home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
ftp.ee.pdx.edu
/
2014.02.ftp.ee.pdx.edu.tar
/
ftp.ee.pdx.edu
/
pub
/
mst3k
/
sol
/
sol.07
< prev
next >
Wrap
Internet Message Format
|
1994-02-02
|
39KB
From rsk Sun Nov 3 11:36:47 1991
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 91 11:36:47 EST
From: rsk (Rich Kulawiec)
Posted-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 91 11:36:47 EST
Received-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 91 11:36:47 EST
Message-Id: <9111031636.AA07042@chestnut.circ.upenn.edu>
To: rsk@chestnut.circ.upenn.edu
Subject: Satellite of Love News #7
Status: OR
==========
Item 1:
==========
From: Brian Bloom <brianb@natinst.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1991 12:18:02 -0600
Subject: MST3K request -- want to borrow videos (Austin, TX)
Does anyone in the Austin (Texas, obviously) area have MST3K
on video that they could make copies of, or let me borrow?
I just cancelled most of my cable and lost the Comedy channel.
That would have been my only reason to keep it, but my roommate
was complaining about the cable cost, when we actually watched
very little TV.
Any kind philanthropists out there? <or is that redundant?>
==========
Item 2:
==========
From: pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com (Patrick Fitzgerald)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 12:37:47 CST
Subject: X bitmaps: crow & tom servo
Here are some X bitmaps of Crow and Tom Servo:
[ Nicely done! ---Rsk ]
-----8<-----begin text-----8<----------8<-----begin text-----8<-----
#define crow_width 48
#define crow_height 48
static char crow_bits[] = {
0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x0f, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x0b, 0x00,
0xa0, 0xf8, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x0a, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x88, 0xff, 0x47, 0x0a, 0x00,
0xa0, 0x88, 0x88, 0x44, 0x0a, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x8f, 0x88, 0xc4, 0x0b, 0x00,
0xa0, 0xf8, 0x88, 0xfc, 0x0a, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x90, 0xff, 0x8f, 0x12, 0x00,
0xa0, 0x10, 0x91, 0x88, 0x14, 0x00, 0x20, 0x1f, 0x91, 0xc8, 0x17, 0x00,
0x40, 0xf1, 0x91, 0x3c, 0x15, 0x00, 0x40, 0x21, 0xff, 0x13, 0x25, 0x00,
0x40, 0x21, 0x22, 0x91, 0x2f, 0x00, 0x40, 0x2e, 0x22, 0x7d, 0x2a, 0x00,
0x80, 0xf2, 0xff, 0x27, 0x4a, 0x00, 0x80, 0x42, 0x44, 0x22, 0x52, 0x00,
0x80, 0x44, 0xfc, 0xff, 0x5f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x5d, 0x03, 0x00, 0xb0, 0x00,
0x00, 0xe5, 0xf8, 0xff, 0xc7, 0x00, 0x00, 0x49, 0x3e, 0x3f, 0x9f, 0x00,
0x18, 0x32, 0x1f, 0x1e, 0x3e, 0x01, 0x54, 0x94, 0xcf, 0xcc, 0x7c, 0x02,
0xd2, 0x98, 0xcf, 0xcc, 0x7c, 0x02, 0x4a, 0x21, 0x1f, 0x1e, 0x3e, 0x01,
0x4a, 0x41, 0x3e, 0x3f, 0x9f, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x81, 0xfc, 0xff, 0x4f, 0x00,
0x52, 0x01, 0xc7, 0x80, 0x39, 0x00, 0x34, 0x01, 0x24, 0x00, 0x0a, 0x00,
0x04, 0x01, 0x24, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x88, 0x00, 0x64, 0xc0, 0x0f, 0x00,
0x48, 0x00, 0xe8, 0x20, 0x08, 0x00, 0x48, 0x00, 0xe8, 0x11, 0x10, 0x00,
0x50, 0x00, 0xe8, 0x13, 0x10, 0x00, 0x50, 0x00, 0xe8, 0x0f, 0x20, 0x00,
0x50, 0x00, 0xa8, 0xff, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x50, 0x00, 0x28, 0xff, 0x07, 0x00,
0x50, 0x00, 0x48, 0xfe, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x50, 0xf8, 0x47, 0xfc, 0xdf, 0x07,
0x50, 0x07, 0x80, 0xf8, 0x3f, 0x38, 0xd0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x20, 0x40,
0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x10, 0x80, 0x50, 0x02, 0x00, 0x14, 0x10, 0x90,
0x50, 0x02, 0x00, 0x38, 0x08, 0x90, 0x50, 0x0e, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x07, 0x9c,
0x50, 0xf2, 0x00, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x93, 0x90, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x20, 0x90,
0x90, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x20, 0x90, 0xb0, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x20, 0x90};
------>8-----end text----->8------------>8-----end text----->8------
-----8<-----begin text-----8<----------8<-----begin text-----8<-----
#define tom_servo_width 48
#define tom_servo_height 48
static char tom_servo_bits[] = {
0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x70, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x4f, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x47, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x48, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x4f, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x4f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x4a, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x48, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x47, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3e, 0xe0, 0x03, 0x00,
0x00, 0x80, 0x41, 0x10, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x40, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00,
0x00, 0x20, 0x3c, 0xe0, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x13, 0x40, 0x46, 0x00,
0x00, 0x90, 0x10, 0x40, 0x48, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x38, 0xe0, 0x78, 0x00,
0x00, 0x90, 0xe4, 0x38, 0x49, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0xc2, 0x1f, 0x92, 0x00,
0x00, 0x28, 0x09, 0x87, 0xa4, 0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0x08, 0x80, 0x48, 0x00,
