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From rsk  Sun Oct 27 13:57:07 1991
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 13:57:07 EST
From: rsk (Rich Kulawiec)
Posted-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 13:57:07 EST
Received-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 13:57:07 EST
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Satellite of Love News #6
Status: OR

Quick administrivia note: first, there are now about 160 of us on
the mailing list.  Secondly, please make sure that MST3K-related
mail to me has "MST3K" or "MST3000" or "mystery science" in the
"Subject:" line so that my mail filer will throw it in the right folder.
Thanks!

---Rsk

"Help me, please!  I'm being attacked by a ham sandwich!"

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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Fitzgerald)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 11:18:25 CDT
Subject: MST3k - Gifs

I wrote:

>Does anyone have an GIFs of MST3k?  I'd love to get any of Joel and the
>'bots, but what I *really* want is a silhouette of them watching a movie.

I talked to a friend of mine who has an Amiga and the Video Toaster,
and he says he will digitize some MST3k frames from my video tapes.
If you have any suggestions for scenes to digitize, let me know ASAP.

ObQuote:
The Alien Teething Nook: to baby, it's a satisfying nipple; to
onlookers, it's a terrifying alien facehugger.
    - Dr. Forrester, MST3000

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From: [e-mail] (randall j king)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 12:21:27 EDT
Subject: 1st season airtimes

Here's my contribution to the list 'o' lists.  My airtime list!!!

Thursdays 10am (Not sure of only saw it there twice, I don't get CC 24 hours)

    [ I think it's Fridays at 10 AM, folks. ---Rsk ]

Saturdays 1am (Yes that's Friday night after midnight)
Saturdays 10am (See note for Thursdays)
Saturdays 7pm (The favorite time)

    [ These are all correct. ---Rsk ]

Thursday and Sat. 1am are the same episodes (I think) they are also the
FIRST SEASON episodes (for whoever had the question).  Last week they
destroyed "The Crawling Hand" (ooooo, ahhhh).  If anyone saw it my favorite
line was "This guy REEEAAALY wants to be James Dean"  and the week before
was "The Body Vanishes" preceeded by a Commando Cody episode.

If anyone else knows of any other times please E-Mail me:
[e-mail]

I will keep watching for new times.  I'm not sure on my morning times, I only
get CC from 4pm-4am.  I have a Satelitte dish at home-home and watched it
there.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

push the button Frank....

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From: "roberta chi-woon kwong" <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 11:21:41 CDT
Subject: mst3k: "Rocketship X-M" review

Remember "Rocketship X-M"? It's always been one of my favorite
MST3K episodes.
I was looking though a compilation of film reviews from _Variety_
yesterday when I came across this review for "RXM", dated May 3,
1950:

"The fascinating excitement of space travel has been excellently
presented in 'Rocketship X M'...It's a thriller that raises the
hackles for most of its 77 minutes and also poses an idea of what
atomic warfare may mean to this world...[The] writing, production
and direction gain potent realism by a matter-of-fact approach and
the restrained playing of the six principles in this drama of
space..."

And so on and so on. I had to sit there and do my best not to
crack up in the middle of the UofC library...

Robin C. Kwong
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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From: Jon Conrad <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 12:50:58 -0400
Subject: Re:  Satellite of Love News #5

>I realize that they watch the movies 10 or more times to gather the
>maximum amount of comments and satire, but are they starting to over do it?

Answer:  No.  :-)  Really, this is what makes the show great!

>What is the reference "[somebody] as Sammy and Chief Zabu" from?
>                                 ^an approximation^

The quote is "Zack Norman is Sammy in CHIEF ZABU."  This is a show-biz
joke.  The trade paper VARIETY comes out every week, with news and
reviews about movies, stage, tv, etc.  For years and years, an
invariable part of page 2 was an ad taken out by actor Zack Norman, 2
inches square right at the top.  (You may remember him as Danny De
Vito's brother in Romancing the Stone.)  It would have a head shot of
him, and the caption "Zack Norman is Sammy in CHIEF ZABU."  This is a
movie that was apparently years in the making....did it ever find a
distributor and get released?  (I never heard that it did, though the
ads have vanished.)  This was kind of a gossip point among movie folk
because it was such a bizarre thing for a semi-unknown actor to do about
a totally unknown movie.  So whenever someone opens a newspaper in one
of the movies, Joel or a bot says thoughtfully, "Hm, Zack Norman IS
Sammy in Chief Zabu!" as if it were a fascinating news flash.

