A podcast conversation with Mystery Science Theater 3000, in which Beth and Adam rewatch episodes of MST3K and then talk about them, or about whatever.
Beth and Adam on MST3K @ Megaphonic.fm
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.
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.
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.
A compilation of all our summaries and segments about Radar Men from the Moon.
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.
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.
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.
The Magic Sword dangles over Chris and Charlotte while they dawdle over Bert I. Gordon, Estelle Winwood, Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes, and David Lynch.
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.
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster protects Chris and Charlotte from other kaiju while they talk about Odysseus, Antigone, Paladin, Pink Lady, and Jeff.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.)
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chris and Charlotte are sick, so here are some bonus bits to tide you over until we get better.
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.
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.
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.Show Notes.The Mad Monster (Sam Newfield, 1942): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.Radar Men from the Moon (Fred C. Bannon, 1951): IMDb. UnMSTed.Marc Evanier on Olsen and Johnson. (Thanks, Greg!)Our episode on Humanoid Woman.A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) (Georges Méliès, 1902).A fluffy moon?Lunar module feet pics.The House of Frankenstein (Erle C. Kenton, 1944).Our episode on The Beast of Hollow Mountain.Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (Fred C. Bannon, 1948).Nut cups.Some more on the origin of charivari.Harry McClintock: The Big Rock Candy Mountain. (Or sometimes “Mountains”.)Pete Seeger: The Big Rock Candy Mountain.Burl Ives: The Big Rock Candy Mountain.The Big Rock Candy Mountain in Colorado.Charley the Unicorn goes to Candy Mountain.An Invitation to Lubberland.Herman Pleij: Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life.Walla.Rhubarb Rhubarb (Eric Sykes, 1980) is the remake of Rhubarb (Eric Sykes, 1970).Support us on Patreon and you can hear all our superfan bonus bits, and hang out with us in a friendly discord.
It's our 150th episode, our seventh anniversary, and someone's birthday! Charlotte and Beth rewatch one of their favourite episodes, The Rebel Set, with the short, Johnny at the Fair. They reminisce about visiting Chicago, Toronto, Winnipeg, the Canadian National Exhibition, and Hellzapoppin'.Show Notes.The Rebel Set (Gene Fowler Jr, 1959): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.Johnny at the Fair (Jack Olsen, 1947): IMDb.Edward Platt might look familiar. (And of course, the other actor is Don Adams.)The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.Crow's itinerary (without Evanston). If he left off the ballpark, he could almost make it.The Art Institute of Chicago is worth spending well more than four hours in.Gurnee vs. Gurney.The Ren Faire in Kenosha.New baseball rules.The CNE is the Canadian National Exhibition, which is usually called The Ex.David Foster: Flight of the Snowbirds.Weirdly, we haven't done Earth vs. the Spider, Tormented, or Attack of the Giant Leeches, so stay tuned for our Summer of Gene Roth!You can hear Charlotte and Chris and friends talk about The Greatest Story Ever Told if you support us on Patreon.Carey Loftin, stunt driver.Charles Pachter, artist.The Journals of Susanna Moodie.The secret life of William Lyon Mackenzie King.(Beth's plot summary of Hellzapoppin' is slightly inaccurate, but not in any imporant way.)Duck Amuck.The Lindy Hop scene from Hellzapoppin'. Heck, if you search YouTube hard enough, you might find even more…Martha Raye for Polident.Our episode on I Was A Teenage Werewolf.Portland Exposé (Harold D. Schuster, 1957).Phil Stanford: Portland Confidential.Support us on Patreon and join us on our (ironically?) friendly Discord.
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'.
Nearly a hundred and fifty episodes — and seven years — into this podcast, Chris and Charlotte decide to watch a few “documentaries” to find out what this MST3K show is all about. This Is MST3K (from season 4) and The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (from season 8) get them talking about M, S, T, 3, and K.Show Notes.This Is MST3K: MST3K Wiki.The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000: MST3K Wiki.Our episode on Avalanche.And that's all this time! If you support us, you can hear some bonus bits and join us on a discord. We have fun.
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.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain shows up much too late to hear Chris and Charlotte talk about killer cats, dinosaurs, cowboys, cows, and Wallace Shawn.Show Notes.The Beast of Hollow Mountain (Edward Nassour & Ismael Rodríguez, 1956): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.Our episode on Angels Revenge.Uninvited (Greydon Clark, 1988).Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Michael Winner, 1976).Geronimo (Arnold Laven, 1962).Las luchadoras contra el robot asesino (René Cardona, 1969).They Saved Hitler's Brain (David Bradley, 1968).Our episode on King Dinosaur.Dino Ranch.The Valley of Gwangi (Jim O'Connolly, 1969).Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World.The eohippus was a thing.Hole-y cows!Cow spit.Friendly cows.Cows who can't teach.Cows who swim.Cow facts that aren't true.Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventure of the Priory School.My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle, 1981).Cary Elwes: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride.Support It's Just A Show on Patreon and you can listen to a bonus bit with even more bovine content!
