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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Tzan Tzu: Master of the Origami Fighting Fish)
Subject: Re: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary...
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 23:20:56 GMT

synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:

>craig@pulua.hcc.hawaii.edu (Craig Segawa) writes:

>>>PS:  Posters please remember that MST3K doesn't get outside of
>>>north america (if I'm not mistaken) so you might want to
>>>remember to limit your distribution to "na"
>>You're mistaken.  I'm glad I can get MST3K here in Hawaii.  btw I'm not
>>trying to start a Flame war by posting this, I just wanted to let the
>>_world_ know that I read this group.  =)

>Last time I checked, Hawaii was part of the Union. :-)  A `usa' distribution
>is sure to include Hawaii, and since an `na' distribution includes the US,
>you're covered.  No need to distribute to `world'.

Even if na does include Hawaii, howabout American Samoa?  Does AS get any
American TV?

How widespread is the mst3k group anyway?

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From: tlynch@cco.caltech.edu (Timothy W. Lynch)
Subject: Re: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary...
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:23:52 GMT

sparrish@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:

>A friend of mine tapes MST3k on Martha's Vinyard and brings them here
>(Connecticut, where we don't get comedy central :( ) for our tv enjoyment. 
>"I'm Huge!" hasn't been a problem, but "Does this bug you? Does this bug you? 
>I'm not touching you!" and "Bitter? Oh, a *tad*", both from "It Conquered the
>World" have become permanent additions to our lexicon and serve to alienate us
>mildly from the rest of the college community ... not really, but it does set
>us apart.  

Heh.  My wife and I use "I'm Huge!" all the time at this point; the number of
places where it's apropos is startling once you start looking at it.  And
"Joel" has become a verb in our house: "to joel" is to give a piece of 
celluloid a proper MST treatment.

Tim Lynch
From: sparrish@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Sandy Frank and some other stuff
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:39:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1992Apr7.223914.1
Organization: Wesleyan University

I was sitting in the basement today and the tv was on and SANDY FRANK's name
floated before my eyes.  I thought I was dreaming.  But no, Sandy Frank is in
fact involved in the production of that oh-so-fine courtroom dramatic- 
recreation show, The Judge.  (I don't really watch it ever.  Honest.)
Also, back on the Masticola exchange, it was really nice and unexpected to get
a refreshing dose of Buckaroo Banzai where I least expected it.
Guest mad scientist: John Bigboote?  Think about it...  

__________________________________________________________________________
Cor imbutum nectare volat ad superna. 			
I do not think it means what you think it means.
---------------------------  | In a waxless manner, and hoping for replies
sparrish@eagle.wesleyan.edu  |		      *Sparrow*
---------------------------  |      Heretic, escripvaine, shade
From: mcgrew@dropout.rutgers.edu (Charles Mcgrew)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Tibby :was something else
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:55:23 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	DVAN@auvm.american.edu writes:

        Does anyone have the lyrics to Tom Servo's Ode to Tibby the
	Turtle From the Gamera episode...?

		       Love song from "Gamera"

Sung by Tom Servo, with lyrical insurgency by Crow T. Robot.
Copyright 1990 by Best Brains, Inc.

Tom:  More fish-flakes, sweet friend?
(sings)
	Oh, Tibby, my Tibby, 
	my heart is a mess
	I don't have a protective shell 
	over my chest

	So people can hurt me
	with the cruel things they do
	Yet somehow, sweet Tibby
	I know you hurt too

	Oh, Tibby, my Tibby
	reality's hard
	So Tibby, let's play
	in the yard, oh

	Tibby, oh Tibby
	he runs like the wind
	a couple of inches, (sob)
	and then back again.

	La dah dah...
	Doo doo doo...	

Crow: uh, may I take a verse?

Tom: Well, if you feel it, Crow.

Crow: Oh, I do.

Tom: Well, Crow, then by all means. Join me, won't you?

Crow: five six seven eight - Tippy...

Tom:  Its Tibby!  Tibby! 

Crow:	Sorry, sorry.
(sings)
	I love you my fine
	little fella - 
	Even though you gave the whole 
	family salmonella...

Tom: No! No, its not their fault!  It isn't their fault!

Crow:  Hee hee hee...

Tom: Crow, you take everything good and you rip my heart out! (sobs)

Crow: Jeez, I'm sorry.

Joel: C'mon, Crow, let him finish his song...

Crow: Oh, ok... Its just a stupid old turtle.

Joel: Go ahead, Tom.