>By the way, I found the third appearance of "Oh, I hate to shoot a butt like
>that" last night, in _Hell Cats_. Anybody know of others, besides _Rocket
>Attack USA_ and _Commando Cody_?

Does this come from an actual movie originally?  When was it first used?

Jon Alan Conrad

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From: Lynn-Anne Friese <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 12:57:40 CDT
Subject: MST3K: Satellite of Love News

Hiya MiSTies!

Just wanted to give a hand in answering a few questions I've seen so far.

Someone had asked about the voice that counts down to commercials, etc.
That would be "Magic Voice" and, as best as I can tell from talking
with her on the phone, the voice is Jann Johnson's, the show's production
coordinator and all-around nice person.

As for the reason for the change in Servo's voice (and therefore from
Dr. Erhardt to Frank), it's never been directly said why this happened.
Best bet would be contract disputes, since before the second season
Joel said in an interview that the second season still wasn't "inked".
When asked by Allan Havey (the interviewer) what the hold up was, Joel
said "I think they (the Comedy Channel) have a problem with one of
my writers."  A few weeks later, Josh Weinstein was out and Frank Conniff
was in.  Also, I wrote to Joel myself and asked what the deal was.
He wouldn't say whether he was fired or quit.  The only answer he'd
give me was "his bosses didn't like him so they shot him into space".

And lastly, the "Zack Norman as Sammy and Chief Zabu" remark dates
back to "Jungle Goddess", I believe.  Zack Norman appeared in that
film, but the meaning of the remark seems to be some kind of an
inside joke between the folks at Best Brains.

--
Lynn-Anne Friese
mixcom!ccwwcc%uunet.uu.net
[e-mail]

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From: Chuck Tomasi <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 19:18:04 CDT
Subject: Some stupid answers to some burning questions

> [e-mail] writes:
>
> I'm also pretty sure that the deep-voiced, drawn out "Noooo!" that you
> occasionally hear is an imitation of Miles O'Keefe in _Cave_Dwellers_.

I'm going to disagree with you and say it is from "The Amazing Colossal
Man."  When the Col. wakes up he says that a few times.  He also
exclaims later "What sin could a man commit in one lifetime to deserve
this?"  They use that line in another movie ("It Conquered The World") by
the same director.

> What is the reference "[somebody] as Sammy and Chief Zabu" from?

"Zach Norman as Sammy and Chief Zabu."

I've noticed the same thing and I'm waiting for the answer to be
revealed as I slowly complete the first season shows that I'm missing,
but I don't think there is an answer.  I think it is a play on the fact
that in the older movies they often used the same actor to play two
completely different rolls.  (Major guess-work going on here.)  In some
cases it was so obvious that the native warrior was also the same guy as
the goofy bellhop.  Perhaps this is what they are mocking.

I think Lynn-Anne mentioned that there were at least two more Gamara
movies to go.  Why would they choose to celebrate the last movie if
there are more?  Do they plan on having "the mads" burn them (a couple
more times)?  The two Gamara movies that come to mind are (unknown
titles) the one with the spaceship made up of three spheres in a
triangular pattern, and the one with the monster with three heads which
join together to form a spearpoint.  The spear-headed monster gores
Gamara right through the middle and Gamara lives!  Talk about getting
inplausable.  My brother and I used to watch Gamara movies in the late
70s early 80s and laugh pretty hard.

Question of the week:

In what "Commando Cody" episode did Crow give the "fashion show" during
the fight scene?

[ Hmmm, I thought it was during "Time of the Apes". ---Rsk ]

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From: aminet![e-mail] (Keith Barrett)
Subject: MST3K and entertainment tonight

Items for next newsletter --

[ Item 1 was a request for back issues, which I took care of. ---Rsk ]

2) Did ANYONE tape the Entertainment tonight that featured the MST3k show?
   I undersand Joel & bots commented throughout the show. I would like to
   get a VHS copy of this.

