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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May 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!
Show Notes.
Carnival Magic: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
The Fiasco Brothers Watch a Movie has had Adam on as a guest a few
times.
Kindred: The Embraced.
Cal Worthington ads:
1,
2,
3. [Thanks, Pat!]
Family Auto Mart ads.
John Holmes.
MST3K LIVE Social Distancing Riff-Along
Special.
Our special episode about The Great Cheesy Movie Circus
Tour.
Patton Oswalt on Matt Oswalt’s reaction to this
movie.
On the rediscovery of Carnival
Magic.
Carnival Magic on Blu-Ray/DVD.
Chris’s literary podcast, The Spouter-Inn, tackles Great
Expectations.
Our episode on Girl in Gold Boots.
A news article about Al Adamson’s
death.
Adam’s CanCon horror movie podcast covered
Scanners, Scanner
Cop, Scanners
II, and Scanners
III.
Doctor Who fans saving the day.
Shada.
Catch My Soul.
Lon Cheney in London After
Midnight.
List of Lost Films.
Him.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood
Burn.
George Spelvin.
Wadd: The Life and Times of John C.
Holmes. [Directorial crediting
still confusing.]
Our episode on Time of the Apes
with the segment about the ape movies.
Link.
Shakma.
I Created Lancelot Link.
Bonus.
Support us on Patreon and hear a bonus bit
with more Smithee history.
...more
1h
April 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!
Show Notes.
Angels Revenge: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV.
Claude Akins stars as Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film.
Stay tuned to our Twitter or subscribe to
the Megaphonic YouTube account to watch us
stream Jackbox!
ST:TMP:THM.
Chris’s old band The Minor Thirds had a song called The Angel’s
Revenge, named
after this episode.
Without Warning.
Joysticks.
The Uninvited.
Skidoo.
We talked about Jack Palance in our episode on
Outlaw.
Gene Autry and Pat Buttram: Sam’s
Song.
We didn’t talk much about Alan Hale Jr. in our episode on The Crawling
Hand.
Arthur Godfrey and Julius
LaRosa.
Arthur Godfrey: What Is a Boy?
and What Is a Girl?
Tweets from Kliph Nesteroff, showbiz
historian.
Aaron Spelling’s house.
RetroReport has a good short history of the War on
Drugs.
The interview with Nixon aide John
Ehrlichman; the
[tl;dr]().
Kidney disease entitlements:
short and
long versions.
Johnny Wadd.
Dean Cundy.
My Life as a Nielsen Family, from 1997, and another from
2015.
You’ll Never Make Love in This Town Again.
Robin Greer and Sarah Reinhardt: The Hollywood
Handbook.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a bonus bit about another Aaron Spelling show of note.
...more
1h
April 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,
some shady producers, and some shady comedians.
Show Notes.
Space Travelers [a.k.a Marooned]:
IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
“Weird Paul” Petroskey.
We talk about Rocketship X-M on our
very first episode! We were so young.
For All Mankind. [Not For All
Mankind.]
Charlie Brooker segment on Bruce
Willis.
Robie Robinson. Not Robie
Robinson.
Our episode on The Deadly Mantis.
The Finder of Lost Loves
opening credits.
Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross: Finder of Lost
Loves.
We talk about Film Ventures International when we discussed Master Ninja
I.
Edward L. Montoro.
Juan Piquer Simón.
Pieces. [trailer, NSFW, and
pretty gory!]
Great White. [trailer]
Grizzly. [trailer]
Nick Bakay.
We talk about Night After Night with Allan Havey in our episode on the KTMA
Gamera vs. Gaos.
J. Elvis Weinstein on Comedy on
Vinyl.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hang out with us on the Megaphonic member Slack!
...more
59min
March 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
springs!
[Also, we don’t mention it, but today’s our third birthday.]
Show Notes.
Squirm: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
A Case of Spring Fever: IMDB.
UnMSTed.
Subscribe to It’s Just A Show on YouTube?
Bill Conti: Gonna Fly Now.
Our episode on Catalina Caper.
A nasty worm.
The worms of Waitomo cave, New Zealand.
A history of the egg cream.
Fox’s U-Bet.
Vicki Lawrence: The Night the Lights Went Out in
Georgia.
The Night the Lights Went Out in
Georgia [trailer].
Tanya Tucker: The Night the Lights Went Out in
Georgia.
Our episode on Hamlet.
Lottery! [opening credits]
New York City?!
Fly River, New York.
Jean Beaudrillard on
antiquing.
That New York Times article on 70s
antiquing.
“Weird Paul” Petroskey: Website,
YouTube,
Bandcamp.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to
hear the complete hamster story.
...more
56min
March 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.
Show Notes.
Master Ninja II: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki. Watch via
ShoutFactoryTV.
Adam and Chris discussed improv on their old podcast, You’re Not
Funny.
Conveyor belt sushi.
RetroReport on Biosphere 2.
Frank Frazetta.
We talk about the music to Patton in our episode on Alien from
L.A.
3 Ninjas [trailer].
Godfrey Ho.
Ninja Terminator [trailer].
Ninja III: The Domination
[trailer].
Our episode on Zombie Nightmare.
Bouncer vs.
Tapper.
Gung Ho [trailer].
Robocop 3 [trailer].
Our episode on It Conquered the
World.
The Commander [trailer].
Lee van Cleef [obituary].
Our episode on Teenagers from Outer
Space.
The Man from Hong Kong
[trailer].
The Second Hundred Years.
