What Is This Quote ?

[spottedfeather]

I've heard this quote several times on the show, but I  don't know what it means. It's something like Motincondraggy....or something like that. Does anyone know what this mean or what it's from. I don't know for sure which episodes I heard it in.

[Cubey]

I know which you mean. I don't know either. Morton Kondracke maybe?

From wiki: "In 1982, he joined The McLaughlin Group as one of the original panelists, a position he held for 16 years. Moderator John McLaughlin consistently teased him by pronouncing his name "MORE-tahn", emphasizing the two syllables separately. And when guest panelist Mortimer Zuckerman appeared with Kondracke on the show as he did several times, McLaughlin would claim to be "MORT-ified"."

[spottedfeather]

that makes sense. I just looked up the name you said, and I found several MST3K sites and forums that make me think that you're right. Thanks for the help.

[Smash Lampjaw]

Kondracke is definitely referenced in "Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell."

[posturepal]

As fate would have it, I just watched the beginning of The Unearthly and in a scene w/Carradine and another dude this riff was made: "No, I ask you, Morton Kondracke!"

[Mr. Atari]

This would have been a great question for the Esoteric References thread. That's what it's for.

It's also worth looking up the all-time classic SNL sketch spoofing the McLaughlin Group with Dana Carvey & Phil Hartman.

In fact, here it is.

[fathermushroom]

Yes, in fact Mr. Atari's link to SNL captures the McLaughlin Group program pretty well. I was a big fan for years and I guess it ultimately went off the air (at least in the NYC area) a couple of years ago. McLaughlin did, indeed single out Kondracke with the phrase, "I ask YOU, Mor-ton Kondracke!"