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1 SEASON 0/KTMA-TV Channel 23 Minneapolis 1988-89 2 SEASON 1/Comedy Channel 1989-90 3 SEASON 2/Comedy Channel 1990-91 4 SEASON 3/Comedy Central 1991-92 5 SEASON 4/Comedy Central 1992-93 6 SEASON 5/Comedy Central 1993-94 7 SEASON 6/Comedy Central 1994-95 8 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie 9 SEASON 7/Comedy Central 1995-96 10 SEASON 8/Sci-Fi Channel 1996-97 11 SEASON 9/Sci-Fi Channel 1997-98 12 SEASON 10/Sci-Fi Channel 1998-99 13 Shorts, Volume 1 14 Shorts, Volume 2 15 Shorts, Volume 3 16 Mr. B's Lost Shorts 17 References 18 External links

[edit] SEASON 0/KTMA-TV Channel 23 Minneapolis 1988-89


Ep. # K00 Featured Film The Green Slime
1969, Color, Toei/MGM, Japan

Original Airdate
Never aired (taped October 1988)

Synopsis Astronauts out to destroy a menacing asteroid must fight one-eyed tentacled creatures that have been brought aboard their spaceship. Contrary to some reports, this is not a complete pilot episode for MST3K but

K01

Invaders from the Deep


1981, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK

1988-11-24

merely a less than half-hour video produced to show programming executives the show concept and how the proposed series would run. It was never aired, but was shown at the 2008 DragonCon, with fan recordings disseminating soon afterwards, making this the earliest complete episode on the fan circuit. Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Stingray, about the eponymous super-submarine operated by the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASPs), fighting aquatic creatures who attempt to take over the planet. The first episode ever aired. No fan copy is known to exist. Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a space adventure about an international intelligence agency trying to save the earth from destruction by aliens. Aired as part of a double-feature on the same Thanksgiving evening as K01. No fan copy is known to exist. Starwolf Ken and the Bacchus 3 crew are on a mission to destroy a secret weapon. No fan copy is known to exist. A monster egg yields a lizard-like monster which fights Gamera. See 304 Gamera vs. Barugon for details.

Revenge of the Mysterons K02


(Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons) 1980, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK

1988-11-24

K03

Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2


1986, Color, Japan

1988-11-27

Gamera vs. Barugon K04


(Daikaij kessen: Gamera tai Barugon) 1966, Japan

1988-12-04 This is the earliest aired episode to be found all at once by the fans in its entirety, in 1996. 1988-12-11 1988-12-18 1988-12-31 A nuclear explosion awakens an Arctic monster, which goes on a rampage but is befriended by a boy. See 302 Gamera for details. Gamera fights a bat-like monster. See 308 Gamera vs. Gaos for details. Gamera fights a telekinetic shark-like alien. See 316 Gamera vs. Zigra for details.

Gamera K05 K06 K07


(Daikaij Gamera) 1966, Japan

Gamera vs. Gaos


(Gamera tai Gyaosu) 1967, Japan

Gamera vs. Zigra


(Gamera tai Shinkai kaij Jigura)

1971, Japan

Gamera vs. Guiron K08


(Gamera tai daikaij Giron) 1969, Japan

In a segment before the film Joel states that this is their last Gamera Film, and is holding a Root beer Kegger on the S.O.L. because of that. Gamera saves two boys from brain-eating aliens and a knife-headed monster. See 312 Gamera vs. Guiron for details. 1989-01-08 An incomplete version of this episode had been circulating among the fans until 1998, when the next-to-last host segment and some of the movie commentary after it were finally found. Weird cosmological phenomena cause ants in Arizona to go on a rampage. A re-edit of two Space: 1999 episodes, "The Metamorph" and "Space Warp". Moonbase Alpha encounters an evil scientist with phenomenal destructive powers and his shapeshifting daughter, who joins the Moonbase crew but later proves to be a danger to them. Astronauts probing an abandoned spaceship find a female clone whose planet is threatened by pollution and a dictatorship. Starwolf Ken casts his lot with the Earthling crew of Bacchus 3. See 310 Fugitive Alien for details. A transatlantic SST has inflight problems thanks to "repairs" by a disgruntled engineer, and the plane is not allowed to make an emergency landing because of a flu virus carton that's been blown open. This 1977 made-for-TV disaster movie features an all-star cast. Dubbed Japanese adventure show about top-secret organization "Mighty Jack" and their identically-named flying submarine. See 314 Mighty Jack for details. A terrorist threatens the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Features a parade of exfootball stars, and includes Tom Selleck as McCauley. After an incomplete version was on the fan circuit for 8 years, the final host segment was found in 2003, making that segment the latest found segment from an aired episode to be released to the fan circuit. Only the unaired

K09

Phase IV
1974, Color, Paramount

1989-01-15

K10

Cosmic Princess
1976, edited 1982, Color, Group 3 Ltd, UK

1989-01-22

Humanoid Woman K11 K12


(Cherez ternii k zvyozdam) 1981, Color, Maxim Gorky Filmstudio, USSR

1989-01-29 1989-02-05

Fugitive Alien
1978 or 1986, Japan

K13

SST: Death Flight


1977, Color, ABC Circle Films

1989-02-19

K14

Mighty Jack
1968, prod. 1987, Japan

1989-03-05

K15

Superdome
1981, Color (TV), ABC Circle Films

1989-03-12

K16

City on Fire
1979, Color, Astral, Canada

1989-03-19

K17 K18

Time of the Apes


1974, rel. 1987, Color, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan

1989-04-02 1989-05-07

The Million Eyes of Sumuru


1967, Color, AIP

K19

Hangar 18
1980, Color, Taft International

1989-05-14

K20 K21

The Last Chase


1981, Color, Crown International

1989-05-21 1989-05-28

episode K00, which was camera-recorded (see above) was found afterward. Disaster film centered on a hospital as an oil refinery explosion ignites an entire town. Stars include Shelley Winters as Andrea, Leslie Nielsen as the mayor, and Henry Fonda as the fire chief. Dubbed Japanese movie about a woman and two kids taking refuge in cryogenic capsules, only to awake in a world populated by apes. See 306 Time of the Apes for details. A female villain plans to take over the world. Stars Frankie Avalon as Tommy. A Space Shuttle experiment accidentally kills an astronaut and downs a UFO, which is captured by the military and transferred to a hangar in West Texas for analysis. Eager to win re-election, the President keeps the UFO secret and casts blame at the surviving astronauts, who go on a quest to blow the lid on the coverup. In a Mad Max-type future, America has no gas and an ex-racecar driver makes his way to California. Stars Lee Majors as Franklyn Hart. Seismic activity around Mount Fuji awakens hibernating dinosaurs, who go on a rampage.

Legend of the Dinosaurs


(Kyryuu: Kaich no densetsu) 1977, Color, Toei Company Ltd, Japan

[edit] SEASON 1/Comedy Channel 1989-90


Ep. # 101 Featured Film The Crawling Eye
(The Trollenberg Terror) (1958, B&W, DCA, England)

Original Airdate 1989-11-28

Synopsis A mutant extraterrestrial "eye" is ravaging the Swiss Alps. A U.N. troubleshooter (Forrest Tucker) and a scientist use a young psychic to aid their investigation. (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 1: "Moon Rocket") A mad scientist wants to steal a mummy's treasure, and builds a robot to handle the dirty deed. The short, the first of nine installments of Republic serial Radar Men from the

DVD Availability

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy 102 (La momia azteca contra el robot humano)
(1959, B&W, K. Gordon Murray, Mexico)

1989-12-05

103

The Mad Monster


(1942, B&W, PRC)

1989-12-12

104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet


(1966, Color, Realart)

1990-02-20

Moon, introduces "Commando Cody", a scientist-hero who dons a bullet-shaped helmet and jet pack, when not flying his bullet-shaped spaceship, to thwart the evil plans of Moon Men and their cash-strapped criminal associates to take over the Earth. (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 2: "Molten Terror") A mad scientist experimenting with a concoction from wolf blood injects it into his assistant, who then turns into a werewolf. The assistant then is forced to silence the scientist's critics. A marooned spaceship on a strange planet leaves only a young boy as the survivor. The boy grows up into manhood, and when the rescue ship comes along he takes one of the rescue women as his companion. A riffed Planet of the Apes ending occurs when the departing rescue ship names the planet "Earth." Catchphrase: Hi Keeba! (used in later episodes when a character performed a martial arts move). Despite its low production number, this episode was the last filmed and last aired of the season. [1] This is currently the lowest-numbered episode available on DVD from Rhino Home Video (although The Crawling Hand is actually the earliest broadcast and produced episode available from Rhino). (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 3: "Bridge of Death") Bela Lugosi plays a botanist who uses the blood of brides to create a youth potion for his elderly wife. This is the oldest feature film to be MSTied. An astronaut's capsule crashes in the ocean and his severed hand (controlled by an unknown alien force) washes up on a beach, where it's found by a moody teen. Soon both are on respective rampages. Includes Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper from

MST3K Collection, Volume 9

105

The Corpse Vanishes


(1942, B&W, Monogram)

