THE RHINO MST3K DVD LIST Welcome to the Rhino MST3K DVD list. The list of MST3K episodes that have been released on DVD by Rhino Home Video, in order of their release on DVD, is as follows.  Click on each title to skip to that item. Episode 506- Eegah Episode 513- The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Episode 515- The Wild Wild World of Batwoman (with short: "Cheating") Episode 517- The Beginning of the End Episode 424- Manos, The Hands of Fate (with short: "Hired--Part 2") Episode 512- Mitchell Episode 507- I Accuse My Parents (with short: "The Truck Farmer") Episode 619- Red Zone Cuba (with short: "Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance") Episode 106- The Crawling Hand Episode 209- The Hellcats The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 1 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 2 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 3 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 4 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 5 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Essentials The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 6 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 7 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 8 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 9 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 10 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 11 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 12 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 10.2 Next? Episode 506- Eegah Released: April. '00 Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 8/28/93 Opening: Deep frozen Crow Invention exchange: Pork-orina, replacing Frank's blood Host segment 1: Subtle forms of hell Host segment 2: The bots alter Joel's face to look like Arch Hall Jr. Host segment 3: Why '60s sitcoms are run by single dads End: Washing the movie off the bots, letter, Frank's fluid change Stinger: "Fake it." "That's what I've BEEN doing. Now I'm getting sick!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with menu screen featuring Crow, Gypsy and Tom on the SOL set, their mouths moving animatedly. On the hexfield behind them are scenes from the movie (with shadowrama) mixed in with a generic starfield. Joel version of theme song plays. Clicking on "special features" whisks us via a quick camera pan to a screen that offers a choice of Web information (a static screen that shows Rhino's web address) and a screen that shows other MST3K titles from Rhino. Extra features: The uncut version of the film, on the same side of the disk as the MST3K episode. Also, you can enable or disable an icon to appear, when playing the MST3K version, every time you get to a scene that was cut out of the original version for the MST3K version. If you click on that icon, the DVD will switch to that point in the uncut version, so that you can view the missing footage. Clicking "enter" again takes you back to the MST3K version. In each chapter selection screen, different incidental music from the movie plays. DVD face: Scene from movie. Episode 513- The Brain That Wouldn't Die Released: April '00 Host: Mike (his first episode as host) Episode info: First shown: 10/30/93. Opening: Mike's been in training. Invention exchange: The gutter-bumber-shoot, the dream buster. Host segment 1: Mike tries to get control of the SOL, but that's not cheese! Host segment 2: Designing hats for Jan in the pan. Host segment 3: The movie's hateful message; Mike shares an embarrassing moment from his past. End: A visit from Jan on the Hexfield; Dr. F. is inspired! Stinger: "Who's to tell me to blow if I don't want to?" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with a menu screen similar to the one in the "Eegah" DVD, except footage from "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" is on the hexfield, while suspenseful music from the movie plays. The scene index for the MST3K version plays different incidental music from the movie on each screen. The scene index for the uncut version of the movie has no audio. Extra features: This is a two-sided disk, and the uncut version of the movie is on the other side of the disk from the MST3K version. When you click on "Play Uncut Version" a screen pops up with extremely detailed and slightly silly instructions on how to manage the complex process of turning the disk over. Obviously, since the uncut version and the MST3K version are on two different sides of the disk, it does not feature the "play the scene that was cut" feature that the "Eegah" disk has. The menu is the same on both sides of the disk, and on both sides. If you click "special features," you are whisked to a menu screen that offers either Web site information or other MST3K titles, same as on the "Eegah" DVD. Of course, when you using the side that has the uncut movie on it and you click "play MST3K version," you get the same "how to flip over the disk" screen. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks. Episode 515- The Wild Wild World of Batwoman (with short: "Cheating") Released: January '01 Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/13/93. Opening: The game is blackjack. Invention exchange: Atomic powered hair dryer, razor-back. Host segment 1: There are unanswered questions about the short, so Mike assigns essays. Host segment 2: The bots write essays, but Crow cheats! Host segment 3: Mike, Tom & Gypsy meet to decide what to do about Crow. End: Crow responds to the charges against him, letter, Dr. F. likes his new atomic hair style. Stinger: A batgirl puts the bite on the wormy guy. Movie info: click here. Short info: click here.  What you'll see: DVD starts with an ad for "Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection." Then we go to the main menu, which has the same visuals as the "Eegah" main screen, except that clips from "Batwoman" are playing on the Hexfield and the Joel-era version of the theme song plays. Chapter index pages, surprisingly, feature background audio that comes from the movie "Eegah." This disk uses the "quick camera pan" extensively as a connector between features. The chapter selection page for the uncut version of the movie has no audio. Clicking on "Other Rhino titles" takes you to a page that offers short snippets from Episode 513- The Brain that Wouldn't Die, Episode 506- Eegah and Episode 517- The Beginning of the End. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie; although the uncut version is on the same side of the DVD as the MST3K episode, it does not feature the "play the scene that was cut" feature that the "Eegah" disk has. DVD face: Purple with a starfield. Rhino screwup: Although this is a Mike episode, Joel is shown on the cover and mentioned in the cover copy. Episode 517- The Beginning of the End Released: January '01 Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/25/93. Opening: Wrong number. Invention exchange: Re-comfy bike, new playing cards. Host segment 1: Mike calls the Mads and catches them off guard. Host segment 2: Crow's latest screenplay: "Peter Graves Goes to the University of Minnesota." Host segment 3: Tom's standup routine is heavy on grasshopper jokes. End: "No grasshoppers before this film," post-card, Bert I. Gordon special effects, Mads are boxing. Stinger: "Alright, men. Into the woods!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with ad for "Brain in a Box." Then we go to the main menu, which has the same visuals as the "Eegah" main screen, except that clips from "Beginning of the End" are playing on the Hexfield and the Joel-era version of the theme song plays. Chapter index pages, surprisingly, feature background audio that comes from "Eegah"! The chapter selection page for the uncut version of the movie has no audio. This disk uses the "quick camera pan" pan extensively as a connector between features. Clicking on "Other Rhino titles" takes you to a page that offers short snippets from Episode 513- The Brain that Wouldn't Die, Episode 506- Eegah, and Episode 517- The Beginning of the End. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie; although the uncut version is on the same side of the DVD as the MST3K episode, it does not feature the "play the scene that was cut" feature that the "Eegah" disk has. DVD face: Purple with a starfield. Rhino screwup: Although this is a Mike episode, Joel is shown on the cover and mentioned in the cover copy. Episode 424- Manos, The Hands of Fate (with short: "Hired--Part 2") Released: November '01 Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 1/30/93 Opening: Joel programs the bots to agree with everything he says. Invention exchange: Chocolate bunny guillotine, the cartuner. Host segment 1: Gypsy's big scene is ruined, Frank apologizes. Host segment 2: Why Torgo is a monster. Host segment 3: Joel dons a Manos cape, Dr. F. apologizes. End: The bots reenact the lady wrestling scene, Torgo's pizza arrives. Stinger: "Why don't you guys leave us alone?" Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with door sequence leading to menu screen with Torgo's Theme playing. Extra feature: The original MST3K "Poopie" Reel. DVD face: SOL set. Episode 512- Mitchell Released: November '01 Host: Joel (with Mike in supporting role) Episode info: First shown: 10/23/93. Opening: Joel's toothpicky creation. Invention exchange: Daktari stool; the Mads are being audited, so they've hired a temp by the name of Mike. Host segment 1: Gypsy overhears the Mads plotting Mike's death and thinks they're talking about Joel. Host segment 2: A worried Gypsy tries to think of a way to get Joel off the SOL; Crow and Tom are no help. Host segment 3: Mike learns of a hidden escape pod, and gives Gypsy control. End: Joel is ejected into the escape pod, leaving behind a plaque and a final word; Dr. F. is furious...until Mike presents his time card. Stinger: "Your lying through your teeth!" "Buzz off!" "No, you buzz off!" "I SAID BUZZ OFF, KID!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with Joel-era door sequence leading to menu screen with Mitchell theme playing and a montage of scenes from the movie playing in the background. Scene index has J&TB saying "MITCHELL!" followed by some wackachicka music from the movie. Extra feature: The movie's trailer. DVD face: Silver with the spaghetti ball logo and the title of the movie. Episode 507- I Accuse My Parents (with short: "The Truck Farmer") Released: March '02 Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 9/4/93 Opening: Tom Servo is naked! Invention exchange: Cake 'n' shake, junk drawer organizer Host segment 1: Joel analyzes the bots' art therapy projects Host segment 2: J&TB reenact the night club scene from the movie Host segment 3: J&TB analyze troubled Jimmy from the movie End: J&TB reenact the cafe scene from movie, letter, digging out Rodney Stinger: "What? What's so funny?" Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with Joel-era door sequence leading to menu screen with Tom singing, "They laughed when I accused my parents and I killed them, let's see if they'll be laughing nowwwww," followed by snippets of dialog from the movie. Video snippets from the movie move across the screen in the background. Clicking on the "scene index" button brings down a red curtain. It rises again to reveal the scene index, with the MST3K "love theme" playing in the background. Extra features: None. DVD face: Silver with the spaghetti ball logo and the title of the movie. Episode 619- Red Zone Cuba (with short: "Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance") Released: March '02 Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 12/17/94, Opening: Tonight's lotto numbers. Intro: Frank owes the mob $50 large, but they stomp Dr. F. instead; M&TB hit the casino. Host segment 1: Frank exhorts the nearly-dead Dr. F. Host segment 2: Mike is Carol Channing; Dr. F. gets "hope you die" wishes. Host segment 3: Dr. F. lives, dies, and lives again, but the mob says otherwise. End: M&TB sing a happy, upbeat song, Dr. F. is feeling better. Stinger: Blind lady playing piano. Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with Mike-era version of the door sequence, leading to a main menu screen that features clips visuals from the episode and audio from the movie (the military guy giving the Bay of Pigs invasion force their orders). The only options are "play movie" and "scene selection." The scene index has a still from the door sequence in the background; the audio is the "love theme." Extra features: None. DVD face: Silver with the spaghetti ball logo and the title of the movie. Episode 106- The Crawling Hand Released: June '02 Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: approx. 12/89. Opening: Joel explains the premise. Invention exchange: Safety saw, limb lengthener. Host segment 1: J&TB bowl, but Crow and Tom don't want to play any more games with Joel. Host segment 2: J&TB do Shatner with the crawling hand. Host segment 3: Why is dismembered hand scary? End: Good thing/bad thing, letter, Larry is very happy. Movie info: click here. What you'll see: This is a two-sided disk, with the uncut version of the movie on one side and the MST3K version on the other. On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a short clip of the hand climbing a wall, leading to the main menu screen. On the right hand side of the screen, short clips of the hand attacking people in the movie are interspersed with clips of Joel and the bots being "attacked" by a hand in host segment 2. Incidental music from the movie plays. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "play trailer." No matter which one you pick, you hear a scream, and the hand slides in from the top left of the screen and clicks the button next to your choice. The scene index has the MST3K "love theme" for background audio. On the "uncut version" side, the DVD starts with a menu screen featuring a still shot of our hero, Paul, and the hand. Options are "play movie" or "scene index." There is no audio on the main screen or scene index. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie and the theatrical trailer. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks. Episode 209- The Hellcats Released: June '02 Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 12/8/90. Opening: J&TB have colds. Invention exchange: Sign language translator, "NOOOO!" Host segment 1: Tom's flashback: J&TB do Shatner with the crawling hand (from #106). Host segment 2: Crow's flashback: Zero gravity humor lesson (from #201). Host segment 3: Joel's flashback: Binocular matte lesson (from #203). End: Gypsy's diary entry, letter, all get emotional (even the Mads). Stinger: Trumpeter makes unintelligible comment and is dunked. Movie info: click here. What you'll see: This is a two-sided disk, with the uncut version of the movie on one side and the MST3K version on the other. On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a shot of the title screen with Joel and the bots silhouetted below. Servo cruises by on a motorcycle, and we get the main menu screen. There's a wavy peace sign, and clips of the movie run on the upper right and bottom left of the screen, while the opening theme from the movie plays. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "play trailer." No matter which one you pick, Servo cruises by on a motorcycle again and changes the screen. The scene index has the MST3K "love theme" for background audio. On the "uncut version" side, the DVD starts with a menu screen featuring several stills from the film and that peace sign. Options are "play movie" or "scene index." There is no audio on the main screen or scene index. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie and the theatrical trailer. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 1 Released: Nov. '02 Contains episode 204- Catalina Caper, episode 606- The Creeping Terror, episode 607- Bloodlust (with short: "Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm") and episode 609- The Sky Divers (with short: "Why Study Industrial Arts?"). The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, has a little wheel you can turn to see Joel, Mike, Dr. F., Frank, Tom Servo and Crow making little comments in word balloons, along with your basic promotional copy. The folding inner case has photos from the Mike-era "movie sign" door sequence in each of the four bays where the DVDs go. There's a little pocket that holds a small pamphlet describing each episode. One panel has photos of both J&TB and M&TB, and another contains brief descriptions of each of the four films. All four disks are two-sided, with the uncut version of the movie on one side and the MST3K version on the other. On all four, on the "uncut version" side, the DVD starts with a menu screen featuring several stills from the film. Options are "play movie" or "scene index." There is no audio on the main screen or scene index.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 204- Catalina Caper Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 10/13/90. Opening: The bots say their prayers. Invention exchange: Tank tops, tickle bazooka. Host segment 1: Joel vapor-locks as he remembers the '60s. Host segment 2: Song: "Creepy Girl." Host segment 3: TV's Frank has a Tupperware party. End: Charting the film, letter. Movie info: click here. What you'll see: On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a shot of the title screen with Joel and the bots silhouetted below. Some of the animated fish from the opening title sequence of the movie swim in, and behind them arrives an animated TV screen showing clips of the movie and host segments, while incidental music from the movie plays. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "play trailer." If you choose "scene index," the image blurs as if it was underwater, fading into the scene index, which has a short snippet Little Richard singing "At the Party" for background audio. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie and the theatrical trailer. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks.   Episode 606- The Creeping Terror Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 9/17/94 Opening: Tom is a security guard Intro: Laundry day in Deep 13, Dr. F. makes the bots pretentious poseurs Host segment 1: Crow makes a flag for the SOL Host segment 2: M&TB stick it to "Love American Style" Host segment 3: Mike sets up his stereo system End: Crow and Tom want Gypsy to swallow them, letters, Dr. F. "presses" Frank about the laundry Stinger: "My God! What is it?" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a screen featuring a shot of the monster in the movie, some clips from the movie running in the background, Mike and Crow silhouetted below. Tom Servo is not there, instead he's sticking out of the monster, waving his arms helplessly. Incidental music from the film plays. Options are: "play movie," and "scene index." If you choose "scene index," the image wipes and switches to the scene index, which has different annoying incidental music from the movie playing. Extra features: Just the uncut version of the movie--no trailer on this one. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks.   Episode 607- Bloodlust (with short: "Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm") Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 9/3/94 Opening: Tom is Crow's therapist Intro: Dr. F. redecorates Deep 13 for his mother's visit, but she's more pleased to see Frank Host segment 1: Crow's veg'able stand gets run over by Servo's car! Host segment 2: Square dancing Host segment 3: Crow ruins Mystery Murder Dinner Theater End: The bots think Mike is hunting them, letters, Dr. F.'s mom and Frank go out on the town Stinger: Guy gets an arrow in the stomach Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a screen featuring an animated island at nighttime with a large moon above shimmering water. Three little animated signs drop down containing your three options. Mike and the bots are silhouetted below. Overwrought incidental music from the film plays. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "play trailer." If you choose "scene index," the moon in the image moves forward and we can see a skull face in it as it and switches to the scene index, which has different annoying incidental music from the movie playing. On the "uncut version" side, the DVD starts with a menu screen featuring several stills from the film. Options are "play movie" or "scene index." There is no audio on the main screen or scene index. Extra features: The uncut version of the movie and the theatrical trailer. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks.   Episode 609- The Sky Divers (with short: "Why Study Industrial Arts?") Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 8/27/94 Opening: Tom's planetarium show is disrupted Intro: Swing choir competition Host segment 1: Shop class isn't going well Host segment 2: Crow puts himself in a "double jock lock" Host segment 3: Tom bombs Crow End: Crow and Tom struggle in their parachutes, letter, Frank dodges ball Stinger: "I don't know. I feel real free up there in the high blue sky." Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: On the MST3K version side, the DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a screen showing an aerial shot looking down at some coastline. A plane flies by, from the left, with Servo at the controls, then in flies by, from the right, with Crow at the controls. The plane says "MST3K" on the side. Then the plane flies up from below and we hear Servo yell "GERONIMO!!!!!!" The plane brings with it the title and the menu containing your three options; clips from the movie play alongside. Mike and the bots are silhouetted below. Overwrought incidental music from the film plays. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "play trailer." Whichever option you choose, the plane flies up from below, wiping the screen. The scene index has the MST3K "love theme" playing. The stills on the "uncut version" side include a lovely shot of Petey Plane! Extra features: The uncut version of the movie and the theatrical trailer. Disk face: See note about two-sided disks. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 2 Released: Feb. '03 Contains episode 301- Cave Dwellers, episode 303- Pod People, episode 622- Angels' Revenge and Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 1. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a 1940s-era New York street scene (Flatiron building clearly visible) and above the sky line is a space where, using a wheel you can turn on the side of the box, you can see images of Miles O'Keefe and his sidekicks, Trumpy, the "semi-nude club" and several of those oh-so-fearsome vigilante gals. There are also two smaller holes below that also reveal different pictures as the wheel is turned. There is also a little tab you can pull that makes a small zeppelin on the box, with the words "Volume 2" on it. The folding inner case has a desert scene (why desert?), and an object that vaguely represents each of the movies can be seen in each of the four bays where the DVDs go--from left, a pair of shorts hanging on a line between two cactuses, the Angels' armored van, a spider (??), and a pod-like egg. On the back of the folding inner case, there is (from left) a black and white photo from the same 40s era of people waiting outside a movie theater with Joel and the bots in color in the foreground, a panel with brief descriptions of each of the four films, a panel with the same New York street scene as the cover, but with Joel and Mike and the bots above the skyline and a panel with a different black and white city street scene, with Mike and Tom Servo in color looking out from a manhole. In this last panel there is a pocket that holds a small pamphlet that lists the chapter indexes of all four disks, and the other MST3K tapes and DVDs available from Rhino. All four disks are one-sided--none contain the uncut version of the movie as some previous releases have. The faces of all four disks are silver, with the MST3K "spaghetti-ball" logo,. the standard "DVD" logo, the Rhino logo, the name of the movie and some basic catalog information.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 301- Cave Dwellers Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 6/1/91 Opening: J&TB consider new names Invention exchange: Smoking jacket, robotic arm wrestling Host segment 1: Reenacting the half-screen slo-mo credits Host segment 2: Giving extraordinary names to ordinary things Host segment 3: Foley demonstration by Joel End: J&TB rail against the movie, the Mads are delighted Stinger: "Thong! The fish is ready!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a shot of the title screen with a "cave wall" background (torch flickering in bracket on the wall). Shadowrama at the bottom. "Cave Dwellers" logo amid-most. On the right side of the screen we can see alternating clips of from the movie and from host segment 1, along the keyboard music from host segment 1. Options are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "scene index," there is a short scene of marauders riding, with Shadowrama at the bottom, then the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None.   Episode 303- Pod People Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 6/15/91 Opening: A reading from Crow's one man show Invention exchange: Monster chord, public domain karoke machine Host segment 1: J&TB record "Idiot Control Now" and it stinks! Host segment 2: New Age music from Some Guys in Space Host segment 3: "You are magic, aren't you, Trumpy?!" End: Song: "Will There Still Be a Clown in the Sky?" Stinger: "It stinks!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen with a pink background, a "Pod People" logo--a planet, with a white sphere orbiting it. Shadowrama at the bottom. Tom Servo flies by on a rocket to reveal the options: "play movie" and "scene index." On the far left quarter of the screen are clips from the movie and host segments. Music is a sort of generalized dramatic music that I don't think is from the film. If you select "scene index," the title screen disassembles, then the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None.   