Thanks!

Keith Barrett

UUCP:      uunet!aminet!barrett
Alternate: [e-mail]

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From: aminet![e-mail] (Keith Barrett)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 12:27:35 EST
Subject: You wanted it - here it is [season differences]


Differences between seasons:

    Show opening is VERY different. Among the differences:

    1) GIZMONIC INSTITUTE is a smaller model and the rocket launch is just
       a "tube" looking ship pulled by a string.

    2) CAMBOT is VERY different

    3) The announcement of "ROBOT ROLL CALL" is just Joel with a straight
       face - no large letters.

    4) Evil sidekick is Larry, not Frank

    5) Several clips are different (Joel cleaning Gizmonic Institute,
       Joel assemblling robots, preview clips before logo, etc).

    6) Tom Servo's voice is different

    7) In season #3, Joel is sometimes caught wearing (horrors) - a BLUE
       JUMP SUIT!

    8) The Door behind Joel has changed from a painting to a 3-d logo.

    9) Tom Servo is reported to have minor changes to his head, but I don't
       see them myself.


Have you noticed:

    1) That (in season #3) there are 2 rotating lights behind Joel. The
       left one lights when the EVILs call, the right one when MOVIE SIGN
       occurs.


Things I'm looking for:

    I've been trying to identify all the parts in Crow and Tom. Perhaps people
    can fill in the missing pieces. Here's what I've determined:

    CROW --

        (According to the MST3k Information Club, Crow is mostly sporting
        equipment, but they have only confirmed his mouth IS a bowling pin,
        and that he does have legs (seen in 1 show))

        Pingpong balls for eyes
        Plastic bowling pin for mouth
        A football or something similar for his head
        Arms? Body plates? Hair?

[ I'm reasonably sure that Crow's head is a lacrosse face mask;
see SOL #2.  ---Rsk ]

    TOM --

        (Tom seems to be mostly made of toys)

        Gumball machine for Head
        Barrel for "Barrell full of Monkeys" for body
        Flashlight heads for shoulders
        Springs or slinkys for arms
        Chest? Waist? Hands?


    GYPSY --

        Flashlight for Eye
        Trashcan for head
        Hose for neck & body


I joined the MST3k Information club a while back. People have been asking
for the CORRECT song lyrics and complete episode guides.

Unless otherwise noted; the following is OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM
BEST BRAINS and the information club:


Miscellaneous OFFICIAL Information:

    What happened to Tom Servo's Gumballs?

        We ate them.

    Why is CAMBOT never seen during the show?

        CAMBOT is the only camera and is filming the experiment. Everything
        is from his/her point of view.

    Then why does he appear in the roll call?

        Joel is holding a mirror and CAMBOT is filming himself.

    Does CROW have legs?

        Yowser! Does he ever. You can see them in experiment #304
        (Gamera vs Barragon)

    Why does CROW look like he's made out of sporting equipment?

        He looks like tht because he IS made out of sporting equipment!
        OK? AND HIS BEAK IS A BOWLING PIN. THERE! HAPPY NOW?

    Why does Joel put in his mouth after he taps the movie-sign indicator?

        Joel is eating grapes which are a treat from the Mad Scientists for
        pushing the right button.


                MST3k Episode list


Season 1 (13 episodes):

101 The Crawling Eye
102 The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy
103 Mad Monster
104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet
105 Corpse Vanishes
106 The Crawling Hand
107 Robot Monster
108 The Slime People
109 Project Moonbase
110 Robot Holocaust
111 Moon Zero Two
112 Untamed Youth
113 Black Scorpion


Season 2 (13 episodes):

201 Rocketship XM
202 The Sidehackers
203 Jungle Goddess
204 Catalina Caper
205 Rocket Attack USA
206 Ring of Terror
207 Wild Rebels
208 Lost Continent
209 Hell Cats
210 King Dinosaur
211 First Spaceship on Venus
212 Godzilla vs Megalon
213 Godzilla vs the Seamonster


Season 3 (12 episodes): (Probably out of order)

304 Gamera vs Barugon
??? Gamera
??? Stranded in Space
??? Cave Dwellers
??? Time of the Apes
??? Daddy'O
??? Gamera vs Gaos
??? The Amazing Colossal Man
??? Fugitive Alien
??? Gamera vs Guiron
??? Pod people
??? Mighty Jack


Season 4 (12 episodes)

Season 4 has been commited to, but
has not aired.



