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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec) Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.mst3k,rec.answers,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: Mystery Science Theater 3000 FAQ - Part 4 Supersedes: <tv/mst3k/part4_761584275@rtfm.mit.edu> Followup-To: poster Date: 21 Mar 1994 10:53:55 GMT Organization: Cardiothoracic Imaging Research Center Lines: 441 Approved: news-answers-request@@mit.edu Expires: 4 May 1994 10:51:47 GMT Message-ID: <tv/mst3k/part4_764247107@rtfm.mit.edu> References: <tv/mst3k/part1_764247107@rtfm.mit.edu> Reply-To: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu Summary: cast, show list, credits, synopsis, etc. Keywords: mst3k, mst3000, Joel, Crow, Tom Servo, Clayton, Frank X-Last-Updated: 1993/12/07 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.arts.tv:40847 alt.tv.mst3k:22610 rec.answers:4545 alt.answers:2170 news.answers:16685 Archive-name: tv/mst3k/part4 Version: $Header: mst3k-part4,v 1.2 93/12/06 21:29:35 rsk Exp $ Fourth Season (Comedy Central) (24 episodes, 1992-93) ----------------------------------------------------- Credits for this season: Head Writer: Michael J. Nelson Writers: Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Paul Chaplin, Bridget Jones (402-424), Mary Jo Pehl (404-424) Contributing Writers: Colleen Henjum, Jim Mallon Host Segments Directed by: Jim Mallon (402-403, 405-413), Kevin Murphy (404, 414, 417, 420, 423), Joel Hodgson (415, 418, 421), Trace Beaulieu (416, 419, 422) Associate Producer: Kevin Murphy Production Manager: Alexandria B. Carr (401-414), Jann L. Johnson (415-424) Technical Supervisor: Timothy Scott Production Coordinator: Jann L. Johnson (401-414), Ellen McDonough (415-424) Toolmaster: Jef Maynard Manager of Business Affairs: Heide A. LeClerc Production Assistant: Ellie/Ellen McDonough (403-414), Sarah E. Wisner (417- 424) Video Provided by: Fournelle Video Production Services, St. Paul (MN) Audio: Brian Wright (402-414), Timothy Scott (414-424) Editor: Timothy Scott Associate Editor: Bradley J. Keely Post Production Coordination: Alexandra B. Carr (401-414), Jann L. Johnson, Ellen McDonough (415-424) Art Direction: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jef Maynard Set Design: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson Lighting: Ken Fournelle, Timothy Scott (403-408, 416-417, 420-424) Engineering: Rob "the engineer" Burkhardt Hair and Make-up: Clayton James (402, 404-408, 410, 412-413, 415-424), Andrea J. DuCane (403, 409, 414), Crist Ballas (411) Prop Assistant: Barb Oswald (402), Patrick Brantsey (417-424) Toolmaster Jr.: Barb Oswald (403-405, 410) Interns: Patrick Brantsey, Nathan Devery (402-412), Brendan Glynn (402-403), Suzette Jamison (402-409), Steven Sande (402-405), Curtis Anderson (413-424), Kelly Ann Nathe (413-417) Additional Music Written and Performed by: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (418) Special thanks: Skyline Displays Inc., Teachers of America, Mark Gilbertson, all MSTies coast-to-coast, the authors of the 1st Amendment Executive Producers: Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson 401 6/6/92 Space Travelers Pre: The Great Crowdini Inventions: J: Dollaroid MS: Facial Tissue (with faces) Skits: American space race advancements Astronaut and CB lingo Problems we may have to face Post: Find the finder of lost loves Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Bridget Jones Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A good idea is a bit overworked in this John Sturges remake of his own Jeopardy (1952). While the world watches, a team of astronauts are lost in space. Maintaining voice communication, the spacemen calmly talk to the earth below of their helplessness and the population of the world screams for a rescue attempt. 