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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 18/09/2026

Hey, it's that MST3K episode that went missing for a few decades but then got found! We talk about K03, Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, now with funhouse mirror black hole sequences and Joel's dreamy long hair. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/194 or on your podcast app. And enjoy!

Screenshots from MST3K K03: Captain Joe and Ken go through a black hole and get all funhouse mirror warped.

Oh, more warping, but now it's all bathed in a blue light.

Meanwhile on the Satellite of Love, Crow is experimenting with clothespins, Joel has long hair, and Tom's head is filled with what looks like popcorn.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 29/08/2026

And we're back! And so is Ken and the plucky crew of the Bacchus 3, for #MST3K 318, Star Force: Fugitive Alien II. Which also provides an excuse for one of us to finally watch Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Listen on your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/193

Screenshots from the MST3K episode Star Force: Fugitive Alien II: The plucky crew of the Bacchus 3 dive in formation.

A close up of Colonel Yurulin, who is not the fugitive alien of the title, but is a fugitive alien, too.

Frank and Dr. F wearing BIG NOSES. (They're big.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 23/04/2026

All hail Mikey! In our latest episode, we revisit #MST3K 514, Teen-Age Strangler. With the short: Is This Love? And look, both are amazing, but we simply must celebrate a true cinema icon, John Humphries. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/192

Screenshots from the MST3K episode of Teen-age Strangler. Featuring John Humphries as Mikey!

Mikey and his acting coach emote their way into our hearts.

Meanwhile, a weird interlude from this guy. He's the sheriff, and he's making an announcement that the kids better stay safe. Hm.

Oh, this is Peg and her dreamboat. Look at them. Is this love? Well? Is it?

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 31/03/2026

Lon Chaney Jr. is in both the short (Undersea Kingdom) and the movie featured in #MST3K 409, Indestructible Man, and so we have to talk about him. But won't anyone take a moment to appreciate the film's other star, Max Showalter? itsjustashow.com/episode/191

Screenshots from the MST3K episode Indestructible Man. Here, Lon Chaney (Jr), behind bars, has some choice words to say to the lawyer who betrayed him.

The detective, played by Max Showalter (aka Casey Adams), proposes to Eva in just the worst way imaginable.

Meanwhile in the Undersea Kingdom, someone who might also be Lon Chaney (or maybe not? it's a little hard to tell in this shot) helps Unga Khan with his dastardly plan.

An uncomfortable close-up on Joel's eyes, à la Lon Chaney.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 28/02/2026

In our new episode we revisit #MST3K 1202, Atlantic Rim, and we talk about another movie that it took a little inspiration from. Oh, and Charlotte watches North (Rob Reiner, 1994) so you don't have to. Listen on your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/190

Screen shots from the MST3K episode Atlantic Rim: Three colour-coded mechs fly over Times Square and attack a kaiju. Notice that Times Square is covered in ads for other movies from The Asylum, makers of Atlantic Rim, such as I Am Omega.

Our heroes, Green, Red, and Blue, when not encased in colour-coded mech. They're standing in front of a helicopter; Green is trying out a stylish headband that will allow him to have a deeper connection to his mech.

The team is lead by Admiral "Bull Butter" Hadley, played by the late great Graham Greene.

Meanwhile on the Satellite of Love, Growler plays a pipe organ that causes air dancers to flop about; Jonah and the bots recoil in terror.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 17/02/2026

What if MST3K, but drawings? We take a quick look at MST3K: The Web Series (aka The Animated Series, aka The 'Bots Are Back) and MST3K: The Comic. One is a bit more successful than the other. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/189b

From MST3K: The Web Series: GPC and Servo are talking on the SOL.

From MST3K: The Web Series: Crow is fishing in a lake.