1989-12-19

106

The Crawling Hand


(1963, B&W, AIP)

1989-12-26

Standalone DVD

Gilligan's Island) as the sheriff and Peter Breck (Nick Barkley from The Big Valley) as a NASA investigator. This is currently the earliest broadcast episode available on DVD from Rhino Home Video (although Women of the Prehistoric Planet has a lower episode number). (Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 4: "Flight to Destruction"; Part 5: "Murder Car") A low-budget flick about the last days of Earth, featuring Ro-Man (the famous gorilla-in-a-diving-helmet icon of sci-fi B-movies). Catchphrase: To live like the hu-man, to be like the hu-man! (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 6: "Hills of Death") Nuclear tests near Los Angeles awaken sleeping monsters, who head to the city. (Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 7: "Camouflaged Destruction"; Part 8: "The Enemy Planet") In the then-future of 1970, a space station deals with a communist spy who is sabotaging projects. Based on a Robert A. Heinlein story. (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 9: "Battle in the Stratosphere") In the future, a group of renegades fight to free mankind by battling the Dark One, the Room of Questions, the Vault of Beasts, and other menacing creations. The short is interrupted in mid-episode, with the Mads claiming technical difficulties. On a colonized moon, a disaffected astronaut-turned-cargo hauler hooks up with woman who has come looking for her brother, a miner working a distant patch of moonscape. Two hitchhiking sisters are sentenced to 30 days labor at a cotton farm run by the corrupt county government. Stars blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren.

107

Robot Monster
(1953, B&W [3-D], Astor)

1990-01-02

108

Slime People
(1964, B&W, Hansen Enterprises)

1990-01-09

109

Project Moon Base


(1953, B&W, Lippert)

1990-01-16

110

Robot Holocaust
(1986, Color, Tycill Entertainment)

1990-01-23

111

Moon Zero Two


(1969, Color, Hammer/Warner, England)

1990-01-30

112

Untamed Youth
(1957, B&W, Warner)

1990-02-06

113

The Black Scorpion


(1957, B&W, Warner)

1990-02-13

Giant black scorpions emerge after a Mexican volcano eruption and go on a rampage. Final appearance of Josh Weinstein as Tom Servo and Dr. Laurence Erhardt.

[edit] SEASON 2/Comedy Channel 1990-91


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis Stinger DVD Availability

201

Rocketship X-M
(1950, B&W, Lippert)

A rocketship is accidentally diverted from the Moon to Mars, where the crew finds the ruins of a Martian civilization and a band of rogue survivors. Stars Lloyd Bridges (of Airplane! and Hot 1990-09-22 Shots fame) as Colonel Graham, and features Noah Beery, Jr. as Major Billy Corrigan. First appearance of Frank Conniff. First appearance of Kevin Murphy as Tom Servo.

(none)

The Sidehackers 202


(Five the Hard Way) (1969, Color, Crown International)

203

Jungle Goddess
(1948, B&W, Lippert)

Two motorcycle racers meet at a competition and become the victims of manipulation by a girlfriend who wants to change partners. The original film had a graphic rape and murder scene which shocked the writers, because no one had 1990-09-29 watched the entire film before the writing process had begun. In the episode the rape scene was cut and Crow simply tells the audience that the character is dead. Subsequently, all movies were seen in their entirety before being selected for the show. (Short: The 1990-10-06 Phantom Creeps,

MST3K Collection, Volume 3

204

Catalina Caper
(1967, Color, Crown International)

Part 1: "The Menacing Power") Two pilots set out to find a woman lost in remote Africa to gain a reward. They find her being worshiped by a native tribe. Stars George Reeves (from Adventures of Superman). Catchphrase: What I wouldn't give for a hamburger sandwich and some nice Frenchfried potatoes! The short is the first of several episodes of the 1939 serial The Phantom Creeps starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist bent on world domination. Two college boys 1990-10-13 enjoy Catalina Island sunshine,

MST3K Collection, Volume 1

205

Rocket Attack U.S.A.


(1961, B&W, Exploit Films)

scuba diving, and beach "bunnies", while another boy's con-artist parents scheme to sell a stolen scroll. Beach Party-style entertainment, starring Tommy Kirk and featuring Lyle Waggoner. Singers Little Richard, The Cascades, and Carol Connors provide musical diversions. (Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 2: "Death Stalks the Highway") The U.S. sends spies to the Soviet Union to discover 1990-10-27 imminent missileattack plans, while trying to play catch-up with its own missile program. Features much Cold-War stock footage and

"Help me!"

propaganda. This was the first episode to feature a "stinger" (a memorable scene from the film) at the end of the closing credits. (Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 3: "Crashing Timbers") A seemingly fearless college kid must steal a ring from a dead man to join a fraternity. Catchphrase: 1990-11-03 Puma? Puma! The short follows the movie, rather than preceding it as was normally done on the series. This was also the last installment of the serial shown. A retired race car driver, talked into 1990-11-17 going undercover by the police,

206

Ring of Terror
(1962, B&W, Ashcroft)

"Weird. I guess that is the word for it. Weird."

MST3K Collection, Volume 11

207

Wild Rebels
(1967, Color, Crown International)

(None)

MST3K Collection, Volume 9

208

Lost Continent
(1951, B&W, Lippert)

209

The Hellcats
(1968, Color, Crown International)

joins a biker gang and must serve as the getaway car driver. Catchphrase: Kicks! An American military/science team searches for a downed rocket in a dinosaurinfested jungle at the top of a remote mountain. Stars Cesar "Well, thanks for straightening the whole 1990-11-24 Romero as Major thing out..." Nolan and Hugh Beaumont (Leave It To Beaver) as Robert Phillips, and features very long scenes of dialog-sparse rock climbing. After a cop is killed by a drug boss, his fiance and his brother Trumpet guy yells something 1990-12-08 join a drugunintelligible after being dunked. running womanled biker gang to uncover the boss's operation and get

Standalone DVD

210

King Dinosaur
(1955, B&W, Lippert)

justice. (Short: X Marks the Spot) Two carefully chosen scientist couples investigate a mysterious new planet and are menaced by dinosaurs, created by the use of forced-perspective alligators, iguanas, and armadillos. The short reviews the vehicular misdeeds of an 1990-12-22 accident victim in Heaven's courtroom, New Jersey branch. Actor Edmon Ryan borrows everyday character Joe Doakes from Robert Benchley's comedic instructional shorts of the '30s and '40s for this highway morality tale, with George

Gator wrestling aftermath.

Mathews playing a guardian angel reminiscent of Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life. A multinational team of astronauts First Spaceship on Venus heads to Venus (Der Schweigende Stern) 211 1990-12-29 (1959, Color, DEFA (GDR) /Iluzjon Filmunit, but finds a world East Germany/Poland) destroyed by nuclear war. Godzilla and robot superhero Jet Jaguar battle giant insect Megalon Godzilla vs. Megalon and alien monster 212 1991-01-19 (Gojira tai Megaro) Gigan, bent on (1973, Color, Toho/Cinema Shares, Japan) razing the planet for an underground civilization. Godzilla battles Ebirah, a giant lobster being used by a terrorist organization. Also Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster featuring Mothra. 213 (Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no daiketto) 1991-02-02 (1966, Color, AIP-TV/Toho-Continental, Features Hal Japan) Linden (TV's Barney Miller) as the Englishdubbed voice of Yoshi, and

Alphabet people waving goodbye.

MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition

Godzilla doing a cannonball.

MST3K Collection, Volume 10 (DISCONTINUED)

Islanders bow before Mothra.

Japanese singing duo Pair Bambi as "Mothra's Little Beauties".

[edit] SEASON 3/Comedy Central 1991-92


Ep. # Featured Film Cave Dwellers 301
(The Blade Master) (1984, Color, Metaxa Film/New Line Cinema/Royal Film Traders, Italy/USA)

Original Airdate 199106-01

Synopsis Hero Ator (Miles O'Keeffe) helps a warrior woman rescue her father from an evil overlord. Catchphrase: No! No! A military plane crashes in the Arctic, awakening giant turtle-monster Gamera. The monster heads to Japan and wreaks havoc, yet seemingly befriends a young misunderstood boy.

Stinger

DVD Availability MST3K Collection, Volume 2

"Thong! The fish is ready!"

Gamera 302 (1965, B&W, Daiei, Japan)


(Daikaij Gamera)

199106-08

Eskimo: "Bye..."

Pod People 303 (Los nuevos extraterrestres)


(1984, Color)

Also shown in experiment K05. A child adopts a large egg which hatches into a mischievous alien, while a 1991group of pop musicians 06-15 on a wilderness vacation runs into trouble. Catchphrase: Trumpy!

"It stinks!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 2

Gamera vs. Barugon 304


(Daikaij kessen: Gamera tai Barugon) (1966, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan)

You can do magic things! A group of men collude to steal a giant jewel from an Asian jungle; the jewel is actually an egg, which 1991- hatches into giant lizard 06-22 Barugon, who battles Gamera.

