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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October 16, 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 the Moon episodes 4 & 5!
Show Notes.
Robot Monster: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on Shout
Factory TV.
Radar Men from the Moon: IMDB.
Be cool like devoted listener Chad and write us! Info at itsjustashow dot com.
We discussed monsters molesting women in our episode on Revenge of the
Creature…
…and this same footage of animal cruelty in King
Dinosaur.
Sky Captain and the World of
Tomorrow [trailer].
Red Letter Media on The
Rocketeer.
Searching for Phil Tucker’s Space
Jockey.
A short history of guys in gorilla suits in
movies.
Wyott Ordung as BB-Eyes in two episodes of Dick
Tracy.
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
[trailer].
George Nader’s novel Chrome
[review].
[Clarification: Selena Royle co-founded the Actors Free Dinner Club during the
depression, which is different from the Hollywood Canteen, which was started
during World War 2.]
A book about women and the blacklist, including
Selena Royle.
Red Channels.
Adam’s Elmer Bernstein Sampler
Platter.
Our bubbly episode on Teenagers from Outer
Space.
The invention of the Whoopee
Cushion.
Space Cadet.
Robot Monster special edition wraparound
footage.
The Fifty Worst Films of All
Time. [The
list.] As discussed in our episode on
Eegah.
Robot Monster: The Musical.
Bees! How do they
bee?
Lawrence Welk with bubbles.
Anders Runestad: I Cannot, Yet I Must.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon
and you can hear a few more fun tidbits about Robot Monster (and bees).
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October 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.
Show Notes.
The Pumaman: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Beth on Thereby!
Season 12 premieres on Turkey Day!
October 5 is Donald Pleasence Day, which we celebrated last year by watching
Warrior of the Lost World.
The Willa Cather House.
Alberto De
Martino [obituary].
The Eagle Has Landed [trailer].
To the Edge of the World and Back: Tribute to Donald
Pleasence.
Did ancient aliens build the pyramids?
[No.]
Baghdad Battery.
Antikythera mechanism.
Sho Kosugi.
Renato Serio.
Bunga bunga parties.
Heavenly Bodies [trailer].
Home-brew Pumaman action figures.
The Dry Look.
Miguel Ángel Fuentes’s Facebook
group.
The key scene from The Evil That Men
Do. [Careful!]
Frankenstein’s Great Aunt
Tillie [trailer].
Zoran Perisic discussing the Zoptic process on Superman: The
Movie.
More about the Zoptic process.
Why did people wear powdered wigs?
Smelly Versailles.
ContraPoints.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon
and you can hear an extended bonus bit about, yes, Donald Pleasence.
...more
1h
September 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.
Show Notes.
Girl in Gold Boots: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
The new MST3K comic book. First one’s free!
Robocop vs. The Terminator.
Paul Chaplin on this
episode.
Ted V. Mikels [IMDB].
The Corpse Grinders [trailer].
Ted V. Mikels obituary.
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
[trailer].
Texas Toad Lickers: Slayers.
Preston Epps: Bongo Rock.
An article that opens with an anecdote about Mark Herron’s later
days.
Real Celebrity Miracles [IMDB].
Clip of the Bara Byrnes documentary A Bittersweet Tale of a Hollywood
Failure.
Bara Byrnes’s memoir.
Some Electric Circus.
The Haunted House.
More.
Sonny and Cher visit the Haunted
House.
Adam in a haunted house.
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed
Grimley [intro].
Tab Hunter Confidential.
Tab & Tony, upcoming biopic.
On Elaine’s dance.
Tikkun.
Jiger.
See IJAS 11 on Eegah for more dune
buggy fun.
The Third World: Do You Want to Laugh or
Cry?
Jeremy Allison’s blog has many interesting things about Girl in Gold
Boots.
The Lonely Lady [trailer].
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Cod’ine.
Buffy nurses Cody.
Buffy Sainte-Marie has a new song with Tanya Tagaq: “You Got to Run (Spirit
of the Wind)”
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Bonus.
Support our show on Patreon and you
can hear an extended bonus bit with more about Ted V. Mikels.
...more
1h
September 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.
Show Notes.
Hercules Unchained: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
UnMSTed. Watch on Shout
Factory TV.
Crow’s bits.
The Opposite Of Lonely 8. Having a
Baby. [Featuring Beth!]
The Scene Of The Scene 12. The Adventure of Faustus
Bidgood. [Featuring Adam, Producer Chris,
and Michael from This Is Your Mixtape!]
The Scene Of The Scene 13. Three Identical
Strangers. [Featuring Adam, Beth, and
Producer Chris!]
20,000 bees.
It’s Just A Show 12 on Hercules Against the Moon
Men.
Sophocles: Oedipus at
Colonus.
Aeschylus: The Seven Against
Thebes.
One timeline of Classical Mythology.
James J. Clauss: Hercules Unchained: Contaminatio, Nostos, Katabasis, and the
Surreal. [Paywalled.]
