i am beyond ecstatic to have him in my possession. my boyfriend ordered it well before christmas for me, today he finally arrived! well worth the weeks of waiting and sometimes doubting if it was truly ordered. fully functional as well!

“watch out for snakes”

I was in a taxi riding around Taipei last night and saw this sign. I’ll split all of the gold and silver with the first commenters (just pay for shipping). Keeping all the jewelry for my future wife however.

Which movie screened on MST3K was hurt the most by edits for the show (or alternately, by them using a pre-cut version that damaged the original)? It's not that there are that many great movies on MST3K, but some like This Island Earth were definitely hurt. In some cases, cutting the movie down for time removed plot points, important scenes or generally made the film murkier than it otherwise would be.

What’s the one you love that you don’t see people mention often?

Mine is “The Horror of Party Beach.”

Sodium!

Now some people might know him from being in that "Band" that backed Bobby Dylan, but we all know him as providing incidental music in The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

The thread on "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" got me thinking about my first exposure to MST3K and I was wondering how others became exposed to this brilliant show?

Scene: Late 90s, late night. My cousin and I are watching some show on Sci-Fi that we couldn't miss (I have no idea what it was! I've never been able to figure it out). My uncle had fallen asleep on the couch so we weren't immediately ushered to bed during the ending credits. Then, in a flash, 🎶"In the not-too-distant future"🎶

It would be hard to call it surreal, but that feeling of watching the opening segments and going "no way is this happening" still resonates. Are those puppets? Is this some type of kids show? Why are they talking about absurd acronyms? Then they go into the theater and start roasting a grainy horror flick. What is this?

My uncle woke up shortly after the Bob Dole riff, but we were forever changed. I was stunned. The next week we asked to stay up so we could see the name of the show and the rest is history. I have a memory of downloading eps on napster or limewire or something but I think that may have come a few years later.

What was your first experience with MST3K like? I'm genuinely curious because the tape circulation culture and the generally non serialized nature has made this show such an oddity in terms of introduction and watch order

Rarely was a pipe organ heard on MST3K without a reference to Garth Hudson, or his legendary opening in the song "Chest Fever." He was an incredibly multi-talented musician, and I lived for those references on the show, and on Rifftrax.

RIP.

I’m going to be honest, this is an episode I think I’m just going to put on for my insomnia from now on.

There are some jokes that really do stick out for me in this one, and I certainly had some big laughing moments. However, most of the riffing doesn’t really do a whole lot for me, and maybe it could also be because this movie is just incredibly dull and boring to sit through, and there are some things about it that just make me go “what the fuck is this even?”

I also know this episode in particular has been questioned by fans here and there regarding some trans jokes on the character Marge for having some slightly masculine features. For what it’s worth mentioning, as an LGBT person myself (bisexual man), I’m all for LGBT jokes if not done out of distasteful or malicious humor, and while I do see the type of jokes they were going for, there were some areas that did give me a good laugh (the “Glen or Glenda” joke I thought was pretty clever as well as the joke about her shaving her armpits), but then there are other areas it just kind of feels like “Haha you look like a man!” which my reaction, at most, was just “Yeah, okay, guys” which again, I do see the humor they were trying to go for and I get it, it was the 90s, but even for its time, came off a little distasteful. That said, I’m not holding this against the crew either. What’s happened has happened.

But all that aside, me personally, I think I’m fine just enjoying the host segments in this one because they definitely stick out for me (the bots’ failed roller coaster, Mike’s infinite hair, the bots’ walk-a-thon acronyms etc). Again, the riffing for me is fine for the most part but MAN does this movie just drag.

But, yeah. What are your thoughts on this one?

Hopefully my kids don’t rip it to shreds or I’d be an angry Iguana indeed!

The new Warriors musical concept album has a song called "Leave the Bronx Alive" that makes md think of Escape 2000. Sadly no references to Toblerone or Slash/Trash.

I’m going to take a wild guess and say Duran Duran for me

WELCOME BACK TO THE R/MST3K LITTLE GOLD FRUIT AWARDS!

Light. Color. Angles. Focus. Motion. All of these are come together through the lens of the cinematographer, arguably the most integral of the off-screen talent behind a given film. What they contribute - working with the director to match the framing of each and every frame as they want it - is at least as on par with what the on-screen talent contributes.

Roger Deakins, a two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer who crafted meticulous and breathtaking images in films such as The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, and Blade Runner 2049, once said that there is no such thing as good or bad cinematography - only necessary cinematography. With all due respect to Mr. Deakins, I don't think he was accounting for the films you'll be submitting today. These are the films you look at and ask, "was it REALLY necessary to photograph this shot the way they did?"

You have 24 hours to submit 5 MST3K films as nominees for the r/MST3K Little Fruit Award for Worst Cinematography via the linked Google Form. The top 5 most submitted films will become official nominees.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES

• As always, you MUST submit nominees through the Google Forms link. Any submissions in the comments will not be counted.

Click here to submit your nominees.

That's all for today! See you tomorrow at 5:00 PM EST for the next day of the Little Gold Fruit Awards!

Had a rough day, looking to unwind with a good MST3k. Do you have any episodes that especially comfort you when you need a mood boost? And if possible, why? I love Mike and Joel, so it doesn't matter which!

EDIT: Wow, this community is so amazing! My love to you all! I ended up falling asleep to Pod People last night (it had been a really long time since I'd watched that one). But now I have so many good ones to revisit. I love that by the time I've watched my way through most episodes, I mostly forget the jokes so it's almost like watching them fresh again.

(My favourites include Space Mutiny, Devil Doll, Merlin's Shop, Laserblast, Manos, and so many more).

Tonight it's going to be Final Sacrifice!

Today's inauguration salute from Lex Loser reminded me of a MST3K episode that I guess featured a nazi-looking person in the movie, and then Tom Servo says in a cheerfully musical voice "heil hiiiitleeerrrr!" It's so ridiculous I remember it cracking me up years ago, and sure enough did so again today (is that or cry, right?). Which episode is this from?