0x00, 0x40, 0x44, 0x12, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x44, 0x12, 0x11, 0x00,
0x00, 0x20, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00,
0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x42, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x10, 0x42, 0x78, 0x00,
0x00, 0xe0, 0x07, 0x00, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3f, 0xe0, 0x07, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0xf8, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x00};
------>8-----end text----->8------------>8-----end text----->8------
And in case you don't have X, here's what they look like in ASCII:
------#---------------------------#-------------
-----#-#####------------------####-#------------
-----#-#---#####----------#####--#-#------------
-----#-#---#---############---#--#-#------------
-----#-#---#---#---#---#--#---#--#-#------------
-----#-#####---#---#---#--#---####-#------------
-----#-#---#####---#---#--######-#-#------------
-----#-#----#--#############---#-#--#-----------
-----#-#----#---#---#--#---#---#--#-#-----------
-----#--#####---#---#--#---#--#####-#-----------
------#-#---#####---#--#--####--#-#-#-----------
------#-#----#--##########--#---#-#--#----------
------#-#----#---#---#--#---#--#####-#----------
------#--###-#---#---#--#-#####--#-#-#----------
-------#-#--###############--#---#-#--#---------
-------#-#----#---#---#--#---#---#--#-#---------
-------#--#---#---###################-#---------
--------#-###-#-##------------------##-#--------
--------#-#--###---################---##--------
--------#--#--#--#####--######--#####--#--------
---##----#--##--#####----####----#####--#-------
--#-#-#---#-#--#####--##--##--##--#####--#------
-#--#-##---##--#####--##--##--##--#####--#------
-#-#--#-#----#--#####----####----#####--#-------
-#-#--#-#-----#--#####--######--#####--#--------
-#-#--#-#------#--##################--#---------
-#--#-#-#-------###---##-------##--###----------
--#-##--#---------#--#-----------#-#------------
--#-----#---------#--#------------#-------------
---#---#----------#--##-------######------------
---#--#------------#-###-----#-----#------------
---#--#------------#-####---#-------#-----------
----#-#------------#-#####--#-------#-----------
----#-#------------#-#######---------#----------
----#-#------------#-#-###############----------
----#-#------------#-#--###########-------------
----#-#------------#--#--###########------------
----#-#----########---#---###########-#####-----
----#-#-###------------#---###########-----###--
----#-##----------------#--#---------#--------#-
----#-#------------------#--#-------#----------#
----#-#--#----------------#-#-------#-------#--#
----#-#--#-----------------###-----#--------#--#
----#-#--###-----------------######-------###--#
----#-#--#--####----------------------####--#--#
----#--#-#------#--------------------#------#--#
----#--#-#------#--------------------#------#--#
----##-#-#------#--------------------#------#--#
-----------------------#####--------------------
-----------------------#####--------------------
---------------------#########------------------
-------------------##---------##----------------
-------------------#-----------#----------------
------------------#-------------#---------------
------------------#-------------#---------------
-----------------#---------------#--------------
-----------------#---------------#--------------
-----------------#---------------#--------------
-----------------#---------------#--------------
-----------------#---------------#--------------
------------------#-------------#---------------
------------------#-------------#---------------
-------------------#-----------#----------------
-------------------##---------##----------------
--------------------###-----###-----------------
--------------------#--#####--#-----------------
--------------------#---------#-----------------
--------------------#---###---#-----------------
--------------------#--#---#--#-----------------
--------------------#--#####--#-----------------
--------------------#--#####--#-----------------
--------------------#--#-#-#--#-----------------
--------------------#--#---#--#-----------------
--------------------#---###---#-----------------
--------------------#---------#-----------------
-----------------#####-------#####--------------
---------------##-----#-----#-----##------------
--------------#-------#-----#-------#-----------
-------------#----####-------####----#----------
------------#---##--#---------#--##---#---------
------------#--#----#---------#----#--#---------
------------####---###-------###---####---------
------------#--#--#--###---###--#--#--#---------
-----------#--#--#----#######----#--#--#--------
-----------#-#--#--#----###----#--#--#-#--------
------------#--#---#-----------#---#--#---------
--------------#---#---#--#--#---#---#-----------
--------------#---#---#--#--#---#---#-----------
-------------#---#---#---#---#---#---#----------
-------------#---#---#---#---#---#---#----------
------------#-------#----#----#-------#---------
------------####----#----#----#----####---------
-------------######-------------######----------
----------------######-------######-------------
-------------------#############----------------
----------------------#######-------------------
Enjoy!