(the lights go back on the turtle)

Tom: Thank you, cambot

Tom: 
	Tibby, my tibby
	your blood may be cold
	but I know that your heart burns
	as hot as a coal

	It burns with the love only
	turtles can feel

(speaks)
	Tibby, is our love real?

My Tibby, I'll never let the dog nose around your bowl, but you know
that, don't you?  I can see it in your beady little eyes.  If you
high-center on your rock, Tibby, I'll be there to help you down.

	The toilet's not your fate, friend
	you'll always run free
	Tibby,
	long as you have me.
(sobs)

Crow:  Do you realize a robot just sang a love song to a turtle?

Joel: That was really good, Tom.

Tom:  Thank you...

Joel: We got commercial sign...


Charles
From: walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary...
Date: 15 Apr 92 06:24:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Punk Walrus Enterprises, Inc.


Once, during the movie "Alien" in an SF&F Convention, I was passing by the
video room. It was some suspense scene where someone was calling out for
"Zack." I had already been badly influenced by MST3K, so I couldn't resist
the temptation.
 
Movie: "Zack? Zack??"
Me: He's a lego maniac!
 
The whole video room dissolved into peals of laughter. I fled before anyone
noticed it was me...
 
 

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These opinions are not mine, but those of a rebellious spellchecker...
From: thove@brahms.udel.edu (Thomas Hove)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary...
Summary: Leon Varjian, etc.
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:50:52 GMT
Followup-To: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary . . .
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Delaware


     While I never saw one of those boom-box parades in person, I
remember when they had a feature on that kookiest of shows "Real
People" on Leon Varjian and his merry pranksters.  One of the other
famous stunts they pulled was putting hundreds of plastic pink
flamingos on the lawn in front of Bascom Hall.  "Ah... for fun!"
     But back to the topic of this string:  One thing I find myself
doing a lot, and often unconsciously, is acknowledging strange little
occurrences or remarks with Tom Servo's trademark "Mmm-Hm!"
     And during the exciting Peter Bogdonovich-Confusovision car chase
sequence in "Godzilla vs. Megalon," I think Joel said something like
"Eat a peach!" just before the guy pursuing Rex Dart on the motor-
cycle crashed.  Has anybody ever heard this expression? I find
myself using it a lot; it reminds me of the old "Take a burn!"
Another classic from that movie was:  "Why not, I'm high?" 
     Also, where does the quote "I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD!" come
from? And has anyone ever cleared up where all the clown suit and 
Kooky the clown references are from?

--Tom "That better be beer" Hove

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From: bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott)
Subject: Correction - sorry!
Summary: NO MST3k marathon 
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 05:23:56 GMT

Mistake!  I didn't pay enough attention... April 15th is NOT an MST3k
marathon, it's a day of death'n'taxes stuff on Comedy Central, TOPPED OFF by
ONE episode of MST3k... oh, well...

Sorry for the incorrect report.

BTW, for the guy who asked, I saw the commercial on Comedy Central itself.
Quitcher gripin.  Nobody's trying to keep anything from you.
Yes, my local paper DOES have CTV listings in its TV guide, but then it
lists most all the cable channels (and we have like 8 cable companies in the
metro area, many with different sets of services - they still showed CTV
listings even back when only ONE of the cable companies carried it).  

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From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (CHARLES JORDAN)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Theme song and other FAQ's
Summary: by this time, my lungs were aching for air...
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:57:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <aqrjmpg.fuzzy@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>Could someone please post the lyrics to the theme song for "Mystery
>Science Theater 3000"?
>
The "official" lyrics to the theme song, and other information on the
MST series, are contained in the frequently-asked questions list which is
part of the Sattelite of Love mailing list.  The mailing list is compiled
by Richard Kulaweic.  If you'd like to get on the mailing list, just send
a note to Richard at his address rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu

Back issues of the SOL, as well as .GIFs from the show and the FAQ, are
stored at the ftp site  syrinx.umd.edu   Mystery Science Theater stuff is
in the mst3k directory.

Deal with it, pink boy!

Chuck

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"We ate sand."  "You ate sand?"			-- Raising Arizona
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From: awells@jarthur.claremont.edu (Adam "Servo" Wells)
Subject: Re: MST3K infiltrating vocabulary...
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:18:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.155413.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> sparrish@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>A friend of mine tapes MST3k on Martha's Vinyard and brings them here
>(Connecticut, where we don't get comedy central :( ) for our tv enjoyment. 
>"I'm Huge!" hasn't been a problem, but "Does this bug you? Does this bug you? 
>I'm not touching you!" and "Bitter? Oh, a *tad*", both from "It Conquered the
>World" have become permanent additions to our lexicon and serve to alienate us
>mildly from the rest of the college community ... not really, but it does set
>us apart.  

