It’s Just A Show

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

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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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05.05.2022

A new season of MST3K emerges, offering Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, which asks Beth and Chris if it may enter to talk with them about lurid colours, luchadors, vampires, cognac, and cemeteries.

It’s Just A Show episodes:

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!
11.11.2019 58b. He, Too, Has Legs. [MST3K Live! The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour, featuring Circus of Horrors and No Retreat, No Surrender.] In this very special episode, Chris tells Adam all about going to see MST3K Live! The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour. Spoilers abound, so if you are hoping to see the live shows (which you should!) you might want to ...
10.25.2019 58. Black Licorice and Cloves. [MST3K 106. The Crawling Hand.] The Crawling Hand creeps up on all fours towards Adam and Chris as they discuss dead astronauts, dismembered hands, emotional actors, verbal birds, and painful cereals.
10.05.2019 57. You Can Afford Donald Pleasence. [MST3K 516. Alien from L.A.] Alien from L.A. tries to sell big-boned surface-dwellers Beth and Adam as they talk about Donald “It’s my birthday!” Pleasence, Kathy “Three syllables???" Ireland, Angela “I’d give anything to see my dad again” Pleasence, Menahem “I once worked with DP” ...
09.20.2019 56. Turn Up the Oil. [MST3K K20. The Last Chase.] Beth is missing—so Adam and Chris are on The Last Chase, dodging public transit, six-million-dollar men, evil penguins, the music of Mars, and twenty-year-old cans of Coke.
09.02.2019 55. The Ultimate Boomer. [MST3K 1108. The Loves of Hercules.] Happy Labour Day! Adam and Beth celebrate the original dodecalabourer by exploring The Loves of Hercules—including Jayne Mansfield, Loni Anderson, old smurfs, marble columns, and Eddie Vedder.
08.24.2019 54. Thoughts about Stucco. [MST3K 1203. Lords of the Deep.] Lords of the Deep sinks Adam and Beth’s hopes at completely overcoming their Summer of Technical Difficulties. On this episode, we encounter undersea aliens, Roger Constantius Corman, Three’s Company, Fantastic Voyages, and kombucha cocktails.
08.07.2019 53c. Muddy and Filthy. [2nd Annual Summer Blockbuster Review.] Our Summer of Technical Difficulties hopefully comes to an end with the final movie speical, the 2nd Annual Summer Blockbuster Review! Do the summer hits of 1998 hold up twenty-one years later? Only Beth and Adam are allowed to decide.
07.22.2019 53b. Cockroaches and Spiders. [Academy of Robots’ Choice Awards Special.] Our Summer of Technical Difficulties continues with a look at the Academy of Robots’ Choice Awards Special! Mike and the Bots once again preview the Oscars. Do their hot takes hold up? Do the Academy’s? Beth and Adam make the ...
07.01.2019 53. The Snaggletoothed Frodo. [MST3K 910. The Final Sacrifice.] Happy Canada Day! The Final Sacrifice is on the hunt for Beth and Adam, so they explore the Great White North talking about Jon Mikl Thor, The Red Green Show, Ed the Sock, Mike Myers, and other milestones in Canadian ...
06.20.2019 52b. Death and Longing. [The 1st Annual Summer Blockbuster Review.] Our Summer of Technical Difficulties continues with a look at The 1st Annual Summer Blockbuster Review! Mike and the Bots had their turn talking about the biggest movies of 1997, so why not Adam and Beth? They reminisce about The ...
06.12.2019 52. Amoral Philosophy. [MST3K 519. Outlaw.] Outlaw [of Gor] shows a lot of flesh in the hopes that Beth and Adam will visit its planet with tales of dubious philosophers, stunt directors, call-girl rackets, one-handed push-ups, and disgusting worms!
05.28.2019 51b. Sentimentality and Familiarity. [MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special.] Beth and Adam are experiencing a Summer of Technical Difficulties, so they’ve lined up some Very Special Special Specials! First up is the MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special, a rundown of all the great Academy Award–nominated films fo 1994—including ...
