MST3k 314 - Mighty Jack

A group of secret agents attempt to steal a million-dollar recipe for egg salad. ...Am I thinking of the right movie?
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[@popoha4380]

You can really tell it's a Tsuburaya production when the wanton missiles/rockets and explosion scenes take up a full unbroken minuet at a time. Eat it Michel Bay, you are a diet Tsuburaya at best.

[@ogedeh]

My uncle drives a tsuburaya

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@ogedeh cool 🍩

[@user-zb9lv3gh8s]

​@@ogedehis that electric or diesel?

[@logann7942]

Won ton missiles?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The creator of Ultraman?

[@geraldineferraro6348]

Joel is the best! One of the best episodes too. This still slaps in 2021. How would I survive Lockdown without you, MST3K?!

[@PDInfantryman]

"Slow the Plot Down" -- an unrecognized gem of music.

[@TheWoodeezz]

"JUST GIVE US A SCRIPT, THAT MAKES NO FRIGGIN SENSE, WE'LL TRY SO HARD TO SLOW THE MAN DOWN"!!!!!!!!

[@Daemon__Sultan]

Should be on america's top 40

[@wadecarmen7501]

@@TheWoodeezz Frank. TV's Frank.

[@dylangatenby9928]

I loved that song!

[@diltonx6066]

its a re interpretation of blow the man down

[@joshDammmit]

"Take me to the nearest plot point." You and me both, lady.

[@lesonyrra]

"Hi, I'm Mighty Jack. I make my own gravy!" Seriously one of the great moments in television history.

[@Taragas]

I have a message to all dogs: BITE ME!

[@889654]

One of the producers, Eiji Tsuburaya, is the man behind the special effects for Godzilla. And MST3K covered one of the Godzilla movies where he was visual supervisor.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Eiji Tsuburaya was the Industrial Light & Magic of Japan!

[@sidewinderenigma]

He also was the man behind the original Ultraman!

[@piscesx5603]

Such good stuff. I'm glad these shows are on youtube.

[@GlenGarcia1961]

Tom: "Aren't you supposed to be my cat?" Crow: "Oh,... uh,... MEOW."

[@zeeppo]

Mighty Jack is the Ship, the organization that maintains the ship and the crew of the ship.

[@carmenmcalistet5452]

Okay. Thanks.

[@williamreynolds2599]

Where's the damn storyline btw

[@antony716]

@@williamreynolds2599 it's a couple tv shows stitched together the way Sandy Frank can. Ep1 is the rescue mission and escape and part 2 is the attack on Q (hehe) and it's counter attack, with mighty Jack finally winning

[@karawethan]

It's also a dog food

[@notinspectorgadget]

It's also the title of the movie

[@suicune690]

20 minutes in, and I've already forgotten what happened in the first ten...

[@sweatybanana969]

suicune690 there was a first ten???

[@diltonx6066]

That's because of that weird blinding light torture the baddies use.

[@fluffywaffles]

Oh you're high.

[@The1upforever]

who cut the cheese

[@ScreenTalker]

LOL same. Paused at the 20 min mark to look at the comments, I don’t even know why the hell they kidnapped the Atari inventor or what Mighty Jack actually is

[@ramairgto72]

I come back to this one all the time, one of my fav. All the Gamera ones are good as well. Most of these I don't think I could suffer without the MST3K spin,

[@ramairgto72]

I agree.

[@jeremyleveille1532]

I actually didn't think the first Gamera episode was that funny. And haven't seen the others yet..

[@dajdools8834]

A few years back I was fortunate enough to own a beautiful red w white conv. 64 GTO 389 Tri-power. Of course it was a 4speed and I sure wish that I would have kept her. At any rate, GTO'S rule!!! Oops, my comment was directed at ramairgto.

[@dajdools8834]

@@ramairgto72 Check my other comment, as Ram Air GTO's are beasts...

[@zenpaganwarrior]

"This is only a test. Had this been an actual movie..." lmao!

[@Irondrone4]

"I was just watching Mighty Jack, and I thought that it would make a great movie." Thank you, Tom Servo. You made my day with that line.

[@davidstevens6705]

The opening skit is PURE GOLD!, Crow and Servo look dreadful, This calls for more bot builders to make burnt-up Crow and Tom Servo replicas.

[@christopherbeaty641]

ear club for men wahaha

[@AJF786]

He died as he lived... loving his work.