--
Patrick Fitzgerald, pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com
==========
Item 3:
==========
From: jsnell@sdcc13.UCSD.EDU (Jason Snell)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 12:25:54 PST
Subject: MST3K: Carradine?
Yes, finally I've spotted a John Carradine reference in MST3K... namely,
in the "Home Economics" film from Oct. 26, a framed photo of the girl's
mother is described as "A picture of John Carradine?"...
This makes me wonder: why haven't they done a Carradine movie yet?
I mean, the "picture of Carradine" line could even be a specific
reference to my pick for the WORST FILM OF ALL TIME, namely
"Frankenstein Island." See if you can rent it at your local video store--
then pretend you're Joel and the 'bots. It's incredibly bad. While
you're there, look for "Vampire Hookers"-- which might be too racy for
MST3K...
Let's write Best Brains and demand Carradine! (you'll be glad you did.)
-jason
==========
Item 4:
==========
From: pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com (Patrick Fitzgerald)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 13:34:29 CST
Subject: MST3K - newsletter #6 responses
From newsletter #6:
> 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"
For any unfortunate souls who occasionally turn to "E!" the
entertainment channel (not), they were recommending some B movies, and
"The Crawling Hand" was one of them. It seemed like they were
directly ripping off MST3k when they said that the main character
"failed out of the James Dean school of acting", and some other comments.
> 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 ]
It also occured during "The Bridge of Death" episode of Commando Cody,
when they were fighting on the moon.
ObQuote: "Nipple, nipple, tweak, tweak, FLY, FLY, FLY!"
- Commando Cody (Tom Servo)
Patrick Fitzgerald, pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com
==========
Item 5:
==========
From: Chuck Tomasi <chuck@edsi.plexus.COM>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 91 20:52:56 CST
Subject: MST3K - input from SOLN#6
>From: Lynn-Anne Friese <friese@mixcom.mixcom.com>
>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.
I haven't been trying to figure out who is doing what Robot's voice for
the first season, but it wasn't until a slipup at a commercial break
that Servo says "That was awful" did I notice that it sounded just like
Dr. Erhardt. Then I put two and two together and found that Servo's
voice change and Frank's introduction were not coincidental.
>From: Chuck Tomasi (chuck@edsi.plexus.com)
>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 ]
Although someone quoted all the context from the one in "Time of the
Apes" this is not the one I was looking for. Commando Cody and one of
the Radar Men From the Moon are duking it out on a cliff top in a
badly correographed (sp?) scene while Crow and Tom Servo give a little
fashion show about what the good guys and bad guys are wearing this
year. Am I imagining things? I went through all eight of my Commando
Cody episodes and didn't see that scene anywhere. You have to be
either brain dead or severly insane to watch that much Commando Cody.
>From: aminet!barrett@uunet.UU.NET (Keith Barrett)
>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 --
>
> 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 ]
Correct. His "eye sockets" is a soap dish according to Joel, but I
have never seen a soap dish quite like that.
> GYPSY --
>
> Flashlight for Eye
> Trashcan for head
> Hose for neck & body
For all you homeowner types (of which I've joined the rank of five
months ago) Gypsy's body is known as "drain tile." I've got some
hanging in the rafters of my garage to be used only for a few weeks
during the spring thaw, but I get a subtle reminder of MST3K every time
I go somewhere.
I've got enough junk for working at an electronic design firm that I
figure I could build a couple bots of my own and send them to Joel to
see what he thinks. If nothing else, the Crow and Servo could feed them
to Gypsy for lunch.
>From: lablues!lazer@mother.bates.edu (Patrick Delahanty)
>Subject: Daddy-O
>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!
I've learned NEVER edit out anything that has to do with the show. Even
some of the commercial sign things (with the spinning MST3K logo) are
valuable! Starting with the second season I've learned to record the
credits all the way to the end (and then some) because of the "finishing
line" they put in. They take one line from the movie (i.e. "The Cave
Dwellers" was "Dong, the fish is ready" as they show Dong still catching
fish in the river.) Sometimes they don't even say anything (as in the
case of "Stranded in Space" when they just showed the lady slap the guy
in the car.)
