MST3K 602: Invasion USA

[@thetr00per30]

I thought this was going to be the Chuck Norris "Invasion USA" lol that would be such an awesome movie to riff on lol

[@DrVenture45]

I thought the same, but I think Delta Force 2 would actually get top prize for riffing material.

[@jimroscovius]

I thought so too, but the dinner date with family short was really funny!!

[@MikeAdelic1207]

I thought so too! Imagine the disappointment we all must feel.

[@Belle-rm3pq]

Same!😂

[@michaelskurski912]

That movie was too ugly and repelent but Chuck's lines in that movie were epic

[@bmeclipse]

“At the dinner table, don’t point out the muffled screams coming from the basement or draw attention to the unusual amount of time father spends in the basement.”

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

Gypsy going *"Mike, this SUCKS, can we just EAT !?"* never fails to force a chuckle out of me :)

[@foldedspace2391]

“Seething cauldron of angst” is something I slip into conversation as often as possible.

[@user-ek6uq7cn1c]

YES

[@samtownend6744]

The repressed emotions of the short and paranoia of the film are such time capsules of 50s mindsets. You can see why there was a such a reaction to this lifestyle in the 60s

[@kevinfogle7929]

I'd trade the society in the short for the dystopia we have now.

[@thefreshprinceofnigeria2168]

The lily white ennui of the 50s would drive anyone nuts

[@mechachrist]

That Dr. Forrester doll is made from a talking Ed Grimley doll. The sad part? I know this because I have one.

[@richspeck8932]

I don't think that's sad, I think it's awesome

[@mkeil100]

I love how Crows hair is slicked back for the dinner scene!

[@BenedictMHolland]

This is one of my favorite episodes. That date with your family has had untold effects on my life. That and the abomination named coily.

[@unyieldingcreek1]

The short is so ridiculously funny.

[@jasperak7076]

Came here for Chuck Norris. Not really sad that he's not here.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Check out the RLM episode, if you want a funny take and review!

[@christopherwebb3517]

The Chuck Norris Invasion USA was the greatest movie ever! It ended with a rocket launcher duel! A. Rocket. Launcher. Duel!!!

[@John14-6...]

The Riff Trax guys do a Chuck Norris movie- Silent Rage. It's pretty funny!

[@jtsg464]

One of my go to favs!

[@snowy1994]

Me too!!

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

The emphasis on "unemotional conversation"....was the short made by Vulcans? 🤣

[@The_B1shop]

Omg Crows bit at 4:29 killed me, the scream caught me off gaurd 😂

[@CarlSmith-p2c]

Peggie Castle as the socialite! She'll appear with Peter Graves in "Beginning of the End," which also has music by Albert Glasser.

[@michaelskurski912]

RIP. Sadly she Drank Herself to Death at the age of 45

[@ZENmud]

In a fictional way, this led us to "1984" 😮 54:13 🎉🎉 since this (1951) predates Eisenhower, there are no "Interstate highways" so cross-country mobilization would be passing over all the "US Highways" of that era; Truman would be sitting in the hot seat.

[@eddieavilia2299]

Mike Nelson... One of the funniest human beings on this planet.

[@EarthboundX]

"Shudup! Slap Servo: "I just wanna build tractors" cries. "I'm in charge now!" Servo: "Hi". I love that whole section of this ep.

[@ericpatterson3294]

One of my favorite shorts

[@Tabbyclaw]

I had to look it up to be sure, but one of the newscasters is William Schallert, who played Boarder Hodges in The Torkelsons, one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.

[@discobear5752]

William Schallert @ 1:03:47

[@Void-qg6ko]

Numberjacks season 2 is complete yay :D

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

50:10 Does anyone know if Servo's 'PRIMAL SCREEM' right before the fade to black is a reference to something?? It reminds me of a 1980's Twilight Zone episode. Any thoughts?* Besides, 'Man, that guy posts a lot! lol

[@MichaelKurse]

Trace rejects his own doll...via Crow.🤔😆😆😆

[@kt9166]

More MST3K! YAY!

[@hardy_har]

the short at the beginning is like something made for aliens

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Or from!

