MST3k 610 - The Violent Years

Ed Wood brings us the all-too-familiar tale of violent girl gangs. Men are raped, schoolrooms are trashed, and keep an eye out for the exquisitely-choreographed gas station stickup scene.
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[@rgs8970]

I think the moral of The Violent Years is that when you are hiring subcontractors to vandalize a school, it's important to agree on a scope of work

[@JamaicanCastle]

Vague deliverables are nobody's friend.

[@AdamWestish]

At 3M, centralized workshopping of such innovation and modernization is routine. Most importantly, we have to ask ourselves, "do you find me pleasing?"-or, "this man is wearing a push-up bra, now, he is pleasing!"

[@dougjb7848]

@@AdamWestish Are you getting enough lip and tongue action?

[@AdamWestish]

@@dougjb7848 not yet, because i do not have a wire rack, so people do not find me pleasing.

[@Danbearpig]

She should've accused her parents.

[@emess3580]

I like jello

[@AnnaZombi]

Come for the show- stay for the comments.

[@wadecarmen7501]

Worked for the Menendez brithers.

[@doeper]

Flawless victory.

[@schoolcraft420]

That would be fitting for an Untamed Youth at Girls Town. Rowsdower

[@brandonstarr983]

"Young Man's Fancy" is quietly one of the funniest shorts they ever did. "Judy: Beyond Thundersquishy."

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

It's a great short, & Bonnie Baker (read = Judy) was very cute. Tht said, its 22:30 run time stretches the limit of the word "short". Lots of TV shows (minus the commercials) are that long.

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@shuttittuppitt9355 Bonnie BakeN

[@user-tp6fo7im3d]

Lots of pubic hair

[@ToruKun1]

"By the way, we're all pregnant from the guy we attacked" I laughed then I remembered that's an actual plot point

[@wadecarmen7501]

Four white lesbians who got beat up by the ladies of Girl's Town.

[@erniemiller1953]

And al it cost was $11

[@JamaicanCastle]

They ran all the way to hell with just a penny and a broken cigarette.

[@civlyzed]

@@JamaicanCastle Night Train to Mundo Fine!

[@EmoJones13]

@@civlyzed Drink Night Train, go to the basketball game Throw up under the bleachers...

[@jmperez1997]

Mst3k is the original lockdown show...He's going crazy in isolation, creating 'friends' ... and having zoom meetings for work, watching too much Netflix. And they talk about the Simpsons telling the future!

[@dsprocks]

Life means nothing to most people when there is nobody else to share the experience with.

[@kimifw58]

You really think the COVID pandemic invented _staying inside?_ Why are young people so stupid now?

[@DiggitySlice]

Except on this show Mike's lockdown and mental degradation are at the behest of an evil overlord that wants to rule the world, and in real life... um...

[@kimifw58]

@@DiggitySlice Yeah, this person is just riding the "life-ruining diseases are funny" bandwagon. This thing killed my mom, my country's economy, and any hope of leaving my toxic family. Hilarious!

[@whoohaaXL]

"Just don't use his razor, he goes BALLISTIC!" I love how Crow is just freaking out at Servos head. 😂

[@lelialong3407]

Even Gypsy was horrified.

[@dadahyena]

To all of my fellow MiSTies of the last 30+ years and counting: stay squishy!

[@threewheeler7]

I mean, you got to move on it.

[@nonprofitgirl]

Why, thank you, kind Aidan! I will.... (high five!)

[@NitroBurner]

And also stay pink, soft and oily!

[@MB5rider81]

Still squishy

[@Kjata316]

If I didn’t have MST3k I’d get the reds

[@julielaughs14]

13:29 So many unforgettable lines in this one, even the short. "Well, thank goodness for my electric dress!"

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

I love my electric computer, it lets me watch electric videos on the electric internet, all powered by electric electricity!

[@GrixieKong]

Makes me hungry for a big bowl of electricity!

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

GrixieKong Don't forget your electric milk! I'll help you enjoy your electric food by playing you an electric song on my electric electric guitar!

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

KZbin 2: Electric Comment For You

[@peterm1826]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing yeah they are Electrifying

[@kapitolkitties2149]

Dude, overkill by electrocution. : )--"

[@ArmorArmadillo]

I will never love anything in my entire life as much as the people in this short loved electric appliances.

[@TheSalamandrin]

"Were all pregnant form assaulting that guy" "Well, if it's that de-nuding girl gang...I better go in alone" "...and my rape victim refuses to come to lamaze classes with me"

[@AdamWestish]

The funny thing is, to denude means you're stripping something from something else, so you have to specify what you're denuding something _of_ first, like you'd denude a tree of its leaves, but you wouldn't generally just "denude something"?

[@aniyilator]

@@AdamWestishThey de-nude *everything*

[@ryan12101954]

The Judge had more lines than everyone else in the movie combined.

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

The judge's PUNISHMENT was to listen to him! That judge fell in love with the sound of his own voice! Even the mst3k crew was begging him to have a nice big cup of STFU!

[@PO-sm4yh]

I thought you were kidding...

[@dannystargazer]

just imagine when mom and judy 'discover' the electric vibrator, then nobody will need alexander phipps

[@mistiroberts1576]

Last time I checked an electric vibratory can make money or kill bugs soooo

[@michaelccozens]

6:24 "But I have angoraphobia!" is one of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes that needs special appreciation.

