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
What have you always wanted to watch? A movie that involves mummies and stuff, right? Then you're in luck (surprisingly), with Being from Another Planet! Doug, a professor at the California Institute of Sciences, unearths a mummy in King Tut's tomb and takes it back to Californialand for study. Pete, one of his students, decides it'd be a good idea to zap the mummy with some radiation, and to also swipe some crystals from a secret draw in the sarcophagus. ...Oh snap - that's not a mummy (sorry), it's an alien, and those crystals are his radio! Cue the killing spree!
Host Segment Highlights
It's twenty questions! Just what is the movie being guess? I dunno, do you? Well, Joel tries to defend the acting career of surnamesake Billy Mumy (who portrayed Will Robinson on "Lost In Space"), but Tom and Crow aren't having any of it. Later, they lead the human through the haunted boiler room of the high school, but Joel exacts revenge - errr, brings rainy day fun - with a super special awesome fun fest of fun. In the end, all play and no work makes Jack a dull boy, so the crew decides to set up TVFSN, a shopping network dedicated to stuff only TV's Frank likes.
Come join us! We don't bite, promise. Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
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MOVIE SIGN flies into June with...
6/7 - Episode 605 - Colossus and the Headhunters
6/14 - Episode 411 - The Magic Sword
6/21 - Episode 913 - Quest of the Delta Knights
6/28 - Episode 505 - The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