402 6/13/92 Giant Gila Monster Pre: The thing with two heads/odd couple 1999/Forrester's dead Inventions: J: Prop Old Sitcom/Movie Radio MS: Renaissance Festival Punching Bags Skits: Stupid/soda jerk Favorite funny drunk Servo on cinema (blocking) Post: Hee-la rock group Credits: Additional Writer: John Carney Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Before the era of cheap sex and gore in the film industry there was such a thing as banality for banality's sake. Herein lies such fantastic stuff. A giant gila monster makes the rounds in tinker-toy towns and terrorizes local teens who are always pictured driving around in their hotrods or having sock hops. (This is the type of film, by the way, where the actors all use their _real_ first names in the script.) The lizard is eventually beaten by a brave lad who drives his hotrod full of nitro into the belly of the beast. Some fun, eh kids? 403 City Limits Pre: Ping pong balls/Servo has Crow's eyes Inventions: J: Fun Friend from Stake MS: Tupperware Container to Lock in Pop Star Freshness/Tupperware Coffin Skits: "Ode to Kim Cattrel" New comic superheros (Fantastic 85) Fantastic 85/185 continued Post: City Limits trivia game Credits: Additional Writer: John Carney Morrisey: Michael J. Nelson 404 6/27/92 Teenagers from Outer Space Pre: NBC mystery movie electro-shock (*zap!*) Inventions: J: Scratch-and-sniff Report Cards MS: Resusci Annie Ventriloquism Skits: Reel to real, Snacks in waste receptacle, Skelton visit Post: Duct tape fashions Credits: Resusci-Anne Provided by: Nancy Mason Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A young man from out of this world is sent to do the Earth in. Complications arise when he falls in love with a local teen queen. To make matters even worse, a monster from his spaceship is loose and, from what the audience can see of its shadowy form, it appears to be a lobster. With love showing the way, the homo sap from space guides his invading comrades' fleet into the side of a large hill. Destroying himself, the big lobster, and the thousands of ships in one large splat (unseen), the unearthly adolescent makes the supreme sacrifice in saving Earth. An excerpt from "The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies," by Lester Bangs. (Collected in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung): "I recall reading an item on the entertainment page of the daily paper after Teenagers from Outer Space came out to the effect that responsible people all over were so turned off by this pic that the financial angels and bureaucratic bosses of the studio that sponsored and released it ganged up on the poor guy that made the film, and gave him a good talking-to about devoting his talents to such a piece of trash, and even if it was his first film he should think of the public interest, etc. The item ended by saying that the guy had actually apologized, and promised to do better with the money that was given him for his second film." (For those of you who haven't heard of Lester Bangs, he was a rock critic for various 60's and 70's era magazines such as Crawdaddy and Creem. "Psychotic Reactions..." collects some of the best of his work, and should be required reading for anyone attempting to understand rock and roll. Just ignore what he says about Lou Reed [he's far too enthusiastic] and Yes [he doesn't understand them].---Rsk) "Tom Graeff" Profile from Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Films: "Some directors make dozens of movies, but never anything memorable. In 1959 Tom Graeff made only one movie, Teenagers From Outer Space, but it's enough to earn him a place in this book. It featured giant lobster shadows and 'alien" teenagers in silver jumpsuits and motorcycle helmets." 