# MST3K is funny, even if I have no idea what's going on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440 "2009-06-30T02:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/41 "2009-07-02T01:50:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Uhh, guys? Someone asked above for a link to all of this MST3K goodness. I don’t think directions to a short on youtube was quite what he had in mind. > > Unless that’s how everybody watched MST3K on the internet. Is it? 'Cos I’m not certain that I’m up to doing the shows in twelve-minute segments. > > Is it on Hulu? Is there a site dedicated to online viewings of MST3K? You have to buy the DVDs. You can find them easily at Amazon. Some of the ones listed in this thread aren’t available by DVD. I am aware that there are ways to view non-officially-available episodes, but I don’t know what these ways are, and I am certain I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you on this board even if I did know. As far as I know, there is nowhere you can go online to view any MST3K episodes. I think you used to be able to watch a lot of them on Youtube, but it appears those are gone. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/42 "2009-07-02T01:52:56Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Google is your friend. > > I present to you, in its entirety : [Mitchell!](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2667241501139414571) Huh. I stand sort of corrected. (What are the rules around here for presenting such links? I should read the rules sometime…) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/43 "2009-07-02T02:01:39Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > You have to buy the DVDs. You can find them easily at Amazon. > > Some of the ones listed in this thread aren’t available by DVD. I am aware that there are ways to view non-officially-available episodes, but I don’t know what these ways are, and I am certain I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you on this board even if I did know. > > As far as I know, there is nowhere you can go online to view any MST3K episodes. I think you used to be able to watch a lot of them on Youtube, but it appears those are gone. :smack: I just didn’t get that from the OP. I guess I figured that if he had DVDs, he’d play them on a DVD player. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/44 "2009-07-02T02:48:36Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > (What are the rules around here for presenting such links? I should read the rules sometime…) None that I can see. All the rules [are here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384736), and this doesn’t seem to violate any of them. It’s not linking to a P2P file sharing site, it’s linking to Google Video. No copyright violation on this end. If BBI has any problem with this, it should be taken up with Google. I wouldn’t count on that link remaining active forever, though. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/45 "2009-07-02T04:15:13Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Every time I get a PPT bug about Normal View, I sing it to myself. “Norrrrmal VIEWWWWWW!!! **NORRRRRMAAALLLLL VIIIEWWWWWWWWWW!!** ” No, no, no. “Normal VIEWWWWW!” is meant to be used for dramatic moments. Friend: “And then, Ricki caught Bruce in bed with Rob!” You: “Normal VIEW!” My favorites have already been mentioned, so I’ll second them: _Mr. B Natural Pod People The Legend of Boggy Creek II This Island Earth_ I don’t see _The Mole People_ mentioned, which includes one of my favorite lines for everyday use: “I’m not being sa-cri-ficed, ha ha, Sherry, ha ha.” And _Phantom Planet_ features flying fried chicken asteroids. I also get a huge kick out of any of the 1950’s propaganda shorts, such as [Keeping Clean and Neat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRB3xDg5pnU), [Appreciating Our Parents](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavuV6Rg61s&feature=related), and [Posture Pals](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDjBsOkidek). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/46 "2009-07-02T07:08:57Z")
Curse you all. This thread has made my Netflix queue grow by 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/47 "2009-07-02T14:49:00Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > You have to buy the DVDs. You can find them easily at Amazon. > > Some of the ones listed in this thread aren’t available by DVD. I am aware that there are ways to view non-officially-available episodes, but I don’t know what these ways are, and I am certain I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you on this board even if I did know. > > As far as I know, there is nowhere you can go online to view any MST3K episodes. I think you used to be able to watch a lot of them on Youtube, but it appears those are gone. I’ve been using YouTube. So far I’ve found what I’ve been looking for (except for the last few minutes of _Werewolf_). I don’t have very much experience with bad movies. I don’t usually watch TV or movies in the first place, and when I do it’s because they’ve come highly recommended. That being said, _Puma Man_ has to be the stoopidest film I have ever seen. I actually found myself wincing in embarassment at certain points. ---
