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 29, 2023 142. Get a Broom. [MST3K 907. Hobgoblins.]
Hobgoblins emerge out of their vault to let Chris and Charlotte live out
their fantasy of talking about hobgoblins, gremlins, regular goblins, hobbits,
and other scary things.
Show Notes.
Hobgoblins: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
We discuss Kolchak: The Night Stalker in our episode on The Last
Chase.
Tolkien stuff comes up a lot here, thanks to By-The-Bywater.
Our episodes on Reptilicus and
MST3Kon!
Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984).
Gremlins 2 (Joe Dante, 1990).
Hobgoblins 2 (Rick Sloane,
2009). And yes, RiffTrax has covered
it.
Hobgoblins original cast reunites after 20
years.
The Visitants (Rick Sloan,
1986).
Our episodes on Demon Squad and
MST3K: The Movie.
Joe Dante vs. MST3K.
Vice Academy 1-3 (RIck Sloane,
1988–1991).
A scene from UHF (Jay Levey,
1987).
The Fontanelles: Kiss Kicker
99.
A bar in San Francisco.
Robert Palmer: I Didn’t Mean to Turn You
On.
Cherrelle: I Didn’t Mean to Turn You
On.
Quarterflash: Harden My Heart.
Agnes de Mille on the Oklahoma! Dream
Ballet.
Our episode on Santa Claus Conquers the
Martians.
A Court of Fey and Flowers
(episode 1).
Support us on Patreon and hang out with us
in a friendly little Discord.
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October 11, 2023 141. More Than Just a Psychiatrist. [MST3K K19. Hangar 18.]
Hangar 18 is filled with aliens, so the government must do everything to
stop Chris and Charlotte from talking about Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins,
Stuart Pankin, infomercials, and—you guessed it—Donald Pleasence.
Content warning: We discuss a movie that deals with sexual violence. We
mention when we’re about to discuss in the episode, and have provided chapter
markers to allow you to skip it.
Show Notes.
Hangar 18: MST3K Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
We talk about She-Man in our episode on Wild
Rebels.
Rifftrax Presents presents Tron.
Demon Dogs.
Our episodes on The Last Chase and
Master Ninja II.
Sign up for our Patreon and you can hear
us talk with other Megaphonic folks about The Greatest Story Ever
Told (1965).
River of Death (1989).
Edgar Allan Poe’s Buried Alive
(1989).
Buried Alive (1990).
Our episode on Girls Town.
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979).
Our episodes on Avalanche and Colossus
and the Headhunters.
Soldier Blue (1970).
Our episode on The Amazing Colossal
Man.
Hinterland Who’s Who.
The story behind Dem
Bones (a.k.a. Dry Bones).
Larry Clinton ft. Bea Wain: Heart and
Soul.
A child-sized Roman-era chamber
pot.
The political history of potty
training.
Christmas with the King Family.
Turn-On, episode 1.
Highlights.
Mario Andretti ads. And
another.
Robert Vaughn’s Helsinki Formula
Hour.
Erin Gray’s Cellulite Show.
A classic long Ginsu knife ad.
A classic Columbia House Club
ad.
Couldn’t find an ad for Kooky
Kountry, but
here’s Kooky Tunes.
An actual infomercial from Time-Life for a collection of 80s
hits—but the infomercial is from
2006.
Freedom Rock was not K-Tel.
Support us on Patreon and you can hear a
bonus bit that was cut for time.
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September 30, 2023 140. What People Really Did Back Then. [MST3K 913. Quest of the Delta Knights.]
Huzzah! Quest of the Delta Knights finds Chris and Charlotte in the
medieval early ’90s, where they drink mead and discuss things like David
Warner (good), David Warner (evil), David Warner (virtual), David Warner
(narrator), and the Pleasure Faire.
Show Notes.
Quest of the Delta Knights: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDB.
Jerry van Dyke on Inside
Edition.
The 1994 L.A.
earthquake, the
1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake, the
2001 Olympia
earthquake.
Our episode on The Starfighters.
