Turkey Day 2024 November 28, 2024 4:18 AM Subscribe
Once again, we at MST Club, that tiny subset of the site that gathers to watch riffing and other things on Thursday nights (and still other things on Sunday and Tuesday) are piping in the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day stream off of Youtube to watch in our video share room throughout Thanksgiving Day. Or, if you want to watch it on their page instead, it should be available here, although I'll say their chat scroll rate will be much worse. More info inside--
MST Club has been around for like 11 years now. We can't promise it'll always be here, but as long as it's around you're always welcome to join us.
All of these times are US Eastern. For Pacific, subtract three hours; for GMT, add five. Although episodes are around an hour and a half long, original broadcasts were two hours with commercials, and the Turkey Day stream adds intersitials and breaks to pad each episode out to two hours, giving people time to use the bathroom and get snacks.
Here are the announced episodes, their times and some notes on each.
5am: 407 THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) introduced by Emily Marsh
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
Some people are stranded on an island with deadly venomous giant shrews (who are obviously dogs in bad costumes). Stars James Best, Cooter from The Dukes of Hazzard, who was good natured enough to return in 2012 for a sequel, three years before he passed away. Well what do you know, James really was best. Has the "Killer Shrew" cocktail instructions in a host segment!
7am: 822 OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK (1984), introduced by Kumail Nanjiani
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
With Raul Julia! Based, very loosely, on a 1976 sci-fi story by John Varley. A sort of cyberpunk story about a guy, who loves "scrolling up cinemas" like Casablanca, who's mind gets uploaded into a computer, where he causes havoc and is menaced by a corporation. Sounds familar. Shoutout to Mefite computech-appoloniajames, whose username refers to a character from this episode!
9am: 904 WEREWOLF (1997), introduced by Bryan Fuller
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Contains Joe Estevez, one of the more frequently-seen MST actors. A guy contracts werewolfism from a skeleton. Notable for telling us that Native Americans had werwolf legends, where the afflicted would pick up unusual body habits, like "sleeping nose to anus." Has the "TUSK!" song riffs over the closing credits.
11am: 323 THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (1969), introduced by Matthew Lillard
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
I personally consider this one of the most challenging episodes to get through, because the movie's just so DULL, and Fu Manchu creator Sax Rohmer's racism doesn't help it any. Stars Christopher Lee as the villain and title character.
1pm: 820 SPACE MUTINY (1988), introduced by Mary Jo Pehl
From the Sci-Fi Channer era. Mike Nelson hosts.
A fan favorite, it lifts special effects from the original Battlestar Galactica and its title sequence from an Apple II monitor. Features the famous "many names of David Ryder" throughout the movie.
3pm: 907 HOBGOBLINS (1988), introduced by Mike Flanagan
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Another movie that got a sequel much later. Teens are menaced by mind-reading, fantasy-producing critters (represented in the movie by plush toys). The movie has a pretty poor opinion of its characters, who are mostly broad stereotypes.
5pm: 624 SAMSON VS THE VAMPIRE WOMEN (1962), introduced by David Dastmalchian
From the Comedy Central era. Mike Nelson hosts.
A sad episode as the last episode (save for a cameo later on) of the legendary "TV's" Frank Conniff, former lion of Twitter, current lion of Bluesky. In the movie, famous Mexican wrestler El Santo fights the undead.
7pm: 1307 GAMERA VS JIGER (1970), introduced by Mark Hamill (!)
From the Gizmoplex era. Jonah Ray hosts.
Rights issues make it difficult to officially show the five other Gamera movies the show riffed, but this sixth episode, done for Season 13, is clear! Features a similar style as Gamera vs Guiron and vs Zigra. Unlike the previous Gamera movies, and practically every other movie MST3K has ever done, their deal to riff this movie demanded that they show it unedited, making it the longest episode in the show's history. Expect few bathroom breaks in this one.
9pm: 910 THE FINAL SACRIFICE (1990), introduced by Joel Hodgson
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Marking a return of this episode to circulation, we're not sure how they got the rights to show this again (rumor has it the owner hates MST3K), but it's back, and its glorious. Drifter-with-a-dark-past Zap Rowsdower and young hanger-on Troy fight an evil cult in Canada. Getting this back is really great, as even the "Rowsdower Saves Us" fan song got taken down from Youtube because it used movie clips. I'm sure money was involved.
