MST3k 404 - Teenagers From Outer Space

[@rarmstrong86]

I think the aliens' real plan was to come to Earth and open a chain of Red Gargon restaurants.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Is that better, or worse than Golden Corral? We don't have any on out planet, it's in the Canadian constellation of Montreal Quebec. I did have Roy Rogers once. It was a truck stop on the way ti Philly but ir was a cafeteria style, dry with no redeeming qualities...kind of like this girl I dated but I digress ;) What do you think of those restaurants? Cheers

[@shenloken2]

"He is the son of our leader; the high court will pardon him!" "Oh yeah, he's a Kennedy!"

[@coolsomeXD]

@@shenloken2 a Biden 😂

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

Best thing: Finding an MST3K episode I haven't seen.

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

Oh. My. Word. This has the WORST monster I have ever seen! lol And the scream it does? hahahaha

[@enhaxed7839]

Yvonne Rousseau that's a big call - what about the Creeping Terror? :)

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

Ah yes...the walking indoor/outdoor carpet. ;)

[@CaliGamer1]

And when the monster eats people, they kind of have to crawl inside his "mouth"...

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

Hahahaha seems like they would die from boredom more than anything. "Am I dead yet? Are you going to chew on me or something?"

[@AdamWestish]

"for all its drawbacks, this movie informs as well as entertains," ...truly a metaphor for life from the great philosophy of MST3K

[@Capng123]

I've always thought that, if you took a picture of Drew Barrymore and morphed it into a picture of Christina Ricci but stopped at the half-way point, you'd have Betty.

[@DiamondsandDobermans]

1:04:25 “We were made the same.” “How inconvenient.” Omg possibly my fave MST3K gag of all time 🤣

[@stephanierodriq]

First episode of MST3K I ever saw. I fell in love. Sigh.

[@mikesilva3868]

My first episode of mst3k was on scifi channel episode 3 of season 8 back in 2003 I was 19 though it was hiliarous 😊

[@stevep8445]

Gotta love someone that will rent you a room even though he has no clue who you are or if you even have a job :-)

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

Steve P i know for sure this could happen, especially in small towns post calamity period.

[@benjaminbarrera214]

Oh yeah, this still happens. I drove a friend to rent out a room, she had no job but she did get money from her family. The place was near a college, so I suppose a lot of people were renting out rooms that way.

[@Gypsy-Tongue]

“Above minimum requirements” “TORTURE” “to take me away haha” most memorable quotes from the episode

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

Torture With A Big Mac!

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

With A Big Mac!

[@ExhaustedElox]

For years after seeing this episode, my friend and I would find every excuse to weave the word "TORCHAAA" into our discussions.

[@MarginalSC]

+Exhausted Elox I made sure to carry a wooden crate around with me in case I needed to strike up a conversation with someone.

[@wesleychalmers7648]

This is one of those movies, like Manos: The Hands of Fate, and the entire filmography of Ed Wood, and that of Coleman Francis, that exemplifies why I like the cult cinema/bad movie genre: You look into the story of the film, and you see the monumental effort made just to get it made, and you feel some of the energy and excitement that must have been felt: "Oh my God, we're actually making our own movie" Teenagers From Outer Space is silly, of course, but there's a level of earnestness in it that I simply adore. This was a perfect film for the Joel era. Mike and co. would have just torn it to shreds, and I don't think that would be fair.

[@KarmikCykle]

Few things are as amazing and fun as someone trying their darnedest to make a real movie and failing horribly. Much better than 99.9999% of intentional attempts to make a bad movie.

[@macdaddymandalorian7305]

Wesley Chalmers yeah except for special effects movies today arent really any better and actors today have their heads way up their asses

[@michaelwelch5744]

we had a resusci annie for lifeguard training. the thing was f-ing freaky. i'll never forget doing a lost swimmer drill and seeing her face appear through the murky water. scary as hell.

[@LukeManchild]

"Dear gramps I can not continue to live this way"😂😂😂

[@starofjustice1]

It was a reference to how at the point in time they made this episode, most of these really obscure movies only got around by circulating bootleg VHS tapes at conventions and whatnot because they weren't available from any mainstream source.

[@Popebug]

Why do I have a feeling that most of this movie's budget went into buying the lobster?

[@ClemPal]

You know, if I saw a bleach dry skeleton, I would not assume a murder RECENTLY happened.

