# 2 MST3K Polls. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443 "2003-03-22T23:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/61 "2003-03-24T19:59:44Z")
I love this thread; it’s been too long since I’ve seen an episode. (I’ve never had the Sci-Fi channel, and I don’t have a VCR anymore so I can’t watch my taps, and I never figured out how to use the Digital Archive Project and it’s all hot and it hurts and stuff.) The Movie: I liked it well enough, but wasn’t crazy about it. The only gag that really benefited from a movie budget was the 2001 parody at the beginning. The only other big benefit they could’ve gotten from a movie was huge, wide exposure for the series, but it didn’t really do that, either. So it just ended up being “the lost episode.” Favorite Stinger: Probably the woman saying “Vhat yoo are saying is absolootly incradabul” with the completely blank, bored expression, from _Werewolf_. “It Stinks!” from _Pod People_ is another favorite, as is “Dong! Fish is ready!” from _Cave Dwellers_. There’s another one, I forget the experiment, that shows a guy running out to a suitcase and then humping it. That’s good stuff. Favorite Song: Master Ninja THEME Song! Fusion jazz is for all cultures. Actually, there are other ones I like better but I don’t think they count because they’re not “original”: When they sing over the closing credits to _Werewolf_ – “Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry, when I take you out in my surrey with the fringe… on top! TUSK!” And my absolute favorite, the Jet Jaguar Fight Song. How about another question to add to the poll (to replace the Mary Jo Pehl “debate,” which was really just an excuse for me to link to those essays on Ironminds): What’s the most obscure reference that you “got”? Mine was either in the aforementioned “Lever That Controls Everything” sketch from _Fire Maidens From Outer Space_, where Joel says “It can turn you into a nine-year old hindu boy!”, which is a reference to the song “Step Right Up” by Tom Waits. Or it was in _The Skydivers_ when the lead is hanging up parachute fabric in a room and someone walks in asking what she’s doing. She replies (via Tom Servo) “Workin’ for Cristo.” ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/62 "2003-03-24T20:00:21Z")
::cough::digital archive project::cough:: ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/63 "2003-03-24T20:06:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Is there indeed anywhere—any way—to get copies of the pre-Sci Fi episodes? I have a few on tape, but am missing huge amounts of episodes I would love to see again . . . \*\* The [Digital Archive Project](http://www.dapcentral.org/), if you can figure out how the whole thing works (I sure as hell can’t). It’s been mentioned that it’s “gray-market,” which I don’t get at all because a) they immediately remove eps that are available commercially, and 2) the show’s creators themselves encourage trading of eps. The best page full o’links I’ve found is [MST3k.booyaka.com](http://mst3k.booyaka.com/), which has all kinds of links to info about episode trading. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/64 "2003-03-24T20:07:05Z")
Eve - Try [Rhino.com](http://www.rhino.com/) & search for “MST3K” in The Store… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/65 "2003-03-24T20:14:52Z")
_Zowie!_ I am plotzing. Let’s see, after psaying my taxes, I have _how_ much money to blow . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/66 "2003-03-24T20:18:24Z")
I know they’ve been releasing some box sets recently, some of which are the old episodes. I finally got to see Joel episodes again! ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/67 "2003-03-24T20:26:17Z")
I vote Joel, but Mike’s great. My favorite human, though is TV’s Frank. The skits were funnier, IMHO, in Joel’s time, especially the inventions. I’m especially fond of the Tough Love Seat and Johnny Long Torso (all parts sold separately). I’m a huge fan of **Mitchell**. My two favorite MST lines come from the same scene in that movie: Joe Don and Linda Evans getting it on to the really lame Mitchell theme song: Crow: My, my, my, my god! Servo: Joel, why would anyone want to do that with Mitchell? And I agree with **Mullinator** that the end skit at the end of **Attack of The The Eye Creatures** (they just didn’t care) was classic. My favorite songs are Creepy Girl, the Jet Jaguar Fight Song and Patrick Swayze Christmas. For shorts, there’s **Hired!** , the one about grooming, the one about the family (“only ethnic people have emotions”) and **Mr. B Natural**. I have no favorite bot–just when I think Servo’s the best, Crow does something spectacular. Gypsy is beyond compare. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/68 "2003-03-24T20:39:41Z")
**Eve** : More places to look - [www.mst3kinfo.com](http://www.mst3kinfo.com) has a Trading Post, where you can locate lots of folks who will trade or sell non-Rhino episodes. So if you can’t find what you want from Rhino, check out these people. And while I’m here: Joel: Sounds like your monster reads Frost. Crow: Yeah, and he sprays it like icy death from his bloody stumps! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/69 "2003-03-24T20:46:33Z")
What’s this about the digital archive project? ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/70 "2003-03-24T20:55:03Z")
Fave short - “Once Upon a Honeymoon,” from _Night of the Bloodbeast_ (#701, I think). Weird, weird short. To quote a bewildered Tom Servo: “What the hell was that about, anyway?” per **SolGrundy** , most obscure reference I “got” - I didn’t get it on my own, so it probably doesn’t count, but the Most Obscure Reference Ever (according to Mike Nelson) is “Stop her! She’s got my keyboard!”, from _Gamera vs… um… Guiron, I think_. Servo shouts it as a little girl on-screen runs away, eliciting confusion from Joel and Crow. It’s a reference to an ex-girlfriend of Mike’s who stole his keyboard, lo these many years ago. I happened to have read an interview in which Mike mentioned it, before I saw the episode. So I got it. But as I said, that doesn’t count, and I can’t at the moment think of an obscure one that I haven’t needed help with. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/71 "2003-03-24T21:12:14Z")