[@jamespfp]

+Hylian Fox humpin' the suitcase...?

[@AgentLane13]

55:40 [humming] "he tried to kill me with a forklift..."

[@carmenmcalistet5452]

Ole!

[@TheRadical42]

Mighty! Mighty Jack! They gobble them down and the plate comes back for more Mighty Jack!

[@PDInfantryman]

"And that attachment's for those hard-to-reach assassinations."

[@Heavenoid]

Where is Mighty Jack's base?!?!?!?!? It's next to the drums and guitar.

[@ClericChris]

Sandy Frank has to have spent millions on therapy after MST3K. There's no single person that have continuously unloaded both barrels on. I love every one of these shows with SF.

[@PollyBonanzas]

The most memorable parts were the Sandy Frank bits at the beginning and end. Sandy Frank! Sandy Frank! Something something something some.

[@jayjaycajun3701]

"Meanwhile, back on the Greasy Bastard..."

[@coreychilders9238]

Whenever I watch this episode I tell myself that I'm going to concentrate and try to figure out the actual plot of the movie... I give up every time after about five minutes.

[@communistjesus]

03:42 Dang Doctor Forrester .... ZZ TOP should write another version of their hit song Legs. In your honor....... "he's got legs, he knows how to use them. he' never begs, he knows how to choose them." HAHAHA YOU NEED TO ADMIRE THE COURAGE OF THIS ACTOR... Freaking hilarious,,, HAHA XO)

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Absolutely love the wrap up. "I feel like I've been listening to Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music." My brain feels wiped clean." (Joel) (Honestly, I think that I had a promo 8 track of that!)

[@thricegreatart]

Great riffs. I love the Joel era.

[@arladicey]

I feel the same way! The Mike Nelson years are good in their own way, but for me, give me a Joel episode every time!

[@FlorianD30]

I also prefer Joel, but Mike was great too, especially in his first season. What brought the Mike era down had more to do with Trace leaving. Without him it wasn't as good anymore. While still good, something was missing.

[@chrissantora8999]

The Joel hodgson era was the best...still makes me laugh years later

[@matthewsmith4599]

I fulley agree. For along time i didnt watch anything but joel. Then a few older movies made me watch them. But joels super dry voice ...mono toned delivery of everything he says makes it so good.

[@thricegreatart]

@@matthewsmith4599 I also appreciate that comparing the Joel and Mike eras, Joel's riffs seem to be a little less about complaining or putting the movie down, and a little more about making the best of things with a wry joke, often formulated by pretending to agree with the movie's (stupid) logic. A more laid back, take things as they come attitude than Mike's crueler humor

[@christianalanwilson434]

"I want children." The only logical response to seeing dem legs...

[@alexiaNBC]

You know how Haim Saban took the popular live action Japanese franchise Super Sentai, mixed it with American actors and cheesy acting to create the popular Power Rangers series? Sandy Frank does the opposite by taking several average Japanese series, dub them with Americans who can't act and edits them so badly that even Coleman Francis would call his films crappy

[@SSJWolverine]

That's pushing it. At least Sandy Frank has his characters speaking on camera.

[@svenylford4047]

If only Saban and Frank had collaborated

[@kriskimbrell9838]

Lol, That cracked me up!!! 😂🤣🤣😂

[@matthewmitchell5636]

it's amazing to think that *Tsubaraya* of Ultraman fame produced this snoozefest

[@sweatybanana969]

"I should have a rabbit over there at least!" Lmfao!! Love that line!!

[@crazyfvck]

"Either smells like bad meat or good cheese." :)

[@TheSalamandrin]

Ah, Tet...My favorite holiday

[@NorthStarBlue1]

I get the feeling that this movie really, really wanted to be a live action version of Thunderbirds, even though all the actors are somehow less articulate than marionettes.

[@sailoritaly]

NorthStarBlue1 And then there was the ACTUAL live action Thunderbirds, but the less is said, the better

[@pjd4268]

hahah...nice.

[@wadecarmen7501]

Those less articulate than marionettes are Trump supporters.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Welcome to the evil that is Sandy Frank. He took the FIRST and SIXTH episodes of the Mighty Jack television series and sandwiched them together to make what this...mess...is. I mean....the original 13 episode series wasn't great...but Sandy Frank makes everything ten times worse.

