MST3k 301 - Cave Dwellers

[@alexewing7264]

“Use the handrails. I invented them for a reason.” Still my favorite line.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

I love how Ator drinks from a glass given to him by a guy who hates him, and then is shocked to find it's drugged.

[@J70a.m-zg6gi_wha0]

i lickked it

[@blueguy1995]

This is my favorite episode for irrational reasons. So comforting and still hilarious after all these years.

[@GlitchanBlack]

1:02:44 - "This is CNN. Luke."

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@GlitchanBlack not mine but earth vs the spider fugitive alien are the funniest episodes to me😊

[@FiggsNeughton]

Same, brother.

[@JacobiusNH80]

''Why is she limping?'' '''cause she has an arrow in her chest'' lmao

[@jt1929]

“Oh……huhh?”😂

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"Ouch! I landed on my 8-sided dice!" More relevant now, than ever.

[@ericcantwell5582]

The villain with the bangs and a mustache looks like he could be Manos's brother.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

(after cannibalizing a human heart) "I want a Barny Clarke Bar!" Clark Bar was a candy. Barny Clarke was the first patient implanted with an artificial heart prosthetic.

[@number1authority]

Jean-Paul Audette Whoa! I never got that. Thanks! One of those lines that just sounded funny, and you assumed it had to do with something or other...

[@samuelstephens6163]

One of Frank's funniest moments is how he comes back so coolly from the robot match.

[@nfinn42]

"How much Keefe is in this movie, anyway?" "Miles O'Keefe!" Dumb joke but still my favorite of the whole thing. ^_^

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Seriously, that one's been a running gag w/ a friend and I for decades. Thanks in part to ST: tNG and DS9. How much Brien?

[@ramseydoon8277]

I love the 'subtle' stoner jokes that I missed as a kid :D

[@ramseydoon8277]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Miles O'Brien!

[@GenY42]

Miles O'Keefe was a big fan of this episode too, he said the movies were a surreal experience

[@Startafnwar]

Mine too. I don't know why such a silly joke makes me laugh so hard.

[@Cazz814]

"We secretly switched Ator's coffee..." I love when they reference that!

[@ladycplum]

This was the first episode of MST I ever saw. Fell instantly in love with the show.

[@GlitchanBlack]

This is CNN. Luke.

[@RocketAdrenaline4220]

An Mst3k a day keeps the gloom away.

[@emilinebelle7811]

RocketAdrenaline4220 but watching more than one a day never hurt nobody. 😂

[@RollingThunder69]

Amen fellow misties, amen.

[@nikolenkabarnosky2685]

The world is so full of deep hurting that MST3K is all I can watch these days. The bots keep me sane.

[@kylestubbs8867]

“They’re invisible!” “Oh man. I don’t believe it, they were too cheap to hire villains!”

[@JHATDRUMMER1976]

hey why dont you pick on your own appassady

[@kylestubbs8867]

@@JHATDRUMMER1976 *opacity

[@notinspectorgadget]

1:19:44 *"Oh Come ON!"*

[@ChewyEwwyBubbles]

This movie seems like a extremely complicated D&D campaign.

[@johnbyrd7400]

It was and the DM tried killing off the party 6 times only to tpk the plot.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

Ah, but not as "complicated" as 'Hawk the Slayer' 😁

[@thegirlnextdork]

I love how Thong waits until the half dozen innocent people are dead before trying to save anyone.

[@J70a.m-zg6gi_wha0]

his thong is giving him a ca&m#ltoe

[@davisphillips993]

That Opening Titles sketch is one of the funniest things in the history of this show 😂

[@RaphaToInfinity]

Ator's waiting until almost everyone is eaten by snakes... What a hero!

[@johnbrittaustin355]

I have rewatched the hang-glider scene at least a dozen times. Tom Servo: “This is a LITTLE ridiculous.” The funniest thing I’ve ever heard said.

[@johnmccormick4719]

"INVISIBLE MONSTERS" (the studio accountants LOVED that concept!)

