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

4

4848 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about It’s Just A Show:

How many episodes does It’s Just A Show have?

The podcast currently has 209 episodes available.

It’s Just A Show episodes:

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
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

FAQs about It’s Just A Show:

How many episodes does It’s Just A Show have?

The podcast currently has 209 episodes available.

More shows like It’s Just A Show

Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

78,338 Listeners

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast by Marc Maron

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

30,076 Listeners

How Did This Get Made? by Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas

How Did This Get Made?

23,045 Listeners

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds by All Things Comedy

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

18,294 Listeners

The Dana Gould Hour by Dana Gould

The Dana Gould Hour

2,027 Listeners

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review by Shat on Entertainment

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

1,434 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

87,149 Listeners

SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K by SoL-Mates

SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K

43 Listeners

Lovett or Leave It by Crooked Media

Lovett or Leave It

25,131 Listeners

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back by 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

556 Listeners

You’re Not Funny by Adam Clarke and Chris Piuma

You’re Not Funny

1 Listeners

And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Adam Clarke

And Thereby Hangs A Tale

1 Listeners

Behind the Bastards by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Behind the Bastards

15,547 Listeners

Dear Reader by Michael Collins and Emily Gushue Whalen

Dear Reader

1 Listeners

The Spouter-Inn by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

The Spouter-Inn

30 Listeners

This Is Your Mixtape by Michael Collins

This Is Your Mixtape

10 Listeners

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien

32 Listeners

The Opposite Of Lonely by Nadia Halim

The Opposite Of Lonely

0 Listeners

A Part Of Our Scare-itage by Adam Clarke and Sarah Chamberlain

A Part Of Our Scare-itage

7 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,188 Listeners

The Scene of the Scene by Megaphonic

The Scene of the Scene

0 Listeners

HubrisWeen! by S Frost and Tim Lehnerer

HubrisWeen!

0 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

14,438 Listeners

Game Show 1939! by Chris Piuma and Michael Collins

Game Show 1939!

2 Listeners

If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

If Books Could Kill

9,123 Listeners