teen - age strangler
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a nerdy teen - age girl goes looking for her missing archaeologist father, and stumbles into a strange subterranean civilization .
mystery science theater 3000 collection
volume 10 (
godzilla vs. megalon ,
swamp diamonds ,
teen - age strangler ,
the giant spider invasion
) (1955 - 1975 )
volume xxxiii: daddy - o, earth vs the spider, teen - age crime wave, & agent for h. a. r. m .
a meaningless drag race and a silly confrontation with the killer that sees lt. anderson shooting his gun at teen - age strangler through a broken window despite a prospective victim being in the line of the fire close out the movie .
teen - age strangler is a 1964 horror picture set and filmed in the city of huntington, west virginia. there' s a mysterious killer targeting young (ish) women by strangling them, leaving their bodies in the open and marking their foreheads with lipstick .
: there is no teenaged strangler, nor does the strangler kill teenagers exclusively. likely intentional, not just to cash in on the
teenage x
genre, but as a
heck, it might even be jimmy’s little brother, mike. he’s a four - eyed sissy with girlish voice and a secret past of his own. though if he did turn out to be strangler, they might have to call the film pre - teen strangler .
( features clips from episodes 403 -
city limits ,
514 -
teen - age strangler ,
516 -
alien from l. a. ,
519 -
outlaw ,
521 -
santa claus ,
522 -
teen - age crime wave ,
523 -
village of the giants ,
603 -
the dead talk back ,
605 -
colossus and the headhunters ,
and 607 -
bloodlust
)
well, they did it and they did it all in just about an hour! teen - age strangler himself wasn’t terribly active until the end of things, but i was having too much fun counting all the fake sports pennants hanging up at both the malt shop and in jimmy’s bedroom to really mind all that much .
( features the shorts from episodes 313 -
earth vs. the spider ,
315 -
teenage caveman ,
514 -
teen - age strangler ,
603 -
the dead talk back ,
524 -
12 to the moon ,
618 -
high school big shot ,
and 701 -
night of the blood beast
)
. however, the result of their unfortunate union in 'i was a teenage strangler' is michi' s pregnancy .
teenage strangler passes the bechdel test. betty and ann have multiple (albeit brief) non - male conversations during the prologue .
( set of four individual discs containing episodes 307 -
daddy - o ,
313 -
earth vs. the spider ,
522 -
teen - age crime wave ,
and 815 -
agent for h. a. r. m .
)
a troubled teen with an undeserved criminal past is the suspect when young women start turning up around town dead and marked up with lipstick .
i’m not sure if i’d call this a favorite but it is a good episode, mikey can’t be forgotten once you’ve seen him. as for people asking ‘is it a strangler who’s a teenager or someone who strangles teenagers’–i’d like to point out that spoiling the movie within the first five minutes would kill any suspense. # 49 “answer: c. john ensign, who plays jimmy walton in teen - age strangler. he was 47 when he made this movie. ” ensign played lt. anderson, not jimmy, so a 47 - year old police lieutenant makes sense .
[ teenage strangler should be with creative film enterprises / norman senfeld. giant spider invasion is with vci, who licensed gorgo to sf. ] *
this is the other feature on something weird’s teenage terror drive - in double feature along with the rougher more gang - ish teenage gang debs. teen - age strangler starring mike is the perfect chaser to all the deb action of the first film and will leave you debating with your friends which one of them showcased the worst song: this one’s ode to pin stripes or teenage gang debs ‘ insane attempt to start a kung fu dance fad with “black belt. ” regardless of where you come out on that issue, mike will surely end up being your favorite gang deb .
misties
rejoice! hot on the heels of the last volume, rhino has delivered yet another exceptional selection of films and shorts from the sorely missed
satellite of love .
watch in awe as joel, crow, tom servo and the rest of the gang make a mockery of toho' s green goliath in
godzilla vs. megalon
and lampoon roger corman' s earliest effort ,
swamp diamonds .
stare in amazement as mike, in only his second outing on the series, and the bots skewer the homegrown horror of
teen - age strangler
and then
the giant spider invasion ,
starring alan
the skipper
hale jr .
