Brandon writes:
Sure, they may be a low form of comedy, but many of them were clever on the show. Here’s my favorite word pun joke they did on MST3K was from 518- The Atomic Brain, when towards the end of the movie, the scientist looks through a circular-shaped window, and Crow remarks, “In a cameo appearance.”
Patricia also wrote to suggest a thread like this, citing…
Catalina Caper’s “Uh…tanks!” and “He’s in-de-pendant” from Time of the Apes
I’ve noticed a couple in the last few eps I’ve watched for the episode guide updates. In “Kitten with a Whip,” the camera is panning around David’s living room and Tom says he thinks he sees a salad bar. The camera pans over some lattice work and Mike says “…and there’s the LATTICE for the salad bar.”
And in last week’s episode, “Racket Girls,” there’s “Peaches is getting clingy!”
What are your favorites?
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Hey Mike, I always thought Raul Julia was Puerto Rican.
I didn’t know he was…CUBAN!
Btw, don’t try puns on Mike’s brother. He hates puns!
Monster-A-Go-Go: “Well, there’s a man out standing in his field!”, amongst others.
I have a feeling I’m going to be liking every single entry in this one. :-)
Danger, Death Ray!
Mike.
“Lattice in!”
One of the few times the other viewers laugh at a pun.
This is Rifftrax, but I liked how, during the House on Haunted Hill Live Show, Mike and Bill get increasingly annoyed with Kevin’s lame puns and replace him mid-show with Paul F. Tompkins. Tompkins then gets off to a bad start by referring to the leprechaun guy as the Souse on Haunted Hill.
#1: yep, I was gonna suggest Tom’s quip from Time Chasers: “That moss has taken a lichen to that tree!”
*SMACK*
“I was shaving and got a Nick.”
*SMACK*
There are a TON that I love, but I’ll just mention Human Duplicators “It’s the android sisters!”. And my personal favorite, in High School Big Shot after the kid overhears his boss mention a drug shipment, Mike: “Uh, heroin I come!”
Crow: “He’s boxed in!”
Mike:”Yeah, well, I’m card bored!”
I’ve previously mentioned my affinity for “We had peace” “And carrots” from “Colossus and the Headhunters”. And I just watched “Night of the Blood Beast” the other day, and “Ladder that evening” still kills me :D
Also count me in as a fan of “boxed in”/”card-bored” from “Future War”. I use that a lot whenever I have to unload boxes at work.
In “Mad Monster”, during a host segment, Joel switches Crow and Tom’s heads; he refers to the result as his “Servo-Crow-ation”. (“You turned us into mutants for a pun!” -Tom Servo)
Then there’s Kenny in Gamera:
Kenny: “Tibby. Tibby”
Crow: “Tibby or not Tibby.”
Speaking of Hamlet…Just saw the PBS special on Shakespeare plays
amalyzing Hamlet. Inexplicably, Mad Max’s German Public Television
epic wasn’t featured. Go figure. I mean, they could have made a
fortune on contributions by offering Hamlet action figures as
Thank You gifts.
Is it THE UNEARTHLY where they have Lobo saying, “tisket, tasket, green and yellow casket! PUN!!!”? Cracks me up every time.
Just watched “Leech Woman” yesterday, and I’ve always loved when the expedition is walking through the jungle set, and Mike says something like “I wonder if thats a congo…leum floor”.
And then in “It Lives By Night”, I think its when creepy sheriff is looking for Johnny in the caves, Mike says something like: “You know, his father was a master at hunting bats. I guess that makes him a bat-masters-son”.
Wow.
From “Fugitive Alien”
In response to a fawning crewmember’s query about Captain Joe’s newly-rebuilt spaceship: “What are the specs on this job, sir?”, Joel (as Capt. Joe) hurriedly replies: “Oh, those are bugs–they’ll wash off.”
“Well, Kevin here’s Irish, but I’m Danish.”
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Episode 111 (Moon Zero Two) – Joel: Nice Bar. Crummy atmosphere though.
Episode 910 (Final Sacrifice) – Troy: The Map *is* real.
Mike: Map Israel? I believe Israel has been fairly well mapped already.
Episode 109 (Commando Cody Episode 7) – Garage Fight!
Crow: Hey, that guy wrenched his back!
Tom: Really socketed that guy.
Crow: He’s hammered!
Tom: Ooh, he bench pressed him!
Crow: Oh look, he’s getting’ tired.
Tom: What a retread.
Also, I’m not sure if the “Who’s On First” gag qualifies as a pun or is a brand of humor of its own, but the “Noh Theater” bit from 819 (Neptune Men) is *outstanding*!
From 320 “The Unearthly”,
(at the sound of a dog barking while a car is pulling up) Crow: “Hey, your car’s barking! Better change your bark plug!” Joel actually liked that one too, it looks like he gives Crow a high five after that one.
Later in that same episode,
(dog barking again) Crow: “Oh, that must be Ellen Barkin!”
Servo from Colossus and the Headhunters: “Hey relax, you’re two tents!”
And let’s not forget the punchline to the Bergman sketch in The Sword and the Dragon, “When you’re out of slits, you’re out of pier…”
I was going to mention the Bergman sketch, too. :) ^
Well, I don’t know if it’s a “favorite” but it is a pun: in Earth vs. the Spider Joel mentions “Carol’s Dad’s Caverns”.
Funny, I hear them all the time, but I can’t seem to remember too many. :struggle:
From ‘Jack Frost’
Father Mushroom: “Then so be it.”
Tom: “So-vi-et? Mike, get that? Its a commie movie!”