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that Joel and the bots don't seem
to be trekkies? If they had been they would have noticed that Michael
Pataki (J.C. in Side Hackers) was also a Klingon in "The Trouble with
Tribbles". Another case is in "Stranded in Space" the main character
was Zefram Cochran in "Metamorphosis". Too bad.
--
Chuck Tomasi | "Seen it." "Hated it" "Taped it."
chuck@edsi.plexus.COM | (Joel) (Servo) (Crow) -- MST3K
-----<Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton Wisconsin>-----
==========
Item 6:
==========
From: David Arnold <davida@syrinx.umd.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 10:31:28 -0500
Subject: MST3000: Transcription [Civil Defense Bowl]
This was the skit performed during a break in the movie "Rocket Attack USA",
from the fourth season (second season run on CC). It's nothing short of
brilliant IMHO.
Civil Defense Bowl
[ The scene opens with Gypsy, Crow, Joel and Tom Servo in their usual
positions on the set. Gypsy has a tinfoil bow on her head, Crow is totally
covered with foil except for his eyes and mouth, and Tom is covered except
for the keypad on his chest, and has a foil radiation hood and foil gas
mask. Joel is in the standard red jump suit. ]
J: Welcome back to Civil Defense Bowl, brought to you by the grace of God
and chocolaty Coco-Bombs. Let's meet today's challengers: From Los
Alamos, New Mexico representing the military's grudging acceptance of
the growing trend away from nuclear proliferation as we plummet towards
peace, please welcome Mr Crow. <canned applause> And from Oak Ridge,
Tennessee representing the weapons and aerospace industries and their
glib and almost Machiavellian attitude towards the threat of imminent
destruction of the human race, it's Tom Servo. <canned applause> Finally
she's a housewife from Great Neck, Long Island, meet Gypsy. <canned
applause>
All right, let's get started with a toss-up question: 'What three-word
slogan was coined during the Cold War as a school child's best defense
against an A-bomb attack?'
<buzz>
Tom Servo of Oak Ridge!
TS: Uhh, 'Duck and cover?'
J: Could you state that in the form of a desperate cry to God to save you
from an unholy death, please!
TS: 'Duck and coverrrrrrr!!!!' (in a desperate, strangled voice)
<ding>
J: Is right for five points.
TS: Thank you. I'll take propaganda for fifteen, please.
J: The category is propaganda; complete the following. 'Had this been an
actual emergency ...'
<buzz>
Crow from Los Alamos!
C: Ohh, ahh, '... you would have been advised to tune in the Emergency
Broadcasting station in your area for further information.'
<ding>
J: Is right, and there's a bonus burst of Strontium 90 if you can complete
the rest of the message.
C: Umm, don't tell me, I know this ... ummm, 'And this concludes this test
of the Emergency Broadcasting System.'
J: Right. So Crow from Los Alamos is off to an early lead with 30 REMs of
radiation. Time for another toss-up. 'Which early 60's CIA covert
operation was considered their greatest failure of the decade?'
<buzz>
Crow, Los Alamos!
C: Uhh, the Kennedy assassination?
J: No, I'm afraid that one was a success.
<buzz>
Tom Servo of Oak Ridge!
TS: The Bay of Pigs.
J: Is right for 20 REMs.
TS: Thank you. I'll take Civil Defense Myths and Legends for 50, please.
J: Ooh, taking a gamble for 50 Curies of Palonium (?) wow! Here we go with
Civil Defense Myths and Legends: 'How do you protect yourself from fall-
out? A) Hide in the basement until it goes away, B) Wear protective
rubber underwear and simply brush yourself off at the end of the day, or
C) Run naked through a field of sorghum?
TS: Uhh, 'A' and 'B'.
<ding>
J: Is right!
<ding>
TS: Thank you. I'd like to stake five Curies on a follow-up now, please.
J: Uh oh, we're living dangerously Tom Servo of Oak Ridge. 'Name the two
most famous myths of civil defense.'
TS: Uhh, 'We can win a nuclear war'
J: Number one
TS: And, uhh, 'Survivors are the lucky ones!'
<ding><ding><ding>
J: Right! And Tom Servo from Oak Ridge rockets into the lead with 15 Curies
and 20 REMs.
<air-raid siren>
J: Uh oh, it's time for the Fallout Elimination round! The winner will
receive a complete Thermolactic (?) nuclear fallout shelter complete with
a 17 year supply of canned food and 500,000 chlorine water purification
tablets. There are two questions. Number one: 'Name the movie with the
most radioactive and deadly set.'
<buzz>
Gypsy!
G: 'Moby Dick' with Richard Basehart?
J: Oh, I'm sorry, you're out of the game! (Gypsy opens her mouth and falls
to the left (her right) offscreen with an audible THUD.)
<buzz>
Crow from Los Alamos.
