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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July 22, 2022 115. I Love Tom’s Old Voice! [MST3K 1306. Demon Squad.]
Demon Squad applies some prosthetics to Chris and Charlotte’s faces as
they talk about film noir, fancy hats, Hummel figurines, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, and Mobile, Alabama.
Show Notes.
Demon Squad: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
The Demon Squad folk had an “ask me anything” thread on the MST3K
forums (which
clarifies a few things we wonder about in this episode).
Demon Squad’s
poster is…
not entirely based on the movie.
Constantine.
The Frankendemon’s head has also appeared in Star
Raiders.
The Maltese Falcon.
Other films by the makers of Demon
Squad.
Walter “Zaney” Blaney.
Zaney Blaney on the Tonight
Show.
Trilby vs. Fedora.
Selena Gomez and the Scene: Hit the
Lights.
The exorcism rite is on page 486 of this pdf of the Rituale Romanum of
1614.
Hummel figurines.
Our episode on Master Ninja II.
A freeze frame of the brochure.
And one of Nick Moon’s office.
The Crichton Leprechaun.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and hear a bonus segment on D&D that we
cut from the show for time. (Also, thanks!)
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June 24, 2022 114. Pie Palindrome Pie. [MST3K 815. Agent for H.A.R.M.]
Agent for H.A.R.M. offers Chris and Charlotte a comfy cardigan to keep
them warm as they discuss spies, panties, Prince, palindromes, and pies.
Show Notes.
Agent for H.A.R.M.: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
The Polka King.
If you support us on Patreon with us and
chat during the premiere of Demon Squad!
Our episodes on Operation Double
007 and Danger!! Death
Ray.
In Like Flynt.
Our episodes on Girl in Gold Boots
and Catalina Caper.
The Fiasco Family on The Astro-Zombies.
Our episode on Moon Zero Two.
Megaphonic podcast This Is Your Mixtape,
which has featured Adam,
Beth, and
Chris.
E.E. Cummings.
Our episodes on Angels Revenge and
Eegah!
The relevant scene from Anatomy of a
Murder.
Harry Caray.
Jan and Dean: Dead Man’s Curve.
Our episode on Jack Frost.
Prince and friends: While My Guitar Gently
Weeps.
Prince’s Superbowl halftime
show.
An oral history of the Superbowl
show, and another
one.
Ed’s Redeeming Qualities: Bob.
Chris talks about James Joyce’s
Ulysses over on The Spouter-Inn.
Nick Montfort and William Gillespie: 2002: A Palindrome
Story.
Georges Perec’s palindrome in
French.
Demitri Martin’s
palindrome.
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: Bob.
They Might Be Giants: I Palindrome
I.
Black bottom
pie.
Shoofly pie.
Chestnut and mushroom
pie.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear bonus bits we cut from the show for time. (Also, thanks!)
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June 08, 2022 113. Heartbreaking, But Not Heartbreaking. [MST3K 418. Attack of the the Eye Creatures.]
Attack of the the Eye Creatures just doesn’t care as Chris and Charlotte
as they discuss Larry Buchanan, Tommy Kirk, Ethan Allan, Lucille Ball, and
Lawrence Welk.
Show Notes.
Attack of the the Eye Creatures:
IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
A very special movie trailer.
[The movie it’s for.]
Munchie [MST3K
trailer].
Larry Buchanan: It Came From Hunger!: Tales of a Cinema
Schlockmeister.
Café des Artistes is now The Leopard at des
Artistes. [NSFW.]
What Buchanan refers to as Homer Goes Hygienic seems to actually be called
Personal Hygiene No. 1, but we still can’t find it online.
Apache Gold/Grubstake.
Zontar, the Thing from Venus.
Mars Needs Women [trailer].
It’s Alive!
Our episodes on It Conquered the
World and Overdrawn at the Memory
Bank.
Take Off.
Susan Faludi: Backlash.
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
[trailer].
Jo Ann Castle: Maid in France.
Our episode on Robot Monster.
Bobby Burgess and Cissy King: The English
Quickstep.
Joe Feeney: Too Ra Loo Ra.
Arthur Duncan: I Got Rhythm.
Arthur Duncan on an earlier
show.
Richard Rolle.
The first one?
Duckroll.
The Oregon Legislature goes
bipartisan.
Charlie Chaplin Film Music
Anthology.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear a superfan bonus bit that we cut for time.
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May 26, 2022 112. A New Voice in the Room. [MST3K 1303. Beyond Atlantis.]
Beyond Atlantis welcomes a new host — or two? In addition to greeting
Emily on the Simulator of Love, it listens in while Chris and new cohost
Charlotte discuss the Philippines, Atlantis, Donovan, Middle-Earth, and Alison
Bechdel.
Show Notes.
Beyond Atlantis: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Our episodes on Manos and Alien
from L.A.
The Mads will soon be riffing Cosmos: War of the
Planets. Be
there!
The Treasure of the Sierra
Madre.
An overview of the history of Philippine
cinema.