[@phillipdietzen5637]

This is on of the MST3K Classics! I love the way all the teenagers are in their 20 s and 30 s! And the most terrible monster in the Universe,is the Shadow of a Lobster ,being held against a screen! And the 1-liners are killer! "Looks like very OLD teenagers from outer space! " The absurdity is great( A stranger ,comes to town and is rented a room on the promise that he'll find work and be able to pay for it !) This was a big Drive-In hit because of the title and the star pseudo-gay heartthrob,

[@GrixieKong]

"The film failed to perform at the box office, placing further stress on an already-burdened [director/ producer/ writer Tom] Graeff, and in the fall of 1959, he suffered a breakdown, proclaiming himself as the second coming of Christ." I like this movie!

[@luisreyes1963]

Too bad Uwe Boll didn't suffer the same fate.

[@phoenixpyre5121]

"Grades don't matter, it's the SATs that count" as a highschool senior I just died a lil

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

Every movie needs the "man stuck in the trunk" gag.

[@thesubliminalhorizon]

I watched MST3 when I was little, but only now, a decade later do I get many of the references. It was funny then and still is now especially since I understand more of the cracks they make!

[@DiamondsandDobermans]

I’ve seen this movie five bazillion times and can recite it backwards and forwards but I still do not know the answer to one question: what the hell was Sparky doing at the quarry which was apparently so far away you could only reach it by car or spaceship?🤷‍♀️ Thanks for bringing us this classic MST3K!!!!!

[@benjaminbarrera214]

Grampa drove to the edge of town to dump Sparky. Then he went home and put up a sign renting out Sparky's old room.

[@DiamondsandDobermans]

@@benjaminbarrera214 🤣🤣🤣

[@squ10id]

The music Night of the Living Dead used was from Teenagers from Outer Space, as it had passed into the public domain and was cheap to use. It's kind of remarkable how much better Romero and crew used it, though.

[@drido]

This has always been one of my favorites. Another one I taped off of Comedy Central at midnight when I was little in the very early '90s. Still have the tape. Has a very, very special place deep in my heart.

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

this movie is surprisingly respectful to the viewer's intelligence. Refreshing.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

Not sure what to make of that conclusion.

[@Mogget01]

Set pieces, acting, and lobster aside, this is actually a really really good story. I really love this movie, I watch it even unMST3Ked

[@BluJean6692]

It's a shame really, it even has a strong and well paced 3-act structure -which is super rare with these films- but the fact that one of the primary threats is giant carnivorous lobster(s) really dampens the promising concept of livestock-monsters. Hell, I don't even mind the cheap effect so much, what I find unforgivable is how the monster looks like a lobster but nobody in the story acknowledges their resemblance! It's as though they actually don't HAVE lobsters on Earth.

[@BluJean6692]

***** or better yet they could have owned it by emphasizing/noticing the crustacean-ness instead of having the characters be like "gosh I don't know what that is but I've never seen anything like it!" Might've been a good opportunity for humor too, imagine how much better 1:08:08 would've been if the guy had said "a giant lobster" instead of "some kind of monster". (Come to think of it, since there's no real description of the monsters in the script it really could have been a total last-minute thing.)

[@Mogget01]

I've never bothered to research it much, but I remember hearing that this was actually intended to be a artistic take on the B Movie medium at the time, which goes a long way in explaining how the story gets so goofy and serious so quickly. Am I the only one who crapped themselves during the scene when the bad alien is holding the guy up and having him explain how cars work?

[@dustincantrell6712]

I have too, many times. I love this film. Some of the films they riffed are really good, and some are awful. For example, Eegah is totally fucked up. Point is, I tried watching it without mst3k before I knew they riffed it, and I couldn't even make it past the 30 minute mark. Es muy terrible.

[@WayWardWonderer]

Attention, there is a giant lobster on the loose. Please scream and run around in circles.

[@michaeljervis7894]

SpongeBob reference spotted!!

[@epsteinisms1483]

"Scootch over.... I'll ride raygun." Haha!

[@SomeKindaSpy]

My absolute favorite MST3K episode.

[@sneezepal]

I miss this show.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

*pounding of fists, frantic muffled yelling from giant 50's car trunk*

[@patrickguidice3786]

One of the first episodes I watched in the 90s.Funny Stuff🤣

[@alexanderjakubsen2198]

It may be the alcohol but the movie actually seems pretty decent considering. The commentary was just an added bonus.

[@BMcCue7]

+Alexander Jakubsen - I like this movie too. It really isn't that bad.