                    Love theme from MST3k


In the not too distant future
Next Sunday A.D.
There was a guy named Joel
Not too different from you or me
He worked at Gizmonic Institute
Just another face in a red jumpsuit
He did a good job cleaning up the place
But his bosses didn't like him
So they shot him into space

We'll send him cheesy movies
The worst we can find    (la, la, la)
He'll have to sit and watch them all
And we'll monitor his mind
Now keep in mind Joel can't control
Where the movies begin or end
Because he used those special parts
To make his robot friends -

Robot Roll Call...

Cambot     (pan left)
Gypsy      (hi girl)
Tom Servo  (what a cool guy)
Crooooow   (wisecracker)

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
and other science facts  (la, la, la)
Just repeat to yourself it's just a show
I should really just relax, for

Mystery Science Theater 3000
(c) Best Brains Inc.

Keith Barrett

UUCP:      uunet!aminet!barrett
Alternate: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Ed Hughes)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 15:11:58 EDT
Subject: The MST3K Fashion Minute, from "Time of the Apes"

Rich--

In case you don't already have it, here's Crow's fashion
report from "Time of the Apes."  I guess debate will rage
over whether it should be "guerilla" or "gorilla" toward
the end of the segment...

--Ed

The MST3K News and Fashion Minute,
from "Time of the Apes"
----------------------------------
Tom:  And the outlook for Friday:  more of the same, rain,
      rain, rain, rain, rain.  Heh, heh, heh, heh!
Joel: So, uh, it's a good idea that we keep our scuba gear
      for next couple of days?
Tom:  Heh, heh, heh!  Over to you, Joel!  Ha, ha, ha!
Joel: Thanks, Tom Servo.  Anyway, uh, up next is our fashion
      editor, Crow T. Robot, with the Fashion Minute.  Crow?
Crow: Thank you, Joel--Hello, hello, hello!  This spring's ape
      is dashing, daring, and absolutely *shameless* in para-
      military garb as the House of Primates unveiled its
      "Tarzan Collection" to the dazzled designers assembled
      in Milan, and, huh, ho, lucky me, I have the footage.
      Ah, roll that footage, Cambot!  Here comes Ennui, patrol-
      ling the byways of fashion in a breezy, street-length,
      heavy wool dress, smartly accented by an orange ascot,
      with white shoulder bag and matching belt.  Coco's a
      classic in *this* Chanel!  Shoulder pads, leggings, and
      jaunty gold buttons put *all* eyes on *this* soldier!
      Ten hut!  Colors *scream* for attention in these fun,
      fun, *fun* one-piece action jumpsuits by Dicker & Dicker.
      Although they can fly solo, just add a brooch, white
      lacquer skullcap, and jackboots and you'll soar to new
      fashion heights!  Back on the homefront, you'll wait for
      your King Kong with this indigo print kerchief by Dr. Zaia.
      But hold onto it--this little number's red-hot and looks
      great on *any* species!  Halt!  Who goes there?  Why,
      it's *Jacques*, in the timeless Col. Sanders topcoat.
      Note the raised brass buttons and velvet collar!  This
      ensemble makes *any* ape king of his jungle!  Off duty?
      Then bivouac in this oh-so-soft rich velour dinner jacket,
      from the Cornelius Collection!  Just add a riding crop,
      blue taffeta ascot, and you'll be the Cinderella of *any*
      Liberty!  Attention all personnel!  Incoming fashions!
      Our military parade ends with a salute--to the medical
      corps!  These  gauzy, white linen surgical masks breathe
      life into *any* wardrobe!  One of this year's most versatile
      accessories, the surgical mask doubles as a red butt cover!
      Well, this is one reporter who is ready to enlist in *any*
      guerilla war that looks this great!  So this year, Uncle
      Cornelius wants *you*!  Back to you, Joel.  This is Crow--
      bye-bye for now!
Joel: Around the Earth in 30 minutes--this is Commercial Sign.