11pm: 424 MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966), introduced by Felicia Day
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
Manos needs no introduction, as MST3K put it on the map, and now there is a universe of ironic appreciation of Hal Warren's infamous flop, and even some unironic appreciation! Here goes anyway: a family on vacation stops to rest at Valley Lodge, run by the enigmatic Torgo (and his theme music), and the undead cult that exists in the desert nearby. If you somehow haven't heard of it, while it may not be the worst movie ever made, no one's saying it isn't, either.
1am: 1311 THE MASK (1961), introduced by Jonah Ray
From the Gizmoplex era. Jonah Ray hosts.
A guy is driven crazy by a mask that makes him hallucinate weird 3D special effects. A remarkably trippy film.
MST Club has been around for like 11 years now. We can't promise it'll always be here, but as long as it's around you're always welcome to join us.
All of these times are US Eastern. For Pacific, subtract three hours; for GMT, add five. Although episodes are around an hour and a half long, original broadcasts were two hours with commercials, and the Turkey Day stream adds intersitials and breaks to pad each episode out to two hours, giving people time to use the bathroom and get snacks.
Here are the announced episodes, their times and some notes on each.
5am: 407 THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) introduced by Emily Marsh
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
Some people are stranded on an island with deadly venomous giant shrews (who are obviously dogs in bad costumes). Stars James Best, Cooter from The Dukes of Hazzard, who was good natured enough to return in 2012 for a sequel, three years before he passed away. Well what do you know, James really was best. Has the "Killer Shrew" cocktail instructions in a host segment!
7am: 822 OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK (1984), introduced by Kumail Nanjiani
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
With Raul Julia! Based, very loosely, on a 1976 sci-fi story by John Varley. A sort of cyberpunk story about a guy, who loves "scrolling up cinemas" like Casablanca, who's mind gets uploaded into a computer, where he causes havoc and is menaced by a corporation. Sounds familar. Shoutout to Mefite computech-appoloniajames, whose username refers to a character from this episode!
9am: 904 WEREWOLF (1997), introduced by Bryan Fuller
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Contains Joe Estevez, one of the more frequently-seen MST actors. A guy contracts werewolfism from a skeleton. Notable for telling us that Native Americans had werwolf legends, where the afflicted would pick up unusual body habits, like "sleeping nose to anus." Has the "TUSK!" song riffs over the closing credits.
11am: 323 THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (1969), introduced by Matthew Lillard
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
I personally consider this one of the most challenging episodes to get through, because the movie's just so DULL, and Fu Manchu creator Sax Rohmer's racism doesn't help it any. Stars Christopher Lee as the villain and title character.
1pm: 820 SPACE MUTINY (1988), introduced by Mary Jo Pehl
From the Sci-Fi Channer era. Mike Nelson hosts.
A fan favorite, it lifts special effects from the original Battlestar Galactica and its title sequence from an Apple II monitor. Features the famous "many names of David Ryder" throughout the movie.
3pm: 907 HOBGOBLINS (1988), introduced by Mike Flanagan
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Another movie that got a sequel much later. Teens are menaced by mind-reading, fantasy-producing critters (represented in the movie by plush toys). The movie has a pretty poor opinion of its characters, who are mostly broad stereotypes.
5pm: 624 SAMSON VS THE VAMPIRE WOMEN (1962), introduced by David Dastmalchian
From the Comedy Central era. Mike Nelson hosts.
A sad episode as the last episode (save for a cameo later on) of the legendary "TV's" Frank Conniff, former lion of Twitter, current lion of Bluesky. In the movie, famous Mexican wrestler El Santo fights the undead.
7pm: 1307 GAMERA VS JIGER (1970), introduced by Mark Hamill (!)
From the Gizmoplex era. Jonah Ray hosts.
Rights issues make it difficult to officially show the five other Gamera movies the show riffed, but this sixth episode, done for Season 13, is clear! Features a similar style as Gamera vs Guiron and vs Zigra. Unlike the previous Gamera movies, and practically every other movie MST3K has ever done, their deal to riff this movie demanded that they show it unedited, making it the longest episode in the show's history. Expect few bathroom breaks in this one.