[@ElveeKaye]

3:00 I love how Dr. Forrester shoves Frank away, and Frank just calmly sits there. X>]

[@drhurner]

Starting off season 3 strong with "Cave Dwellers." This was the first MST3K episode I ever saw and watching after watching it again, I am relieved to find that it's just as hilarious as the first time.

[@Misadventures_85]

somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd season the show really started to improve. some of my first episodes were The Revenge of the Creature (Mike era) and Space Travelers (Joel era)

[@avremirine8986]

This was also the first episode to air on Comedy Central.

[@daffers2345]

"This is the part of the movie we like to call, 'She had to ask.' "

[@pockypurse]

"Oh no, they've jumped right into a Kurosawa film!" "So it'll start making sense?" "Mhm! Yup, Toshiro Mifune, right there." Eeeeeeee! I love when MST3K references awesome things. :D

[@cavalierfan1995]

IM HUGE DIG ME!

[@GlitchanBlack]

The Folger's Crystals joke never gets old for me.

[@whitehuayra]

"why is she limping" "she has an arrow in her chest" "oh yeah... huh" lol my favorite riff on this ep.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I liked "She's in LOVE!"

[@HylianFox3]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 "You idiot, we don't even have a doe license."

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Ator is the Wish version of Conan.

[@brianschroeder2292]

Perfect Haha!. 🎉

[@Llama_lolz]

Ator’s backstory had me like 😮 until I saw him “behead” that “zombie”

[@PDInfantryman]

"Zor wants to possess your father's knowledge." (Crow) "And your mother's wardrobe."

[@toastmansride]

I love how the show ended, Mike Nelson. Tom Servo and Crow all sitting on the couch in his apartment and they start watching a shitty movie. Just awesome

[@HylianFox3]

New season of MST3K will cover _Ator: The Fighting Eagle_ which means we'll finally see the entire movie shown in the flashback!

[@kylestubbs8867]

Episode 12 of Season 12. As described at 12:12

[@Otisboy121]

I KNEW that guy in the thumbnail looked like him before watching this!!

[@shioq.]

New mst3k sucks

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Ator is the Wish version of Conan.

[@GlitchanBlack]

This is the part of the film we like to call: "She HAD to ask."

[@nitrokid]

MST3K's Ator opening is everything.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

"Drink it all... Sometimes the poison's on the bottom!"

[@samuelstephens6163]

Apparently Lisa Foster became a digital artist - she was lead producer in the digital dept for The Two Towers video game in 2002.

[@cm9241]

This guy never thought that Lisa foster might be a common name lol

[@samuelstephens6163]

@@cm9241 I actually looked it up on IMDB

[@Darth_Melvis]

@@samuelstephens6163 She also was a senior producer for the new modern warfare 2.

[@FanBritLit]

"Geez, Tolkien couldn't follow this plot."

[@steviechan5695]

"Many years ago," "Oh, not another flashback!" DX

[@tillitsdone]

Is there even a story? It feels like there's no progression of time. You could watch it backwards and it wouldn't change a thing.

[@RandomEntry13013]

Joel's delivery of "DO WHAT I DO" during the invention exchange is hilarious.

[@tomkelly1442]

The reenactment of the credits is awesome Crow and Tom aimlessly floating, dying, returning

[@RichardBirdsall]

Easily one of my favorite episodes, the sketches were brilliant, the riffs were completely on point. I can't imagine who wouldn't have given this thumbs up!!

[@TomBacchus]

"It's the best show evah! It's brassy, sassy, it's a musical humdingah!"

[@cousinted]

"Destroying life is something man shouldn't take upon himself" ...Huh, I wish you'd told him that before he murdered a small country's worth of barbarians earlier in the picture

[@aburg10s]

Their parody of the opening credits at 23:00 had me in tears

[@joshhring1074]

One of my favorite MST moments for sure!