405 7/4/92 Being from Another Planet Pre: Twenty questions Inventions: MS: Tragic Moments Figurines J: Jack Palance Impersonator Kit Skits: Lost in Space fan Haunted boiler room Joel's rainy day fun sketch and hexascreen holo-clowns Post: TV's Frank Shopping Network Credits: Holo-clowns: Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin 406 7/18/92 Attack of the Giant Leeches (Undersea Kingdom 1) Pre: Holo-clown sequencer Inventions: MS: Leech Nicotine Patch J: SOL Insty Adolescent Kit Skits: Dress to take over the world Coffee and dreams "I'm a Danger to Myself and Others" Post: Problems with film Credits: Holo-clowns: Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin Giant Leech: Kevin Murphy Additional Music: "A Danger to Ourselves and Others", Michael J. Nelson, Joel Hodgson Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A small town situated in the Florida everglades is terrroized by a bad script, inept direction and several man-sized leeches. A bloody bore. 407 7/25/92 The Killer Shrews (Junior Rodeo Daredevils) Pre: Present time Inventions: MS: Revenge on people from the past (destroy the Earth) J: Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies Skits: Will Rodgers thing, Killer Shrew board game, Killer Shrew drink Post: 'Bots are killer shrews/Frank had too much Killer Shrew drink Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Steve Hollenhorst 408 8/1/92 Hercules Unchained Pre: Annual wash and wax day Inventions: MS: Decorator roaches J: Steve-a-meter Skits: Gypsy's Olympiad set mythic foods (The Waters of Forgetfulness) 'Bots try to get Joel to explain birds and bees Post: Why these movies? Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Don Jurek Steve Reeves: Michael J. Nelson Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules comes to the attention of a queen who picks her lovers and then disposes of them by having them stuffed and mounted, in that order. Engagement notices are posted and Hercules begins to sweat. 409 8/15/92 Indestructible Man (Undersea Kingdom part 2) Pre: Joel is crazy?/party in Deep 13 Inventions: MS: For men (but women like it, too) J: Cereal Novels Skits: Any excuse for a parade What would you do if you were indestructible? Lon Chaney eye thing Post: Affidavit to stop cop donut jokes/MS get noise ticket Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: David Sussman Officer Kevin: Kevin Murphy Officer Mike: Michael J. Nelson Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": As a killer brought back to life after his electrocution, Lon Chaney, Jr. stumbles through a role which apparently has been patterned after his first monster thriller, _Man Made Monster_. As soon as he is released from his confines, the monster begins killing all those who sent him up the river way back when. Dreadful gangster story is heightened in sheer futility by a ludicrous "you are there" type narration describing the killer's moves as he makes them. 410 8/22/92 Hercules Against the Moon Men Pre: Crow and Servo run away from home/sand storm/DEEP HURTING! Inventions: J: Freak out MS: <none> (woven into tapestry of the movie) Skits: Boobie trap, 'Bots get implants/new tough-guy name, "Pants!" Post: Changing actors Credits: Additional Music: "Ode to Pants" Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, Frank Conniff Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules battles creatures from outer space while his audience battles nausea. When a country enslaved by moonmen and forced to undergo strange sacrificial rituals for the brigade of baddies from beyond cry out for help, Hercules gets miffed. 411 8/29/92 The Magic Sword Pre: Joel is caricaturist Inventions: J: Big Gulperets MS: Bio-hazard Clean-up Pillow Skits: Basil Rathbones (for dogs) Life in the Middle Ages "Ode on Estelle" Post: Curses on TV Credits: Additional Music: "Ode on Estelle" Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Fantasy filmmaker Bert Gordon's finest achievement. George, a lowly subject and the stepson of an elderly witch named Sybil, has long been the admirer of the kingdom's beautiful princess. When evil sorcerer Lodac kidnaps the girl to feed his pet dragon, George tricks his stepmother into revealing what magical treats she has cooked up for his twenty-first birthday. Locking mother dear in the basement, George collects his wondrous assortment of gifts (a magic sword, six of the bravest warriors in the history of the earth and a magic horse) and sets out to save the princess. Along the way he meets vampire hags, giant ghouls, deadly swamps and the ever- popular dragon. Confronting Lodac in his castle, George is