The Band on the Run cover.
Raw Meat [trailer].
Our episodes on King Dinosaur and
Starcrash.
Adam and Chris talked about the Cryptkeeper a few times on You’re Not
Funny, starting with the episode on
puns.
Tales of the River
Bank.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
you can hear a bonus bit from this episode about other, better action-oriented
tv shows from the 80s.
...more
1h
February 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, film
ventures, middling families, swamped things, and wheelchair dancing.
Show Notes.
Master Ninja I: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
The Jet Benny Show.
The Lathe of Heaven.
The Master DVD box set.
From Grizzly to Great White: The Death of Film Ventures
International.
Dick van Patten, his sister
Joyce, his wife
Patricia, their kids,
Vincent,
Nels, and
James, and then there’s
Timothy.
Hell Night indeed features
Linda Blair.
Swamp Thing has a fan wiki,
of course.
We talked about Swamp Thing in our episode on Cosmic
Princess.
Swamp Thing cares about
littering.
Stephen J. Cannell’s vanity
card.
We talked about Casablanca in our episode on Overdrawn at the Memory
Bank.
Contraceptive Comeback: The Maligned IUD Gets a Second
Chance.
How to Make a Ninja Impact Smoke Bomb.
An example of wheelchair
dancing.
Return to Horror High.
Bloody Birthday.
The freeware photo-editing software with the terrible
name.
Bill Conti.
The Master theme song.
Karl Michael Demer.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a bonus bit with a weird Eight Is Enough factoid.
...more
1h
February 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.
Show Notes.
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
We discussed writing into shows on our episode on the KTMA Gamera vs.
Gaos.
Apparently people are still posting on
alt.tv.mst3k?
Please give generously to our Patreon. We
thank you.
[Update: It is Apollonia James, after all.]
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven.
John Varley: The Persistence of Vision contains the
original Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
Kate Bush: Deeper
Understanding.
László
Kovács
is not Victor Laszlo.
Caboblanco. [trailer]
Hitler’s Canadians. [IMDB]
The complicated history of Fraggle Rock’s
production. [Edited by Nate
Begle, who performs Crow on the tour, whaaaat?]
Linda Griffiths: Maggie and Pierre.
The Mystery Science Theater
Hour [on the
MST3K Wiki].
Hey, have you considered helping us make the
show? That would be sweet of you.
The PBS weird face logo.
The Spouter-Inn tote bag.
There’s also an It’s Just A Show tote bag.
Or hey, look at our other merch!
“Fun” facts about anteaters.
Bonus.
Thank you for indulging us—and supporting
us! In addition to helping us make the
show, you can hear a bonus bit about animal documentaries.
...more
58min
January 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 marks.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Gaos: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
The Jet Benny Show. [IMDB]
Gilligan’s Planet. [title
sequence]
Laverne and Shirley in the
Army. [title sequence]
The WikiTravel guide to Corner Brook,
Newfoundland.
Song of Gamera. [I couldn’t
find a translation video.]
Maguma.
Gamera vs. Garasharp.
Manda.
We discuss Barugon vs Baragon in this episode on Gamera vs.
Barugon.
Gamera vs. the Ice Men.
Allen and Rossi. [clip]
Top Secret! [trailer]
Adam and Chris on puns.
Lou
Bega.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a superfan bonus bit where we reveal our plans for saving the world from
Gaos.
...more
58min
January 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
past, beautiful film prints, fountains of blood, robot puberty, and second-rate Gamera songs.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Gaos: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Previous Gamuary instalments: Gamera vs. Barugon:
CC,
KTMA; Gamera:
KTMA,
CC.
Scud: The Disposable Assassin.
Lou Harry: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: The
Novel.
Alfred Chicken Phone Message.
Night after Night with Allan
Havey.
Some Tugboat.
You can get a sense of the way the movie is supposed to look by watching the
trailer.
High-pressure
Blood on TV
Tropes.
We discussed Evil Dead II in our episode on The Crawling
Hand.
Björk: Bachelorette.
Aretha Franklin: There is a Fountain Filled with
Blood.
Spirograph.
The peppy ending song.
Oh hey: Our house band Theme Squad has a new collection of instrumentals
out! Check
it out.
Bonus.
Support It‘s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a bonus bit about something!
...more
1h
December 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 or don’t celebrate!
Content warning: Contains sensitive information about Santa which you may not
want your young children to overhear.
Show Notes.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians:
IMDb. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
ShoutFactoryTV!
Oh, we forgot to mention it, but Chris was on a special holiday party episode
of This Is Your Mixtape! Check it out,
it’s sweet.
Our previous holiday episodes on Santa
Claus and
Gamera.
Santa Claus: The Movie.
Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic also did this movie.
Rifftrax indeed did Santa and the Ice Cream
Bunny.
Pia Zadora defends her controversial
win.
Meshulam Riklis
obituary.
Butterfly.
The Lonely Lady.
Black Christmas.
The Happy Tree awakens…
Captain Newfoundland. [And an
update.]
A mashup.
Darlene Love: Christmas (Baby Please Come
Home).
The Cryptkeeper: Have Yourself a Scary Little
Christmas.
Our episode on The Starfighters.
Road House.
Rifftrax does Road House
[twice].
Kevin Smith does Road House.
Jeff Healey: Angel Eyes.
Rip Taylor obituary.
Kids in the Hall: Chalet 2000.
Rip Torn obituary.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to make
our spirits bright. (And to hear a bonus bit from this episode!)
...more
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