[@DavidDrouant]

@@Pocketrocket-pj1us directed at

[@johnnycats5157]

I don't think I'll ever stop laughing at the "Calls himself Euclid" line.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

This movie is somehow more depressing than The Day After

[@ZENmud]

Dan O'Herlihy. Future General in "Fail-Safe"...

[@alanbear6505]

You know, in the end they only proved that Servo wasn’t dreaming, but someone else might have been.

[@SamClemens-id3cl]

The "educational" film on family dinners was better than the feature film.😂

[@jasonblalock4429]

16:30 OK, you keep Danny Elfman's name out of your mouth.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Crow: Mike, did we just do something horribly wrong? Mike(enthusiastically): Yeah! I think so!

[@obi-wankenobi8462]

You could run that audio over Jan 6 footage!

[@buckaroobanzai7063]

I never noticed it for a long time, the hypnosis guy at the bar is the CEO of OCP in Robocop.

[@brodiesdad]

and Grig from The Last Starfighter.

[@michaelskurski912]

And His Granddaughter is a Director and photographer Who Has Collaborated With Molly Cyrus!!

[@DavidDrouant]

And the main bad guy in Halloween 3

[@nyarg33]

dr forrester's indignant repeating of "who won the world series...!" gets me every time, i like to imagine he's thinking "frank we always watch tv together and neither of us watch sports. *you* dont even know who won the world series. you probably dont even know what sport the 'world series' is for... although its not like i do either"

[@mikesilva3868]

Hilarious classic 😅

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

You know...in a movie with 2 Lois Lanes, - We Really could us a Superman!!

[@jasonblalock4429]

42:00 Those poor blighted fools, discussing concepts beyond their ken - and before Alice Lee had even entered the conversation. Oh those poor poor blighted fools.

[@HP-Punkcraft]

42:50 made me actually snot a little 🤣🤣

[@buddyzilla4557]

7:01 -The narrator has learned from the great mathematician Lobachevski! 💛

[@henryhammond7393]

Always remember to call it please, ‘research.’

[@Void-qg6ko]

Mission complete! a great success! I can't wait to see my color you have chosen! I'm sure it will be blue! :D 3 2 1... TA-DA!!!! So what do you think?

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Please tell me this is the Chuck Norris movie!

[@SlackerBabel]

Regrettably, no, it's from 1952.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

No, but it would've been great it Rifftrax did it :)

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

'That, and Death Wish 3.' It would make a crazy 'CANNON' double feature,

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

@@Pocketrocket-pj1us we need to add Revenge of the Ninja for the Cannon Films hall of fame trifecta.

[@kevinfogle7929]

​@@MrSpeed-lt8gr Pretty much any movie of that genre and time period would be great

[@loganmurray8810]

4:26 me when I finally find a mommy top

[@paulgrieger8182]

Gerald Mohr played Johnny Dollar on the radio.

[@michaelseibold9977]

She's got great gams and plenty of oomff!

[@afellowpotato]

I accidentally clicked on this. I have no regrets.

[@captainsensiblejr.]

"Vince and I are going to make our own tank parts".

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

12:20 'IT STINKS!!!' LMFAO

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

'Yeahl I know it's a paraphrase, from Joel but to quote another movie with strange creatures...... 'I don't care'.

[@ZENmud]

[Dinner in the 50s] ... heh heh heh... the handhold 'tween Mother and Father sets the tone for another "more chaste than Thee" media portrayal

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

32:20 '...if you don't like duck? Then your rather stuck ;)' I like Mike's Watery Fowls, 'SORRY!!! Sorry!.' I meant. I like Mike's Basil Faulty from, 'Faulty Towers' , the Best! :) But as before...* 'DON'T MENTION THE WAR!!' (hushed voice) 'I may have mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.'

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

48:55 Don't you think this whole attack is a bit of a, 'Catch 22' ?

[@John14-6...]

The reporter looks like a poor man's Humphrey Bogart!

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

41:10 What about 'Stamp Day for Superman?'

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Is... is there a teeny white teddy bear sitting by the desk lights in the final segment? I never noticed that before.

[@GlitchanBlack]

1:28:05 Saving this timestamp for myself.

[@ZENmud]

Both actresses who played "Lois Lane" in the 1950s series "Superman" are at the ticket counter...