Crazed opal guy

Stranded in Space 305


(The Stranger) (1973, Color (TV) (NBC), Bing Crosby Productions)

199106-29

Time of the Apes 306


(Japan release 1974; USA release 1987; Color, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan)

199107-06

Also shown in experiment K04. A sci-fi TV pilot, about an astronaut who winds up on a totalitarian Earth Stryker gets struck! look-alike and tries to return home. A woman and two children take refuge in cryogenic capsules, only "Johnny, don't go, it's too to awake as fugitives in a dangerous." "I don't world populated by apes. care."

307

Daddy-O
(1959, B&W, Imperial AIP)

Also shown in experiment K17. (Short: Alphabet Antics) A drag-racing crooner (Dick Contino) investigates his friend's 1991death and becomes a 07-13 courier for drug dealers. The educational short takes viewers on a rhyming tour of the

"Couldn't help ya if I wanted to, fella. Gym policy."

Gamera vs. Gaos 308


(Gamera tai Gyaosu) (1967, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan)

(Latin) alphabet. Soundtrack by John Williams. Gamera fights a pterodactyl-like monster while local villagers fight 1991- a highway construction 07-20 plan.

Comic relief guy gets scared.

309

The Amazing Colossal Man


(1957, B&W, AIP)

199107-27

Fugitive Alien [1] 310 (Japan TV-series 1978; USA


film 1986, Color, Sandy Frank/Tsuburaya, Japan)

199108-17

311 It Conquered the World


(1956, B&W, AIP)

199108-24

Also shown in experiment K06. A military officer is accidentally exposed to an atomic blast, turning him The colossal man laughs into a raving giant. VHS Only before wincing in pain. Catchphrase: What sin could a man commit in a single lifetime... Movie constructed from two episodes of a Japanese television show. An alien marauder named Ken becomes a fugitive from his planet Valnar's "AHAHAHAHA...You're Star, then joins the Earth STUCK HERE!" spaceship Bacchus 3 to fight against his former masters. Catchphrase: AHAHAHAHAHA...You're stuck here! (Short: Snow Thrills) "He learned too late that With the help of a naive man is a feeling scientist (Lee Van Cleef), creature..."

Gamera vs. Guiron 312 (Gamera tai daikaij Giron)


(1969, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan)

an alien from Venus invades Earth and attempts to turn humans into emotionless servants. The short is a newsreel featuring a wide variety of winter sports. Female brain-eating aliens abduct two boys from Japan; Gamera attempts to rescue them, but must fight Guiron, a four1991- legged knife-headed 09-07 monster. Features a cameo by Gaos (from Gamera vs. Gaos).

"What a monster!"

313

Earth vs. the Spider


(1958, B&W, AIP)

199109-21

314

Mighty Jack
(1968, prod. 1987, Japan)

199109-28

Also shown in experiment K08. (Short: Speech: Using Your Voice) Teenagers discover a giant spider, which rampages through a Lip and tongue action, of small town. The short a sort. offers the do's and don'ts of public speaking. Catchphrase: Plenty of lip and tongue action! A world-protecting organization and their He died as he flying submarine both lived...loving his work. called "Mighty Jack" fight the terrorist

organization "Q". Movie constructed from the first and last episodes of a Japanese TV show. Also shown in Experiment K14. (Shorts: Aquatic Wizards, Catching Trouble) In a prehistoric world, a teenager (Robert Vaughn) rails against the seemingly arbitrary laws of his caveman tribe to explore the forbidden world around him. Aquatic Wizards is a newsreel about waterskiing acrobatics. Catching Trouble, also a newsreel, features trapper Ross Allen demonstrating his prowess at catching animals in the Florida Everglades. Gamera fights shark monster / spaceship Zigra who, with the help of a woman under his control, attempts to take over Earth from its polluting inhabitants. Catchphrase: I know!

315

Teenage Cave Man


(1958, B&W, AIP)

199111-09

Teenage Cave Man conks his head.

Gamera vs. Zigra 316


(Gamera tai Shinkai kaij Jigura) (1971, Color, Daiei, Japan)

199110-19

An excerpt from "Fish Argument Theater."

Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent 317 Women and Their Voyage to
the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent) (1957, B&W, AIP) (The Saga of the Viking

199110-26

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II 318 (Japan TV-series 1978; USA


film 1986, Color, Sandy Frank/Tsuburaya Productions, Japan)

199111-16

Also shown in experiment K07. (Short: The Home Economics Story) Vikings' wives set sail to rescue their husbands, who are being held "But don't you hostage by Grimolt understand? I'm a warriors. Catchphrase: PRINCE!" I'm a Grimaud warrior! In the 1951 short, four young women learn the value of home economics degrees. Sequel to Fugitive Alien (experiment 310). In this installment, Ken and the Bacchus 3 crew are ordered to destroy an Ken: "Captain, I've got it alien superweapon, then fixed. It's all working move on to attack again." Valnar's Star itself.

319

War of the Colossal Beast


(1958, B&W and Color, AIP)

Also shown in experiment K03. (Short: Mr. B Natural) Sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man (experiment 1991309). Glenn Manning is Mr. B Natural dancing. 11-30 found ravaging Mexico, looking for food. He is then captured and brought

320

The Unearthly
(1957, Republic, B&W)

199112-14

321

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians


(1964, Color, Embassy)

199112-21

Master Ninja I 1992322 (1978, 1984, Color (TV), Film 01-11 Ventures International)

back to the States. The short, a fan favorite, is about a magical pixie who urges an adolescent boy to take up a musical instrument. Catchphrase: Knew your father, I did (among others) (Shorts: Posture Pals, Appreciating Our Parents) A surgeon (John Carradine) performs medical experiments on his patients at a remote sanitarium. Catchphrase: MST3K Time for go to bed! In "Time for go to bed!" Collection, Posture Pals, a foursome Volume 3 of elementary school kids improve their posture. In Appreciating Our Parents, a young boy learns to value his parents. In this children's movie, Martians abduct Santa and two children in hopes Bad Martian's derisive The of bringing Christmas to laughter. Essentials their planet. Catchphrase: You're the laziest man on Mars! TV show The Master cut "To them it's some kind together into a series of of ritual." movies. An American

The Castle of Fu Manchu 323 (Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu


Man Chu) (1968, International Cinema, Germany/Spain/Italy/England)

199201-18

Master Ninja II 1992324 (1978, 1984, Color (TV), Film 01-25 Ventures International)

ninja (Lee Van Cleef) searches for his long-lost daughter with the help of a sidekick (Tim Van Patten). In this installment, they defend an airport owner from businessmen and a corrupt sheriff, then defend a nightclub owner from thugs. The evil Doctor Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) threatens to freeze Monkey pile on the castle the Earth's oceans, and guard! abducts a talented scientist with heart problems. Sequel to Master Ninja I (experiment 322). In this installment, the protagonists help a tuna Lee with hamster. cannery union organizer, and save a Senator's daughter from terrorists.

[edit] SEASON 4/Comedy Central 1992-93


Ep. # 401 Featured Film Space Travelers
(Marooned) (1969, Color, Columbia, Repackaged)

Original Airdate

Synopsis

Stinger Hackman, demonstrating he's good in anything.

DVD Availability

1992-06- Various obstacles 06 hamper attempts to

402

The Giant Gila Monster


(1959, B&W, McLendon Radio Pictures)

403

City Limits
(1985, Color, Showtime)

rescue three NASA astronauts trapped aboard a crippled space capsule. This, the only MST3K'd film to win an Academy Award, features big names like Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, and David Janssen, and is the last film Frank Capra worked on. This severely edited version of Marooned was chosen because of its lack of action and the fact that Columbia forgot to renew the copyright for a short period of time. A 30-foot killer lizard is loose in the woods near a bumbling town full of 1992-06- rowdy, dancin', hot13 roddin' teens.Catchphrase: I sing whenever I sing whenever I sing... In a bleak future, a teen rides his motorcycle into 1992-06- an abandoned city and 20 gets involved in a gang dispute that centers on taking the city back from

Old guy gags on sody pop.

MST3K Collection, Volume 10.2

Tiny radio controlled death from on high.

404

Teenagers from Outer Space


(1959, B&W, Warner)

Being from Another Planet 405


(Time Walker) (1982, Color, New World)

an evil corporation. Kim Cattrall is featured in this film, and during the intermission segments Crow professes his love for her. James Earl Jones also has a small part. Catchphrase: I told you to find trouble, not bring it home with you! A group of aliens (all played by actors considerably older than teenagers) land on Earth and decide to use the planet as a farm for their "When we return to our planet, the high 1992-06MST3K Collection, Volume livestock, which greatly council may well sentence you to 27 6 resembles a giant lobster. TORTCHA!" One of the aliens rebels and flees to a small town, and is pursued by another alien who kills anyone in his path. In early-'80s California, a mummy found in King Tut's tomb is X-rayed by a university team. The 1992-07- radiation awakens the The heartbreak of extraterrestrial 04 mummy. It escapes that psoriasis. night and creeps around campus for the next couple of days looking for five missing crystals

406

Attack of the Giant Leeches


(1959, B&W, AIP)

407

The Killer Shrews


(1959, B&W, McLendon Radio Pictures)

that were pilfered by a student. (Short: Undersea Kingdom, Part 1: "Beneath the Ocean Floor") Folks begin vanishing near a Florida swamp, and a game 1992-07Billy from Undersea Kingdom excitedly MST3K Collection, Volume warden discovers the 18 watches a wrestling match. 6 culprits are mutant leeches. The short is the first segment of a 1936 movie serial about a group of Navy men who discover Atlantis. (Short: Junior Rodeo Daredevils) A hunky skipper makes a delivery to a small island, and learns that the inhabitants include heavy-drinking scientists doing genetic 1992-07- experiments resulting in "Any unusual experiments can produce MST3K Collection, Volume 25 a pack of omnivorous unusual results." 7 giant shrews (dogs with attached accessories). In the short, old-timer Billy Slater, a cowpoke, straightens out some wayward kids by making them put on a small-time rodeo.