It's Final Justice for Chris and Charlotte, who are sentenced to talk about Joe Don Baker, Greydon Clark, Yes, Malta, and Geronimo.
It's Final Justice for Chris and Charlotte, who are sentenced to talk about Joe Don Baker, Greydon Clark, Yes, Malta, and Geronimo.Show Notes.Final Justice (Greydon Clark, 1985): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.By-The-Bywater is the Megaphonic podcast about all things Tolkien.Our episode on The Crawling Hand.R.I.P. Peter Schickele. Chris especially recommends the 1712 Overture, though New Horizons in Music Appreciation is a little more MST3K.Paul Frees: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.Our episode on Hobgoblins (which Greydon Clark did not produce).And our episode on Angels Revenge (which Greydon Clark did direct).Walking Tall (Phil Karlson, 1973).Walking Tall (Kevin Bray, 2004).Hell's Bloody Devils (Al Adamson, 1970), featuring Greydon's first time directing an actor.Our episodes on Outlaw (of Gor) and The Day Time Ended, directed by John “Bud” Cardos.We discussed László Kovács in our episode on The Incredibly Strange Creatures…Greydon Clark: On the Cheap: My Life in Low Budget Filmmaking.Wacko (Greydon Clark, 1982).Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983).Helena (Abelli) Dalli has been keeping busy.Malta is ranked high for LGBQAI+ rights.Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart.Livingston Taylor: I'll Come Running.Bum Phillips.Mustaccioli and Lazzaroni.Popeye Village.Air Malta's list of film locations in Malta.Let's enjoy some acting.Geronimo and Geronimo.Support us on Patreon and you can join us in a friendly little Discord and hear a bonus bit with a little more about Malta.
The Beatniks avoids anything too far out, but Chris and Charlotte have a gas talking about Paul Frees, pocket pool, dippy slang, store-bought cake, and controversial troll dolls. Also features another General Hospital short!
The Beatniks avoids anything too far out, but Chris and Charlotte have a gas talking about Paul Frees, pocket pool, dippy slang, store-bought cake, and controversial troll dolls.Also features another General Hospital short!Show Notes.MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.How to replace a DVD.Big Action Bill: The History of Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973).Belushi vs. Megalon.Pocket billiards and pocket pool.A supercut of the thousand voices of Paul Frees.Our discussion of Scrooge (Ronald Neame, 1970) where Chris brings up the Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is available to people who support us on Patreon.Haunted Mansion (walkthrough).The Haunted Mansion record Charlotte is (probably) thinking of.Peter Renaday.Paul Frees: The Skin Diver.Spike Jones: My Old Flame. (And with a special guest.)Paul Frees and the Poster People.Ben Ohmart: Welcome, Foolish Mortals!BearManor Media.We discuss Million Dollar Mermaid in our episode on The Batwoman.Peter Breck.Mumbley-peg.The Mosconi Story (Dave O'Brien, 1952).Tom Waits: Diamonds on My Windshield.Toots Shor's Restaurant.Tea and Sympathy (Vincente Minelli, 1956).Paul McCartney and Wings: Helen Wheels.Helen Wheels: Tattoo Vampire.KARR.Kliph Nesteroff: We Had a Little Real Estate Problem.The Boatniks (Norman Tokar, 1970).This Beatnik Glossary is from the press kit for The Beatniks.Guy Diamond.A history of troll dolls.Support It's Just A Show on Patreon and hear a bonus bit where Chris tells a joke too dirty for the regular episode.
Happy Gamuary! This year, Chris and Charlotte broaden their scope a little, as Godzilla vs. Megalon finds them roaring about Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, Gigan, and Squawkzilla.