[@michaelskurski912]

a stranger enters 😂😂😂

[@ZENmud]

There's no such thing as a "Cattle Raiser"(!) out west... 😂😂😂

[@ZENmud]

"I knew 1:02:40 I'd get soaked for this cab ride."😂 "Th-th-the me-me-ter's st-still'll run-ning, pal.." 😂😂😂😂

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

10:45 The, 'I'm dating a black guy.' Notion was 'funny' but got me thinking. Was this a missed opportunity for the Networks? In the North, at least! That would have been a Super opportunity to teach North American's about each other. But nobody would dare touch that subject, at this time in history....or would they? If you have info, on a show of the past, with that 'simple' premise. Or a premise pitched with a rejection, Please let me know. My Mother lived in the 50's and doesn't remember any but we're from Canada. I don't know what kind of difference that would make but I Love these little crumbs, that fall off the Zeitgeist cake. Salut from Canada

[@JamaicanCastle]

The classic movie with that premise is _Guess Who's Coming to Dinner_ (1967) - so you can probably guess how it would've gone down in the 50s.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

The short pontificating on how the women "owe" it to the father _and_ brother, that _both_ of them should look attractive? _Yikes._

[@Bear_Andersen]

So I'm at the 23:00 mark so far and I have to ask.... when does Chuck Norris show up?

[@justinbaumann]

💣

[@EvilxSausage]

Wait, they missed being away from him? Is that what the short meant to say?

[@citrouilletoulouse5972]

I believe the whole short is "educating" a post-WW2 middle class, with a boatload of growing Baby Boom teenagers, on how to perform their proscribed roles in society, including The Supreme Value Of Patriarchy : submit to the alpha male, especially if you're female.

[@EvilxSausage]

@@citrouilletoulouse5972 I get that, but the voice over said that the kids miss being away from their father, when clearly what was meant was they miss being around him.

[@leroypreston2973]

​@EvilxSausage I thought that father is supposed to be a fountain of sage wisdom and children need to be around him to soak up that wisdom.

[@GalapagosPete]

No diss to Noel, but Phyllis Coates.

[@michaelskurski912]

Boy cleaning service

[@Daugueffxi]

"How to family," It is amazing our species made it this far without this very important video.

[@Jagerbomber]

My grandfather didn't watch this short (or pay attention)

[@sneakyskunk1]

Was Crow eating a sandwich when Tom called him over for the Lois Lane debate?

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

54:00 For anyone who was in t.v. circa this time. Why does one have to look over to a SIGN Above a Door, which says 'stand by?' I understand the sign can tell you about the commercial break or if someone is at the door. A sign on the other side would say 'ON THE AIR' BUT why is it to th left of the newscaster?? That seems look a strange place to put it because every one would be seeing him, continuously looking to the left. Highly distracting Is it just the movie that did it that way? Or...... Please LMK

[@maeve4686]

More squeaky window effects !!!!!

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Lol NO WAY! I have enough with that sound Alone but sometimes it blocks out the dialogue. If this was Egah, I would just mute it but I kind of care, with this one, Cheers!

[@afellowpotato]

18:42

[@mtgAzim]

During the roll call, does cambot say "Ki11 youself?" Or am I hearing things?

[@prospero2121]

"pan left"

[@crush3095]

I mean this movie is unfortunately the reality if you don't like war then you better have the strongest military ever because war comes and they will make slaves and graves and factory workers of us

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

37:40 Yeah Reagan threatened the Airport strikers but if his STAR WARS Defence Was firmly in place, This would be a different story!!! Maybe?¿

[@Lee-yz2lo]

😂we wish

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

1:04:20 1812 That's when Canada took territory and won the war! ( sorta, kinda. If you call, ' not losing.winning. lol)

[@NatashaHayes-dg6fp]

Miller Larry Anderson Mark Walker Linda

[@jmcclain8237]

These films about proper etiquette are absolutely disturbing.

[@Ubermensch9240]

I hate Propaganda. This is pure Propaganda made to sell paranoia and distrust of people who are different. I hate this movie, though at least it isn't soul draining like the Creeping Terror and Monster a Go Go. Fuck this movie.

[@afellowpotato]

18:43