Hercules Unchained 408


(Ercole e la regina di Lidia) (1959, Color, Warner, Italy)

409

The Indestructible Man


(1956, B&W, Allied Artists)

Hercules Against The Moon Men 410


(Maciste e la regina di Samar) (1964, Color, Governor (Italy/France))

411

The Magic Sword


(1962, Color, United)

Queen Lidia casts a spell 1992-08- of amnesia on Hercules, MST3K Collection, Volume The queen recalls Hercules. 01 who becomes a prisoner 7 in her harem. (Short: Undersea Kingdom, Part 2: "The Undersea City") A convict dies in the electric chair and is brought back to life by mad scientists. He then 1992-08- sets out to get even with The title character staggers into a power MST3K Collection, Volume 15 those who squealed on plant. 11 him. Stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as "Butcher" Benton. This episode features the second of the two installments shown from the 12-part Undersea Kingdom serial. Hercules battles a cult of Moon Men who live in a mountain and are trying to bring their queen back 1992-08- to life. Notable for a MST3K Collection, Volume Old guy gets skewered. 22 scene the Mads describe 7 as "DEEP HURTING!" in which Hercules wanders through an endless sandstorm. Sword-and-sorcery film 1992-08about a prince rescuing a Estelle's two-headed assistant. 29 princess from an evil

magician (Basil Rathbone). Hercules and the Captive Women 412


(Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide) (1961, Color, Wooler Bros (France/Italy))

1992-09- Hercules goes to Atlantis 12 to save his son.

"Hercules! Help me!"

413

Manhunt in Space
(1954, B&W, ITC)

414

Tormented
(1960, B&W, Cheviot Productions)

415

The Beatniks

(Short: General Hospital, first installment) Editedtogether episodes of the 1950s TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Rocky Jones, battling alongside his idiot pal 1992-09- "Winky" and using Space traitor tosses a chair. 19 invisibility circuits to hide his spaceship, fights evil Queen Cleolanta and her lieutenant Atlansan. The short is the first of three brief 1963 segments from the soap opera General Hospital featured on the series. A jazz pianist living at a beachfront community pushes his troublesome mistress off a lighthouse. 1992-09"Tom Stewart killed me! Tom Stewart MST3K Collection, Volume Her ghost comes to 26 killed me!" 11 haunt him and disrupt his upcoming nuptials, as his 8-year-old future sisterin-law grows suspicious. 1992-11- (Short: General Moon gets hysterical.

(1960, B&W, Barjul)

416

Fire Maidens of Outer Space


(1956, B&W, Topaz (England))

417

Crash of the Moons


(1954, B&W, ITC)

Hospital, second installment) A leader of a gang of delinquent teens is heard singing along with a jukebox at a greasy spoon and gets the chance to be a star. His gang, resentful of his success, threaten to ruin his career. The General Hospital installment involves a ridiculously tense celebration at a nurse's house. Catchphrase: I killed that fat barkeep! Astronauts travel to a moon of Jupiter and discover a civilization of 1992-11- women. The astronauts 26 help the women battle a monster that has been terrorizing their settlement. (Short: General Hospital, third installment) Editedtogether episodes of the 1992-11'50s TV series Rocky 28 Jones, Space Ranger. Our hero tries to save two worlds from collision, despite the

25

The hero tosses a cup at a wall and discovers a hidden passage.

"Boopie!"

Attack of the Eye Creatures 418


(The Eye Creatures) (1965, Color, AIP)

419

The Rebel Set


(1959, B&W, Allied)

self-defeating efforts of Cleolanta. Watch for Hogan's Heroes star John Banner. The short is the third of three 1963 segments from the soap opera General Hospital. Aliens land near a small town and are encountered by a pair of smoochin' teens. While military personnel investigate, the kids band together to fight back against the invasion. 1992-12- Listen for the voice of 05 Peter Graves narrating an Air Force briefing film. A made-for-TV remake of 1957's "Invasion of the Saucermen," it was originally titled "The Eye Creatures" then retitled "Attack of the the Eye Creatures." (Short: Johnny at the Fair) A coffeehouse owner (Edward Platt, the 1992-12- Chief from Get Smart) 12 wants to knock off an armored car, and gets three losers to help him. The short, set at the 1947

Greasy drifter in sweater dress on phone.

"I am bugged!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 12

420

The Human Duplicators


(1965, Color, Woolner/Allied)

421

Monster A Go Go
(1965, B&W, BI&L)

The Day The Earth Froze 422


(Sampo) (1959, Color, Mosfilm/Suomi-Filmi/AIP, Finland/USSR)

Canadian National Exhibition, focuses on the explorations of young visitor Johnny, after his parents lose track of him. A tall alien (Richard Kiel, Bond villain "Jaws") takes over a professor's mansionbasement laboratory to 1992-12- make human clones to 26 infiltrate the government. Includes Hugh Beaumont (TV's Leave It To Beaver father) as crabby FBI chief Austin Welles. (Short: Circus on Ice) An irradiated astronaut returns to Earth as a giant mutant, and a 1993-01- search for him ensues. 09 The short offers a look at the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club. Catchphrase: But there was no monster... (Short: Here Comes the Circus) Nordic fantasy 1993-01tale, based loosely on the 16 Kalevala, about a wicked witch's schemes to get,

Duplicates cracking up as they choke each other.

The monster walking around.

MST3K Collection, Volume 8

"What's going to happen to us now?"

423

Bride of the Monster


(1956, B&W, Banner)

424

Manos: The Hands of Fate


(1966, Color, Emerson)

and later regain, a magic mill. The short is a look at the Clyde Beatty circus, featuring legendary clown Emmett Kelly. (Short: Hired!, Part 1) Mad scientist Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bela Lugosi) lives in a remote swampy area and creates supermen in his lab with the help of his mutant assistant Lobo (Tor Johnson). He takes revenge on his critic, performs Frankenstein 1993-01- experiments on intruders, Bela has looked better. 23 and feeds his enemies to a pond-dwelling octopus. Written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. Catchphrase: He tampered in God's domain! In the 1941 short, a Chevrolet sales manager wonders why his team is having trouble selling their product door-to-door. (Short: Hired!, Part 2) A 1993-01hapless family on a car "Why don't you guys leave us alone?" 30 trip in rural Texas take

Standalone DVD, or "Essentials"

refuge at an inn run on behalf of The Master by the satyr Torgo, harboring a deadly cult. Widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made, and considered by fans to be one of the best episodes ever. Watch for all the wives in what is called a "gentle rumble". Catchphrase: "I am Torgo. I take care of the place while the Master is away". In the conclusion of a two-part short, our sales manager hero gets advice from his handkerchief-wearing dad.

[edit] SEASON 5/Comedy Central 1993-94


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis Stinger DVD Availability

501

Warrior of the Lost World


(1983, Color, Visto International, Italy)

A nameless hero (Robert Ginty) and his 1993-07-24 talking motorcycle fight an evil dictator

The Paper Chase guy checking out the babe.

Hercules 502
(Le fatiche di Ercole) (1957, Color, Embassy, Italy)

Swamp Diamonds 503


(Swamp Women) (1956, Color, Woolner)

(Donald Pleasence) in a postapocalyptic world. Hercules searches for 1993-07-17 the Golden Fleece. (Short: What to Do on a Date) Four women (including Beverly Garland) break out of prison, hoping to recover a cache of stolen 1993-07-31 diamonds. In the 1951 short, young Nick hopes to ask schoolmate Kay for a date but can't think of a venue. Also starring Mike Connors,

"He's like something out of a bad dream!"

"Ssssssssshut up!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 10

Secret Agent Super Dragon 504


(New York chiama Superdrago) (1966, United Screen Arts, France/Italy/Germany)

1993-08-07

The Magic Voyage of Sinbad 505


(Sadko) (1952, Color, Filmgroup, USSR)

1993-08-14

506

Eegah
(1962, Color, Fairway International)

1993-08-28

507

I Accuse My Parents

1993-09-04

billed as "Touch" Connors. A CIA agent battles a Venezuelan crime lord A henchman gets the jump on our hero, with xylophone bent on accompaniment. poisoning the U.S. with an exotic mindaltering drug. A seagoing adventurer tries to find the bird of Laughing horse. happiness to cheer up a destitute town. A giant caveman (Richard Kiel) stumbles across modern civilization, "Fake it." "That's what I've BEEN doing. Now I'm then kidnaps a getting sick!" teenage girl and her father. Catchphrase: "Watch out for snakes!" (Short: The "What? What's so funny?"

