I'll go for one from each season:

Season One: Robot Holocaust
Season Two: Godzilla Vs. Megalon
Season Three: Daddy-O
Season Four: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Season Five: Mitchell
Season Six: The Beast of Yucca Flats
Season Seven: The Incredible Melting Man
Season Eight: Jack Frost
Season Nine: The Puma Man
Season Ten: Future War


That's just based on riff quality, and not the host segments.

LeilaK: /keep circulating the tapes
//I did...and still have many of them

That was one of the best things about the show: supplying episodes to the uninitiated.

LlamaGirl: I kinda sorta knew TMLO would be in here.

Oh, indeeeeeeeeed.


LlamaGirl: That means the Ecto Coolers are unguarded!

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

SHE TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIED TO STEAL THEM WITH A FORKLIFT

LlamaGirl: Watch out for snakes!!

_{Who said that?!}

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I'll give you a cookie if you shut up

ROCK AND ROLL MARTIAN!

/Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders

YOU'RE WELCOME!


Forty-Two: Subby covered my complaint with Space Mutiny, and I also think it's an injustice that Prince of Space only makes it to the "ten more" category.

/Smoke Manmuscle!
//Ba-KAWK!

That, and City Limits in the ten more category? It's good, but it's not THAT good.

Also, in my book, Jack Frost beats out Space Mutiny as the Season Eight pick by only the slimmest of margins.


Mugato: The author must have been hittin' the booze to forget Giant Spider Invasion.

He was probably excited about the PACKERS WINNING THE SUPER BOWL, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Forty-Two: Cool story, sis: Recently, I was making a stir fry, and my husband asked what cut of beef I'd bought for it. "Chuck cross rib," I read from the package.

"That sounds like a Space Mutiny name," he responded.

So I kept reading the package: "Chuck Crossrib! Steak Thin-Cut!"

Bob Johnson!

_{No, wait...}

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener:

Season One: Robot Holocaust
Season Two: Godzilla Vs. Megalon
Season Three: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Season Four: The Beatniks
Season Five: Mitchell
Season Six: Last of the Wild Horses
Season Seven: Laserblast
Season Eight: Time Chasers
Season Nine: The Quest of the Delta Knights
Season Ten: Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues



Boy is it tough picking only 1 episode from seasons 4-6. So many great Ed Wood films too. There's no arguing the merits of your list -- I'm just trying to provide some reinforcement. The toughest choice was Season 9, where I almost picked Final Sacrifice... but I think Q of the DK deserves much more love than it usually gets!

DeltaPunch: Season One: Robot Holocaust
Season Two: Godzilla Vs. Megalon
Season Three: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Season Four: The Beatniks
Season Five: Mitchell
Season Six: Last of the Wild Horses
Season Seven: Laserblast
Season Eight: Time Chasers
Season Nine: The Quest of the Delta Knights
Season Ten: Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues

Solid list, that. I would watch any of those like THAT.


DeltaPunch: Boy is it tough picking only 1 episode from seasons 4-6.

I hear that. I could've easily gone with The Beatniks for Season Four, Outlaw for Season Five, and San Francisco International for Season Six.


DeltaPunch: So many great Ed Wood films too.

Which is too bad that they didn't give Plan 9 from Outer Space the go-ahead, since RiffTrax did just that (and for one of their live shows, too).


DeltaPunch: There's no arguing the merits of your list -- I'm just trying to provide some reinforcement. The toughest choice was Season 9, where I almost picked Final Sacrifice... but I think Q of the DK deserves much more love than it usually gets!

No, I dig, I follow, totally. It's just as how there's no arguing the merits of YOUR list.

Season 9 *was* a toughie. That spot could just as easily have been filled by Werewolf or Hobgoblins or The Final Sacrifice or even underappreciated titles like The Deadly Bees and Devil Fish.

Jamdug!: Anybody have the link to all these?

Thanks.

You can find a whole boatload of these episodes on YouTube, it's just a matter of looking around for them.

You'll want to go for the videos that are around 90 minutes in length, as opposed to the episodes that are chopped up into segments (if you can help it).

Whatever you can't find on YouTube, you can try to hunt it down via Google Video.

To get you started, here's my favorite episode of the series, Jack Frost - enjoy! (pops, does not go to "The Final Countdown")

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Season 9 *was* a toughie. That spot could just as easily have been filled by Werewolf or Hobgoblins or The Final Sacrifice or even underappreciated titles like The Deadly Bees and Devil Fish.

Exactly. You smell what I'm steppin' in. ;)

DeltaPunch: Exactly. You smell what I'm steppin' in. ;)

Right on, mammajamma! ;)

*respeck knucks*

CavalierEternal: I nominate "The Amazing Transparent Man", mostly because it has my favorite MST3K sketch of all-time.

If we're talking sketches, I have to go with the Mystery Murder Dinner Theater sketch from Bloodlust.

I dare not ruin the punchline here.

Jamdug!: Thanks!

You're very welcome!

In case you need further reference, here's a listing of all MST3K titles. (pops, also not the Countdown)

You'll want to skip past the KTMA Movies section, since this was during the show's infancy and will be only of interest to the diehard completionist fans.

The show has its moments during Season One, picks up steam during Season Two, but really hits a full stride during Season Three and doesn't stop there.

Personally, I dig all the episodes except for The Castle of Fu Manchu, but your mileage may undoubtedly vary with some of these titles.

Anywho, happy viewing!

Mugato: I forgot about a lot of those. Hobgoblins was great. "It's the eighties. Do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan."