The David Warner Film Festival of
Tron and Time
Bandits and Time After
Time. (Plenty of other great
options available.)
Our friends at Fiasco Family Movie Night
did an episode all about Time After
Time.
The AV Club interview with David Warner about his various
roles.
Olivia Hussey in Romeo and
Juliet and Black
Christmas.
The AV Club’s ranking of scream queens.
We talk about Barbara Crampton in our episode on Robot
Wars.
The Palace of Fine Arts.
Leonardo’s maps.
The Northern California Renaissance Pleasure
Faire.
An old program from that
Faire.
Adam talked about his ren faire experiences in our episode on Deathstalker
and the Warriors from Hell.
A video of 1991 Faire made by
participants.
Why they moved to their new
Hollister Location.
We talked about Hollister riots in our episode on The
Sidehackers.
How to make a haunted house.
Support us on Patreon to listen to a bonus
bit about a few more familiar faces in the film.
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September 09, 2023 139. Born From Stone. [MST3K 605. Colossus and the Headhunters.]
Happy Dodecalabour Day! Uh, a little belated. Turns out Hercules couldn’t make
it, and so we’ve got Colossus and the Headhunters rushing after Chris and
Charlotte as they talk about Nummymuffincoocolbutter, Maciste, Hercules’s son,
Pound Puppies, and good kitties.
Show Notes.
Colossus and the Headhunters (Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste): MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
499 (Rodrigo Reyes, 2020).
Porkchop sandwiches.
Gretch the Slinky is from The
Sidehackers.
Our episodes on Hercules against the Moon
Men and
Hercules.
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules (Maciste contro i monstri) (Guido
Malatesta, 1961).
(The fun bit happens around the 9:30 mark.)
Hercules, Samson, and Ulysses (Ercole sfida Sansone) (Pietro Francisci,
1962).
Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans (Maciste il vindicatore dei Maya) (Guido
Malatesta, 1965).
UPDATE: Alert listener Greg was the first to inform us that Jerry Van Dyke’s
house was damaged in the 1994 L.A.
earthquake.
The Miami Herald and The
Atlantic remember the Cuban Raft Crisis of 1994.
A Place To Stand, A Place To Grow: Just the
song or the whole film it’s
from.
Pound Puppies.
We talk about Charlotte’s creepy doll in our episode on Devil
Doll.
My Buddy and Kid Sister.
Frank’s post about Millie.
Frank’s books at Dumb Industries. (They’re also at that other
site, but not autographed.)
Edward Albee: The American
Dream.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a whole segment that was cut for time.
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August 29, 2023 138. This Is Not A Secret! [MST3K 1308. The Batwoman.]
The Batwoman (La mujer murciélago) swims towards the good ship It’s Just A
Show, where Chris and Charlotte are talking about Mexican resorts, Mexican
cosmopolitanism, Mexican movies, Mexican luchadoras, and menstrual products.
Show Notes.
The Batwoman: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
Support us on Patreon if you want to
listen to Charlotte talking about this and that on Mug Up!
Jaime Loftus: Raw Dog.
You can listen to us on
YouTube. You can also watch
the drawing of the SoL float by, if that soothes you.
The Elvis Comeback
Special did not
feature Sonny West.
Our episode on The Wild Wild World of
Batwoman and our report on
MST3Kon.
Acapulco in its heyday.
The graphic design of Mexico
’68.
Spectacle Every Day: The Many Seasons of Mexican Popular
Cinema on
MUBI. The companion book of
essays.
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (El esquelito de la señora
Morales) (Rogelio A. González,
1960).
Streetwalker (Trotacalles) (Matilde
Landeta, 1951).
The Witch’s Mirror (El espejo de la
bruja) (Chano Urueta, 1962).
Our episodes on Santo and the Treasure of
Dracula and Santa
Claus.
Against the Ropes (Contra las
cuerdas).
An article about luchadoras.
La dama enmascarada.
“Transgressive femininity”.