Where to begin with Mario Bava.
A review of Black
Sabbath, featuring the montage Adam
discusses.
A sample shot from Hercules Unchained
restored.
Black Sabbath [trailer].
Hercules Unchained: The comic book.
Italian version of “Evening
Star”.
The Original Caste: One Tin
Soldier.
Mindbender.
Curly Sue [trailer].
Jail Bait.
Beth’s favourite frame of Jail
Bait.
It’s Just A Show 20 on Gamera vs. Barugon
[K04].
Steve Allen on The Simpsons.
The Way to Eden.
The 5th Dimension: Last Night I Didn’t Get to Sleep at
All.
June Valli: Unchained Melody.
Bonus.
Support our show on Patreon and access
a superfan bonus bit with more about Steve Reeves and Jail Bait.
...more
1h
August 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.
Show Notes.
Catalina Caper: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
Michael of This Is Your Mixtape.
The Wonderful Grand Band: Babylon
Mall.
Mopey Mumble-Mouse is now called Mopey. They’ve taken
down their early work.
Theme Squad’s new album You Have the Rest of Your
Life.
(Also on Spotify,
Apple Music, etc.)
Premise Beach.
We talked about Archie in episode 11 on
Eegah.
Beach Blanket Bingo.
Back to the Beach.
Eddie Deezen on beach movies.
Eddie Deezen on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal
Podcast.
Pajama Party.
Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.
A Washington Post
article based on
a Smithsonian article based on a book about the
history of going to the beach.
Mary Wells: Never Steal Anything
Wet.
Mary Wells: My Guy.
The lyrics of Never Steal Anything Wet.
The Cascades: There’s a New World Just Opening for
Me.
The Cascades: Rhythm of the
Rain.
The Kinks: There’s a New World Just Opening for
Me.
Carol Connors: The Book of
Love.
The Teddy Bears: To Know Him Is to Love
Him.
An article on Carol Connors.
Little Richard: Scuba Party.
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti and
more.
Little Richard in the Pee-Wee Christmas
Special.
Two articles on Little Richard.
Little Richard’s drummer explains the original lyrics to Tutti
Frutti.
Little Richard on Nightlife with David Brenner on good
booty.
Tom Servo: Creepy Girl.
Clowns in the Sky.
Two articles about Tommy Kirk.
Man’s Genesis.
Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie
Wood.
On fate of the S.S.
Catalina.
Allan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (Camp Granada
Song).
“Weird Al” Yankovic’s debut
album.
Murikami-Wolf/Fred Wolf
Films.
Did Tupperware parties change the lives of
women?
Data’s skin.
Cherry 2000.
Galaxina.
Twiki.
Tik-Tok.
Robot or Not? passes judgment on
clockwork robots and cyborgs [and
Crow and Tom Servo!].
R.O.T.O.R.
Never Steal Anything Small.
Bonus.
Support our show on Patreon and access
a superfan bonus bit about another young Disney actor.
...more
59min
July 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.
Show Notes.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
The Public Medievalist on Race, Racism and the Middle
Ages, and in
particular Helen Young’s article “Where Do the ‘White Middle Ages’ Come
From?”
The monomyth.
Dan Harmon’s Story
Wheel.
The Odyssey.
A bibliographic essay on “Queer
Tolkien”.
Charles B. Griffith.
Dinocroc vs. Supergator.
Conspiracy about David Carradine’s
death.
Lana Clarkson as Little
Richard. [Do not watch.]
Lana Clarkson’s tragic
death.
The Ramones and others who Phil Spector [allegedly] held at
gunpoint.
Sid Haig in Spider Baby.
Joel’s regrets.
Tremors.
Emo Philips.
An Oingo Boingo
playlist.
Forbidden Zone.
Magic words and the abracadabra
triangle.
Abraxas vs.
Abraxas.
Cædmon.
Bonus.
A bonus bit, with some behind-the-scenes footage, is available as a thank you
to our Patreon supporters.
...more
58min
July 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.
Show Notes.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
Adam, Beth, and Producer Chris discuss the original Godzilla on The Scene Of
The Scene.
Robert Forster.
Carnosaur.
Update: Though Deathstalker III is a New Classic production, WOTLK is from
Trinity Productions
[not New Horizons]. Still a Roger Corman company, though.
Sorceress. [WOTLK footage and the
James Horner score can be found in this NSFW
trailer.]
Christopher Young’s likes include Bela Lugosi and The
Beatles.
James Horner, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and
more.
The Blaster Beam.
Craig Huxley plays with his Blaster
Beam.
Adam Sandler and Susan Sarandon.
Labyrinth.
“Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say and I will be your
slave.”
MORTAL KOMBAT.
On the creation and legacy of Dragon’s Lair.
The Tales From The Crypt animated
series.
Secrets of the Crypt Keeper’s Haunted
House.
The Visit. Its
credits.