MST3K Collection, Volume 12

Standalone DVD

Standalone DVD

(1944, B&W, Producers Releasing Corp)

Operation Double 007 508


(OK Connery) (1967, Color, United Artists, Italy)

Truck Farmer) A young man gets mixed up with a crime syndicate and blames his inattentive parents. The 1940s-era documentary short explains the then-new techniques that enabled farmers to rush produce to market. A plastic surgeon (played by Sean Connery's brother Neil Connery), 1993-09-11 who is himself the brother of a secret agent, combats evil villain Thair Beta (Adolfo Celi). Co-stars

"Thunderball" pushes the button.

509

The Girl in Lovers Lane


(1960, B&W, Filmgroup)

510

The Painted Hills


(1951, Color, MGM)

511

Gunslinger
(1956, Color, AIP)

actors Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell from the genuine Bond series of movies. Drifters Bix Dugan and Danny 1993-09-18 become involved with life of a small town. (Short: Body Care and Grooming) A Lassie movie, set in 1870s California amongst rival gold miners. 1993-09-26 The 1950s-era short addresses a perceived deficiency in collegestudent hygiene. After her sheriff 1993-10-09 husband is killed by

"Are you waiting for a bus?"

Naughty girl goes into the shower.

"What about our clothes?"

MST3K Collection, Volume 6

512

Mitchell
(1975, Color, Allied Artists)

outlaws, a woman (Beverly Garland) takes over as sheriff and cleans up the town. A slovenly cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues drug "You're lying through your teeth!" "Buzz off." "Buzz 1993-10-23 traffickers. off!" "BUZZ OFF, KID!" Joel Hodgson's last episode. When a doctor's fiancee is decapitated, he keeps her head alive in a laboratory and tries to find 1993-10-30 her a new body. Michael J. Nelson's first episode as the central character. 1993-11-07 (Short: Is This

Standalone DVD

513

The Brain That Wouldn't Die


(1959, B&W, AIP)

"Who's to tell me to blow if I don't want to?"

Standalone DVD

514

Teen-age Strangler

"And he didn't steal no bike neither! I did!"

MST3K Collection,

(1964, Color, Ajay)

515

'The Wild Wild World of Batwoman'


(1966, B&W, ADP Productions)

Love?) A serial murderer stalks teenagers in a small town. The 1950s short looks at two college couples: one rushing into marriage, the other taking their time. (Short: Cheating) Revealinglyclad crimefighter Batwoman and her loyal young female assistants 1993-11-13 battle villains Ratfink and Professor Neon. Watch for a scene with multiple Ratfinks running around his lab. The 1951

Volume 10

Guy gets bitten on the hand by a "bat girl".

Standalone DVD

516

Alien from L.A.


(1987, Color, Cannon/Golan-Globus)

517

Beginning of the End


(1957, B&W, Republic)

short chronicles the downfall of a high school student caught copying his test answers from another student. A clumsy California woman (Kathy Ireland) looks 1993-11-20 for her father in the lost underground civilization of Atlantis. A government researcher (Peter Graves) experiments with radioactive materials to 1993-11-25 boost crop production, and inadvertently creates a hungry army of giant

"Yuck!"

"Alright, men. Into the woods!"

Standalone DVD (Out Of Print)

The Atomic Brain 518


(Monstrosity) (1963, B&W, Emerson)

Outlaw 519
(Outlaw of Gor) (1987, Color, Cannon Group/Breton Film Productions)

grasshoppers. (Short: What about Juvenile Delinquency?) A wealthy, aging widow wants to transplant her brain into the body of a young 1993-12-04 woman. The Anita screams. 1955 short focuses on gang member Jamie, who realizes the dangers of delinquency when his dad is mugged and beaten. College professor Cabot returns to the magical planet Gor, 1993-12-11 and is soon "Get out of here, you disGUSting WOORRRRRM!" caught up in palace intrigue involving evil sorcerer

MST3K Collection, Volume 3

520

Radar Secret Service


(1950, B&W, Lippert)

521

Santa Claus
(1959, Color, Azteca, Mexico)

Xenos (Jack Palance). Based on the Gor series of novels. (Short: Last Clear Chance) A branch of the Secret Service uses radar to track down uranium smugglers. The 1959 educational short, 1993-12-18 produced by Union Pacific Railroad, teaches drivers to pay better attention when crossing railroad tracks. Catchphrase: Why don't they look? In this 1993-12-24 Mexican movie, the

Hysterical maid

Laughing mechanical reindeer.

522

Teen-Age Crime Wave


(1955, B&W, Columbia)

523

Village of the Giants


(1965, Color, Columbia)

devil Pitch schemes to foil Santa Claus at every turn. After breaking out of prison, young fugitives hold a family hostage in a 1994-01-15 small farmhouse. Catchphrase: He'd never touch you, Terry. You're dirt. A gang of teenagers (led by Beau Bridges) eat an experimental chemical 1994-01-22 (brewed by Ron Howard) which turns them into giants, and they become the capricious rulers of a

"TURN IT OFF!"

Tribute to Frank Zappa

524

12 To The Moon[2]
(1960, B&W, Columbia)

small town. Based loosely on Food Of The Gods by H.G. Wells. (Short: Design for Dreaming) A multinational expedition to Earth's moon 1994-02-05 discovers advanced beings who want no contact with humanity. .

"Ahh, ridiculous!"

[edit] SEASON 6/Comedy Central 1994-95


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis Stinger DVD Availability

601

Girls Town
(1959, B&W, MGM)

A mysterious death lands a teenage girl in a reform school 1994-07-16 headed by good-hearted nuns, but the girl's sister is in trouble.

"You tell that boy to go home right now, or I'll call the police!"

602

Invasion U.S.A.
(1952, B&W, Columbia)

Includes Mamie Van Doren as Silver, Mel Torm as Fred, and Paul Anka as crooner Jimmy. (Short: A Date with Your Family) Cautionary tale of a group of ordinary Americans facing the consequences of failing to support their Couple stares at each other as a paper boy cries out: "Extra! 1994-07-23 government Paper! America invaded! Read all about it!" in fighting Communism, when the Soviets invade the mainland. The 1950 short presents a typical dinner at

The Dead Talk Back 603


(created 1957 but released first 1993, B&W, Headliner Productions)

home for a rigidly polite suburban family. (Short: The Selling Wizard) A paranormal researcher claims he has invented a radio that can talk with the dead, which he uses to aid in the investigation of a murder 1994-07-30 committed at his boardinghouse residence. Catchphrase: Oh, it's true! The short is an industrial number showcasing the attributes of grocery store refrigeration units.

Woman screams after seeing dead body.

MST3K Collection, Volume 8

604

Zombie Nightmare
(1986, Color, Gold-Gems)

Colossus and the Headhunters 605


(Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste) (1960, Color, American International)

606

The Creeping Terror


(1964, B&W, Crown International)

A hit and run victim is brought back from the dead by a voodoo doctor, and 1994-11-24 then seeks revenge. Stars Adam West (Batman) as police captain Churchman. A Greek hero's men battle a tribe 1994-08-20 of savages who have abducted a king. A carpeted, bloblike monster goes on a rampage. Its 1994-09-17 near-total absence of dialogue was a result of director Art Nelson

Voodoo priestess finishes incantation and the zombie screams.

Guy gets shot by arrow.

"My God! What is it?"

MST3K Collection, Volume 1

607

Bloodlust!
(1959, B&W, Crown International)

accidentally ruining the sound equipment while filming at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, so he later narrated the entire film in postproduction. (Short: Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm) A mad game hunter traps "youths" on his island to add to his trophy collection. A man is shot in the stomach with an arrow and screams in MST3K Collection, 1994-09-03 This version agony. Volume 1 of The Most Dangerous Game includes Robert Reed as Johnny. The short presents the adventures of

a pair of city kids spending their summer at a dairy farm. (Short: A Day at the Fair) A failed Quinn Martin TV pilot follows an undercover Code Name: Diamond Head 608 1994-10-01 "Aaaahhh! Johnny! Down there!" (1977, Color (TV) (NBC), Quinn Martin) agent battling a foreign villain in Hawaii. The short follows a farm family at the county fair. (Short: Why Study Industrial Arts?) This Coleman MST3K Collection, The Skydivers 609 1994-08-27 Francis film "I don't know. I feel real free up there in the high blue sky." (1963, B&W, Crown International) Volume 1 is set at a tiny airfield in a small California town where

married couple Harry and Beth run a jump school. The husband rebukes his old girlfriend, Suzy, who hooks up with his fired mechanic Frankie to seek revenge. Cameo by Nashville steel guitar legend Jimmy Bryant. Catchphrase: Coffee? I like coffee! The 1956 short explains why boys should take shop class even if they think they'll never need it. 610 The Violent Years
(1956, B&W, Headliner Productions)

1994-10-08 (Short: A

"So what?"