[@hamursh]

Also I didn't know how on the nose about Spielberg producing The Flintstones AS WELL AS Casper!

[@ElveeKaye]

Mighty Jack is you. Mighty Jack is me. Mighty Jack is all of us in Deep 13.

[@HenryvKeiper]

"Those lights are capable of blinding you..." "I'm not afraid - I'll keep my eyes closed and not answer any questions!" "Man, he's smart!"

[@Taragas]

"Yeah, he's sm- WILL YOU KNOCK IT OFF? You're supposed to be my cat!"

[@twig8523]

Oof! Sounds like that's one place where it's to applicable to turn down the lights. 😆

[@HylianFox3]

@@Taragas Meow!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"OK, Joel...I didn't want to get tough with you, but inside that capsule is a poisoned sammich!" "Well I just wont eat it, then..."

[@JHATDRUMMER1976]

MMMMMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMMMM THATS GOOD WEEEEEED!

[@elafimilo8199]

They've used that format more than once. What's it from?

[@vlpwby]

@@elafimilo8199 The "mmmmmmmmm, that's good *whatever *" is done in Johnny Carson's voice.

[@elafimilo8199]

@@vlpwby Thanks!

[@lookbovine]

Jackie Gleason would say it in Carson interviews, “mmmm, boy, that’s good coffee”. They say “mmmm, that’s good booze” elsewhere.

[@edwardcamp3376]

@@vlpwby I think it's his character Art Fern.

[@daveeyes]

"Slow the plot down, matey, slow the plot down..." Epic song.

[@deadfreightwest5956]

6:44 - When the movie began, I thought it was from the 50s. But the copyright shown is MCMLXXXVI, 1986! When I looked the movie up, it was apparently released in 1968, which would be MCMLXVIII. This is deeply disturbing, and not in a nice way.

[@seanhall7898]

I believe the 1986 was the Sandy Frank year. The year ir was dubbed in English and distributed for English audiences.

[@monophylosfortikos4215]

This episode makes a lot of "worst" lists but I really like it and cue it up fairly frequently. I do admit that it's a good episode to fall asleep to, though.

[@potatopower4026]

You are so right. I fall asleep to this one and fugitive alien 1&2 regularly. Haha

[@lithiumcity]

There are lists of “worst” MST3K episodes? That makes me sad.

[@samuelstephens6163]

Cave Dwellers is amazing to fall asleep to.

[@Guava-been]

I do too, also Harry Potter with the RiffTrax on 😜🥰

[@jackcommonman1381]

oh good..I picked the right one

[@ToruKun1]

"Oh Akio, Akio, wherefore art thou, Akio?" Wow, the live-action Utena movie looks great

[@Azrael666Azazel]

Not enough roses.

[@ElveeKaye]

"The name is Bond...Frank Bond." "Right, and I'm Ursula Andress." "I know." *eyebrow bounce* God, how I miss these two!

[@faithfulgrl]

Just as missed in 2021 as in 2013

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Love the intro sketch! Joel in foam. Must've been fun to do but a lotta clean up. Thanks, BBI!

[@vonzigle]

'Does anyone know what's going on?" Would describe the reaction to most any MST movie!

[@TheWoodeezz]

"JUST GIVE US A SCRIPT, THAT MAKES NO FRIGGIN SENSE, WE'LL TRY SO HARD TO SLOW THE MAN DOWN"!!!!!!!!

[@balalaikatana]

I can't believe I'm only 40 minutes into this thing.

[@yvonnerousseau8750]

"He might be able to get into the craft fair next year with that!"

[@tomkelly1442]

45:15 Joel: “I just won’t eat it..” ethereally funny

[@classiclife7204]

A movie about an Italian Blofeld who has an evil machine? I think? Over 30 years, and I still don't know what Mighty Jack is, exactly.

[@graemesmith6721]

So, you turn water to ice by ACCELERATING the molecules? I'm pretty sure it works the other way.

[@paulschwartz5202]

"Slow the plot down" is a fine rowing song.

[@DocLantern85]

Joel: You know the great thing is that Steven Speilberg is now doing a bunch of movies based on cartoon characters like The Flintstones and Bloom County. 1991: A Wish For Wings That Work was released from Amblin Entertainment. 1994: The Flintstones movie was realeased from Amblin Entertainment. Tom Servo: Oh, yeah? What's he going to do next? Casper, The Friendly Ghost? 1995: Casper was released from Amblin Entertainment.