05.13.2019 51. Wet-behind-the-ears-ness. [MST3K 112. Untamed Youth.] Untamed Youth finds Beth and Adam guilty of loitering with Mamie van Doren, Eddie Cochran, Lurene Tuttle, Les Baxter, and Greg Brady.
04.29.2019 50. Horror, Punishment, Redemption. [MST3K. 610. The Violent Years.] The Violent Years celebrates our fiftieth (!) episode by treating Beth and Adam to some Ed Wood, old-timey titillation, new country, squishy electronics, and uncanny dummies. Includes a short: Young Man’s Fancy!
04.15.2019 49. You Get Concussions. [MST3K 616. Racket Girls.] Racket Girls ogles Adam and Beth as they wrestle over favourite episodes, stock footage auteurs, foxy boxing, Lisa Loeb, and so many Stooges. Includes a short: Are You Ready for Marriage?
03.29.2019 48. The Cleanliness and Tightness. [MST3K 510. The Painted Hills.] The Painted Hills moderates as Beth and Adam debate about good dogs, messy dogs, gold logs, backwards gods, and the need for clean. Includes a short: Body Care and Grooming.
03.18.2019 47. Let’s Start Again and Do It Right This Time. [MST3K 1103. The Time Travelers.] The Time Travelers walk through a time screen to time Beth and Adam as they talk about cuddle parties, pink androids, not-quite-mutants, mangled endings, and other purgatories.
03.02.2019 46. Nothing Really Changes. [MST3K 821. Time Chasers.] Time Chasers will follow Beth and Adam anywhere, anywhen, in order to hear them talk about ancient aliens, altered timelines, alternative transportation, altercations on the high seas, and beautiful Vermont.
02.11.2019 45. The Rise of Geodesic Domes. [MST3K 1204. The Day Time Ended.] The Day Time Ended quietly turns on the light for Beth and Adam so they can talk about 1970s sci-fi, 1970s patriarchs, 1970s Bands, 1970s couches, and 1880s pizza.
01.22.2019 44. So Much Running and Falling Down. [MST3K K10. Cosmic Princess.] Cosmic Princess tries to make one host by editing together Beth and Adam, who report on the thirtieth anniversary of this MST3K episode, the thirtieth anniversary of Super Bowl XXIII, the twentieth anniversary of Space: 1999, the twentieth anniversary of ...
01.10.2019 43. Turtle Frolics. [MST3K 302. Gamera.] Happy Gamuary! The original Gamera emerges to listen to Beth and Adam explain all about turtle pets, turtle food, turtle myths, turtle fanciers, and a quartet of adolescent turtle warriors.
12.22.2018 42. The Original Rodney Dangerfield. [MST3K K05. Gamera.] Gamuary in December‽ It’s a Christmas miracle, as Gamera flies in with presents for Beth and Adam, who get festive with coke ads, rat kings, world peace, excessive colours, and Christmas trees.
12.03.2018 41. The Best America Has to Offer. [MST3K 1201. Mac and Me.] Mac and Me will drill holes into Beth and Adam’s living rooms if they don’t talk about product placement, Coca-Cola™, America™, McDonald’s™, and Steven Spielberg™.
11.21.2018 40. Grandfather Clocks in Drag. [MST3K 1114. At the Earth’s Core.] At the Earth’s Core drills Beth and Adam about endurance tests, mesmerizing actors, overwrought styles, long-lasting ideologies, and deep-seated commitments.
11.12.2018 39. Go Big or Go Home. [MST3K: The Movie, featuring This Island Earth.] This Island Earth rams its ovipositor down Beth and Adam’s throats (but it’s not an alien!) during an awkward dinner party exchange about interocitors, interfering studios, interplanetary strife, interloping cats, and international space research.
10.29.2018 38. A Pizza Being Made in Real Time. [MST3K 704. The Incredible Melting Man.] The Incredible Melting Man keeps an eye out for Adam and Beth as they talk about horror movies, horror comedies, horror effects, horrors in space, and horror stories from Hollywood.
10.15.2018 37. Nothing Gets Away From Physics. [MST3K 107. Robot Monster.] Robot Monster wants to be like the hu-man, to laugh like the hu-man. Will Adam and Beth help? Or will they whisper about childhood dreams, rocket backpacks, commie slander, déjà vu, and bumbling bees. And some shorts: Radar Men from ...
10.02.2018 36. Donald Pleasence is Always Hypnotic. [MST3K 903. The Pumaman.] The Pumaman leaps awkwardly towards Beth and Adam, asking them to reveal the truth about Donald Pleasence, anti-fascists, ancient aliens, dinky synth tunes, and how to fly.
