Let’s assume that someone is creating an MST3k Movie Character Hall of Fame. Who would be inducted to the charter class? We should choose one director/producer, five actors, and one movie each from the Mike and Joel eras. And what memorbilia (both props from the show and from the movies) should be on display?
My choices:
Director: Coleman Francis.
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Mamie Van Doren, Tor Johnson, Bruno Vestota and Peter Graves.
Movies: “Manos” and “Horror of Party Beach.”
Displays: Megaweapon’s tire, the button and Digger Smolkin’s robe.
What would be your pick?
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@50
It was “Rocketship XM”, TV’s Frank’s visit episode. :)
That should be “first.” I must be really high today.
If we are preserving these for posterity, should we not include some springs? You know, just in case the future has…
NOOOOOO SPRIIIIIIIINGS! HE-HE-HE!!!
Director: Coleman Francis, Bert I. Gordon, Ed Wood Jr.
Actors: Beverly Garland, Joe Don Baker, Tor Johnson, and the “been hittin’ the booze again?” guy.
Movies: Manos, Hobgoblins, Space Mutiny, and Cave Dwellers.
Props: of course, some springs, I would also throw in Joel’s farewell plaque, the hamster-wheel treadmill from MST3K: The Movie, “Killer Shrews: the board game”, the scroll from Catalina Caper, and the “arm remover” from Laserblast.
Director: Ed Wood, Jr.
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Beverly Garland, John Reynolds
Movie: Joel – Manos: The Hands of Fate, Mike – Hobgoblins
Short: Joel – Mr. B. Natural, Mike – A Case of Spring Fever
Props (MST3K): The robots, the Satellite of Love model, the MST3K “meatball”
Props (riffed movies): The Master’s robe from Manos, the Trumpy costume from Pod People, a Mole People mask (Universal had that on display in their Orlando theme park), the evil monkey from Merlin’s Shop.
One more riffed movie prop to add to the list: the bottle of baby oil from Mitchell.
To Laura at #52:
And would that be due to some extra goofballs Little Richard gave you? Just wondering.
Director: Coleman Francis
Actors: Beverly Garland, Peter Graves, Joe Don Baker, Bela Lugosi, John Reynolds
Movies: Manos and Boggy Creek II.
Shorts: Mr. B Natural and Young Man’s Fancy
Props: TV’s Frank’s curl, Manos robe, Brain Guy’s brain.
@Stoneman
Just one of those days. I was thinking “first” and don’t know why I typed something else. I just have to bash my head against a wall a few times and I’ll be fine.
@Laura
Understood. I often have days when “I wish I could get my pretty…mind…back” (sob).
Which reminds me (I don’t think it was mentioned yet), we need to have those silver boots (and gold ones too), and a fur-lined bra in the props display, and the stage from the “Haunted House”, complete with pouring smoke from the nostrils.
#50 Lance,
Thanks. I’ll have to look that up.
Best short “Catching Trouble” with Ross and Emo Phillips.
Best segment Hired the musical.
Director: Coleman Francis
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Peter Graves, John Reynolds, Joe Estevez and Tor Johnson
Movie (Joel era): Manos: The Hands of Fate
Movie (Mike era): The Pumaman
Short (Joel era): Mr. B. Natural
Short (Mike era): Last Clear Chance
Displays: MST3k ‘spaghetti’ logo, SoL prop, Laserblast weapon, transporter thingy from Space Mutiny… that’s all I can think of now.
Oh, and another prop would have to be Jet Jaguar himself. “Winged freak!! Wait’ll they get aload of me!!”
Oh, and I meant Design For Dreaming back at post #15….it’s been a long week.
I’m also submitting Crow’s tux and Tom’s dress from the wedding in “Racket Girls:
@ #14: Robert Lippert was not the director of the films used on MST3K, he was the producer. Believe me, as those are some of my favorite episodes of all time I would have put him on my list if he was the director.
