# Mystery Science Theater 3000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478 "2003-10-20T07:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/181 "2003-11-06T03:35:26Z")
My mom is named Crow T. Robot. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/182 "2003-11-06T04:13:27Z")
My lizard was Torgo. And if I get a greyhound I will probably call it Rowsdower. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/183 "2003-11-06T07:39:13Z")
FYI, I have been asked specifically by the mods not to discuss _that site_ here, because it is technically in violation of copyright laws, even though the people who hold the copyrights (well, some of them, anyway) have said they don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/184 "2003-11-06T18:56:44Z")
::_Vanyel spills something opaque on his previous posts_:: ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/185 "2003-11-07T05:22:42Z")
And yet more rock climbing. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/186 "2003-11-07T18:20:43Z")
There was no dog. You never had a dog. That’s enough of this dog nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/187 "2003-11-07T20:14:03Z")
Well, the cheese isn’t gonna cut itself. –Crow T. Robot ---
**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:** [November 8, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/188 "2003-11-08T02:36:41Z")
[Gypsy] You guuuuuysss! It’s not cheeeessseee!!! [/Gypsy] ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/189 "2003-11-08T21:32:22Z")
Crow: Joel, this is gonna turn into a snuff film, I know it! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/190 "2003-11-09T21:34:26Z")
True story: I went camping this weekend. We climbed some rocks and cliffs and caves. At one point of a particularly difficult climb, I turned to the girl with me and said, “Rock climbing, Joel.” She coulda died, cause it made her laugh so hard at just the right place to be amonst all those rocks. So, that’s how I now know she’s a Mistie! ---
**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:** [November 9, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/191 "2003-11-09T23:11:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Who here has named a pet after a character? > > _raises hand_ One of my cats is named after Gypsy. \*\* My friend Rebecca came thisclose to naming her cat Trumpy, after the alien in _Pod People_. She actually kept that name overnight, then switched to Frank. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/192 "2003-11-10T21:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\*My friend Rebecca came thisclose to naming her cat Trumpy, after the alien in _Pod People_. She actually kept that name overnight, then switched to Frank. \*\* My friend Trumpy was going to name his cat Rebecca, but then the testicles dropped, so it was renamed Frank. Small world, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/193 "2003-11-11T18:59:23Z")
One question I have about a reference from **Racket Girls** who are they refering to when the mobster with the hat is in view. Servo sings a couple of lines, the first one something like “Lets go back to Rockdale.” Does anyone know who that is supposed to be? At first I though of Sinatra, but am not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/194 "2003-11-13T05:25:55Z")
Anyone seen the one with “Kitten With A Whip”? It’s downloading now and I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/195 "2003-11-13T09:23:58Z")
I have. It’s actually one of the better movies, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/196 "2003-11-13T10:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zap\_Rowsdower \* > \*\*One question I have about a reference from **Racket Girls** who are they refering to when the mobster with the hat is in view. Servo sings a couple of lines, the first one something like “Lets go back to Rockdale.” Does anyone know who that is supposed to be? At first I though of Sinatra, but am not sure. \*\* I haven’t seen that episode in particular, but it could be a reference to the R.E.M. song “Don’t go back to Rockville”. They’ve referenced that song before. ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/197 "2003-11-13T12:13:22Z")
It’s definitely an R.E.M. reference, I assume because the gangster with the hat looks like Michael Stipe in some of the shots. They also reference “Stand,” “Losing My Religion” and I think “Radio Free Europe,” IIRC. I’m probably missing a couple, too. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/198 "2003-11-13T13:57:31Z")
Thanks, now I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/199 "2003-11-14T07:37:06Z")
Well, just watched Kitten With A Whip. Seems to be one of the higher quality movies they have given the treatment to. Not bad at all. Ann Marg-rock was WAY HOT!! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/200 "2003-11-14T14:51:01Z")
_Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!_ Is that the one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478.md?page=11)