surrounded by misshapen pinheads, dwarfs and a race of tiny people no more than six inches tall. Masterful fairy tale. 412 9/12/92 Hercules and the Captive Women Pre: Gypsy joins the experiment. Inventions: MS: Lawn-baby J: The Womb-mate Skits: Good natured brawling A History of Hercules Hercules Action Figure Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules visits the lost city of Atlantis and gets lost among the Amazons currently inhabiting the struggling, sinking city. Matching wits with the evil queen, battling live-giving rocks, Hercules escapes. Don't you wish you were that lucky? (Also known as _Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis_.) 413 9/19/92 Manhunt in Space (General Hospital #1) Pre: Servo is color blind Inventions: MS: "Utne Reade" Neo-Salon Bean Bag Pants J: Paper recyled clothes Skits: Soap opera "Space" modifier Winky visits Calls from home Post: Crow is guitar, Servo is amp/Mads can't get up Credits: Winky: Michael J. Nelson 414 9/26/92 Tormented re: Crow, Servo and Gypsy in ventilation shaft Inventions: J: Aunt C/Katherine Wheel MS: Drinking Jacket Skits: Joel's fallen from shaft Pop singers to drop from a lighthouse 'Bots are bodiless Post: Happy thoughts and good things 415 11/25/92 The Beatniks (General Hospital #2) Pre: Rock, Scissors, Paper Inventions: MS: Good luck Troll Costumes J: Pocket Pool Skits: These people aren't beatniks! Tont Travis: Teen-bot idol I'm Going to Make You a Star! Post: Is "dickweed" a swear word? Crow in moon mode. 416 11/25/92 Fire Maidens of Outer Space Pre: Proper Posture--Crow's New Friend Timmy Inventions: MS: The Big Checkbook J: Nike Airchilada Skits: Double Entendre The Twin-Screw Universal Controller Timmy - He's got to go Post: They're still sitting around!--letter--Timmy finds a new home Credits: Timmy: Jef Maynard Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": More film flop. Fantastically abysmal production values equalled, if not surpassed, by totally outrageous plot. Space explorers meet a tribe of lost women and a few robots who menace everything in sight while classical music drones on in the background. Talk about cultural commitment. 417 11/28/92 Crash of the Moons (General Hospital #3) Pre: GRIT Salescrow Inventions: MS: Deep 13 Toothpaste J: Rock 'n Wreck Guitar Skits: "The Gypsy Moons" Banner Grams Another Teleplay by Crow T. Robot Post: Visit from John Banner Credits: John Banner: Michael J. Nelson Additional Music: "The Gypsy Moons" Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, lyrics by Bridget Jones Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Another bunch of Rocky Jones television rejects spliced into a stew of space sap. 418 12/5/92 Attack of the Eye Creatures Pre: Tom and Crow are *friends* Inventions: MS: Router Ouiji Board J: Funny Gag Fax Skits: Tom Servo analyzes "making out" Earl Holliman! The Rip Taylor Trio (Because it's FUNNY!) Post: They just didn't care. Credits: Larry Buchanan: Michael J. Nelson Notes: "Larry Buchanan" Profile from Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Films: "...During the latter half of the sixties, Buchanan was hired by AIP to make eight made-for-television movies-- for which he is best remembered. The first, The Eye Creatures, is a remake of the Ed L. Cahn sci-fi comedy, The Invasion of the Saucer Men. Most of ths subsequent AIP-television films were also remakes of previous AIP films, among them: Creature of Destruction, Year 2889, and the unforgettable Mars Needs Women. "These films were made on the lowest budgets imaginable. Some of them used the same rubber monster costume. The most meorable is Zontar, The Thing from Venus, a remake of Roger Corman's 1956 classic It Conquered the World... "Buchanan is noteworthy for his paranoia. A firm believer in almost any conspiracy theory, he's made several movies purporting to tell the "truth" about subjects that the government (or Hollywood) have hushed up... [Down On Us], manages to ties the deaths of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison into a weird anti-rock conspiracy plot." 419 12/12/92 The Rebel Set (Johnny at the Fair) Pre: Joel reads scarey bedtime stories Inventions: MS: TV's Frank's Quick Primp Kit J: Paint-by-number Mark Rathko Skits: Crow's acting lessons What would you do in Chicago? Merritt Stone Post: Who is Merritt Stone? Notes: Edward Platt ("The Chief" from "Get Smart" plays a beatnik criminal mastermind. 