Up next is The Painted Hills, a 1951 Western adventure starring none other than cinematic canine superstar Lassie in her final role- not as “Lassie,” but as “Shep,” who’s the companion of crusty gold prospector Jonathan Harvey (Paul Kelly), who’s murdered by his partner, Lin (Bruce Cowling), who’s out for his claim. Extras include a new “Turkey Day” intro by Joel Hodgson and the original first-season voices of Crow and Tom Servo, Trace Beaulieu and Josh Weinstein as well as “Undercooked And Overstuffed,” a nice overview of the Turkey Day Marathon phenomena. #Mst3k robot rumpus serial#This episode also includes the first episode of the Bela Lugosi espionage/fantasy serial The Phantom Creeps, which is best known for its giant eight-foot slave robot that looks more like an Easter Island statue than any sort of mechanical man. The film was produced on the VERY cheap by low-budget producer Robert Lippert and Joel and the ‘Bots have a field day mocking the characters, one of whom shoots natives like it’s something he routinely does, and the condescending white imperialism that drapes over the story. The films in The Turkey Day Collection live up (or is it down?) to the excellent extras, 1948’s Jungle Goddess is a terrible adventure starring George Reeves, later TV’s “Superman,” hunting for heiress Wanda McKay in darkest Africa, where, in typical condescending ‘40’s fashion, she’s somehow been made ruler of a native tribe. “B” Natural (Nelson’s real-life wife, Bridget Nelson) from the infamous musical short of the same name. And best of all, 1995 features Forrester - now that TV’s Frank has ascended into heaven (Conniff left the show) - fending off all of the guests Frank invited before he left this mortal coil, including a drunk Perkins, pianist Michael Feinstein (Nelson again), Pitch the devil from the Mexican Santa Claus (writer Paul Chaplin) and the androgynous Mr. #Mst3k robot rumpus movie#1992 features TV’s Frank being tortured by Forrester as he’s forced to eat one turkey per movie for the full thirty-hour marathon. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu) and TV’s Frank (Frank Conniff) badgered by Thanksgiving guest and “Biography” host Jack Perkins (Mike Nelson). #Mst3k robot rumpus series#The 1991 segment features series nemeses Dr. Robot and Gypsy, forced to watch “cheesy movies” over and over again - remains the same, but the “Turkey Day” phenomenon was a great way, particularly in the time before DVDs and DVRs, to revisit favorite episodes and get the premiere of a new one thrown in for good measure. The show’s format - host and show creator Joel Hodgson and, later, head writer Mike Nelson find themselves trapped in space with robot pals Tom Servo, Crow T. It’s a perfect way to segue from the pain of gorging yourself to laughing yourself sick. #Mst3k robot rumpus archive#XXXI: The Turkey Day Collection, featuring four cinematic gobblers along with new Thanksgiving bumpers and an archive of all three of the marathon host segments from 1991, ’92 and ’95 (Comedy Central used substitute hosts in ’93 and ’94, including Batman’s Adam West). Shout Factory has embraced this with Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. But to many, Thanksgiving also means memories of “The Turkey Day Marathon,” the non-stop, round-the-clock pile-on of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K) that ran for five consecutive Thanksgivings Days in the early ’90’s on Comedy Central. From that point forward I went online and found and downloaded every episode they ever made.To most, Thanksgiving means turkey, stuffing, gravy, and the inevitable post-meal tryptophan coma. but then I found MSt3k the Movie at a video store. Sadly this was the last season and it was going to be over soon. At least this time I also got to see Robot Rumpus. this time I caught it from the starts and understood the show a little better. I tuned it at 7pm and they aired The Screaming Skull again. During the show they aired a commercial for Mst3k showing that it would air later on that day at 7pm. After looking at the menu on the tv, that movie was 'The Screaming Skull'. I saw the peacocks and I got the riff and started to laugh. then I realized the silhouettes of Mike and the Bots. I was confused because I didn't know who had said that. I finally laid down in my dark room, under the covers, and that's when I heard the riff "help us, NBC is after us. I wasn't really paying attention because I was just trying to get the bed ready for me to go to sleep. I had left it on the scifi channel before I left so it was still on there. I went into my room, closed the door and turned on the tv. So early Saturday morning, it was freezing and there was ice on the road, I got out early and went home. But sometimes if work ended up slow they would let us leave early. I used to work the graveyard shift with the postal service from 11pm to around 8am.
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