MST3k 610 - The Violent Years 

I think the moral of The Violent Years is that when you are hiring subcontractors to vandalize a school, it's important to agree on a scope of work

"Young Man's Fancy" is quietly one of the funniest shorts they ever did. "Judy: Beyond Thundersquishy."

She should've accused her parents.

13:29 So many unforgettable lines in this one, even the short. "Well, thank goodness for my electric dress!"

"Just don't use his razor, he goes BALLISTIC!" I love how Crow is just freaking out at Servos head. 😂

I love my electric computer, it lets me watch electric videos on the electric internet, all powered by electric electricity!

I will never love anything in my entire life as much as the people in this short loved electric appliances.

"By the way, we're all pregnant from the guy we attacked" I laughed then I remembered that's an actual plot point

To all of my fellow MiSTies of the last 30+ years and counting: stay squishy!

The Judge had more lines than everyone else in the movie combined.

6:24 "But I have angoraphobia!" is one of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes that needs special appreciation.

I love Ed Wood dialogue. It's so bizarre and clunky, that I find myself pleasantly surprised whenever a character actually makes a coherent and linear statement.

The way Trace yells "COMMUNISM!" still kills me, even after all these years.

Mst3k is the original lockdown show...He's going crazy in isolation, creating 'friends' ... and having zoom meetings for work, watching too much Netflix. And they talk about the Simpsons telling the future!

I'm feeling squishy. Think I've got the reds. Better go turn my crank to Frank!

MST3K never fails to bring a smile. It's like an old friend I met in the 90s who still makes me laugh today. 😜

"Were all pregnant form assaulting that guy" "Well, if it's that de-nuding girl gang...I better go in alone" "...and my rape victim refuses to come to lamaze classes with me"

just imagine when mom and judy 'discover' the electric vibrator, then nobody will need alexander phipps

I never noticed before that all the girls have feminised masculine names and use the male diminutive forms for delinquency purposes. That's pretty subtle for Ed Wood.

What a thrill! I finally know where Ministry sampled the lecture for their song So What. Thanks, mst3k!

Posting comments is so much easier with my electric phone

Honestly, I find Ed Wood's "passion-projects" far better than his garbage horror flicks. I can sorta feel the effort and drive behind them, like he tried his hardest to tell a story, to make a point, explain something to us that he is concerned with and cares about, even if he doesn't do it well.

I wasn't introduced to mystery science theater until the Netflix reboot, I was so grateful to have the opportunity to watch the earlier seasons on RU-vid after it was canceled. Thanks!

“Makeout police. Come out with your lips up” - I spat out my drink.

I need to find me a woman who gets turned on by my kitchen appliance lectures.

I discovered this show while on holiday in, of all places, St. Kitts about 18 years ago. I just love it. I'm amazed it never got shown on TV in the UK. It would have been perfect Saturday morning hangover TV. Having said that it was never quite the same after TV's Frank went to Second Banana Heaven.

"I sentence you to listen to the judge drone on for one hour."

"Judy: Beyond Thunder Squishy."

Yes, what girl wouldn't go for a guy who's an unrepentant misogynist. Though tbh a lot of that letter seemed like code for 'back off; he's mine'.

"They're shooting back!" "W-wha?! The bastards!"

The USSR gains from a bunch of Playboy Playmates throwing chairs around in an elementary school classroom ... how?

Young Man's Fancy begins at 6:36 The Violent Years at 31:22

Fun Fact : Paula, aka, Jean MoorHead, (love that name) was a Playboy Playmate in 1955.

"I'm 'Squishy' and I need to move on it!"

RU-vid: you can buy or rent the non MST3K version of this film. Me: No I don’t think I will.

Analogkid01 is a hero. So many great episodes!

wow i absolutely love Tom Servo's theme song. very well done mr. murphy. and his singing skit i just couldn't stop laughing.