C: Uhh, 'The Conquerors'
J: Is correct, just ask John Wayne or Agnes Moorhead. Now onto our final
question: 'What is the most practical thing you can do in the event of
total thermonuclear war?'
<buzz>
Tom Servo of Oak Ridge
TS: Duck and coverrrrr!!
J: Wrong!
<buzz>
Crow!
C: Stick your head between your knees and kiss ...
<klaxon "movie sign" horn goes off>
J: Oohhh, we've got movie sign!!
(Joel and 'bots scramble for the theater.)
<In theater>
TS: Joel, who won the Quiz Bowl, anyway?
J: I think we all win 'cause we live in a democracy. (makes barfing sounds)
==========
Item 7:
==========
From: vernonb@seq.uncwil.edu (vernon w l)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 9:54:28 EST
Subject: mst3k -- the missing Gamera films
About the two missing Gamera films, one of them is Gamera: '79.
I found out my local Blockbuster store use to have it. (they still
have Gamera though) The description was "Paper-mache spaceships,
Badly-dubbed aliens, a high-camp script and a flying turlte who is
the friend of all children" Then again you could use that description
for all of them
Last Friday (Oct. 25) The line about shooting a butt like that was
used in Commando Cody (episode 4 or 5) Right before Robot Monster.
"Hey Joel have you ever had a Deja Vu?"
Does anyone have a transcript of the "Spacom" ad they did in Project
Moonbase? I'd like a copy.
L8R,
Bill
vernonb@seq.uncwil.edu
"Swing him around and a dosey do, make him sing like a
so-pran-o, side-hack come on now." -- Tom Servo
==========
Item 8:
==========
From: fneves@attmail.att.com (Frank G Neves)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 08:06:44 EST
Subject: MST3K -- requests for GIFs
Regarding the requests for MST3K GIFs which I've noticed popping up quite
frequently; while I don't have GIFs, I do have something which I will make
available to anyone who wants one.
Namely, "the silhouette". Being somewhat artistic in nature, I took it
upon myself to draw the silhouette for myself one day, transferred it to
black construction paper, and using an x-acto knife cut it out and put it
on my PC monitor. All humbleness aside, it looks awesome!
I ran it through my local copier in order to have an emergency copy, in
case I ever ruined my original, and found that the xerox copies were just
as good, if not better than the original.
Anyway, if anybody wants one, I'll be glad to send them one, as long as
they can send me a request, along with the appropriate postage.
Frank (Pushing the button)
[ Hmm, I've been working on a copy of the silhouette using xfig; I've
got a rough copy, but my artistic skills are being stretched by this.
If I can come up with something that's worthwhile for using as a
screen *fore*ground :-) I'll send it out. ---Rsk ]
==========
Item 9:
==========
From: <LAMBERT_%CTSTATEU.BITNET@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 13:25 EDT
Subject: More MST3K Minutiae
First of all, to all those who helped with "Zack Norman as Sammy in CHIEF
ZABU"... "Thanks for the exposition".
I concede the point on the origin of "Noooooo!"... my tape of Incredible
Colossal Man ("You Wish") got screwed up somehow...
Also, this is to everybody, but especially Lynn-Anne Friese, since she's done
it... how responsive are Best Brains to phone calls, and can I get their number
from Information? I run a science-fiction club at the college here, but the
only way I'll be allowed to show MST3K at club meetings is if I get written
permission... if anybody has an address to write to I'd greatly appreciate it.
Another question... is there any discernible pattern to the lewdness level of
the comments? I seem to notice strings of episodes in which they get pretty
raunchy for a 10 a.m. show... As a contribution to the list, I present some of
my favorites...
Responding to the "Polar Bear" club (people swimming in ice holes) from "Snow
Thrills:
"Hey, let's talk about SHRINKAGE!" - Crow
Responding to guys scoping babes in "Catalina Caper"
"His corn's as high as an elephant's eye." -Joel
When the girl changes behind the boulder while the guy leans against it
(Catalina Caper)
"He's between a rock and a hard place" -Tom (I think)
Bryan Lambert
"Water... the source of all net posts..."
==========
Item 10:
==========
From: saseph@dev.sas.com (Ed Hughes)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 12:06:59 EST
Subject: MST3K: Crow's head
Rich--
I don't think Crow's head is a lacrosse face mask.
It looks to me like an ice hockey face mask, possibly
one of the ones made by Cooper. Perhaps you were
referring to an *indoor* lacrosse face mask, which
is exactly the same as a hockey face mask.
A face mask for outdoor (i.e., real, uncorrupted) lacrosse
has *much* larger spaces between the wires, and has no frame
around its edge. It's just a wire cage.
Now, what's Crow's head (the part that holds his eyes)
made of? It's much too small to be a football.
I believe Crow's arms/legs are the large parts from those
spring-loaded extension lamps.