420 12/26/92 The Human Duplicators Pre: Redesigning the 'bots/Mads have the sillies Inventions: J: Beanie-Chopper (should have gone through the roof) MS: William Conrad Fridge Alert Skits: Spaceship craft project Servo duplicates himself Hugh Beaumont attacks Post: 'Bots admit to being robots Credits: Hugh Beaumont: Michael J. Nelson William Conrad: Kevin Murphy Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A scientist sets up a mad lab to create a race of androids. Enter a giant from space to lend a not-so-helpful hand in the project and things get interesting (hopefully). 421 1/9/93 Monster A-Go-Go (Circus on Ice) Pre: Blessed are the Cheesemakers Inventions: MS: Johnny Long Torso J: Non-violent Action Figures Skits: Gypsy doesn't "get" Crow. Keep-away. That Pina Colada Song Post: Tom, the Hap-py King! Notes: "Monster A-Go-Go" is credited to Bill Rebane, but the truth is far more EVIL!!!! Herschell Gordon Lewis made his mark by inventing the Gore film in the early 60's with "Blood Feast", "2000 Maniacs", and "Color Me Blood Red". But he made lots of films for Southern drive-ins, and one of these was a little hillbilly action flick called "Moonshine Mountain". He needed to get the film out fairly quickly, but he also needed a second feature for it. He searched around and found that Bill Rebane had been making a film called "Terror At Half Bay", and had run out of money. Lewis bought it, and discovered he had 100,000 feet of nothing. Some sequences were done but there was very little connecting footage. He shot closeups of hands, feet, people walking down halls, ANYTHING to get this one to hang together. He redid the dialogue <such as it was> and added the crummy narration. Using the name "Sheldon Seymour", Lewis did the new dialogue, narration, and editing. Dubbing it "Monster-A-Go-Go", he foisted this puswad onto the public, and it actually did quite well down south, with "Moonshine Mountain". 422 1/16/93 The Day the Earth Froze (Here Comes the Circus) Pre: Family Portrait Inventions: J: Snaction MS: Unhappy meals Skits: Ideas for a Clown Act What, I implore you, is a sampo? Gypsy: A One-Woman Show Post: Delicately wafting scents borne by the wind--letter Credits: "Gypsy Rose Me" Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, lyrics by Mary Jo Pehl Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A Swedish fantasy with some fine photographic wonders but a mixed bag of a plot. Hampered by a low budget and wooden characters, the film should appeal to the kids. A witch orders the sun not to rise and earth is turned into a ball of ice. Valiant heroes and a machine known as the "sampo" combat this Wizard of Oz reject. --- Michael Grubb 423 Bride of the Monster (Hired!) Pre: Watching Crow's dream Inventions: MS: Tough Love Seat J: Microwave Faith Popcorn Skits: "Hired!" by the SOL Community Players Monsters of the Sea A World Without Advertising Post: Re-edit of the final scene--letter Credits: Camera: John Finley "Hired! Song" written and arranged by Micheal J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy This episode dedicated to the spirit of William A. Murphy. Thanks, Dad. 424 Manos: Hands of Fate (Hired!) Pre: Wonderful Joel Inventions: MS: Chocolate Bunny Guillotine J: The Cartuner Skits: The scenic tour Frank apologizes Scary exaggerated features Joel: the Master of Darkness Forrester apologizes Post: Lady wrestling game/Torgo's pizza delivery Fifth Season (Comedy Central) (24 episodes, 1993-94) ---------------------------------------------------- <under construction> The Brain That Wouldn't Die I Accuse My Parents The Girl in Lover's Lane Teenage Strangler Beginning of the End Human Duplicators Mitchell Wild Wild World of Bat Women Alien From L.A.