611

Last of the Wild Horses


(1948, B&W, Lippert)

Young Man's Fancy) Delinquent girls go on a crime spree in this movie written by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The short, sponsored by the Edison Electric Institute, presents a typical day in a suburban family where electricity not only makes life easier, but allows a teeny bopper to ensnare her brother's college friend with her feigned ignorance of appliances. A cowboy 1994-10-15 stops some

Wheelchair Dad laughs.

612

The Starfighters
(1964, Color, Riviera)

cattle rustlers and gets framed for murder. Stars Mary Beth Hughes (#507, I Accuse My Parents) as Terry. The host segments parodied the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror" and the first part of the episode actually has Frank and Forrester in the theater riffing on the movie. An Air Force F-104 pilot is trying to 1994-10-29 become a hot shot, but his father, a congressman,

Lt. Lyons is elbowed in the stomach by his wife.

MST3K Collection, Volume 12

613

The Sinister Urge


(1959, B&W, Headliner)

wants him out. This starred future Congressman Robert K. Dornan. The Starfighters Theme is frequently hummed in later movies featuring airplanes. (Short: Keeping Clean and Neat) Cops try to shut down a porn ring in this story written and directed by Edward 1994-11-05 D. Wood, Jr. The 1956 short encourages children to believe that social acceptance is gained largely

"Dirk? No that can't be Dirk...uh, uh...no...that's not Dirk...no."

MST3K Collection, Volume 9

614

San Francisco International


(1970, Color, Universal)

615

Kitten with a Whip


(1964, B&W, Universal)

through close attention to fashion and meticulous hygiene. This pilot for the TV series San Francisco International Airport details the hijackings, kidnappings, and marital 1994-11-19 problems that plague the airport manager. Features a large cast of '70s TVmovie actors headed by Pernell Roberts. While running for Senator, a 1994-11-23 soft-hearted man (John Forsythe) finds himself

"My job, my way."

"I'll be a celebrity! And so will you!"

616

Racket Girls
(1951, B&W, Globe Roadshows)

alternately cajoled and blackmailed into helping Jody (AnnMargret), a young woman who has broken out of a reform school, and her "friends". (Short: Are You Ready for Marriage?) A sleazy gym owner gets into trouble, becoming the target of the mob and the 1994-11-26 law. Primarily a vehicle for 1950s women's wrestling stars. The 1950 short presents a high school

SNAP! "It's gone!" "Where'd it go?"

The Sword and the Dragon 617


(Ilya Muromets) (1956, Color, Mosfilm, USSR)

618

High School Big Shot


(1953, B&W, Filmgroup)

619

Red Zone Cuba

couple rushing into marriage, and the marriage counsellor who talks them out of it. Barbarians attack Russia in the 1200s, but a valiant 1994-12-03 man fends off the hordes with wisdom. (Short: Out of This World) A high school dweeb plans a heist to win the favor of a pretty 1994-12-10 classmate. The short aims at keeping bread truck drivers on the straight and narrow. 1994-12-17 (Short:

The wind demon takes a dive.

"A million bucks!"

A blind lady plays the piano.

Standalone DVD

(Night Train to Mundo Fine) (1966, B&W, Hollywood Star)

Speech: Platform, Posture, and Appearance) Another Coleman Francis film in which an escaped criminal stumbles upon a desolate Army post, takes part in the Bay of Pigs invasion, then goes in search of ore. Francis takes a lead role. John Carradine sings the title song and appears briefly. Catchphrase: I'm Cherokee Jack! The short offers advice for public

Danger!! Death Ray 620


(Il raggio infernale) (1967, Color, Leda Films/Meteor Film, Spain/Italy)

621

The Beast of Yucca Flats


(1961, B&W, Crown International)

speakers, including how to "make knee test." Agent Bart Fargo must save a stolen Death Ray 1995-01-07 and its captured scientist from an evil organization. (Shorts: Money Talks, Progress Island USA) A defecting Russian scientist turns into a monster after 1995-01-21 being caught in an atomic bomb explosion and wanders around the test range, killing various people.

Dropping watch into swimming pool.

The beast throws a rock and yells in rage.

Angels Revenge 622


(Angels' Brigade) (1979, Color, Arista)

Includes Tor Johnson as the beast. Directed by Coleman Francis, who narrates the film. Shorts include Money Talks, a 1955 outing about the importance of a budget, and Progress Island USA, a brassy 1973 film meant to lure investors to Puerto Rico. A really bad copycat of Charlie's Angels. Six women fight a drug dealer. 1995-03-11 Includes Jim Backus as Commander March, Jack Palance as Farrell, Alan

Part of the "Shine your love!" performance.

MST3K Collection, Volume 2

623

The Amazing Transparent Man


(1960, B&W, AIP)

Hale, Jr. (Skipper from Gilligan's Island) as Manny, Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney from Green Acres) as a used car dealer, and a cameo by Arthur Godfrey. (Short: The Days of Our Years) A mad scientist gives a convict the power of invisibility, who then 1995-03-18 uses it to rob a bank. The 1955 Union Pacific Railroadsponsored short uses a minister to urge its workers to

Petting the invisible guinea pig.

Samson vs. the Vampire Woman 624 (El Santo contras las mujeres vampiro)
(1961, B&W, AIP-TV, Mexico)

stop getting injured on the job while the railroad "does everything in its power to prevent accidents". Masked wrestler El Santo battles vampire women who want to capture a young 1995-03-25 woman destined to become their queen. Frank Conniff's last episode.

"Chief, I saw two corpses in the garden."

[edit] Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie


Ep. # M01 Featured Film This Island Earth
(1955, Color, Universal International Pictures)

Release Date 1996-04-19

Synopsis An atomic scientist is invited to collaborate with other scientists on a mysterious project that has interplanetary consequences. Catchphrase: Welcome, Dr. Meachum!

Though filmed before work began on season 7, MST3K: The Movie started a limited theater run between Escape 2000 (705) and Laserblast (706). The host segments are arranged and executed somewhat differently for this "episode". Mike and the Bots riff on their own movie's credits at the end.

[edit] SEASON 7/Comedy Central 1995-96


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis (Short: Once Upon A Honeymoon) An astronaut survives the crash of his capsule, only to learn he has been taken over by an alien. Catch phrase: "Steve?" In the musical short, a woman dreams of redecorating her house with phones. 701T, which features Stinger DVD Availability

701

Night of the Blood Beast


(1958, B&W, AIP)

1996-02-03

"Wounded animal that large isn't good."

702

The Brute Man


(1946, B&W, PRC)

1996-02-10

alternate Thanksgivingthemed host segments, was aired only twice. It premiered on Thanksgiving Day (199511-23) at the end of the Turkey Day marathon. The commentary on the film and short are the same as 701. (Short: The Chicken of Tomorrow) Rondo Hatton stars as a disfigured man who "Creeper, Creeper, Creeper... YOU give ME takes revenge the creeps!" on the college pals he believes caused his condition. Catchphrase:

703 (Deathstalker III: Deathstalker and the Warriors


from Hell) (1988, Color, New)

Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell

1996-02-17

704

The Incredible Melting Man


(1977, Color, AIP)

1996-02-24

What's the matter, don't you like it? The short is a documentarystyle examination of chicken farming. The medieval adventures of a sardonic hero, on a quest for three magical stones, who battles the evil sorcerer Troxartes, ruler of Southland. Catchphrase: You always were a good judge of men, Deathstalker! An astronaut is exposed to radiation and turns into a mindless, violent, melting

"Potatoes are what we eat."

"Let's get the hell out of here!"

Escape 2000 705


(Fuga dal Bronx) (1981, Color, FGH/Filmco Ltd/Hemdale, Australia)

1996-03-02

706

Laserblast
(1978, Color, Selected Pictures)

1996-05-18

monster. An evil corporation wants to raze and rebuild the Bronx, and secretly attempts to kill its obstinate residents. A band of rebels fights back. Catchphrase: Leave the Bronx! A teenager discovers a laser weapon left behind by turtle-like aliens. He uses it for petty revenge, but the weapon slowly changes his personality. The movie features Roddy McDowall as

"PTOO!" "HA, HA, HA!" sez Toblerone.

"Faaar out!"

MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition

a doctor and Eddie Deezen. This movie has the same opening theme as Robot Holocaust, just in an altered key. Trace Beaulieu's final episode.

[edit] SEASON 8/Sci-Fi Channel 1996-97


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis Stinger DVD Availability

801

Revenge of the Creature


(1955, B&W [3-D], Universal)

The first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which the 1997-02-01 creature is at last captured and taken to a Florida aquarium for "study." Watch for Clint

John Agar wiggles his body while swimming.

Eastwood (at age 24) as a lab technician. The Ocean Harbor area was actually Florida's Marineland Aquarium at St. Augustine. Bill Corbett's first episode as Crow T. Robot. An alcoholic middle-aged woman discovers the secret to renewed (albeit temporary) youth from an 1997-02-08 African tribe. She steals the tools used in the ritual and returns to America, killing young men to maintain her

802

The Leech Woman


(1960, B&W, Universal)

The wily cop outwits his suspect.