Ah the memories. **Favorite stingers** : “Special effects by Billy!” Danger!Deathray “Can we help you, movie lady? Do you need a push or something?” The Screaming Skull Mike and Crow’s “Really Femmy Movies” war during the closing credits of [Alien From L.A.](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Bit516.html%5B/url) **Favorite Song** : “The United Servo Academy Men’s Chorus Hymn” - Starfighters “Toobular Boobular” Outlaw (which was a great episode) **Favorite Host Segment** : Pretentious coffee house (Crow:… I’ve been recording my life in pastels!) - Creeping Terror Joel turns up Tom Servo’s sarcasm level - First Spaceship on Venus ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/72 "2003-03-24T21:20:29Z")
I prefer Joel to Mike although I certainly enjoyed both. It always bothered me how Mike was bossed around by the bots. Joel was the bots father and he seemed to be raising them. I have many favorite episodes but I think Gamera is involved in most of them. I really liked most of the sketches but I really prefered Dr. Forrester and Frank to Pearl and company. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/73 "2003-03-24T21:25:01Z")
Sorry for the messed up link. You’ll find the [“Femmy Movies” bit here.](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Bit516.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/74 "2003-03-24T21:50:51Z")
I thought the “stinger” was the brief clip or line shown again at the very end of the credits? ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/75 "2003-03-24T21:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*Here’s another question to consider (if I may presume to ask it): > My favorite MST song is, of course, Creepy Girl. What’s yours? \*\* In keeping with my Renaissance geekery, I’m partial to the Delta Knights madrigal (as performed by the Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just After the Plague Singers). I know I won’t soon forget the cheese. Other stuff: **The Movie** : Entertaining, though not as much as the regular episodes. **Stingers** : _Overdrawn at the Memory Bank_ (“Mom, my nuts!” Sure, he was really saying “…am I nuts?” but that’s not what it sounded like!), _The Final Sacrifice_ (“Rowsdower!”), and, of course _Diabolik,_ already mentioned by **Eve**. **Anti-Mary Jo Pehl?** Nah, she’s funny. I rather enjoyed Pearl’s stint in the theater in _Quest of the Delta Knights._ **Shorts** : I already mentioned it, but “A Case of Spring Fever” is utter surreal, terrifying brilliance. “From then on, Coily visited him nightly, till he was driven mad…” ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/76 "2003-03-24T22:00:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > \*\*The [Digital Archive Project](http://www.dapcentral.org/), if you can figure out how the whole thing works (I sure as hell can’t). It’s been mentioned that it’s “gray-market,” which I don’t get at all because a) they immediately remove eps that are available commercially, and 2) the show’s creators themselves encourage trading of eps. > \*\* it took me a little while to figure a few things out (maybe 30 mins) but after i got it all set up it was good as gold. The problem with their server is it roams IP addresses or ports or something so you have to reconnect to the messegeboard to find out where it went every few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/77 "2003-03-24T22:27:31Z")
I’m a fan of both Joel and Mike, so I really can’t choose. I miss seeing the Joel episodes. I can’t remember the title, but the one with the giant lizard was great. “One Adam 12, One Adam 12, what’re you doing in Wisconsin?” And the skit about the directing where everybody had to put one foot up on something and lean on the knee. That and the one with the alien invaders whose ray guns reduced everybody to skeletons. Aaargh! I suck at titles. I do remember Sidehackers fondly though. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/78 "2003-03-24T22:42:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*I thought the “stinger” was the brief clip or line shown again at the very end of the credits? \*\* :smack: I meant comments. Now that you mention it though - **Favorite stingers** Danger!Deathray - the inexplicable watch falling into the pool. Pod People - “It stinks!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/79 "2003-03-24T23:26:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Katisha \* > \*\ ***Stingers** : _Overdrawn at the Memory Bank_ (“Mom, my nuts!” Sure, he was really saying “…am I nuts?” but that’s not what it sounded like!), \*\* In a recent repeat of this experiment, the stinger was not shown! ---
**Author:** ![chigger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@chigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chigger)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/80 "2003-03-25T02:18:44Z")
To photopat: The first you refer to is “Giant Gila Monster” and the second is something like “Teenagers from Outer Space” No pref of Joel over Mike - I liked them both for different reasons, all of which already posted here. Absolute favorite episodes are “Creeping Terror” and “Legend of Boggy Creek 2”- make me laugh to tears every time. Least Favs are “Devil Doll” and “Overdrawn at Memory Bank” - way too tedious Fav song: “Sidehacker” Fav skit - driving in reverse in "Manos … " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443.md?page=5)