--Ed
P.S. I haven't gotten a chance to watch "Viking Women and
The Sea Serpent" yet, but I'll transcribe the Waffle song
when I do.
==========
Item 11:
==========
From: pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com (Patrick Fitzgerald)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 22:22:48 CST
Subject: MST3K - CAD GIFs of Tom Servo
In newsletter #6, aminet!barrett@uunet.UU.NET (Keith Barrett) wrote:
> The thing I'd like to see most, however, is some CAD
> person do up a set of blueprints for the 3 'bots :-)
I made a (very crude) version of Tom "what a cool guy" Servo
yesterday, and converted it to the following files:
servoScr.gif Screen dump (large, contains next three views)
servoCad.gif Wire-frame side view.
servoFront.gif Solid-modeled front view.
servoIso.gif Solid-modeled isometric view.
servo.gif Large version of servoIso.gif
My GIF converter doesn't quite work: the files have a few lines at the
far left, but they are not too bad. I uuencoded the files, and will
send them out by request, unless Rich wants to handle them, or if
anyone knows of an ftp site that wants them...(please? :-)
[ I'll be happy to stash copies here, if you could mail them along.
I've had an offer of an FTP site, and I think I'm going to accept it. ---Rsk ]
ObMiSTieQuote: "Beanie!" [...] "A Bob Clampet Cartoooooooon"
- sea serpent, in "Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent"
(how many remember the old "Beanie and Cecil" cartoons?)
--
Patrick Fitzgerald, pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com
==========
Item 12:
==========
From: Synth F. Oberheim <synth@euler.unm.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 21:05:05 MST
Subject: MST3K: An Rsk request and an IMPASSIONED PLEA!
Fellow MiSTies:
First, a brief aside to our moderator: Hey Rich! The digests are waaaaay
too huge! Break them down a bit, k?
[ Hmmmm...do others agree? I suppose I don't find them that large because
my mail averages about 50-60 messages comprising about 100K a day, so the
digests are a comparatively small part of the volume. ---Rsk ]
Next, I'd like to throw little bits of spittle and "FLIIIIIIING CRAP!" and
ask you folks to get off your butts and send me your MST quotes! I know
there are hordes of you out there huddling over vast data files full of
memorable quips and jeers. Wouldn't it be better to share our treasures?
Send 'em to me (synth@euler.unm.edu)! This is a direct order, mind you.
Or I'll send Jack Perkins' dismembered head to YOUR house! :-)
"That had to be the most wonderfully impassioned plea I've ever heard on
a mailing list --"
"HEY! How'd you get out of the paper bag? And how did you get that sock
out of your mouth?"
"Next, we'll have a delightful chat with Estelle Getty--ULLP!" STUFF STUFF
CRAM
Regards,
Synth .:::::. synth@euler.unm.edu, synth@yenta.alb.nm.us
==========
Item 13:
==========
From: <LAMBERT_%CTSTATEU.BITNET@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 12:04 EDT
Subject: MST3K Hike Up Song
To add to the incredible storehouse of songs and whatnot provided on this
list, I hereby offer up a 99% accurate version of "The Pants Up Song"
from "Daddy-O". A couple of the pant names at the beginning are phonetic
approximations.
Joel is wearing his jumpsuit, but with a pair of fake pants up to his chest.
The belt buckle is where a vest pocket would be if vest pockets were on the
other side.
Tom Servo has a cardboard cutout bass.
Crow's outfit is, well, indescribable.
Joel - Hey everybody, do the pants up song!
Dadilac Farrah Levis Bugle Boys
Zanzibar Chinos Haggar Brand Roys
Arnold Palmer Wrangler Johnny Carson Huskies
No pants are higher than mine.
Hah! Oh! Look out! Don't touch this!
Hike up your britches, super high now
Cut off the circulation, to your thighs now
Yank your trousers higher than Corey Haim's,
Cause it ain't hip 'til you're in total pain.
Hike up your pants till you see your shins
Wear an Izod shirt like a second skin
Make sure you wear your belt buckle to the side
Hike up your pants, take your butt cheeks for a ride.
Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Chinos
Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Farrahs
Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Haggars
Hike up your britches like mine... Take it Frank!
(Cut to Deep 13, Frank and Forrester)
FRANK: Hike, Hike, Hike, Hike your pants up
Hike Hike Hike... with the thing, and, uh...
Hike Hike Hike... with the football...
Take it Doctor Forrester!
DOC F: I'm not taking anything, Frank!
Here, I'll take these.
(Pulls pants over Frank's head, Frank keeps "hiking" through fly)
And you! Pants Weasel! Get on with it!
Zip it, Frank...
JOEL: Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Ban Rolls
Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Robots
Hike, Hike, Hike, up your Tuffskins
Hike up your britches like mine!
Hike up your britches like mine!
Hike up your britches like mine! Oh yeah, look out!
Hike up your britches like mine! Jump back, kiss myself!
