# \*Other\* MST3K episodes you think are top notch
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 21, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507 "2015-01-21T18:45:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/1 "2015-01-21T18:45:41Z")
There are an handful we often hold up as being the best…I’m looking for ones that you think are great, but aren’t usually on top five lists.
Personally, within these parameters, I’d offer up:
Escape 2000
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
IMHO, the best episodes are based on movies whose core concept is so ridiculous that Mike/Joel and the bots could just stop talking and the movie would still be hilarious. Which often happens in Escape 2000.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/2 "2015-01-21T19:23:35Z")
_Agent from H.A.R.M_. gets short shrift but is actually pretty good, mostly due to the riffing rather than the film, which is a pretty tepid 60’s spy flick.
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### Author:  [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/3 "2015-01-21T19:28:31Z")
_Alien from LA_ is probably my #1. Even characters in the movie made fun of Kathy Ireland’s voice. Wish Joel was still around when it came out, however…
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/4 "2015-01-21T19:50:33Z")
Giant Spider Invasion. Especially awesome if you’re from Wisconsin.
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### Author:  [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/5 "2015-01-21T20:35:10Z")
I’m surprised I don’t often see this one on “best of” lists, because it’s really good – _The Amazing Colossal Man_. The movie is actually decent, the riffs are great, and the segment where Mike shows up as Glenn the Giant, standing on earth and chowing down on some plastic cows, is priceless.
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### Author:  [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/6 "2015-01-21T20:38:43Z")
My guess at the top Five (subject to change with my whims):
Santa Claus
Mitchell
Final Sacrifice
Space Mutiny
Diabolik
So, going beyond that, I’d say… Deathstalker. The Sword and the Dragon. Jack Frost. The Thing That Couldn’t Die. The Undead. Danger! Death Ray! Pod People. Cave Dwellers. Laserblast. Revenge of the Creature.
Every season has at least one standout episode. Season One was very uneven, but I defy you to not enjoy Robot Holocaust.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/7 "2015-01-21T20:38:53Z")
He TRIED to kill me with a fork lift!
The Joel years were great
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### Author:  [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/8 "2015-01-21T20:42:01Z")
Oh, and Operation Double 007.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/9 "2015-01-21T20:55:09Z")
Outlaw.
Teenage Strangler
The Girl in Lovers Lane (the fake theme music they sing still makes me laugh).
Attack of the the Eye Creatures. (Mostly because I liked the movie unMST’ed when I was a dopey kid).
Fire Maidens form Outer Space.
I think those are underrated ones but maybe they are universally popular and I am just unaware…
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/10 "2015-01-21T20:57:07Z")
Two that Mr. Ko and I just watched that would qualify: \*\*Girl’s Town \*\* ( with Paul Anka!) and **The Horror at Party Beach** , which had me falling out of my chair.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/11 "2015-01-21T21:06:13Z")
E-gah
Watch out for snakes!
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### Author:  [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/12 "2015-01-21T21:11:35Z")
I like **Track of the Moon Beast**. I love Johnny Longbow’s world-weary recitation of the ingredients in his stew. And I honestly, completely non-ironically enjoy the song “California Lady,” performed by The Band That Played California Lady.
I also rather liked The Del-Aires, the band that played several songs in **Horror of Party Beach**. They actually weren’t too bad.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/13 "2015-01-21T21:11:50Z")
Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues
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### Author:  [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/14 "2015-01-21T21:16:01Z")
**Master Ninja**
**The Sidehackers**
Two of my all-time favorites
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/15 "2015-01-21T21:29:37Z")
I’ll always have a fondness for the very first one I ever saw:
**Wild Rebels** , a cheesy hippy outlaw gang movie shot in Florida.
“I’m in it for the kicks, man!”
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/16 "2015-01-22T00:53:03Z")
_Eegah!_ and _Prince of Space_ are great. I don’t know if they make any lists. I also love _High School Big Shot_.
“We’ll beat him 'til he’s too wet to plow!”
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/17 "2015-01-22T01:24:40Z")
**Bloodlust!** is a very funny episode and I actually really like the movie.
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/18 "2015-01-22T02:47:14Z")
Is _(Arizona) Werewolf_ one of those usually counted amongst the top? If not, it should be.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/19 "2015-01-23T06:32:09Z")
> [@Leaper](#):
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> Is _(Arizona) Werewolf_ one of those usually counted amongst the top? If not, it should be.
It’s probably not quite as guaranteed to show up in a top 5 or top 10 list as Manos or Mitchell or Space Mutiny, but it does regularly show up on Best of MST3K lists.
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### Author:  [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mst3k-episodes-you-think-are-top-notch/710507/20 "2015-01-23T07:04:01Z")
Seconded _Prince of Space_. That movie was made of pure insanity.
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