It’s Just A Show

By Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)

A friendly conversation about the cult tv show Mystery Science Theater 3000, and about its weird movies and diverse cultural references.... more

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It’s Just A Show episodes:

October 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.
Show Notes.
The Castle of Fu Manchu: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV!
An article from 2012 about Joel’s Riff
Camps.
Our Donald Pleasence
shirt!
Our episodes on Master Ninja I and
II.
Howling II: Your Sister Is a
Werewolf.
Raw Meat.
The Royal Canadian Air
Farce.
Christopher Lee: Jingle Hell.
Count Dracula.
Blood Sucking N*zi Zombies
[a.k.a. The Treasure of the Living
Dead].
The Demons.
Jesús Franco
filmography.
Vampire Sound Inc.: The Lions and the
Cucumber.
Sax Rohmer: The Insidious Doctor Fu
Manchu.
Gaddabout Gaddis.
Babe Winkelman.
A Night to Remember.
Campbell’s Kingdom.
Gandhi II.
An in-depth article about the history of heart
transplants.
Or, you know, a pretty and interactive timeline, if that’s more your
speed.
Our episode on The Brain that Wouldn’t
Die.
Kirlian photography [and
the photos we describe].
Bonus.
If you support us on Patreon you can help
us make the show and hear a superfan bonus bit!
...more
1h
October 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.
Show Notes.
Pod People: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV.
Our episode on Robot Monster.
Summer Camp Nightmare.
The Mads are at it again, with a night of shorts and
cartoons on October 20th.
Hapy Donald Pleasence Day (in advance). Our previous DP celebrations: Warrior
of the Lost World, The
Pumaman, Alien from
L.A., and Circus of
Horrors (not Circus of Fear,
whoospie!).
Juan Piquer Simón.
Cthulhu Mansion.
Slugs.
Our episode on Squirm.
Mystery on Monster Island.
Pieces.
We talk about Film Ventures International in our episode on Master Ninja
I.
Librado Pastor work (in
Spanish).
Jurassic 5 ft. Nelly Furtado: Thin
Line.
John Tesh on Roundball Rock.
A reconsideration of new-age
music.
Interview with Stephen Hill of Music from the Hearts of
Space.
The wiki page on new-age music.
Some Music from the Hearts of
Space on YouTube.
We talked about Pure Moods in our episode on
Werewolf.
Galaxy Invader. [The Rifftrax
version seems to no longer be available.]
Beatriz starring Óscar Martín.
The Legendary Life of Ernest
Hemingway with Emilio
Linder.
Louis Delacour, Roger Roger, and Georges Teperino: Musique pour
rire.
Roger Roger and Georges Teperino:
TVMusic.
WHOOPSIE: Mommie Dearest is, of
course, about Joan Crawford. [Sorry, we’re tired.]
Anthony Newley: Goldfinger.
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True
Happiness?
Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday.
Shout Factory has some WKRP in
Cincinnati for you.
We talk about the restoration of the music of WKRP for DVDs in our episode on
Cosmic Princess.
Leslie Nielsen.
And, of course, our episode on Mac and
Me.
Bonus.
If you can, please support us on Patreon
and listen to a bonus segment on karaoke.
...more
1h
September 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.
Show Notes.
Hercules and the Captive Women: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV.
You can watch Chris solve crosswords every morning at 11am Eastern, 8am
Pacific on the Megaphonic Twitch channel.
Our other Labour Day episodes: Hercules Against the Moon
Men, Hercules
Unchained, The Loves of
Hercules.
We talked about Captain
Newfoundland in our episode on
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Plato: Timaeus and
Critias.
Ignatius Donnelly: Atlantis: The Antediluvian
World [and Ragnarok: Age of Fire and
Gravel].
Hercules in the Haunted World
[trailer].
Adam’s pics of Hercules in the Haunted
World.
Richard Strauss: Thus Spoke
Zarathustra.
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna.
Friedrich Nietzsche: Also sprach
Zarathustra.