09.13.2018 35. There’s Still Money to Be Made in Tragedy. [MST3K 1002. Girl in Gold Boots.] Girl in Gold Boots shimmies as Beth and Adam kick about castle dwellers, caged dancers, creepy discotheques, crushed dreams, and child-rearing demonstrations.
09.01.2018 34. A Mythmash. [MST3K 408. Hercules Unchained.] Hercules Unchained forgets all about Adam and Beth as they discuss fierce eyebrows, Greek drama, Hulk colours, creepy kitchens, and the Hellenistic ideal.
08.15.2018 33. Shaggy Little Baggies. [MST3K 204. Catalina Caper.] Catalina Caper hosts a Tupperware party for Beth and Adam, where they chat about going to the beach, ghosts in their bikinis, grooving with your booty, gay guys in back alleys, and giving it a burp.
07.30.2018 32. The Local Skeezeballs. [MST3K 1111. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.] Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II casts a spell on Beth and Adam to reveal all about heroes, horndogs, homosociality, homicides, and hocus pocus.
07.11.2018 31. Beverly Hills 9021Wizard. [MST3K 1110. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.] Wizards of the Lost Kingdom seeks out Beth and Adam for recycled clips, recycled music, creepy seductions, kept crypts, and ambiguous colours.
06.27.2018 30. Let’s Make It Work. [MST3K. 703. Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.] Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell deathstalks Adam and Bethstalker as they deathtalk about fonts, swords, sorcery, batches, and Ren Faires. Huzzah!
06.12.2018 29. The Matlock Defense. [MST3K K17. Time of the Apes.] Time of the Apes jumps forward in time to hear Beth and Adam discuss alternate edits, timelines without Joel, circus music, freezer burns, and Barry ZeVan [the weatherman].
05.30.2018 28. Apes Is Apes. [MST3K 306. Time of the Apes.] Time of the Apes dubs over Beth and Adam as they investigate apes, damn dirty apes, naked apes, humble country apes, and owls.
05.11.2018 27. Emmanuelle in Flight. [MST3K 612. The Starfighters.] The Starfighters puts fuel back in Beth and Adam so they can discuss boogers, boozers, fighters, killers, and choristers.
04.25.2018 26. A More Romantic Alternative. [MST3K 509. The Girl in Lovers Lane.] The Girl in Lovers Lane drifts into town and asks Beth and Adam about hoboes, littler hoboes, homosociality, character actors, and promotional toilet seats.
04.12.2018 25. Don’t Eat the Good Bug. [MST3K 804. The Deadly Mantis.] The Deadly Mantis emerges from the ice to ask Beth and Adam about bug-eyed monsters, bug-eyed bugs, bloody-minded militarists, stop-motion brains, and bomb-loving mutants.
03.24.2018 24b. Our First Anniversary Spectacular! Producer Chris invites Beth and Adam to look back over the 24 episodes of MST3K we’ve watched in the past year. Which movie would they watch unMSTed? Which episode was the best? Which monster is the ginchiest? And what did ...
03.14.2018 24. Every Framing Device a Painting. [MST3K 803. The Mole People.] The Mole People gets Beth and Adam to recite an epic of hollow-earth theories, the Epic of Gilgamesh, celebrity cameos, mushrooms, and astronauts of note.
02.26.2018 23. You’ve Got to Kill a Man. [MST3K 802. The Leech Woman.] The Leech Woman picks Beth and Adam’s brains about lecherous men, older women, alcoholics, unpleasant co-workers, and anything but leeches.
02.14.2018 22. Respective Blowhole. [MST3K 801. Revenge of the Creature.] Revenge of the Creature tries to steal Beth and Adam's hearts with talk of Gill-Man, Guillermo del Toro–Man, Marineland-Man, Henry Mancini-Man, and a new Crow-Man T. Robot-Man.
01.31.2018 21. It’s Just A Tongue. [MST3K K04. Gamera vs. Barugon.] Gamera vs. Barugon once again drizzles Beth and Adam with destructive rainbows, so they discuss janky robots, imperialism, kid-friendly adult films, tongues, tongues, and banana oil. Happy Gamuary!
01.19.2018 20. Toy Show. [MST3K 304. Gamera vs. Barugon.] Happy Gamuary! Gamera vs. Barugon fight while Beth and Adam talk about Godzilla, Princess Mononoke, Baragon, Skeletor, and My Little Pony.
12.24.2017 19. Money and Weapons. [MST3K 521. Santa Claus.] Ho ho ho! Santa Claus gathers Beth and Adam by the yule log to discuss all things Christmas, like Citizen Kane, Batman, Pee-wee‘s Playhouse, Home Alone, and Hellraiser.

