It’s Just A Show

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It’s Just A Show

A friendly conversation about the cult tv show Mystery Science Theater 3000, and about its weird movies and diverse cultural references.

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    192. Trash Heaps of Love. [MST3K 514. Teen-age Strangler.]

    Teen-age Strangler is out there not stealing no bikes while Chris and Charlotte discuss forever love, temporary love, parental love, punk rock love, but mostly their love of Mikey. With the short: Is This Love?

  2. 211

    191. The Lon in Lon. [MST3K 409. Indestructible Man.]

    Indestructible Man gets revenge on Chris and Charlotte, who double crossed him by talking about Max Showalter, Lon Chaney, Lon Chaney, Mr. Bulky's, and the Mountain Goats. With the short: Undersea Kingdom, chapter 2!

  3. 210

    190. Another Person Who’s Miserable. [MST3K 1202. Atlantic Rim.]

    Atlantic Rim lurks in the depths, waiting to see if Chris and Charlotte are drift-compatable enough to nagivate Kickstarters, notorious movies, mockbusters, Guillermo del Toro, and garage bands.

  4. 209

    189b. Toothpicks and Glue. [MST3K: The Web Series & MST3K: The Comic.]

    What if MST3K, but drawings? Chris and Charlotte investigate.

  5. 208

    189. Scratch and Flick. [MST3K 406. Attack of the Giant Leeches.]

    Attack of the Giant Leeches feeds off Chris and Charlotte as they discuss creature features, leeches, surgeon’s sutures, Crash (as Crash), and Crash’s ranch. With the short: Undersea Kingdom, chapter 1.

  6. 207

    188. Please, Let Leonard. [MST3K 909. Gorgo.]

    Happy Gamuary! This year Gorgo roars as Chris and Charlotte discuss Irish kaiju, Irish stereotypes, Irish playwrights, Irish boxers, and walking through London.

  7. 206

    187. The Most Holiday Movie We’ve Ever Done. [MST3K 1304. Munchie.]

    Happy holidays! Look, we got you a Munchie! Put it in a box and everything. And we also got you an episode of Chris and Charlotte talking about Munchies, Munchie Strikes Back, Dom DeLuise, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and the late great Loni Anderson.

  8. 205

    186. A Crackpot Theory That I Have No Evidence For. [MST3K 603. The Dead Talk Back.]

    The Dead Talk Back, but maybe you’d rather hear Chris and Charlotte talk about true believers, ice cream sales, safety plans, public service announcements, and The Grateful Dead. With the short: The Selling Wizard.

  9. 204

    185. Everything Is Beautiful. [MST3K K01. Invaders from the Deep.]

    Happy Turkey Day! Invaders from the Deep (which is to say, four episodes of Stingray spliced together into a movie) dives after Chris and Charlotte while they flap their lips about Turkey Day, Supermarionation, brief introductions, earnest ecologists, and beer nuts.

  10. 203

    184b. It’s Just A Town. [Assignment: Venezuela, from the MST3K CD-ROM.]

    Assignment: Venezuela sends Chris and Charlotte off to discuss economic colonialism, Latin American history, lying husbands, planned communities, and CD-ROMs.

  11. 202

    184. Fish Flopping. [MST3K 1005. Blood Waters of Dr. Z.]

    Blood Waters of Dr. Z (a.k.a. Zaat) gets in its tank while Chris and Charlotte blurble on about fish supremacy, fish people, fish fingers, fish controversies, and smokeless tobacco.

  12. 201

    183. Win the Butkus Award. [MST3K K15. Superdome.]

    Superdome will give Chris and Charlotte tickets to the big game if they can give the inside scoop on 70s made-for-tv movies, Donald Pleasence, David Janssen, Donna Mills, and surprisingly little about football.

  13. 200

    182. You’re Pro-Crime, Aren’t You? [MST3K 520. Radar Secret Service.]

    Radar Secret Service spies on Chris and Charlotte as they discuss horror safety films, maligned westerns, unseen threats, hype cycles, and elegies for the dead. With the short: Last Clear Chance.

  14. 199

    181. He Does What We Do! [MST3K 507. I Accuse My Parents.]

    I Accuse My Parents of leaving Chris and Charlotte no other option but to talk about Trace, Frank, farmers, parents, and badgers. With the short: The Truck Farmer.

  15. 198

    180. Walt Disney Knew. [MST3K 1312. The Bubble.]

    The Bubble has trapped Chris and Charlotte, who keep saying things about Arch Oboler, radio horror, wartime hitchhikers, zoos in space, and the side effects of childbirth.

  16. 197

    179. We Know Who’s Blonde. [MST3K 203. Jungle Goddess.]

    It’s a big birthday for Chris and Charlotte, and Jungle Goddess surprises them with new songs, old tropes, Superman, Dick Tracy, and tricky family dynamics. With the short: The Phantom Creeps, chapter one: The Menacing Power.