Doctor of Doom (Las luchadoras contra el médico
asesino) (René Cardona, 1963).
Our episodes on The Robot vs. the Aztec
Mummy, The Leech
Woman, and Revenge of the
Creature.
Chris talks about various Frankenstein films in a bonus episode of The
Spouter-Inn.
Esther Williams in Million Dollar
Mermaid.
Splash!
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
help us make the show — and listen to a bonus bit about Turning Red.
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August 09, 2023 137. People Working Together. [MST3K 209. The Hellcats.]
The Hellcats play tug-of-war with Chris and Charlotte as they try to
discuss women bikers, gay bikers, (sorta) helpful bikers, speed chess, and
cheesecake.
Content warning: There’s a mention of homophobic violence in a movie. We
warn you when it’s coming, and we don’t go into graphic details. If you want
to skip it, use the chapter markers or skip ahead to 28:20 when we mention
it.
Show Notes.
The Hellcats: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
Our episodes on the other biker movies: The
Sidehackers. Wild
Rebels.
Jeeter (not a sponsor).
Kief.
The Traveling Wilburys: Tweeter and the Monkey
Man.
Our episode on Catalina Caper.
She Devils on Wheels.
The Mini-Skirt Mob.
Bury Me an Angel. (Additional
content warning: incest.)
The Black Angels.
Werewolves on Wheels.
The Pink Angels.
Chris and Charlotte and friends report on seeing
Barbie.
Then Came Bronson.
Change of Habit.
Bigfoot.
No Substitute for Victory.
The Incredible 2-Headed
Transplant.
The Thing with Two Heads.
International Sign
Language.
Davy Jones and the Dolphins:
Hellcats.
David John and the Comstock Cowboys.
Mae West: Way Out
West.
Dice chess.
Our episodes on The Crawling Hand
and Rocketship X-M.
A taxonomy of clip shows.
Keychain photo viewers.
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help us make the show — and listen to bonus bits, and join us on a friendly
Discord!
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July 20, 2023 136b. Touched by a Joel. [MST3Kon!]
Chris and Charlotte went to Blobfest and MST3Kon! And so now they’re going
to tell you all about meeting Joel, meeting Jonah, meeting Emily, meeting the
Blob, and meeting oppressive amounts of humidity.
Show Notes.
MST3Kon.
The Blob (1958) and The
Blob (1988).
The Colonial Theatre.
We met Joel and Jonah and
Emily!
Our episodes on The Wild Wild World of
Batwoman, Santa
Claus, Beyond
Atlantis, and Demon
Squad.
On AI and the SAG-AFTRA strike.
More on AI and the SAG-AFTRA
strike.
Danny Gonzalez on Ratatoing.
We didn’t mention it, but the other big announcement from the event is that
MST3K is now on TikTok, if that’s
your thing.
And there’s a mailing
list
for MSTies who live near Philadelphia.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hang out with us in a friendly Discord!
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July 14, 2023 136. What Do They Do in Florida? [MST3K 207. Wild Rebels.]
Wild Rebels are crunchy and punchy, but Chris and Charlotte are in to talk
about symbols that were popular in Germany in the late 30s/early 40s, Florida
film scenes, sad boy singers, pretty boy bikers, and driving around Florida
for kicks.
Show Notes.
Wild Rebels: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
See you at MST3Kon!
Welcome, Waystar Corncob!
The critic Chris mentions is Peter Stanfield in his book Hoodlum Movies:
Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle,
1966-1972, which was useful reading for these
episodes.
Wikipedia has pretty informative articles about the history of the
swastika and using it for shock
value, and about one-percenters.
An article on bikers and this kind of
iconography, and another on why punks used
it.
The Santa Claus scene.
She-Man.
The Naked Zoo.
A recent interview with director William
Grefé.
Steve Alaimo: Every Day I Have To
Cry.
The Wham! documentary.
Joan Didion on bike
movies.
The Wild One.
The late Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio
Rising.
Why the Hell’s Angels Make Out with Fellow Male
Bikers.
The Wild Angels.
Easy Rider.