For Tom’s question on if one needs more Reba: You can never have enough Reba. It’s like having too much Dolly.... it’s impossible.

Is food all you can think of at a time like this? "Ya mean lunchtime?"

The plot twists and firecracker dialogue had me on the edge of my seat. A rocking roller-coaster ride of a delinquent crime fest. Oh, wait, that was Blackboard Jungle.

Nothing I enjoy more than watching a MST3K episode on my brand new electric computer

the re-enactment of the gas station robbery is one of the funniest things I will ever see... 1:29:55

They went directly from tipping over desks and erasing the blackboard to shooting it out with the cops.

I don't care how nonsensical it is, Tom's Barbara Streisand-inspired bout of insanity cracks me up every time.

I'm so glad I got an electric computer so I can watch this.

"A new dress instead of a caress." That is TERRIBLE DIALOGUE.

47:20-49:05 How the film crew didn’t die from laughter at Kevin I have no idea.

That blackboard erasing scene will give me nightmares for a long time...

"I stayed under for quite awhile." Mike: Wow.

HAHA!! "Thank God for my electric dress"

"If You're named Alexander Phipps, it's just over for Ya."

42:28 "Oh the passion. I find you so acceptable."

39:40 "Pretty bad one this time. How about it doc?" "Pretty bad." Brilliant dialogue!

Tell a girl that your hobbies include "time study" and she's putty in your hands

Ministry sample around 1:16:30 ! I was totally surprised by that one. "You have had all that money could give you but that wasn't enough. You became a thrill seeker...."

Tom Servo with the dummy head... *shudder*

Fwiw, if people think the moral message here is judgmental: the notion that parents should actually show affection and love to their children-as opposed to just providing moral instruction and a stable home life-was actually a radical idea at the time. Dr. Spock’s theories of child-rearing were the prevailing social norms: he advised parents to avoid demonstrative affection and hugging etc. So the ideas in this film reflect a shift in this way of thinking about parenting. The parents provided structure, stability, safety, etc. But they did not make any effort to develop intimate and loving meaningful relationships with the daughter. That is what Ed wood is trying to say-to a point. The idea is if you don’t see children as individuals and show them love, they will grow up to be delinquents.

"Refuses to press charges!" "Says, "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!'" "Hundreds of men flock to crime scene!"

my favorite lines: "hi mom can i have more of everything?" "goodbye my suffocating little ice queen" "i drive everyone away with my affectionate good nature demeanor" "we hear & obey" "we like milk & it shows" "well i'll see you next year with your new watch" "she died as she lived, failing algebra" "she'll do anything not to drive" "the lamp is a statue of our lady of do you have a bathroom around here" "stop talking so much & open the door, i barely said anything" "you will get nothing from me i'll go get it" "when a woman that top heavy falls look out" "well now i've seen dozens and one i guess" "well how's our little gun toting trollup" "she's got a room on the 400th floor"

Woah, woah, woah, hold on a second. Their 'attempt' at recreating the hold-up scene was a laughingly dismal attempt. Mike blinked. FAR too much emotion

I've been a fan of Joel since I became of fan MST3K, but I've grown to like Mike just as well. But I will say this, I always liked it when Joel wigged out everytime there was a movie-sign. He'd be like "OH, WE'VE GOT MOVIEEE-SIGGGGGGNN!" and Mike would be like "Oh,we've got movie-sign".

That short convinced me that subtlety wasn't invented until sometime this past decade. It was so ham-fisted I was tempted to slice it thin and eat it with mustard and swiss.

The moral: If you don't want to die in childbirth then you should obey the law and be nice to people.

I say this without a hint of exaggeration: Servo's theme song is the single greatest musical creation in the history of humanity.

i've seen this episode so many times and it JUST hit me that all the girls have names that could also be male names, and that they even go by male nicknames for their crimes.

the pointy bras were just out of control in this movie

Judy might need an electric toy...

"Count Juggula!" I died.