  17. 196

    178. Good Job, Bud! [MST3K 906. The Space Children.]

    The Space Children telepathically command Chris and Charlotte to discuss peep shows, touch tones, Professors, Uncles Fester, and a former child actor. With the short: Century 21 Calling.

  18. 195

    177b. We’re Always Making Bloopers [MST3K Poopie! & Poopie! II.]

    Whoops! Chris and Charlotte accidentally watch the Poopie and Poopie II compilations, and talk about bloopers, mishaps, flubs, gaffes, and boo-boos.

  19. 194

    177. Be Very Suspicious of Big Forklift. [MST3K 310. Fugitive Alien.]

    Fugitive Alien is back for season 3, so Chris and Charlotte finally get to talk about forklifts, forklifts, forklifts, forklifts, and tongue twisters.

  20. 193

    176. This Misfit Movie. [MST3K K12. Fugitive Alien.]

    The KTMA version of Fugitive Alien is not as excited about that forklift as it could be, but it will listen to Chris and Charlotte talk about pulp sci fi, adaptations of adaptations, Phantom of the Paradise, misfit media, and Winnipeg.

  21. 192

    175. An Attempt to Communicate. [MST3K 211. First Spaceship on Venus.]

    First Spaceship on Venus (a.k.a. The Silent Star) won’t respond to Chris and Charlotte’s messages about rampant sarcasm, post-war cinema, Stanisław Lem, Britney Spears, and My Demon Lover.

  22. 191

    174. Slower than Mister Rogers. [MST3K 611. Last of the Wild Horses.]

    Last of the Wild Horses needs to give Chris and Charlotte a year of rest so they can come up with more fun facts about Robert Lippert, mirror universes, unexpected riffers, John Wayne, and Louis L’Amour.

  23. 190

    173. Average Dancing Girls. [MST3K 511. Gunslinger.]

    Gunslinger comes moseying into town, taking potshots at Chris and Charlotte as they discuss Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, Roger Corman, the Pony Express, and sex workers of the Old West.

  24. 189

    172b. Cody Never Wins. [The Complete Radar Men from the Moon.]

    A compilation of all our summaries and segments about Radar Men from the Moon.

  25. 188

    172. Incredibly Liberating. [MST3K 110. Robot Holocaust.]

    After the Robot Holocaust, Chris and Charlotte are left to talk about women with accents, goofy character design, classic 70s cinema, obscure corners of New York City, and avocado recipes.

  26. 187

    171. That Doesn’t Seem Very Good. [MST3K 1007. Track of the Moon Beast.]

    Track of the Moon Beast pelted Chris and Charlotte with lunar meteorites, and now every night they chat about The Bat-man, the Joker, the ghostwriter, the egotist, and the art of motorcycle maintenance.

  27. 186

    170. Defect for Smooches. [MST3K 1309. The Million Eyes of Sumuru.]

    The Million Eyes of Sumuru is back, and now Chris and Charlotte can talk about Shirley Eaton, Space Sumuru, Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams, and Bikini Kill.

  28. 185

    169. Bless That Freak. [MST3K 411. The Magic Sword.]

    The Magic Sword dangles over Chris and Charlotte while they dawdle over Bert I. Gordon, Estelle Winwood, Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes, and David Lynch.

  29. 184

    168. The Cost of Ladies in Space. [MST3K 109. Project Moon Base.]

    Project Moon Base lets Chris and Charlotte walk on the walls and talk about astronauts, feminism, Robert A. Heinlein, Cat-Women, and Joe Cool. With two episodes of Radar Men from the Moon. Yay.

  30. 183

    167. The Chorus of Kaiju. [MST3K 213. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.]

    Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster protects Chris and Charlotte from other kaiju while they talk about Odysseus, Antigone, Paladin, Pink Lady, and Jeff.

  31. 182

    166. H0H 0H0! [MST3K 1113. The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.]

    The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t visits Chris and Charlotte in the middle of the night to talk about adequate holiday movies, big acting choices, delightful ponies, sad ducks, and terrifying descents.

  32. 181

    165. The Taste of Condiments to Come. [MST3K 1310. H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come.]

    H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come offer Chris and Charlotte a glimpse into their future, where they will find they have discussed H.G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come, Things to Come, the future of condiments, and the horror of it all.

  33. 180

    164b. The Adam Westness of It All. [MST3K Turkey Day Marathons, 1994–1997.]

    Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte celebrate with another batch of bumpers and commercials from Turkey Days gone by. This time they get to talk about Adam West, Beverly Garland, Mamie Van Doren, Jack Perkins, and Michael Feinstein.

