How long ago was this on the air, like 1987? Crazy to think Monsanto was a scam around back then even! Some things never change - "the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent", and sometimes longer than you can stay alive!
This show is so wonderful the social commentary the American pop culture references the more recent ones and the ones that even go back to fibber McGee and Molly
Here's your 10 cents worth of trivia. Fugitive Alien and Fugitive Alien 2 were recut from the short lived Japanese TV series Star Wolf. There were only 24 episodes shown in 1978. Star Wolf was produced by Tsuburaya, best known for producing the Ultraman shows and Lightning Superhero Gridman, which would be imported to US audiences as Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. Star Wolf was based on the works of a 1960's sci-fi writer, Edmond Hamilton. The books in the Star Wolf continuity are Weapon From Beyond, The Closed Worlds and World of the Starwolves.
I wouldnt have even been able to tell that was Mike with a fake beard etc if it wasnt for his voice. Probably the best production value on the series to boot lol
I watched most of the Mike (as host) episodes first so going back and seeing how much he to do with the show, as an actor, writer, etc. Is so much fun. Perkins, Torgo, the Scientist who keeps sayind, down, down, down. A lot of the host segments would have been very different without Mike. Joel may be the creator but the smartest inventors, always surround themselves with top men :) George Lucas is actually another great example. Cheers from Canada
I was plugging my charger into my phone when the vhs recording started losing its tracking at the start. I actually stopped for a second, thinking I was causing it.... Man, I'm fucking old...
Hello from irradiated 2024. I did the EXACT same thing. I crawled into bed, plugged up the Android and the tracking went wonky. I had a brief moment of panic because this dang phone cost as much as my Camry... 😅
It's been almost 30 years and I've seen this episode at least 100 times, and while this entire episode is gold, I still crack up every single time I hear Joel say "Did he say whopper? Is that a pet name?"
Great riffs in the episode, but some of my laughs came straight from the movie itself. When she asks him if the cat got his tongue and he says "Shut up!," I lost it.
WHO THE HELL IS SANDY FRANK ANYWAY? Well, this explains a lot: "Frank authorized new footage and hired writers to add dialogue to fit the look of the animation, without reference to original scripts"In April 1977 Frank attended the MIP-TV conference in Cannes. It was here Frank first encountered the Japanese animation Gatchaman from producer Tatsunoko Production run by the Yoshida brothers.[2] Frank committed to release the series in the U.S. after he saw the success of Star Wars in May 1977. Battle of the Planets is the title of American adaptation of this series created by Frank. .[6] Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment in 1978.Mystery Science Theater 3000Frank's company is also well known for its frequent appearances on Mystery Science Theater 3000, where some of the company's dubs of Japanese films were lampooned, including in a song titled "The Sandy Frank Song".[7]
I always forget how hilarious this episode is. The jokes just keep coming. The Forklift song, the multiple Kens, the little pants, Rita Meter Maid. And of course, Mike as Jack Perkins. "The joys and sorrows of being really, really, horribly old." LMAO
OMG I finally found it, the movie origin of the Forklift song!!! :*D YES YES YES!! Thanks for the upload, I will now go and annoy my coworkers with the wonders of MST3K.
"It smells like my wig in here." "I tire of pudding. Bring me something salty and crunchy and sweet." "THE GEOMETRIC NUCLEUS?" Cesar "ROMERO." Rocky "Again?" "I'm busy, can't you see?" His little pants. "You're stuck here!!" JACK PERKINS!! He tried to kill me with a forklift. THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE EVER!!
I love the way these old C space movies just stick the word "space" in front of random words to make stuff cooler. "Space Speed" - you know, in case they forget where they are.
Same here. Did Parker and Stone ever say Kenny was some kind of crazy homage?? I'd say it's just a coincidence but then again, you never know with those guys! They did make a musical, about cannibalism!! Any super fans out there, feel free to solve this mini mistery ;) Cheers from Canada
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Goofy Japanese Sci-fi just seemed to be the perfect genre for MST3K to rake over the coals. This has to probably the best episode. From start to finish, the riffing didn't lose steam.
Thanks for posting this. Fugitive Alien is the first episode of MST3K I ever saw back in the day and was hooked since. This is the only place I've been able to find this episode.
Analogkid, I've been watching MST3K on your channel for quite a while now, this is my favorite show of all time, on my darkest days I come to it to distract me and bring my mood back up. Though I do get a bit depressed when I realize that I'm possibly the only 21 year old who knows who Joe Don Baker is. Le sigh. Anyways, thank you for the sheer amount of joy you've brought to my life for sharing these. You are a hero!
Hey, felow riff fan. Glad to see the younger gen is discovering and enjoying the greatest show of all time :) As far as Joe Don Baker knowledge, it will win you a trivia game at some point. That I guarantee. Cheers from Canada h
“I know Ken’s a lot stronger than we are. There’s a reasonable scientific explanation for this. He spent time in another constellation, that increases strength.” Lol!
I discovered recently that Jo Shishido, the actor who played Captain Joe, actually undergo plastic surgery to enlarge his cheekbones. From what I understand, that helped him in getting roles in 70s movies actually, he was playing mostly tough guys RIP Shishido-san
"...really, really... horribly old." I don't know why this is so funny, it had me in total stitches. Mike is hilarious when he's playing other characters. I mean he's funny just as Mike, but there's just something especially funny about these sorts of sketches.
@analogkid01-- I absolutely ADORE u for uploading these hilarious shows.... In the '90's, I'd come home from the night shift & crack up at MST3k as I keyed down for sleep..... I'm in ill health now, & it's saving my sanity (from being in bed 23 hours per day) to get a honest-to-goodness "belly laugh" every couple of minutes-- not to mention the nostalgia of it.. Thanks, & Bless your heart for sharing!!
I love the fact that these are from a vhs. It reminds of how we used to tape things from the library. I also used to leave a tape on record for Adult Swim so I could watch late night shows without having to stay up late.
I still have a large box of VHS tapes of the show. I taped the show religiously from season one to the end. Time moves on and technology does too. Years ago I started converting my VHS to DVD, I got through the first season and they started releasing the show on DVD and I stopped converting mine. Thanks to a dedicated fanbase the tapes kept circulating on the internet.
My favorite kinds of jokes in MST3K: Joel messing around in front of the screen, Servo pretending to kiss characters in the movie, references to Monty Python’s, references to Frank Zappa, and of course, when a line in the movie is just so ridiculous that Servo bursts out laughing. “What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?” “SHUT UP! ...Sorry.”
In the Incredible Hulk movie (the one with Norton), Hulk throws a forklift at Blonsky. It's hard to watch that scene without singing "He tried to kill me with a forklift", lol.
References to Joe Mannix, Buck Rogers in the 25th century, Ted Koppel, Dr Gannon (Chad Everett), etc.... I wonder if the younger generations get any of these references. It shows that I am old to laugh at all these jokes. If they do remake MST3K now, I will probably not enjoy it as I am the one who will be missing more than half of the references. Because of that, these old MTS3K will always remain the funniest for people of my generation.