Episode 622- Angels' Revenge Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 3/11/95 Opening: Crow thinks that he has amnesia Intro: Desperate for ratings, Dr. F. turns M&TB into the cast of "Renegade" Host segment 1: Crow latest screenplay is a "black-sploitation" film Host segment 2: Mike does his Fonz, Crow and Tom disapprove Host segment 3: Aaron Spelling's house passes by End: The shame-o-meter, the Mads are Bobby Riggs and Billy-Jean King Stinger: "Shine your love!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen black background, with red and yellow stars floating by. Movie title logo amid-most, on the right half of the screen clips from the movie and host segments run. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie" and "scene index." Disco music plays. If you select "scene index," there is a star wipe, then the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None.   Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 1 Hosts: Joel and Mike Episode info: "The Home Economics Story" "Junior Rodeo Daredevils" "Body Care & Grooming" "Cheating" "A Date With Your Family" "Why Study Industrial Arts?" "Chicken of Tomorrow" What you'll see: The DVD starts with a title screen that looks like a blackboard in a classroom. A projector screen comes down and clips from the shorts run as the words "Shorts 1" with a circle around the "1" appear in chalk-like writing on the blackboard. The sound of a projector is heard. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "scene index," the screen rolls back up and behind it on the blackboard is the screen index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 3 Released: April '03 Contains episode 202- The Sidehackers, episode 320- The Unearthly (with shorts: "Posture Pals" and "Appreciating Our Parents"), episode 518- The Atomic Brain (with short: "What About Juvenile Delinquency?"), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 2. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows door 6 of the Mike-era door sequence. Within it, you can pull a tab that opens to reveal door 5, which contains a tab that, when pulled, reveals door 4, which contains a tab that, when pulled reveals door 3, etc. The folding inner case has four views, in each of the bays where they disks go, that are apparently meant to be views out various portholes of the Satellite of Love. They are (from left) a view of Earth, a view of Crow flying a small spaceship, an upside down view of Gypsy and a view of Tom Servo tethered to the space station. On the back of the folding inner case, there is (from left) a panel showing a theater, with curtains framing the upper and right edges and shadowrama at the bottom, on the screen is a rocket flying through space with "Volume 3" on the side and the four titles in the collection below it; a panel with brief descriptions of each of the episodes featured in the set; a panel showing door 6 of the Mike-era door sequence and a panel with the other half of the first panel--again a theater, curtains frame the left and top, theater seats at the bottom, on the movie screen the "spaghetti ball" logo. In this last panel there is a pocket that holds a small pamphlet that lists the chapter indexes of all four disks, and the other MST3K tapes and DVDs available from Rhino. All four disks are one-sided--none contain the uncut version of the movie as some previous releases have. The faces of all four disks are silver, with the MST3K "spaghetti-ball" logo,. the standard "DVD" logo, the Rhino logo, the name of the movie and some basic catalog information.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 202- The Sidehackers Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 9/29/90. Opening: Wash day on the SOL. Invention exchange: Joel's pet slinky, Dr. F.'s slinky body. Host segment 1: Song: "Sidehackin'." Host segment 2: Terminology for the sport of sidehacking. Host segment 3: J&TB have Rommel hats; JC and Gooch on the Hexfield. End: Song: "Only Love Pads the Film," letters, Frank "will" push the button. Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen with sidehacking footage behind Joel singing "Only Love Pads the Film." Shadowrama (minus Joel) at the bottom. Options are: "play movie," "scene index" and "extra footage." If you select "scene index," a checkered flag goes past wiping to the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: The "extra footage" is alternate takes of the host segments, both SOL takes and Deep 13 takes, including footage shot in between takes and one take where Joel didn't know they were filming. They seem to have had a lot of trouble with the "slinky-train" invention exchange.   Episode 320- The Unearthly (with shorts: "Posture Pals" and "Appreciating Our Parents") Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 12/14/91 Opening: Making a funny home video Invention exchange: Hard pills to swallow, celebrity products Host segment 1: "Appreciating Gypsy" Host segment 2: The many faces of Tor Johnson Host segment 3: Combination of games based on the movie End: Dead End Kids lingo, letter, and Dr. F does his Dead End Kid Stinger: "Time for go to bed!" Movie info: click here. Shorts info: click here and here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to an almost static title screen static screen showing the spooky house from the film on the right side of the screen and a scary monster face on the left side. Options: "play movie," "scene index" and "extra footage. Music is a sort of generalized dramatic music that I don't think is from the film. If you select "scene index," the title screen fuzzes out with a musical chord playing, then the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: The "extra footage" is alternate takes of the host segments, both SOL takes and Deep 13 takes, including footage shot in between takes. Somewhat amusing to recall that MST3K spoofed Trace's future employer "America's Funniest Home Videos."   Episode 518- The Atomic Brain (with short: "What About Juvenile Delinquency?") Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 12/4/93 Opening: Final dress rehearsal for "Love Letters" Invention exchange: The Mads, Crow and Tom Servo Host segment 1: Tom is Weather Servo 9 Host segment 2: Mike demonstrates chin puppetry Host segment 3: Magic Voice chats with the film's voice-over guy End: Crow is Hank Kimball--The Fugitive, letters, "Dr." Frank meets Dr. Fist Stinger: Spanish for "AAAAAAAH!" Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. Rhino screwup: As with the VHS version of this episode, the stinger is not included. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen showing a porthole through which we see faces from both the movie and the host segments. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie," "scene index" and "extra footage. Music is a sort of generalized suspense music that I don't think is from the film. If you select "scene index," a civil defense symbol fills the screen, then the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: The "extra footage" is alternate takes of the host segments, both SOL takes and Deep 13 takes, including footage shot in between takes. Some sound problems in this batch.   Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 2 Hosts: Joel and Mike Episode info: "Catching Trouble" "What To Do On A Date" "Last Clear Chance" "A Day At The Fair" "Keeping, Clean & Neat" "The Days of Our Years" What you'll see: The DVD starts with a title screen that looks like a blackboard in a classroom. A projector screen comes down and clips from the shorts run as the words "Shorts 2" with a circle around the "2" appear in chalk-like writing on the blackboard. The sound of a projector is heard. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "scene index," the screen rolls back up and behind it on the blackboard is the screen index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 4 Released: Nov. '03 Contains episode 820- Space Mutiny, episode 822- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, episode 1002- Girl in Gold Boots and episode 1009- Hamlet. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a moonscape (whatever happened to the spaghetti ball?) with the title over it in red lettering. "Orbiting" the moon are four small circles with shots from each movie in them, and one raised "button" that reads "Vol. 4." I can't make out the background shot tinted red on the back of the case--the text cites each movie with a sample riff and some basic info about the movie. Four ovals at right show shots from the each movies. The folding inner case has a shot from each movie behind the bays where they disks go. They are (from left) Girl in Gold Boots, Hamlet, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank and Space Mutiny. On the back of the folding inner case, there is (from left) a nice color shot of Mike and the bots, a panel giving synopses of each of the movies, a duplicate of the front outside sleeve and again that red tinted shot from the back of the outer sleeve. I still can't make out what is pictured. In this last panel there is a pocket that holds a small pamphlet that lists the chapter indexes of all four disks, and the other MST3K tapes and DVDs available from Rhino. All four disks are one-sided--none contain the uncut version of the movie as some previous releases have. The faces of all four disks have the moonscape from the front cover, the standard "DVD" logo, the Rhino logo, the name of the movie and some basic catalog information.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 820- Space Mutiny Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/7/97 Opening: Crow and Tom think Mike's encyclopedias are outdated Intro: Mike has new encyclopedias; Pearl, Bobo and Observer are in prison Host segment 1: Mike's tea time is interrupted by the bots trashing some escape pods Host segment 2: Crow's a Bellerian...or is he?; Bobo's escape plan fails Host segment 3: Servo installs railings End: Tom is buff, Crow less so. Meanwhile Pearl, Bobo and Observer escape, and a fire begins! Stinger: Our hero bravely screams like a girl and bails out Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen with photos of the main characters of the movie behind a grid, and the title at the top left. Tom Servo floats by on a space ship of some sort. Music is sort of generalized space opera music that I don't think is from the movie. Options are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "play movie" you go right to Mike's short (39 seconds) intro and then right into the episode. If you select "scene index," the scene just kind of blips to the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's new intro.   Episode 822- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 12/6/97 Opening: Crow wants to cash in on his catchphrase: "You know you want me, baby!" Intro: Mike tries to find himself a catchphrase, while Public Pearl TV begins its dubious pledge drive Host segment 1: Crow & Tom order a monkey, which escapes and throws stuff Host segment 2: While Mike continues to struggle with Henry the monkey, PPTV presents a preview of "Pearl! Pearl! Pearl! Pearl! Pearl!" Host segment 3: Tom asks to be doppled to the nanite world, and soon regrets it End: Bobo tries and fails to talk Henry down, so Mike takes deplorable action. Meanwhile, Pearl is counting her ill-gotten gain Stinger: "'m I nuts?" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to very technological screen title screen with the title at the top. Options: "play movie" and "scene index." Music is a sort of general techno music that I don't think is from the film. If you select "play movie" it takes you right to Mike's short (30 seconds) intro and then right into the episode. If you select "scene index," a bubble from the left-lower corner of the screen takes over the screen revealing the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's new intro.   Episode 1002- Girl in Gold Boots Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: April 18, 1999. Opening: Crow explains his WWBSMD bracelet; Pearl has evil plans. Intro: More bracelets; Pearl, seeking board certification from the Institute of Mad Scientists, impresses the visiting inspector. Host segment 1: Crow exacts petty, childish revenge on Mike. Host segment 2: Crow is shakin' his moneymaker, much to Mike's dismay. Host segment 3: Mike sings in the rain, causing much havoc. End: The movie has caused M&TB dress like the ugly thug in the movie and chuckle; this fails to impress the inspector--but Brain Guy does! Stinger: "Oh, God, I wish I had that pretty mind back!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen showing dancing girls from the movie. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie," "scene index," "trailer" and "TV spot." Music is go-go dancing music from the film. If you select "play movie" it cuts right to a short (43 seconds) and from there directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the picture dissolves into several pieces and moves left off the screen, revealing the index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's new intro, a theatrical trailer and a TV spot.   