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From: [e-mail] (Ed Hughes)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 15:22:42 EDT
Subject: "The Sandy Frank Song"

Rich--

I forgot to put this in the last message.
Another inspiring song from Joel and the bots...
they may have to change the name to Satellite
of Lyrics...

"The Sandy Frank Song" (A=all, T=Tom, C=Crow, J=Joel)

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
T: He's the source of all our pain!

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
C: Gads about the house all day!

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
J: Thinks that people come from trees!

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
T: Gets horrid movies from Japan!

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
C: Films are always poorly dubbed!

A: Sandy Fraaank!  Sandy Fraaank!
J: Spielberg won't return his calls!
[evil scientists call, interrupting]

--Ed

P.S.  Surely I'm not the first one to point
      this out, but of course "Satellite of
      Love"  is a nice euphemistic expansion
      of the acronym SOL, which describes
      Joel's situation pretty succintly.
      (Sh*t Out of Luck)

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From: aminet![e-mail] (Keith Barrett)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 22:01:48 EST
Subject: last email messages

[...]

As far as I can tell - no one has published the season #3 list, so perhaps
you could include it? Also, I'd like  to submit the following:

[See above. ---Rsk ]

If anyone has MST3k sound samples, or GIF files I'd like to see an archive
started for them also. The thing I'd like to see most, however, is some CAD
person do up a set of blueprints for the 3 'bots :-)

Keith Barrett

UUCP:      uunet!aminet!barrett
Alternate: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Chuck Tomasi)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 14:50 CDT
Subject: Scopes

I spotted this in rec.arts.tv and thought that someone might like it in
SOLN so here goes...

In rec.arts.tv: [e-mail] (roberta chi-woon kwong) writes:

>I haven't been watching MST3K for all that long, and the fact that
>we don't get cable here at the dorm doesn't help...
>But anyway, a couple weeks ago they showed a rerun of "The
>Hellcats," and the in-between sketches consisted mainly of
>flashbacks. One of these sequences was the "lenses" one, where Joel
>kept putting up all kinds of scopes in front of Cambot.
>Which episode is this sketch from?
>Anybody have a transcript of this sequence?
>Thanks!
>Robin C. Kwong

That's the scope-sketch from "Jungle Goddess" starring George Reeves.  As
Reeves and his companion are flying over Africa, they show Bob (Reeves'
friend's name) looking through binoculars.. but at animals at ground level!

So Joel shows the Bots about all the different camera effects.

I'll try and give as best a rough transcript as I can.  8)

