# Mst3k **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258 "2003-01-13T06:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/21 "2003-01-14T21:44:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*“One Adam Twelve, One Adam Twelve, what’re you doing in Wisconsin?” \*\* “Woo! Packers!” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/22 "2003-01-14T21:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skammer \* > \*\*All I can add is be prepared for DEEEEEEEEP HUUUURRRRTING. \*\* i just saw that one for the first time Sunday. I now hate sandstorms. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/23 "2003-01-14T21:46:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*I’ve seen them posted regularly on Usenet, actually. They’re pretty popular on some newsgroups. As far as I know you can’t buy them–you basically have to know someone (who knows someone…ad infinitum). \*\* You mean purchase the old episodes? Yes you can. Just a friendly heads up. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/24 "2003-01-14T21:48:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phlebert \* > \*\*Question: Sci Fi network only airs episodes with Mike. Is this because of some dispute between show execs and Joel Hodgson (the creator… I miss him so)? Can you find episodes with Joel anywhere? that guy was so freakin funny! His stand up used to be good too! \*\* Sci Fi doesn’t have the rights to show the episodes that were shown on Comedy Central. Mike came on the show a season or two before they switched over to SciFi. Plenty of Joel episodes (including _Mitchell_, his going away show) are available on tape and DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/25 "2003-01-14T21:56:08Z")
Sci-fi only airs episodes with Mike because they were only involved in the show’s last three seasons. Before that the show was put out by Comedy Central/Comedy Channel, which is where Joel hosted for the first five years. As I understand it, he left the show amicably to pursue other interests, and did come back to do a guest appearance on the _Soultaker_ episode for Sci-fi, so evidently there was no bad blood there. I believe the reason that C.C. never airs these older episodes has something to do with licensing of the original movies for use by Best Brains, the company that actually produced the show. Apparently the film rights were only secured for a limited time (two years, I think). After that time, the only shows that could be rebroadcast or redistributed were those in which the movie rights had been renewed. This is why Rhino Video, which distributes the show on tape/DVD, has such a patchy selection, and also why you’ll never see those earlier shows broadcast in their original order again. None of which I knew when I was slogging down to the Student Union to watch the damn show in the basement with the rest of the gang, of course. Never taped a single frigging show; it was so damn funny, I thought it would be in syndication forever. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/26 "2003-01-14T21:56:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fiddlesticks \* > \*\*Mike came on the show a season or two before they switched over to SciFi. \*\* Hmm. I thought he was head writer and took over as main character when Joel left. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/27 "2003-01-15T00:02:44Z")
He was head writer and also appeared occasionally as different aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/28 "2003-01-15T06:18:07Z")
Yeah, he was a writer from day one, or just about, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![phlebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phlebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phlebert)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/29 "2003-01-15T06:45:53Z")
Wow! alright. Thanks to **slortar** , **js\_africanus** , **fiddlesticks** , and **terrifel** for the info. I am gonna rush right down to the video store and see what they got! also gonna check out that usenet thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/30 "2003-01-15T13:39:26Z")
I suggest you get the new MST3K DVD box set. I got it and it’s awesome–Catalina Caper, The Skydivers, The Creeping Terror, and Bloodhunt. Now if only Rhino Home Video would pick up the pace and get more DVDs out! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/31 "2003-01-15T14:04:13Z")
Wow, color me stupid. Only looks like 30 or so are out, though. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/32 "2003-01-15T14:31:02Z")
Hey - does anyone know if there are plans for Rhino to release more episodes than what’s already out? Or is it one of those “what you see is what you get” situations. And, because one can never have too many quotes: Re: Dweeby high school kid in the “What to Do on a Date” short - “Betcha he wishes he had a life. _Man_, what a loser.” ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/33 "2003-01-15T19:02:45Z")
**"TortCHA!"** “Eagle One, how do you copy?” \*\*“With a Xerox machine, how do you do it?” “BO-ring IN-cid-DEN-tal MU-sic!” “Look, it’s the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie!”\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/34 "2003-01-16T06:19:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*I’ve seen them posted regularly on Usenet, actually. They’re pretty popular on some newsgroups. As far as I know you can’t buy them–you basically have to know someone (who knows someone…ad infinitum). \*\* Visit the [Digital Archive Project](http://www.dapcentral.org/index.php) to download episodes. It’s all free, just read the faqs to find out how. Or if you already know something about IRC, come visit on server [irc.dapcentral.org](http://irc.dapcentral.org), port 6667, channel #dapcentral ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/35 "2003-01-16T06:27:21Z")
Which was the episode where they said “Finally, the _[something or other]_, twelve hours in.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/36 "2003-01-16T06:56:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*Hey - does anyone know if there are plans for Rhino to release more episodes than what’s already out? Or is it one of those “what you see is what you get” situations. > \*\* All of the episodes that have already been released on VHS will eventually be rereleased on DVD. They’re putting out a few new DVDs every few months. They are also still releasing the occasional new episode on VHS, but they will never release all the episodes, because they don’t have the rights to all of the movies. And some of the people who DO own the rights have publicly stated that they will never allow the MST3K versions to be released. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/37 "2003-01-16T22:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Which was the episode where they said “Finally, the [something or other], twelve hours in.” I believe that was _Hobgoblins_. “Finally, the hobgoblins…” Gotta love the interview with “director Rick Sloan” during the closing credits. “Yes, I had been doing quite a bit of crack that day, as I recall…” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/38 "2003-01-16T22:52:47Z")
Yeah, that’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mama\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_K)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/39 "2003-01-17T00:43:31Z")
I’m looking for a specific episode that has something to do with a werewolf. All I remember from it is that one of the robots start singing “Where The Streets Have No Name”. My friend loves U2, and I think she would find it hilarious. I’m new, btw. ::waves hello:: ---
**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:** [January 17, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258/40 "2003-01-17T01:16:29Z")
I started watching during Season 8-9, so I really do like the newer ones AND the older ones. I think they’re all just as funny, because the themes of the show are still there. (Plus, I just love Brain Guy!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k/148258.md?page=3)