Hike up your britches like mine! (continues in same vein)
SERVO: Uh, Joel, take the commercial sign. Joel!
CROW: Joel!
SERVO: Oh no! He's vapor locked! Hit the button, Crow!
CROW: Ungh! Ugh! I... got it!
Commercial Sign
Enjoy,
Bryan Lambert
==========
Item 14:
==========
From: <LAMBERT_%CTSTATEU.BITNET@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 15:10 EDT
Subject: MST3K - no GIF's, but...
For those of you with C-64's, I do have a Photo Scrap for GEOS that pastes along
the bottom of the screen in GeoPublish. The Photo Scrap is, of course, the
famous MST silouhette... I've been planning on pasting it over several
digitized pictures of, say, Riker, Spock, Rick Hunter, etc, and adding my
own comments for posters. So far, I haven't had time.
RE: Patrick Fitzgerald
If/when you get those scenes digitized, would it be possible to get some from
you in the original Amiga format? I'd be more than willing to send disks and
return postage, if they are in a standard graphics mode (i.e. not IFF-24, but
HAM or lower)... My brother has an Amiga, but can't digitize off of an external
video source.
==========
Item 15:
==========
From: ged@chinet.chi.il.us (Russel Dalenberg)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 15:50 CST
Subject: MST3K: November movie schedule
My cable guide for November lists the movies that MST3000 will be showing
that month. I can't guarantee that they're right, but here they are for
your information.
All times are CST.
F 11/1 9am/12mid 108 The Slime People
Sa 11/2 9am/6pm 307 Daddy-O
F 11/8 12mid 102 The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy
Sa 11/9 9am/6pm 3xx Teen-age Caveman
F 11/15 9am/12mid 104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Sa 11/16 9am/6pm 310 Fugitive Alien
F 11/22 9am/12mid 109 Project Moonbase
Sa 11/23 9am/6pm 308 Gamera vs. Gaos
*** Turkey Day Marathon ***
W 11/27 11pm 206 Ring of Terror
Th 11/28 1am 301 Cave Dwellers
3am 203 Jungle Goddess
5am 201 Rocketship X-M
7am 208 The Lost Continent
9am 311 It Conquered the World
11am 213 Godzilla vs the Sea Monster
1pm 202 Sidehackers
3pm 306 Time of the Apes
5pm 205 Rocket Attack USA
7pm 310 Fugitive Alien
9pm 309 The Amazing Colossal Man
11pm 204 Catalina Caper
F 11/29 1am 307 Daddy-O
3am 311 It Conquered the World
F 11/29 9am/12mid 110 Robot Holocaust
Sa 11/30 9am/6pm 3xx War of the Colossal Beast
[ Folks, we have got to organize the taping of the Turkey Day Marathon.
30 hours = 5 6-hour tapes. Would someone like to coordinate the
simultaneous taping of this Mammoth Event in 3-4 places around the
country? (With the idea that we'll circulate the tapes later.) ---Rsk ]
==========
Item 16:
==========
From: phoenix@lorbit.UUCP (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 11:09:38 PDT
Subject: Wait a minute...
>Inventions: J: Gretchen the Slinky MS: Personal Slinky Train
>Movie: Painfully bad. The worst.
>1st Imp: The movie was so bad that the humor just wasn't enough.
Yeah yeah yeah, but you _have_ to admit that Gretchen the Sentient
Slinky was just great, and "Meanwhile, Iowa's Finest Speed Towards the
Scene of the Crime" (and the accompanying line, "Meanwhile, on the plains
of Nebraska") is one of the high points of _my_ MST3K experimental
experience to date...
- R'ykandar.
phoenix@lorbit.UUCP - sumax!polari!lorbit!phoenix
==========
Item 17:
==========
From: pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com (Patrick Fitzgerald)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 91 7:59:51 CST
Subject: MST3K: Turkey Day
In case you haven't already heard, Comedy Central is planning a
"turkey" day on Thanksgiving, where they will show 30 straight hours
of MST3K. Yes, a veritable "Satellite of Love-athon".
[ Yep -- see above. ---Rsk ]
Patrick Fitzgerald, pat@fitz.b17d.ingr.com
==========
Item 18:
==========
From: saseph@dev.sas.com (Ed Hughes)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 91 15:54:37 EST
Subject: MST3000: Robot Monster and Viking Women
Some more transcription madness:
"Kill the Hu-man," from "Robot Monster"
---------------------------------------
[Crow is behind the "view screen" wooden frame]:
Crow: Servo, Servo--come in, my faithful servant.
Tom: I am here, your excellency!
Crow: Why have not you killed the hu-man?
Tom: Because he gives me crunchy treats. And he empties my load pan.
Crow: But he is hu-man, and unfit to live!
Tom: But he's kind of cute. He has good bone structure.
