special: "This is MST3K" (11/14/1992)
Show 415: "The Beatniks" (11/25/1992)
Show 416: "Fire Maidens of Outer Space" (11/26/1992)
Show 417: "Crash of the Moons" (11/28/1992)
Show 418: "Attack of the Eye Creatures" (12/5/1992)
Show 419: "The Rebel Set" (12/12/1992)
Show 420: "The Human Duplicators" (12/26/1992)
Show 421: "Monster-A-Go-Go" (1/9/1993)
Show 422: "The Day The Earth Froze" (1/16/1993)
Show 423: "Bride of the Monster" (1/23/1993)
Show 424: "'Manos': The Hands of Fate" (1/30/1993)
Season Five
Show 501: "Warrior of the Lost World" (7/24/1993)
Show 502: "Hercules" (7/17/1993)
Show 503: "Swamp Diamonds" (7/31/1993)
Show 504: "Secret Agent Super Dragon" (8/7/1993)
Show 505: "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad" (8/14/1993)
Show 507: "I Accuse My Parents" (9/4/1993)
Show 508: "Operation Double 007" (9/11/1993)
Show 509: "The Girl in Lover's Lane" (9/18/1993)
Show 510: "The Painted Hills" (9/26/1993)
Show 511: "Gunslinger" (10/9/1993)
Show 512: "Mitchell" (10/23/1993)
Show 513: "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" (10/30/1993)
Show 514: "Teenage Strangler" (11/7/1993)
Show 515: "The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman" (11/13/1993)
Show 516: "Alien from L.A." (11/20/1993)
Show 517: "Beginning of the End" (11/25/1993)
Show 518: "The Atomic Brain" (12/4/1993)
Show 519: "Outlaw" (12/11/1993)
Show 520: "Radar Secret Service" (12/18/1993)
Show 521: "Santa Claus" (12/24/1993)
Show 522: "Teenage Crime Wave" (1/15/1995)
Show 523: "Village of the Giants" (1/22/1994)
Show 524: "12 To The Moon" (2/5/1994)
Season Six
Show 601: "Girls Town" (7/16/1994)
Show 602:"Invasion USA" (7/23/1994)
Show 603: "The Dead Talk Back" (7/30/1994)
Show 604: "Zombie Nightmare" (11/24/1994)
Show 605: "Colossus and the Headhunters" (8/20/1994)
Show 606: "The Creeping Terror" (9/17/1994)
Show 607: "Bloodlust!" (9/3/1994)
Show 608: "Code Name: Diamond Head" (10/1/1994)
Show 609: "The Skydivers" (8/27/1994)
Show 610: "The Violent Years" (10/8/1994)
Show 611: "Last of the Wild Horses" (10/15/1994)
Show 612: "The Starfighters" (10/29/1994)
Show 613: "The Sinister Urge" (11/5/1994)
Show 614: "San Francisco International" (11/19/1994)
Show 615: "Kitten With A Whip" (11/23/1994)
Show 616: "Racket Girls" (11/26/1994)
Show 617: "The Sword and the Dragon" (12/3/1994)
Show 618: "High School Big Shot" (12/10/1994)
Show 619: "Red Zone Cuba" (12/17/1994)
Show 620: "Danger!! Death Ray" (1/7/1995)
Show 621: "The Beast of Yucca Flats" (1/21/1995)
Show 622: "Angel's Revenge" (3/11/1995)
Show 623: "The Amazing Transparent Man" (3/18/1995)
Show 624: "Samson vs. The Vampire Women" (3/25/1995)
Season Seven
Show 701 (and 701T): "Night of the Blood Beast" (11/23/1995) 701T, ...
Show 702: "The Brute Man" (2/10/1996)
Show 703: "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell" (2/17/1996)
Show 704 "The Incredible Melting Man" (2/24/1996)
Show 705: "Escape 2000" (3/2/1996)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - "This Island Earth" (4/19/1996)
Show 706: "Laserblast" (5/18/1996)
Unproduced CD-ROM: "Assignment: Venezuela"
Miscellany:
"MST Poopie!"
"The MST Scrapbook"
Season Eight
Show 801: "Revenge of the Creature" (2/1/1997)
Show 802: "The Leech Woman" (2/8/1997)
Show 803: "The Mole People" (2/15/1997)
Show 804: "The Deadly Mantis" (2/22/1997)
MST3K - The Home Game: "The Day the World Ended" (2/25/1997)
Show 805: "The Thing That Couldn't Die" (3/1/1997)
Show 806 "The Undead" (3/8/1997)
Show 807: "Terror from the Year 5000" (3/15/1997)
Show 808: "The She-Creature" (4/5/1997)
Show 809: "I was a Teenage Werewolf" (4/19/1997)
Show 810: "The Giant Spider Invasion" (5/21/1997)
Show 811: "Parts - The Clonus Horror" (6/7/1997)
Show 812: "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and ...