Obligatory link to Todd in the Shadows on Toni
Basil.
An interview with Channel J’s
Tracey.
Genesis:
Abacab.
The Birdwatchers: I’m Gonna Love You
Anyway.
Shane Fenton & the Fentones: Cindy’s
Birthday.
Alvin Stardust: My Coo Ca Choo.
The Spahn Ranch and its filmography.
New Christy Minstrels: Green,
Green.
Up with People at the
Superbowl.
Museo della Merda.
Scenic A1A.
The interactive
map.
The Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse (is not our lighthouse).
The Cape Florida Light in
Key Biscayne (is our lighthouse). An older
photo.
Follow Chris on Bluesky.
Support us on Patreon and listen to
superfan bonus bits!
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June 26, 2023 135. A Way to Be a Bad Guy Biker. [MST3K 202. The Sidehackers.]
The Sidehackers (or is it The Side Hackers?) revs its engines real loud
and makes it hard for Chris and Charlotte to talk about sexual violence,
friendly bikers, unfriendly bikers, sidehacking, and Rommel’s book.
cw: This is a heavy episode, and we talk about sexual violence (including a
discussion about the notorious scene that was edited out of the movie) as well
as other histories of violence.
Show Notes.
The Sidehackers: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
MST3Kon is July 16,
as part of Blobfest!
Our episode on Cave Dwellers.
The Hollister Riot.
Women at the Hollister
Riot.
Other female
bikers!
Frank Rooney: Cyclists’ Raid. [Subscription required to get it from the official source.]
The Wild One.
The Quebec Biker War.
A Timeline of the Hells
Angels (as of 2013).
On bikers and other counterculture groups.
Veterans and bikers.
The Altamont Speedway Free
Concert.
Then Came Bronson.
The Southern California Side Hack
Association.
A 1972 article about
sidehacking.
Why are sidecars called “hacks”?
Sidecar Racers Association
(of Canada).
The Rommel thing in Europe.
Watch it on YouTube.
The New Life Sings The
Sidehackers. [cw: At least one
song title is, uh, problematic.]
The Mini-Skirt Mob.
A supercut of all the scenes you care about from a 1975 Ross Hagen film with
a fun name.
Budd Friedman.
Smallpox vaccination scars.
Erwin Rommel: Infantry
Attacks and Tank
Attacks.
Patton.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon, if
you can and want to. Thanks!
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June 12, 2023 134. To Live Amongst The Bees. [MST3K 905. The Deadly Bees.]
The Deadly Bees are swarming around Chris and Charlotte, distracting them
as they try to talk about timelines, mysteries, nuisances, knees, and spices.
Show Notes.
The Deadly Bees: MST3K
Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.
We don’t mention it on the show, but we’ve got a limited edition Pride
t-shirt featuring our network’s mascot, Curtis the Dinoplant, showing
some colours. We first mentioned Curtis way back in episode 4 on Future
War.
Our episode on The She-Creature.
And our episodes on The Projected
Man and The Killer
Shrews.
Blind Melon: No Rain.
We talk about Amicus in our episode on At The Earth’s
Core.
And of course, our episode on Gamera vs.
Jiger.
H.F. Heard: A Taste for Honey.
A website devoted to H.F. Heard.
H.F. Heard: The Five Ages of Man is now published as The Five Ages of
Humanity, which, fair enough.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s novel.
Chris talks about Moby-Dick elsewhere…
Bees are coming!
Pacifica’s Fogfest.
Son of Dracula.
The Straight Story.
Paradise, Hawaiian Style.
Shaft in Africa.
Ronnie Wood on The Birds and The
Byrds.
Hee Haw vs
Gunsmoke.
Anthony Newley: Goldfinger.
Manfred Mann: The Mighty Quinn.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Blinded by the
Light.
Jewel: The National Anthem.
Lulu: Boom Bang a Bang.
Bees, in fact, have knees.
Isaac Watts: How doth the little busy bee…
Mae Murray.
The Buzzfeed quiz in question.
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