From MST3K: The Comic: A scene on the Satellite of Love. Jonah, on a ladder, is checking out a lighting fixture; Servo, holding a copy of "A Little Bit of Schmervo in the Night" on vinyl, says: "Looks like a speaker. If so, we can play my new record!" Crow, building a toothpick sculpture of the Eye of Sauron, says, "It's just a pasta strainer, lighten up!" GPC, with a bucket of tools, says, "The boneheads probably put it there on their last maintenance visit. I can tell because it's crooked." M. Waverly, holding a magazine, says, "Hey-- who creased the Mad fold-in?" Growler, driving a small work vehicle, saying, "Y'now, we all want the same thing--a fistful of fifties and a day without fear." Cambot watches on silentlyl. This is located in the path between the bridge and the theater; a bumper sticker on the next door says "Reptilicus is Silly!". There's a workbench with lots of crow parts.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 03/02/2026

In the meantime, there are still lots of older episodes to rewatch, like #MST3K 406, Attack of the Giant Leeches. With the short: Undersea Kingdom, ch. 1. Who would win in a fight, a giant leech or "Crash" Corrigan? Listen to our new podcast about it at itsjustashow.com/episode/189

Screenshots from the MST3K episode Attack of the Giant Leeches. Here, in the beginning of the short, we see "Crash" Corrigan (playing "Crash" Corrigan) in all his bare-chested glory, being inspected by a naval officer or something.

Meanwhile, Dick (Bruno VeSota) and his wife Liz (Yvette Vickers), despite their marital struggles, both take a moment to appreciate her gams.

One of the few frames of the film that show (part of) a giant leech. It's, uh, well, it's probably for the best that they barely show the giant leeches, so your mind can fill in the scary details.

Back on the Satellite of Love, Crow, Joel, and Tom are dressed up Hee Haw style, singing about how they're a danger to themselves and others. Crow has buck teeth, which is a nice touch.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 16/01/2026

Let's switch it up a little this Gamuary, and enjoy a kaiju from off the coast of Ireland who destroys downtown London! Yes, this year we're looking at #MST3K 909, GORGO! Is this also a thin excuse to talk about Samuel Beckett? Yes, of course it is. Happy Gamuary! itsjustashow.com/episode/188

Screenshots from the MST3K episode of Gorgo: Gorgo's parent, also a giant kaiju, destroys Tower Bridge. A London bridge is falling down, even if it isn't London Bridge.

The harbourmaster at Nara Island, who looks a little bit like Samuel Beckett.

Crow and Tom in their production of Waiting for Gorgo.

And Pearl is hanging out with Leonard Maltin? OK, sure.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 25/12/2025

Happy holidays! Let's see what's in this box... Oh. It's Munchie. That's right, we're looking at #MST3K 1304, Munchie, and arguing that it's a holiday movie! It's a terrible argument but it's ours and we're sticking to it. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/187 or on your podcast app. Ho ho ho!

Screenshots from the MST3K episode on Munchie. Here, Munchie is revealed, with fireworks. He's terrifying to behold (but perhaps even more terrifying to listen to).

Cathy (Loni Anderson) looks on as her creepy boyfriend Elliot (Andrew Stevens with a micro-Ned Flanders moustache) says weird things to her son.

Munchie drives a jeep in front of the moon, in a classic movie homage that even a child could recognize.

Meanwhile on an SoL, Jonah is dressed up as a rock star, showing ever so much chest, and pouting. Crow and Tom look on.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 23/12/2025

As a holiday treat for our Patreon supporters, Chris & Charlotte joined other Megaphonic podcasters to talk about SONG OF NORWAY, a 1970 musical biopic about the composer Edvard Grieg. The movie isn't worth watching. But it was fun to talk about for 2 hours! www.patreon.com/posts/holida...

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With the poster for the 1970 musical biopic Song of Norway

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 15/12/2025

In our new episode, we look at #MST3K 603, THE DEAD TALK BACK. (Or do they?) With Crow dressed up as Jerry Garcia and a short about selling cabinets to sell more ice cream, this has something for everyone. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/186 or on your podcast app. Enjoy!

Screenshots from the MST3K episode The Dead Talk Back. Here, a scientist in his laboratory attempts to speak with the spirit of a murder victim, whose body is in a glass vitrine behind him. It's all very scientific.

A model, dressed up as a pizza dominatrix, waves her magic wand over a large ice cream display chest. It's very marketing.

Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank are wearing fedoras and are lit moodily. Frank confesses to every possible crime. They're adorable.

Crow, dressed up like Jerry Garcia, is playing a guitar solo. GPC reads War and Peace, Tom plays solitaire, and Mike folds up some sensible slacks while they wait for the solo to end. It does not end.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 27/11/2025

Happy Turkey Day! On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, the first episode of #MST3K aired — and now, 185 episodes into our podcast, we're ready to talk about it! We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185

Screen shots from the MST3K episode on Invaders from the Deep. On the Satellite of Love, Joel introduces us to the show — kind of.