Our episode on Time of the Apes.
TV Tropes article on the “damsel in
distress”.
Super Mario Bros 2 is less not Mario than you
think.
Cat People [trailer].
On the snake photo.
Bonus.
If you can afford to, please support us on
Patreon. You’ll get to hear some bonus bits
that didn’t quite make the episode, and hang out with us in a friendly
members-only Slack!
...more
55min
August 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.
Show Notes.
Terror from the Year 5000: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
The Tingler [trailer].
The Mads will be riffing Walk the Dark
Street.
Our episode on Robot Monster.
American International Pictures.
The antitrust ruling about movie studios not owning
theaters.
We talk about beach movies in our episode on Catalina
Caper.
The poster for Terror from the Year 5000.
Adam talked about Gamera dubs in our episode on KTMA
Gamera.
A Gamuary marathon on September
1!
Carbon dating 101.
Salome Jens.
Dede Allen.
Thelma Schoonmaker.
One Night in Bangkok.
Arnold Stang.
Henry Slesar.
Knight Rider theme [and a
recent cover].
The chigger text adventure was
Adventureland
by Scott Adams [not the Dilbert guy].
Cooking Shows? Take Your Pick!
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear some bonus bits that had to be cut from the episode.
...more
56min
August 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.
Show Notes.
The Undead: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch unriffed on
ShoutFactoryTV, or riffed on
YouTube!
Our last episode, on The Thing That Couldn’t
Die.
Watch The Tingler with Trace and Frank
riffing, August 18th!
[Tomorrow!]
Fiasco Family Movie Night, now on
Megaphonic! [Adam’s on the recent bonus episode!]
Horror Monsters? Take Your Pick!
Mummy trailer.
Creature Commandos.
Other Roger Corman episodes we’ve covered: It Conquered the
World, Wizards of the Lost
Kingdom, Wizards of the Lost
Kingdom II, and Lords of the
Deep. Also he seems to have come up
in our episode on The Incredible Melting
Man for some reason?
Mask of the Red Death
[trailer].
That Guy Dick Miller.
Demon Knight [trailer].
Billy Barty (as Liberace) on Spike
Jones.
Billy Barty in Bride of
Frankenstein.
Little People of America.
Allison Hayes in Attack of the 50 Foot
Woman.
We talk about Bruno VeSota in our episode on The Wild Wild World of
Batwoman.
Mel Welles was in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
II.
The Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
Ricky’s Embers.
An article on beefalo.
A sexual harrassment PSA.
Ray Nitschke.
Terence.
A Place to Stand.
The Thomas Crown Affair
[trailer].
Theme Squad has some nice albums on their
Bandcamp page.
Beth was on 19th Century Novels? Take Your
Pick!
Our episode on The Skydivers.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a bonus bit about hypnotism!
...more
58min
July 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.
Show Notes.
The Thing That Couldn’t Die: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Glen or Glenda.
The Mads will riff The Tingler on August 18.
Our episodes on the Season 8 arc start with Revenge of the
Creature.
Bud Westmore.
The Lady from the Black Lagoon, and the
book about her.
Dracula (1958).
Our episode on The Brain That Wouldn’t
Die.
Dinosaurus!
The Big Beat.
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death.
Terror Train will be on the
next A Part Of Our Scare-itage.
Hadrian’s poem.
Horror Incorporated.
The Gamesters of Triskelion.
Shore Leave.
Spectre of the Gun.
N. de Morena.
Thomas Doughty.
Maps with California as an island.
A Jackie Collins book.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a bonus bit about other movies with bodiless heads.
...more
1h
July 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!
Show Notes.
Red Zone Cuba: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV.
Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance:
IMDB.
UnMSTed.
The Mads live! riffing Glen or
