It’s Just A Show

By Adam, Beth, and Chris on MST3K @ Megaphonic.fm

TV & Film Comedy

What's It’s Just A Show about?

A conversation with Mystery Science Theater 3000, in which Adam, Beth, and Chris rewatch episodes of MST3K and then talk about things that come up in each episode: Weird Hollywood, curious history, half-forgotten music, and lots of Donald Pleasence.

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107. The Root of All Relati...

12.28.2021

Jack Frost chills Chris and Adam to the holiday bone, and they try to keep warm by discussing Russian folk tales, a pumpkin Christmas tale, evil stepmothers, scary old women, and Yakov Smirnoff’s love advice.

It’s Just A Show episodes:

12.28.2021 107. The Root of All Relationship Problems. [MST3K 813. Jack Frost.] Jack Frost chills Chris and Adam to the holiday bone, and they try to keep warm by discussing Russian folk tales, a pumpkin Christmas tale, evil stepmothers, scary old women, and Yakov Smirnoff’s love advice.
12.15.2021 106. Not a Sausage. [MST3K 1206. Ator, The Fighting Eagle.] Ator, The Fighting Eagle absolutely refuses to admit to the existence of prehistoric hang-gliders, leaving Adam and Chris with nothing to talk about except Cave Dwellers, Joe D’Amato, prurient films, Rodney Dangerfield, and D&D. [cw: This one got weirdly blue, ...
11.25.2021 105. It’s Thong. [MST3K 301. Cave Dwellers.] Happy Turkey Day! Cave Dwellers hang-glides right into Adam and Chris’s hearts, as they talk about early MST3K experiences, vast tracts of Keeffe, Alan Hale Jr (for some reason), Danny Elfman (again!), and Dave (?) Foley.
11.18.2021 104. Oh No! [MST3K 102. The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.] The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy are too busy fighting to notice Chris and Adam talking about early experiments, serial movies, mummification, mummy movies, and mummy cats. With the Commando Cody short, Radar Men from the Moon, part 1.
10.31.2021 103. She’s So Flexible. [MST3K 908. The Touch of Satan.] The Touch of Satan compels Adam and Chris to mull over spooky movies, harpsichord music, eighteenth-century bad boys, curious products, and… Gorgo?
10.05.2021 102. Pinteresque. [MST3K 522. Teen-age Crime Wave.] Teen-age Crime Wave gets Chris and Adam to talk about strong perfume, claustrophobic films, Tommy Cook trivia, bad kids, and (you guessed it) Donald Pleasence.
09.27.2021 101. The Camera Loves Rondo. [MST3K 702. The Brute Man.] The Brute Man creeps after Adam and Chris, who discuss Manos reactions, Rondo Hatton, early travelogue movies, early chickens, and egg facts. Features the short: The Chicken of Tomorrow.
09.10.2021 100. A Cult Favourite. [MST3K 424. Manos: The Hands of Fate.] In our very special one-hundredth episode, Manos: The Hands of Fate keeps our heroes talking for a long, long time about notorious movies, controversial jazz, weird zeitgeists, stale comics, and exactly what MST3K does that makes us love it so. ...
08.24.2021 99. I Have Enough Friends. [MST3K 423. Bride of the Monster.] Bride of the Monster traps Adam and Chris in the swamp and gets them to monologue about Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, octopuses, and door-to-door sales. Features the short: Hired! Part 1.
08.03.2021 98. Two Terrible Tastes That Somehow Taste Great Together. [MST3K 812. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?] The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? may not be all that Adam and Chris have to contend with this time!!? They talk about Ray Dennis Steckler, Renée Richards, Wendy Carlos, Peter Falk, and the alleged ...
07.19.2021 97. Stuntman On Fire. [MST3K K16. City On Fire.] City On Fire traps Chris and Adam, who are quickly running out of oxygen as they talk about Ava Gardner, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, and Max Headroom.
07.01.2021 96. Down The Freak Flag. [MST3K 811. Parts: The Clonus Horror.] Parts: The Clonus Horror keeps Adam and Chris in a secluded area to get them to talk about clones, clones, clones, clones, and clones.
06.14.2021 95. More Brown’s a-Comin’. [MST3K 1104. Avalanche.] Avalanche finds Chris and Adam drinking cocoa in the ski lodge, talking about disastrous movies, disastrous weather, disastrous managers, disastrous marriages, and disastrous vacations.
05.31.2021 94. A Hate Letter to Wisconsin. [MST3K 810. The Giant Spider Invasion.] The Giant Spider Invasion invite Adam and Chris to come inside, but they roll down a hill and talk about spider puppets, mothers’ friends, gross directors, body snatchers, and baby ducks.
05.09.2021 93. Gangly. [MST3K 111. Moon Zero Two.] Moon Zero Two will strand Adam and Chris on an asteroid if they don’t find something to say about Roy Ward Baker, Hammer films, Don Ellis, space suits, and Power Gloves.