Phones and Troy Tempest pilot the underwater vessel Stingray, with the silent Marina sitting in the back.

One of the underwater baddies has Marina strapped to a chair. She only has a few marine minutes to escape!

Back on the SoL, GPC has come down with a bad case of foam. Not FOMO, just foam. (Don't worry, she'll be fine.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 16/11/2025

Before our big Turkey Day episode, let's take a look at a short that was meant for the ill-fated #MST3K CD-ROM: Assignment: Venezuela! And let's try to keep it light, hm? Yes? No? Oh. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/184b or on your podcast app.

Screenshots from the MST3K short, Assignment: Venezuela. An American gets off the plane for a new job in Venezuela. Good thing he speaks a few words of Spanish, kinda!

Meanwhile his wife and kids are back in the US, waiting to join him.

Our American businessman is hard at work, sitting near a pool, enjoying the local, uh, scenery.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 04/11/2025

Our latest episode looks at #MST3K 1005, BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z (aka Zaat). It's got more fish in it than you can shake a stick at. Or a fishing pole at. Or something. Insert fish pun here. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/184

Screenshots from the MST3K episode on Blood Waters of Dr. Z. Here, a sargassum fish hides amongst the sargassum plant. Inspirational!

Our man-turned-fish anti-hero looks at his to-do list, which is unexpectedly shaped like a many-layered wheel.

On board the Satellite of Love, Crow is getting into dip. Which, yuck.

Brain Guy and Bobo do a scene from Glengarry Glen Ross — in the buff. Does it improve things? Sound off in the comments!

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 28/10/2025

Our Donald Pleasence Day episode is spectacularly late (sorry) but here it is! Please enjoy all the familiar faces you'll find in #MST3K K15, Superdome, a made-for-tv movie about bad things happening at the Super Bowl. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/183 or on your podcast app.

Screen shots from the MST3K episode on Superdome. Here, Tom Selleck, chest and moustache fully on display, plays a star quarterback, hanging out in the locker room, getting ready for a pre-game soak in the electric whirlpool.

David Janssen plays the general manager of the team.

Donna Mills (spoiler alert) is the one doing all the killing. Is she about to kill David Janssen?

M. Emmet Walsh as the team physician, who (again, spoilers) Donna Mills does kill.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 06/10/2025

Happy Donald Pleasence Day, everybody!

Screenshot of Donald Pleasence in an amazing shiny top.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 30/09/2025

"Why don't they look (at #MST3K 520, Radar Secret Service, with the short Last Clear Chance)???" We finally looked. Our Sam Newfield festival continues — and hey, why don't we also check Newfield's most notorious film, The Terror of Tiny Town? On your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/182

Screen shots of MST3K's episode, Radar Secret Service. Here, a distant train is coming at us down the tracks. Danger!

Two engineers look at (an offscreen) tragedy caused by their bloodthirsty trains. "Why don't they look?" one of them asks.

In a different movie, a metal ball on top of a car from the 40s lets you know that RADAR is on its way! (This Radar Secret Service doesn't seem like much of a secret.)

Down in Deep 13, Dr. F and TV's Frank (in a beard) talk about the Hypno Helio Static Statis in today's film that makes it so boring. (All of the walls of Deep 13 seem pretty stable.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 17/09/2025

In our latest episode we revisit MST3K 507, I Accuse My Parents — and the episode of The Mads Are Back where they tackle it, and the chapter of Frank's book (now out in audiobook!) where he talks about it. All of which are very good. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/181

Screenshots from the MST3K episode on I Accuse My Parents. This is from the short, The Truck Farmer, and shows an endless field of crops getting sprayed with an endless supply of chemicals. OK, probably not endless — it's just one guy in a vehicle spraying things — but it looks like not gonna stop any time soon.

From the movie: Young Jimmy measures nightclub singer Kitty's feet for a new pair of shoes. (In a shoe store, not in a night club.) He's going to tell her the wrong size, but for once Jimmy's not lying. He makes an honest mistake! He doesn't know what he's doing yet — but she's his first customer.