Episode 1009- Hamlet Hosts: Mike Episode info: First shown: June 27, 1999 Opening: Tom Servo is now Htom Sirveaux. Intro: Crow has a name change too; Mike interrupts Pearl's plan with Three Card Monty -- which she loses, allowing Mike to pick the movie. Host segment 1: Crow & Tom's plan to be the ghost of one of Mike's dead relatives quickly unravels. Host segment 2: Crow & Tom give Mike a preview of their percussion version of "Hamlet." Host segment 3: Time once again to play "Alas Poor Who?" End: Crow & Tom show off their Hamlet action figure, with real soliloquy action; in Castle Forrester, a snotty Fortenbras demands his due. Stinger: Claudius does a double take. Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts a Mike-era door sequence, into a screen that shows a black-and-white wall reminiscent of the dull set in the movie. It says "Hamlet" across the top, and a flaming torch hangs over a screen showing scenes from both the movie and host segments. Music is the dreary dirge from the movie. Choice are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "play movie," we go right to Mike short (32 seconds) intro and then right into the opening theme. If you chose "scene index," a gray concrete wall slides down and then slides back up to reveal the screen index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's new intro. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 5 Released: March '04 Contains episode 821- Time Chasers, episode 908- The Touch of Satan, episode 1003- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders and episode 1006- Boggy Creek II. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a hovering, silvery UFO using a Forrester green light beam to either project the title into thin air or to beam it up into the ship. The entire incident appears to be occurring in an Area 51-type military base complete with an electric fence and at least one tank and a truck on the scene. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel is a desert scene with that flying saucer in the sky. The right panel shows the same scene, except that the saucer has landed, a ramp has been deployed and along with Mike, Crow and Tom, something that looks vaguely like the Brain from the planet Aros has emerged. The left panel has a pocket in it containing a little blue-silver pamphlet that lists all the chapters of all four disks. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Behind each one is the same desert scene with the saucer in the air--in each one the saucer has a beam emanating from it and inside the beam, on the ground, is a shot from the film. For the Boggy Creek disk, it shows a hot pants-clad research assistant in typical panic mode. For the Merlin disk, it shows Merlin. For the Time Chasers disk, it shows our hero and heroine in typical panic mode. And for the Touch of Satan disk, it shows our hero in typical dull surprise mode. The back panel has the usual synopses of each film. These are all one-sided disks. The top side of each disk has the desert scene with the saucer, along with the usual information.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 1006- Boggy Creek II Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: May 9, 1999. Opening: Crow and Mike's Cub Scout meeting is crashed by Servo the Brownie. Intro: Now Servo's a Flemish glass blower; Pearl's potato-powered evil plan. Host segment 1: M&TB's flashbacks get fuzzier and fuzzier. Host segment 2: Pearl cooks up a monster legend, complete with haunting, evocative folk song. Host segment 3: Tom takes up whittling in a big way. End: Crow's tends to his fires; Pearl's legend biz gets kicked in the ankle Stinger: "I saw the little creature." "Nooo!!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen showing something approximating the Professor's proximity device. As the hand sweeps around, it show an object coming closer and closer, then reaching the base--then running off in terror. This happens twice, then the whole thing repeats. Options: "play movie," "scene index." Music is suspense music from the film. If you select "play movie" it cuts right to a short (48 seconds) message from Mike, and from there directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the device hand sweeps around, wiping away the title screen, and revealing the index. There's more suspense music in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's intro.   Episode 1003- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: September 12, 1999. Opening: M&TB are into 1920s-era college pranks. Intro: Pearl's latest IMS assignment makes Servo a despotic ruler, briefly, though Bobo taints the control group. Host segment 1: "Niche reviewers" Crow and Servo review each other; both get panned. Host segment 2: Servo acquires a magical spell book, which turns Mike into an infant. Waah. Host segment 3: Mike shows off his collection of Ernest Borgnine children's books, which are decidedly dark. End: Pearl sends Bobo to the SOL disguised as an evil toy monkey, but M&TB send him back; Pearl sums up her progress, while Brain Guy tries the vacuum-bump bit on Bobo. Stinger: Little kid sings: "Rock 'n' roll martian..." Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen showing an otherworldly landscape with four randomly placed spheres and two marble obelisks on either side of the screen, with Shadowrama at the bottom. Between the two obelisks, smoke travels upward and behind the smoke (and the title) is Merlin's face. Options: "play movie," "scene index" and "Interview with Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy." Music is suspenseful "la-la-la" music from the film. If you select "play movie" it cuts right to a short (32 seconds) message from Mike, and from there directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose the "interview," you get a the interview. If you choose "scene index," smoke obscures the title screen, revealing the index. There's more suspense music in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's intro; interview with Mike and Kevin.   Episode 821- Time Chasers Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/22/97 Opening: Mike explains what's happened since the last show, but Tom just needs him to say "Lost in Space" Intro: Mike & Pearl have a nice chat Host segment 1: Tom sends Crow back in time to convince Mike the dude to stop taking temp jobs Host segment 2: Crow succeeds and, returning to the SOL, finds Mike's surly big brother Eddie in Mike's place, and learns that Mike's new future was worse than the old one Host segment 3: Having seen the future, Crow returns to the past to keep Crow from performing his mission End: Mike refuses to say what needs to be said, and, during another nice chat, Pearl points out a troubling detail Stinger: "Matt, it's time for you decide if you're gonna be one of my team players or not." Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen with brightly colored streaks flashing across the screen in a diagonal. In the upper right hand, scenes from the movie are shown. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie," "scene index." Music is suspense music from the film. If you select "play movie" it cuts right to a short (55 seconds) message from Mike, and from there directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the screen shrinks down and then when it expands back out, we see the index. There's more suspense music in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's intro.   Episode 908- The Touch of Satan Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 7/11/98 Opening: The bots seek wassail Intro: Mike finds a wassail loophole; Steffi the babysitter's reign of terror Host segment 1: Mike learns that walnut ranching is hard work Host segment 2: Crow tries a test to see if he's a witch Host segment 3: Grandma Servo attacks End: Crow sells his soul to Stan; storytime with Steffi Stinger: "This is where the fish lives." Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence, leading to a title screen showing the title wreathed in red fire in the upper left hand corner, a pentagram through which we can see scenes from the movie and the episode in the upper right, shadowrama at bottom. Options: "play movie," "scene index" and "trailer. Music is piano suspense music from the film. If you select "play movie" it cuts right to a short (37 seconds) message from Mike, and from there directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the pentagram swoops at you, wiping away the title screen and revealing the index. If you choose "trailer," it cuts right to the very odd trailer. There more suspense music in the scene index screens. Extra features: Mike's intro, the trailer. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Essentials Released: March '04 This was a bit of a change-up from the pattern that Rhino has set: it was released to retail outlets as a first-ever two-disc set, and a bonus third disc was included for people who ordered it through a special web site. The good news was that one disc featured one of the most requested episodes of all time, episode 321- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. The bad news was the second disc featured an episode that had previously been released, episode 424- "Manos" The Hands of Fate. The bonus disc contained Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 3. The sleeve has a large "spaghetti ball" logo set against a starry sky with shadowrama below, and five circular graphics "orbiting" the logo. The SOL can also be seen in the distance. On the back, along with promotional copy and photos, Crow and Tom Servo can be seen peeking out from behind a boulder--behind them is a rocky barren moonscape. The discs are one-sided, dark blue with title information on a silver background. Inside is a standard disc holder with no graphics. The bonus disc, if included, is inside a plain paper sleeve stuck loosely in the case.   INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 424- "MANOS" The Hands of Fate Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 1/30/93 Opening: Joel programs the bots to agree with everything he says. Invention exchange: Chocolate bunny guillotine, the cartuner. Host segment 1: Gypsy's big scene is ruined, Frank apologizes. Host segment 2: Why Torgo is a monster. Host segment 3: Joel dons a Manos cape, Dr. F. apologizes. End: The bots reenact the lady wrestling scene, Torgo's pizza arrives. Stinger: "Why don't you guys leave us alone?" Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: DVD starts with door sequence leading to menu screen with Torgo's Theme playing. Extra feature: The original MST3K "Poopie" Reel.   Episode 321- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 12/21/91 Opening: Crow and Tom are looking at Christmas catalogs Invention exchange: Wish squisher, misfit toys Host segment 1: Song: "A Patrick Swayze Christmas" Host segment 2: J&TB look over tapes of cheesy Christmas specials Host segment 3: J&TB read their Christmas essays End: "Angels We Have Heard Are High," stocking time, letter, Mads exchange gifts Stinger: Bad martian's derisive laughter Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen--a rough approximation of the control panel on the martian space ship in the film. A funky version of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" plays. Shadowrama at bottom. On the control panel, the options are: "play movie" and "scene index." Clips from the episode play on a screen at top right. If you select "play movie" it goes directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," a second verse of the song begins and the scene flips to reveal the index. Extra features: None.   Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shorts, Vol. 3 Hosts: Joel and Mike Episode info: "Speech: Using Your Voice" "Aquatic Wizards" "Is This Love?" "Design for Dreaming" "The Selling Wizard" "Out of this World" "Once Upon A Honeymoon" What you'll see: The DVD starts with a title screen that looks like a blackboard in a classroom. A projector screen comes down and clips from the shorts run as the words "Shorts 3" with a circle around the "3" appear in chalk-like writing on the blackboard. The sound of a projector is heard. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "scene index," the screen rolls back up and behind it on the blackboard is the screen index. There is no audio in the scene index screens. Extra features: None. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 6 Released: October '04 Contains episode 404- Teenagers From Outer Space, episode 406- Attack of the Giant Leeches (with short: Undersea Kingdom Pt. 1), episode 511- Gunslinger and Mr. B's Lost Shorts??!! The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows the silhouettes of the Bots and their human companion sitting in a convertible at a drive-in movie theater. On the screen is a facsimile of the spaghetti ball logo. On the back is synopses of each episode. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel is shows Joel, Crow and Tom below a logo that says "Satellite Drive-In Theater and above a marquee that says "Starring Joel Hodgson - Tom Servo and Crow." The right panel shows a drive-in theater marquee listing the four episodes in the set. The left panel has a pocket in it containing a pamphlet that lists all the chapters of all four disks. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Behind each one a drive-in scene and up on the screen is a shot from the film. These are all one-sided disks; each one has a replica of the image on the front of the package along with the requisite info.    INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 404- Teenagers From Outer Space Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 6/27/92 Opening: Joel uses behavior modification to prevent a recurrence of the "NBC Mystery Movie" gag Invention exchange: Scratch and sniff report card, resusci-Annie ventriloquist doll Host segment 1: Reel to real Host segment 2: J&TB recreate a pre-movie no-littering short Host segment 3: A really boss-looking space ship visits End: Duct tape fashion statements, letters, Dr. F. dines with a friend Stinger: "When we return to our planet, the high court may well sentence you to TORTURE!!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen--a flying saucer rotates over a moonscape with standard-issue 60s rock playing and the title above. Shadowrama at bottom. Options are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "play movie" it goes directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the saucer swoops toward you to reveal the index. Ethereal music plays behind the scene index choices. Extra features: None.   Episode 406- Attack of the Giant Leeches (with short: Undersea Kingdom Pt. 1) Host: Joel Episode info:  First shown: 7/18/92  Opening: Shutting off the holo-clowns  Invention exchange: Patches the leech, insty-adolescence kit  Host segment 1: Taking over the world and what you'd wear to do it  Host segment 2: Talking about dreams over coffee  Host segment 3: Song: "Danger to Myself And Others"  End: Understanding the leeches, letter, Patches has been on Frank too long  Stinger: Billy gets into it. Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen--a swamp scene with the title in wavery letters. Scenes from the episode run at lower left. Shadowrama at bottom. Options are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "play movie" it goes directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," a giant leech swims past to reveal the index. Ethereal music plays behind the scene index choices. Extra features: None. Episode 511- Gunslinger Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 10/9/93 Opening: "Blowing" up Tom's head Invention exchange: The scanner planner, new whiffle items Host segment 1: Funeral talk Host segment 2: The Gypsy Express Host segment 3: Tom demonstrates quantum linear super-position End: The '70s: A pretty foul decade, deep fried letter, Dr. F. scans Frank! Stinger: "What about our clothes?" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence, leading to a title screen--a vague approximation of the opening title sequence, with "Happy Trails"-esque music playing. Shadowrama at bottom. Options are: "play movie" and "scene index." If you select "play movie" it goes directly into the opening theme of the show. If you choose "scene index," the scene gets several bullet holes in it, then a circular wipe reveals the index. Ethereal music plays behind the scene index choices. Extra features: Coming soon. Mr. B's Lost Shorts??!! Hosts: Joel and Mike Episode info: "Mr. B Natural" "X Marks the Spot" "Hired!--Part 1" "Design for Dreaming" "Johnny at the Fair" "Are You Ready for Marriage?" What you'll see: The DVD starts with a title screen that pans across a teacher's desk and to a blackboard in a classroom. The title is written on the blackboard and a projector screen comes down and clips from the shorts run. The sound of a projector is heard. Shadowrama at the bottom. Options: "play" and "scene index." If you select "scene index," the screen rolls back up and behind it on the blackboard is the screen index. Goofy 50s music plays. Extra features: None. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 7 Released: April '05 Contains episode 408- Hercules Unchained, episode 410- Hercules Against the Moon Men and episode 816- Prince of Space, episode 407- The Killer Shrews (with short: Junior Rodeo Daredevils and three bonus shorts [Assignment: Venezula, Century 21 Calling and A Case of Spring Fever]). The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a section of what appears to be a 1950s living room--kitchy wallpaper, an old-fashioned TV and, in the foreground a hand holding a remote pointed at the TV. On the back of the sleeve is the view from behind the TV--the back of the TV and part of a face looking out over it. The back contains promotional copy and info on the episodes. On the front of the inner container shows a modern and up scale with an image of the spaghetti ball logo and shadowrama on a more expensive-looking TV and a hand in the foreground holding a modern remote. On the back is more info on each movie. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel shows a NASA astronaut standing on the moon. The MST3K logo is in his visor. In the foreground is an alien hand holding an alien-looking remote pointed at the astronaut. In this panel is a pocket containing a pamphlet with all the chapter listings for all four DVDS and promotions for other DVDs on the back. With the pamphlet out of the pocket, in the astronaut's visor we can see a still from "Prince of Space." On the right-hand panel is an image of what appears to a geeky basement--a rough brick wall, a computer with an image of a Hercules movie on it--and in the foreground is a hand holding the computer's mouse like a remote. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Each disc has a blue starfield background with the logo at the top above the title. "Hercules Unchained" is designated Disk 1. At the bottom it has the hand holding the old fashioned remote. The bay behind it has the image from the back of the outer sleeve, of the back of the old TV and a man's face peeking over it. "Hercules Against the Moon Men" is designated Disk 2. At the bottom of the disk is the hand holding the modern remote from the front of the inside holder. In the bay behind the disk is an image from behind the back of the modern TV with a little old lady's face peeking over it. "Prince of Space" is designated Disk 3. At the bottom of the disk is the alien hand holding the alien remote. In the bay behind it is a shot of the alien peeking over something I can't make out. "The Killer Shrews" is designated Disk 4. At the bottom of the disk is the hand holding the computer mouse as if it were a remote. In the bay behind it is a shot from behind the computer with a guy's face peeking over it. These are all one-sided disks.     INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 408- Hercules Unchained Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 8/1/92 Opening: Wash and wax day for the bots Invention exchange: Decorator roaches (Steve Reeves visits!), the Steve-o-meter Host segment 1: Gypsy is the Helenistic ideal Host segment 2: The water of forgetfulness, etc. Host segment 3: What are Hercules and the nice lady doing? End: The meaning of the Hercules movies Stinger: The queen recalls Herc Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era doorway sequence, leading to a screen with the title of the movie at the top and below the left half of the screen has an image of ancient steps with "Play Movie" and "Scene Index" on them. On the right half of the screen scenes from the movie and from some host segments run in a loop. Shadowrama at the bottom. Dramatic music plays that may be from the movie, but I don't think so. When you click on "Play Movie" the episode starts with no seque. When you click on "Scene Index" the title at the top of the screen falls and the image fades into the scene index, which has five hexfield viewscreen-like windows and a set up in the corner for switching to the next set of screens. Etheral music plays. Extra features: None.   Episode 410- Hercules Against the Moon Men Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 8/22/92 Opening: Crow and Tom run away (briefly) Invention exchange: DEEP HURTING!, super freak-out kit Host segment 1: The amazing BOOBY trap illusion Host segment 2: Newly muscular Crow and Tom consider tough guy names Host segment 3: Song: "Pants!" End: Wayne Rogers syndrome, letters Stinger: Old guy gets skewered Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence that leads into a screen with the title of the movie in the upper right in front of a moving starfield. A red planet or moon is seen in the upper left corner. Herc stands holding a spear on a desolate landscape. A moon man peeks from behind a peak and a statue is at the lower right. Shadowrama below. Directly below the title are the two options: "Play" and "Scene Index." When you hit "Play" the episode starts without segue. When you hit "Scene Index" an image of the muscular Servo from Host Segment 2 moves from left to right, wiping the screen to reveal a similar scene index to the previous disck. The same ethereal music plays. Extra features: None. Episode 816- Prince of Space Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 8/16/97  Opening: Crow and Tom's "Dog and Bear" game gets out of hand Intro: Bobo, then the Widowmaker, then the SOL are dragged into a wormhole  Host segment 1: M&TB are unstuck in time  Host segment 2: Mike is transformed into a small robot  Host segment 3: The wormhole deposits M&TB in a rather lovely sylvan glen  End: All seems normal again on the SOL (except for the presense of Krankor), but Pearl and Observer have arrived on Earth in Roman times!  Stinger: The Phantom says: "Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!" Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence revealing a screen with the title of the film in large letters upper right. Below it in smaller type are the two choices: "Play Movie" and "Scene Selection. Behind the text are images of the Phantom and Prince of Space. A death ray thingy revolves at left. Tom Servo flies back and forth in a space ship--and is therefore NOT in the shadowrama below! Spacy sounds play. If you hit "Play Movie," the episode starts with no seque. If you hit "Scene Index" everything explodes in a white light and dissolves into the same hexfieldesque scene index as the previous two disks. Extra features: None. Episode 407- The Killer Shrews (with short: Junior Rodeo Daredevils and three bonus shorts [Assignment: Venezula, Century 21 Calling and A Case of Spring Fever]) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 7/25/92 Opening: Joel has presents Invention exchange: The Mads prepare to destroy Earth, but are stopped by Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies Host segment 1: Joel vapor-locks while trying to do Will Rogers Host segment 2: While presenting the Killer Shrews game, the bots snap Host segment 3: J&TB concoct the Killer Shrew drink End: The shrewbots attack scientist Joel, letter, Frank isn't feeling good Stinger: "Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results." Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Joel-era door sequence that leads to a screen that has the title of the film in wavy letters in the upper left. The audio is Joel and the bots singing their jingle for the Killer Shrew board game in Host Segment 2. In the background is a still shot of a giant shrew from the film, attacking. Fog seems to flow in from the lower left. A strip of "film" extends diagonaly from the title toward the Shadowrama at bottom. It has four "cells"--the first two have short clips from the movie, the next has clips from the host segments and bottom on shows the first screen of the scene index. Next to the "film strip" are your three choices: "Play Movie," "Scene Selection" and "Bonus Features." If you click on the first, the episode begins without seque. If you click on "scene selection" the bottom frame of the film strip enlarges to fill the screen. The usual ethereal music plays. If you click on "bonus features" it switches without seque to a screen that says "Bonus Features" in the upper left and has options to select one of the three shorts. The "Assignment Venezuela" menu also includes chapter selections. No music plays Extra features: Assignment: Venezuela "Assignment:Venezuela" "Century 21 Calling" "A Case of Spring Fever Goofs: In the intitial run of this set, Disk 4 contained a slightly edited version of the film. About 45 seconds, just as the film begins was cut. If, on your copy, the film begins with the titles zooming up on the screen, you have the slightly edited version. In the complete version, there is a short bit narration setting up the premise that shrews are really bloodthirsty and will eat anything. Rhino has offered to replace anyone who got the edited version with a disk that includes the missing footage. Write to drrhino@rhino.com to request one. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 8 Released: November '05 Contains episode 907- Hobgoblins, episode 902- Phantom Planet, episode 421- Monster A-Go-Go (with short: Circus on Ice) and episode 603- The Dead Talk Back (with short: The Selling Wizard.) The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a scene that appears to be a junkyard or landfill at night, with the spaghetti ball logo rising poover a mound of refuse and a jumble of items. On the back of the sleeve is some brief promotional copy and info on the movies. The front of the inner container shows the same scene. The back has chapter indexes for all four discs. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel shows a desolate highway setting, also at night. In this panel is a pocket containing a sheet with promotions for other MST3K DVDs. On the right-hand panel is an abandoned drive-in movie theater, strewn with abandoned cars and refuse. On the screen is a scene from, I think, Hobgoblins, and the spagetti ball logo. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. The disk with "Hobgoblins" had been designated Disk 1. The image on it is a sewer grate with the name of the show spray painted on it and a newspaper lying across it that says "HOBGOBLINS" in the giant headline. The disk with "Phantom Planet" on it has been designated Disk 2. It has a black background and some aging stickers and masking tape containing the info. The disk containing "Monster A-Go-Go" has been designated Disk 3. It has been made to look like the top of an metal barrel with various stickers on it. The disk with "The Dead Talk Back" has been designated Disk 4--it has been made to look like a truck wheel with info painted on it. In the bays behind each disk is a different landfill scene. These are all one-sided disks.     INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 907- Hobgoblins Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 6/27/98 Opening: Unintentional on-turning Intro: M&TB mistreat Pearl's couch, and soon regret it Host segment 1: Crow presents: "Let's Talk Women!" Host segment 2: Bobo calls Crow's crisis hotline Host segment 3: Pearl is only briefly fooled by Mike's cutouts End: Servo has solved the Rick Sloane problem...or has he?; Pearl expresses her disappointment Stinger: The hobgoblins go for a ride Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Mike-era door sequence leading to a screen with clips from the movie playing in the background, still from the movie in circles in the foreground. Shadowrama underneath, and for some reason Servo is standing and is highlighted. The two options are "Play Movie" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, the words "SCENE INDEX fill the screen and we fade into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None.   Episode 902- Phantom Planet Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 3/21/98 Opening: Crow and Tom challenge Mike to an Andy Rooney-off Intro: Pearl's World Domination Starter Kit arrives from Speigel, but the all-important "thing" has been mis-delivered to the SOL Host segment 1: Mike and Tom focus their attention on the Good and the Beautiful Host segment 2: Mike slips Crow's mind; spooky sounds in Castle Forrester turn out to be less than other-worldly Host segment 3: Crow and Tom, having taken up water glass rim music, invite Mike to try it, and soon regret that they did End: Crow is baffled and enraged by his Solarite costume; Pearl despairs of taking over the world until torch-wielding neighbors arrive Stinger: The "Good and the Beautiful" are extolled  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk starts with a Mike-era door sequence, leading to a screen with a spaceship porthole showing ships and stars and meteroites going by in the center of the screen. Above and to the left is the title of the movie. In the lower right is a wheel studded with the heads of the characters from the movie--and Mike and Crow (as a Solarite). Spacey music plays. On the right is a turning dial with numbers on it. Shadowrama is below but Crow is missing! At the bottom of the window are your two choices, "Play Movie" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, we zoom in on the window and fade into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None. Episode 421- Monster A-Go-Go (with short: Circus on Ice) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 1/9/93 Opening: America is leaning on cheese! Invention exchange: Action figure contest: Johnny Longtorso, non-violent action figures Host segment 1: Gypsy "doesn't get" Crow (or is it Tom?) Host segment 2: Joel and Servo play keep away from Crow Host segment 3: Examining "The Pina Colada Song" End: Joel knights Happy King Servo and Sir Giggles von Laffsalot Crow Stinger: Monster on the go-go  Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Joel-era door sequence into a screen that features a crashed plane and space capsule from the movie. The title appears at the center top. In the porthole of the crashed plane at left, clips from the movie play. Generic 60s rock plays. Shadowrama below--in which Servo dances up and down to the music. Below the title are your two choices, "Play Movie" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, the shadowrama rises up, revealing the now-familiar hexfield format.  Extra features: None. Episode 603- The Dead Talk Back (with short: The Selling Wizard) Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 7/30/94 Opening: Gypsy's fire drill. Intro: Dr. F. tries pin-point cigarette marketing Host segment 1: Radio talk show: "The Dead Talk Back" Host segment 2: M&TB are "The Dead" Host segment 3: Dr. F.'s interrogation session, Frank confesses, and Crow continues his guitar solo End: Crow is still playing, Tom is acting up, Gypsy starts another fire drill, Mike reads a letter, Dr. F. practices his archery skills Stinger: Woman screams after seeing dead body  Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen with a chain link fence background. A decal of a flower rotates at left. I can't make out the image at right. The title is over top; shadowrama beneath. Crow's cheesy Grateful Dead guitar solo plays with sound waves reacting to the music running just over the shadowrama. Beneath the title are your two choices, "Play Movie" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, the flower zooms in toward you and we fade into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 9 Released: May '06 Contains episode 104- Women of the Prehistoric Planet, episode 207- Wild Rebels, episode 613- The Sinister Urge (with short: Keeping Clean and Neat ) and episode 812- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a scene from inside a car, parked at what looks like a "lover's lane." Tom Servo sits on the dash, as does what looks like a chilidog. Hanging from the rear-view mirror is a spagetti ball logo. The car radio is tuned to "Vol. 9." Shadowrama beneath. Through the windshield we can see other cars, and in one car couple in a clinch. Sinister eyes can be seen in the rear view mirror. On the back of the sleeve is some brief promotional copy and info on the movies. The front of the inner container shows the same scene. The back has chapter indexes for all four discs. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel shows a beat up car parked at night, near a carnival--something is going on inside the car, but it's difficult to make out. In this panel is a pocket containing a sheet with promotions for other MST3K DVDs. On the right-hand panel we can see a similar scene, but this time a newer car is parked in the same spot. This time it's facing away from us and we can't see anything inside. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. The disk with "Women of the Prehistoric Planet" has been designated Disk 1. The image on it is an ashtray with several cigarette buts in it, and bottlecap with the title of the movie on it. The disk with "Wild Rebels" on it has been designated Disk 2. The image on it is a speedometer--the odometer reads "MST3K." The disk containing "The Sinister Urge" has been designated Disk 3. The image on it is a package of birth control pills. The disk with "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" has been designated Disk 4. The image on it is a hypnotizing sprial. These are all one-sided disks.     INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 104- Women of the Prehistoric Planet Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: approx. 12/89. Opening: Redecorating the SOL. Invention exchange: Clay & Lar's Flesh Barn, toilet paper in a bottle. Host segment 1: During "This is Joel's Life," a strange machine appears outside the ship, so Joel brings it inside. Host segment 2: It turns out to be the Isaac Asimov's Literary Doomsday Device. Host segment 3: J&TB try to disarm the device, but it explodes, with horrific consequences. End: The effects wear off, letters, the winners of the "name the plant guy " contest.  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence leading to a round screen with clips from the movie and from the host segments playing--the screen is standing on a planet. Shadowrama underneath, a star field behind. Options are "Play Special Intro," "Play Episode" and "Scene Selection." Stern music that I don't think is from the movie plays. When you click on "Play Special Intro," we go right to the intro with no transition. When you click "Play Episode," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," the images wavers and fades into the now-familiar hexfield scene index format. Extra features: Introduction by actress Irene Tsu.   Episode 207- Wild Rebels Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 11/17/90. Opening: Gypsy is depressed, so Joel shuts down the SOL. Invention exchange: Gypsy is feeling better; hobby hogs, 3-D pizza. Host segment 1: Intellectual bikers. Host segment 2: Wild Rebels cereal commercial. Host segment 3: Joel serenades Gypsy. End: J&TB party, letter, Dr. F. is baffled (and Frank is no help). Stinger: None.  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence, leading to a screen with photos of the main actors in the upper right, a motorcycle with animated smoke eminating from its exhaust at left and the movie title above. Shadowrama beneath; generic rock and roll plays. Choices are "Play" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, the cycle drives off, Tom Servo drops out of the Shadowrama and then the cycle, with Servo aboard, zooms by from left to right wiping us into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None. Episode 613- The Sinisiter Urge (with short: Keeping Clean and Neat ) Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/5/94 Opening: Gypsy gets a shower Intro: Dr. F. begins to worry about the missing Frank Host segment 1: Frank gives the SOL a taste of what he's planning Host segment 2: Checking Frank's background for clues Host segment 3: All looks bleak until Mike remembers Frank's weakness End: Dr. F. stops Frank's plan, letter, Deep Fried Frank! Stinger: "Dirk? No that can't be Dirk...uh, uh...no...that's not Dirk...no."  Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen that features an amorphous globular background, and constantly changing stills from the movie in three circular windows. Generic "mysterious" music plays. Shadowrama below. Choices are "Play Special Intro," "Play Episode" and "Scene Selection." When you click on "Play Special Intro," we see a Mike-era door sequence, into the intro. When you click on "Play Episode," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," the images spins away, and when it spins back we see the now-familiar hexfield format.  Extra features: Intro by actor Conrad Brooks. Episode 812- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 6/14/97 Opening: It's walk-a-thon season Intro: Pearl is taking the space kids home and has Bobo and Observer send the movie Host segment 1: The bots try to read Mike's future for 50 cents Host segment 2: M&TB ask Shelli the Nanite for the "big hair" look Host segment 3: Crow hires Ortega to cater the break End: Crow and Tom build a roller coaster; Pearl meets the kids' parents Stinger: "What do you think we came here for...to eat?"   Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen with a screen showing clips from the movie and from host segments at left and a circular space at left with horrible faces; Shadowrama beneath; generic monster/rock n roll music plays. Choices are "Play" and "Scene Index." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, a hypnotizing spiral fades us into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None.  Note: This collection was pulled from release by Rhino and is no longer available from them, though you may find copies from the original shipment online or in stores. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 10 Released: August '06 Contains episode 212- Godzilla vs. Megalon, episode 503- Swamp Diamonds (plus short: What to Do on a Date), episode 514- Teen-age Strangler (plus short: Is this Love?) and episode 810- The Giant Spider Invasion. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows a prehistoric scene, with the head of a tyrannosaurus rex dominating the image--around the neck of the beast hangs a dogtag that reads "Volume 10." An erupting volcano and a generally volcanic landscape can be seen in the background. In the night sky is the spaghetti ball, which seems to be a comet hurtling to earth. On the back of the sleeve is some brief promotional copy and info on the movies, stills from each movie and in the background a river of lava flows through a stony scene. The front of the inner container shows the same scene. The back has chapter indexes for all four discs. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, the left panel shows a less-hectic scene--the sun seems to be rising behind the volcano we saw on the front cover, and the eruption seems to have stopped, though a plume of smoke still rises from the volcano. In the foreground the bleached skull of the t-rex lies, with small flames around it. In this panel is a pocket containing a sheet with promotions for other MST3K DVDs. On the right-hand panel we can see a what appears to be a campfire, and over it a flaming marshmallow on a metal, two-pronged skewer. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Behind the bays, is a four-panel image (a quadtich?) of a similar night time prehistoric scene, exept that in the fourth panel, sitting on an outcropping, a port-o-potty can be seen (and there appears to be an MST3K bumper sticker slapped on it). The disk with "Godzilla vs. Megalon" has been designated Disk 1. The image on it is a serving of sushi--and a lovely presentation at that. The disk with "Swamp Diamonds" on it has been designated Disk 2. The image on it is a pair of handcuffs lying on the ground. The disk containing "Teenage Strangler" has been designated Disk 3. The image on it is the face of an old-fashioned dial telephone. The disk with "The Giant Spider Invasion" has been designated Disk 4. The image on it is, naturally, a spider. These are all one-sided disks.     INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 212- Godzilla vs. Megalon Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 1/19/91. Opening: J&TB host a morning magazine show. Invention exchange: Easy-to-make Halloween costumes. Host segment 1: Crow and Tom describe their monsters. Host segment 2: "Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy." Host segment 3: Dysfunctional popcorn commercial. End: Joel gives Crow and Tom new arms, the Jet Jaguar fight song is translated, the Mads are playing video games. Stinger: Godzilla takes the plunge.  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence leading to a screen with clips from the movie playing. Shadowrama underneath. Options are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection" and "Photo Gallery." Jaunty music that I don't think is from the movie plays. When you click "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," a circular screen wipe reveals the now-familiar hexfield scene index format. When you select "Photo Gallery" it begins with no transition.  The images are: A season-two era cast and crew shot with everubpdu wearing what looked to be lab coats with the logo on the left chestal area; a group of people walking down a street (perhaps going to a live show?); Bridget having makeup applied; Paul and Patrick, in costume, in hexfield viewscrene; Crow in his ditch from MST3K the Movie; Crow with a baseball glove where his net should be; a shot of some crew folks setting up what I'm pretty sure is the movie door sequence; Dr. F with a pal on the set of the movie; Frank, Jef Maynard and others on the set of the show; Frank on the set of the show being made up; Mike (as Michael Feinstein), Trace and Frank between takes; Frank; Mike and Gypsy in the storeroom from the cut scene of the movie; Kevin (as Santa), Paul (as Pitch), Mike (as Torgo), Frank and Dr. F; Jim and Mike; some sort of commotion in a hallway at the BBI offices; what looks to be a KTMA-era shot of Joel (I think that's a young Kevin, sporting a porn stache in the background) holding Crow and a prop of some sort; JnTB (looks like season one); Joel and his blue, blue eyes; Kevin and Bridget and Callipygeas and Flavia; Kevin annd Tom; Trace and Kevin in the puppet pit; Mike, Trace and others between takes; a long shot of the SOL set; Mike as "the host"; set building; Pearl; the writing room; Joel in front of the BBI sign at the offices; Paul, Bill and Beez as the bomb worshippers; Crow and Tom make out while Jim hefts Gypsy; cast and crew relaxing; Voodoo Dr. F; Kevin, Josh and Mike; cast and crew, first season; Mary Jo in the hexfield preparing for a take; Jef Maynard helping Frank and Trace set up for a season-two take; scenery material (i.e. toys) strewn about the studio; The Sir Thomas "Neville" Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just After the Plague  Singers; Jef checks out a costume Joel is wearing; the marquis of the Uptown Theater the day of the live show.   Episode 503- Swamp Diamonds (plus short: What to Do on a Date) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 7/31/93 Opening: The bots are obsessed with the 'Spock in love' "Star Trek" episode Invention exchange: U-view, Andrew Lloyd Webber grill Host segment 1: Tom wants to date Gypsy Host segment 2: He calls Gypsy to ask for a date Host segment 3: They go out on a date, briefly End: Tom thought the date went well, Gypsy dumps him, letter, Frank is watching himself Stinger: "Ssssssssshut up!" Movie info: click here. Short info: click here.  What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence, leading to a screen showing a series of swamp scenes. Shadowrama beneath; generic jazzy music plays. Choices are "Play Movie" and "Scene Selection." When you click on the former, the episode begins with no segue. When you click on the later, a jagged wipe takes us into the now-familiar hexfield format. Extra features: None. Episode 514- Teen-age Strangler (plus short: Is this Love?) Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 11/7/93 Opening: Mike tries to phone his grandma Invention exchange: Frank-n-forcer, waiter-baiter Host segment 1: What is love? Host segment 2: Crow and Tom want to rumble, but Mike intervenes Host segment 3: Crow and Tom have a gadget that will make Mike act like Mikey End: Song: "I'm a Janitor;" Dr. F. cleans up after Frank Stinger: "And he didn't steal no bike neither...I did!"  Movie info: click here. Short info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen that features various characters from the film peeking out from behind brick walls. Generic "mysterious/dramatic" music plays. Shadowrama below. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection," and "Outtakes." When you select on "Play Movie" we see a Mike-era door sequence, into the intro. When you click on "Play Episode," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," a checkerboard wipe takes us to the now-familiar hexfield format. When you select "Outtakes," it goes right to the short without a transition. Extra features: "Poopie II" Episode 810- The Giant Spider Invasion Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 5/31/97 Opening: Tom shows spirit, but Mike and Crow only offer MRxL Intro: The campers recall their trip, Tom portages and Pearl shares some pod-like "zucchini" Host segment 1: Pod-Gypsy suggests sleep, but Mike is suspicious Host segment 2: Mike and the bots try to stay awake, while Bobo is skeptical Host segment 3: Pod-Servo seems convincing, until asked about his "collection" End: Bobo saves the day, but Pearl declares movie sign again! Stinger: Pthpthpthp!   Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen with a screen showing showing a cheesy-looking spider, with little spiders running around the screen; Shadowrama beneath; generic spooky music plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection" and "MST3K Video Jukebox." When you select "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you select "Scene Selection," a giant spider invades you, taking us into the now-familiar hexfield format. When you select "MST3K Video Jukebox," the giant spider again invades you, revealing a jukebox like image with the logo spinning at its top. There are 15 choices. Extra features: Video Jukebox. Songs included: 1. Tibby, Oh Tibby; 2. Slow the Plot Down; 3. The Waffle Song; 4. Oh Kim Cattrall; 5. My Wild Irish Ireland; 6. Toobular Boobular Joy; 7. Merry Christmas--If That's Okay; 8. Dough Guys; 9. Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter; 10. AM Radio in Space; 11. When I Held Your Brain in My Arms; 12. Where Oh Werewolf?; 13. Please Staaay!; 14. The Canada Song; 15. To Earth.  Note: This collection was pulled from release by Rhino and is no longer available from them, though you may find copies from the original shipment online or in stores. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 11 Released: February, '07 Contains episode 206- Ring of Terror (with short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 3), episode 409- The Indestructible Man (with short: Undersea Kingdom, part 2), episode 414- Tormented and episode 1011- Horrors of Spider Island. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows what appears to be a trailer park that has been hit by a meteor storm. In the foreground is a molten meterorite that looks remarkably like the MST3K "spaghetti ball." The front of the inner container shows the same scene. The back has chapter indexes for all four discs. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, both panels show similar trailer park scenes. In the left-hand panel is a pocket containing a sheet with promotions for other MST3K DVDs. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Behind the bays, all the panels show similar night time trailer park scenes. The disk with "Ring of Terror" has been designated Disk 1. The image on it is internal human organs. Gross. The disk with "Indestructible Man" has been designated Disk 2. The image on it is of a chest x-ray. Not sure what that means. The disk containing "Tormented" has been designated Disk 3. The image on it is some plants of some sort. Again, not sure what it refers to. The disk with "Horrors of Spider Island" has been designated Disk 4. The image on it is, naturally, of a spider web. These are all one-sided disks.     INDIVIDUAL DISKS   Episode 206- Ring of Terror (with short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 3) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 11/3/90. Opening: The bots trick Joel. Invention exchange: Life-size "Operation" game, pin-bolus. Host segment 1: The Old School. Host segment 2: Autopsy of Mr. Hoover. Host segment 3: Good thing/bad thing; the Mads send a short! End: Blindsided by the short; Song: "If Chauffeur's Ruled the World." Stinger: "Weird. I guess that is the word for it. Weird."  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence leading to a screen showing a foggy graveyard. Ponderous music from the movie plays. Shadowrama underneath. Options are "Play Movie," "Scenes" and "MST3K Video Jukebox." When you click "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," a circular screen wipe reveals the now-familiar hexfield scene index format. When you select "MST3K Video Jukebox" a circular wipe reveals the same jukebox screen as in Vol. 10, but with different titles listed. The spaghetti ball bumper music plays. There are 10 choices. Extra features: Video Jukebox. Songs included: 1. Clown in the Sky; 2. The Janitor Song; 3. The Greates Frank of All; 4. When Loving Lovers Love; 5. Sodium!; 6. Sidehackin'; 7. The Many Tunes of Gamera; 8. A Patrick Swayze Christmas; 9. The Bomb Song; 10. Hobgoblins. Episode 409- The Indestructible Man (with short: Undersea Kingdom, part 2) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 8/15/92 Opening: Something's different about the bots (and Magic Voice) Invention exchange: Mads' secret invention, cereal novels Host segment 1: The Undersea Kingdom parade goes awry Host segment 2: "What would you do if you were indestructible?" Host segment 3: Joel does the Lon Chaney "eye thing," the bots are no help End: J&TB sign the "no cop/donut joke" pledge, cops in Deep 13 Stinger: Indestructible man struggles with a manhole cover. Movie info: click here. Short info: click here.  What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence, leading to a screen showing the title in big bold letters with a visual representation of electrical currents running across it. Indie himself is shown in the center, with the cop from the movie and the girl from the movie on either side. Shadowrama beneath; bombastic music from the movie plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection" and "Original Theatrical Trailer." When you click on "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," the electrical currents wipe from top to bottom to reveal the now-familiar hexfield format. When you click on "Original Theatrical Trailer," it begins with no segue. Extra features: Original Theatrical Trailer. Episode 414- Tormented Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 9/26/92 Opening: The bots hide in a ventilation duct Invention exchange: Aunt Catherine wheel, drinking jacket Host segment 1: Joel is stuck in ventilation duct, Crow and Tom are no help Host segment 2: Throwing pop singers from a lighthouse Host segment 3: Crow and Tom pretend to be headless ghosts but Joel has the last laugh End: J&TB are depressed so they think happy thoughts, and does Frank Stinger: "Tom Stewart killed me!"  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Joel-era door sequence into a screen that shows a rocky shoreline at night with a lighthouse playing its light back and forth. First the ghostly head of Vi from the movie floats by, then a ghostly Tom Servo floats by. Jazzy music from the movie plays. Shadowrama below. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection," "Play MST Hour Jack Perkins Wraps," "Original Theatrical Trailer" and "A 'Tormented' Reunion." When you select on "Play Movie" we see a Mike-era door sequence, into the intro. When you click on "Play Episode," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," the image fades from a negative of itself into the now-familiar hexfield format. When you select any of the other choices, it goes right to the item without a transition. Extra features: MST Hour Jack Perkins Wraps, Original Theatrical Trailer and A 'Tormented' Reunion. Episode 1011- Horrors of Spider Island Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: July 25, 1999. Opening: Mike finds out that Crow has a syndicated newspaper column. Intro: Pearl has moved Castle Forrester to a new neighborhood. Host segment 1: Mike gets himself trapped in the giant spider web Crow and Tom have put up. Host segment 2: Mike is auditioning dancers, and Pearl, Brain Guy and Bobo try out. Host segment 3: M&TB want to know if it's true that you become languid and sexy when you survive a crash--and  there's only one way to find out. End: Mike has become a giant spider--well, sort of; as Pearl calls in from a rest stop on the way to moving  Castle Forrester back, Bobo finds some toys. Stinger: The girls scream from the void.   Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen a spider web and an animated spider holding Tom Servo. Shadowrama beneath; music from the movie plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selections" and "Original Theatrical Trailer" When you select "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you select "Scene Selection," a giant spider invades you, taking us into the now-familiar hexfield format. The trailer also begins with no segue. Extra features: Original Theatrical Trailer. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 12 Released: October '07 Contains episode episode 419- The Rebel Set (with short: Johnny at the Fair);  episode 504- Secret Agent Super Dragon, episode 612- The Starfighters and episode 811- Parts: The Clonus Horror. The outer sleeve, which holds the folding case that holds all four DVDs, shows an art gallery on the wall are four framed movie posters for the four movies featured in this set. In the foreground we see Crow, Gypsy and Tom Servo sitting on a bench looking at the artwork. At left, a statue is flashing us the full monty while holding the spaghetti ball. The front of the inner container shows the same scene. The back has chapter indexes for all four discs. When you open the inner sleeve the first time, both panels show artistic depictions of Tom Servo (left side) and Crow (right). In the left-hand panel is a pocket containing a sheet with promotions for other MST3K DVDs. Open the inner case up further and you see the four disk holding bays. Behind the bays is one long image that also takes place in the art gallery, with all sorts of oddball displays, including a chicken, a urinal and a defaced "venus de milo" statue. At the far right Gypsy is giving us a close look. The disk with "The Rebel Set" has been designated Disk 1. The image on it is ... um ... a pizza? A pie? Can't tell. The disk with "Secret Agent Super Dragon" has been designated Disk 2. The image on it is ... um ... a bagel. Again, can't tell. The disk containing "The Starfighters" has been designated Disk 3. The image on it is a radar screeb. The disk with "Parts: The Clonus Horror" has been designated Disk 4. The image on it is a fried egg. These are all one-sided disks. INDIVIDUAL DISKS Episode 419- The Rebel Set (with short: Johnny at the Fair) Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 12/12/92 Opening: Joel has something really scary to read to the bots at bedtime Invention exchange: Quick primp kit, abstract paint-by-number kit Host segment 1: "Co-starring with Scott Baio" acting lessons Host segment 2: What to do during a four-hour layover in Chicago Host segment 3: Writing workshop using the Merritt Stone method End: "Who is Merritt Stone?" (Tom's head explodes), Frank hopelessly confused Stinger: "I am bugged!"  Movie info: click here. Short info: click here.  What you'll see: The DVD starts with the Joel-era door sequence leading to a screen showing a hip beatnik club (like in the movie). On the wall of the club are screen shots from the movie and the name of the movie. Hep-cat music from the movie plays. Shadowrama underneath. Options are "Play Movie," "Scene Selections" and "Special Features." When you click "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selections," a melty screen wipe reveals the now-familiar hexfield scene index format. When you select "Special Feature," our point of view zooms forward and left until we see a piece of paper sitting on one of the tables in the club. The music has stopped and we hear the sounds of people sitting in a club and talking.  The note reads: "Dig-- Life, man is just an *Original Theatrical Trailer* For what's ahead... Box office returns are what the company earns But, like *Rap with Don Sullivan* and enlightenment ensues *Main Menu*" If you select "Original Theatrical Trailer" or "Rap with Don Sullivan" it begins with no transition. Extra features: Original Theatrical Trailer, comments by Don Sullivan.   Episode 504- Secret Agent Super Dragon Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 8/7/93 Opening: Crow and Tom build an annoying robot Invention exchange: Virtual comedy, micro-golf Host segment 1: The jazzy "Secret Agent Super Dragon" theme Host segment 2: J&TB read through Crow's latest screenplay: "The Spy Who Hugged Me" Host segment 3: J&TB discuss spy movie post-kill puns End: Dr. F.'s super-villain conference call Stinger: Jumping the Super Dragon, with xylophone accompaniment Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence, leading to a screen showing the title in red letters above a private eye's desk with Tom Servo sitting in the chair with his back to us, blowing bubblegum bubbles. Shadowrama beneath; generic action movie music plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Play Jack Perkins Wraps," "Scene Selections" and "Original Theatrical Trailer." When you click on "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. Likewise "Play Jack Perkins Wraps" and "Original Theatrical Trailer." When you click on "Scene Selection," a puzzley wipe reveals the now-familiar hexfield format. When you click on "Original Theatrical Trailer," it begins with no segue. Extra features: Original Theatrical Trailer, Jack Perkins wraps. Episode 612- The Starfighters Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 10/29/94 Opening: Crow tries to log onto the information super-highway Intro: Cranial ports; Cowboy Mike's bold barbecue sauce Host segment 1: While he and Tom reenact the refueling scene, Crow misses a call Host segment 2: The bots "debrief" Mike Host segment 3: The United Servo Academy Men's Chorus performs End: Crow finally logs onto the information super-highway, letter, the Mads are sharing their thoughts Stinger: Lady elbows hubby  Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen that shows a jet flighter labled MST3K fly by with Tom Servo at the controls. Title above. Military drums play. Shadowrama below, without Tom. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selections" and "MST3K Video Jukebox Volume 3." When you select on "Play Movie" we see a Mike-era door sequence, into the intro. When you click "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you click on "Scene Selection," the jet shoots off to the left revealing the now-familiar hexfield scene index format. When you select "MST3K Video Jukebox," the jet again shoots off revealing the same jukebox screen as in previous volumes. The spaghetti ball bumper music plays. There are 10 choices. Extra features: Video Jukebox. Songs included: 1. Creepy Girl; 2. A Michael Feinstein Gamera; 3. Whispering Christmas Warrior; 4. Doughy Guys; 5. Mystos; 6. Cosmic Freight Train; 7. The Best of Digger Smolken; 8. The 70s Song; 9. Sir Thomas Neville Servo Quartet; 10. The Rain Song. Episode 811- Parts: The Clonus Horror Host: Mike Episode info: First shown: 6/7/97 Opening: Mike has a moustache and the bots like it--sort of Intro: Three runaway space children awaken the campers Host segment 1: The campers are forced to play games with the kids Host segment 2: M&TB help Pearl out by putting on a public TV show Host segment 3: Pearl, Bobo and Observer have "that" chat with the kids End: Crow has a nosejob, and Tom has written a poem for the kids Stinger: "Sure!"   Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk begins with a Mike-era door sequence into a screen showing an elaborate machine from which Tom Servos are rolling out on a conveyer belt, one after another. Shadowrama (minus Tom) beneath; choral music (from the movie?) plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Scene Selection" and "Special Features" When you select "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. When you select "Scene Selection," our point of view zooms into a a TV screen on the huge machine, taking us into the now-familiar hexfield format. When you select "Special Features," our point of view zooms into a a TV screen on the huge machine, taking us to a screen with two options: "Original Theatrical Trailer" and "Interview with Director Robert Fiveson." When you click on either one, they begin without transition. Extra features: Original theatrical trailer and interview with director Robert Fiveson. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 10.2 Released: February '08 Replaces Vol. 10 (which withdrawn due to rights issues involving episode 212- Godzilla vs. Megalon). Contains episode 402- The Giant Gila Monster, episode 503- Swamp Diamonds (plus short: What to Do on a Date), episode 514- Teen-age Strangler (plus short: Is this Love?) and episode 810- The Giant Spider Invasion. The outer sleeve is exactly the same as Vol. 10, except that the dogtag around the neck of the T- rex reads "Volume 10.2" and on the back it some of the information has changed to reflect the new episode. The back of the inner container is similarly changed to reflect the new episode. The disk with "Giant Gila Monster" is now designated Disk 1. The image on it is a car tire. All the other discs and their contents are exactly the same as in Vol. 10. These are all one-sided disks. INDIVIDUAL DISK Episode 402- The Giant Gila Monster Host: Joel Episode info: First shown: 6/13/92 Opening: Crow and Tom are the Thing with Two Heads Invention exchange: Sitcom radio, Renaissance festival punching bags Host segment 1: Crow and Tom disrupt Joel's soda shop sketch Host segment 2: Different types of funny drunks Host segment 3: "Servo on Cinema" looks at Ray Kellogg's "Leg Up" directorial style End: Hee-La the rock group rehearses, letters (including one from TV's Frank!) Stinger: Old guy gags on sody pop Movie info: click here. What you'll see: The disk starts with a Joel-era door sequence, leading to a screen showing a woodland scene dominated by a giant lizard; spooky music plays. Choices are "Play Movie," "Play 10.2 Upgrade," "Scene Selections" and "Extras." When you click on "Play Movie," the episode begins with no segue. Likewise when you click "10.2 upgrade" it begins with no segue. Click on "Extras" and you will be taken to a screen offering four choices: "Interview with Don Sullivan," "Two bonus songs by Don Sullivan," "Photo Gallery" and "Main Menu." All items begin without a segue. The two songs are simply audio files--no video. The photo gallery is the same as the one on the "Godzilla Vs Megalon" DVD in the original Vol. 10 (see above for complete list of what is included). Extra features: "10.2 upgrade" featuring Joel, Frank and Trace; Interview with Don Sullivan, Two bonus songs by Don Sullivan ("Little Lover Girl" and "Tell Me Why") and a Photo Gallery. Episode 402- The Giant Gila Monster Released: February '08 For fans who managed to purchase Volume 10 before it was pulled from the shelves, and did not want to buy the other discs in the Vol. 10 collection again, Rhino released the Giant Gila Monster disk as a single disk. It is exactly the same as the disk included on Volume 10.2. It is only available via the Rhino.com Web site and is only available for a limited time. It is a one-sided disk.  This ends Rhino's releases. Future releases will come from ShoutFactory. About two-sided disks. Two-sided DVDs do not have images on the disk face, natch, except for a small band around the center hole that identifies whether you're on the MST3K side or the uncut version side (though, of course, it actually says the opposite of what's actually ON that side because DVD players read the bottom side of the disk, but never mind.) Be careful handling this DVD, since information is on both sides! For more information about MST3K videos and DVD from Rhino Home Video, visit their web site. To see our Shout! Factory DVD list, click here.

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