803

The Mole People


(1956, B&W, Universal)

804

The Deadly Mantis


(1957, B&W, Universal)

youth. Catch phrase: Jed! Explorers find a lost civilization underground. 1997-02-15 "The Load" hits the wall. Music by Henry Mancini (Pink Panther theme). An Arctic earthquake causes a monstrous 1997-02-22 praying mantis The smarmy corporal out Donny Most-ing. to invade Washington DC and New York. An evil severed head wreaks chaos at a ranch. Episodes 805807 featured 1997-03-01 the Observers holding their brains up (a play on "A Best Brains Production") as the stinger.

805

The Thing That Couldn't Die


(1958, B&W, Universal)

The Observers holding their brains up.

806

The Undead
(1956, B&W, AIP)

807

Terror from the Year 5000


(1958, B&W, AIP)

A hypnotist and "psychical researcher" sends a prostitute back to the 15th century to live a previous life 1997-03-08 as a woman falsely accused of witchcraft, then follows her back to change the past. Catchphrase: STAY! A time machine brings back a woman (Salome Jens) from 5200 A.D. who wants to take 1997-03-15 males to the future. She uses hypnosis to get her way. Outdoor shots filmed in and around Dade County,

The Observers holding their brains up.

The Observers holding their brains up.

808

The She-Creature
(1956, B&W, AIP)

809

I Was a Teenage Werewolf


(1957, B&W, AIP)

810

The Giant Spider Invasion


(1975, Cinema Group 75)

Florida. A carnival mesmerist uses hypnosis on a woman to summon the spirit of a murderous female sea creature. 1997-04-05 Lance Fuller (This Island Earth) plays the mesmerist's scientist opponent. Catch phrase: Sleep! Michael Landon (at age 20) plays the high school 1997-04-19 kid who sporadically becomes a werewolf. Mutant spider eggs land in Wisconsin, via 1997-05-31 meteor. Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper from

Bobo investigates a planet...closely.

"People bug me, too!" (Movie stingers return.)

Pthpthpthp!

MST3K Collection, Volume 10

Gilligan's Island) plays the sheriff. Catchphrase: Hittin' the booze again! In an isolated community set in a remote desert area, clones are being bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and powerful. Parts: The Clonus Horror 811 1997-06-07 (1979, Color, Clonus Associates) Produced by Walter Fiveson. Stars Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens #2 from Bewitched) as the laboratory director and Peter Graves as a politician. A couple of The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped 812 1997-06-14 slackers Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964, Color, Fairway) stumble across

"Sure!!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 12

"What do you think we came here for...to eat?"

MST3K Collection, Volume 9

Jack Frost 813


(Morozko) (1966, Color, Gorky Film Studios, USSR)

814

Riding with Death


(1976, Color, Universal TV)

a cult of monsters at an early-'60s carnival. Stars "Cash Flagg" (a pseudonym for the film's director, Ray Dennis Steckler) as Jerry. Shot with a $38,000 budget. Catchphrase: You feelthy peeg! A pretty young woman is forced to slave away, while a young boy 1997-07-12 with the head of a bear must perform a good deed to reverse the curse. TV-movie version of short-lived 1997-07-19 series Gemini Man. INTERSECT

"Bring on my fianc!"

Jim Stafford is really happy!

agent Sam Casey (Ben Murphy), who can turn invisible at will, safeguards a super fuel additive and then tackles sabotuer Robert Denby in two episodes ("Smithereens" and "Buffalo Bill Rides Again") edited together. Both halves feature country-pop singer Jim Stafford playing trucker-turnedracer Buffalo Billy Joe Higgins with painful enthusiasm. Co-produced by Steven Bochco.

815

Agent for H.A.R.M.


(1966, Color, Universal)

1997-08-02

Prince of Space 816


(Yusei oji) (1956, B&W, 59 Manly TV, Japan)

1997-08-16

817

The Horror of Party Beach


(1964, B&W, 20th Century Fox)

1997-09-06

818

Devil Doll

1997-10-04

An American spy protects a scientist from Spaz chop! Russian agents. Extraterrestrial superhero Prince of Space defends Earth from evil aliens, led by the Phantom, Krankor's forced laugh: "Hah! Hah! Hah! dictator of Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!" Krankor. Catchphrases: Your weapons are useless against me!; I like it very much. A beach community is plagued by sea monsters created by radioactive A less-than-manly beach dance. waste dumped off the coast. Filmed around Stamford, Connecticut. A ventriloquist Hugo takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

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(1963, Associated Film Distributors, US/England)

Invasion of the Neptune Men 819


(Uchu Kaisoku-sen) (1961, B&W, Toei/TV, Japan)

820

Space Mutiny
(1988, Color, AIP, South Africa)

turns to hypnosis to transfer a person's soul into his dummy. A costumed hero in a flying rocketcar saves Earth (Japan?) from Chubby little boy clucks like a chicken and 1997-10-11 robot aliens. falls down. Stars martial arts films star Sonny Chiba as Space Chief. An apoplectic but hunky hero helps the commander (Cameron Mitchell) of a colony spaceship (that The beefy hero screams into the camera MST3K Collection, 1997-11-07 re-uses shots before nonchalantly escaping. Volume 4 from the original Battlestar Galactica series) fight a mutiny led by the cackling

Time Chasers 821


(Tangents) (filmed summer 1990, released March 1994, Color, Edgewood Studios)

822

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank


(1983, Color (Video), Starmaker Video)

security chief (John Phillip Law). An inventor goes through time with his pretty accomplice to stop a corporation from using his 1997-11-22 invention. Shot on a $150,000 budget by 20year old director David Giancola in the Rutland, Vermont area. In an Orwellian future a corporate employee discovers 1997-12-06 forbidden films inside the computers. He projects himself into one of the films (a

"Matt, it's time for you decide if you're gonna be one of my team players."

MST3K Collection, Volume 5

"Mom, 'm I nuts?"

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rendition of Casablanca), much to the dismay of the CEO and the computer itself. A shoton-video PBS production starring Puerto Rican actor Ral Juli as both Aram Fingal and a virtual Rick Blaine.

[edit] SEASON 9/Sci-Fi Channel 1997-98


Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Synopsis Stinger DVD Availability

901

The Projected Man


(1966, Color, Universal)

1960s-era British sci-fi movie. A professor develops a 1998-03-14 teleporter, then teleports himself with disastrous results.

Lembach is staying!

902

The Phantom Planet


(1961, B&W, AIP)

The Pumaman 903


(L'uomo puma) (1980, Color, ADM Films, Italy)

904

Werewolf

In the future, an astronaut crashes on an asteroid populated by Lilliputian "You know, Captain, every year of my life, I grow more and more 1998-03-21 aliens at war convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good with another and the beautiful... " planet. He shrinks to their size and is imprisoned by them. A man learns he was born with special powers and becomes the superhero Puma Man. He fights the villainous Dr. 1998-04-04 Kobras Puma Man is defenestrated. (Donald Pleasence), who uses an ancient mindcontrol mask in his attempts to rule the world. 1998-04-18 After digging "This is absolutely fascinating!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 8

MST3K 20th

(Arizona Werewolf) (1996, Color, Tozart Publishing)

905

The Deadly Bees


(1967, Color, Amicus)

up strange bones, a man becomes a werewolf. Includes Martin Sheen's brother Joe Estevez in a minor role. Catchphrase: Wahr-wilf! British thriller. A pop singer goes on vacation to remote Seagull Island. Her surly host and his 1998-05-09 eccentric neighbor are both beekeepers. She becomes embroiled in their ongoing feud, and soon afterwards people start

Anniversary Edition

"The dog's meat. Have you seen it?"

906

The Space Children


(1958, B&W, Paramount)

dying from bee attacks. Features Ron Wood in a brief appearance with his thencurrent band, The Birds (Short: Century 21 Calling) The children of rocket technicians come into contact with a mindcontrolling blob. Together they 1998-06-13 sabotage a rocket launch. The short is a 1962 Bell Company production set at the Seattle's World's Fair, at which "futuristic"

Dead Professor.

telephone innovations are discussed and demonstrated. Several teens pursue aliens that escaped from a movie studio vault. Hobgoblins 907 (1987, Color, Rick Sloane 1998-06-27 The aliens Productions) make people's dreams come true, then murder them. A young man gets lost while driving, and becomes The Touch of Satan 908 1998-07-11 the guest of a (1971, Color, Futurama/Dundee) young woman who turns out to be a witch. A sea monster appears off Gorgo the coast of 909 (1960, released 1961, MGM, 1998-07-18 Ireland and is England) captured by circus men. The monster's

The hobgoblins ride on a motorized cart.

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"This is where the fish lives."

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"Blow it out your..."

mother comes to its rescue; devastation ensues. Leonard Maltin makes a guest appearance in this episode. A teen follows a map left for him by his long-lost father, runs afoul of a The Final Sacrifice devil(Quest For the Lost City) 910 1998-07-25 (1990, Flying Dutchman/AIP worshiping Home Video, Canada) cult, then teams up with a beerguzzling drifter named "Zap Rowsdower". A group of Florida Devil Fish scientists 911 (Shark rosso nell'oceano) 1998-08-15 (1984, Color, Filmes discover a Internationale-Nuovo, Italy) gigantic prehistoric

"Rowsdower..."