[@steveharvey2102]

Thanks for saving me an hour on imdb :) I knew the movies but was a little hazy on the release dates. Probably because I spent most of the 90's in a haze! Cheers from Canada

[@steveharvey2102]

At least they haven't made a "Cathy" movie....yet.... Cheers from Canada

[@transopticon13]

Josie and the Pussycats, 2001 MGM/Universal

[@jkpstudios3456]

In 2000, Rocky and Bullwinkle was released by Universal Pictures.

[@carmenmcalister7338]

The opening sketch was better acted than the entire movie they riffed on.😂

[@GeraldM_inNC]

The worst part is that there was nothing to riff on.

[@metropod]

does someone want to explain to me how it can be 7:30AM in Saigon and 7AM in Moscow? this is a 1986 dub, so the only potential reason is Sandy Frank has no concept of how time zones work...

[@communistjesus]

7:30AM in Saigon and 7AM in Moscow?

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Sandy Frank was notoriously ignorant, dumb and lazy. He took Japanese TV shows and strung completely unrelated episodes together and called it a movie. Worse yet, his dubbing was the laziest attempt ever at a translation. Nothing compares. For comparison, "Warning from Space" is a movie that was excellently dubbed.

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Well,he has no concept about how movies work,time IS a tad more complicated 😁

[@tatonkaa]

It's funny being from Wisconsin and watching this show. So many tiny references. Tommy Bartlett show! LMAO.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"Oh! Oh! I distinctly remember one part, with a guy, locked in a room..with another guy! ...and..someone..running!?!"

[@davidrichter9164]

Mst3k makes me lmao. Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch one of the episodes thank you for uploading these. Much gratitude.

[@schitjob]

"They usin' every toy in da box!"

[@lupinyte]

Don't worry too much about some requests, I'm from the UK and I would never be able to watch ANY of these without you and some other people's time and effort to upload them. Absolutely love these!! THANKS AGAIN! =)

[@JessJurkovic]

32:10 to make a Miles Davis joke, then a Wynton Marsalis joke is pretty good; to then make a Teo Macero joke is god-tier.

[@elusiverobertdenby3000]

"Up there, the roof!" "Up yours, you goof!" 😂

[@haronaillibush]

"I feel like singing a plot shanty"

[@rimshot2952]

15:13 "Ohh I was just daydreaming Doctor". OMG, i about shite meself on that one. :) lol

[@TheLordUrban]

It's funny how they give Mr. Rogers a southern accent when he was from Pennsylvania.

[@MarkEllinger]

We've replaced the Pacific Ocean with Folger's Crystals. Let's watch!

[@smokecathairandtoenails9626]

i am so high.

[@jamesschuur2801]

All I know is the crew of the Bachus 3 would put Mighty Jack to shame. Ken would take out these Q cats all by himself.

[@ptoc09]

+James Schuur You know what that would mean for the old man on the video screen, right? He'd be stuck there!

[@yourmother7052]

Which one, Ken or Ken?

[@jrny20]

@Your Mother...I think he means Ken, not Ken.

[@Seektheday]

unless they try to kill him with a fork lift

[@potatopower4026]

Ken coulda laid the smackdown with his shoulder button bombs!

[@LordZontar]

I think THIS one was the first MST3K I ever got to see. Either this one or Fugitive Alien.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Like how theese are always entertaining and there is at least one time that I find myself having a good deep belly laugh with each movie.

[@RIXRADvidz]

12:14 - 12: 40.....fukken A dudes...I'm tryin' to hold a hit and you guys are faking holding...and I'm having a hard time holding when I'm Laughing...exhale and pass it back this way

[@alin81-82]

TY Sandy Frank. You taught us how to laugh at love....again & again.

[@m10538]

11:50 Check out Joel's amazing acting! For a fine upstanding boy from Minnesota to mimic tokin' a doob so realistically, having no real experience with such unlawful behavior...I say BRAVO!!!!!

[@carmenmcalistet5452]

Gotta stay warm somehow...

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Joel's actually from Wisconsin

[@Dondre69]

@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 whats the difference

[@cleopatraoatcake7364]

@@Dondre69 About 425 miles!

[@boyddunson3876]

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

[@LchanOtakudom]

"Flash... Ah ahhhh..."