Not exactly in an episode in the traditional sense, but one of my favorite puns is during the invention exchange of I Accuse My Parents when the Mads invent a stripper-in-a-cake mix, Tom says “Oh I get it, it’s beef cake!”
“Time Chasers”: “Mrs. Heinz, how are you doing?” Servo: “How’s you ketchup empire?”
Night of the Blood Beast – “Dick Courier. When dick absolutely positively has to be there over night.”
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank:
Here’s looking at U Thant!
Here’s looking at ubiquitous!
Here’s looking at Ulysses….
One from “the Unearthly.” Where Lobo is outside and there is a dog barking, and Crow says, “That must Be Ellen Barkin.”
And “Hercules Against the Moon Men.” Tom says to a credit name: Gentlomo please don’t make this picture!”
My favorite, and one of my favorite lines in general, is from 804 (The Deadly Mantis):
“But there’s a mantis in my pantis.”
It’s completely nonsensical and Crow’s delivery sells it perfectly.
Stefanie (#7) reminded me of an old favourite from Human Duplicators–when Crow says, “Hunan Duplicators.”
#19: I know EXACTLY what you mean about not being able to remember them. And I also love “Carol’s Dad’s Caverns,” by the way. (Well, you didn’t note it as a favourite, but I’m glad you reminded me of it.)
This is very strange, but I was thinking of suggesting this very topic just last week. Because, of course, I heard a pun on the show that I can no longer remember.
My personal favorite has always been from The Sword and the Dragon: “It’s a Tugar pile-up!”
From “Human Duplicators”…
CROW: It’s twin Susie Wongs!
SERVO: Well, two Wongs don’t make a wight!
Ooh, I remembered! From Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster: “It’s the Mothra Graham Dance Troupe.”
From one of the “Fugitive Aliens” episodes. It’s not so much the pun as the delivery.
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Controller: “Yurulin?”
Crow: “Yep. We’re number one.”
– Cesar Romero dancing with a hot date at the beginning of “Lost Continent”:
“Oh yeah…Give to Cesar what is Cesar’s!” :)
– Jam Handy short
Servo: “Jam Handy reminds you to keep your preserves in a convenient location.”
Does “Tit’s all over for you Ator! I know we’ve been the breast of friends!” count? I know Crow stutter-corrects but I mean y’know…
From “The Giant Spider Invasion”
Mike: You know, I just don’t look at that table that often, you know, just occasionally, really it’s kind of a periodic table.
Definitely a favorite!
Does ‘Today is dedicated to Uranus!’ count?
There’s a couple of rapid fire puns in “The Leech Woman”. When the leech woman walks into Neil the lawyer’s office, Neil says “June”, and Tom says “you’re bustin’ out all over”. Later in the same scene, when the leech woman tells Neil that her niece has gone off to brood, Tom says “So she’s hatching eggs?”.
From “Santa Claus” – that deer’s a little cranky!
From WILD REBELS.
“Hey Banjo d-tune your G String baby.” Sorry if this is already on here, I didn’t have time to read any of the others ’cause I just got in from shoveling snow for 3 1/2 hours with my wife. We live in Ma. and I gotta say everything hurts even my hair.
From Puma Man:
“Kneel.”
“The name’s Tony.”
Servo in Angels Revenge:
“They’re revoking his MEMBERship!”
Tormented (after Vi falls off the lighthouse’s broken guardrail)
Joel: That’s what she gets for railing against him.
Giant Leeches
Woman: He held up a gas station…
Servo: But he wasn’t strong enough and it fell on him.
Painted Hills
Servo: When did they build a corral?
Crow: They used Corel Draw.
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Actually, the “Jam Handy reminds you to keep your preserves in a convenient place” line is delivered by Crow, not Servo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJD0GTwLkVM
Another Gamera:
As a series of railroad cars laden with gasoline are rolled towards
Gamera, one of them approaches Gamera while Crow says:
“That’s the tanks I get!” Meanwhile Joel tears off one of Crow’s
arms. And you thought Eddie Nelson hated puns. (But Crow does have
a spare arm).
“Uranus is big and gassy, isn’t it?”
Hey El Sampo, I have a suggestion for next weekend’s discussion: with Valentine’s Day coming up, I’m reminded of one of my favorite invention exchanges – from 501 Warrior Of The Lost World – Bittersweet Hearts. How about some alternate inscriptions? I happen to have a few ready like GREAT PERSONALITY and LET’S GO DUTCH.
not sure if this actually counts as a pun but i never fail to laugh at the exchange from ‘werewolf’ when paul tells natalie he’s a writer:
‘oh, what’s the subject matter?’
‘yeah, you’re right, subject doesn’t matter at all.’
Gunslinger
Cane: He killed my four brothers…
Crow: and my forefathers.
War of the Colossal Beast:
“Glenn” at last recognizes his sister and reaches to her, calling “Joyce!”
Servo: “So Glenn is pro-Joyce.”
Also: “Glenn” holds a bus full of school children.
Tom: “Hey, hold the bus!”
Both make me laugh and groan. That is the best pun reaction there is!
ALA Black Oak Arkansas,
“Jim Handy to the Ressscuuueee!!!”
“MY Jim Handy!”
Not my favorite, but because I just saw him in the Yahoo! News Scroll, Kevin Brophy’s credit in “The Being From Another Planet”, Tom says: “Kevin Brophy…that’s when your brother wins a trophy!”
Just watching Radar Secret Service, and a shot of cars pops up, followed by:
Mike: Hey, Freddy Fender!
Crow: “Auto” Preminger!
Tom: James Car-ville!
Mike: Harrison Ford!