[Break]
Tom Servo:  So Joel, what's the deal with those 'magic binocular' things
we've been seeing?
Joel:  Oh, that's an old cinematic device that filmmakers of old use to use
to kinda teach the viewers that they were looking through binoculars even
though if you look through binoculars, it looks just like a movie screen.
Crow:  And so then they just run totally unrelated stock footage of animals..
and not even at the same altitude..
Servo:  or creatures not even indigenous to the area?
Joel:  Yeah, Cambot came all set-up with such things.. they're called gobos
if you want to see them.. gobos are matte box effects for film. okay, you wanna
try it?
Servo:  oh so we'll just sit here and act as the brunt of your little visual
 joke then
Joel:  yeah
Servo and Crow: okay...
Joel:  First we have the binocular effect
Crow:  Hey -- get us, we're a piece of stock footage!
Joel:  Alright. and this one.. is the keyhole effect
Crow:  You know, you're the only man for me Servo  *cough* *cough*
Joel:  This is the high-powered scope scope
Servo:  And so ze french prime minister will receive the cro.. oh look out!
Crow:  Bsh!  Bsh! (gunshot sounds.. 8))
Joel:  This is the periscope scope
Crow:  I don't care how you do it, you MUST sink the Bismarck!
Joel:  And also the Driving Miss Daisy scope
Servo:  Mine as well be walkin' as drivin' this slow Miss Daisy
Crow:  Hey watch where you're goin!
Joel:  Okay, this here is the microscope scope
Servo:  Go ahead crow, you can imitate a one-celled animal better
than I can
Crow:  I'm an amoeba!
Joel:  It's also the Sammy Davis Jr. scope.. okay. this is the Lucy scope...
Crow:  Aaaaaoooowww, Ricky.... turns out I was never funny.. aaaooowwww
Joel:  Okay. this is the small intestine scope
Servo:  Oh, I feel so funky.. soothing and coating...
Joel:  This is the Jose Feliciano scope
Servo:  huh?  huh?
Crow:  Chico.. don't get discouraged..
Joel:  this is the Family Circus scope..
Servo:  Okay, who broke my vase?
Crow:  Not me!!
Joel:  Okay, followed by the Jack o' Lantern scope....
Crow & Servo:  Huh?
Joel: The glaucoma scope... (huh?)  and if you want to get really fancy you
can add the Family Circus scope with the glaucoma scope and get the
Hubble scope... followed by the Pope scope (huh?) and the Scopes monkey
trial scope.. otherwise known as Inherit the Wind-o-Rama (huh?).. the
ever popular nope scope
Crow:  Oh brother!
Servo:  Come on!
Joel:  And then finally movie sign-o-scope..
Joel, Crow, and Servo:  Movie sign!  Aaaagh!

Well.. hope that works.. 8)

"Take that you dirty stinkin' coconut!"
            -- Jungle Goddess

Chad "Mr.B" Jackson
[e-mail]

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From: lablues![e-mail] (Patrick Delahanty)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 16:31:09 EDT
Subject: Daddy-O

In the end of the episode "Daddy-O" Frank had some trouble with the button.
I was wondering if someone had the transcript of that part.  I'd actually
like to get it on VHS tape too!  If you have it, E-mail [e-mail]
...thanks!

About that scene again...I saw it earlier that day but turned it off when
the credits started.  Later I watched it and realized what I missed!  Now I
always watch ALL THE WAY to the END!  I don't want to make that mistake again!

-Lazer [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Austin)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 91 14:53:52 EDT
Subject: Partial Episode Guide

If anyone is looking to compile a episode guide, here's my collected info.
It isn't complete, because I haven't watched all of the episodes yet, and
I didn't start doing this until after I had watched a few.  I now have
nearly all of the episodes (thanks to you-know-who-you-are!), so I'll be
adding to this list for my own use, and will be happy to send updates as I
make them to anyone interested.

For each episode I have

Title: (natch)
Inventions: J: Joel's  MS: Mad scientists'
Skits: host segments during the film
Post: host segment done after the movie [sometimes]
Movie: my impression of the film itself
1st Imp: My immeadiate reaction to the episode

Obviously, the last two are very subjective.  Don't treat them as well thought
out reviews or anything.

The episodes are in, I believe, broadcast order.  they are not in the order
I watched them.

First Season
------------

Title: The Crawling Eye
Inventions: J:Electric bagpipe  MS: Canine Pineal Gland Serum
Skits: Head games // Gypsy uncoiled // The Crawling Forrest Tucker
Movie: Not bad.
1st Imp: Excellent.  Script better than skits.

Title: Robot [yeaa!] vs. the Aztec Mummy [booo!]
Inventions: J: Air-bag helmet for motorcyclists  MS: Chalk-man
Skits: Attack of the demon dogs
Movie: Among the worst
1st Imp: Average to good episode.  Don't like old Servo as much as new.

Title: Commando Cody 2 (Molten Terror) // Mad Monster
Inventions: J:Hell in a Handbag  MS:Acetyline-powered lizard
Skits: Tom tries to pick up [not lift] a blender // Stupid questions about
       werewolves // Joel's switches Crow's and Tom's heads: Servo-Crowatian.
Post: Ontological discourse
Movie: Not too bad.
1st Imp: Pretty good.  Skits were great.  Wonderful "Beverly Hillbillies"
         song parody.