I know that watching MST3K has changed my mode of speech.  I constantly say
variations of "I'm huge, I'm immense" from "Wild Rebels", and my roommate
(who is also now a big MST3K fan) and I always say "Does this bug you?"
Another thing I find myself doing is the long, drawn-out "Huuuuuuh?" that
Joel does every once in a while, when I'm confused by something.

And as for making comments (humorous, of course) during movies, how can you
help but not do it after becoming a MST3K fan?  Sometimes movies are just
crying out for a comment at the appropriate time -- you know what I mean!
Recently I was watching "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"; it was the one
where Indy get hooked on a "votes-for-women" supporter.  As they were
getting off a bus, a zeppelin dropped a bomb on it, and as it exploded, the
two were thrown to the ground together.  As they slowly raised their heads
and looked at each other after the explosion, I said, in a sly voice,
"Suffragette city!!"

Still refusing to be called a mistie,

adam

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From: as660@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Rasmussen)
Subject: Re: Theme song
Reply-To: as660@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Rasmussen)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 16:31:12 GMT


In a previous article, fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) says:
>Could someone please post the lyrics to the theme song for "Mystery
>Science Theater 3000"?
>

[ Prolly a few small errors, but very very close... :) ] 

 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Theme Song
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the not so distant future
Next Sunday A.D.
There was a guy named Joel
Not too different from you or me
He worked at Gizmonic Institute
Just another face in a red jumpsuit
He did a good job of cleaning up the place
But his boss didn't like him so he shot him into space
 
We'll send him cheesey movies
The worst we can find
He'll have to sit and watch them all
The monitor is mine (?)
Now keep in mind Joel can't control
Where the movies begin or end
Because he used those special parts to make his robot freinds
 
ROBOT ROLL CALL
CAMBOT!     (pan left)
GYPSY!      (hi girl)
TOM SERVO!  (what a cool guy)
CROOOW!     (what a wisecracker)
 
If your wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts
Then repeat to yourself it's just a show, I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000!
From: saseph@hal.unx.sas.com (Ed Hughes)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Theme song
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:10:02 GMT
    <1992Apr11.191353.28297@muddcs.claremont.edu> 
    <92103.133719JRB128@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Apr13.044827.357@msus1.msus.edu>
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Originator: saseph@hal.unx.sas.com
X-Bytes: 839

In article <1992Apr13.044827.357@msus1.msus.edu>, l00017@eeyore.stcloud.msus.edu (Networking Research) writes:
>       Umm, this has historical significance.  Back when the show was on
>local TV, and only us few, lucky, minnesotans could get it, the show was
>broadcast on Sunday, and then repeated the next Saturday.  So, back then,
>"Next Sunday A.D." made perfect sense . . .
>
Thanks, Mark!  Now, since you've made the mistake of mentioning
the local-TV episodes of MST3K, prepare to be inundated with
questions about whether you TAPED any of them... :->
(By the way, if you DID tape any, I'm interested.)
-- 

Ed Hughes, SAS Institute  | "See no evil...well, maybe just a little...
Cary, NC                  |  yeah!"
                          | --Joel, "Women of the Prehistoric Planet,"
                          |          MST3000
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 22:43:50 EDT
From: JUDITH R. BELSON <JRB128@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: old intro

     Until very recently, I hadn't seen very many old MST3K's (the
ones with Larry), and for some reason the ones I had seen, I'd always
catch them in the middle, so I'd never seen the old intro. But, I've
just viewed Robot Monster (the whole thing, intro included). Wow.
Those old sets were increadibly cheesy, but I did like how Joel
mouthed 'Robot Role Call' when it was sung.
       One other thing,can anyone think of anything that was redeemable
about Larry? Boy, was he ever unfunny. Thank God he's gone. The show seemed
to get twice as good after he left.

                                 -Just a few thoughts from The Jimothy
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
From: jaz29707@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Zimmerman -MST3K Fan )
Subject: What's Crow made of...
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:48:55 GMT

	As pointed out in earlier postings, Crow is made up of a lacrosse stick,a bowling pin and ping pong balls, in keeping w/ joel's sport theme, the 
	piece of the bot that was neglected by the other posters was the 
	hockey face mask....Just my two cents
				jim zimmerman
				"That's nice.....MOM!!!!!!!!"
				-Crow, Mr. B Natural
				(one of the best!!!)
From: libman@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Marlena Libman)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: MST3K Fraternal Affiliations?
Date: 10 Apr 1992 14:13:07 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phad.hsc.usc.edu

In article <1992Apr10.203352.27913@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> eam3@po.CWRU.Edu (Eric A. Meyer) writes:
>   If you look at my .sig file, you'll probably understand why this is of
>special concern to me, but I figure others out there are curious too.
>   I've noticed that just about any time Tom Servo mentions a fraternity,
>it's Theta Chi.  Examples:
(Examples deleted for brevity in this response.)
>So I was wondering, is the guy who does Tom's voice a Theta Chi?  Or is Joel?
>Or somebody else on the crew?  Or did one of the writers go to a university
>where the Theta Chis had a 'party' reputation (obviously NOT Case Western)?