(And an overview of the Nigerian film
industry.)
Bumbo.
Bombas (and romance novels) in the
Philippines.
Terror Is a Man.
Our friends The Fiasco Family covered Terror Is a Man as part of last year’s
Hubrisween!
The Twilight People.
Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo in Crazy Beautiful
You.
Plato: Timeaus and
Critias.
Crantor!
Ignatius Donnelly: Atlantis: The Antediluvian
World.
Donovan: Atlantis.
Crete, where the Minoan
civilization flourished,
still stands.
Someday we will hear from our friends at By-The-Bywater about Númenor and Atlantis.
It’s a Bikini World.
Our episodes on Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
II, Robot
Monster, and The Million Eyes of
Sumuru.
The French Atlantic Affair.
Alison Bechdel: Dykes to Watch Out For.
The comic that inspired the Bechdel-Wallace Test.
A Bechdel Test database.
The Sexy Lamp Test.
The Mako Mori Test.
The Vito Russo Test.
The DuVernay Test.
The Aila Test.
The Bechdel Cast.
The Baldest Woman in
Charge.
The Furiosa Test.
Our Final Factoid, about creepy 70s massages, had to be cut for time, but it
is available to people who support us on
Patreon! (Thanks!)
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1h
May 05, 2022 111. The Mask of Lucha Libre. [MST3K 1301. Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.]
A new season of MST3K emerges, offering Santo in the Treasure of Dracula ,
which asks Beth and Chris if it may enter to talk with them about lurid
colours, luchadors, vampires, cognac, and cemeteries.
(Obviously this episode is based on the preview version for Kickstarter
supporters, and the final version will come out in a few days. Obviously, this
contains spoilers if you haven’t seen the episode yet! If you’re on the fence
about paying to watch Season 13, all we can say is that we’ve been enjoying it
so far!)
Show Notes.
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula:
IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer [eh, sort of].
The Gizmoplex opens to the public on May 6!
Look, we recorded this episode a while ago, so yes, we can confirm that 1303
does have Emily as the host.
Those who support us on Patreon can chat
with us during MST3K (and The Mads) debuts!
White Dot.
Our episode on Riding with Death.
Are we going to link to a 1997-style webpage called Santo and
Friends to offer you more info about
him? Sure!
Santo contra los Zombies
[trailer].
Bram Stoker: Dracula.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
[trailer].
Our episodes on The Wild Wild World of
Batwoman and Santa
Claus.
Slate on cognac.
Our time travel cluster began with our episode on The Day Time
Ended.
Irwin Allen’s The Time Tunnel
(it’s not quite a swirl).
The cats of Père Lachaise and
Reykjavík.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
hear all our superfan bonus bits.
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56min
April 02, 2022 110. Yokel Personas. [MST3K 814. Riding With Death.]
Riding With Death has Chris and Beth trapped in the back of a tractor
trailer, as they talk about white dots, invisible men, unexpected charisma,
tasty knishes, and flying dreams. (Also there’s some important news about the
show!)
Show Notes.
Riding With Death: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
The Gizmoplex has softly launched!
White Dot.
Our big episode on Manos.
Our episode on Jack Frost.
Baking soda or vinegar.
H.G. Wells: The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man (1933)
[trailer].
H.G. Wells: Apropos of Dolores. The Time
Machine. The Island of Doctor
Moreau.
Our episode on Village of the
Giants.
Gemini Man and The
Invisible
Man.
Jim Stafford: Swamp Witch.
Spiders and Snakes. Cow
Patti. A Hunting
Man.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Riding With
Death.
Alan Oppenheimer.
Our episodes on Night of the Blood
Beast and The Painted
Hills.
Deuterium.
A knish guide.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Kelly Flinn.
This American Life on
Superpowers.
It’s hard to find a clean copy of the theme song, but you can here it at the
beginning of this video.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
you can hang out with us on a members-only Slack where we chat during the live
episode premieres!
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58min
February 01, 2022 109. The Many Reasons It’s Bizarre. [MST3K 312. Gamera vs. Guiron.]
Gamuary continues as Adam and Chris watch the best Gamera episode, season 3’s
take on Gamera vs. Guiron! They get to talk about the Richard Burton,
Elizabeth Taylor, The Wooster Group, Mark Russell, and Michael Feinstein.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Guiron: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Adam was trying to recall reading Samaris twenty
years ago, and may have gotten some details wrong.
Adam’s other podcast, A Part Of Our Scare-itage.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
[trailer].
Chris talked about Boys in the Band on
another podcast.
1984 [trailer].
Cleopatra [trailer].
Exorcist II: The Heretic
[trailer].
The Exorcist II has a small role for Dana
Plato, who is best known for being one
of the Diff’rent Strokes kids, but was in an episode of The Facts of Life,
because those shows are in the same universe.
Our episode on Rocketship X-M.
Arnold’s Gourmet Kitchen
presents: Woks.
John Lennon: Rock ‘N’
Roll.
The Wooster Group.
That Geraldo episode.
That scene from UHF.