Director: Tony Zarindast
Actors: Ed Nelson, Jack Palance, Coleen Gray, Adrianna Miles, Cisse Cameron, Reb Brown, Arch Hall Jr.
Movies: Werewolf, Future War, Manos (duh), Space Mutiny, Attack of the the Eye Creatures, The Final Sacrifice, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Shorts: Last Clear Chance, Young Man’s Fancy
Display: the cuteasourases from “Future War”, the Zamboni machines from “Space Mutiny”, Jack Palances split-top, butter-top hat from “Outlaw”
Here are my top picks:
Directors: Francis Coleman, Ed Wood Jr, Roger Corman, Bill Rebane
Producer: Sandy Frank!
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Francis Coleman (again)
Movies: Joel – Manos The Hands of Fate, Mike – Space Mutiny
Shorts: Joel – Mr. B. Natural, Mike – Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance
Props: Beth’s wig (The Skydivers), the jeep-like giant spider (The Giant Spider Invasion), Torgo’s charred hand (Manos), Commander Claus’s white beard (Space Mutiny)
Director: Hollingsworth Morse (I almost fell out of my chair when I discovered he went on to direct the HR PUFNSTUF movie!)
Props: Voldar’s mustache (SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS); Arch Hall Junior’s guitar (from EEGAH!), guarded by lasers so he can’t get at it; the poor shovel that didn’t ask to be in that movie; an assortment of babushkas worn by various heroines of various MST3K’d films over the years; and a door-to-door car salesman (from HIRED!).
Director: Coleman Francis
Actors: Alan Hale Jr., Hugh Beaumont, Tor Johnson, Beverly Garland, Gamera
Movies: “Manos” and “Future War”
Displays: Mitchell’s jacket, the “Bride of the Monster” octopus and boulder, Jet Jaguar
Special Exhibit: A wall devoted to all those who gave their lives in service of bad movies. First inductee: John Reynolds, who subjected himself to disfigurement and crippling drug addiction to bring Torgo to life.
Director: Ed Wood
Actors: Beverly Garland, Adrianna Miles, Arch Hall, Jr., Joe Estevez, John Reynolds
Movies: Manos, Jack Frost, Monster a Go Go
Displays: The skeleton of a Gargon, Beau Bridges’ giant hand, the Goosio float, Herve Villacheze’s Death Car
Special Exhibit: An advisory board on how bad movies are still being released in the present day.
I didn’t know we were suppose to include shorts.Since some of us are,I’m going to mention WHAT TO DO ON A DATE and CHICKEN OF TOMORROW..@Glen BW..It’s Coleman Francis.Not the other way around.
Director: Coleman Francis, Bert I. Gordon, Roger Corman
Actor: Sid Melton, John Carradine, Ben Murphy
Actress: Beverly Garland, Mary Beth Hughes, Patsy Parsons
Movie: The Beast of Yucca Flats, The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, Danger! Death Ray!!
SFX: Werewolf, The Amazing Colossal Man, The Killer Shrews
Music: Anything by Albert Glasser, the score from Danger! Death Ray!!
Displays: Crenshaw’s overalls from “Boggy Creek II: The Legend Continues”, the space helmet combined with a blond mullet wig from “Fugitive Alien”, Santa’s pleasure mouth from “Santa Claus”
And how about a collection of all the stingers? I could see myself fancying that.
I’m playing catch-up here, been a long start to the new year. I’m making my picks based on who deserves entrance into the fictional MST Hall of Fame, not really taking into account who has already received votes.
Director: Coleman Francis. The fact that anyone knows his work is entirely attributed to MST.
Actors/Actresses: Joe Don Baker, Tor Johnson, Peter Graves, Mamie van Doren, and Mr. B Natural.
Movies: “Manos: The Hands of Fate” and “Laserblast.”
Props: The Masters robe from “Manos” and the BGC-9 mechanized drum kit. Also, a model of the Satellite of Love would be essential.
That’s a pretty solid initial class inducted into the MST HOF, if I do say so.
I assume this fictional museum/gallery space would be located in Minneapolis, correct?