"It's right underneath us!" "I knowwwww!"

912

The Screaming Skull


(1958, B&W, AIP)

shark. (Short: Robot Rumpus) Newly married wife Jenni can't tell if the skull she sees in her new home is a ghostly apparition of her husband's dead first wife, or just hallucinations from her own 1998-08-29 nervous condition ... or something else. The short is a Gumby cartoon. This episode was the last rerun ever shown, on January 31, 2004, more than four years after

Hubby flings his stool.

913

Quest of the Delta Knights


(1993, Color, ?)

new shows ceased. A band of knights seeks to defeat a malevolent ruler by locating a trove of magical inventions. David 1998-09-26 Warner plays two characters, wise man Baydool and the evil Lord Vultare. Pearl replaces Mike for the first part of this episode.

"I'm coming!"

[edit] SEASON 10/Sci-Fi Channel 1998-99


Ep. # 1001 Featured Film Soultaker
(1990, Color, Pacific West Entertainment / Victory Pictures)

Original Airdate

Synopsis

Stinger The soultaker, disguised as the heroine's mother, secretly watches the girl while she undresses.

DVD Availability

Two teens are killed in a car 1999-04-11 wreck, then elude their

Grim Reaper (Joe Estevez). Joel Hodgson and Frank Conniff guest star in the host segments. A girl from rural California goes to Los Angeles to work as a gogo dancer. MST3K Collection, 1999-04-18 There, she "Oh God, I wish I had that pretty mind back!" Volume 3 and her friends get involved with drug dealers. Catchphrase: I had a pretty miiiiiiind! Using a series of flashbacks, a grandfather (Ernest MST3K Collection, 1999-09-12 Borgnine) Kid singing "Rock and roll Martian..." Volume 5 tells contemporary stories featuring the

1002

Girl in Gold Boots


(1968, released 1969, Color, Geneni Film Distributors)

1003

Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders


(1995, filmed 1984 & 1995, Color, ?)

legendary wizard Merlin. One story features a book of spells, the other an evil toy monkey. Much of the footage is taken from the director's earlier film, 1984's The Devil's Gift. This was the last new episode ever shown; it was originally slated to be shown earlier in the season, but because of clearance issues for SciFi Channel, it made its debut a month after Diabolik. 1004 Future War
(1994, released 1997, Color, Cine Excel Entertainment /

1999-04-25 An alien race

The hero loses his shirt right before the final

MST3K 20th

Silver Screen International)

kidnaps Earthlings for use as slaves. One slave escapes to contemporary Los Angeles, where he is hunted by alien cyborgs using dinosaurs as trackers. This was the most recently released film to be shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000. A Florida scientist turns himself into a catfish 1999-05-02 monster and attacks those who wronged him. A professor and his 1999-05-09 students camp out in the

battle.

Anniversary Edition

Blood Waters of Dr. Z 1005


(Zaat) (1972, released 1982, Color, Barton Films)

"Sargassum: the weed of deceit!"

Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues 1006


(The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II) (filmed 1983; released 1985; Color, Howco International Pictures)

"I saw the little creature." "Nooo!!"

MST3K Collection, Volume 5

1007

Track of the Moon Beast


(1976, Color, Lizard Productions)

1008

Final Justice
(1984, Color, Arista Films)

Hamlet 1009
(Hamlet, Prinz von Dnemark) (1961, B&W, German TV)

rural Arkansas swamp, in hopes of finding a Bigfoot-like creature. A New Mexico anthropologist is struck in the head by a tiny meteor. When the 1999-06-13 "Moon rocks? Oh, wow!" moon becomes full, he becomes a mindless humanoid lizard monster. A Texas sheriff (Joe Don Baker) winds up on "You think you can take me? Go ahead on. It's 1999-06-20 Malta in your move." pursuit of the criminal that killed his partner. A German MST3K Collection, 1999-06-27 television Claudius doing a double-take. Volume 4 production of

It Lives By Night 1010


(The Bat People) (1974, Color, AIP)

Horrors of Spider Island 1011


(Ein Toter hing im Netz) (1960, B&W, Rapid-Intercontinental)

1012

Squirm
(1976, Color, AIP)

the Shakespeare play. Stars Maximilian Schell as Hamlet; Ricardo Montalban performed the voice of Claudius for this Englishdubbed version. A scientist who studies bats is bitten 1999-07-18 Bat guy says "Well?" then convulses. by, and then begins turning into, a bat. A manager and his allgirl dance troupe survive a plane crash, The dancers scream as their plane plummets 1999-07-25 only to find into the ocean. themselves on an island infested with mutated spiders. (Short: A 1999-08-01 "You gonna be the worm face!" Case of

MST3K Collection, Volume 11

Diabolik 1013
(Danger: Diabolik!) (1968, Color, Paramount)

Spring Fever) Electrically supercharged worms attack the residents of remote Fly Creek, Georgia. Catch Phrase: "Mr. Beardsley?" The short, a fan favorite, follows a hapless man whose wish that springs didn't exist is granted by a magical creature named Coily. Catch phrase: "No springs!" The skilled thief Diabolik (John Phillip Law) 1999-08-08 performs daring heists, culminating in the theft of

"Is that Stud coming?"

twenty tons of gold. A Dino De Laurentiis production. The last official episode of the series, although Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders was first shown a month later.

[edit] Shorts, Volume 1


Short Title The Home Economics Story Junior Rodeo Daredevils Body Care And Grooming Cheating A Date with Your Family Why Study Industrial Arts? Movie Shown With Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent The Killer Shrews The Painted Hills The Wild Wild World of Batwoman Invasion U.S.A. The Skydivers Ep. # 317 407 510 515 602 609 Original Airdate 1991-10-26 1992-07-25 1993-09-26 1993-11-13 1994-07-23 1994-08-27 Synopsis Iowa State University-produced short telling aspiring young women how to be better housewives. Young boys and Teddy Roosevelt put on their very own rodeo. Teaching us all how to be clean A go-getting young man's life goes to pot when he cheats on an exam. Teaching us the proper way to eat with our families. A young man learns that it's cool to be crafty.

The Chicken of Tomorrow

The Brute Man

702

1996-02-10

The facts about the beautiful lives of chickens, before we eat them.

[edit] Shorts, Volume 2


Short Title Catching Trouble What to do on a Date Last Clear Chance A Day at the Fair Keeping Clean and Neat The Days of our Years Movie Shown With Teenage Cave Man Swamp Diamonds Radar Secret Service Ep. # 315 503 520 Original Airdate 1991-11-09 1993-07-31 1993-12-18 1994-10-01 1994-11-05 1995-03-18 Synopsis An example of how being cruel to animals was once fun. What to do........on a date. The gruesome death of a teenager on railroad tracks, courtesy of Union Pacific. The joys and wonders of the local fair Yet another how to keep clean film. Union Pacific gives us another depressing tale of hazards on the railways.

Code Name: Diamond Head 608 The Sinister Urge The Amazing Transparent Man 613 623

[edit] Shorts, Volume 3


Short Title Speech: Using Your Voice Aquatic Wizards Is This Love? Design for Dreaming The Selling Wizard Movie Shown With Earth vs. the Spider Teenage Cave Man Teen-age Strangler 12 to the Moon The Dead Talk Back Ep. # 313 315 514 524 603 Original Airdate 1991-09-21 1991-11-09 1993-11-07 1994-02-05 1994-07-30 Synopsis Think you know how to speak good? Well you're wrong! Waiting for someone to drown as they do moronic stunts The oldest college student in the world tries to talk her roommate out of marrying too young. This GM-produced film shows exactly how the future will look. This Anheuser-Busch film sells freezers and not, I repeat, not, beer.

Out of this World Once Upon A Honeymoon

High School Big 618 Shot Night of the Blood 701 Beast

1994-12-10 1996-02-03

This Du Pont-produced film teaches the finer points of marketing bread. A songwriter can't go on his honeymoon until he writes a new song. Luckily, the angels are smiling upon him, and Alexander Graham Bell existed.

[edit] Mr. B's Lost Shorts


Short Title Mr. B Natural X Marks the Spot Hired! Part 1 Design for Dreaming Johnny at the Fair Are You Ready for Marriage? Movie Shown With War of the Colossal Beast King Dinosaur Bride of the Monster 12 to the Moon The Rebel Set Racket Girls Ep. # 319 210 423 524 419 616 Original Airdate 1991-11-30 1990-12-22 1993-01-23 1994-02-05 1992-12-12 1994-11-26 Synopsis The most feminine man who ever lived teaches young Buzz the pleasures of being in the school band. A man is on trial for his life in the fast lane. A man starts selling Chevrolets and fails miserably. This GM-produced film shows exactly how the future will look. A boy gets lost at the fair and meets Joe Louis, Barbara Ann Scott and Olsen and Johnson. Man, people sure got married young back then. Or did they?

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