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The Highest of Low Standards: How 'MST3K' Picked Movies to Mock

The scene, as I remember it, is like this: Ally Farson is in the kitchen with her emotionally abusive mother having a lengthy argument. Ally, as we’ve learned earlier, is fairly unhinged and has recently started a successful career as a serial murderer. Her mother doesn’t care about that, she’s just telling Ally how useless she is, how bad a person she is, and how she needs to get a job. Ally, for her part, is occasionally threatening to kill her mother. In the left corner, the actor playing the grandmother is cracking up. This scene runs, without any cuts, roughly fifteen minutes. The grandmother actress is laughing in [...]

The 20 Specials of Christmas: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

Let's first talk about Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. It's a bad movie. The acting's bad. The story's bad. The effects are bad. Even the Christmas spirit in it is bad. It's a horrible, horrible movie about selfish aliens and a creepy Santa.

Which is why it works so well for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

In fact, it features my favorite MST3K joke ever:

Reporter: "Is it true you're going to use a rocket sled?" Santa Claus: "Oh no, siree! We're going out the old fashioned way -" Joel: "Guns a-blazing."

Watch One Joke from Every Episode of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'

This video is oddly hypnotic and is a must watch for any fan of MST3K. It is a super must watch for any fan of the MST3K theme song because that shit loops over and over. Best joke of the video? All the jokes! [Via]

MST3K Founder J. Elvis Weinstein on the Art of Riffing on Bad Movies

Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans, take note. This week's Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show podcast features J. Elvis Weinstein, the original voice of Tom Servo, who also worked on America's Funniest Videos and Freaks & Geeks. Chances are there's something in the span of that career you'll want to hear about.

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