[@johnnyfive222]

Yeah it's not that bad I actually bought the real movie.

[@taumpytears6999]

you're right , its the alcohol

[@JamesWVanFleet]

It's made so heavily on the cheap (those lobsters...), but it doesn't feel insincere. There's a baseline competence here you don't find in the insufferable anti-cinema of "Manos," "Monster A-GoGo," and "Red Zone Cuba." It's more on the "Tormented" / "The Giant Gila Monster" level of MST3K fodder, where they're not "good" but not without real ambition and good-naturedness.

[@Porcupine38P]

One of the better ones to be sure. Unlike so many MST movies it actually has a coherent story line and a few brief moments of tension, not to mention it is a b&w movie with 'teenage' in the title but doesn't include the obligatory horrific malt-shop-esque teen dancing or singing.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Funny story I've heard about this movie: the lead 'teenage' alien was the gay lover of the writer/director of the movie. The story is pretty well known in movie fan circles, so much so it actually inspired an episode of the short lived animate series "Mission Hill". :)

[@hardcastle522]

That's actually cool, I love Mission Hill.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Hardcastle Yeah, I did too.

[@thatonegirlchloe4114]

wow... weird

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

chloe rainbow unicorn Yeah, that's low budget movies for you. The thing that amused me when I saw it on DVD a few years back is that it uses the same royalty free music that "Night of the Living Dead" used. In fact, it must be popular music because there's an old western TV series my dad was watching awhile back that used the same music too. :)

[@DonaldRilea]

Many film and TV makers back then(I don't know about now, but it can be said of KZbin and other Internet video makers),especially low-budget ones relied on "library" music, or music composed and conducted by various composers for inclusion in music libraries like KPM out of Great Britain, that would then sell the music and the rights to use it to various production companies. For KZbin videos and others like them, there are free music libraries like Incompetech that offer music pieces for use by individuals and groups that make them.

[@dustincantrell6712]

This movie is so awesome. If I were making a list of my 100 favorite films of all time, it would probably be 80 something.

[@BOutdoorsman]

"-He's a murderer...'cause Pepridge Farm remembers!" HAHAHA classic.

[@carleavesceo709]

The commentary was a lot of fun. Thanks !

[@ramairgto72]

Welcome back MST3K'ers

[@introvertgamer6669]

Oh my god, he literally predicted the future...when the guy brought up that ventriloquism will be the new entertainment it was...jeff Dunham and Terry Fator and that one guy with the teddy bear

[@ThePubliusValerius]

"Go hang Bob in my office" That destroyed me.

[@suicune690]

Screaming superimposed crawdads aside, this movie was actually kind of engaging. The "teens" had a certain charisma to them and the plot flowed pretty well. And 1:11:04 was the best thing ever.

[@artgueret]

suicune690

[@luisreyes1963]

Someone needs an appointment with The Agony Booth...☠️

[@jeffreyriley8742]

The "TORTURE!" guy is King Moody, who went on to play Shtarker, Siegfried's right hand man, on Get Smart. This is his first film role. Not sure if he's supposed to be one of the "teenagers" but he was 30 when this movie was made.

[@luisreyes1963]

Interesting fact, there.

[@AndythePervert]

"When we return home the High Council may sentence us ALL to acting lessons!!"

[@applemask]

Fun fact: the "TORCHA" guy, the correctly named King Moody, was also Ronald MacDonald in the 70s.

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

Torcha! With A Big Mac!

[@sweatybanana969]

Oh cool!!!!

[@MrKmanthie]

oh yeah, the "chaperone" for the teenage space fascists who takes off w/the rest of the crew to bring back their giant lobster/spider thingies. LOL!

[@angelsaltamontes7336]

APPLEMASK ("...the guy correctly named King Moody...")---It's good to be King. It's good to be Moody. Off with your...Where (48:07) IS Betty?

[@lirpa2300]

LOL @ 1:00:09 - Joel: You know this is just like Misery. Crow: What you mean, This IS MISERY!!!!

[@EternityEyes]

That Tristar Pegacow was adorable.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I've seen this movie before and the most amusing thing is that all the music is the same free music that "Night of the Living Dead" used. :)

[@Blake-ul8dd]

Ed Wood also used it

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@Blake-ul8dd everyone used it back then, it was free. :)

[@MightyMothra]

Usually not huuuge huge into Joe's sketch style, but his super-sarcastic derailing at 25:34 got a huge laugh out of me.