Show 813: "Jack Frost" (7/12/1997)
Show 814: "Riding With Death" (7/19/1997)
Show 815: "Agent for H.A.R.M." (8/2/1997)
Special: "The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000" (8/15/1997)
Show 816: "Prince of Space" (8/16/1997)
Special: "First Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review" (9/2/1997)
Show 817: "The Horror of Party Beach" (9/6/1997)
Show 818: "Devil Doll" (10/4/1997)
Show 819: "Invasion of the Neptune Men" (10/11/1997)
Show 820: "Space Mutiny" (11/8/1997)
Show 821: "Time Chasers" (11/22/1997)
Show 822: "Overdrawn At The Memory Bank" (12/6/1997)
Miscellany: "MST Poopie! II"
Season Nine
Show 901: "The Projected Man" (3/14/1998)
Special: "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Academy of Robots' Choice Awards Preview Special" (3/19/1998)
Show 902: "The Phantom Planet" (3/21/1998)
Show 903: "Puma Man" (4/4/1998)
Show 904: "Werewolf" (4/18/1998)
Show 905: "The Deadly Bees" (5/9/1998)
Show 906: "The Space Children" (6/13/1998)
Show 907: "Hobgoblins" (6/27/1998)
Show 908: "The Touch of Satan" (7/11/1998)
Show 910: "The Final Sacrifice" (7/25/1998)
Show 911: "Devil Fish" (8/15/1998)
Show 912: "The Screaming Skull" (8/29/1998)
Special: "Second Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review" (9/4/1998)
Show 913: "Quest of the Delta Knights" (9/26/1998)
Season Ten
Show 1001: "Soultaker" (4/11/1999)
Show 1002: "Girl in Gold Boots" (4/18/1999)
Show 1003: "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders" (9/12/1999)
Show 1004: "Future War" (4/25/1999)
Show 1005: "The Blood Waters of Dr. Z" (5/2/1999
Show 1006: "Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues" (5/9/1999)
Show 1007: "Track of the Moon Beast" (6/13/1999)
Show 1008: "Final Justice" (6/20/1999)
Show 1009: "Hamlet" (6/27/1999)
Show 1010: "It Lives By Night" (7/18/1999)
Show 1011: "Horrors of Spider Island" (7/25/1999)
Show 1012: "Squirm" (8/1/1999)
Show 1013: "Diabolik" (8/8/1999)
Miscellany: "The Last Dance-RAW"
Season Eleven
Show 1101: "Reptilicus" (4/14/2017)
Show 1102: "Cry Wilderness" (4/14/2017)
Show 1103: "The Time Travelers" (4/14/2017)
Show 1104: "Avalanche" (4/14/2017)
Show 1105: "The Beast of Hollow Mountain" (4/14/2017)
Show 1106: "Starcrash" (4/14/2017)
Show 1107: "The Land That Time Forgot" (4/14/2017)
Show 1108: "The Loves of Hercules", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Show 1109: "Yongary", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Show 1110: "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Show 1111: "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Show 1112: "Carnival Magic", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Show 1113: "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't", first broadcast 4/1...
Show 1114: "At the Earth's Core", first broadcast 4/14/2017
Season Twelve "The Gauntlet"
Show 1201: "Mac and Me" , first broadcast 11/22/2018
Show 1202: "Atlantic Rim", first broadcast 11/22/2018
Show 1203: "Lords of the Deep", first broadcast 11/22/2018
Show 1204: "The Day Time Ended", first broadcast 11/22/2018
Show 1205: "Killer Fish", first broadcast 11/22/2018
Show 1206: "Ator the Fighting Eagle", first broadcast 11/22/2018
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Permalink Reply by The Baron on
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Show 908: "The Touch of Satan", first broadcast 7/11/1998
The Film: From 1971, this is a bland little picture about a man traveling across country who encounters a witch. Neither remarkably good or remarkably bad.
The Host Segments: Crow and Servo are wassailing in July. Pearl's gone on vacation and left Bobo and Observer with a babysitter named Steffie (Beez McKeever). Mike tries walnut ranching. He doesn't get far. Crow thinks that he's a witch. Servo's grandma tries to kill Mike. Crow accidentally sells his soul to Stan, instead of Satan. Steffie reads "Green Eggs and Ham" to Bobo and Observer.
Rating: An OK episode, but not especially memorable.