And he can drive a stick.
Crow: There is no room for your petty sentimentality, or your--
he can drive a stick? Uh--uh, nevertheless, he is hu-man;
kill him by sundown, or you will feel my wrath!
Tom: Okay, I will try, but I do not think he is going to like it much.
Crow: You have the effrontery to defy my orders?!
Tom: Oh, no, nothing like that, sire--I'm getting a call on another line.
I'm gonna have to put you on hold, oh supreme being of the universe.
(aside) Oh, rats! I gotta shut this thing off!
Crow: This is no party line, dolt! Try to play telephone tag with me, you
clinkering, clankering, mish-mash of--discarded--Harley-Davidson
remnants! Ooooh! The Earthman approaches now. Destroy him!
[Joel enters]
Tom: [under his breath] Oh--I must destroy the Earthman!
Joel: Heyyyy! Crow! Tom Servo! What's up?
Tom: Your number, I'm afraid! [Crow ducks] I MUST KILL YOU, MR. BOND!!
Joel: Huh?!
Tom: I MUST KILL YOU N- [Joel whacks Tom with a chair]
Crow: [pops up again] Joel! What happened?
Joel: Uh--Tom servo, his [picks up Tom] his reason circuits musta burnt out.
He tried to kill me!
Crow: Oh--no, Joel, we were just doing a little role-playing! You know,
"kill the human" role-play like in the movie!
Joel: Awwww, no--Tom Servo, buddy! You gotta wake up!
Tom: Uh, wha--my aching camsphere! What happened?
Joel: Man, I'm--I'm sorry, Tom! I didn't know you were kidding!
Tom: Uh--*somebody* must have forgotten the robotic laws of Isaac Asimov!
Joel: I--I know, I'm sorry--"A robot can never kill a human." I'm really
sorry; what can I do to make it up to you, Tom?
Tom: You could let me KILL YOU, MR. BOND!!
Joel: Huh?!
Tom: YOU COULD LET ME--[Joel whacks him with yet another chair]--Uuh!
Crow: Joel! He was *kidding*!
Joel: Oh, no--we got Movie Sign!
[back in the theatre]
Joel: I'm sorry, I didn't know you were kidding!
Tom: Don't ever *do* that! I don't have a breakaway body, Joel!
Crow: I thought it was cool!
Tom: Of course you did. [to screen] Looks like their
*futon* survived the holocaust...
--from "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent":
"The Waffle Song" (J=Joel C=Crow T=Tom G=Gypsy A=All)
J: W is for the many ways that you're served
C: A is for the admiration you deserve
G: F because you're fluffy, flaky and fun!
T: and F is for the flavor that is 2nd ta none
J: L is for how light you are, you melt in my mouth!
A: E is for eggs--Oh Baby!
Put 'em all together witha how doyado
Lovely waffles we love--
G: Cook me up another please!
A: Oh, waffles we love--
T: Top mine off with runny cheese!
A: Waffles we love--
C: Jelly waffles suit me fine!
A: Waffles we love--
J: Wash me down with Aunt Jemima?
A: Waaaaaaaffffles, wee love youuuu!
==========
Item 19:
==========
From: phoenix@lorbit.UUCP (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 91 14:55:42 PDT
Subject: Another note on the Turkey Day marathon
...I've just heard (but have not confirmed) that Comedy Central
will be running _thirty straight hours_ of MST3K on or near Thanksgiving.
Warm up the VCR and scrounge for those tapes, folks, it could get
pretty mindbending...
- R'ykandar.
phoenix@lorbit.UUCP - sumax!polari!lorbit!phoenix
==========
Item 20:
==========
From: kca@iwtqg.att.com
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 91 15:58:41 CST
Subject: MST3000 - November schedule
I haven't seen this posted yet.
I got this list from the monthly cable guide put out
by Jones Intercable in Illinois.
I don't know how accurate it is, note
the duplicate titles.
It is almost too bad we are having company for
Thanksgiving so I can't watch this in real time.
11/27 W 23:00 Ring of Terror
11/28 R 01:00 Cave Dwellers
11/28 R 03:00 Jungle Goddess
11/28 R 05:00 Rocketship XM
11/28 R 07:00 The Lost Continent
11/28 R 09:00 It Conquered The World
11/28 R 11:00 Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
11/28 R 13:00 Sidehackers
11/28 R 15:00 Time Of The Apes
11/28 R 17:00 Rocket Attack USA
11/28 R 19:00 Fugitive Alien
11/28 R 21:00 The Amazing Colossal Man
11/28 R 23:00 Catalina Caper
11/29 F 01:00 Daddy-O
11/29 F 03:00 It Conquered The World
All times are Central Standard, check your listings
and don't sue me if its wrong.
I am also sending this to the mailing list
**kent
Kent Archie kca@iwtqg.att.com