Happy Gamuary! This year, Chris and Charlotte broaden their scope a little, as Godzilla vs. Megalon finds them roaring about Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, Gigan, and Squawkzilla.Show Notes.Godzilla vs. Megalon (Jun Fukuda, 1973): MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.Our episodes on Crash of Moons and The Sword and the Dragon.Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953).Gregory Younging: Elements of Indigenous Style.Some more articles on the topic.Adam and Beth and Chris watch Godzilla on The Scene Of The Scene.Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954).Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023).Godzilla vs. Megalon (Takuya Uenishi, 2023).Which is a sequel to Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (Takuya Uenishi, 2022).Wikizilla pages for Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, and Gigan.Ultraman.Chris missed some subtleties in beetle taxonomy.M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens.K00: The Green Slime.Robert Dunham.Our episodes on Time of the Apes, KTMA and Season 3 style.The Chitlin' Circuit.Moms Mabley.Another Mother for Peace.Yusef Lateef: Love Theme from Spartacus.Robert Frost: Acquainted with the Night.Langston Hughes: The Underground.Catching up with Gary Redenbacher.Meet Squawkzilla.Against Bridezilla.Support It's Just A Show on Patreon and you can hear a very, very long bonus bit where Chris and Charlotte talk all about Godzilla Minus One.
Happy Holidays! Let's gather round to hear the tale of The Sword and the Dragon, or at least let's hear Chris and Charlotte talking about Ilya Muromets, Ingmar Bergman, August Strindberg, Sven, and Ole.
Happy Holidays! Let's gather round to hear the tale of The Sword and the Dragon, or at least let's hear Chris and Charlotte talking about Ilya Muromets, Ingmar Bergman, August Strindberg, Sven, and Ole.Show Notes.MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer (for the restorated version).Support us on Patreon to hear the interview with Chris and to hear Chris, Charlotte, and Beth (!!!) talk about the 1970 musical Scrooge with a bunch of other Megaphonic hosts.Our episodes on the other “holiday” experiments: The Day the Earth Froze, Jack Frost, and The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.The sketch.Ilya Muromets on the Myths and Legends podcast.One telling of the legend of Ilya Muromets and the “wind demon”.Kyivan Rus' and Varangians.A review of the restored version of the film.You can buy the restored version from Deaf Crocodile, or if you're willing to deal with YouTube's compression, MosFilm is sharing it there (with the same subtitles).Baba Yaga.The New Gulliver (Aleksandr Ptushko, 1935).Haley's M-O commercial.Cal Smith: Country Bumpkin.A few years ago, the Criterion Channel did a thing involving The Seventh Seal's most famous scene.Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966).August Strindberg: A Dream Play (Ingmar Bergman, 1963).Strindberg and Helium. (More about the project.) (UPDATE: It's over 20 years old.)More about August Strindberg and Henryk Ibsen.Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King.Garrison Keillor and a segment of Sven and Ole (or Ole and Lena) jokes from A Prairie Home Companion.Schlitz commercial from 1967.And again, support us on Patreon if you want to give us a gift for the holidays, and we'll give you some gifts in return! But whether you do or not, have a happy holiday.
Rocky and Winky are back for Crash of Moons (or Crash of the Moons, if you like). But as Chris and Charlotte try to escape their trajectory, they talk about old news, rogue planets, happy leaders, bizarre tv shows, and broken guitars. Featuring another General Hospital short!
Rocky and Winky are back for Crash of Moons (or Crash of the Moons, if you like). But as Chris and Charlotte try to escape their trajectory, they talk about old news, rogue planets, happy leaders, bizarre tv shows, and broken guitars.Featuring another General Hospital short!Show Notes.MST3K Wiki. IMDb. UnMSTed.Turkey Day 2023 host segments, if you missed it.The fundraising campaign didn't make it.Support us on Patreon if you want to hear a long off-topic interview with Chris (and one a few months ago with Charlotte).Rogue planets.Update: Paired rogue planets are totally a thing.Changing the moon's trajectory.Kurzgesagt also did a video about this.Update: Dr. Spock's approach to dealing with crying babies was complicated and changed over time.John Banner and Hollingsworth Morse.H.R. Pufnstuf.Marty Krofft obituary. RIP.Vladimir Horowitz.Horowitz in Moscow.Grit.Anne Sexton.Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch.Naomi Wolf: The Beauty Myth.Naomi Klien: Doppelganger.Pigs in Space. Fan compilations are probably available at your local YouTube.Support us on Patreon and you can hear bonus bits and hang out with us in a friendly little Discord.
Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte celebrate by rewatching the bumpers and commercials for the first few Turkey Day Marathons! Reminisce with them about Thanksgiving traditions, Thanksgiving television, Thanksgiving hymns, Thanksgiving foods, and so many turkeys.
Happy Turkey Day! Chris and Charlotte celebrate by rewatching the bumpers and commercials for the first few Turkey Day Marathons! Reminisce with them about Thanksgiving traditions, Thanksgiving television, Thanksgiving hymns, Thanksgiving foods, and so many turkeys.Show Notes.Turkey Day Marathon 2023!Turkey Day 1991, including the classic Turkey Day Hymn.We talk about yams in our episode on Ring of Terror.Turkey Day 1992.Turkey Day 1993. (Mislabelled as Turkey Day 1995.)As always, you can support us on Patreon. We're thankful for all our listeners as well as all our patrons.