At the nightclub, Kitty sings a song that will be rattling around my head even in the grave.

Joel (with a hastily painted on pencil moustache) enjoys GPC's performance of that song. She look even more glamorous than Kitty!

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 29/08/2025

Let's get stuck in MST3K 1312, The Bubble! They say the movie is worse than Manos — could that be true? Who is this Arch Oboler guy anyway? And what about this movie will make Charlotte say: I object! Listen to our latest episode and find out! itsjustashow.com/episode/180

Screenshots from the MST3K episode on The Bubble. Here, a man tells the woman who just gave birth to his child that she's already got her sexy figure back.

Two men have found the edge of the bubble. "It's a wall made out of glass!" one of them says. ("It's called a window," Tom notes.)

The town they're stuck in is absolute mishmash of whatever they could find in a backlot. Old West general store? Stone grotesques? Why not! As long as it's brown.

Oh, there's also a little freakout section where disembodied masks of heads float towards you (because this was originally released in 3D). But this is not The Mask.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 28/08/2025

Our new episode should drop tomorrow. Are you ready to re-enter... The Bubble?

A screenshot of MST3K's episode on The Bubble. A cab drives down a dirt road, with a random assortment of statues, columns, and pipes on either side of the road.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 08/08/2025

We celebrate a big birthday by looking at MST3K 203, JUNGLE GODDESS. Hoo boy, that's gonna give us something to talk about. But also there's the first chapter of The Phantom Creeps! Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/179 or on your podcast app

Screenshots from the MST3K episode on Jungle Goddess. Here, George "Superman" Reeves and Robert "Dick Tracy" Byrd stand next to Wanda "Jungle Goddess" McKay, as they try to get out of the jungle.

Meanwhile in The Phantom Creeps, Bela Lugosi shows off his adorable giant robot to his assistant.

We see Crow and Tom Servo through an "intestine scope" (i.e., a matte stencil of an intestinal track), for some reason.

Joel and the bots star in the wacky sitcom My White Goddess! High-larious.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 25/07/2025

It's time to watch MST3K 906: The Space Children. With a short: Century 21 Calling. Lots of familiar faces in this one — and there's so much exciting future tech at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Like three-way calling! Wow! Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/178

Screen shots from the MST3K episode on The Space Children. Here, Michel Ray (as Bud) and the other Space Children protect a giant space blob that is emerging from a cave.

Russell Johnson (aka, the Professor from Gilligan's Island) has had his brain scrambled by the blob, and no one is upset about it.

Meanwhile in the short: Two teens enjoy the future of telephony at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Is your family ready for Touch-Tone dialling?

The teens debate whether to see the peep show that was apparently part of the World's Fair. (They will wisely spend their time learning about automatic dialling instead.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 23/06/2025

We can't fix everything in the world, but we can talk for a surprisingly long time about forklifts. At long last, our episode on MST3K 310, Fugitive Alien! On your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/177

Screen shots from MST3K episode 310, Fugitive Alien: A forklift is coming right for you!

Ken grabs the forklift by the tongs and pushes back!

He's doing it! Ken is pushing the forklift away! Olé!

Oh, right, and Jack Perkins (as played by Mike) shows up at Deep 13 for the first time in this episode. Now that is what I call good tv.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 16/06/2025

Our new episode looks at the KMTA version of Fugitive Alien. The MST3K crew have not yet noticed the forklift. Don't worry, they will soon. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/176 or on your podcast app.

Screenshots from the MST3K episode of Fugitive Alien (from the KTMA version): Ken and his friend in their fancy wig-helmets.

Rita (with long blonde hair) and Ken (no longer in a wig-helmet) stand on a pile of, I dunno, rubble or something. A perfect setting for them to work out their romantic difficulties.

Captain Joe offers Ken a cigar. On a spaceship. Hey, don't smoke in a spaceship, ok?

On the Satellite of Love, GPC and Tom have disassembled Crow for a prank. (GPC is carrying Crow's neck and head in her mouth.) Joel isn't amused, but honestly neither are the bots. Oh well, some pranks are like that.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 01/06/2025

New episode! MST3K 211, First Spaceship on Venus, is another movie with an international group of scientists travelling to space and not all of them making it home. But this time we get to talk about Stanisław Lem! And Britney Spears? Listen on your podcast app or itsjustashow.com/episode/175

Stills from the MST3K episode First Spaceship on Venus. This shows the titular spaceship on the titular Venus.