05.01.2021 92. Were You A Teenage Anything? [MST3K 809. I Was A Teenage Werewolf.] I Was A Teenage Werewolf stalks Adam and Chris in the gym, overhearing them talk about teen movies, wolfmen, Michael Landon, Bernard Hermann, and Magic Voice.
04.13.2021 91. No Limousines, No Craft Services. [MST3K 317. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent.] The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent gets all tuckered out trying to say its name, and curls up to listen to Chris and Adam talk about waffles, Roger Corman, ...
03.30.2021 90. The Darkest of Pasts. [MST3K 808. The She-Creature.] The She-Creature lurches unpleasantly towards Chris and Adam, but instead they talk about Alibi, Wings, Manimal, Howard the Duck, and Dorf on Golf.
03.21.2021 89. Fleeting Scenes. [MST3K 421. Monster A Go-Go.] Monster A Go-Go calls up Adam and Chris [rrring rrring!] and asks them about bad twists, anti-endings, cheap solutions, ice treats, and He-Man. With the short, Circus on Ice!
02.28.2021 88. Shirtless the Whole Time. [MST3K 701. Night of the Blood Beast.] Night of the Blood Beast impregnates Chris and Beth with thoughts of new phones, old interiors, friendly aliens, male pregnancy, and Turkey Day marathons.
02.21.2021 87b. Bonus Bits A-Go-Go! We’re only gonna get one real episode out this month, for Reasons. So to tide you over until then, here are a few of our superfan bonus bits—the things we normally just let our most devoted listeners hear. Enjoy, and ...
01.31.2021 87. A Little Dab’ll Do You. [MST3K 316. Gamera vs. Zigra.] Gamera vs. Zigra is back for round two, and Chris and Adam bring in reinforcements like robot reboots, space monsters, peppy marches, living legends, and school projects.
01.24.2021 86. He Protecc, But He Also Attacc... [MST3K K07. Gamera vs. Zigra.] Happy Gamuary! Gamera vs. Zigra takes its first swing at Adam and Chris, who muse about our noisy ocean, some missing Gamera films, Persona 5, encore performances, and New Years Eve.
12.31.2020 85. Clowns in the Wild. [MST3K 422. The Day the Earth Froze.] The Day the Earth Froze offers a Sampo to the team — if they first talk about the Kalevala, Finlandization, Jean Sibelius, Emmett Kelly, and family photos. Also features a short: Here Comes the Circus!
12.18.2020 84. There Was No Way She Was Gonna Win. [MST3K 615. Kitten with a Whip.] Kitten with a Whip meows pitifully at Adam and Chris until they talk about horrifying teens, Ann-Margrock, Elvis Presley, John Forsythe, Doodles Weaver, and Looney Tunes.
11.29.2020 83. Mister Big. [MST3K 523. Village of the Giants.] Village of the Giants towers over Adam and Chris, demanding they talk about Jim Begg, Andy Griffith, Warwick Davis, Bert I. Gordon, and Frank Zappa.
11.22.2020 82. A Spicy Meatball. [MST3K K18. The Million Eyes of Sumuru.] The Million Eyes of Sumuru keep Adam and Chris in their sights while they discuss bad prints, bad movies, bad novels, bad episodes, and best fiends.
10.31.2020 81. Fear and Silliness. [MST3K 320. The Unearthly.] The Unearthly keeps Adam and Chris in the basement, where they can barely talk about shorts, John Carradine, shorts, Tor Johnson, and shorts. Also features the shorts Posture Pals and Appreciating Our Parents!
10.21.2020 80. Friends, Don’t. [MST3K 323. The Castle of Fu Manchu.] The Castle of Fu Manchu forces Chris and Adam to tell them the formula to Chistopher Lee, Jesús Franco, Sax Rohmer, Gandhi II, and, heart transplants.
10.01.2020 79. Normal Bands. [MST3K 303. Pod People.] Pod People, you can do magic things! Including sending Chris and Adam flying around the room, talking about Juan Piquer Simón, Music from Some Guys in Space, Roger Roger, Pee-Wee Herman, and Andy Travis.
09.07.2020 78. Never-Ending Beefcake. [MST3K 412. Hercules and the Captive Women.] Happy Labour Day! Hercules and the Captive Women takes the blood of Uranus and… shipwreck… shapeshifter… other stuff… anyway, it all causes Chris and Adam to think about Atlantis, Proteus, Mario Bava, Mario Mario, and Nastassja Kinski.
08.31.2020 77. Hella Jellyfish. [MST3K 807. Terror from the Year 5000.] Terror from the Year 5000 can’t decide whether to steal Chris’s or Adam’s face. Meanwhile, they talk about The Tingler, American International Pictures, intergalactic vacations, KITT, and chiggers.
08.18.2020 76. Thanks for Being You. [MST3K 806. The Undead.] The Undead follows Chris and Adam back in time, where they talk about The Tingler, Roger Corman, Billy Barty, The Thomas Crown Affair, and (you guessed it) the Cryptkeeper.
