# Your favorite/funniest MST3K episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916 "2018-03-20T21:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/1 "2018-03-20T21:35:15Z")
Much as I love Joel and the B&W B-horror movies, I got to go for the popular favorite, SPACE MUTINY. Sparking repartee from Mike and the bots, mystical modern-dance sirens, hilarious space go-karts, bronzed beefcake, girls with no pants on, and Santa Claus. How can you top that? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/2 "2018-03-20T22:30:03Z")
**Mitchell** always makes me laugh. Wizard of the Lost Kingdom I and II were both great in the new season, too. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/3 "2018-03-20T23:38:19Z")
My all-time fave is [Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues](https://youtu.be/Hb83lQwJzJw). Starring Charles B. Pierce, who legend has it, was the writer who came up with the immortal Dirty Harry line _“Go ahead, make my day.”_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/4 "2018-03-20T23:39:45Z")
This question is totally unfair, because there are so many tied for first, but, if I had to pick one, it would have to be the one that introduced me to MST3K, and that is “Mitchell.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/5 "2018-03-20T23:49:27Z")
The original ‘Time of the Apes’. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/6 "2018-03-21T00:29:36Z")
I’m a sucker for any of the old Japanese imports. Time of the Apes, Fugitive Alien, the Gamera and Godzilla films. The Jet Jaguar song w/subtitles from Godzilla vs Megalon made me almost piss myself laughing the first time I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/7 "2018-03-21T01:09:37Z")
I’ll vote again for _Mitchell_. Which has the benefit that the movie is actually somewhat watchable unlike the long plodding stretches in _Manos_ where it’s obvious they were trying hard to find anything funny (while nothing is happening). ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/8 "2018-03-21T02:23:08Z")
From what I’ve seen on YouTube, I think _Pod People_. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/9 "2018-03-21T03:13:46Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Much as I love Joel and the B&W B-horror movies, I got to go for the popular favorite, SPACE MUTINY. > > Sparking repartee from Mike and the bots, mystical modern-dance sirens, hilarious space go-karts, bronzed beefcake, girls with no pants on, and Santa Claus. How can you top that? 80’s films are the only genre i cant take being riffed. ---
**Author:** ![Egnu\_Cledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@Egnu\_Cledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egnu_Cledge)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/10 "2018-03-21T06:20:09Z")
The short, [The Home Economics Story.](https://youtu.be/ibUsglYe4r0) Also, whichever episode featured [this exchange](https://youtu.be/b4MugHxp2CI). I’m the wind, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/11 "2018-03-21T13:21:23Z")
My favorite episode is probably Pod People or Santa Claus (for years I would watch my worn out VHS of Santa Claus every Christmas time) but I think the ones that make me laugh the hardest are the Shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/12 "2018-03-21T13:34:27Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > My favorite episode is probably Pod People or Santa Claus (for years I would watch my worn out VHS of Santa Claus every Christmas time) but I think the ones that make me laugh the hardest are the Shorts. The shorts are amazing and a lot of fun. I like “I accuse my parents”. And “Date with your family”. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/13 "2018-03-21T13:57:56Z")
_Space Mutiny_ is my choice, as well. The parade of ridiculous names for the hero (Big McLargeHuge! Slab Bulkhead!), the blatant re-use of FX footage from the original _Battlestar Galactica_ (which they never comment on!), the sloppy editing resulting in a character who just got killed appearing in the very next scene (“It sure was nice of you to give that dead girl another chance, sir!”). It’s a goofy enough movie to get a lot of comedy out of, but not such a horrible movie that it becomes a chore to sit through. That’s the potential weakness of MST3K, and one that infects several of the cheaper movies (especially the much-vaunted _Manos_)–if the movie is _too_ dreary and boring, even the riffs can’t save it. The format works best when the movie itself is somewhat watchable. Another favorite of mine, which doesn’t get a whole lot of attention in discussions like this, is the late Sci-Fi Channel era _Track of the Moon Beast_. I love Johnny Longbow’s world-weary recitation of the ingredients in his stew. And I honestly, un-ironically enjoy the song in that movie, “California Lady.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/14 "2018-03-21T15:40:32Z")
Thank you for the tips…I haven’t seem some of these, haven’t watched **Mitchell** in years, and agree that the shorts often outshine the features. My favorite being the one with the Zoo Hunter working in the Everglades, with many of the riffs involving rooting for the animals, plus “I am SO ASHAMED of my species right now.” ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/15 "2018-03-21T15:49:22Z")
Space Mutiny is also my probable favorite, but I love [Prince of Space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAa2pRoV6E) and [Touch of Satan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZebKhabJItE) almost as much!!! :D:D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/16 "2018-03-21T15:50:14Z")
BTW, everyone here knows you can see most of the series fer free gratis at [http://www.club-mst3k.com/](http://www.club-mst3k.com/) right? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/17 "2018-03-21T15:52:11Z")
Oh yeah… **Prince of Space** , with Emperor Crack Whore, the spinning dingus on the alien spaceship, and “We like it VERY MUCH.” Defs in my top ten! ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/18 "2018-03-21T15:53:10Z")
Might be a case of the first one you see making a bigger impression, but I loved _Cave Dwellers_ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/19 "2018-03-21T16:39:20Z")
My husband and young daughter used to watch and they both loved The Final Sacrifice. I don’t know why or what was appealing in that, especially to a young girl, but they laughed their heads off every time…Myself, I really liked Devil Doll (the 1964 ventriloquist movie) starring the great Vorelli and Hugo. Because I have a love/hate affair with ventriloquist dummies. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916/20 "2018-03-21T16:46:41Z")
The MST3K \*moment \*I remember most for some reason, came from I think episode 0505, _The Magic Voyage of Sinbad_. A woman appears on camera with a small white/yellow bird in her hand. “Hello, breakfatht!” …nearly killed me right there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-funniest-mst3k-episode/810916.md?page=2)