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It’s Just A Show episodes:

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.]

58b. He, Too, Has Legs. [MST3K Live! The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour, featuring Circus of Horrors and No Retreat, No Surrender.]

58. Black Licorice and Cloves. [MST3K 106. The Crawling Hand.]

57. You Can Afford Donald Pleasence. [MST3K 516. Alien from L.A.]

56. Turn Up the Oil. [MST3K K20. The Last Chase.]

55. The Ultimate Boomer. [MST3K 1108. The Loves of Hercules.]

54. Thoughts about Stucco. [MST3K 1203. Lords of the Deep.]

53c. Muddy and Filthy. [2nd Annual Summer Blockbuster Review.]

53b. Cockroaches and Spiders. [Academy of Robots’ Choice Awards Special.]

53. The Snaggletoothed Frodo. [MST3K 910. The Final Sacrifice.]

52b. Death and Longing. [The 1st Annual Summer Blockbuster Review.]

52. Amoral Philosophy. [MST3K 519. Outlaw.]

51b. Sentimentality and Familiarity. [MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special.]

51. Wet-behind-the-ears-ness. [MST3K 112. Untamed Youth.]

50. Horror, Punishment, Redemption. [MST3K. 610. The Violent Years.]

49. You Get Concussions. [MST3K 616. Racket Girls.]

48. The Cleanliness and Tightness. [MST3K 510. The Painted Hills.]

47. Let’s Start Again and Do It Right This Time. [MST3K 1103. The Time Travelers.]

46. Nothing Really Changes. [MST3K 821. Time Chasers.]

45. The Rise of Geodesic Domes. [MST3K 1204. The Day Time Ended.]

44. So Much Running and Falling Down. [MST3K K10. Cosmic Princess.]

43. Turtle Frolics. [MST3K 302. Gamera.]

42. The Original Rodney Dangerfield. [MST3K K05. Gamera.]

41. The Best America Has to Offer. [MST3K 1201. Mac and Me.]

40. Grandfather Clocks in Drag. [MST3K 1114. At the Earth’s Core.]

39. Go Big or Go Home. [MST3K: The Movie, featuring This Island Earth.]

38. A Pizza Being Made in Real Time. [MST3K 704. The Incredible Melting Man.]

37. Nothing Gets Away From Physics. [MST3K 107. Robot Monster.]

36. Donald Pleasence is Always Hypnotic. [MST3K 903. The Pumaman.]

35. There’s Still Money to Be Made in Tragedy. [MST3K 1002. Girl in Gold Boots.]

34. A Mythmash. [MST3K 408. Hercules Unchained.]

33. Shaggy Little Baggies. [MST3K 204. Catalina Caper.]

32. The Local Skeezeballs. [MST3K 1111. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.]

31. Beverly Hills 9021Wizard. [MST3K 1110. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.]

30. Let’s Make It Work. [MST3K. 703. Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.]

29. The Matlock Defense. [MST3K K17. Time of the Apes.]

28. Apes Is Apes. [MST3K 306. Time of the Apes.]

27. Emmanuelle in Flight. [MST3K 612. The Starfighters.]

26. A More Romantic Alternative. [MST3K 509. The Girl in Lovers Lane.]

25. Don’t Eat the Good Bug. [MST3K 804. The Deadly Mantis.]

24b. Our First Anniversary Spectacular!

24. Every Framing Device a Painting. [MST3K 803. The Mole People.]

23. You’ve Got to Kill a Man. [MST3K 802. The Leech Woman.]

22. Respective Blowhole. [MST3K 801. Revenge of the Creature.]

21. It’s Just A Tongue. [MST3K K04. Gamera vs. Barugon.]

20. Toy Show. [MST3K 304. Gamera vs. Barugon.]

19. Money and Weapons. [MST3K 521. Santa Claus.]