Happy Turkey Day! On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, the first episode of #MST3K aired — and now, 185 episodes into our podcast, we're ready to talk about it! We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185

Seems like a good time to revisit that first episode. Our podcast about it will be out soon!

Before our big Turkey Day episode, let's take a look at a short that was meant for the ill-fated #MST3K CD-ROM: Assignment: Venezuela! And let's try to keep it light, hm? Yes? No? Oh. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/184b or on your podcast app.

Happy #ManosDay! Check out what's going on at Dumb. And maybe revisit that time we did a superlong episode about this episode!

Manos!

Our latest episode looks at #MST3K 1005, BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z (aka Zaat). It's got more fish in it than you can shake a stick at. Or a fishing pole at. Or something. Insert fish pun here. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/184

Our Donald Pleasence Day episode is spectacularly late (sorry) but here it is! Please enjoy all the familiar faces you'll find in #MST3K K15, Superdome, a made-for-tv movie about bad things happening at the Super Bowl. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/183 or on your podcast app.

If you listened to me talking to Charlotte all about Ed Wood's last movies and thought "I need MORE!" — well, here are some other folks talking about them. Also I need to grab @willsloanesq.bsky.social's book about Ed Wood at my local bookstore. (They have six copies in stock!)

Our friends over at HubrisWeen! are doing it again - daily mini podcast episodes about movies from A-Z - in the run up to Halloween. And they just released K, for THE KILLER SHREWS! They also covered THE GIANT GILA MONSTER for G. Fans of #MST3K, check em out! https://megaphonic.fm/hubrisween/2025k

Next episode is running a little late, for reasons. We thank you for your patience.

Happy Donald Pleasence Day, everybody!

"Why don't they look (at #MST3K 520, Radar Secret Service, with the short Last Clear Chance)???" We finally looked. Our Sam Newfield festival continues — and hey, why don't we also check Newfield's most notorious film, The Terror of Tiny Town? On your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/182

"Why don't they look (at #MST3K 520, Radar Secret Service, with the short Last Clear Chance)???" We finally looked. Our Sam Newfield festival continues — and hey, why don't we also check Newfield's most notorious film, The Terror of Tiny Town? On your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/182

I haven't heard the Growing Up with Manos audiobook, but the book itself is a delight. And weren't we just talking about how fun we found Frank's reading of Twenty Five MST3K Films....? So, you know, treat yourself.

Hmm.

Can't believe we weren't able to go to this.

In a complete coincidence, The Mads' riff of I Accuse My Parents is our sale of the week! Thanks for the shout-outs @itsjustashow.com! We love what you do!

Attn @itsjustashow.com listeners

In our latest episode we revisit MST3K 507, I Accuse My Parents — and the episode of The Mads Are Back where they tackle it, and the chapter of Frank's book (now out in audiobook!) where he talks about it. All of which are very good. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/181

In our latest episode we revisit MST3K 507, I Accuse My Parents — and the episode of The Mads Are Back where they tackle it, and the chapter of Frank's book (now out in audiobook!) where he talks about it. All of which are very good. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/181

Let's get stuck in MST3K 1312, The Bubble! They say the movie is worse than Manos — could that be true? Who is this Arch Oboler guy anyway? And what about this movie will make Charlotte say: I object! Listen to our latest episode and find out! itsjustashow.com/episode/180

Let's get stuck in MST3K 1312, The Bubble! They say the movie is worse than Manos — could that be true? Who is this Arch Oboler guy anyway? And what about this movie will make Charlotte say: I object! Listen to our latest episode and find out! itsjustashow.com/episode/180

Our new episode should drop tomorrow. Are you ready to re-enter... The Bubble?

We celebrate a big birthday by looking at MST3K 203, JUNGLE GODDESS. Hoo boy, that's gonna give us something to talk about. But also there's the first chapter of The Phantom Creeps! Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/179 or on your podcast app

We celebrate a big birthday by looking at MST3K 203, JUNGLE GODDESS. Hoo boy, that's gonna give us something to talk about. But also there's the first chapter of The Phantom Creeps! Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/179 or on your podcast app

RIP Loni Anderson, of course best known for MUNCHIE (1992).

