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(0)Michael J. Nelson
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What if an aging, unsuccessful Minnesota author of history books with names like Old von Steuben Had a Farm: The German-American Settlement of the Midwest decided he could write a book every bit as vapid and ridiculous as the books that sold four hundred times more copies than his own? Well, he would write Death Rat, of course, the thrilling tale of a man who battles prejudice, his inner demons, and a cunning six-foot-long rat.
And what if he was...
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Why do some people retain cute baby-talk names for their relatives (like "Num-Num" and "Pee-Paw") well into middle age? How should a reasonable person respond when Olivia Newton-John sings, "Have you never been mellow?" Who's responsible for the sorry state of men's fashion, and is it the same guy who invented the jerkin? Is there any future in being a Midwesterner? Can you really enjoy your lunch when the restaurant is decorated to look like an African...
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An upper-middle class family teaches Mike and the Bots how to be incredibly bland, white, and boring in A Date with Your Family (1950). Later, a group of barflies must figure out what to do when the Soviets attack the U.S. in Invasion USA (1952). Mike and the Bots have a dinner party inspired by the short and get a visit from "Bob the A-Bomb" on the Hexfield.
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Mike and the Bots try to make sense of Colossus and the Headhunters (1963) in which a man named Maciste tries to lead his people from a destroyed island to a land of other tribes. Meanwhile, Dr. Forester invents the world's cutest pet called Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter. Mike and the Bots are forced to take care of Nummy despite Frank wanting to keep him.
7) Time Chasers
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A schmuck has to correct changes to the future by fixing them in the past while Tom and Crow try to fix Mike's past into something more pleasant.
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Mike and the Bots scratch their heads in confusion as an angel and a devil wage a bet about the morals of bread truck drivers in Out of This World (1954). Then the crew fights lapsing into a depression while watching the incredibly dour High School Big Shot (1959) in which a high school loser takes part in a heist to impress an attractive but dimwitted classmate.
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The crew watch an education short about the wonders a home economics major can do for young women in The Home Economics Story (1951). In The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), lonely Viking women set sail to rescue a group of enslaved men. Joel and the Bots consider the waffle and present an iron that can turn waffles into pancakes at the invention exchange.
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The stars of Mystery Science Theater give their comedic riffing treatment to this Blaxploitation classic. The Guy from Harlem trades most of the sleaze, grime, and, well, exploitation that you expect from the genre for dopiness, sexual situations that fail to lead to actual sex, a clumsy confused sweetness, and more botched lines per minute than anything we've ever seen.
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The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 bring their comedic riffing treatment to one of our favorite bad movies of all time - Live! Shot from the Belcourt Theater in Nashville, and beamed to over 600 theaters around the USA. There are solar panels, bark beetles and animals such as seals! Plus, the show kicks off with everyone's favorite lovable loser, Norman, in the short Norman Checks In. So grab a coat hanger, fire up your solar powered TV and...
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The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 bring their comedic riffing treatment to this horror classic about a dead little girl who has an evil clown doll that commands her to kill. That's all well and good. But it's the little things about Ghosthouse that really make you stand up and say "Wait, what?"
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The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 give their comedic riffing treatment to this classic 90's Vanilla Ice movie. Vanilla Ice's album To The Extreme sold fifteen million copies. It is important to keep this in mind while you watch Cool as Ice, because at some point in time, you will inevitably shriek at the TV, "Who thought this was a good idea? How did this happen?" It is perhaps the only movie that is more 90s than the entirety of VH1s I Love...
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The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 bring their comedic riffing treatment to this action classic! David Carradine in Future Force is what you'd get if Arnold substituted creatine with frosting and Stallone started cutting his own hair. As John Tucker, he's the only member of the C.O.P.S. (Civilian Operated Police Incorporated) (That's not a joke) who's interested in standing up to corruption. Fortunately, he's got an incredible weapon at his...