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Post by angilasman on Jan 27, 2014 1:33:35 GMT -5
MST3K was pretty good about casting a big net with their references, from the then-current to classical mythology. As I read more, watch old movies, and generally live longer I get more jokes.
... but I've noticed that quite often MST3K references become less obscure. A forgotten celebrity makes a return to notoriety (like Billy Ray Cyrus and his ability to produce twerking offspring), books like Lords of the Rings and American Psycho are adapted into major films, and sometimes certain things just come back into vogue (the Ancient Astronaut theory is one such thing!).
Off the top of my head I can only remember a few examples, but I've been noticing it a lot recently. Circular nature of culture?
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Jan 27, 2014 18:41:48 GMT -5
I think it's a combination of that, and the fact that MST3K was written by a people with a varied assortment of interests. Joel always said that "The right people will get it" (or did he say "the right person?" Either way...), and I think that as certain areas of expertise drift in and out of the public eye there will be more jokes that become easily understandable by the public at large. I mean, I doubt that "I thought you were Dale!" will ever become a well known phrase, but things like that can pop up in surprising ways.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Feb 1, 2014 3:05:47 GMT -5
In "Soultaker", they make a joke on how Natalie looks like Tanya Harding. Tanya has *sort of* become relevant again ever since she became a commentator for Tru TV's "World's Dumbest". I think before that, she had kinda fallen off people's radar. Same can be said for anytime they referenced Leif Garret (such as in "The Final Sacrifice").
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Post by reaperg on Feb 1, 2014 11:27:39 GMT -5
I actually think some of these episodes came too soon, before some of the stars in the old movies made their most famous work. Like all the missed "Sex and the City" jokes for Kim Cattrall. Or "Code Name Diamond Head" -- "That's no priest, that's Al Swearengen!"
But how do you make jokes about Tim Van Patten directing "The Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire"? I'm sure they'd have found a way.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Feb 1, 2014 17:06:26 GMT -5
I always love that one scene in Attack Of The The Eye Creatures, where that one oily drifter (the relatively attractive one) gets out of his car to watch the alien ship approaching, and Servo busts out into a chorus of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". It wasn't until a year or so ago, when I was watching that episode, that I realized that that was the first "Rickroll".
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Post by angilasman on Feb 1, 2014 18:42:43 GMT -5
^Yes, they were really ahead of Rick Astley big, ironic comeback.
And speaking of The Brains being ahead: Princess Bride references made years before the film became a beloved, cult-classic.
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Post by davidbeegah on Feb 1, 2014 22:57:19 GMT -5
Well from the latest news reports it would seem the riff from episode #816 The Prince of Space "Woody Allen Asked Me Out" has made a comeback.
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Post by Truck Farmer on Feb 2, 2014 2:33:33 GMT -5
Or from the short A Date With Your Family.
Servo: The Woody Allen Story.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Feb 3, 2014 2:07:47 GMT -5
Well from the latest news reports it would seem the riff from episode #816 The Prince of Space "Woody Allen Asked Me Out" has made a comeback. Also, Crow's "A rare Godzilla-free day", might get an extra laugh, what with a new Godzilla movie on the horizon. |
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Post by Frameous on Feb 4, 2014 15:07:50 GMT -5
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Feb 25, 2014 1:20:50 GMT -5
Seeing as how "Crossfire" came back last year (much to Jon Stewart's chagrin, I bet), there's this riff from "Mitchell", during the "BUZZ OFF, KID!" scene.
Servo: "Tonight, on 'Crossfire'!"
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