Four astronauts in beige outfits who are very difficult to distinguish.

The strange landscape of Venus — psychedelic clouds and strange, lumpy pillars.

Meanwhile Tom is serving up some disgusting food with Klack. This abomination has enormous eyes, false teeth, and I can't tell if those are Barbie legs or hot dogs or what. Just revolting. Behind it, Tom waves hello and has a pleased look on his beak.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 19/05/2025

Our new episode is about MST3K 611, Last of the Wild Horses, and there's something a little different about this one. If only Frank and Trace riffed together more often. (Oh, wait, right, they do that all the time, and it's great!) Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/174

Screenshots of the MST3K experiment Last of the Wild Horses. Here, we see Evil Crow and Evil Mike (with goatee!) looking menacing. Well, they're doing their best.

Meanwhile, Frank and Forrester are on the Satellite of Love with a lemur puppet. (There are no lemurs in this movie.)

And Evil GPC uses her feminine wiles to get Evil Tom Servo to do what he must do. She WILL be a captain's woman!

Oh yeah, and there's a cowboy movie. We see a cowboy on a horse against a cloudy sky. More importantly, Forrester and Frank are in the theater! Forrester's hair makes an impressive silhouette.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 29/04/2025

At long last, our episode on #MST3K 511, Gunslinger, is ready to be slung your way! We get to talk about Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, and other women of the Old West. Hee-YA! (Or, YEE-haw. Either way works.) Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/173

Screen shots from MST3K's episode on Gunslinger. Here, the new marshal (Beverly Garland!) cautiously starts a romance with a man (John Ireland) who dresses all in black, which isn't suspicious at all.

Meanwhile, saloon owner Erica (Allison Hayes) and her lackey (Jonathan Haze) hatch evil schemes (in a room with aggressively "old-timey" decor).

And down in the saloon, three "dancing girls" show their stuff. Sort of. The men seem to appreciate it, at least.

Back in Deep 13, Dr. Forrester shows us his copy of The Scanner Planner, which will allow him to explode people's heads using only his mind! Yikes!

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 31/03/2025

We check out MST3K 110, ROBOT HOLOCAUST (a slice of 80s cheese with some fun creature design) — and bid farewell to RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON. And we talk about Robot Holocaust director Tim Kincaid's other, more interesting work. IYKYK. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/172

Screenshots from the MST3K episode of Robot Holocaust. Spoiler: Here we see that the Dark One's henchwoman, Valaria, has been a robot the whole time.

Torque is a red robot with Zoidberg face tentacles, for some reason. (No complaints.)

Jorg, the scientist, is merged with The Dark One, becoming a creature with the body of an avocado and the head of an exhausted middle-aged man. (Hey, me too!)

Another spoiler: The film breaks during the short, and we get a still of Dr. Erhardt going "Oops!" and Dr. Forrester going "Film broke!" Both look abashed at the snafu. Joel's shadow looms large as he heads to Cambot to fix things.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 11/03/2025

We look at MST3K 1007, Track of the Moon Beast — and we correct an oversight that we made in our previous episode on The Green Slime. Come for the stew, stay for talk about Bill Finger and his more famous creation. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/171

Screenshots from the MST3K episode Track of the Moon Beast. In this shot, some people sit around a table eating some homemade stew, and watching a news report on a small tv.

"SOL's Legends of Rock presents: The Band That Played California Lady" is written on an image of The Band That Played California Lady playing California Lady.

A slide being projected of a lizard man chasing some archers.

The lizard man himself, looking bright orange in a solarized shot.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 24/02/2025

We're back to talk about MST3K's second stab at The Million Eyes of Sumuru. This time you can see what's going on in the movie! Oh joy. Charlotte also reports on some other Sumuru films, and Chris finally watches Fitzcarraldo (and Burden of Dreams). Check it out: itsjustashow.com/episode/170

Screen shots from the MST3K Season 13 episode of The Million Eyes of Sumuru: Sumuru stands with her second-in-command guarding her. They wear well coordinated outfits.

George Nader gestures at Frankie Avalon to, I dunno, do something.

