# The Ultimate MST3K Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555 "2005-06-02T15:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/181 "2005-06-14T02:13:04Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Josh actually does a good Servo. The character he plays in the host segments, Dr. Erhardt, is pretty annoying, and doesn’t hold a candle to Frank. But his Servo is surprisingly good, and has a very good facility for puns. Bizarro Servo: That moss has taken a lichen to that tree? Bizarro Mike: What did I tell you about puns? BS: To shove them up my… BM: Exactly! I only have a season one episode thus far and I’ve only watch it once (Untamed Youth, starring a shirt stretched to its limits). I’ll have to go back and listen for the puns. Hearing that big voice come out of Servo was weird, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/182 "2005-06-14T02:43:43Z")
This is totally awesome! I had no idea MST was on DVD. Due to not having cable most of my life or having a life and no programming guide, I have only caught a handful of MST and luffed it all. I want to start getting the DVD’s , should I start with The Essentials and work my way through the sets? My personal favorite, and I don’t know what movie it was, possibly Manos, but there is a 10-15 second scene in a labratory. In walks a very young Clint Eastwood in a lab coat, he does hit bit and he’s out of there. Crow (paraphrased.): He’ll never amount to anything in Hollywood. Crow: One Grecian Urn! ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/183 "2005-06-14T02:46:23Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I want to start getting the DVD’s , should I start with The Essentials and work my way through the sets? If you’ve never seen Manos, you should not get The Essentials first. Get one of the box sets and work your way to Manos. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/184 "2005-06-14T02:57:44Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I want to start getting the DVD’s , should I start with The Essentials and work my way through the sets? Don’t start with **Manos**. Any of the multi-disk sets would be a good start. You might want to start with the single-episode disks, such as **Mitchell** or **I Accuse My Parents**. > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > My personal favorite, and I don’t know what movie it was, possibly Manos, but there is a 10-15 second scene in a labratory. In walks a very young Clint Eastwood in a lab coat, he does hit bit and he’s out of there. > > Crow (paraphrased.): He’ll never amount to anything in Hollywood. That’s **Revenge of the Creature** (from the Black Lagoon). ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/185 "2005-06-14T03:08:23Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > You might want to start with the single-episode disks, such as **Mitchell** or **I Accuse My Parents**. I agree. I Accuse My Parents is one of my favorites. Especially when Joel & the Bots try to recreate the night club scene. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/186 "2005-06-14T03:10:07Z")
On eBay there are a bunch of sellers offering all the seasons , but without the artwork or jewel casings. They all have excellent ratings and the feedback on the MST3K stuff is superb. Do you think they are copies…they gots to be individual boxed sets for ten seasons would be several hundreds of dollars…I’m really confused on this. My email is in my profile. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/187 "2005-06-14T03:17:30Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > On eBay there are a bunch of sellers offering all the seasons , but without the artwork or jewel casings. They all have excellent ratings and the feedback on the MST3K stuff is superb. Do you think they are copies…they gots to be individual boxed sets for ten seasons would be several hundreds of dollars…I’m really confused on this. > > My email is in my profile. Season sets are not commercially available from anyone. These are fan copies. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/188 "2005-06-14T03:30:08Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Season sets are not commercially available from anyone. These are fan copies. What’s more, they’re often burns of the low-resolution copies traded via the MST Digital Archive Project; they’re only about half the resolution of the originals, and they look like ass. I’d stay away from eBay sellers just on GP. Forum guidelines make this kind of a touchy issue, but it’s pretty easy to get high-quality episodes from ethical fans. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/189 "2005-06-14T12:58:10Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > What’s more, they’re often burns of the low-resolution copies traded via the MST Digital Archive Project; they’re only about half the resolution of the originals, and they look like ass. I’d stay away from eBay sellers just on GP. > > Forum guidelines make this kind of a touchy issue, but it’s pretty easy to get high-quality episodes from ethical fans. Both ebayers I contacted said they were copies. It’s what I thought. Thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/190 "2005-06-14T14:04:36Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I agree. I Accuse My Parents is one of my favorites. Especially when Joel & the Bots try to recreate the night club scene. Yes! \*I Accuse My Parents \* is the first episode I ever saw. I nearly choked to death laughing when the kid comes across the cafe and one of the bots (I think) says, “Cafe…I’ve heard of this place!” ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/191 "2005-06-14T16:16:19Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Yes! \*I Accuse My Parents \* is the first episode I ever saw. I nearly choked to death laughing when the kid comes across the cafe and one of the bots (I think) says, “Cafe…I’ve heard of this place!” Ahh, you’ve just reminded me of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank… (on seeing the Neon sign naming ‘The Place’) \ : Formerly, The Other Place. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/192 "2005-06-14T18:46:35Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Ahh, you’ve just reminded me of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank… > > (on seeing the Neon sign naming ‘The Place’) > \ : Formerly, The Other Place. Or from **Leech Woman** (street scene with neon sign that says “BAR”) “I like to go to Bar and have Sandwich!” One of my favorite episodes! ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/193 "2005-06-14T23:23:31Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Or from **Leech Woman** (street scene with neon sign that says “BAR”) “I like to go to Bar and have Sandwich!” One of my favorite episodes! Another sign: In Wild Rebels the Bank of Citrusville sign is obviously electrical tape on a ceiling tile! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/194 "2005-06-15T12:14:55Z")
This little gem gives us, as far as I can tell, the first instance of “Deal with it, pink-boy.” We have a double-dose of shorts with the episode - two installments of the Commando Cody ouevre. The bots desperately try to flee the theater as things get rolling, forcing Joel to chase them both down. The main feature closes with a great deja vu sequence that’s perfectly executed by Joel and the Bots. Signature Riff: \ Oh, he can fly and shoot at the same time. He must be ambidextrous. \ I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/195 "2005-06-15T13:45:50Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > This little gem gives us, as far as I can tell, the first instance of “Deal with it, pink-boy.” Didja catch and enjoy the “Sorghum! Nature’s bounty!” joke that nearly killed me the first time I heard it? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/196 "2005-06-15T13:55:57Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > Didja catch and enjoy the “Sorghum! Nature’s bounty!” joke that nearly killed me the first time I heard it? I did indeed, and I remembered it had been mentioned in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/197 "2005-06-15T21:49:29Z")
I just scored _The Essentials_\* DVD at Borders with a 25% coupon. (w00t) It’s.for.Father’s.Day. Really A question for doper parents…do you think 5 & 7 year olds can watch this stuff without scarring them for years? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/198 "2005-06-15T21:56:28Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > A question for doper parents…do you think 5 & 7 year olds can watch this stuff without scarring them for years? As long as you teach them that it’s rude to yell back at a normal movie that others are trying to watch, I don’t see how it could be bad. It’s never too early for kids to learn about sarcasm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/199 "2005-06-15T22:25:48Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > As long as you teach them that it’s rude to yell back at a normal movie that others are trying to watch, I don’t see how it could be bad. It’s never too early for kids to learn about sarcasm. 🙂 Sarcasm Training 101. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555/200 "2005-06-15T23:08:23Z")
Seriously, I wouldn’t expect your kids to be scarred; but I wouldn’t expect them to laugh, either. 99% of it would just whoosh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread/306555.md?page=11)