You might have heard Chris and Charlotte talk about how they used to be in a band together? Well, we've put out a new album. Now you can hear Charlotte sing all the words that normally get bleeped out of our episodes!

It's time to watch MST3K 906: The Space Children. With a short: Century 21 Calling. Lots of familiar faces in this one — and there's so much exciting future tech at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Like three-way calling! Wow! Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/178

50 years ago tonight, on Thursday, July 17, 1975, more than 200 people watched the filming of "The Giant Spider Invasion" in Merrill, Wisconsin, as actor Alan Hale Jr. played a sheriff. A truck-mounted crane moved the 35-foot spider. Five crewmen moved its legs. The scene took two takes.

Whoops! Instead of watching The Space Children, we watched MST3K's collections of bloopers, Poopie! and Poopie! II. Can YOU say "I don't fink on soul brother" without laughing? Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/177b

It's a paperback! It's an audiobook! It's a paperback! It's an audiobook! STOP ARGUING! My book, 25 MST3K FILMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, is now a paperback AND an audiobook! Download it this instant: dumb-industries.com/audiobooks/t...

It's Charlotte's birthday! Please place any presents you have for her in this thread. Thank you.

Charlotte reports: “So I think Return of the Living Dead may be a cautionary film about why everyone should know some basic carpentry skills. Half the movie is them boarding up the windows and doors. It is a silly film. Still hits the zombie button for me though.”

If you enjoyed our recent look at Stanisław Lem, well, now there's even more on Chris's other podcast. (And there's only some overlap in observations!)

We can't fix everything in the world, but we can talk for a surprisingly long time about forklifts. At long last, our episode on MST3K 310, Fugitive Alien! On your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/177

Pretty sure we get to take all the credit for this one, right?

Our new episode looks at the KMTA version of Fugitive Alien. The MST3K crew have not yet noticed the forklift. Don't worry, they will soon. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/176 or on your podcast app.

New episode! MST3K 211, First Spaceship on Venus, is another movie with an international group of scientists travelling to space and not all of them making it home. But this time we get to talk about Stanisław Lem! And Britney Spears? Listen on your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/175

Our new episode is about MST3K 611, Last of the Wild Horses, and there's something a little different about this one. If only Frank and Trace riffed together more often. (Oh, wait, right, they do that all the time, and it's great!) Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/174

RIP Joe Don Baker, who was an excellent actor! For real. He may not have been happy with MST3K but that’s fine, he had every right to not love puppets making jokes about him. Whomst among us can blame him? Anyway his great career speaks for itself. Rest well JDB.

Just in time, friends! Our Patreon support person was starting the switchover process.

At long last, our episode on #MST3K 511, Gunslinger, is ready to be slung your way! We get to talk about Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, and other women of the Old West. Hee-YA! (Or, YEE-haw. Either way works.) Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/173

Our episode on Gunslinger is a little delayed, but as we wait for Chris's wrist to recover from an RSI, let's celebrate getting through all of RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON! Here's a compilation of all our plot summaries and the relevant segments about Commando Cody & co. Enjoy.

We check out MST3K 110, ROBOT HOLOCAUST (a slice of 80s cheese with some fun creature design) — and bid farewell to RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON. And we talk about Robot Holocaust director Tim Kincaid's other, more interesting work. IYKYK. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/172

Three days left! Donate to good causes (which you are probably doing anyway) and get free laff-laffs. #MST3k

Eight years ago today we released our first episode. Today we will record our 172nd episode. Thank you, listeners. And thank you, MST3K, for pointing us to so many interesting things to talk about over the years.

We look at MST3K 1007, Track of the Moon Beast — and we correct an oversight that we made in our previous episode on The Green Slime. Come for the stew, stay for talk about Bill Finger and his more famous creation. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/171

Well this is convenient, as you wait for our next episode.

Now it can be told: I spent months on an official MST3K graphic novel that end up falling apart for various reasons. One of the many interviews I conducted was with @felicia.day which turned into these three pages by @mikenorton.bsky.social. The one that got away!