Klaus Kinski is President Boong in a role you wouldn't advise! He's about to casually spill a lot of champagne on the floor, which is the closest this film comes to taking advantage of having Kinski on set.

Our hero (of sorts), his arms tied above his head, is kissed by Sumuru. Neither of them seems very committed to the kiss, but it's in the script, so I guess they're gotta do it.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 10/02/2025

We watch MST3K 411, The Magic Sword, for our latest episode! And we join Crow in swooning for Estelle Winwood. Plus a few stray riffs give us an excuse to gush about David Lynch. itsjustashow.com/episode/169

Screenshots from the MST3K episode of The Magic Sword. Here, the swell Estelle Winwood smiles upon an obscured Gary Lockwood in a vaguely medieval (or early modern?) fantasy setting.

Basil Rathbone, playing an evil wizard, shows off his cape and his fineries.

A two-headed dragon threatens a maiden in chains, but it sort of feels like they're just going through the motions.

Meanwhile on the Satellite of Love, Crow sings a song of love to Estelle. Joel supports him; Tom, not so much.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 27/01/2025

A lady astronaut? That's one of a handful of twists in MST3K 109, PROJECT MOON BASE. With a script by Robert A. Heinlein and sets that were also used in Cat-Women on the Moon. (And two Radar Men from the Moon episodes. Sigh.) Listen to our new episode all about it at itsjustashow.com/episode/168

Screenshots from MST3K 109, Project Moon Base. Here we see a space station. Some people say this is the first space station shown in a film. Is that true? It might be true.

On the space station, gravity works oddly, so some people can walk on the floor while others walk on the ceiling.

Commando Cody, with his metal helmet and rocket-powered jetpack backpack, takes off into the sky!

Tom Servo, pretending to be Commando Cody, with his metal helmet and rocket-powered jetpack backpack, takes off into the sky! (Joel helps by carrying him.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 13/01/2025

Happy Gamuary! The month when we celebrate Gamera and all the other great kaiju. This year we're looking at MST3K 213, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (a.k.a. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep). Naturally, this gets us talking about Ancient Greek tragedies. Enjoy the podcast! itsjustashow.com/episode/167

It's Godzilla!

(In a screenshot from the MST3K episode where they watch Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.)

It's Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster!

(They are fighting in the water, and Godzilla has one of the Sea Monster's claws in his mouth.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 08/01/2025

Has everyone been having a happy Gamuary? How have you been celebrating? (In case you haven’t heard the good news, Gamuary is the month-long celebration of Gamera and all the other adorable kaiju.)

A close up on Gamera! Friend to all children!

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 23/12/2024

Happy holidays! We watched MST3K 1113, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, both to celebrate and to inspire some last-minute gift ideas. Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/166

A cartoon of Santa in his sleigh with some reindeer, from the opening titles of The Christmas That Almost Wasn't. The cartoonish art style looks a little like a Kate Beaton drawing. A little bit? Maybe?

Phineas T. Prune talks with his butler, Blossom, in his dusty and fusty home.

Santa checks in on the Satellite of Love, and good news! He's played by Joel Hodgson! But he's still being followed by "widdle baby" Sam Whipple (now played Elliott Kalan).

Jonah and the bots have festooned the Satellite of Love with all the Christmas trimmings, but they look unimpressed with the rocking horses and nutcrackers that Santa and his elves traditional insist are fun toys.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 16/12/2024

New episode! We return to season 13 of MST3K to watch H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come. We also talk about the novel that it's named after, as well as the much better film from 1936 that has actually read the book. Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/165 or on your podcast app.

Jack Palance's giant holographic head rotates in the sky.

People with fabulous hair check in with an AI orb who has to approve any governmental or military decisions. (Terrifying.)

Sparks the robot stands in a field with some of the few children left on Earth after the Robot Wars, seven years ago. (Awkward.)

Emily and the bots celebrate Condiment Tasting Day! Emily decides to stick to ranch — the mayo is too spicy.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 27/11/2024

Gobble gobble gobble! In anticipation of tomorrow's MST3K Turkey Day marathon, we look back at some of the classic Turkey Day celebrations from the 90s. Turkey Day with Adam West? Or with Dr. F worrying about his mother coming over? Another helping for us, please! itsjustashow.com/episode/164b

Beverly Garland joins Adam West to introduce some MST3K episodes in a suitably autumnal setting.