there' s a graphic scene with michi and freak nasty that makes for uncomfortable viewing. these two also get it on in somewhat less unpleasant fashion in the lost opening of 'vampire strangler' which can be found in the bonus material on
( set of four individual discs containing episodes 206 -
ring of terror ,
409 -
indestructible man ,
414 -
tormented ,
and 1011 -
horrors of spider island ,
plus
mystery science theater hour
bumpers for episode 414 -
tormented
and clips from episodes 303 -
pod people ,
514 -
teen - age strangler ,
523 -
village of the giants ,
822 -
overdrawn at the memory bank ,
817 -
the horror of party beach ,
202 -
the side hackers ,
316 -
gamera vs. zigra ,
321 -
santa claus conquers the martians ,
804 -
the deadly mantis ,
and 907 -
hobgoblins
)
could not have been included. in this interview, they talk about their early film roles for factory 2000 and chelsea talks about the abortion sequence in 'i was a teenage strangler'. there is a booklet containing some interesting reading material, though .
back at the malt shop, another horror unfolds before our disbelieving eyes. some girl gets up on the counter, proclaims her and this guy with a guitar the huntington astronauts, and starts singing one of those abominations that these low budget teen pictures traffic in .
( set of four individual discs containing episodes 419 -
the rebel set ,
504 -
secret agent super dragon ,
612 -
the starfighters ,
and 811 -
parts: the clonus horror ,
plus
mystery science theater hour
bumpers for episode 419 -
the rebel set
and clips from episodes 204 -
catalina caper ,
312 -
gamera vs. guiron ,
521 -
santa claus ,
522 -
teen - age crime wave ,
603 -
the dead talk back ,
806 -
the undead ,
814 -
riding with death ,
913 -
quest of the delta knights ,
and 1002 -
girl in gold boots
)
( set of four individual discs containing episodes 212 -
godzilla vs. megalon ,
503 -
swamp diamonds ,
514 -
teen - age strangler ,
and 810 -
the giant spider invasion ,
plus bloopers from episodes 804 -
the deadly mantis ,
815 -
agent for h. a. r. m. ,
705 -
escape 2000 ,
703 -
deathstalker and the warriors from hell ,
turkey day infomercial ,
806 -
the undead ,
819 -
invasion of the neptune men ,
809 -
i was a teenage werewolf ,
812 -
the incredibly strange creatures who stopped living and became mixed - up zombies ,
817 -
the horror of party beach ,
822 -
overdrawn at the memory bank ,
807 -
terror from the year 5000 ,
820 -
space mutiny ,
810 -
the giant spider invasion ,
814 -
riding with death ,
805 -
the thing that couldn' t die ,
704 -
the incredible melting man ,
701 / 701t -
night of the blood beast ,
and 821 -
time chasers ,
not to mention clips from episodes 302 -
gamera ,
314 -
mighty jack ,
317 -
viking women and the sea serpent ,
403 -
city limits ,
516 -
alien from l. a. ,
519 -
outlaw ,
521 -
santa claus ,
522 -
teen - age crime wave ,
605 -
colossus and the headhunters ,
804 -
the deadly mantis ,
807 -
terror from the year 5000 ,
904 -
werewolf ,
905 -
the deadly bees ,
910 -
the final sacrifice ,
and 1013 -
diabolik
)
according to imdb. com, lynne “romulan” gorman was born in 1920, making her 37 at the time the short was made. she had quite a long career in canadian television and film. her boyfriend / fiancee was craig slocum, who was a regular in dark shadows in the late 1960s. he was only 22 when the short was made, and died in 1978, age 43 .
it' s the fuzz versus
the fastbacks ,
a gang of black leather high school hot - rodders, one of whom could be
the lipstick killer ,
a psycho who leaves a stocking wrapped around his victims' necks. and there' s nothing like guessing whodunit in a film packed with father knows best nuclear families, moderne living rooms, tailfins, jack warden hats, and period hairdos. pipe - chomping dads bellow ,
go to your room !
at misunderstood kids who just want to race their cars, get in fights at marty' s malt shoppe, and dance the chickenleg twist. but strangler' s show - stopper is the swinging ,
yipes stripes ,
introduced by a teen queen who flashes her petitpants and announces :
fellow citizens and lovers of good music, for those of you who have pledged your allegiance to peter, paul, and mary, who have an undying love for the beatles, paul anka, and the chad mitchell trio, i give you huntington' s astronauts. they' re out of this world !
check it out teenage strangler on a double bill special edition dvd with teenage gang debs from something weird video! urltoken
on saturday morning, an autograph session scheduled for two hours stretched to more than four. that was followed by a celebrity q & a session featuring beverly garland (star of three msted movies), david worth (director of warrior of the lost world - - seen in episode 501) and john humphries (who played mikey in teenage strangler - - seen in episode 514). kim catrall (who starred in city limits - - seen in episode 403) was also scheduled to attend but canceled at the last minute. studio tours went on all day saturday .
