Happy Turkey Day! Let’s celebrate with the very first episode of MST3K, which premiered on Thanksgiving 1988! Invaders from the Deep (which is to say, four episodes of Stingray spliced together into a movie) dives after Chris and Charlotte while they flap their lips about Turkey Day, Supermarionation, brief introductions, earnest ecologists, and beer nuts.

Invaders from the Deep (David Lane, 1981 (based on Stingray (1964))): MST3K Wiki. IMDB.

Details about this year’s Turkey Day, which is happening when this podcast goes live.

You can see a print ad for the debut of MST3K on the KTMA era page of The Epicurean History of MST3K.

Our episode on Humanoid Woman.

Phones and Marina over on the Gerry (and presumably Sylvia) Anderson wiki.

Filmed in Supermarionatin (Stephen La Rivière, 2014) is the documentary Chris watched, now available on YouTube.

Our episodes on the test pilot, the first Comedy Channel episode, the first Mike episode, the first Sci-Fi episode, the first Jonah episode, and the first Emily episode.

Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1972).

Beer Nuts.

Support us on Patreon and you can listen to a special bonus bit that was cut for time from this episode.