07.29.2020 75. Peanut Butter. [MST3K 805. The Thing That Couldn’t Die.] The Thing That Couldn’t Die, using plenty of lip and tongue action, psychically commands Chris and Adam to discuss heterosexuality, horror movies, Emperor Hadrian, the Wild West, and Sir Francis Drake’s cakes.
07.16.2020 74. As Remote and Still as Possible. [MST3K 619. Red Zone Cuba.] Red Zone Cuba lures Adam and Chris to an endless montage of Coleman Francis, Cuban history, Night Train, bad posture, and old jalopies. With the short: Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance!
07.01.2020 73. Known Weirdo. [MST3K 621. The Beast of Yucca Flats.] The Beast of Yucca Flats. How did it get there? Chris and Adam. Two podcasters. Boys from the city. Not yet caught by the whirlwind of progress. Trained to look for topics and talk about them. Benjamin Franklin. Puerto Rico. ...
06.15.2020 72. I Have Fallen Down. [MST3K 609. The Skydivers.] The Skydivers pours hot coffee onto Chris and Adam’s parachutes, but as they plunge to their deaths, they talk about Coleman Francis, Tony Cardoza, the joys of woodworking, fine cups of coffee, and the latest fashions of Hobbiton. With the ...
05.28.2020 71. In the Ant World. [MST3K K09. Phase IV.] Phase IV coats Chris and Adam in yellow and demands that they sing the praises of ants, Saul Bass, advertising, pizza, and pasta.
05.15.2020 70. Found in a Warehouse. [MST3K 1112. Carnival Magic.] There’s a chimp on the loose as Carnival Magic kidnaps Chris and Adam to ask them about that magic moment between the 70s and the 80s, the mysteries of Al Adamson, lost pornography, unnamed directors, and chimps ahoy!
04.30.2020 69. Nice. [MST3K 622. Angels Revenge.] Even though Angels Revenge is out to stop Chris and Adam from pushing their wares, they manage to talk about all the great stars: Jack Palance, Pat Buttrum, Jim Backus, Johnny Wadd, and Stanley Kubrick!
04.26.2020 68. The Pace of Space. [MST3K 401. Space Travelers.] Adam and Chris, marooned inside their homes as they wait out a pandemic, imagine they are Space Travelers. It doesn’t go so well, and so they close their eyes and think of the vastness of space, Gene Hackman, Bruce Willis, ...
03.21.2020 67. A Very Basic Thing. [MST3K 1012. Squirm.] Squirm seems to have already eaten Adam, so Beth rushes in to help Chris escape through worms, egg creams, Georgia, antiques, and a surprising lack of springs. For this episode also features a short: A Case of Spring Fever. No ...
03.11.2020 66. Ninja Touchstones. [MST3K 324. Master Ninja II.] Master Ninja II appears from the shadows to attack Chris and Adam once again as they consider ninjas, Lee van Cleef, It’s a Living, Sapphire & Steel, Milton Berle, and Tales from the Crypt.
02.29.2020 65. It’s a Nice Suit. [MST3K 322. Master Ninja I.] Master Ninja I, a “movie” that is just two episodes of failed 1984 Timothy Van Patten and Lee Van Cleef ninja-’em-up tv show The Master, leaps at Chris and Adam this Leap Day to overhear them talking about karate kids, ...
02.13.2020 64. Casablanca on a Whim. [MST3K 822. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.] Overdrawn at the Memory Bank dopples into the network to ask Adam and Chris to interface with Raul Julia, Doctor Who, Casablanca, tote bags, and anteaters. And remember, podcasts like this wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you.
01.30.2020 63. A Monster I’d Want to Date. [MST3K 308. Gamera vs. Gaos.] Gamuary continues as Gamera vs. Gaos causes Chris and Adam to reflect on all the Gamera villains that might have been: the octopus one, the snake one, the ice one, the other ice one, and the one covered in question ...
01.20.2020 62. Pappy’s Tired. [MST3K K06. Gamera vs. Gaos.] Happy Gamuary! Sorry if we’re a little late to the party—it’s just that the KTMA episode of Gamera vs. Gaos really threw us for a loop. Adam and Chris try to recombobulate themselves by reminiscing about the joys of Christmas ...
12.24.2019 61. We Never Got to Play. [MST3K 321. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.] Let’s have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians gathers Chris and Adam round to sing carols about Pia Zadora, Vince Guaraldi, Donald Pleasence, Milton Delugg, and, you guessed it, Patrick Swayze. Happy holidays, whatever you do ...
12.13.2019 60. Going On and Going Nowhere. [MST3K 515. The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.] What’s this?! The Wild Wild World of Batwoman has forced our heroes, Chris and Adam, to dance the Batusi? Can our heroes find enough topics to distract it so they can make an escape? Tune in as they discuss the ...
11.27.2019 59. I Am Thinking: Oh No. [MST3K 508. Operation Double 007.] Operation Double 007, a.k.a. Operation Kid Brother, reads Chris and Adam’s lips as they discuss James Bond, Moneypenny, M, Ennio Morricone, and Jessye Norman. Happy Turkey Day!

