derm66
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Post by derm66 on Mar 11, 2008 1:01:49 GMT -5
The other day I was enjoying a Pepsi watching 815 Agent For HARM. The episode has tons of Prince references (the guy doesn't even look like Prince but I digress). Hearing all those references made me go out and buy a Prince CD. A three disc set none the less.MST3k will often jog my mind about a band or a movie sometimes and it is something I really love about this show. I am just wondering if anyone did something like this?
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Post by wilson on Mar 11, 2008 1:09:33 GMT -5
Well, I can't think of any music or film purchases prompted at the moment ( altho' I'm sure there's a few ) , but your topic could easily be wide enough to included references that one just had to look up , or Google up , and learn about !
An obscure comedian from the 40's ? . . . . a minor event in Russian history ? . . . things like that aren't always enough to make one pause the episode and fire up your browser , but I'd bet we all do sometimes.
" Because of MST3k" really does cover anything that the shows sends one out into the world to investigate , no ?
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derm66
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Post by derm66 on Mar 11, 2008 1:48:13 GMT -5
Of course. I usually watch MST3k with my laptop by my side and I know I had to look up "Gravity's Rainbow." I made this topic because MST3k made me think of Prince and I realized I was missing some of his music from my vast music collection. But of course the topic could go into that territory.
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Post by pups4ever on Mar 11, 2008 7:46:32 GMT -5
I would say that because of MST3K, I am much more of a smartass.
Also, because of MST3K, I learned not to take things at face value. Sometimes, movie studios deliver total crap. The Blockbuster specials and the Academy Awards specials should be more widely viewed. Also, I feel I can appreciate the charm in bad movies whereas before, I would just turn them off. I can appreciate bad movies on some level (except for Manos... I just can't get into that at all without MST3K) and can enjoy "Independence Day" (which, really, is much MUCH better than "Invasion of the Neptune Men") on an ironic level, something I don't think some people can do.
MST3K has spawned a generation of sarcasm. They were the first show on the "cutting-edge" Comedy Central and was its flagship show. I actually wonder what it would be like if, in some alternate universe, Comedy Central was showing reruns at the same time Sci-Fi Channel was showing new episodes. Because later that year, South Park appeared on Comedy Central and it had its first bona-fide hit. Would MST3K have caught South Park's coat tails?
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Post by wilson on Mar 11, 2008 8:26:56 GMT -5
I actually wonder what it would be like if, in some alternate universe, Comedy Central was showing reruns at the same time Sci-Fi Channel was showing new episodes. Because later that year, South Park appeared on Comedy Central and it had its first bona-fide hit. Would MST3K have caught South Park's coat tails? Right !, MST , to some degree, helped raise their waters and keep them afloat . . . but as Comedy Central achieved prominence , they had just thrown MST overboard ! When they could have truly been their flagship ! Tis both nautical and naughty. Imagine Joel still leaving , but Penn Jillette promos for Jack Frost , etc. |
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Post by jjb3k on Mar 11, 2008 9:23:26 GMT -5
Because of MST3K, I'm much more interested in popular culture than I used to be. Exploring the Internet and other sources for the story behind all the esoteric references on the show has schooled me in the vast annals of movies, music, TV, and literature from the last three to six decades. It's also prompted me to learn more about pop culture outside of MST3K - everything from VH1's "I Love the..." nostalgia shows to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader contributes to my knowledge of what people of past generations thought was cool.
And through that study, I like to think I've become a more open-minded person. It used to be that I only liked music from the '70s and '80s, but after studying the evolution of popular music over the last three decades, I found that the '90s had some great songs after all (and that every decade has its share of clunkers, too).
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Post by KyrieEleison on Mar 11, 2008 10:07:00 GMT -5
I'm a total pop culture nerd, too. My family has barred me from shouting out the answers to VH1's World Series of Pop Culture, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and so on... I've always been what my dad and I call a KOOK (Keeper Of Odd Knowledge; I don't think it's an original term, but nobody I know has heard of it), and MST has definitely broadened my pop culture horizons.
And of course the 90's had some great songs! I could rattle off a handful, but I'm not at my laptop at the moment, and therefore can't access my iTunes. Let's just start with "Come Undone" by Duran Duran (1993) and "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai (1996 - love the tune) and leave it at that for now. ;D
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Post by JoshWay on Mar 11, 2008 10:43:56 GMT -5
As a teenager I was already intrigued by Frank Zappa, and all the references on MST3K just fanned those flames.
Lately I'll watch MST and hear Firesign Theatre references that will prompt me to pop in one of the classic albums (Bozos is my favorite).
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Post by Poe33 on Mar 11, 2008 11:35:15 GMT -5
As mentioned above- I went out and bought Gravity's Rainbow. Haven't started it yet...
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Post by Bix Dugan on Mar 11, 2008 12:59:50 GMT -5
I got a dvd of the "other" version of It Conquered The World. Larry Buchanon (Eye Creatures) was in charge of a remake that I guess was made for TV (?). Funny to watch. Almost a shot for shot redo, with terrible lighting, and the creepy-peeper guy from Eye Creatures.
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Post by Dean S. Talker on Mar 11, 2008 16:59:47 GMT -5
(the guy doesn't even look like Prince but I digress)   That's about as Prince-esque as you can get without threatening your biggest fans with lawsuits. |
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 11, 2008 18:20:48 GMT -5
When I was about 15 or so, I really wanted to have a job writing for MST3K when I grew up. To do that, I figured I had to become a stand-up comedian in Minneapolis or something to have a chance, so I was determined to be funny all the time. When the show was canceled that dream went out the window, but the performance bug still stuck and I decided to become an actor. I went to drama school for two years, but I had to leave it behind for various reasons. So now I'm studying the absolute polar opposite of acting - biology. Which means barely any of my courses transferred and I've had to start from scratch. So if it wasn't for MST, I probably would have graduated from college by now.  |
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Post by travis on Mar 12, 2008 8:45:25 GMT -5
I would say that because of MST3K, I am much more of a smartass. Ditto on that. MST3k helped make me the smart-ass that I am today, as well as my love for bad movies and having too much pop culture knowledge. |
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Post by tokiyoke on Mar 12, 2008 9:44:34 GMT -5
I was also inspired to make a music purchase because of MST. On one episode, I can't remember which, they did a host segment where they talked about the song 'Timothy' , written by the guy who wrote the pina colado song, in which Timothy gets eaten. I knew I had to go out and find it, and I did on a best of the seventies tape, and was not disappointed. That is one funny song.
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Post by Steve Two on Mar 12, 2008 9:54:01 GMT -5
Because of MST3k and "Night of the Blood Beast," I now know what undercupping is.
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