( features clips from episodes 615 -
kitten with a whip ,
202 -
the side hackers ,
623 -
the amazing transparent man ,
420 -
the human duplicators ,
319 -
war of the colossal beast ,
703 -
deathstalker and the warriors from hell ,
516 -
alien from l. a. ,
408 -
hercules unchained ,
308 -
gamera vs. gaos ,
620 -
danger! ! death ray ,
522 -
teen - age crime wave ,
322 -
master ninja ,
705 -
escape 2000 ,
518 -
the atomic brain ,
105 -
the corpse vanishes ,
407 -
the killer shrews ,
603 -
the dead talk back ,
423 -
bride of the monster ,
316 -
gamera vs. zigra ,
512 -
mitchell ,
104 -
women of the prehistoric planet ,
417 -
crash of moons ,
508 -
operation double 007 ,
210 -
king dinosaur ,
511 -
gunslinger ,
and 624 -
samson vs. the vampire women
)
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q: i' ve heard and read about the mst3k conventio - con and expofest - a - rama that was held friday, september 16th through sunday, september 18, 1994. what happened? a: it was great fun. about 2, 000 msties from around the country gathered at the radisson south hotel in bloomington, mn .
the line to get into the merchandise room was endless but its inhabitants cheerful. another room at the hotel featured a
museum
of memorable props and costumes from the series .
episodes were run in three different rooms 24 hours a day; showings of episode 424 -
manos
: the hands of fate were standing - room - only. the friday night keynote event included the entire current cast and writing staff (joel did not attend) discussing the early days of the show, showing slides and answering questions from the audience .
it was the first time fans has a chance to see the now - familiar
poopie
and
scrapbook
tapes, which not only were shown to fans waiting in line during the autograph session, but were also shown on the hotel tv .
on saturday night, the entire convention was bused to a theater in downtown minneapolis for a live performance of the show, featuring the movie
this island earth .
there were standing ovations beyond count and deafening cheers rattled the hall. following the show, conventioneers returned to the hotel for a gala costume ball that extended well into the wee hours and where msties and cast members mingled freely .
q: i was unable to attend the convention. did bbi videotape any of it? are those videotapes available? a: bbi did tape some parts of the con, and some of that footage was included in a tape the info club offered called the mst3k scrapbook .
q: how about the live show? is bbi selling tapes of that? a: some footage of the live show is included in the scrapbook tape. none of the very funny riffing of the movie was included, but you can get some idea of what you missed by watching mystery science theater 3000 - the movie. many of the riffs are the same as performed that night .
q: i couldn' t make it to the second convention, which ran from friday, august 30th to monday, september 2nd, 1996. what happened? a: dubbed conventio - con ii: electric bugaloo, it was held at the minneapolis convention center. some 2, 300 msties attended (short of the 4, 000 bbi was hoping to attract. worldcon, a major science fiction convention, was held the same weekend and siphoned off some potential attendees; also, some attendees canceled their reservations when a planned live show was canceled due to the resignation, only a few weeks earlier, of trace beaulieu) .
the keynote session featured the entire cast and writing staff (including trace) and which featured a few cheerful but confusing comments from sci - fi channel head honcho barry schulman and a wonderful farewell video of classic trace moments. also seated at the table was a guy (introduced as a new writer) named bill corbett. rumors swirled at the con that bill had been chosen to take over crow, but bbi refused to confirm them at the time .
the celebrity panel featured (at last !) kim catrall (featured in episode 403 - city limits), russell johnson (the professor from
gilligan' s island
and co - star of
this island earth
) and rex reason (star of
this island earth
) .
at one session, scenes that had been cut from mst3k - the movie were shown. it may be the only time the dave alvin version of the mst3k theme song, including lyrics, was ever heard in its entirety in a public setting. also shown was a rough cut of a short ,
assignment: venezuela ,
that was to be included on the then - planned cd - rom .
at another session, mike nelson demolished a number of lucky msties in the video game
doom ,
while mary jo pehl and bridget jones took another lucky group shopping at the mall of america .
the marvelous facility was also a star - - a vast improvement over the cramped quarters of the radisson hotel, where the 1994 convention was held .
q: will any footage of the second con be available to purchase? a: despite the frequent appearance of a bbi camera crew at the con, no footage was ever made available for sale. however, several fans have compilations of fan - shot footage available for trade. post a note in the forums and someone will probably help you .
q: will there be another convention? a: there will be no other official, bbi - sponsored conventions .