[@FrenchPaul1988]

The fake credits are so hilarious I constantly miss Joel and the Bots' sheananigans... :(

[@aa3rams]

Mst3k is my asmr

[@jake29t1]

I think that hang glider caught me more off guard than anything in any movie ever.

[@undoneonion90]

It's a little ridiculous.

[@sagerider2]

Not the three wheeler tracks? I'm surprised they didn't have electric lighting!

[@jamesreid9284]

I know this sounds weird but... When I first saw this episode, I was kinda expecting a dinosaur appearance.

[@TheCastellan]

That was "Yor the hunter of the future" WITH hangglider! :D

[@greedyd5524]

Henry Kissinger says merry Christmas you dirty rats

[@joshcarrico6534]

1:16:49 I love that when Trace starts doing Madame's voice he keeps moving Crow's mouth for a while.

[@AJF786]

I like how it takes Mila no time at all to get to Ator's place but the whole rest of the film to get back...

[@RadioCorbeau]

Oh, thank you ! I thought i was the only one to find that perfectly unsettling XD Based on the progression of the scenes with her dad & Freddie Mercury, it looks like she got there in under twenty minutes. But even if you decide to roll with the movie, and believe that it did take her much longer than that, she gets there with the arrow still in her shoulder, not a drop of blood on her clothes, clean hair, not hungry... *keeps on with this list until the break of dawn* C'm'on, movie : help me to help you !

[@pmp2559]

They took the long way

[@Larry6990]

38:04 Servo: "So let's recap the action so far..." Joel: "Eh, nothing really." Servo: "Ahh you're right, let's move on now..."

[@ebmosier1]

I just love how passionate Servo gets about Batman and graphic novels. He's such a geek, and therefore relatable for viewers of this show.

[@bkhattaway]

I think your cape is FABULOUS!!!

[@reddworm]

"Why is she limping?" "Because she has an arrow in her chest." "Oh I can see-WHA?"

[@cloysterd]

The growling snakes get me every time I watch this episode.

[@Rhomega]

I love how the cave floor is completely flat and has no obstacles.

[@garydonnelly5030]

MST3K is the best, Jerry! The BEST!!

[@Tgr2k1]

I have a ton of nostalgia for this episode. This was the first episode I ever saw (the MST Hour version). Then I saw Pod People and I was hooked.

[@filmfangirls9163]

Tgr2k1 oh my gosh Pod People! My brother and I quote from that one and Manos the Hands of Fate all the time! "It sticks! Wa wa waaa..." lol

[@lunadeath]

My first was The Day the Earth Froze. I was hooked ever since. :)

[@only257]

Tgr2k1 this was episode was so funny👻

[@dustincantrell6712]

Pod people and cave dwells are two of the best, and if u watch carefully, u will notice that the opening credit scenes are not from the films. Matter of fact, they are from completely different films. Check it out again and get back to me so I can make sure I'm not crazy.

[@RavnerRavner]

same here! This followed by Pod People. Circa 1994.

[@Tareltonlives]

This is my second favorite MST episode. Joel's at his finest

[@XLratTail]

The bad guys are called Cave Dwellers while Ator himself lives in a cave..

[@abigailelizabeth8814]

i just... thank you. "cah-vay dwellers" has always been a favorite of mine, and this is perfect for a rainy day when i don't want to rummage through my dvds to find it. :)

[@SerialGothQueens]

"Borromel...the thorough but gentle laxative...."

[@RichardBirdsall]

SerialGothQueens I was reading this as they said it, my brain hurts!

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Weird. I always thought the same thing whenever I heard "Boromir."

[@number1authority]

One of those riffs when I’m not sure why it makes sense, but it just hits hard on the funny bone.

[@oj_ow]

"Alright, ya crummie rats, Henry Kissinger says, 'Merry Christmas!'" This had me in bits the first time! Brilliant.

[@iam16bits]

The "Daddy there's a boy outside" part always cracks me up.

[@number1authority]

iam16bits Me too. Tears, side aches. Every time. Oh man. So funny.