Mamie Van Doren also visits, wielding a switchblade.

Dr. Forrester is trying to take over the world before his mother arrives. But he's frustrated, because Pitch, Jack Perkins, and Mr. B Natural have all shown up for a Thanksgiving party. (They each brought a Mexican three-layer dip.)

Dr. Forrester's mood lightens considerably when Michael Feinstein shows up to tickle the ivories. Dr F. lies on his stomach on the piano, head perched on his hands, lapping up Michael Feinstein's rendition of a classic Cole Porter tune.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 24/11/2024

Happy birthday, MST3K! The first two episodes were aired on KTMA on November 24, 1988. (But no, we haven’t covered them yet, oddly enough. I wonder what we’re waiting for…?)

A screenshot from the first episode of MST3K! Crow stares into the middle distance while Joel (with long hair) tries to figure out what’s wrong with a sick GPC, who is foaming at the mouth. Also there’s a vase on the console, so that’s different.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 17/11/2024

We celebrate 100 years of Ed Wood by watching MST3K 613, The Sinister Urge! It's all about how smutty films cause deadly crimes. And so we decided to watch some of Ed's later smutty films to test this hypothesis... Listen on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com/episode/164

A still from "The Sinister Urge": Sassy, brassy porn producer Gloria looks over an aspiring starlet. Posters for several other Ed Wood films decorate the office.

A still from "The Sinister Urge": The aspiring starlet is now being filmed for a smutty picture. She is wearing more clothes than she's ever worn in her life.

A still from "Keeping Clean and Neat": A young girl named Mildred is setting up her hair for the night by putting curlers in it.

Meanwhile in Deep 13, TV's Frank has strewn sticks of dynamite everywhere, including tying several to Dr. F. But Dr. F is distracting Frank with a delicious potato cake.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 15/11/2024

Three of my last four Letterboxd films are kind of a spoiler for what we're going to talk about in our next episode (on The Sinister Urge), but then again, this is not a huge surprise, is it?

My Letterboxd "recent activity", featuring the posters for The Love Feast, Take It Out in Trade, Orgy of the Dead, and Don't Let Them In. (The first three of these films are all softcore films connected to Ed Wood.)

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 03/11/2024

Happy (belated) Halloween! To celebrate, we watched MST3K 606, The Creeping Terror! If the movie isn't as scary as it wanted to be, the story behind it sure is... Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/163 or on your podcast app.

The creeping terror itself! It's got a seven foot tall bit in the front topped with phallic eye-stalks, and a long caterpillar-like body behind it. The terror seems to be mostly made out of carpet samples. Scary!

Another screenshot from The Creeping Terror. A woman looks at the thermometer that she just used to determine why her baby was upset. This scene goes on far longer than you'd expect.

Another scene from The Creeping Terror. A newlywed couple make out on a couch. The husband's male coworker sit next to them, awkwardly. This scene also goes on longer than you'd expect.

A splash screen for "Love, Satellite Style", for a sketch where Mike and the bots will finally skewer the early 70s anthology show "Love, American Style". The graphic design here is flawless.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 14/10/2024

Our new episode looks at MST3K K13, SST: Death Flight. If you haven't seen this one (because it's KTMA), you might want to hunt it down, because the plot is wild and the cast is chock-a-block full of familiar faces. See how many you recognize! itsjustashow.com/episode/162

A supersonic jet on its maiden voyage is trying to break the speed record on its way to Paris. Here we see it flying high above the clouds. That's the set-up of SST: Death Flight.

That's Burgess Meredith (who designed the plane), Doug McClure (as a disgraced former pilot, helping out during an emergency), and Robert Reed (the dad from The Brady Bunch, as your actual pilot).

Here we see John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek: TNG) about to punch Peter Graves (Mission: Impossible and Biography). Graves used to date de Lancie's girlfriend, you see. But Graves is only there to stop him from harassing Billy Crystal (playing a gay-coded flight attendant).

Lorne Greene (from Bonanza and those Alpo commercials) is back on the ground trying to troubleshoot the plane's problems. You know Lorne is dependable because he's wearing a tie that's wide enough to land a plane on.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 10/10/2024

A hundred years ago today, a legend was born. Happy birthday, Ed Wood!

