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It was on Saturday nights for a long time on Comedy Central and the Sci-fi Channel. Weeknights at midnight was where I found it as a teen.
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New Comedy Central episodes were Saturdays at 7, but yeah they aired all the time, probably most well known was their Monday-Friday midnight time slots.
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Mar 26, 2017 23:24
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Ballz posted:New Comedy Central episodes were Saturdays at 7, but yeah they aired all the time, probably most well known was their Monday-Friday midnight time slots. When I started watching the show, it was during season 6, and nearly all of my tape collection is from that M-F midnight slot. I can still hum the Playboy Playmates video commercial music from heart...
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Mar 26, 2017 23:49
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Ballz posted:New Comedy Central episodes were Saturdays at 7, but yeah they aired all the time, probably most well known was their Monday-Friday midnight time slots. When Sci Fi got it they ran it Saturday mornings, Saturday evenings, and Sunday late nights. I think they might've dropped Saturday evenings at one point. Where they premiered the episodes would shuffle. For a while it was Saturday evenings, but I believe in season 10 Sunday late night became the new episode slot.
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Mar 26, 2017 23:53
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I'm five episodes away from completing the full rewatch. I'm going to finish before the show airs after all.  I like the Sci Fi era Mads a lot more in that last season. I remember Hamlet being pretty unwatchable, but the intro sketch was amusing, at least. I guess I'll probably be done by about Thursday at the latest, which gives me a solid two weeks of waking up every day and saying "I wish MST3K was back on the air" before my wish will come true. At least the most dreary Shakespeare adaptation will be broken up for about an hour at 8:00 so my wife can watch her show.
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Mar 27, 2017 00:30
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The Girl in lovers lane is to depressing to watch. Boy, poor Big stupid just couldn't catch a break.
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Mar 27, 2017 01:32
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Mar 27, 2017 02:07
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thelaughingman posted:The Girl in lovers lane is to depressing to watch. Boy, poor Big stupid just couldn't catch a break. I remember a bit from the Amazing Colossal Episode Guide where they were really mad at the ending of that film. Who's dumber: the kid from Girl In Lovers Lane who isn't Big Stupid (who I think is named Danny), or James Wilson, essayist in I Accuse My Parents?
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Mar 27, 2017 03:17
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I raise you the big lipped kid from High School Big Shot, my favorite episode for the pure schadenfreude.
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Mar 27, 2017 06:43
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Depressing Dad!
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Mar 27, 2017 13:23
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Compendium posted:I raise you the big lipped kid from High School Big Shot, my favorite episode for the pure schadenfreude. Yeah, that guy's whole life was just a cavalcade of bad choices.
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Mar 27, 2017 15:17
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The biggest sin of the Sci-Fi era is that despite almost all of the episodes being instant classics, the execs would very very rarely let them venture outside of the Sci-Fi or Fantasy realms. That really sucked because my favorite episodes were always the insane 50's era melodramas.
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Mar 27, 2017 15:37
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OldTennisCourt posted:The biggest sin of the Sci-Fi era is that despite almost all of the episodes being instant classics, the execs would very very rarely let them venture outside of the Sci-Fi or Fantasy realms. That really sucked because my favorite episodes were always the insane 50's era melodramas. I totally agree. It's like I like all the episodes nobody else is into, while everyone loses their poo poo over Space Mutiny for the billionth time
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Mar 27, 2017 15:39
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I mean, Space Mutiny is great but yeah, tons of lesser-celebrated eps are just as good. I am The Brute Man's greatest advocate.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:03
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 "Hi Creeper."  "Hi person." That bit gives me a giggle every time, alongside the crotchety shopkeeper who HATES his poor clerk.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:13
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Gozinbulx posted:I mean, Space Mutiny is great but yeah, tons of lesser-celebrated eps are just as good.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:15
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The Ape of Naples posted:The Brute Man is a classic to me. Along with Chicken of Tomorrow. "Special photography" my rear end.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:16
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OldTennisCourt posted:my favorite episodes were always the insane 50's era melodramas. Me too. And the more teen panic the better.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:59
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The Ed Wood movies always have this unique style of casting to them, and somehow 95% less oily than anyone Ray Dennis Steckler would hire.
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Mar 27, 2017 18:13
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OldTennisCourt posted:The biggest sin of the Sci-Fi era is that despite almost all of the episodes being instant classics, the execs would very very rarely let them venture outside of the Sci-Fi or Fantasy realms. That really sucked because my favorite episodes were always the insane 50's era melodramas. I'm ok with it for two reasons; viciously destroying sci-fi movies in particular is clearly Mike's forte, and a lot of the 50's melodramas and teen panic films are stuffed with filler that even the riffs are barely able to cover. With a lovely sci-fi film, there's usually something visually interesting to keep the audience interested between riffs. Not so with melodramas. Artsygrrl posted:The Ed Wood movies always have this unique style of casting to them, and somehow 95% less oily than anyone Ray Dennis Steckler would hire. "Bela, Tor, are you guys free this weekend? I have an amazing picture to shoot!"