Manhunt in Space has Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and his pal Winky chase after Chris and Charlotte among the stars, as they discuss stethoscopes, soap operas, space operas, sprucing up, and seeing colours.With a short: part of an episode of General Hospital!Show Notes.MST3K Wiki. IMDb. UnMSTed.Help make MST3K Season 14!Turkey Day Marathon 2023!Our Patreon.Winky was played by Scotty Beckett.Days of Our Lives opening.Chris talks about Harriet the Spy and Invisible Man on another podcast, The Spouter-Inn.Hiatal hernias.The heartbreak of psoriasis.Chris didn't finish explaining this, but: At the time, “video” would have been understood as an equivalent to “audio” — television trasmitted video the way radio transmitted audio.Hence, Captain Video and his Video Rangers.Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.Space Patrol.Captain Z-Ro.Sprucin' Up (Gus Meins, 1935) is an Our Gang/Little Rascals short with Scotty (Winky) in it, and, like, content warning.The Our Gang Curse.The Little Rascals (Penelope Spheeris, 1994).The Ishihara test to check for colour deficiencies.Drawfee.Support us on Patreon and hang out with us in a friendly little Discord.
Hobgoblins emerge out of their vault to let Chris and Charlotte live out their fantasy of talking about hobgoblins, gremlins, regular goblins, hobbits, and other scary things.
Hobgoblins emerge out of their vault to let Chris and Charlotte live out their fantasy of talking about hobgoblins, gremlins, regular goblins, hobbits, and other scary things.Show Notes.Hobgoblins: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.We discuss Kolchak: The Night Stalker in our episode on The Last Chase.Tolkien stuff comes up a lot here, thanks to By-The-Bywater.Our episodes on Reptilicus and MST3Kon!Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984).Gremlins 2 (Joe Dante, 1990).Hobgoblins 2 (Rick Sloane, 2009). And yes, RiffTrax has covered it.Hobgoblins original cast reunites after 20 years.The Visitants (Rick Sloan, 1986).Our episodes on Demon Squad and MST3K: The Movie.Joe Dante vs. MST3K.Vice Academy 1-3 (RIck Sloane, 1988–1991).A scene from UHF (Jay Levey, 1987).The Fontanelles: Kiss Kicker 99.A bar in San Francisco.Robert Palmer: I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.Cherrelle: I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.Quarterflash: Harden My Heart.Agnes de Mille on the Oklahoma! Dream Ballet.Our episode on Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.A Court of Fey and Flowers (episode 1).Support us on Patreon and hang out with us in a friendly little Discord.
Hangar 18 is filled with aliens, so the government must do everything to stop Chris and Charlotte from talking about Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, Stuart Pankin, infomercials, and—you guessed it—Donald Pleasence.
Hangar 18 is filled with aliens, so the government must do everything to stop Chris and Charlotte from talking about Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, Stuart Pankin, infomercials, and—you guessed it—Donald Pleasence.Content warning: We discuss a movie that deals with sexual violence. We mention when we're about to discuss in the episode, and have provided chapter markers to allow you to skip it.Show Notes.Hangar 18: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.We talk about She-Man in our episode on Wild Rebels.Rifftrax Presents presents Tron.Demon Dogs.Our episodes on The Last Chase and Master Ninja II.Sign up for our Patreon and you can hear us talk with other Megaphonic folks about The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).River of Death (1989).Edgar Allan Poe's Buried Alive (1989).Buried Alive (1990).Our episode on Girls Town.Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979).Our episodes on Avalanche and Colossus and the Headhunters.Soldier Blue (1970).Our episode on The Amazing Colossal Man.Hinterland Who's Who.The story behind Dem Bones (a.k.a. Dry Bones).Larry Clinton ft. Bea Wain: Heart and Soul.A child-sized Roman-era chamber pot.The political history of potty training.Christmas with the King Family.Turn-On, episode 1.Highlights.Mario Andretti ads. And another.Robert Vaughn's Helsinki Formula Hour.Erin Gray's Cellulite Show.A classic long Ginsu knife ad.A classic Columbia House Club ad.Couldn't find an ad for Kooky Kountry, but here's Kooky Tunes.An actual infomercial from Time-Life for a collection of 80s hits—but the infomercial is from 2006.Freedom Rock was not K-Tel.Support us on Patreon and you can hear a bonus bit that was cut for time.
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