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Show 212: "Godzilla vs. Megalon", first broadcast 1/19/1991
The Film: Godzilla and his robot buddy Jet Jaguar battle giant cockroach Megalon and his space buddy, Gigan the Cyberchicken. From 1973, this is arguably the silliest Godzilla film, enjoyable as long as you're in the right frame of mind.
The Host Segments: Jole and the Bots imitate a TV news magazine. Crow wants to know what pain is. Joel, the Bots and the Mads all invent easy Halloween costumes. Crow and Servo create monster drawings to cover up the fact that they were looking at naughty pictures. They get a little too into it. "Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy!" Crow and Servo do a skit mocking Orville Redenbacher. It gets pretty dark. Joel gives Crow and Servo new arms. They sing their version of the Jet Jaguar song. Frank can't handle losing at Super Mario Brothers.
Favorite Lines:
- "Sounds like your monster reads Frost." "Yeah, and he sprays it like icy death from his bloody stumps!"
- "He's got a foreign object!" He is a foreign object!"
Rating: A pretty good episode.The film ledns itself to good riffing, and the host segments are amusing,too.
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Lots of early 70s films about witchcraft and devils. Most of them seemed to have been made by people trying to see how boring they could be. Many were about a guy finding out his wife or girlfriend was a witch or resembled a long dead one. And then...he doesn't really do all that much with that information except whine and insist it can't be true.
The Baron said:Show 908: "The Touch of Satan", first broadcast 7/11/1998
The Film: From 1971, this is a bland little picture about a man traveling across country who encounters a witch. Neither remarkably good or remarkably bad.
The Host Segments: Crow and Servo are wassailing in July. Pearl's gone on vacation and left Bobo and Observer with a babysitter named Steffie (Beez McKeever). Mike tries walnut ranching. He doesn't get far. Crow thinks that he's a witch. Servo's grandma tries to kill Mike. Crow accidentally sells his soul to Stan, instead of Satan. Steffie reads "Green Eggs and Ham" to Bobo and Observer.
Rating: An OK episode, but not especially memorable.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on
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I remeber the MST3K version of Godzilla vs. Megalon very well. for a time, it was the only version I had.
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Permalink Reply by Mark S. Ogilvie on
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The occult was very big in the late 60's to mid 70's.
Ronald Morgan said:Lots of early 70s films about witchcraft and devils. Most of them seemed to have been made by people trying to see how boring they could be. Many were about a guy finding out his wife or girlfriend was a witch or resembled a long dead one. And then...he doesn't really do all that much with that information except whine and insist it can't be true.
The Baron said:Show 908: "The Touch of Satan", first broadcast 7/11/1998
The Film: From 1971, this is a bland little picture about a man traveling across country who encounters a witch. Neither remarkably good or remarkably bad.
The Host Segments: Crow and Servo are wassailing in July. Pearl's gone on vacation and left Bobo and Observer with a babysitter named Steffie (Beez McKeever). Mike tries walnut ranching. He doesn't get far. Crow thinks that he's a witch. Servo's grandma tries to kill Mike. Crow accidentally sells his soul to Stan, instead of Satan. Steffie reads "Green Eggs and Ham" to Bobo and Observer.
Rating: An OK episode, but not especially memorable.
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Permalink Reply by Ronald Morgan on
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Which should have led to better movies about the subject. I've been looking for good horror films from that time period and there aren't that many of them. The Dr. Strange TV movie comes out looking pretty good when you compare it to things like Curse of the Headless Horseman and To The Devil A Daughter.
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Show 618: "High School Big Shot", first broadcast 12/10/1994
The Short: "Out of This World" (1954) features an angel and a devil vying to control the soul of a wholesale bread salesman, and it's just about as goofy as that premise suggests. That said, it's perfect MST3K fodder, and the gang has a lot of fun with it.
The Film: From 1959, this film is the story of a high school outcast who stages a heist to impress a money-hungry girl, and almost everyone dies. In the episode guide, Frank Conniff described it as one of the most depressing films they ever did. Look for Stanley Adams as a safe-cracker.
The Host Segments: Mike has a headache, and the Bots make as much noise as they can. It's science time, as Frank clones a baby dinosaur which attacks Doctor F, and Crow feeds Servo a formula that makes him large and stupid. Mike and the Bots present their specialty breads. Crow and Servo throw an omelet at Mike. He critiques their technique. Crow and Servo destroy themselves trying to break into Gypsy's diary. Later, they have a squirt gun fight while Doctor F puts the dinosaur down Frank's pants.
Rating: Another so-so episode. The short is amusing, but the film is not. The host segments are OK, but nothing special.
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Show 213: "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster", first broadcast 2/2/1991
The Film: Godzilla battles a giant prawn and world communism. Good stuff!