  34. 179

    164. The Need to Be Fancy. [MST3K 613. The Sinister Urge.]

    Ed Wood’s The Sinister Urge leads Chris and Charlotte down a dark path towards smut, dirty pictures, deathly orgies, love feasts, and taking it out in trade. Thank goodness this experiment also features an educational short about Keeping Clean and Neat!

  35. 178

    163. You Can Never Really Tell How Dirty It Is. [MST3K 606. The Creeping Terror.]

    Happy (belated) Halloween! The Creeping Terror slowly approaches Chris and Charlotte and overhears them discussing carpet samples, Vic Savage, Ed Wood, avant-garde composers, and Love, American Style!

  36. 177

    162. Famous People Doing Weird Things. [MST3K K13. SST: Death Flight.]

    SST: Death Flight, chock full of celebrities, is flying as fast as it can to hear Chris and Charlotte talk about Lorne Greene, John de Lancie, Billy Crystal, Misty Rowe, and, you guessed it, Donald Pleasence.

  37. 176

    161. Nothing Horrid. [MST3K 108. The Slime People.]

    The Slime People obscures Chris and Charlotte, who keep talking about volcanoes, fog, mist, domes, and slaughterhouses. (With another Radar Men from the Moon short.)

  38. 175

    160. Fast Car Go Vroom. [MST3K 524. 12 to the Moon.]

    12 to the Moon saves two seats for Chris and Charlotte, who pretend to be experts in concept cars, driving anxiety, space politics, one-woman shows, and Wall Drug. With the musical short, Design for Dreaming!

  39. 174

    159. Richard Kiel’s Cow. [MST3K 902. The Phantom Planet.]

    The Phantom Planet brings Chris and Charlotte down to its own size, while they discuss serving man, making a killing, nutty confections, Andy Rooney, and women in space.

  40. 173

    158. A Curse and a Plague. [MST3K 405. Being from Another Planet.]

    Being from Another Planet shuffles towards Chris and Charlotte, hoping to collect their thoughts about Egyptian mummies, musical daddies, Jack Palance, Herb Edelman, and other things grandmas love.

  41. 172

    157. Not My Fluid Dynamics! [MST3K 105. The Corpse Vanishes.]

    The Corpse Vanishes offers Chris and Charlotte a corsage, which induces them to talk about orchids, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat, Wham-O, and tag. With the short, Radar Men from the Moon, part 3.

  42. 171

    156. We’ve Got the Mouthfeel Now. [MST3K K00. The Green Slime.]

    The proof-of-concept pilot for MST3K tackles The Green Slime, which leads to Chris and Charlotte talking about beginnings, Beeper, Charles Fox, Armageddon, and Minneapolis.

  43. 170

    155. Lie Face Down on the Ground. [MST3K 618. High School Big Shot.]

    High School Big Shot is a bleak movie, but it tempts Chris and Charlotte into talking about Roger Corman, Mother Nature, specialty breads, Abe Lincoln, and Tom’s Diner.

  44. 169

    154. A Lumbering Lubbard. [MST3K 314. Mighty Jack.]

    Mighty Jack once again rises out of the water and makes a bank turn to rescue Chris and Charlotte, as they talk about dedicated scientists, hot ice, Kurt Vonnegut, Herman Melville, and Betty White.

  45. 168

    153. I Missed Out on Many Fun Years. [MST3K K14. Mighty Jack.]

    Mighty Jack is coming to rescue Chris and Charlotte from sick jail, but while they wait, they talk about fan clubs, fan newsletters, math equations, Japanese special effects, and bowling.

  46. 167

    152b. Sick Day.

    Chris and Charlotte are sick, so here are some bonus bits to tide you over until we get better.

  47. 166

    152. It’s Like Ballet. [MST3K 1010. It Lives By Night.]

    It Lives By Night gains bat powers and tries to hunt down Chris and Charlotte, who just want to talk about Lou, Murray, Ted, Sue Ann, and Mary.

  48. 165

    151. A Fate Worse than Death. [MST3K 103. The Mad Monster.]

    The Mad Monster (with the short, Radar Men from the Moon, ep. 2) causes Chris and Charlotte to howl about the moon, the Wolf Man, Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

  49. 164

    150. Sophisticated Jokes About Film. [MST3K 419. The Rebel Set.]

    The Rebel Set (with the short, Johnny at the Fair) makes Beth and Charlotte reminisce about visiting Chicago, Toronto, Winnipeg, the Canadian National Exhibition, and Hellzapoppin’.

  50. 163

    149b. What Even Is This. [This Is MST3K and The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000.]

    This Is MST3K (from season 4) and The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (from season 8) get Chris and Charlotte talking about M, S, T, 3, and K.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A friendly conversation about the cult tv show Mystery Science Theater 3000, and about its weird movies and diverse cultural references.

HOSTED BY

Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)

Produced by Megaphonic FM

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