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a documentary - style drama about the
fouke monster
, a bigfoot - type creature that has been sighted in and around fouke, arkansas since the 1950s .
a sleazy, incompetent detective tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a socialite who murdered a burglar .
young man goes to work for gangsters to impress his nightclub - singer girlfriend .
after her husband is gunned down, rose hood takes his place temporarily as marshal of a small western town .
the strange brothers, winston and myles, are having a party and they' ve invited all of the local slackers and freaks. but a masked man shows up and starts strangling people to death at every available opportunity .
a man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials .
a doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend' s head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body .
when lieutenant anderson calls headquarters the voice of the dispatch officer is obviously coming from off screen right and not from the radio in the car. anderson also fails to click only holds the receiver and fails to operate its buttons .
if the fans of mst3k, such as me, can ever get together and create an mst3k hall of fame, this movie might be inducted in as a charter member in the film category. john humphries definitely will be inducted as a charter member in the actors category, along with such luminaries as joe don baker, ross hagen, john agar and... the guy... you know, the one who played torgo. humphries made only one mst3k appearance, but it was a great one, playing a character so annoying that you' re just begging the other characters to give him a swirley or rub his face in crunchy underwear. fortunately, humphries seems to have a sense of humor and reality, as he didn' t foolishly follow other mst3k actors into years of horrible films, thinking he' d eventually get his big break .
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a girl goes against the advice of her parents and her roommate and runs away with her boyfriend. the short asks the question of whether their love has the necessary elements to last long or not .
this short was included on shorts vol 3, released by rhino entertainment on vhs in janurary 2001, and on dvd in august 2004 as an limited time exclusive bonus for ordering mst3k: the essentials from a specially created rhino site .
a serial killer has been targeting teenage girls in a small town, strangling his victims with pantyhose and drawing an
x
in lipstick on their foreheads. lieutenant anderson (
) is frustrated by the crimes, and thinks that modern parents have become too lax with their curfews. local hot - rod gang the fast backs find themselves prime suspects, since an eyewitness says she might have seen their insignia, a bulldog, on the killer' s back. their only alibi is an illegal drag strip race (they' re the number one group in the state), except for jimmy (
), and can' t answer for his whereabouts. tensions with fellow gang member curly cause jimmy to throw his fast backs jacket away, and a wild fistfight leads to a challenge to drag. when another body is found, the clues suddenly point to curly, but a high speed chase and a terrible accident only complicate matters further. so who is the killer? is it the creepy janitor? is it the dweebish kid brother ?
john humphries had never acted before doing this film. he has since said that he took his acting cues from jo canterbury, whom he knew had some acting experience off - broadway. so, as her performance became more teary and shrill, so did his. [ 2 ]
according to john humphries, most of the cast and crew of this film were friends or relatives of director ben parker .
the episode revitalized interest in the film so much so that it was given a premiere showing in huntington, west virginia (where it was filmed) in 1994 .
prologue: mike tries to phone his grandma for help. he runs into problems with calling long distance from space and answering machines .
segment one (invention exchange): in deep 13, the frank - n - forcer keeps frank out of dr. f ’s way. on the sol, the waiter - baiter attracts waiters so you don’t have to .
poetry and ponder the question ,
what is love ?
crow wants to hear more about
hot love
. the gang ends up pondering the nature of love, mostly in terms of famous celebrities .
segment three: crow of the crow - magnons and tom of the hovermothers want to rumble gangland style, but mike intervenes by
rapping
with the bots .
segment four: crow and tom have a gadget attached to a pair of giant glasses that will make mike act like mikey from the movie. mike wises up eventually, and takes revenge on crow .
as the bots go on thanksgiving break, lonely custodian mike sings
i’m a janitor
. back in deep 13, dr. f uses sawdust to clean up after frank when he bounces along to the song .
stinger :
and he didn’t steal no bike neither... i did !
rifftrax would later riff “how much affection? ” which is plugged in the short’s closing credits .
“the master wants you but he can’t have you. ” (manos: the hands of fate )
“you can flip any chick in the house. ” (the brain that wouldn’t die )
looks like he took dance lessons from arch hall jr. !
of eegah fame !
shtemlo !
