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Calling all MSTies

#1

Emrys

Emrys

One of our members is a MST3k virgin. In order to rectify this unfortunate situation, I offered to send him a selection of discs but I want to send the best episodes. So, my fellow MSTies, if you were introducing someone to MST3K, which ones would you chose?


#2

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

I remember the first one I saw that got me hooked was "Puma Man". Eps with at least one or two semi-famous faces can do a little segue into the more obscure shlock.

And it's also just really funny


#3

Krisken

Krisken

OH SHIT, you've come to the right place!

Ahem, ok, here are my personal favorite MST3k episodes.

1. Space Mutiny
2. Pod People
3. Cave Dwellers
4. Shorts Volume 1 (this has such classics as Home Economics, Junior Rodeo daredevils, Body Care and Grooming, Cheating, A Date With Your Family, Why Study Industrial Arts, and The Chicken of Tomorrow"
5. Mitchell
6. Gamera

These are all fantastic sets.


#4

PatrThom

PatrThom

Space Mutiny should be the first one, no matter how you slice it.

--Patrick


#5

Bowielee

Bowielee

I think it may also depend if you want to expose them to the Joel era or the Mike era. I'm a Joel fan, but opinions and assholes and all that rubbish.


#6

Krisken

Krisken

I like both but I'm mainly a Joel fan myself.


#7

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

And of course the obvious MANOS the hands of fate! The film that was literally made because a manure salesman lost a bet.


#8

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

THIS is still one of my favorite episodes, and it's one I can't find on dvd:


#9

GasBandit

GasBandit

Manos, the Hands of Fate
Mitchell
Space Mutiny
Lost Continent (Rock climbing, Joel. Rock climbing, Tom. Rock climbing, Crow.)

I could have sworn they did Jason and the Argonauts (my dad was so crestfallen when he heard his favorite movie from when he was a kid was on MST3k) but I can't find it in the wikipedia list of episodes.


#10

Krisken

Krisken

Oh, and Time Chasers! Forgot about that one!


#11

Cajungal

Cajungal

Time Chasers makes me laugh every time. So good. A lot of good suggestions here already.


#12

fade

fade

I never quite got Joel v. Mike. Can't it be both? What's more, even in the Joel era, Mike was writing a lot of the jokes behind the camera if I recall correctly.


#13

Cajungal

Cajungal

fade said:
I never quite got Joel v. Mike. Can't it be both? What's more, even in the Joel era, Mike was writing a lot of the jokes behind the camera if I recall correctly.
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Yep. And somewhere I've seen am interview of Joel and/or Kevin saying that the more Mike controbuted, the funnier the show got. So they all liked each other. I like Joel a lot, but Mike's dorky dad - like delivery of jokes always appealed to me more.


#14

Krisken

Krisken

I think it's kind of a "this is the one I saw first" thing. I always liked the awkward delivery of Joel. That's not to say I don't like Mike's stuff, just my favorite episodes tend to be Joel ones.


#15

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Oh, I also Nth the recommendation of Mitchell.

And I don't have a preference between Joel/Mike. It's more dependent on the movies for me


#16

evilmike

evilmike

Godzilla vs Megalon is another episode I'd include on the list.


#17

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

evilmike said:
Godzilla vs Megalon is another episode I'd include on the list.
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JET JAGAR! JET JAGAR! Bla bla bla bla nooooooo!

I've only seen the MST3K version in parts, I freakin love that crazy movie. BUT HE BETTER BE IN THE PACIFIC RIM SEQUEL! SO DRUNKENLY SAY I!


#18

evilmike

evilmike

Yoshimickster said:
JET JAGAR! JET JAGAR! Bla bla bla bla nooooooo!

I've only seen the MST3K version in parts, I freakin love that crazy movie. BUT HE BETTER BE IN THE PACIFIC RIM SEQUEL! SO DRUNKENLY SAY I!
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#19

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

That Ultraman rip-off launched a thousand smiles.


#20

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
my dad was so crestfallen when he heard his favorite movie from when he was a kid was on MST3k
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I felt the same way about Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. I actually like that movie.

--Patrick


#21

redthirtyone

redthirtyone



One that has stuck with me for years


#22

Simfers

Simfers

I honestly have no idea why I never watched any MST3K before. Everything i hear sounds right up my alley.

Thanks, guys! :thumbsup:


#23

Emrys

Emrys

Yes, our own @Simfers is an MST3K virgin.

I plan on changing that very soon. :unibrow:


#24

PatrThom

PatrThom

Emrys said:
Yes, our own @Simfers is an MST3K virgin.
I plan on changing that very soon. :unibrow:
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Please try not to make any MST4Ks

--Patrick


#25

Simfers

Simfers

I promise I'll be careful. I cannot speak for the Doomies, though.


#26

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Megalodon, Blood Waters of Doctor Z, The Touch of Satan, and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders are some of my favorites.

Also, I can't remember which episode it's tied to, but the Gumby short they watch is one of the best shorts ever.

"Thank God for internal genitalia!"


#27

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders

I'll second Pod People; that's one of my favorites.

EDIT: Ninja'd on Merlin


#28

Bones

Bones

diabolik was pretty good


#29

Emrys

Emrys

I'm going to be sending the episodes to Simfers soon. Does anyone else have anything to add?


#30

Cajungal

Cajungal

Yes. May your forehead grow like the mighty oak.



#31

Frank

Frank

Of all my vast pop-culture knowledge (and it's gross how vast it is) it's always weird to look back and realize I have never seen any MST3K.


#32

Krisken

Krisken

Yes. That is way weird.


#33

Simfers

Simfers

Frank said:
Of all my vast pop-culture knowledge (and it's gross how vast it is) it's always weird to look back and realize I have never seen any MST3K.
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:drunk:BROTHER!


#34

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Oh, I got the name of one wrong. Megalodon should be Devil Fish. Also, Final Sacrifice, Mitchell, and Final Justice.


#35

Krisken

Krisken

You can watch Mitchell on their official Youtube channel :)


#36

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

This has nothing to do with pods. It has nothing to do with people. It has everything to do with hurting.

And casting my vote for Mitchell and Final Sacrifice. MANDATORY. Rowsdower is MANDATORY.


#37

fade

fade

Devil fish is actually one of my least favorite. Did anyone say Pumaman? Because Pumaman.


#38

Krisken

Krisken

Officer_Charon said:
This has nothing to do with pods. It has nothing to do with people. It has everything to do with hurting.
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My very first MST3k was Pod People. What a great way to enter the mythos.


#39

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

fade said:
Devil fish is actually one of my least favorite. Did anyone say Pumaman? Because Pumaman.
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It grew on me, also I'm a sucker for any scene in which Tom Servo makes still pictures sing.


#40

General Specific

General Specific

Space Mutiny
Pumaman
Final Sacrifice
Pod People
Laser Blast
Soul Taker
I Accuse My Parents
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Night of the Blood Beast
Jack Frost
Hobgoblins
MST3K the Movie - This Island Earth


#41

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

General Specific said:
Jack Frost
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When I first heard they riffed this, I was hoping it to be the Michael Keaton is a snowman one, but expected it to be the serial killer turned into a snowman one. Then it turned out to be neither :(.


#42

Emrys

Emrys



#43

Emrys

Emrys

What do you guys think about Fugitive Alien and Fugitive Alien II?


#44

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Emrys said:
What do you guys think about Fugitive Alien and Fugitive Alien II?
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Well, they're no Citizen Kane.


#45

Emrys

Emrys

Completely true and completely unhelpful at the same time.

Ya doorknob.


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