Ed Wood starring in his masterpiece, “Glen or Glenda?”

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 05/10/2024

Happy Donald Pleasence Day, everybody!

Donald Pleasence in Puma Man. His name is Pleasence, and he is funky.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 25/09/2024

For our latest podcast, we watch MST3K 108, The Slime People — or we try to, but some slime people have slathered the film with fog! Maybe another episode of Radar Men from the Moon will help? (Or maybe we'll use a riff as an excuse to discuss Slaughterhouse-Five.) itsjustashow.com/episode/161

Joel and the bots watch The Slime People. I think this is supposed to be our hero, but there's so much fog, who can tell?

I think they're watching two guys discussing how to get rid of all this fog? It's still incredibly foggy on screen, so who knows!

The fog has barely cleared up enough for us to see one of the scaly Slime People fighting one of our heroes.

Even the Satellite of Love is fogged in! Joel and the bots are barely visible.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 15/09/2024

12 to the Moon? In this economy? After we spent everything on that musical short about cars and the kitchen of tomorrow, Design for Dreaming? In our new podcast episode we talk about MST3K 524 — and concept cars, the space race, Wall Drug, and more. itsjustashow.com/episode/160

A man and a woman dance and sing at the 1956 General Motors Motorama.

Mike and the bots pack their things to go off with Nuveena, woman of the future. Crow has many crates of "Sensible Brown Pants" and "Spec Scripts".

12 hard-to-distinguish international astronauts go to the moon!

And two astrocats go to the moon as well. Meow meow.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 31/08/2024

Every year of our lives, we grow more and more convinced that the wisest and the best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful — and so we look at MST3K 902, The Phantom Planet. Plus Richard Kiel, Coleen Gray, and a few minutes with Andy Rooney! Nice. itsjustashow.com/episode/159

Richard Kiel steals the show as a Solarite, wearing a costume that makes him look like a very sad bipedal dog. Adorable.

A spaceship that looks like a marital aid flies through an asteroid cluster that looks like bumpy chunks of confectionery.

Two shirtless guys have an honour duel, where each tries to push the other onto a "gravity pad" that will disintegrate them. They're both holding onto a big H-shaped stick and pushing with that, because them's the rules for space honour duels.

Crow, Mike, and Tom wear big bushy eyebrows in order to compete in an Andy Rooney impression competition. Chaos will ensue.

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 19/08/2024

MST3K 405 features Being from Another Planet, the Ancient Egypt movie with almost no Ancient Egypt in it. Oh well, at least it has Shari Belafonte! We talk about it (and some other mummy movies) in our latest episode. itsjustashow.com/episode/158

Shari Belafonte plays the college radio DJ.

The "mummy", unwrapped, turns out to be a classic grey alien.

Joel dresses Crow and Tom up as mummies (using toilet paper).

A "Tragic Moments" figurine, called "By the Fire's Glow", depicting a family watching their house go up in flames. Oh, and it's a lamp!

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 02/08/2024

Well look what showed up in the mail! I sure hope I can trust whoever wrote that second blurb.

Cover of Mystery Science Theater 3000:A Cultural History, by Matt Foy and Christopher J. Olson.

The back cover, including a blurb which reads: "Mystery Science Theater 3000: A Cultural History is a terrific resource for anyone who wants to think (as well as laugh) along with Mystery Science Theater 3000."
- Chris Piuma, cohost of It's Just a Show

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 31/07/2024

The Corpse Vanishes (MST3K 105) has Bela Lugosi stealing brides to keep his wife forever young. Will a young, tough-as-nails reporter crack the case and stop his evil plans? Yes. We talk about it — and another Commando Cody short — in the latest episode of our podcast. itsjustashow.com/episode/157

A scene from The Corpse Vanishes, featuring a nebbish doctor, a young, tough-as-nails reporter, an older woman trying to retain her youth, and Bela Lugosi doing his thing.

A woman who looks uncannily like Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher.

One of many random shots included in this episode of Radar Men from the Moon. The sliding sand kind of looks like a Wham-O Magic Window.

Mr. Crow of Beverly Hills gives Joel a haircut, while Tom reads the latest issue of Tiger Bot magazine.

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