Death Wish IV: The Crackdown
[trailer].
Mark Russell’s final show.
A 2021 concert from Michael
Feinstein.
The General Cinemas trailer we
referenced in our episode on Teenagers from Outer
Space.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to
hear the super-fan bonus bits that don’t quite make the show.
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January 30, 2022 108. It’s Just A Movie. [MST3K K08. Gamera vs. Guiron.]
Gamera vs. Guiron : The match you’ve all been waiting for! But wait!
What’s this? We’re being told that this is just a warm-up for the match you’ve
all been waiting for! While we wait, Adam and Chris will provide colour
commentary about business casual racism, Space Gaos, weird dubs, Gamera
fanfic, and memorable movie trailers.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Guiron: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
Adam was so close.
Just keep track of the Mads on twitter,
OK? You’ll be glad you did.
More Kickstarter
updates.
The Beatles: Rocky Raccoon (Anthology 3
Version).
Our episode on The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became
Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
2015 Gamera proof-of-concept
trailer.
Archive Of Our Own and
FanFiction.net.
Some relevant clips from Comedy Bang!
Bang!
AI Dungeon.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Circus Bath
Soap.
Oh hey, let’s just link to an old Straight Dope about speed
reading.
And let Snopes talk about the Allan Funt story.
Last House on the Left trailer.
The Crying Game trailer.
A notable review of The Crying
Game.
Update: It was Stephen Rea in The Crying Game. And it was Jaye Davidson in
Stargate. Whoops.
We discuss The Tingler
[trailer] in our episode on Terror from the Year
5000.
Mr. Sardonicus trailer.
The Mystery of Edwin
Drood.
I Drink Your Blood & I Eat Your
Skin double trailer.
Nightmare On Elm Street
trailer.
Re-Animator trailer.
The Howling trailer.
This blogpost about William
Castle features the picture with Alfred Hitchcock.
Homicidal trailer.
King Features
Entertainment.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and
listen to a bonus bit about a horror movie trailer Adam made!
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57min
December 28, 2021 107. The Root of All Relationship Problems. [MST3K 813. Jack Frost.]
Jack Frost chills Chris and Adam to the holiday bone, and they try to keep
warm by discussing Russian folk tales, a pumpkin Christmas tale, evil
stepmothers, scary old women, and Yakov Smirnoff’s love advice.
Show Notes.
Jack Frost: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer.
As always, The Mads. You can now buy some
of their episodes on their own.
Update: Rifftrax released another riff of Jack
Frost right after we recorded this.
Andrew Lang’s translation of The Story of King
Frost.
Drew Gooden on recent Christmas
movies.
TV Tropes on the Wicked Stepmother
trope.
God Told Me To.
Wicked Stepmother.
This Be Kind Rewind video
includes context for Bette Davis in horror films.
TV Tropes on Baba
Yaga.
A translation of Vasilisa the
Beautiful.
Our episode on Parts: The Clonus
Horror.
Holly Hobbie looking like Nastenka.
LongPlay of Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan, and
Nastya.
A somewhat recent interview with Yakov
Smirnoff.
Bonus.
Support us on Patreon and unlock some
benefits (and help us make the show). Thanks!
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1h
December 15, 2021 106. Not a Sausage. [MST3K 1206. Ator, The Fighting Eagle.]
Ator, The Fighting Eagle absolutely refuses to admit to the existence of
prehistoric hang-gliders, leaving Adam and Chris with nothing to talk about
except Cave Dwellers, Joe D’Amato, prurient films, Rodney Dangerfield, and
D&D.
[ cw: This one got weirdly blue, and also there’s some brief mentions of
potentially upsetting interactions between adults and children. Just FYI. ]
Show Notes.
Ator, The Fighting Eagle: IMDB.
MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
Tim Burton’s Alice in
Wonderland.
Ant-Man.
An overview of the Season 13 films.
Our episode on The Million Eyes of
Sumuru.
Dr. Mordrid.
Charles Band’s son’s song.
Our discussion of The Batwoman.
H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to
Come.
Munchie.
We talk about Gamera vs. Jiger in our episode on the KTMA Gamera vs.
Zigra.
Adam talks about The Mask on his other
podcast.
Santo in The Treasure of
Dracula.
Our episode on Cave Dwellers.
The Legend of Zelda timeline.
Joe D’Amato.
Joe D’Amato
interview.
[NSFW!]
A picture of Joe.
Anthropophagous trailer [gross,
NSFW]
Stage Fright.
Warrior Queen.
Best Worst Movie.
Terminator II [a.k.a. Shocking
Dark]
Simone Pirone: Runn.
Our episode on Warrior of the Lost
World.
Whatever happened to the “Don’t Tase Me Bro”
guy?
Skull and Bones.
Grant Bociocco’s Instagram.
Ladybugs.
Rover Dangerfield.
My 5 Wives.
Bonus.
Support us on Patreon and you can hang out
with us in a little Slack and you can listen to a bonus bit about the guy who
plays Griba.
...more
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