( on seeing a sign for
women' s residence )
well, except for tom hanks and peter scolari .
tom hanks and peter scolari starred in the sitcom bosom buddies as a couple of guys who pose as women so they can live in a women - only hotel .
actor emilio estevez did marry singer paula abdul in 1992; but their love ended about two years later. both forever your girl and cold hearted crow mentioned are songs recorded by paula abdul .
and then you became a
pillar of salt
... what! ?
referring to the story of lot' s wife from the book of genesis in which lot and his family flee from the city of sodom to avoid its destruction. they were advised by the angels escorting them not to look back but lot' s wife did anyway. as a result, she
became a pillar of salt .
in 1966, charles whitman climbed to the top of a bell tower at the university of texas in austin and began shooting random bystanders on the ground .
a reference to
da butt
, a 1988 song by experience unlimited that was featured in the spike lee movie school daze .
a play on scared straight! , a 1978 television documentary in which a group of juvenile delinquents were led on a tour of a new jersey prison to demonstrate the ultimate consequences of criminal behavior .
a reference to the watchtower, a magazine published by the jehovah' s witnesses .
andrew dice clay was a popular comedian during the early 1990s. he was known for his vulgar, chauvinistic on - stage persona and costume, a throwback to the
greaser
look of the 1950s which consisted a black leather jacket and dark, slicked - back hair .
a reference to black panther co - founder huey newton, who was accused of murder in two separate cases in 1967 and 1974 .
jonathan silverman is an american actor best known for his lead roles in the film brighton beach memoirs and the tv series
gimme a break
and
the single guy
. he has dark hair and a prominent nose .
k. d. lang is a canadian singer. she had short dark hair and was openly gay at a time when there was a stronger social stigma about homosexuality .
during the early 1990s, cbs broadcast a series of late - night crime drama series (including sweating bullets) under the name crimetime after primetime .
actress vivian vance was best known for playing ethel mertz on i love lucy .
cornjob
was joel and the' bots' nickname for a character in gamera vs guiron .
battle of the network stars was a series of television specials from the 1970s and' 80s that pitted tv stars from the three major networks against each other in a series of athletic competitions .
during the 1990s, a series of public - service announcements promoting the use of seat belts featured the comical misadventures of a pair of living crash - test dummies, and used the slogan
you could learn a lot from a dummy .
a quote from the annie hall, in which woody allen' s character reacts with paranoia about perceived anti - semitism .
lyrics from
the trolly song
featured in the musical meet me in st louis, used here because the soundtrack is similar to the trolley theme from mr. rogers' neighborhood .
reference to a series of zest soap commercials prominently featuring showerers and the slogan
you' re not fully clean unless your zest - fully clean !
.
[ we see liz, an oddly mature woman, brushing her hair before bed. ]
[ in the mirror, we see college girl peg toss her books on her bed. ]
: don' t be silly, peg! you always talk as if your mother were an… ogre, or something .
: honestly, peg — i don' t know how many times, ever since we were in high school together, i' ve heard you go on the same way about some man or other .
: and, now stay tuned for the clarance thomas - anita hill hearing .
commercially released on dvd by rhino entertainment august 2006 as part of the mystery science theater 3000 collection, volume 10, a 4 - dvd set with godzilla vs. megalon, swamp diamonds and the giant spider invasion. collection 10 was discontinued shortly after release, due to rumored rights issues with godzilla vs. megalon .
re - released on dvd in february, 2008 in the mystery science theater 3000 collection, volume 10. 2, which replaced godzilla vs. megalon with the giant gila monster .
this dvd features an outakes section, about 15 minutes taken from the poopie! ii tape .
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said killer has also appropriated one of the club jackets from a local drag - racing gang, leading to the protagonist jimmy being framed for the murders at first. eventually, suspicion drifts to other members of the gang, until the real killer is found .
the movie is punctuated with a musical number in the middle named
yipe stripes .
: the few parents seen in the film are probably among the worst examples you could find. jimmy' s father seems far more concerned with how jimmy' s criminal record affects the
than how it would affect the boy' s future; meanwhile, betty' s mom is overly excited to meet a police officer, and her dad is definitely the
hands - off
type .
dad: that' s your job [ to protect the children ], isn' t it? that' s what you get paid for! det. anderson: and what' s your job as a parent ?
: the female protagonist' s mother and mikey are some of the most notable examples of what happens when
community theater goes to the silver screen .
also, jimmy and mikey' s angry dad, who manages to say
by jupiter
with a straight face .
dark reprise: the murderer' s theme is a darker and edgier variation of
yipe stripes
.
: a cop tells a woman that her neighbor has been murdered. her
the fool: non - comedic example in mikey, though he was probably intended to be more a littlest autism patient .