9pm: 910 THE FINAL SACRIFICE (1990), introduced by Joel Hodgson
From the Sci-Fi Channel era. Mike Nelson hosts.
Marking a return of this episode to circulation, we're not sure how they got the rights to show this again (rumor has it the owner hates MST3K), but it's back, and its glorious. Drifter-with-a-dark-past Zap Rowsdower and young hanger-on Troy fight an evil cult in Canada. Getting this back is really great, as even the "Rowsdower Saves Us" fan song got taken down from Youtube because it used movie clips. I'm sure money was involved.
11pm: 424 MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966), introduced by Felicia Day
From the Comedy Central era. Joel Hodgson hosts.
Manos needs no introduction, as MST3K put it on the map, and now there is a universe of ironic appreciation of Hal Warren's infamous flop, and even some unironic appreciation! Here goes anyway: a family on vacation stops to rest at Valley Lodge, run by the enigmatic Torgo (and his theme music), and the undead cult that exists in the desert nearby. If you somehow haven't heard of it, while it may not be the worst movie ever made, no one's saying it isn't, either.
1am: 1311 THE MASK (1961), introduced by Jonah Ray
From the Gizmoplex era. Jonah Ray hosts.
A guy is driven crazy by a mask that makes him hallucinate weird 3D special effects. A remarkably trippy film.
Oooh, I was wondering if you’d be streaming today! Will stop by! (Happy Thanksgiving!)
posted by mochapickle at 6:13 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
posted by mochapickle at 6:13 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
So glad to see this! I'm out today but will try to peek in tonight, hopefully for Gamera.
posted by JanetLand at 7:16 AM on November 28 [1 favorite]
posted by JanetLand at 7:16 AM on November 28 [1 favorite]
Oh crap this is what happens when I stay up too late!
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 7:19 AM on November 28
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 7:19 AM on November 28
Aww. If it's any consolation Overdrawn is also one of my favorite episodes but I also slept through it. I'm not even sure if the Talk post went up early enough. Usually they replay the marathon immediately after it concludes, so that might be another opportunity to catch it.
posted by JHarris at 7:23 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 7:23 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
They seem to have changed their streaming plan this year, they don't seem to be breaking up episodes, but instead spacing them out with shorts between them.
posted by JHarris at 7:38 AM on November 28 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 7:38 AM on November 28 [1 favorite]
Happy turkey Day, all!
posted by dr_dank at 10:37 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
posted by dr_dank at 10:37 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]
So grumpybearbride and I went to a neighbor's house for Thanksgiving - the pie was a big hit! - and after the meal, the hosts asked if we wanted coffee. So I said yes, please, I would love some coffee. And the coffee came, but there was no cream or sugar to be seen. There was, however, a can of whipped cream. So I opened the can and, because YOLO, put some on my coffee.
The man across from me commented that I had "feminized" my coffee. He drank his coffee black, you see, and also had a grinder. I asked what kind of grinder, and he said, slowly, a "burr" grinder. I informed him that we, too, had a burr grinder. A Barazza Encore, to be precise! And we also weighed our beans prior to grinding so that the ration of water to beans was always consistent. He didn't know the brand name of his grinder. He mentioned that he also had a small handheld grinder. "Oh, a Krups," I replied. He nodded. I told him that I found those sort of cheap agitation grinders made it difficult to get a consistent grind and often imparted a slightly burned taste to my coffee.
I then took the whipped cream can, sprayed another heaping layer onto my coffee and sang "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon."
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:52 AM on November 29 [8 favorites]
The man across from me commented that I had "feminized" my coffee. He drank his coffee black, you see, and also had a grinder. I asked what kind of grinder, and he said, slowly, a "burr" grinder. I informed him that we, too, had a burr grinder. A Barazza Encore, to be precise! And we also weighed our beans prior to grinding so that the ration of water to beans was always consistent. He didn't know the brand name of his grinder. He mentioned that he also had a small handheld grinder. "Oh, a Krups," I replied. He nodded. I told him that I found those sort of cheap agitation grinders made it difficult to get a consistent grind and often imparted a slightly burned taste to my coffee.
I then took the whipped cream can, sprayed another heaping layer onto my coffee and sang "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon."
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:52 AM on November 29 [8 favorites]
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posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 6:01 AM on November 28 [3 favorites]