A textbook case of Affluenza.

And the name is Alex. Servo: ...xander Fipps

I don't know which is more exciting, all these new ELECTRIC appliances, or Judy's pursuit of Alex!

Funny how the judge thinks giving the baby to a care home will have a much better chance in life.

God that opening short! Reminds me of what my granny would tell my mother: "Men are the ones who are fragile and helpless. The fact that they think women are just proves our superiority."

Judy must be annoying to have as a sister. She hears about his academic accomplishments and gripes about her brother bringing home a bookworm with a revolting name, then gets mad at him for bringing home a good-looking guy.

I'll gladly watch an Ed Wood film over a Coleman Francis one any day.

"I just love bacon when it's crisp and crunchy like this". Mike: "Yeah, evidently".

i don't think any short they had on this show had less of a point than the short in this episode.

Watching Crow charge at the scream shouting "It's funny" gets me every time.

The Mad and Servo Theme songs are the best part. Great short ("He's in the zone!") and great riffing ("SAYS 'THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU'") Thanks for the upload.

47:19 -49:02 Tom servo is a legend!! Love Kevin murphy. Cant stop laughing!

"BROOKS. AND. DUNN."

You ever noticed that NOTHING GOOD happens to Tom Servo whenever he changes his head for an episode? Tom Servo - my third favorite robot character of all time!

The Playlist at a Radio Station called FRANK: Wynonna. Vince Gill. Ferlin Husky. Roger Miller. Tex Ritter. Pat Buttram. Slim Whitman. Hank Snow. Marty Robbins. Nancy Walker. Sonny Burgess. Dag Hammerskjold. Donna Fargo. Crispin Glover. C. W. McCall. Zamphir. Barbara Mandrell. Maury Povich. Coco Chanel. Ernest Tubbs. Larry Storch. Jerry Lee Lewis. Edward Everett Horton. Gentleman Jim Reeves. Boss Jim Geddes. Mrs. Miller. Karen Valentine. Stonewall Jackson. Charley Pride.

"...biscuit!" LOVE that riff.

I love the whole theme song thing they got going on here in the beginning

"They're shooting back!" "The bastards!"

“Sir, it’s ONE parking ticket...” LMAO

Wow! I bet one day we'll be able to watch MST3K on our new state of the art electric computation machines! :D

"Hi Alex, I know you're hungry. We'll be eating in a jiffy." - "Father got us a new electric jiffy just for eating in. He's swell."

Jam Handy would like to remind everyone to keep your preserves in a convenient location.

Ah, I see the Joel vs. Mike battle still rages on. As sad as that is, it's nothing compared to the guy who tried to argue with me that Josh Weinstein was the superior Tom Servo, and that Kevin Murphy was a "sellout" XD Oh well. I've been told Mary Jo Pehl "ruined" the series,too. TL;DR "Repeat to yourself 'It's just a show. I should really just relax""

Her lamp is a statue of Our Lady of the Do You Have a Bathroom Around Here

I think it refers to being "red in the face" as one gets when angered. Since they were talking about Judy being teased, it is reasonable that giving her "the reds" refers to her getting angry and being red in the face. And with that you have my best guess, FWIW.

"Ironically, this is still funnier than Night Court." HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

Ed Wood sure loved his ham-fisted morals, didn't he.

It also shows how clever they could be though. For my money the "no! I have angoraphobia!" was one of the most clever quick-riffs they ever had.

She's got a room on the fourth hundredth floor.

The Violent Years is just t!ts! The best MST3K of them all; and the short is good, too. Classic MST3K. "She's got a room on the 400th floor" LOL! Exactly what I was thinking - right down to the number 400. I die laffing every time I recall that comment. Even months later.

this is the funniest duo ever surreal short about an electric kitchen and ed woods idea on juvenile crime

What's this in my youtube feed? An MST3K I haven't seen? With Mike?? And an Ed Wood movie??? TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.