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Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 10, 2015 12:28:16 GMT -5
So, it looks like my PBS affiliate is one of the ones that's starting to show MST3K at night. I finally caught an episode last night, but was so sleepy that it was hard to watch even though it was one I've never seen before. Effectively, I can cross Posture Pals off my list of things to watch, but not The Unearthly. And I was so looking forward to seeing Tor Johnson's infamous Time For Go To Bed moment just to get the context (assuming context makes any difference, even.)
Anyone else fortunate enough to have it airing on their local PBS stations?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Aug 11, 2015 18:58:29 GMT -5
Heh, I recently reviewed "The Unearthly" for my reviews over at the Rowsdower's Reviews forum. Man, that episode's a slog to get through, but the shorts are funny.
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Post by Crowfan on Aug 11, 2015 19:50:58 GMT -5
WTTW in Chicago shows them on Saturday nights. So far, I've seen "Gunslinger", "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" and of course, "The Unearthly". I guess I'm going to have to get their tote bag and donate some money.
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Post by shakinaiken on Aug 11, 2015 23:49:14 GMT -5
in regards to the episode- "The Unearthly"- i've seen about half of it, unable to finish based on the general dreariness and tediousness of the film. I'm also a youngerish fan(in my 20's) and often find Joel episodes abstruse based on references i don't understand. Sometimes feel like i'm not in on the joke.
But do hope PBS continues to broadcast episodes.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Aug 11, 2015 23:59:12 GMT -5
in regards to the episode- "The Unearthly"- i've seen about half of it, unable to finish based on the general dreariness and tediousness of the film. I'm also a youngerish fan(in my 20's) and often find Joel episodes abstruse based on references i don't understand. Sometimes feel like i'm not in on the joke. But do hope PBS continues to broadcast episodes. "The unearthly" is from Season 3, and during that time they were still finding their feet (although they were still putting out good episodes). Season 4 is the point where i think they started getting consistently good, not really having any dud episodes until Season 6. |
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Post by shakinaiken on Aug 12, 2015 0:54:10 GMT -5
in regards to the episode- "The Unearthly"- i've seen about half of it, unable to finish based on the general dreariness and tediousness of the film. I'm also a youngerish fan(in my 20's) and often find Joel episodes abstruse based on references i don't understand. Sometimes feel like i'm not in on the joke. But do hope PBS continues to broadcast episodes. "The unearthly" is from Season 3, and during that time they were still finding their feet (although they were still putting out good episodes). Season 4 is the point where i think they started getting consistently good, not really having any dud episodes until Season 6. Fair enough, but I also happen to find the first three episodes of season 3 pretty good. And I'm not entirely sure why- perhaps because those episodes didn't rely on topical pop culture jokes( or perhaps i just didn't notice). I can watch ep 301 Cave Dwellers consistently, and still regard it as hilarious, yet most of the Joel era episodes, I cannot. It undoubtedly stems from the idea that when i was introduced to the show, and subsequently intrigued, was during the "Mike" era in the mid 90's. And as a true fan, i attempted to go back and watch the episodes that preceded my indoctrination. But I just can't quite get into them- barring a few gems. |
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Post by toonfeline on Aug 12, 2015 10:58:03 GMT -5
No listings for MST3K for the PBS stations I have, WGBH, WGBX, and WENH (Channels 2 and 44 in Boston and channel 11 in New Hampshire).
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 13, 2015 0:39:36 GMT -5
WTTW in Chicago shows them on Saturday nights. So far, I've seen "Gunslinger", "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" and of course, "The Unearthly". I guess I'm going to have to get their tote bag and donate some money. Yeah, that's the channel I'm watching it on. I was told that it was happening a week before I had an actual chance to try watching it. I'll hopefully fare better this weekend. |
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Aug 14, 2015 18:41:57 GMT -5
D'ahh, c'mon, ya lightweights. (;^> The Unearthly is one of my all-time faves, and not just for Tor Johnson's immortal "Time for go to bed!".
