# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/161 "2003-11-02T02:00:05Z")
No… This was years ago, before the Sci-Fi years. I have that one on video and she didn’t recognize it. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/162 "2003-11-02T02:14:22Z")
You know, just because you CAN edit doesn’t mean you SHOULD. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/163 "2003-11-02T02:38:39Z")
I just watched **Sidehackers** the other night, and while it will never replace **Jack Frost** in my heart, it’s one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen. (Granted, I’ve missed like everything that happened before Sci-Fi.) BUt I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/164 "2003-11-02T03:41:54Z")
**Battleship Earth** that_is_ that horrible Travolta abhoration isn’t it? I seem to have a bit of a mental block on many details about it (mercifully) should definitely be MSTed if only it were possible. It’s hard to narrow down favorites but **Manos** and **Prince of Space** are at the top of my list. I’m squarely on the fence about the Joel/Mike issue of superiority. I agree that the fact of their very uniqueness and sense of the truly absurd was the key to their respective success. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/165 "2003-11-02T13:54:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bugnorton \* > _ **Battleship Earth** [size=1]thatis_ that horrible Travolta abhoration isn’t it? \*\* Battlefield Earth. Not that the title makes a difference in the suckiness thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/166 "2003-11-02T23:23:17Z")
“Ha! Found him! Oh, its just a ruddy Balrog.” “My father was a master bat hunter. I guess that makes me Bat Masterson.” “He’s posing for the dollar.” “You’re such a guanno-head.” -The Bat People ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/167 "2003-11-02T23:40:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolfian \* > \*\*“Ha! Found him! Oh, its just a ruddy Balrog.” > > “My father was a master bat hunter. I guess that makes me Bat Masterson.” > > “He’s posing for the dollar.” > > “You’re such a guanno-head.” > > -The Bat People \*\* The title was actually “It Lives By Night,” although I’ve seen it called “The Bat People” on the sci-fi channel’s website. Great episode. “Hey, squeak you, man.” “I think I just guanoed my pants!” (After the sherrif gets beaten up by the half-man, half-bat) “How am I going to report _this_? This is worse than the time I got jumped by that gang of field mice. I knew I shouldn’t have slept my way through small mammal wrestling at the academy.” ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/168 "2003-11-03T13:41:38Z")
“After all those bananas, I feel like a monkey!” Crow: “Me too! Where can we find one?” ---
**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 4, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/169 "2003-11-04T04:29:33Z")
I always liked _The Final Sacrifice_. Who the hell names their kid Zap, especially when you have a name like Rowsdower? “You shot me in the butt! What the hell, you shot me in the butt!” “And God bless Grandpa, and Gramma, and all my evil henchmen…” “So what happened to my dad?” “I jerked him!” “You know what happened to him?” “He was delicious!” And then everyone but Mike comes down with a bad case of Hockey Hair? Seriously funny shit! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/170 "2003-11-04T05:40:30Z")
“Ooooooooooh! I made you some trail mix out of rat droppings and hair!” “We might be able to go faster if you dumped that 50 pounds of ground pork…oh, wait, that’s your butt.” “You know it’s spring when the executioners start getting in the house.” “He was made in the image of an egg noodle!” I’ll stop here. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/171 "2003-11-04T14:41:33Z")
By the way, Joel’s escape pod was in a box marked “Hamdingers”: Anyone got a clue as to what the hell those are? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/172 "2003-11-04T15:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Adamcomic \* > \*\*By the way, Joel’s escape pod was in a box marked “Hamdingers”: Anyone got a clue as to what the hell those are? \*\* From the MST3K FAQ: > [@](#): > > Q: Just what IS a hamdinger? > A: Hamdingers (a pivotal plot element in the story of Joel’s escape in episode 512- Mitchell and mentioned again in episode 513- The Brain That Wouldn’t Die) are miniature microwavable sandwiches from the Swift-Premium folks, made out of processed ham…sort of spamburgers. Originally intended to be a quickie snack-meal item, they were extremely nasty and were/are most popularly used as fishbait. ---
**Author:** ![galrion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@galrion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galrion)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/173 "2003-11-04T15:47:27Z")
The first episode I ever saw was “Samson and the Vampire Women” which consisted of the hero, a Mexican wrestler, getting beaten up by the villains for the entire movie and then just winning through stupid luck. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/174 "2003-11-05T04:02:56Z")
El Santo! El Santo will save us! Harken unto the hyperlink below, and ye shall discover much of the goodness that is MST3K. Verily, it is easy to download, and a friend to small children (plus it’s made of turtle meat!) [The Digital Archive Project](http://www.dapcentral.org/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/175 "2003-11-05T04:05:54Z")
Oh yeah, while I’m here Mike ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/176 "2003-11-05T16:40:36Z")
And the best short of them all (also the last short _snif_): NOOOOOOOOO SPRINGS!!! ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/177 "2003-11-05T16:45:10Z")
“We are friends, aren’t we, Coily?” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/178 "2003-11-05T16:53:03Z")
Vanyel, I’m glad you mentioned the DAP. Everytime I go there, I get confused by all the talk about ports and IRC and edonkeys, and run away. Maybe I should open another thread for hand-holding in the DAP. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/179 "2003-11-05T19:50:46Z")
Well, the first step is to read the faqs. If talk of IRC confuses you, then I recommend [this faq](http://www.dapcentral.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=12&categories=IRC+-+Part+3%3A+mIRC+and+You+-+A+Magical+Journey&parent_id=0), which I wrote a while back. It should get you started on setting up mIRC, which allows you to chat with members of the DAP. Once you get connected, if you still have problems, people will most likely be willing to help you out (unless your question is covered in one of the faqs, in which case you will be ridiculed). EDonkey is covered in another faq, and it is the most popular way of sharing these files, but be sure to follow the rules exactly, because the server may automatically ban you if you have not. ---
**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 6, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478/180 "2003-11-06T02:35:57Z")
Who here has named a pet after a character? _raises hand_ One of my cats is named after Gypsy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-science-theater-3000/208478.md?page=10)