Don't know about the fraternity affiliation but a couple of the "brains"
met at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  Perhaps someone familiar
with that school can tell us about the Theta Chi reputation.

			--Marlena
From: bheil@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian Heil)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Sidehackers
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:30:39 GMT

From article <Apr.6.13.40.30.1992.8813@cadenza.rutgers.edu>, by masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola):
> Can someone let me know what "sidehacking" is?
> 
> Or kill me with a forklift.
> 
> - Steve (masticol@cs.rutgers.edu)

Heyy, Masticola!  Tasty with a little Pesto sauce!

:) Sorry couldn't resist! (:

"Fourth floor--tyrannical tycoons, loose women."
	--- Tom, "Moon Zero Two"

--
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From: lumiere@next06pg2.wam.umd.edu (That Redheaded Mermaid)
Subject: Re: What's Crow made of?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 01:49:42 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.222607.26101@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>  
mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes:
> His "beak" is a plastic bowling pin split length wise.  The back of his
> head is a lacrosse (sp?) stick.


Ummm, Its a lacrosse helmet, isn't it?!
From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (CHARLES JORDAN)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Air Times
Date: 6 Apr 92 02:24:08 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <9789@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu> tr2001@mailserver.bgsu.edu writes:
>Could somebody please post or e-mail me about exactly what times the show
>airs?  Comedy Central is not included in any of the television listings

One show is aired at 12:30 AM Fridays (Saturday morning,acutally) and a
different show is aired at 10:00 AM and rerun at 7:00 PM Saturdays.

Someone else posted Comedy Central's number; you can call them and get their
newsletter, which includes MST air times and schedule.  The number is
(212) 767-8600
-- 
		Chuck Jordan  |  jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu
"You don't necessarily have to be swallowed up by a black hole..."
"But it helps!"				-- Mystery Science Theater 3000
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 1992 11:52:06 EDT
From: <DVAN@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Death and Taxes!
Distribution: usa

could someone with the Comedy Central newsletter for April enlighten us as
to the schedule for April 15th, concerning the MST3K  "special"?
      it would help us with our VCR fixations...
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
From: omitchel@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ocie *banjo* Mitchell)
Subject: Re: MST3K Fraternal Affiliations?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 20:54:19 GMT

I also remember this line in several movies, ring of terror was one I believe
...

(people going about their mischief)
joel says something like, "This will get us into theta chi for sure man!"


----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------
``What do you think sirs?''  -Joel (mst3k)    | do not write above this line
----------------------------------------------+------------------------------- 
   __             _ _ _                       | Ocie Mitchell
  / ')           ' ) ) )  _/_    /      /) /) | omitchel@jarthur.claremont.edu
 /  / _. o _      / / / o /  _. /_  _  // //  | Q:is that your real name? 
(__/ (__(_(<_    / ' (_(_(__(__/ /_(<_(/_(/_  | A:yes, it is my real name.
----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------

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From: bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott)
Subject: Taping tip
Summary: How to tape MST3k  
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 04:08:04 GMT

I was mentioning this to someone in Email and it occured to me that maybe
others haven't realized this - so -

As it turns out, MST3k without commercials is 1 hour and 37 minutes, pretty
consistently.  As it also turns out, BASF is now selling a T-130 (6.5 hour)
VHS tape, sometimes packaged with T-160 (8 hour) tapes.  A T-130 on slow
speed will just exactly hold 4 episodes; a T-160 will just exactly hold 5.
Using regular T-120 tapes, you can only fit 3 episodes whether you edit out
the commercials or not, and you end up with lots of wasted tape.  But one
three-pack consisting of two T-130s and a T-160 will hold six weeks' worth
of MST3k.

(if you work out the math yourself, realize that most commercial tapes have
a few minutes more than what's actually listed - it DOES work, trust me,
I've done it, just make SURE you leave out ALL commercials)

"I'm surrounded by idiots of my own design!" - Joel

"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous" - Crow

.                            <<<<Infinite K>>>>

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