[@Melody_Loves_Music]

Omg. He really DOES look like Harry Connick Jr.!

[@spacehopper7]

this has to be the most elaborate plan to get lobster dinners ever ....pure TORCHA! pull my finger XD

[@RED_indiemusic]

In every movie I've seen MST3k riff to pieces about teenagers........were adults in their 20s still considered to be teenagers at the time? I don't know whether to find that silly or just plain sad. "Teenager": Dad! When will I be old enough to drink?" Dad: When you hit 40 son. "Teenager": But dad! I'm 29 years old!!! Dad: GO TO YOUR ROOM!!!!

[@stevep8445]

Ever since I was kid, I always wanted to be a spaceman. I have seen Goodfellas so many times, that I was waiting for "Rags to Riches" to start playing...

[@Goatllama]

That damn gargling lobster!

[@Atheneastro]

Ah, this episode. This one was the first I ever watched. 'The Ren and Stimpy Show' brought me here. Derek still sounds like a cross between Alan Rickman and Peter Lorre.

[@beelzibubbles]

+Atheneastro He also looks a bit like Benedict Cumberbatch.

[@Atheneastro]

A little. Just a little.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

He's kinda hot. Too bad he's probably old enough to be my dad.

[@vladnefarious]

+Cynical Cthulhu but you predate humanity, and many other forms of life!

[@kimdkus]

NO EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

[@MarsGundam]

Betty's a total babe, sure she's in a bad movie, but she makes worth a watch.

[@MarsGundam]

antonialeigh It's the puff dress.

[@TimelordR]

At 36:00, a tragic waste of a bimbo.

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

Now Here's A Betty To Rely On, Unlike Betty Alexander (High School Big Shot)

[@kakonis]

She's like a mix of Winona and Christina Ricci.

[@troywright359]

she is beautiful

[@mimc325]

Thank you so much for these. This movie is one of my favorites. Derek the sensitive space man

[@ferhatkaratepe]

Best movie title ever.

[@matthewkissil2883]

We have the SUPREME PIZZAS!

[@sardonicus76]

1:10:39 In space, no one can hear you scream...but they CAN hear you burn rubber! Hooker headers and Thrush pipes? BOSS!

[@grnhair2001]

I actually like the movie as a movie. It's so sweet, so heartfelt and so 1959. I adore Harvey B. Dunn's screen persona. The movie is like a homely and friendly puppy I'd hate to see kicked (so I'm glad it was MSTed during the Joel years. I love Mike and Bill, but they can get mean.)

[@luisreyes1963]

Bet you felt sorry for the dog reduced to skeletal remains by that creep's ray gun.

[@joannefabrick77]

I hesitate to call that monster a special effect, lol.

[@cavalierfan1995]

old man:singing:ITS THE NEW ZOO REVIEW COMING RIGHT AT YOU my fave line

[@JacobiusNH80]

lol Tom's muffled struggling every time that car was shown was hilarious and Joel's silly singing was great too

[@Atheneastro]

"I'm gonna... TEAR your arms... out of their sockets..."

[@priceman141]

"Go hang Bob in my office"

[@Basssinger86]

I know this movie is bad, but I actually kind of like it. Kinda like a real real poor man's version of Starman.

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

48:11 the doctor looks like ‘Alfred’ from the old Batman series. I don’t know how they missed that.

[@mugwugthemagnificful]

Fresh Maine gargens are still the best.

[@wwc51450]

Yes, that is the same cave from Robot Monster. :)

[@purplegreenredyellow]

"well meaning and 'clean' folks here today" even the little throw aways are funny

[@ANTINUTZI]

*Gargons*, huh? [ Grabs phone ] Hello, Operator? Yeah, this is Sheriff Scheisskopf here. Get me Scottsdale, Arizona. [ clicketty sounds ] Hello, Scottsdale? Yeah. Sheriff Scheisskopf from just outside L.A. here. Yeah, near those same dumb caves used in Robo-Monsters. Listen, can you get O.C. & Stiggs on the line? We got a big rock lobster problem here, and we don't have rubber bands big enough to cuff 'em. What? Who's President Bongo? Where? Gabon? You got a number for that? [ *Click* ] Awww, heck. He hung up.

