What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
Next Episode
Once again we're saddled with a sixty-minute movie that requires two shorts to fill it out. The first, Money Talks, is the story of a dorky high schooler who is visited by the ghost of Ben Franklin and gets schooled in the ways of money management. The second, Progress Island, USA, is essentially an advertisement to lure people from the perfectly good United States to Puerto Rico. Finally the movie, in which Tor Johnson plays a scientist caught up in a nuclear blast that turns him into the beast of Yucca Flats. Lots of random killing and random narration as we hit up our second of the Coleman Francis trilogy.
Host Segment Highlights
Here ye here ye! Who will win in the argument over Proposition Deep 13? Does it really matter? No. So let's party on down! But hey, you need some food to go with your beer, and there's no better time to do that than 11:30. So...is it 11:30? And after you've eaten, don't forget to check out the exhibit on the Film Anti-Preservation Society, which will allow films such as these to rot away peacefully.
Come join us! We don't bite, promise. Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is: flagonthemoon. Be prepped for the night and find the movie here.
Movie Sign swings on into September with...
9/6 - Episode 423 - Bride of the Monster (w/short short "Hired! Part 1")
9/13 - Episode 602 - Invasion USA (w/short "A Date With Your Family")
9/20 - Episode 207 - Wild Rebels
9/27 - Episode 702 - The Brute Man (w/short "The Chicken of Tomorrow")