[@aadams1006]

They'd better save Mister Atari! How else will we ever get Space Invaders?

[@ClaudLeon]

Even with Joel & the Bots, this movie is unwatchable

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55]

"... oh... oh... oh um, I was just day dreaming doctor" lol that was one of my favorite riffs of all time

[@K4rt80y]

So what the hell is Mighty Jack? Is it a guy? Is it a team? Is it a vehicle? TELL ME!!!

[@analogkid01]

K4rt80y Team. No - vehicle! Pass! PASS!!

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

+K4rt80y I'm pretty sure it's the laughter of innocent children.

[@ptoc09]

+K4rt80y A hip new boy band from Wisconsin? "They're nitty, they're gritty, they're smelly and oily, they are Mighty Jack!"

[@Shogunelite]

+K4rt80y I think it's a nasty, little, rubber novelty item >=3

[@MattCGL]

+Nesto Navalo Right on Frito.

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

11:58 - 12:29 Holy crap I've watched it 3 times and I can't stop laughing.

[@bongodoug]

its a good thing posting these videos. thanks

[@PDInfantryman]

"Inside, I'm tan and handsome. Outside, I'm the Grinch Who Stole Christmas."

[@Previati]

It seems no matter how many times I have seen this episode over the years, I can hardly ever recall it!

[@benjaminbarrera214]

That's because nothing memorable happens in it.

[@yagamijase]

Dr. Clutsy von Doorknob! Lmao! Gets me everytime

[@vinny4411]

“I was just daydreaming doctor.” 😂

[@adamfowler5475]

Lol the period between the 50-54 minute section is easily one of the funniest riffing streaks I've ever watched.

[@CovertCulvert]

That's pretty cool that Isao Tomita did the music from this. Found him in the mid-70's from his electronic classical albums.

[@theseakite2]

My gawd, Isao Tomita did the music? Whoa.

[@Bonkasaurus_Rex]

49:35 - IM BATMAN!

[@tdpack2003]

Mistie for life!

[@PercyShaw81]

Mighty Jack: The story of a brave pancake! Starring: Aunt Jemimah and Flap the wonder dog!

[@cavalierfan1995]

mighty jack isnt that a dog food?

[@WayWardWonderer]

Know what I miss most about this show? I mean besides the jokes, the loveable characters, the jokes and cleverness... Did I mention the jokes? Anyway, I love this show's catchy theme song!!

[@davidstevens6705]

I LOVE THIS SHOWS THEME SONG TOO! It never gets old and is so catchy, It never will get out of your head.

[@MrBackin5ive]

Um you failed to mention the jokes. And what ya know what else...What about the jokes, huh?

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@MrBackin5ive but do you know what really made the show??

[@MrBackin5ive]

@@waltersobchak7275 Tell me!

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@MrBackin5ive the jokes!!🤣🤣

[@clearcat7296]

Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank, hes the source of all our pain....

[@franckrene-]

Vileneuve et Ronnie des fans me demandaient si ils avaient fait un calendrier je crois que oui

[@sleepyhollow783]

...Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank, likes to crap in his hand....

[@heavyseven88]

@43:40 Lt. Jerry before ULTRAMan, my childhood... Took a minute..👍🏾

[@harrymoyer866]

"Q"?! 🤣 Great

[@potatopower4026]

19:50: "Meanwhile, back on the 'Greasy Bastard'..." Lol Potato Approved!!

[@oakleafwellness]

This is one of the most confusing movies.

[@dwdonahoo2248]

You are thinking of "What's Up Tiger Lily?"

[@analogkid01]

No no, it's...uh...Jaws. Wait - Sophie's Choice. No no no - Last Starfighter. Definitely Last Starfighter.

[@BryonYoungblood]

What about Operation Double 007??

[@analogkid01]

That's the one where the bad guys launch a bunch of Space Shuttles into space, right? With "Jaws"?

[@BryonYoungblood]

I think so...

[@secondaryadjunctofu0]

at twenty minutes hes tuning into coast to coast am with Art Bell.

[@augurthwaight2034]

"My wife died many years ago. She was German." Joel: So you're available?

[@carlabamford9154]

"Get some Pearl Drops!" I'm so old, I remember Pearl Drops. "Puma?" Another call back to Ring of Terror 😂

[@yourpalharvey]

soundtrack by japanese electronic music legend, isao tomita!