**Author:** ![adventures.in.solitude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@adventures.in.solitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adventures.in.solitude)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/48 "2009-07-03T08:48:33Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > There’s also _Pod People_, with the “McCloud!” running gag. I’m only very vaguely familiar with the reference (I think I read a parody once in MAD Magazine) but it cracks me up every time. Hands down… Pod People wins my vote. “Chief?” “McCloud!” and another classic is the running joke of… :: ok sign:: “It stinks!” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/49 "2009-07-03T18:13:26Z")
I started to watch _Santa Claus Conquers The Martians_, but even with MST3K, it was so painfully bad I had to stop about ten minutes into the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/50 "2009-07-03T18:32:41Z")
I’ve found that for some reason, it’s easier to watch the episodes the second time around. The movies can be really, REALLY bad and you just find them so painful you can’t concentrate on the riffs. But then once you get over it, and know what to expect, it’s even better! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/51 "2009-07-03T19:02:56Z")
> [@adventures.in.solitude](#): > > Hands down… Pod People wins my vote. “Chief?” “McCloud!” and another classic is the running joke of… :: ok sign:: “It stinks!” [Among the first rough guys that meet the aliens, there was a guy with a coat and hat like from the 17th century.] \* **Crow:** \* "Now this guy has Renaissance festival written all over him! [Same guy picks a huge Crossbow from a pickup truck] _ **All:** _ Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/52 "2009-07-05T21:17:52Z")
I forgot to ask, what is the “Chief? McCloud?” thing supposed to mean? Who’s McCloud? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/53 "2009-07-05T21:42:19Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I forgot to ask, what is the “Chief? McCloud?” thing supposed to mean? Who’s McCloud? It’s from the 70s police drama [McCloud](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCloud_(TV_series)). Dennis Weaver was a Texas lawman who was “on loan” to the NYPD, and he and the Chief of Detectives didn’t see eye to eye. > [@](#): > > Another recurring theme in the show was the conflict between McCloud and his superior, NYPD Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford, played in every episode but the pilot by J.D. Cannon. In the first episodes, their relationship was portrayed as somewhat amiable, with Clifford showing a wary respect for the unconventional Westerner assigned to his command. The relationship quickly soured based mostly on McCloud’s seeming disregard of authority combined with a charm that let him escape many of the consequences of his “cowboy-like” determination. Clifford’s attitude to McCloud became one of cynical antagonism, bordering at times on extreme rage, but usually tempered with a grudging respect for McCloud’s ability to solve the most difficult of cases. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/54 "2009-07-05T23:37:51Z")
Midway through Season 8 (their first on SciFi), they went through an absolutely brilliant streak: Prince of Space, parts: the clonus horror, Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies, Giant Spider Invasion, Space Mutiny. All are hysterically funny, and I think all are available on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/55 "2009-07-06T00:14:16Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’ve found that for some reason, it’s easier to watch the episodes the second time around… But then once you get over it, and know what to expect, it’s even better! Then I must really fucking love The Giant Gila Monster. > [@jsc1953](#): > > Midway through Season 8 (their first on SciFi), they went through an absolutely brilliant streak: Prince of Space, parts: the clonus horror, Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies, Giant Spider Invasion, Space Mutiny. All are hysterically funny, and I think all are available on DVD. Space Mutiny is probably my all-time favorite for the chase scene on those little maintenance cars with Mike and the Bots singing clown music. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/56 "2009-07-06T00:39:17Z")
I sure like MST, but it’s been a while since I watched it . I can’t remember the movie title, but there was the comment “dig that Count Chocula background music!” that still makes me laugh whenever I think about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/57 "2009-07-06T00:40:37Z")
I loved their “This Island Earth” piss take, my parents happened upon the ending of it and laughed too. Shame it wasn’t on more often in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440/58 "2009-07-06T02:37:30Z")
Some of the songs were absolutely fucking brilliant. “When I held your brain in my arms…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-is-funny-even-if-i-have-no-idea-whats-going-on/501440.md?page=2)