[@thejessman1460]

Me too still to this day!

[@SpamEggSausage]

it's making fun of a very sappy song called the men in my little girl's life

[@FuzzyThoughts]

"Ungh, I'm grinding the basil and adding some Romano cheese!"

[@markandrewgriggs2294]

"How much Keefe is in this movie?" "Miles O'Keefe!"

[@JaymeSplendid]

"What's Wrong?" "I'm all out of blue stuff" "Come on. I'll buy you a beer"

[@catnewskawai9367]

Thanks, Thong! I'll visit you in prison and bring you rice cakes with files in 'em.

[@greedyd5524]

Mark Griggs Somebody's definitely been four wheelin

[@Proud_Gryffindor_Geek]

Mark Griggs "just a few dozen more!"

[@sodajerkclassic]

Cave Dwellers was actually the first MST3K episode I saw and might actually be my favorite. My favorite part was probably the flashback scene with lines like; "this plot is harder to follow the tokken" and "objects in shield are larger than they appear" were all hilarious. I miss MST3K so much.

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

"Oh look, anal retentive snakes. They've lined up the skulls." Roflmao, that never gets old!!

[@Evertide05]

That's a great one, all right. Along with, "Uh, wait a minute, folks, we have snakes growling here."

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

"What do you, the viewers at home think?" :D

[@TheRogueWolf]

Matthew Michaelson (makes "OK" sign) "It stinks."

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

TheRogueWolf "wah wah wah" classic! ;)

[@crk2600]

Well, Joel created it and both Mike and Joel agree that Joel was the better host. Joel's delivery is just gold. And I love his sort of fatherly relationship with the bots.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Cah-veh Dwellers.... And the commercial sign where they recreate the intro; gets me every time. XD

[@JosephJamesScott]

While we may disagree on who the best host (I like Joel best myself) I think we can all agree that Dr Forester and TV's Frank were the best villains. Also Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu had the best voices for Tom and Crow.

[@kevinmatthewkettell4160]

this is a very funny episode. I love it where Crow T Robot says not even Tolkien could follow this !

[@samuelstephens6163]

If the John Saxon type guy lived today he would be a coffee barista.

[@Mia-dt3gl]

Miles wasn't just a sport about it. After this episode first aired he contacted the producer of MST3k and requested a video copy of the episode.

[@darkprose]

I think one reason why their recreation of the title sequence is so funny is that they had the music playing over the sounds they were making rather than replacing them. All the hollow, plastic sounds take it over the top.

[@floridadad2817]

Fun fact, Miles O'Keefe loves this episode.

[@andrewfrankovic6821]

This movie is almost the reason he is Miles O'Keefe, measured in feet to sound longer.

[@BluePedal]

Sandor is the glue that holds this movie together

[@samuelstephens6163]

BluePedal underrated character 😂

[@rehenah]

You can call him Sandy

[@DTMWTMP]

one of the best MST3K episodes ever!

[@dementedfurbie.]

Apparently Miles O'Keeffe (Ator) and Lisa Foster (Mila) have seen this and think it's hilarious. Heard this from the MST guys themselves.

[@TheoriginalBacchuscleric]

IDK about Lisa, but the rumor is that Miles liked the riff so much that he requested a copy of this back when VHS was the top of the line tech. And the misty crew sent him one.

[@Tgr2k1]

Good sport that Miles guy. :)

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Other than Joe Don Baker and Tojo Studios, the only ones I that I ever heard got upset with MST3K was the people of "Time Chasers." (title edited; tx JvF below.)

[@JamesWVanFleet]

Yeah, the "Time Chasers" crew were more bummed than angry - MST3K paying for the rights to riff on the movie actually helped them pay off the film costs and see some profit, so they were in high spirits, and then they watched the riffed version, and, uh... they were NOT expecting the commentary to be as caustic as it was. Some of the MST3K cast later said that was one of the best movies they ever had to mock.