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Mar 27, 2017 18:18
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They revealed the secret live riff for August, Its going to be The Five Doctors.
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Mar 27, 2017 19:33
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Artsygrrl posted:
On the DVD for the MST3K Reunion, there's a Q&A press conference where someone asked about performances from the movies that the riffers genuinely enjoy. Mike was more than happy to talk about that shopkeeper.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:26
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livingfruitvirus posted:When Sci Fi got it they ran it Saturday mornings, Saturday evenings, and Sunday late nights. I think they might've dropped Saturday evenings at one point. Where they premiered the episodes would shuffle. For a while it was Saturday evenings, but I believe in season 10 Sunday late night became the new episode slot. I remember it being Saturday morning debuts and Saturday evening slots right to the end. Never knew it was on Sunday.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:51
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Yeah, I'm close to positive it was Saturdays for the original airdates, because I remember being furious that I had to miss most of the last season until it reran.
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Mar 28, 2017 00:32
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The final season aired Sundays at 11pm. I would record them, then rush home from school Monday afternoon to watch them.
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Mar 28, 2017 00:36
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Bicyclops posted:Yeah, I'm close to positive it was Saturdays for the original airdates, because I remember being furious that I had to miss most of the last season until it reran. I wanna say it came on at 10am and the repeat at six or eight. The exception was Gorgo which was only shown on Saturday due to rights issues.
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Mar 28, 2017 01:31
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egon_beeblebrox posted:The final season aired Sundays at 11pm. I would record them, then rush home from school Monday afternoon to watch them. This is impossible and clearly you live in the Berenstain Bears universe. I swear that my Saturday commitments made me miss portions of the last season as it aired. Memory is weeeeeiiiiiird. e: I have two episodes left. It's time for my favorite short! Bicyclops fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mar 28, 2017 01:53
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Can confirm that at least some of the last season aired at 11PM on Sunday. I remember taping Soultaker and getting up really early before school and watching just the host segments before school because I was excited to see Joel and Frank back.
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Mar 28, 2017 02:06
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Mister Kingdom posted:The exception was Gorgo which was only shown on Saturday due to rights issues. Gorgo's one of my favorite episodes; is the fact that it got so little airtime a factor in it being relatively low on most rankings lists, or do people just not find it that funny? Maybe part of it is that I also like Gorgo as a film, I dunno.
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Mar 28, 2017 02:07
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They had the MST Hour too, IIRC, which aired on regular tv. I get the feeling I saw it at some point, but IDK
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Mar 28, 2017 05:13
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:They had the MST Hour too, IIRC, which aired on regular tv. I get the feeling I saw it at some point, but IDK I hated the hell outta those cut down hour long episodes. I know why they did it. It was a desperation move, but to the fans it was drat weird seeing parts of an episode that already had parts of a movie in it.
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Mar 28, 2017 05:53
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Speaking of Ed Wood, I'm watching The Sinister Urge and I literally just noticed that there are posters of his other movies in the background, most notably The Violent Years. I love you Ed just as much as MST3K loved you.
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Mar 28, 2017 07:10
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Bride of The Monster is definitely in my top 10. I wonder why they never did Plan 9. Too obvious a choice?
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Mar 28, 2017 07:25
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They tend to do movies that don't have a lot of entertainment value on their own. Things you can watch, even ironically, without them don't tend to be in their wheelhouse. There are better or worse films they've done, but that seems to be the general pattern.
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Mar 28, 2017 07:27
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If we're talking underrated episodes, I always felt that Riding With Death should be on more people's lists.
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Mar 28, 2017 11:19
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The Lobotomy Kid posted:If we're talking underrated episodes, I always felt that Riding With Death should be on more people's lists. It's one of my all-time favorites, and probably the episode I've watched the most times from the Sci-Fi years.
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Mar 28, 2017 12:05
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Diabolik900 posted:It's one of my all-time favorites, and probably the episode I've watched the most times from the Sci-Fi years. Same here. I love me some Riding with Death. I kinda like Codename:Diamondhead too. It's in the same vein.
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Mar 28, 2017 13:15
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HannibalBarca posted:Gorgo's one of my favorite episodes; is the fact that it got so little airtime a factor in it being relatively low on most rankings lists, or do people just not find it that funny? Maybe part of it is that I also like Gorgo as a film, I dunno. Gorgo is a fun movie, I don't think it takes itself too seriously and none of the riffs struck me as particularly mean spirited. I thought the scenes of destruction at the end were fun, too.
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Mar 28, 2017 13:35
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The Lobotomy Kid posted:If we're talking underrated episodes, I always felt that Riding With Death should be on more people's lists. Many years ago I watched it with a group of friends including one brand new acquaintance whose name was Ben Murphy. We were howling laughing. "Lucky guy, he's about to find out I'm Ben Murphy."
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Mar 28, 2017 13:36
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I finished my rewatch and now I'm mad that there's no MST3K, which I will have to endure for a full two weeks and three days.
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