# Twenty Years Ago Today a Man and Two Robots Started Watching Bad Movies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341 "2008-11-24T22:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/21 "2008-11-25T04:22:45Z")
Mitchell! My husband often quotes _The Day the Earth Froze_…“Where’s the Sampo?” ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/22 "2008-11-25T04:32:05Z")
So hard to choose… But probably **Pod People**. “It has nothing to do with pods, it has nothing to do with people. It has everything to do with PAIN!” Close second: **This Island Earth**. I still say “NORMAL VIEW!!!” whenever something dramatic happens. I have even introduced this phrase to people who have never seen a single episode of MST3K. And for shorts, nothing beats **Mr. B Natural**. “I’m all messed up. If only an androgynous man would come and visit me.” ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/23 "2008-11-25T04:45:02Z")
But who can forget Ator the Improbable (aka Cave Dwellers)? You know how much Keeffe is in that one? Miles O’Keeffe. Okay, so he kills a deer, tans the hides, stretches the skins, he makes an anodized aluminum frame, he learns how to extrude and weld all in about five minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/24 "2008-11-25T04:55:54Z")
Wait, Mr. B Natural is a man??? I’m all confused now 😕 😕 😕 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/25 "2008-11-25T04:59:14Z")
MST3K was one my must see-programs for years and years. One movie they really missed out on was "[Baron del Terror" (The Brainiac)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054668/). It could easily have been one of their best episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/26 "2008-11-26T04:01:34Z")
“Brooks and Dunn!” ---
**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:** [November 26, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/27 "2008-11-26T14:32:57Z")
Depends on what day you ask me. Final Sacrifice, Space Mutiny, Deathstalker… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/28 "2008-11-26T15:18:04Z")
Every quote on here makes me laugh. I can’t limit it to any one episode. My friends and I were out to dinner and as we’re sitting down, one of them picks up his sandwhich and says totally deadpan, “Ah ham. I love it.” So of course I have to tell everyone, “You think he likes ham? Wait to you see ME like ham.” No one else had any clue what we were talking about which only made it funnier. 20 years? REALLY!? And now I have the Puma Man theme bouncing around my head. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/29 "2008-11-26T15:46:31Z")
So many to choose from…hmmm… There’ll always be a place in my heart for the very first one I saw, **Time of the Apes** : _“Fl-l-l-ling crap!”_ “GODO, HELP!” \*“Go to hell? He feeds you, he gives you shelter, and this is how you thank him?!” \* And then there’s the inimitable **Leech Woman** : _“Neil…NEIL!”_ _“Why is there a single meatball in his outbox?”_ \*“I’m sorry, I was going to get you a drink, but I got held up at the bar.” \* _“I love to go to BAR and have SANDWICH.”_ But for sheer volume of comedic gold, nothing beats **Laserblast** : _“My God, if those pants give way, it’ll be like a piano exploding!”_ _“Ah, the rare male camel-toe!”_ _“Hello…hello? I’d like to buy some sweet corn!”_ _“Hey, I really like those flames you painted on…Ohhhhh…”_ My Og, has it really been 20 years? You know, when I heard about Film Crew and Titanic, I’ve always held out hope that those ventures would eventually lead to MST’s return to TV. I will never give up that hope. Happy anniversary, MST! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/30 "2008-11-26T15:53:10Z")
Whenever anyone in my family is watching a movie that fades to black for longer-than-normal, we all say “he…hello…movie?” Look Polish? Quick, everybody…Look Polish! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/31 "2008-11-26T16:00:15Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > But who can forget Ator the Improbable (aka Cave Dwellers)? “Da-a-ad? Stop shakin’ me, dad!” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/32 "2008-11-26T16:01:42Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Whenever anyone in my family is watching a movie that fades to black for longer-than-normal, we all say “he…hello…movie?” Me too, except I use “Are we dead, Mike?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/33 "2008-11-26T16:06:46Z")
I’ve always maintained that Comedy Central was at its peak when it showed nothing but stand-up, SNL reruns, and MST3K. Add in the TDS/Colbert hour and you’d have the perfect channel. I need to break out _Santa Claus Conquers The Martians_ soon; it’s always been my favorite hands-down. Santa: “We’re going to go out the same way we always do.” “Guns a-blazin’!” Re: the Rifftrax sidetrack, I had no _idea_ Neil Patrick Harris did a Rifftrack! I didn’t think you _could_ do a decent riff on _Willy Wonka_, but the preview on the website had me cracking up. The man can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned. As for which ones you should listen to, _Roadhouse_ is a great one, even though it’s only Mike (I think riffs do better when he has someone to play off of). Oddly enough, as much as I love Weird Al Yankovic, the _Jurassic Park_ preview didn’t grab me. Good songs, but he’s a little too harsh on the ears when he’s trying to be funny and speaking. Most of the Rifftrax with Mike, Kevin, and Bill are solid choices, and the most like old-school MST. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/34 "2008-11-26T16:14:52Z")
> [@](#): > > With a pickle mine > We kicked the nipple beer > Steady as we go > We’re flying over trout > Gatto down the highway > At the speed of light > All I wanna feel now > Is the wind in my eyes > Sack of monkeys in my pocket > My sister’s ready to go! > > Hear the engines roll now. > Idiot control now. > Hideous control now. > Needy on the road now. > Needy in control, > Wheels on fire, > Burning rubber tires! > > Near each other rolls now. > He really likes to go now. > Needy inches bow down. > Pity and a po boys! > Here the engine roar > Bees on pie > Burning rubber tires! Well? It STINKS! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-today-a-man-and-two-robots-started-watching-bad-movies/474341/35 "2008-11-26T23:17:35Z")
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