: mikey, especially his
he didn' t steal no bike either !
moment. he' s not even the only one in the cast overdoing it .
ham - to - ham combat: he was only following the example of the gal who played betty, as she was the only one in this film who had any kind of previous acting experience .
betty (as
yipe stripes
plays on a jukebox): gee, that' s a nice song .
there are no therapists: that' s okay, though, as apparently there' s no such thing as grief or psychological trauma, either. tony' s girlfriend is killed, and he just goes to school the next day no problem. betty is nearly murdered and her attacker is shot dead in front of her, but give her 24 hours and she' ll be back at the malt shop shakin' her groove thang to possibly the worst song ever recorded .
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episode 514 is one of my favorite mst3k episodes thanks to the presence of the wimpy, goofy, nerdy mikey. this presents most every second he was on camera during the movie, along with the' bots turning mike nelson into mikey as well. not stealing bikes has never been more fun !
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fastbacks, the mekons and dinosaur jr. , dropping out of the punk and indie rock scenes one show at a time since 2007. current personnel: dylan lee ritchie and nathan grumdahl .
chaotic, glitched - out electronic music on the latest from porch sam, each song clattering and shrieking its way into existence .
on “obedient vibrations, ” spa moans creates a haunting, shadowy world with eerie synths and chilling, far - off vocals .
the majestic oakland goth / post - punk group gets ready to release its first lp .
the dunedin - by - way - of - oakland sound on this super cool post - punk release doesn’t skimp on hooks .
charlotte mermoud' s sometimes wacky vocals blend with plenty of wiry bass and a slightly sinister punk vibe .
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visit our archives of the mst3k pages previously hosted by the sci - fi channel' s scifi. com .
mike nelson, kevin murphy and bill corbett reflect on mst3k' s final broadcast .
short: (1957) a college couple rushes into marriage, while another couple is taking their time. movie: (1964) in a west virginia town, a newly arrived family is at the center of a series of murders .
song: “i’m a janitor; ” dr. f. cleans up after frank
i’ll admit that the host segments are a bit rough and inconsistent in regards to humor and they just plain fell flat during the beginning of mike’s tenure. personally, i was happy when they stopped the invention exchange because none of those clicked with mike’s time. however, i think you have to make allowances for this simply because, it is a learning process. none of the brains could or would know exactly how mike would fit in and these beginning episodes are just that, trying to find the rhythm and chemistry of mike with the other players on the show .
the writers, i’m sure, always wrote these host segments during the joel era for joel, utilizing his style, persona, delivery so that the scene and dialogue flowed naturally based on what made joel, joel. with mike, there’s no way they could know how mike would deliver this line or handle that segment. he was still finding his character, as were the writers. learning what his timing was, how he would address the situation created in the segment for the most comedic effect. until they found the best fit and personality of the character they couldn’t really write for him. it’s why i think the invention exchanges stayed for a time; they wanted to see if mike could carry those segments .
you have to keep in mind, mike’s first episodes were a lot like mst’s first season, they were learning and adapting all in front of a national audience. i think we can agree that they did find mike’s niche and the segments got better and the show shined once again in all aspects. you have to give mike a pass, just like frank before him, and mary joe after him. season 2 was frank’s finding of his character. season 7 ended before the dynamic of mother and son could be fine tuned to fit the actors .
oh and i forgot to add, that i love host segment two simply because mike pulls off that attitude and approach and older person who tries to pretend that he understands kids by using their slang and simply coming off as fake and kind of lame. he nailed that perfect .
also, as a single parent of one i understand where dr. forrester is comng from with the frankenforcer. still my favorite invenrtion and my namesake. i finally got to know someone special - me! nhhnnhnnnhnhnhhhhnnnn. love trace’s uncle albert inspired laugh .
in regards to mike’s whispered yelling. i always assumed that was a result of his chronic headaches. i can’t imagine someone who suffers the intense pain of those regularly is willing to go full voice yelling .
i don’t have legit proof (my only copy is the official dvd), but i’m sure the deep 13 / non - spaghetti ball bumpers first showed up in the last episode, not this one. i mean think about it. it’s mike’s first episode. with a new opening theme and doorway sequence, you would assume they would have replaced all the gizmonic bumpers with deep 13 ones in brain, right? so why aren’t they in the last episode? well, did anyone ever notice that the earliest rhino dvds actually have less bumpers than the others? meaning that those specific ones were all most likely cut from the official release? surely there’s somebody who still has their old tapes (when these episodes first aired) who can confirm that brain has these bumpers? makes me wish shout factory would put out more re - issues (and more special editions like manos), they haven’t done any since this past march .