If you ask me, it's the short Appreciating Your Parents that comes dangerously close to dragging the whole episode down -- not because of Joel'n'the Bots' performance, but because that short is so grindingly tedious and monotonous that it comes close to putting me to sleep before they can get on to the grim, dark, hilarious glory that IS The Unearthly.
Honest, gang; I can't possibly be the only one out here who thinks The Unearthly is pure friggin' gold.
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Post by kmorgan on Aug 14, 2015 22:17:18 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's on in the NJ area. Given that two of the three PBS channels on my cable system (NJTV from New Jersey, and WLIW from Long Island) are pretty much wholly-owned subsidiaries of the third (WNET, New York), if it's on one, it might be on all three. I'll have to check.
I just hope, if it's on, they don't jam in four or five pledge breaks during the show. It just drove me up the wall the way they did that during "Monty Python" back in the day.
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Post by Cubey on Aug 16, 2015 6:48:23 GMT -5
WTTW in Chicago shows them on Saturday nights. So far, I've seen "Gunslinger", "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" and of course, "The Unearthly". I guess I'm going to have to get their tote bag and donate some money. Oh dear lord.... Public Pearl TV (PPTV) has come true!!! |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 21, 2015 0:12:28 GMT -5
D'ahh, c'mon, ya lightweights. (;^> The Unearthly is one of my all-time faves, and not just for Tor Johnson's immortal "Time for go to bed!". If you ask me, it's the short Appreciating Your Parents that comes dangerously close to dragging the whole episode down -- not because of Joel'n'the Bots' performance, but because that short is so grindingly tedious and monotonous that it comes close to putting me to sleep before they can get on to the grim, dark, hilarious glory that IS The Unearthly.Honest, gang; I can't possibly be the only one out here who thinks The Unearthly is pure friggin' gold. It's not that I didn't like it so much as it's that I fell asleep during it. It was on at 12:30 AM and it was, well... time for go to bed, I guess. |
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Post by zombiewhacker on Aug 21, 2015 15:37:10 GMT -5
D'ahh, c'mon, ya lightweights. (;^> The Unearthly is one of my all-time faves, and not just for Tor Johnson's immortal "Time for go to bed!". If you ask me, it's the short Appreciating Your Parents that comes dangerously close to dragging the whole episode down -- not because of Joel'n'the Bots' performance, but because that short is so grindingly tedious and monotonous that it comes close to putting me to sleep before they can get on to the grim, dark, hilarious glory that IS The Unearthly.Honest, gang; I can't possibly be the only one out here who thinks The Unearthly is pure friggin' gold. Not to worry, Mike, I loved The Unearthly, too. In fact, I loved everything about that episode, including the shorts. |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 21, 2015 20:08:33 GMT -5
I can definitely say that I liked the shorts. They were whimsical. (And fresh, considering it was a first viewing.) I can see how one of them might grow stale with time, though.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Aug 22, 2015 0:18:58 GMT -5
D'ahh, c'mon, ya lightweights. (;^> The Unearthly is one of my all-time faves, and not just for Tor Johnson's immortal "Time for go to bed!". If you ask me, it's the short Appreciating Your Parents that comes dangerously close to dragging the whole episode down -- not because of Joel'n'the Bots' performance, but because that short is so grindingly tedious and monotonous that it comes close to putting me to sleep before they can get on to the grim, dark, hilarious glory that IS The Unearthly.Honest, gang; I can't possibly be the only one out here who thinks The Unearthly is pure friggin' gold. Not to worry, Mike, I loved The Unearthly, too. In fact, I loved everything about that episode, including the shorts. After many, many viewings, I learned to love Appreciating Your Parents, although I still find it rather dry compared to Posture Pals, which is an absolute stitch. Perhaps they could've worked up to The Unearthly better by starting with Appreciating Your Parents, but that's just me. |
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