Hobgoblins was surreal in its badness. It left you wondering certain things during the viewing, namely: "Am I really watching this? Someone ACTUALLY made this?"


The Killer Bees was a little dry but WTF was the guy in the bowler hat who showed up during the closing credits?

I think he was one of the officials seen during the movie's prologue.

It's something of what TV Tropes would call a Brick Joke, in that the gov't received news about the crazy bee farm, and it's only at the end of the movie that they send someone to respond.

I think.


PacManDreaming: Monster A-Go Go is a must see only for the Circus on Ice short that precedes it.

Monster A-Go-Go is also worth it for the phone noise.

And Servo's "pear-shaped" riff towards the beginning is absolute gold.


PacManDreaming: On a side note, anyone that thinks Plan 9 From Outer Space is the worst movie ever hasn't seen Monster A-Go Go. It's a study in exactly what you shouldn't do when making a movie.

What hurt it was the fact that it was essentially two movies stapled together. It's a Frankenmovie.

From the IMDB:

"Director Bill Rebane began shooting the film in 1961, but ran out of money. Years later, director Herschell Gordon Lewis bought the incomplete film to team it with Moonshine Mountain as a double feature. Lewis filmed some additional footage, added narration (which he did himself), and released it in 1965. Many of the actors didn't come back for later filming, which explains why most of the characters disappear without explanation. One actor changed so much that he ended up playing his own brother."

Yes, that's Bill Rebane of The Giant Spider Invasion fame. Explains a lot, doesn't it?

Mugato: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Yes, that's Bill Rebane of The Giant Spider Invasion fame. Explains a lot, doesn't it?

...who also played the Klingon judge in Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country.

... who also...

*looks at the IMDB*

... did some other stuff, I guess.

I don't really know the names of titles, but my favorites are Puma Man and the one where a time traveler goes back to the Revolutionary War. Jack Frost is good, Space Ghost, and there's a beach monster one I enjoy but can't say much more than that except it led to Mike wearing a tiny speedo.

There's one where a woman says "My tray-sure!" and they riff on it for the rest of the movie...I still think about that when I hear the word treasure, measure, etc.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener

SHE TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIED TO STEAL THEM WITH A FORKLIFT


Ole!

Regards,

Rocky and Ken

Glad to see Tennagers from outer space on that list, but still needs more Cave Dwellers.

My humble entry:

The Giant Gila Monster


Were you putting your knee up again?"

My personal favorite has always been "Pod People"

No Touch of Satan?

"Well, I'll let Leatherface know you're here."

you are a puppet: the one where a time traveler goes back to the Revolutionary War.

Time Chasers! A good pick, even if the Castleton snobs don't like it.


you are a puppet: There's one where a woman says "My tray-sure!" and they riff on it for the rest of the movie...I still think about that when I hear the word treasure, measure, etc.

That would be The Thing That Couldn't Die with Aunt Flava-Flav!


Englebert Slaptyback: Ole!

Regards,

Rocky and Ken

AGAIN?


Englebert Slaptyback: My humble entry:

The Giant Gila Monster


Were you putting your knee up again?"

Lots of good stuff in that one.

"... 'son'? He called me 'son,' no wonder why my mother cries when I mention the sheriff!"


ertznay: Glad to see Tennagers from outer space on that list, but still needs more Cave Dwellers.

BECAUSE HE'S HUGE


The Incredible Sexual Egg: PACKERS WON THE SUPERBOWL!

/WOO! PACKERS!

FREE MUMIA!

FREE BOBBY SEALE!

FREE BILLY BEER!

AND PACKERS, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Bathia_Mapes: Glad to see my all-time favorite, "The Creeping Terror" (Show 606) on there, even if it's under, "And if you like those, here are 10 more".

It probably had one of the best stingers on the show - that is, the after-credits film clips.

*general panicking* "MY GOD, WHAT IS IT."

The rest of the episode was awesome, too. That's all the same case with Danger! Death Ray!!, too.

I was going to make strudel but YOU took the pan.

The English Major: The Blood Waters of Dr. Z

YES


Gratch: My personal favorite has always been "Pod People"

After all, rest *does* cure a crushed spine.


jimmythegeek: No Touch of Satan?

"Well, I'll let Leatherface know you're here."

"Emby Mellay? That's not a name, that's a bad Scrabble hand."

Dark episode, but it's got some good stuff.


hamsack: I was going to make strudel but YOU took the pan.

"Lucy, I'm hoooOOOOooome, OH LUCYOHMYGOD"

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. I appreciate a good movie that just randomly hates on anteaters.

Apollonia James: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. I appreciate a good movie that just randomly hates on anteaters.

With a username like that, it would seem an appropriate choice.


FirstNationalBastard: Normally I sing the praises of the Mike era, but there were some great Joel episodes...

Oh, definitely.

There are always a couple of great Season Five Joel episodes that always get baaaaaaaarely squeezed out in lists like these.

Among them, you have Warrior of the Lost World, The Girl in Lover's Lane, and The Painted Hills.

No love for "The HORRORS of Spider Island"?

"Aw, I was gonna pinch her tush..."

hamsack: mst3krevue.bravehost.com

Solid episode, but the Gumby short before it is BOSS.

It's darker than the end of Se7en!


procrastass: No love for "The HORRORS of Spider Island"?

"Aw, I was gonna pinch her tush..."

I really liked two of the skits there: the spoof of the plane crash/island languishing, and Mike auditioning dancers.