"What's the point of a helmet in skydiving? In case you land on your head?" - Crow
What's Movie Sign?
Every week, 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. We use episodes available on Google Video so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
It's a comedy show about a man and his robots, stranded in space and forced to watch some of the worst movies ever made as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, talk back to the films and riff on them. You can read up on the show over at the SoL.
Next Episode
It's high-flying... um, fun with The Skydivers. You see there's this little rinky-dink airfield out in the middle of nowhere where a couple named Beth and Harry run a skydiving business. Harry rebuffs the advances of his ex-gf Suzy, she seeks revenge, a lot of people jump out of planes, there's a big party with some crazy characters dancing around, and coffee seems to be a very important plot point... In the words of Frank, "It's like Manos without the lucid plot." It's also poorly made, as Crow remarks, "Someone with attention deficit disorder edited this film."
Preceding the movie is another instructional gem from the 1950s, espousing the virtues of an industrial arts education. Makes you wish you hadn't dropped shop class, huh?
Host Segment Highlights
- Mike and the Bots take on Dr. F and Frank in a swing choir competition.
- Crow's shop class project goes awry and leaves him beside himself.
- Crow puts himself into a "double jock lock."
- Crow builds a hot-rod, which Servo bombs into oblivion.
You know the date, so why not give it a go? Join us on Sunday and see what all the fuss is about! Movie starts at 8PM EST, room opens at 7:30.
The password for the room is: tooloperator. Get a head start on load time and find the video here.
MOVIE SIGN continues in April with...
4/5 - Episode 311 - It Conquered the World
4/12 - Episode 705 - Escape 2000
4/19 - Episode 112 - Untamed Youth
4/26 - Episode 1012 - Squirm (w/short "A Case of Spring Fever")