Disney’s Tiki
Room.
The failed Crypt reboot.
An article and a
whole book on mauve.
99 Percent Invisible on the Toronto
Raptors.
Infinite Jest.
You’re Not Funny often features Adam’s
Cryptkeeper love.
Bonus.
Some bonus bits, with more wizards, is available as a thank you to our
Patreon supporters.
...more
1h
June 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!
Show Notes.
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell:
IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Season 12
news!
MST3K on tour! [Help Adam
go.]
The Brain.
Deathstalker.
A Men without Hats video.
Deathstalker II and Deathstalker IV:
Match of Titans.
Wikipedia’s list of sword and sorcery
films.
Satanic Pandemonium on sword and sorcery
films.
Conan Exiles and its
silders.
Batrachomyomachia.
Alien Nation.
Miguel Ángel Fuentes.
Gary Sandy’s batch played Andy Travis’s batch in WKRP in
Cincinnati.
The 1920’s college kids in their crazy
fashion.
The Raven.
Milburn Stone.
Battle Beyond the Stars.
The ambassador to Denmark.
Vintage Capital Group.
More on the
ambassador.
The Society for Creative
Anachronism.
Kevin Murphy on Ren Faires.
Emu legs at Disneyland?
A little French history.
Deathstalkers.
Bonus.
A bonus bit, with more about the Deathstalker movies, is available as a thank
you to our Patreon supporters.
...more
1h
June 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].
Show Notes.
Time of the Apes: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
See also IJAS 28 on MST3K 306 Time of the
Apes.
Will Penny.
[Trailer.]
Paganini Horror.
[Trailer.]
Fatal Frames.
[Trailer, in Italian.]
Our discussion of other types of hosts was in IJAS 10 on MST3K 1101
Reptilicus.
The mighty breadfruit.
Eiji Tsubaraya.
Colossus: The Forbin Project.
[Trailer.]
Avoid the Noid and Yo!
Noid.
The Colonel Bogey March.
Pierre Boulle: Planet of the Apes and Bridge over
the River Kwai.
Joanie Summers: Johnny Get
Angry.
k.d. lang & the Reclines: Johnny Get
Angry.
Toshiaki Tsushima.
Jerry Goldsmith’s Planet of the Apes
suite.
David Foster’s Flight of the
Snowbirds.
Jerry Goldsmith’s Escape from the Planet of the Apes
suite.
Caroline [Yurika] has a [terrible]
song.
Cryonics is not cryogenics.
Twin paradox.
Disney on Ice.
Adam’s podcast And Thereby Hangs A Tale. 2. Harrison Had a
Headache.
Cold lasers.
Barry ZeVan’s memoir.
Barry ZeVan’s website.
Update: Ryan Snoddon has just
left the building.
Saru no Gundan
merch.
Bonus.
A bonus bit, about cryogenics, vampires, and penguins, is available as a
thank you to our Patreon supporters.
...more
56min
May 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.
Show Notes.
Time of the Apes: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki. TV ad
trailer. Watch it on
Netflix or
YouTube.
Basket Case 2 and Basket Case
3.
Planet of the Apes
Wiki.
Saru No Gundan, the TV series that
has been edited into Time Of The Apes.
Exhaustive rundown of Saru No
Gundan
on the Planet of the Apes Wiki. [Thanks!]
It’s Just A Show 25 on The Deadly
Mantis, which features even more
Planet of the Apes talk.
Japanese fandom and Conquest of the Planet of the
Apes.
Prophecies of Nostradamus.
Apes in Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla [1973].
Tsuburaya Productions.
It’s Just A Show 21 on KTMA’s Gamera vs.
Barugon goes in-depth on Eiji
Tsuburaya’s connection to Gamera and Japanese special effects.
White supremacists and
Japan.
First Alert With William
Conrad.
Mayor Tommy Shanks from SCTV.
It’s About
Time.
Nick Lowe’s “I Love the Sound of Breaking
Glass”.
Bedtime for Bonzo.
The Ramones’ “Bonzo Goes To
Bitburg”.
David Hedison.
The owls are not what they seem.
White-faced gibbons.
Larry Cohen’s The Invaders.
Faces of Death.
Darren McGavin, character actor
extraordinaire and ultra-dad.
Issey Miyake.
Sandy Frank in the NY Daily News.
Scopes Monkey Trial.
William Jennings
Bryan, who was not even
Southern.
TVTropes on the Simple Country
Lawyer.
A humble country lawyer.
Inherit The Wind.
Dr. Zaius.
Monkey Shines.
Telegraph article on Marcel from
Friends.
What Katie the monkey did after
Friends.
Katie on IMDB.
Garrick Hagon, aka the voice of Godo.
Adam’s other podcast, And Thereby Hangs A
Tale.
Bonus.
A bonus bit, about the Disney Afternoon Collection, is available as a thank
you to our Patreon supporters.
...more
57min

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