Title: Commando Cody 3 (The Bridge of Death) // The Corpse Vanishes
Inventions: J:Chiro-Gyro  MS: Flame Flower
Skits: "Tiger-Bot" issue on Data // Game of Tag // At the barbershop
Movie: Nearly too good for this show.
1st Imp: Pretty good.  Bad skits.  Chiro-Gyro worth price of admission.

Title: Commando Cody 4 & 5 // Robot Monster
Inventions: MS: Self-inflating Whoopie Cushion  J:Cumber-bubble-bund
Skits: Can bumblebees fly and other conundra // Kill the human! // Surrealism
Post: The Life and Time of Ro-man
Movie: Bad.  Good music by early Elmer Bernstein
1st Imp: Definite winner.  Good script and skits.

Title: The Crawling Hand
Inventions: J: Safety Saw  MS: Limb Lengthener
Skits: Let's play murder ball! // Shatner choking // What can a hand do?
Movie: Perfect for the show.  Bad but fertile.
1st Imp: A good one. might be the first episode.

Title: Commando Cody 6 // Slime People
Inventions: J:Bulging Eyes  MS: Screaming Cotton Candy
Skits: Bots vs. Commando Cody // Why was this film made? //
       Ship filled with fog
Movie: The constant fog was truly irritating
1st Imp: Run of the mill

Title: Commando Cody 7 & 8 // Project Moon Base
Inventions: J:Water Juggling  MS: Insect-a-sketch
Skits: Servo plays Commando Cody // Ties of the future // SPACOM--1001 uses
Post: Gravity Fun
Movie: Co-written by R. Heinlein!  Good wireless phones.  Strong female lead,
       commanding the ship, no less, and woman president.  Bad FX (although
       perhaps state-of-the-art) but half-way decent science.  Damn fine film.
1st Imp: The movie was better than the humor, by far!

Title: Black Scorpion
Inventions: J: Man's Party Favor  MS: same thing
Skits: Mangled Mexican // Strange things about humans // Ray Harryhausen
Post: Letter of "helpful criticism" for Crow
Movie: Atrocious, but good monster effects
1st Imp: Good one.  Choppy, but a couple of howlers.

Title: Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Inventions: J: Toilet Paper in a Bottle  MS: Clay & Lar's Flesh Barn
Skits: Doomsday machine--Asimovinator
Movie: Quite bad.  Very dull.
1st Imp: Fair.  Not one of the better ones.

Title: Gamera
Inventions: J: Portable Salad Bar  MS: Bird Cage Vacuum Cleaner
Skits: Love song to Tibby // Why we hate Kenny // Visit by Gamera
Movie: What this show is all about.
1st Imp: Excellent

Title: Commando Cody 9 // Robot Holocaust [Edited for TV]
Inventions: J:Nitro-Burning Funny Pipe  MS: Stocking Mask of the Future
Skits: The We-Zone // SitCom Simulator // Servo the Fur-Clad Hero
Post: "Name the Plant Guy" brainstorm
Movie: *The absolute pits!*  Awful.  Appalling.  Very, very bad.  Makes THE
       SIDE HACKERS look like CASABLANCA.
1st Imp: Mediocre.  Not a lot to work with, but some good stuff.  Bad skits.

Title: Moon Zero Two
Inventions: J:Teleporting Food  MS: Mouth-to-Mouth Celebrity Toothpaste
Skits: Tribute to Neil Armstrong // Games of the future // Zero-G Fight
Post: Good thing/bad thing
Movie: Not wretched, just dumb.
1st Imp: Fair.  Movie had enough going on to be distracting from script.

Title: Untamed Youth
Inventions: J:Never-Light Pipe  MS: Tongue Puppets
Skits: Greg Brady--An American Legacy // Inside Gypsy's brain // Gypsy is sick
Post: Who's the goofy guy?
Movie: Not too bad, daddy-o!
1st Imp: Good one.  The Greg Brady motif was a highlight.


