What was the movie on at 6:00 PM Eastern?
The only scene that I remember was this:
There were some “dancers” dressed in black-and-white candy-stripe outfits, although the lead dancer was wearing much less.
There was a MARATHON???
Dammit.
Anyway, if it was in color it sounds like “Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies”.
Episode 812.
If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose.
Goddam–my TV page sure as hell didn’t list it! I’d have fired up the old Edison wind-up VCR and taped all day . . .
If anyone taped this I’d love to buy a copy from you. We don’t get Sci-Fi or Comedy Central where I live and I haven’t seen it the last couple years.
“Witnesses said
the chained helmets,
which directly faced each
other on their platforms,
seemed increasingly angry
and agitated in the
moments leading up to the
disaster.”
It was “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.”
It was part of Sci-Fi Channel’s “Chain Reaction” MST marathon. The other titles were:
Prince of Space
Puma Man
Horror of Party Beach
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Write Sci-Fi Channel and tell them their promotional abilities suck rocks. The only reason I knew about it is cos I read www.mst3kinfo.com every day.
DId anyone tape it??? I’ll pay for a tape…
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“Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat
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“You will never escape me, pyooma-man!”
“It’s pooma-man.”
OpatCat–you do realize Sci-Fi still shows reruns Saturdays at 9 a.m. EST? Check Sci-Fi Channel’s schedulebot for details (www.scifi.com).
Just so you all know, Rhino has some of the old Comedy Central shows on tape. Check out www.rhino.com for details.
I never understood the attraction of this show, but I was home with the flu and watched it all afternoon. What a hoot. Now I see what I’ve missed all these years.
That’s the only way to watch those movies. I loved H.A.R.M. – all those cracks about the guy’s cardigan. If I’d been able to breathe, I’d have laughed even harder.
Anyone wanna trade episodes? I have tons of tapes (well, about 40) of MST episodes dating back to Season 3 on Comedy Central. I even have two Season One eps, but the ends were cut off, so they’re not quite complete.
If anyone else did some taping way back when, there are some episodes I just gotta have, like Viking Women versus the Sea Serpent and Fire Maidens of Outer Space. Post here or contact me; I want 'em I want 'em I want 'em.
A thousand kudos, Guy, for the brilliant link to Rhino. Because I have lived in a) the boonies with almost no cable access, b)my first apartment and was too poor to afford cable, and c) Europe, Ive NEVER SEEN THE SHOW!!! Ive only heard my co-workers with cable laughing about it, and Ive seen the movie umpty-gajillion times. THERE IS HOPE FOR ME!!! I CAN WATCH THE SHOW, thanks to the magnanimousness of Rhino and Guy Propski.
It is better to waste your youth than do nothing with it. – Georges Courteline
Always happy to lend a hand. BTW, the Rhino tapes are usually available at Suncoast Video or other quality video retail stores. I also understand that some video rental stores carry them. My pal Dave recently rented the movie and “Cave Dwellers” (“How much Keefe is in this movie?” “Miles O’ Keefe.” “Oh.”).
Does anyone know what’s on the second Shorts collection from Rhino? I bought #1 and was disappointed that some of my favorites (Mr. B Natural, The Car of Tomorrow, A Day at the Circus, etc.) were not included.
From the Satellite News (http://www.mst3kinfo.com)
Here’s what’s included on the MST3K SHORTS, VOL. 2 tape, now available from Rhino Home Video:
Catching Trouble (315-Teenage Caveman)
What to Do on a Date (503-Swamp Diamonds)
Last Clear Chance (520-Radar Secret Service)
A Day at the Fair (608-Code Name: Diamond Head)
Keeping Neat and Clean (613-The Sinister Urge)
The Days of our Years (623-The Amazing Transparent Man)
Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm (607-Bloodlust)
I don’t know why “Mr. B Natural” still isn’t being issued. I assume it’s a problem with the distributor. Thanks to MST, a lot of these crappy movies and shorts are back in demand, so the price has gone up.
Just to head off the question, here’s the episodes available from Rhino, or through the MST3K Info Club:
Cave Dwellers (episode 301)
Pod People (episode 303)
Mitchell (episode 512)
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (episode 513)
Eagah! (episode 506)
The Unearthly (episode 320)
Red Zone Cuba (episode 619)
I Accuse My Parents (episode 507)
The Atomic Brain (episode 518)
Gunslinger (episode 511)
Manos, The Hands of Fate (episode 424)
Angels’ Revenge (episode 622)
MST Shorts Tape, selected shorts from Seasons 3-7!
3-Set Package: Angels’ Revenge, the MST Shorts Tape, and MST Boxer Shorts (MST “Shorts” not sold separately)
The Crawling Hand (episode 106)
The Beginning of the End (episode 517)
The Wild World of Batwoman (episode 515)
The Skydivers (episode 609)
Catalina Caper (episode 204)
Shorts II
Thanks, Guy—I may buy Shorts II despite its lack of Mr. B (which I have on tape, anyway).
To get the full MST experience, you really have to see the “Mr. B Natural” short with the “Mr. B Natural–Man or Woman?” debate. For your reading pleasure, a short excerpt:
Tom: If by this, sir, you mean that Mr. B Natural is a man, I challenge you to come up with unequivocal evidence to the contrary! They named him “Mister” and I, for one, have faith they knew what they were doing! You might as well just ask me to prove a fish is a fish! Gentlemen! IT JUST IS! As for these phantom “breasts” Mr. Robot claims to have seen, I say ‘Phooey-Kaflooey!’ Perhaps he has been in space TOO long! Mr. B Natural is just THAT! Here’s wishing we ALL could be a little more like him. I yield the floor.
Joel: Mr. T. Robot, you have twenty minutes to rebutt.
Crow: Mr. Servo, you’ve GOT to be kidding me! Let’s assume for the moment that Mr. B Natural IS a man. My heavens! What a confusing message to send to little kids! Already, there’s the painful feeling of isolation, the horrible, scarring acne. And Mr. Servo here would have us place a cross-dressing man with a clarinet slap dab in their bedrooms! Why not men in Little Bo Peep costumes with stinky cigars explaining the facts of life to our unsuspecting daughters? I, for one–
Joel: Mr. Servo, your rebuttal!
Tom: Yes! Yes! Mr. Crow! I don’t think we should stop there! Let’s break down ALL the barriers. Hairy men in Spartan costumes holding bake sales on shady boulevards! Naked jock-strap wrestling! Big–
Joel (interrupting): Gentlemen, I have Commercial Sign, I’m sorry. (Cut)
Well, that’s it—next Hallowe’en, I am going as Mr. B. Natural.
All of those tapes are available at Amazon.com too, and they seem to be cheaper.
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“Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat
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I seem to recall reading that whoever owns the rights to Mr. B Natural (a young people’s introduction to the confusing world of transvestitism) has indeed caught on to the fact that the short is a MiSTie fan favorite and is holding out for a higher price because of it.
Shorts #1 is still a hoot, though. I love the industrial arts one the best. “Tool Operator… Toooooool Operator…”
If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose.
I agree, Alph; the first time I heard that I nearly blew my soda through my nose.
You know, I just loved the simple humor of MST. I still laugh at the bit in “The Human Duplicators”–a shot of three men searching a canyon floor, to which Tom Servo comments: “Bobby? Cindy?..to be continued.”