# Favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672 "2010-12-29T02:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/81 "2011-01-12T14:44:46Z")
A movie doesn’t have to be bad to be riffable. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/82 "2011-01-12T14:55:54Z")
You are correct. Much of the riffing for _Clonus_ and _Riding With Death_ were simply 70’s references. Of course, the 50’s also seem to get a good roasting too, mainly in the shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/83 "2011-02-01T00:02:29Z")
I have to say, Teenagers from Outer Space is a very funny episode. I’m watching it now and love it. By the way, here is a list of what I have seen lately. After getting my Roku for Christmas, I’ve been putting about one episode or so a day. What key ones have I missed? Don’t worry if they stream on Netflix or now. 🙂 santa claus manos hands of fate final sacrifice hobgoblins pod people overdrawn at the memory bank skydivers werewolf final justice mitchell soultaker devil fish eegah cave dwellers hercules against the moon men attack of the giant leeches the killer shrews wild world of bat woman future war screaming skull fire maidens of outer space zombie nightmare Jack Frost first spaceship on venus monsters a go go horrors of spider island racket girls time chasers blood waters of dr. z teenagers from outer space ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/84 "2011-02-01T00:50:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > cave dwellers One of my favorite riffs is still: “How much Keefe is in this movie?” “Miiiiiles O’Keefe!” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/85 "2011-02-01T01:06:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I have to say, Teenagers from Outer Space is a very funny episode. I’m watching it now and love it. > > By the way, here is a list of what I have seen lately. After getting my Roku for Christmas, I’ve been putting about one episode or so a day. > > What key ones have I missed? Don’t worry if they stream on Netflix or now. 🙂 > > santa claus > manos hands of fate > final sacrifice > hobgoblins > pod people > overdrawn at the memory bank > skydivers > werewolf > final justice > mitchell > soultaker > devil fish > eegah > cave dwellers > hercules against the moon men > attack of the giant leeches > the killer shrews > wild world of bat woman > future war > screaming skull > fire maidens of outer space > zombie nightmare > Jack Frost > first spaceship on venus > monsters a go go > horrors of spider island > racket girls > time chasers > blood waters of dr. z > teenagers from outer space Hmm…Space Mutiny, The Girl in Lovers’ Lane, Red Zone Cuba, The Final Sacrifice, Merlin’s Shop, The Phantom Planet…those are a few really good ones I don’t see listed there. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/86 "2011-02-01T01:36:28Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Hmm…Space Mutiny, The Girl in Lovers’ Lane, Red Zone Cuba, The Final Sacrifice, Merlin’s Shop, The Phantom Planet…those are a few really good ones I don’t see listed there. Thanks, but Final Sacrifice is listed. Zap Rowzdower. I still laugh at that name. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/87 "2011-02-01T14:11:15Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > One of my favorite riffs is still: > > “How much Keefe is in this movie?” > “Miiiiiles O’Keefe!” It’s the Speedy Delivery Guy! And has he got a package! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/88 "2011-02-01T18:58:45Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > A movie doesn’t have to be bad to be riffable. Absolutely true – the Rifftrax oeuvre is filled with good movies (eg, Jaws, LOTR:FOTR) with absolutely hysterical riffing. ETA: to respond to the OP – Starfighters, Santa Claus, Teenagers from Outer Space, Space Mutiny, Prince of Space, Giant Spider Invasion, ISCWSLABMUZ, Werewolf, Devil Doll, Puma Man… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/89 "2011-02-01T19:14:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I have to say, Teenagers from Outer Space is a very funny episode. I’m watching it now and love it. I think so too, but some folks say it’s just TORCHA! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/90 "2011-02-01T20:21:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > One of my favorite riffs is still: > > “How much Keefe is in this movie?” > “Miiiiiles O’Keefe!” Ditto! This was the first episode I caught on Comedy Central, I believe.I laughed so hard I woke my room-mates up at 3 am. “It is everything… and nothing” “Ah, could you be a little more vague, please?” ---
**Author:** ![Meme\_Chose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Meme\_Chose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meme_Chose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/91 "2011-02-01T21:05:46Z")
Who could pick just one?? However, the only time in my life that i ever fell off the couch laughing was during Puma Man. "Air is _pretty!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/92 "2011-02-01T23:57:00Z")
Watching “Devil Doll” right now. “After years of waiting, you are finally going to get to see the remaining 10% of my butt!” Great line. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/93 "2011-02-02T16:45:08Z")
“Mommy?” “Daddy?” “Puma?” “Chief?” “McCloud!” ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/94 "2011-02-02T16:54:47Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > “Mommy?” > “Daddy?” > “Puma?” > “Chief?” > “McCloud!” I almost peed myself when I first heard that on Pod People. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/95 "2011-02-02T21:41:43Z")
I also think that a movie doesn’t necessarily have to be bad in order to be good riffing material. I would love to see _The Wizard of Oz_ riffed. And I think the Peter Jackson “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was done on Rifftrax. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/96 "2011-02-02T22:21:25Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I can’t remember the name of it, but one movie had an endless mountain climbing scene that must have gone on at least 15 minutes. I don’t know how they kept coming up with enough jokes to fill that one. “Lost Continent”, starring Caesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont, and someone else I can only remember by his Mst-ied nickname, “Monkey Boy”. The interminable rock climbing led to a short few scenes of toy dinosaurs, which probably were borrowed from other movies. That’s the first one I showed to my dad. At one point they unleashed a barrage of jokes culminating with Caesar Romero saying according to his calendar it’s the 20th Century, not 200 million B.C., and Crow riffing back that he had a Chippendale’s calendar. My dad almost choked to death, but was a fan from then on. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/97 "2011-02-03T03:10:42Z")
The Starfighters just became one of my favorites. “Flying a plane is like making love to a woman.” Crow: “You have to pay for it?” ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/98 "2011-02-03T05:21:52Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, but my personal favorite is **The Mole People**. “I’m not being sacrificed, ha ha, Sherri, ha ha!” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672/99 "2011-02-03T08:24:46Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Pod People “It stinks” I came in here solely to mention _Pod People_: “Boy, Trumpy, you can do stupid things.” And the song! “With the pickle mind, we pick the nipple beer Steady as she goes, we’re flying over trout Ghetto down the highway at the speed of light All I wanna feel now is the wind in my eyes Sack o’monkeys in my pocket, my sister’s ready to go” ---
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> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > “Lost Continent”, starring Caesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont, and someone else I can only remember by his Mst-ied nickname, “Monkey Boy”. The interminable rock climbing led to a short few scenes of toy dinosaurs, which probably were borrowed from other movies. I just Netflixed this one last weekend. What I like about it is that Hugh Beaumont seems to be so amused by the whole thing. Watch him during the rock-climbing sequence–during one of the “butt-grabbing” scenes where he’s sitting in the background, he puts his head down on his arms to hide that he can’t help laughing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672.md?page=6)