[@cthulufunk]

I met the director of Zaat (aka Blood Waters Of Dr Z) randomly once and he wasn't too pleased I only knew the movie from MST3K. But that seemed to be more because they didn't really license the rights, said they just went ahead and made the show before they'd worked out a licensing fee.

[@Tinymoezzy]

Why is she limping? Because she has an arrow in her shoulder. :) Best line of the movie.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

+Tinymoezzy She took an arrow to the kn-SHOULDER.

[@Tinymoezzy]

Super Cosmic Mutant Honey Candle Squid So this is what love feels like.

[@HylianFox3]

LOL it's like actors who cough to indicate that they're sick/dying, regardless of the illness.

[@pmp2559]

She’s in love

[@GoblinToxin]

So apparently...Lisa Foster, the female lead, directed two cutscenes in Parasite Eve and in other games. Life is such a random random event.

[@ericcantwell5582]

That whole Ator back story was like being verbally waterboarded.

[@tame1999]

"Why don't you pick on someone your own opacity" 37:40

[@steviechan5695]

Joel Robinson as that mean John Saxon-type guy. I'm dead. XD

[@marowen8079]

Ator flies and so does my heart!

[@jt1929]

Joel’s off key- “Flyyy🎼”

[@ColeVecsion]

Ahh this episode has the speciel honor of being the very first MST3K episode i ever saw as a kid

[@Tinymoezzy]

Ditto! This one and Pod People were my first two. :) Best discovery since toast in pants. (Werewolf)

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

*Sadface Mine was a Godzilla one. No joy for me.

[@RichardDominguezTheMagicIsReal]

I liked the closing credits for their mock credits play went to "Mother, Jugs and Speed"

[@mas8705]

*Sees Ator* Oh God! MST3K has finally gone full circle!

[@kiraina25]

"Dreezle drazzle, druzzle, drum, time for this one to come home!" ... did they just reference an obscure short from a 1960s cartoon? Holy crap.

[@sarahmcmann5253]

kiraina25 yup I love Tooter Turtle

[@cavalierfan1995]

...oh so bob hope owns all of this?

[@joemaxwell3902]

@@cavalierfan1995 Yeah yeah, we're thinkin' about turning it into a nine-holer....

[@timothypage252]

The scariest part is that this was part 2 of a SERIES. It had TWO SEQUELS!

[@RAFMnBgaming]

New Line Cinema presents, a Trilogy of classic fantasy movies: Cave Dwellers!

[@sagerider2]

Why? Why?!!! WHY????

[@PCGamer77]

The rebooted MST3K *really* needs to do another Ator film.

[@joeswanson6782]

+Marilyn Newman The 70's were a big time for movies-- and a very messed-up time for pretty much everything else.

[@shadowfreak1101]

You got your wish. They did the first Ator film on the most recent Netflix season.

[@PacificNorthwestWormFarm]

Ator's back story was sooo awesome. Best movie I've seen in a while. Yea I'm watching this one more than once.

[@PerryPlanet]

Let me get this straight: this whole movie was building up to a message... about not using nuclear weapons? WHAT THE F-

[@kiraina25]

Yup. The father of the bad Red Sonja ripoff character and friend to the Conan rip-off character apparently developed NUCLEAR FUSION in the middle of the freaking Dark Ages.

[@whostoleshakes]

kiraina25 not to mention hang gliders

[@VariantNode]

umg SPOILERS mang

[@TheCastellan]

Well there is an ancient city that shows evidence of a nuclear blast.....higher radiation, vitrified stones and pottery, and the skeletons of the people looked as if they were running for their lives from something terrible. Mohenjo Daro

[@skylx0812]

It was the 80's. There were posters that said "How can you hug your children with nuclear arms?" and Sting was singing lyrics like "I hope the Russians love their children too". Everybody had a message back then. (...tbh I think "Red Skies" by the Fixx was the coolest)

[@bridgetdunleavy3549]

I enjoyed... watching this... very... much....