The Host Segments: Joel reads "The Velveteen Rabbit" to Crow and Servo. Joel invents the Mind-Controlled Guitar. The Mads invent Squeeze Toy Guitars. Joel and the Bots sing the "Godzilla Genealogy Bop". Joel obsessively build model buildings out of "found objects". The Bots destroy them. Crow and Servo imitate the Twin Fairies, prompting a visit from Mothra (Mike Nelson). Joel and the Bots discus famous movie lines that were never said. Then they show "Cool Thing" drawings sent in by viewers.
Rating: A good episode. A favorite old movie, some good riffs and some good host segments.
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Show 301: "Cave Dwellers", first broadcast 6/1/1991
The Film: From 1984, this is a badly-made eminently forgettable Conan knock-off.
The Host Segments: Joel and the Bots discuss new names they'd take. Joel invents a literal Smoking Jacket. The Mads invent Robotic Arm Wrestling. Joel and the Botss dress as characters from the film, and then cavort clownishly. Joel explains why things in these kinds of movies are given fancy names. Later he discusses Foley effects. Joel and the Bots complain about the movie.
Rating: another so-so episode.
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Show 1001: "Soultaker", first broadcast 4/11/1999
The Film: From 1990, this seems to be a vanity project for Vivian Schilling, who wrote and starred in it. A group of friends fail to die in an accident as they were scheduled to, and a Soultaker (Joe Estevez) is tasked to retrieve their souls. This is one dog of a movie.
The Host Segments: Crow and Servo fail to understand the concept of the wet tee-shirt contest. There is an unexpected delay going to commercial. Outside, a ship hovers near the SOL. The SOL's signal is interrupted by an image of Martin Van Buren and a brief, obscured glimpse of a familiar face. The SOL is falling apart, and even Gypsy is affected. Pearl, Bobo and Observer are unconcerned. Mike and the Bots detect the unknown ship.Mike is not doing well as a leader. The SOL is crashing, and a Soultaker in Castle Forrester pursuing Bobo. The Soultaker is revealed to be TV's Frank! (He left Second Banana Heaven because Pat Buttram had it in for him.) The unknown ship saves the SOL with a tractor beam. Its pilot turns out to be Joel Robinson! Joel repairs the SOL. Frank needs Joel's soul, when ever it's convenient. Joel refuses to rescue Mike and the Bots, but gives Mike a pep talk before leaving. Bob offer Frank his soul, instead. The two hit it off.
Rating: A fun episode. The film is crap, but it's great fun the see Frank and Joel again, and to see Mike and Joel together, however briefly.
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Show 614: "San Francisco International", first broadcast 11/19/1994
The Film: This is a TV pilot from 1970. Pernell Roberts, Clu Gulager, Tab Hunter, VanJohnson and David Hartman all work at an airport where an improbably convoluted heist is going on. Fun Fact: Once you've seen "Airplane!", it becomes extremely difficult to take "trouble at an airport" movies seriously.
The Host Segments: Mike moderates a bizarre political debate between Crow and Servo. The Mads are doing construction work in Deep 13. Mike teaches Crow and Servo the classic board gag, hurting them badly. Mike imitates Urkel. Crow, Servo, Gypsy, Frank, Forrester, Jan in the Pan and Santa Claus all find it endlessly hilarious. Mike imitates Urkel some more. Huggy Bear, Rooster and Pitch also find it endlessly hilarious. Mike gives us even more of his Urkel impersonation. Nuveena finds it endlessly hilarious. Torgo is not an Urkel fan, and the joke dies a quick and painful death. Crow thinks David Hartman is an extraordinarily ugly man. Dr. F's ears keep getting larger for some reason.
Rating: A better episode than it deserves to be. The movie was so-so, and devoting three host segments to Mike's Urkel impersonation was an "interesting" choice. I did enjoy seeing all the various visitor characters again, though.
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Show 604: "Zombie Nightmare", first broadcast 11/24/1991 (The finale of 1994's Turkey Day Marathon")
The Film: From 1986, this features Tia Carrere as a voodoo priestess and Adam West as an evil police chief who has offended her. Poor Adam, I hope he got paid well.
The Host Segments: Crow and Servo act as Mike's bodyguards, hurting him badly. Frank and Forrester have gotten into voodoo. Mike and the Bots give Cokie Roberts a voodoo neck rub. Servo does a hit and run on Crow. Crow and Servo are in a hot tub, and are surprised by Mike, who has apparently been spearfishing. Servo and Mike dress up as Batman and Robin for a screenplay that Crow has forgotten. Mike has Crow ans Serov write letters to Adam West. Gypsy reads a poem. Frank has zombified Doctor F.
Rating: A so-so episode. Some amusing bits.
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