this episode’s great. nice short, mostly good movie with mikey being the highlight (plus two gut busting moments at the very end). lovely song too. a real winner, five stars. season 5 has been on a roll since super dragon (lost world and hercules were great too, swamp diamonds was average with a great short) and there’s still plenty of great episodes to come. this is my personal favorite era of the show .
like many episodes, this one gets better with repeated viewings. somehow i’d forgotten about mike’s “the master wants you, but he can’t have you” callback, and burst out laughing while watching this tonight .
the invention exchange is one of the best ones, it’s just chaos. forrester getting increasingly aggravated with frank’s baby crying (“i think someone needs a nap, permanently! ”), crow and servo’s purposefully - annoying waiter baiter (“excuse me, pardon me, if i could just… excuse me, pardon me, if i could just…”) that plays over their chatter and mike scurrying around - classic .
though it should be noted that any conversations between mikey and another female character wouldn’t count, since mikey is still technically a male .
at least peg isn’t as anal as sue from are you ready for marriage .
i get that these sort of shorts are expected to have a goofus to illustrate how to do something wrong. but even so peg seems needlessly thick .
when i first saw this episode, i was genuinely unsure of mikey’s gender when he was introduced .
in the first segment, it’s amazing how many of those celebrity romances are no more: almost all of them. i guess that was the point, but i’m still impressed by their accuracy rate .
i would have been more impressed if they had a high accuracy rating for picking romances that would have lasted .
“the lovebirds have arrived. ” and they’re leaving their droppings all over the place .
meanwhile, back in the cold, bitter, loveless life of her parents .
“where were you, then? ” i vas in austria during the rumble .
gary, i broke up with you while you were over there getting trashed .
some people might not realize that it was basically an offensive maneuver to let him slam me in the wall .
good episode. i’ve got to say though, as someone who’s quite susceptible to having songs stuck in my head for days, yipe stripes isn’t one of them. which is odd, since it’s the only song playing through the entire movie. or maybe the song is just so bad that i unconsciously push it out .
“in this episode they began using something different from the traditional five - second shot of the spinning spaghetti ball when they went to commercial. the bits show closeups of deep 13. ”
these new bumpers actually debuted with the previous episode *. i’m not sure if most people realize this, but rhino always cut the non - spaghetti ball bumpers out of their vhs releases, which carried over to when those episodes were re - released on dvd (up through volume 3 or so). shout! has done a good job for the most part with re - releasing these shows and restoring these bumpers (and other things). you can find the full version of ep. 513 (and 512) together on the bonus disc included in the 25th anniversary set .
* and they’re with every episode to the end of season 6, each unique to their respective show. for future reference to those of you who only own the rhino dvds, these episodes don’t got the bumpers either: 515 (shout’s dvd is the same, unfortunately, but the version on the vimeo streaming site has them all intact), 517, 518 (this is getting re - released again in september), 606, 607, 609, 619, 622
this movie was largely made by, and featured, people who had never made a movie before and would never make a movie again. hence, no cast and crew roundup this week .
a fun episode that’s worth some revisits. come to think of it, i should probably rewatch this one soon .
i want to think that anyone who was still potentially on the fence about mike after the brain that wouldn’t die became more of a believer after this one. it doesn’t hurt that mikey is one of the most memorable characters featured in an msted movie. the episode in general was great, but the riffing caught on fire when mikey popped up .
i can see arguments both ways as to whether or not this film (and its short) should have been featured for the first mike experiment. on one hand, you have a film that’s not as oppressively grim as the brain that wouldn’t die. there was also the potential for humor with mike trying to leave the theater after the short, only to find that he had an entire film to sit through. on the other hand, there are some great things going on in the host segments, and you would have to lose them in order to establish the mike character and his bond with the ‘bots. i go back and forth on this .
seeing the mst3k scrapbook only makes me wish that i could have been at the conventio - con to hear what john humphries had to say for the celebrity guest panel .
eight years later, and i find that i like this episode more than ever. frank in the frankenforcer and dr. forrester going into rage mode cracks me up, as does tom’s hover skirt getting stuck and disrupting the bots’ turf war, and mike as mikey is priceless .
the movie is…not that bad. i mean, it’s awful, but it’s not all that bad. i like these little regional indie films, and the fact that they managed to produce something with a storyline plus a beginning, middle and end is impressive. i could probably watch this movie unriffed, if i had to. though i’d rather not .
one more thing. there’s a scene toward the end, with betty and the janitor at the locker. he asks her what she’s looking for, and she says, “i’m trying to find something. or not find it. or something. ” i always thought that her delivery was this close to being good – if only she’d taken some acting lessons !