Second Season
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Title: Rocketship X-M
Inventions: J: BGC19 (Drum Set)  MS: same
Skits: The reporters of Rocketship X-M // Selective gravity class //
       What are your dreams?
Movie: Not bad.
1st Imp: Good one!  Good skits, very funny script.

Title: The Side Hackers
Inventions: J: Gretchen the Slinky  MS: Personal Slinky Train
Skits: Side hacking song // Side hacking jargon //
       The Life of Rommel & visit by J.C.
Post: "Love Pads the Film"
Movie: Painfully bad.  The worst.
1st Imp: The movie was so bad that the humor just wasn't enough.

Title: the Phantom Creeps 1 // Jungle Goddess
Inventions: J: Radio Arm Saw // Doctor Sax
Skits: Bela's OK discoveries // Magic Binoculars & Scopes // Colonists arrive
Post: "My White Goddess"
Movie: Quite painless, actually.
1st Imp: Excellent.  Skits OK but script was terrific.

Title: Catalina Caper
Inventions: J:Tickle Bazzoka  MS: Tank Tops
Skits: The Sixties // Creepy Gal // Gun Tupperware Party
Post: What the Sam Hill was going on?
Movie: A little too busy.
1st Imp: Good script.  Bad skits.  Good "Creepy Gal" song.

Title: The Phantom Creeps 2 // Rocket Attack USA
Inventions: J:Button Candy Adding Machine  mS: Water Foosball
Skits: The Cold War--Charlie McCarthy Hearings // Civil Defense Quiz Bowl //
       Visit from Cosmonaut
Post: Review of the plot.  Letter: Issac Asimov rabbit
Movie:Good material.  Disjointed cold-war armageddon script
1st Imp: Excellent.  Howlers galore.  Great script, good skits.

-- plus many more ! --


Third Season
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Title: Time of the Apes
Inventions: J:Cellulite Phone  MS: Miracle Baby Wonder Growth Formula
Skits: Why Johnny doesn't care // Scopes monkey trial // Ape Fashion Show
Post: Sandy Frank song
Movie: Funny in its own right.  Prime material
1st Imp: A-#1! Perhaps the best.

Title: Fugitive Alien
Inventions: J:Musical Chair  MS: Auto-Rhino-Laryngilogical Dropper
Skits: Hat Party // Ship Captain Joel // Screenplay model
Movie: Sandy Frank does Blake's 7.  Bland but painless.
1st Imp: Pretty Good.

Malcolm Austin
[e-mail]

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From: Chuck Tomasi <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 91 19:44:21 CDT
Subject: Words to the Waffle song

At the end of "Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent" Joel and the bots sang
a waffle song.  "W is for the many ways you ..."  Does anyone have the
words to that little ditty?  I was going to write them down, but I
couldn't understand a lot of the words.

Chuck Tomasi           |  "Seen it."  "Hated it"  "Taped it."
[e-mail]  |   (Joel)       (Servo)     (Crow)  -- MST3K

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From: [e-mail] (Chris n Vickie)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 91 22:18 CDT
Subject: We're happy! A Kate Bush reference!

Vickie and Chris here. We're brushing ourselves off after rolling on the
floor. They just mentioned Kate Bush. Think we're excited? Check out our
sigline!

In case someone missed the reference, it was at the beginning of the film,
when the group of blonde Viking Women were standing and throwing spears at
the trees to vote on going out to find what happened to the ship that all
their men sailed  off in so long ago. Well, the only dark-haired women
stepped forward to throw her spear to cast the deciding vote, and Crow said
"Look, it's Kate Bush!" and Joel said "Mm-m-m, Hounds of Love." For those
who might not be that familiar with Kate, but like to know what all the
references are, _Hounds of Love_ is Kate's 5th album, released in 1985.

We didn't hear any other Kate references for the rest of the film. Good too,
because she turned out to be one of the bad guys. :-)
Well, except at the end.

We're going to write them and give 'em a thanks! Someone on the staff is
obviously a fan....

Vickie'n'Chris
[e-mail]

ps, we've posted the mention in the Kate Bush newsgroup (rec.music.gaffa)
so hopefully MST3K will get some viewers from that group.