[@pmp2559]

I see what you did there🤣

[@Life_Is_Torture0000]

The hang glider bit was freaking awesome

[@Rexerman89]

I love where the credits are, it's shown over a whole different movie! This same shiat was done on "Pod People" too!

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I've read that it was a copyright issue but that never made sense inasmuch as they satirize the rest of the movie. Maybe the music?

[@HylianFox3]

@@indy_go_blue6048 Film Ventures International (FVI) was well known for taking movies, removing the original credits and title, and re-releasing them. Here's a list of all the MST3K movies that FVI got their mitts on: Pod People - originally Los Nuevos Extraterrestres (The New Extraterrestrials), also goes by Extra-Terrestrial Visitors, The Unearthling and The Return of ET. The credits are clips from a movie called Galaxy Invader. Cave Dwellers - originally Ator: The Invincible, also goes by The Blade Master. The credits are clips from a movie called Taur: The Mighty. Space Travelers - originally Marooned. This the only MST3K film that won an Oscar. Being From Another Planet - originally Time Walker. Stranded in Space - originally the pilot for a TV show called The Stranger. The credits are clips from Prisoners of the Lost Universe. Master Ninja 1 and 2 - originally 4 episodes from a TV show called The Master. MN1 is Max and Out-of-Time-Step, MN2 is State of the Union and Hostages. City Limits - this seems to be the original title.

[@hotdogs1026]

I still haven't laughed harder to an MST3K than this one...particularly their reenactment.

[@twicetwotimes45]

"Daddy? There's a boy outside. His name is To.." "Shut UP!"

[@number1authority]

Daddy, there’s a boy outside… TV’s Frank’s face after Dr. F tells him to shut up - holding that little, groovy Mike Douglas Show flower decal... smile crestfallen, but eyes still sparkling with hope and tummy butterflies.

[@spotieotie]

Lmaoooooooo

[@HylianFox3]

"His name is Tom" "Shut up!"

[@MAXBLAYLOCK]

How can Miles O'Keefe have muscles, six pack abs, a strong jaw, heavy brow, and a rigid posture and still seem effeminate? Is it the hairstyle? The shaggy boots? The undersized loin cloth? Or all of the above?

[@mikepatrick5909]

***** Maybe he's like Bruce Jenner and is transgender.

[@fourcrippledhorses]

+MAXBLAYLOCK It's that fucking headband. It's like him and the girl accidentally got each other's in wardrobe.

[@MAXBLAYLOCK]

Spameggssausage Just not as bouncy. lol

[@gofroggy2443]

Its the Bewbs!

[@HylianFox3]

@@gofroggy2443 It's the Speedy Delivery guy, and has he got a package!

[@brianschroeder2292]

Every time I see the scene where he rolls up the paper and puts it in the tube. With the sound effect, it makes me Giggle every single time. 😂🎉❤ Just so funny

[@sagerider2]

I think this is one of the top 20 MST3Ks. I especially love the little recreation of the beginning credits at :24 at 1:23:55 is not Mad Ludwig's castle. But does look like a recreation of Hohenschwangau but in white rather than yellow.

[@Proud_Gryffindor_Geek]

how much i missed this movie. thank you glovisy.

[@chickenringNYC]

"Is 'Charles in Charge' over?? Thanks for showing up!"

[@HylianFox3]

"Hef? We're all out of Evian!"

[@tbohrer01]

"Forrester, Forrester, Dr. Clayton Forrester!"

[@paulguerrero972]

FRANK!!!! 😅

[@WeLoveClassicGames]

Servo: You know the reason this scene is so good is that we CARE about the characters. Crow: We do... I mean, we do?

[@holyterror]

The moment the hangglider appears, the gang loses it. Utter genius.

[@SirMexicanYCP]

"A man in the sky? Get out of here, enough of your lies!"

[@number1authority]

It said with almost the exact same cadence as “king of the Jews? Quote from Jesus Christ superstar. It’s a line they referenced a few times over the years