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It’s Just A Show episodes:

107. The Root of All Relationship Problems. [MST3K 813. Jack Frost.]

106. Not a Sausage. [MST3K 1206. Ator, The Fighting Eagle.]

105. It’s Thong. [MST3K 301. Cave Dwellers.]

104. Oh No! [MST3K 102. The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.]

103. She’s So Flexible. [MST3K 908. The Touch of Satan.]

102. Pinteresque. [MST3K 522. Teen-age Crime Wave.]

101. The Camera Loves Rondo. [MST3K 702. The Brute Man.]

100. A Cult Favourite. [MST3K 424. Manos: The Hands of Fate.]

99. I Have Enough Friends. [MST3K 423. Bride of the Monster.]

98. Two Terrible Tastes That Somehow Taste Great Together. [MST3K 812. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?]

97. Stuntman On Fire. [MST3K K16. City On Fire.]

96. Down The Freak Flag. [MST3K 811. Parts: The Clonus Horror.]

95. More Brown’s a-Comin’. [MST3K 1104. Avalanche.]

94. A Hate Letter to Wisconsin. [MST3K 810. The Giant Spider Invasion.]

93. Gangly. [MST3K 111. Moon Zero Two.]

92. Were You A Teenage Anything? [MST3K 809. I Was A Teenage Werewolf.]

91. No Limousines, No Craft Services. [MST3K 317. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent.]

90. The Darkest of Pasts. [MST3K 808. The She-Creature.]

89. Fleeting Scenes. [MST3K 421. Monster A Go-Go.]

88. Shirtless the Whole Time. [MST3K 701. Night of the Blood Beast.]

87b. Bonus Bits A-Go-Go!

87. A Little Dab’ll Do You. [MST3K 316. Gamera vs. Zigra.]

86. He Protecc, But He Also Attacc... [MST3K K07. Gamera vs. Zigra.]

85. Clowns in the Wild. [MST3K 422. The Day the Earth Froze.]

84. There Was No Way She Was Gonna Win. [MST3K 615. Kitten with a Whip.]

83. Mister Big. [MST3K 523. Village of the Giants.]

82. A Spicy Meatball. [MST3K K18. The Million Eyes of Sumuru.]

81. Fear and Silliness. [MST3K 320. The Unearthly.]

80. Friends, Don’t. [MST3K 323. The Castle of Fu Manchu.]

79. Normal Bands. [MST3K 303. Pod People.]

78. Never-Ending Beefcake. [MST3K 412. Hercules and the Captive Women.]

77. Hella Jellyfish. [MST3K 807. Terror from the Year 5000.]

76. Thanks for Being You. [MST3K 806. The Undead.]

75. Peanut Butter. [MST3K 805. The Thing That Couldn’t Die.]

74. As Remote and Still as Possible. [MST3K 619. Red Zone Cuba.]

73. Known Weirdo. [MST3K 621. The Beast of Yucca Flats.]

72. I Have Fallen Down. [MST3K 609. The Skydivers.]

71. In the Ant World. [MST3K K09. Phase IV.]

70. Found in a Warehouse. [MST3K 1112. Carnival Magic.]

69. Nice. [MST3K 622. Angels Revenge.]

68. The Pace of Space. [MST3K 401. Space Travelers.]

67. A Very Basic Thing. [MST3K 1012. Squirm.]

66. Ninja Touchstones. [MST3K 324. Master Ninja II.]

65. It’s a Nice Suit. [MST3K 322. Master Ninja I.]

64. Casablanca on a Whim. [MST3K 822. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.]

63. A Monster I’d Want to Date. [MST3K 308. Gamera vs. Gaos.]

62. Pappy’s Tired. [MST3K K06. Gamera vs. Gaos.]

61. We Never Got to Play. [MST3K 321. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.]

60. Going On and Going Nowhere. [MST3K 515. The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.]

59. I Am Thinking: Oh No. [MST3K 508. Operation Double 007.]