Glenda, Thursday, June 21st!
(EDIT: It is too late to get free tickets.)
Take Your Pick on video game soundtracks, with
Chris and Adam and lots of cool people.
John Carradine: Night Train to Mundo
Fine.
Tom Weaver interviews Anthony
Cardoza.
Fulgencio Batista.
The Bay of Pigs invasion.
Brigade 2506.
Fidel Castro and Red Zone Cuba (at the bottom of the page).
Night Train.
Be all that you can be.
Pitchblende.
Our bonus bit about Carol Channing, for
those who support us on Patreon.
You’re Not Funny, Chris and Adam’s old podcast.
Twenty Thousand Hertz on Mel Blanc.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to
hear all sorts of bonus bits, including a little bit more about on-stage
posture.
...more
57min
July 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. Coleman Francis. Tony Cardoza. And endless narration, caught in the
wheels of justice.
With the shorts: Money Talks! and Progress Island, U.S.A.
Show Notes.
The Beast of Yucca Flats: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Money Talks!: IMDB.
Progress Island, U.S.A.: IMDB.
Adam’s other podcast, A Part Of Our Scare-itage.
Things [trailer, NSFW].
…Where’s Rodney? That’s what it was.
William Lyon Mackenzie
King.
Benjamin Franklin’s inventions.
Mr. Rogers plays the glass
armonica.
An essay on, uh,
wind.
Last Week Tonight on Puerto Rico.
Fiesta Island.
Tom Weaver interviews Anthony
Cardoza.
Misfit Patrol.
Yucca Flat.
Gene Kauer.
The Water Buffalo
Incident.
Aspen Extreme.
We talked about Things Go Better with Coke in our episode on the KTMA
Gamera.
Ray Mercer.
Blue.
Yves Klein Blue.
Harrison Ford, actor?
Tor Johnson masks.
Bonus.
A little bonus bit about Coleman Francis, dad of the year, is available for
people who support us on Patreon.
...more
1h
June 16, 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 short: Why Study Industrial Arts.
Show Notes.
The Skydivers:
IMDB.
MST3K Wiki. Watch
free on ShoutFactoryTV.
Why Study Industrial Arts: IMDB.
UnMSTed.
We play Jackbox live on Friday nights on
YouTube and
Twitch.
A Coleman Francis overview.
Coleman Francis previously appeared in (our episode on) This Island
Earth.
Night of the Ghouls.
The sequence of spectacularly bad editing that we describe starts around 21:30
into the episode. (Chris slightly misremembered it.)
Our episode on Racket Girls.
Margaret Bourke-White.
Fox De Luxe.
Megaphonic and It’s Just A Show
mugs!
Aeropress.
Adam’s Instagram and his Robocop
costume.
Woodworking videos!
Guitarmaking videos!
Specialeffectsmaking
videos!
Beth’s dinosaur planter, Curtis,
the mascot of Megaphonic FM, was revealed in our episode on Future
War.
HBO Feature Presentation…
…and a making-of documentary.
By-The-Bywater, a terrific podcast about
everything Tolkien.
Weta Digital Effects.
Christo [and Jean-Claude].
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show and hear some
bonus bits!
...more
59min
May 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.
Show Notes.
Phase IV: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki. Trailer.
We’re livestreaming over at YouTube on Fridays and
Saturdays!
Watch Phase IV unriffed on The Criterion
Channel.
The poster for Phase IV.
Tinto Brass.
Saul Bass.
An example of a YouTube minidoc on
Bass.
Saul Bass logos.
Girl Guides/Girl Scouts logo
redesign.
Saul Bass Poster Archive.
The rejected Schindler’s List
poster.
Why Man Creates.
Gyorgy Kepes: Language of Vision.
Prophecies of Nostradamus.
Ken Middleham.
Kurzgesagt on ants and the
Great Ant War.
Phase IV, the other one.
Barry (not Brian) N. Malzberg’s novelization of Phase
IV.
Our episode on Hercules Unchained.
Todd in the Shadows on One Tin
Soldier.
Brian Gascoigne. Desmond
Briscoe, David
Vorhaus.
Asimov’s Robot Detective books.
Dick Spanner, P.I.
The infamous ant pun episode of You’re Not
Funny.
Bonus.
Those of you who support us on Patreon
will be getting a bonus Cryptkeeper or Not!
...more
58min

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