[@carminedawg9506]

i actually enjoy this movie even without MST3K jokes (though they make it a lot better). Feels like a proto-Tim Burton film

[@greymajickjedi]

What a great episode! :D That "Torture Officer" must have been the inspiration for that scowling, bossy blue Eagle Muppet guy. How preposterously great was it when they got that communique from that skeleton??!! XD i don't know why, it was such a nonevent, but somehow that made me lol more than any gag in this episode. Derek really was an intergalactic dreamboat, despite that generous helping of ears. i'm still debating whether i found Betty hot or icky. But as she's likely 104 by now, the point is moot. It's just a matter of time before this movie title and plot finds it's way into a Misfits song. \m/ Well, i gotta go see a wizened old dude about renting a room. Live long and prosper. *\V/_*

[@Dutchfruitjar]

"Alright, Derek. Sing us out of here." X D

[@SoundsmithOne]

For the seafood KILLER in you!

[@dustincantrell6712]

Haha! That's what I call highbrowel.

[@Atheneastro]

38:02 Thank you, Captain Directions.

[@chrisparker1123]

I wish I'd been the one to register the patent on *Expandable Leg Bands*.

[@amanloomba3156]

I've seen this like four times now and every time I think the actual movie is better and better. It has a really interesting opening and kicks off with a scene that feels like the 2nd act of a better movie about a planet where people are raised in cubicles and separated from their families but one man finds a book with ancient truths in it and it triggers a moral awakening. When he sides against the dog-killers you're on his side right away!

[@jlwiseman98]

Teenagers from outer space? This was their idea of teenagers? Sheesh those are the oldest teens I have ever seen.

[@Musicandlyrics2400]

They don't even try to catch up with the nurse and the murderer. The doctor just gives up when she gets off the phone lol

[@MrKmanthie]

"well, I was meaning to get a new nurse soon anyway, so I guess this is for the best." (lol)

[@presidentsnow7315]

12:20 There were families.......there was love..... OH BITE ME.....THERE WAS NOT!

[@vonzigle]

When the guys announced the grrrreat C.R. Kaltenthaler, I knew we were in for a treat from David Love. As far as I can tell from online info, he is still alive in his 80s! If anyone knows differently, please advise...

[@johnathanlee7141]

Love this one! I keep thinking of the Misfits song, "Teenagers from Mars." I assume they took the title from this flick.

[@RavnerRavner]

bingo

[@steviechan139]

Betty doesn't seem to give a shit that her dog was disintegrated. :P

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

But at least she got her own scraps (corpse bride) or one of the skeleton dogs from Premier Automne

[@adrianlee3497]

Really old teenagers from outer space. :P

[@artgueret]

Adrian Lee

[@Carly8Corday]

Not "REALLY old," just a bit old. At least these are nice to look at. For a change.

[@nintendofan6099]

Actually this really isn't a bad movie. It's kind of sad really at the end. Good B movie with joel and the bots commentary added on to it.

[@DarthTwilight]

That burning bush part got me.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

student council from outer space! a hamburger sandwich and some French fried potatoes! Miss Hathaway roflamo!

[@thefetede]

30 yr olds from space lol lollol

[@coolsomeXD]

DEREK KILLED YOUR DOG!

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

He Did Not!

[@ProevoMatt]

that bastard vaporized that dog at the start D:

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

Sparky Reminds Me Of Premier Automne kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmLRqJumbq19otU

[@billhuber2964]

they dont make movies like this anymore . they would not dare !!!!!

[@quester09]

gargon spelled backward is nograg.

[@dirtydave2691]

Or gragno no?

[@luisreyes1963]

That skit involving movie theater snacks going into a waste container was a parody of an Intermission from General Cinema Corp.

[@otopico]

My favorite part is when Joel started singing the theme song from The New Zoo Revue around 33 minutes in. Makes me feel old, but in a good way.

[@kakonis]

When you get right down to it, this movie reveals the true meaning and purpose life: Grazing land for Gargon herds.

[@BuddyNovinski]

Ach! Those kids Derek encounters are older than I am!

[@ErikHuntsinger]

I love how multiple old people sing 80s rock songs to themselves (Billy Idol, Foreigner, etc.)

[@TMX1138]

29:16 - 30:16 The clip was also used in a game of Film Dub in Whose Line Is It Anyway. "Hey this is a laser-free zone! You can't shoot that!"

[@MK-lk7nc]

Cool, also "We have the supreme weapons" was used in Figure's Alien mix kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGG5e4d4hdapiqM

[@blampfno]

The thought of Nyquiladas makes me essentially nauseous.