the “it wasn’t me that was murdered” riff cracked me up, and that lady really reminded me of some of the actors i’ve worked with in community theater in the past. this entire movie reeks of community theater, and that made it all the more entertaining to watch. definitely one of my favorite of season 5 .
i really like the way the movie’s title comes up with the guitar playing. it’s pretty effective. just about the only effective thing in this movie, which is full of moments by turns perplexing and utterly charming .
good movie, but for me a great short. for the first one mike did, “is this love? ” was a real winner. i had the shorts 3 vhs and in high school i was in a critical thinking class and at one point we were discussing ways teenagers were seen in the past versus today. well, i talked my teacher into letting me show the short to the class. after a hurried explanation of why there were three weird characters at the bottom of the screen, i just let the thing play and it went over very well. the “we have a winner! ” riff got a particularly big laugh. i did cut it off right before m & tb started reeling off their own short titles, fearing that might be a bridge too far for the teacher .
afterward, the short actually led to a good discussion. so, mst3k educates the youth of america! think about it won’t you, thank you .
as for the rest of the episode, there were no duds but the ‘mikey glasses’ skit i think was the first real gem from mike’s era. it’s one that just sticks in the mind, especially crow’s sniveling at the end. jimmeh? jimmeh? …
joel’s very ‘pc’ attitude was really kind of annoying. the ‘booing’ whenever a woman was hit was probably the most annoying .
exactly! thank you, uranium – 235. i am glad someone mentioned this. i love this show passionately–it is my favorite tv show all time–but the one negative for me is the pc stuff…in particular the ‘white male’ bashing (so very tiresome) …along with the above - mentioned item .
haydn 70: exactly! thank you, uranium – 235. i am glad someone mentioned this. i love this show passionately–it is my favorite tv show all time–but the one negative for me is the pc stuff…in particular the ‘white male’ bashing (so very tiresome) …along with the above - mentioned item .
the big riff for me was, “i beat myself up! ” love the short, but the way the original writers created the characters grates on me. i hate that the “lesson” is delivered by making one side saintly while the other is completely unreasonable and childish. “no! i won’t wait a few weeks more and graduate with a degree and a free house from my parents! i want to get married now! and no, i won’t even let me folks meet my fiance before we elope! ”
my favorite part of this episode is when the mother of the heroine is talking on the phone and the poodle in her arms appears as if he’s looking down towards crow, and crow growls at him .
tom: maybe this is the start of the counter culture. (tom usually gets the worst / best puns .) mike: now is this a teenager who strangles or a person who strangles teenagers? crow: it wasn’t me who was murdered, was it ?
i like this episode a lot. mike is starts to get into the flow of things, and the movie wasn’t half - bad either, it had a coherent plot, and while the acting was not very good, these were small town people not professional actors. still, it lends itself great for riffing and i am glad that john humphries (mikey) was a good sport and showed up at the first convestio - con. i agree with sampo about yipes stripes, i have had that song in my head since i watched it on the 28th of june, it’s not a half - bad song either, nonsensical yes, but no worse than professionally produced bubblegum music. fave riffs: “now we’re stuck in lake forest! ” mike “i live the other way, but all right. ” servo “oh. don’t invoke jupiter. ” mike “go on. git! ” crow
teen-age strangler is a 1964 crime drama film , made in huntington , west virginia . it exploits the popular concern with juvenile delinquency of the american cold war period . it was re-released in black & white in 1990 , resulting in local screenings , newspaper writeups , and cast reunions . it was featured on a season 5 episode of mystery science theater 3000 ( mst3k ) . actor john humphreys , who played the role of " mikey " appeared at the mst3k first conventio-con in september , 1994 . 
teen-age strangler is a 1964 crime drama film, made in huntington, west virginia. it exploits the popular concern with juvenile delinquency of the american cold war period. it was re-released in black & white in 1990, resulting in local screenings, newspaper writeups, and cast reunions. it was featured on a season 5 episode of mystery science theater 3000 (mst3k). actor john humphreys, who played the role of " mikey " appeared at the mst3k first conventio-con in september, 1994.
teen-age strangler is a 1964 crime drama film, made in huntington, west virginia. it exploits the popular concern with juvenile delinquency of the american cold war period. it was re-released in black & white in 1990, resulting in local screenings, newspaper writeups, and cast reunions. it was featured on a season 5 episode of mystery science theater 3000 (mst3k). actor john humphreys, who played the role of " mikey " appeared at the mst3k first conventio-con in september, 1994.