[@Occams_Racer]

I think you mean Agoraphobia. Angoraphobia is a fear of soft fuzzy sweaters. No joke. Look it up.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Ma Gic And “agoraphobia” is...

[@Occams_Racer]

@@kylestubbs8867 Agoraphobia is a fear of situations and places that might cause panic or embarrassment.

[@sodaaddict2225]

@@Occams_Racer Yes, that's the joke. Ed Wood had an obsession with wearing Angora while crossdressing. This is an Ed Wood film, thus Crow's joke.

[@tantalus0971]

The way Trace yells "COMMUNISM!" still kills me, even after all these years.

[@AckzaTV]

that shit started so many memes in kids heads that are now boomers. this show hand crafted our humor today

[@mosheparanov]

@@AckzaTV boomers were not kids when this show aired

[@calypsokiosko9067]

@@AckzaTV Not everything is a meme.

[@svenylford4047]

@@mosheparanov i think he means that boomers were kids when the movie came out.

[@nyarg33]

i do just yell COMMUNISUM!! alone in my car sometimes because of this moment

[@jehugo66]

MST3K never fails to bring a smile. It's like an old friend I met in the 90s who still makes me laugh today. 😜

[@wadecarmen7501]

I don't care if I watched the same episode 25 times in a week. I still watch again for laughs.

[@roxanneweichinger9318]

😎IK this is a late response, but same here!

[@jacobprayer8656]

The 1590's were totally dope AF.

[@ianbyron7464]

I miss those 1990's.

[@tomryan914]

Christopher Columbus, 1492????

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

I love Ed Wood dialogue. It's so bizarre and clunky, that I find myself pleasantly surprised whenever a character actually makes a coherent and linear statement.

[@nina1522]

That's the Ed Wood mark of quality ;)

[@fourcrippledhorses]

I'm feeling squishy. Think I've got the reds. Better go turn my crank to Frank!

[@daydreambeliever3127]

So what...

[@peterm1826]

@@daydreambeliever3127 your four years to late

[@Jesse__H]

Bonnie Baken passed away just a few months ago at the ripe old age of 89. Rest in peace, Squishy Judy.

[@applemask]

I never noticed before that all the girls have feminised masculine names and use the male diminutive forms for delinquency purposes. That's pretty subtle for Ed Wood.

[@Spameggssausage]

Applemask that's because an early version of the script was about boy delinquents. Yes, Ed Wood actually had first drafts that he didn't use.

[@sagerider2]

Wow, that is....surprising.

[@joshuarichards2421]

Ole Ed took his films seriously, as terrible as the rest of the world thinks they are. It's why most of them are cult classics. He put real effort into them. He failed, but tried. Like the director of Troll 2...

[@dustincantrell6712]

One might say it's Freudian.

[@feloniousmonk9159]

Marching a parade of kittens into a meat grinder a la 'The Wall' is subtle for Ed Wood

[@esbanewsnetwork3172]

Posting comments is so much easier with my electric phone

[@2degucitas]

Yeah. I burned myself with my old gas powered phone.

[@jondunmore4268]

Thank God for the electric internet.

[@mrpieceofwork]

"AND IT'S QUIET, TOO!"

[@locke103]

@@2degucitas mine just farts constantly.

[@wadecarmen7501]

@@2degucitas I saw someone burn a phone in a microwave and it turned into a monster.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

Honestly, I find Ed Wood's "passion-projects" far better than his garbage horror flicks. I can sorta feel the effort and drive behind them, like he tried his hardest to tell a story, to make a point, explain something to us that he is concerned with and cares about, even if he doesn't do it well.

[@Billinois78]

I need to find me a woman who gets turned on by my kitchen appliance lectures.

[@SeanP7195]

Eh there eh?

[@AhNee]

Lectures, no. Appliances and kitchen gadgets? Yes.

[@HylianFox3]

ah the 50s, when women were actually turned on by mansplaining

[@philipmalaby8172]

Good luck

[@mikezylstra7514]

In the kitchen: Alex: What's that "squish, squish" I hear? Judy: It's, ah...er, ah...um... the dishwasher.... yes! the dishwasher...that's what it is.

[@theamazingbiff]

What a thrill! I finally know where Ministry sampled the lecture for their song So What. Thanks, mst3k!

[@stoneyboyd]

Interesting

[@geneyounkin6789]

The urge to scream, “So What?!” during that monologue…

[@Nifflerify]

I wasn't introduced to mystery science theater until the Netflix reboot, I was so grateful to have the opportunity to watch the earlier seasons on KZbin after it was canceled. Thanks!

[@MsGrapeNehi]

One of us, one of us!!

[@moresnacksplease526]

Check out Rifftrax. It'll blow your mind.

[@Nifflerify]

@@moresnacksplease526 I've been watching rifftrax on prime this past year

[@moresnacksplease526]

@@Nifflerify NOICE. They have some "newer" movies (Twilight saga, Harry Potter, Star Wars trilogies, etc) that they released audio tracks for pre-Amazon which are pretty awesome too! I would never suggest finding them on a torrent site, because that's illegal and all there's a cave of Rifftrax riches guarded by a dragon which feeds an army of lawyers. ;-)

[@LenoreShea]

@@moresnacksplease526 Heck they even riffed a Doctor Who episode, a show my Mom loves, and they even riffed two Charlie Brown Specials! CHARLIE BROWN!!!

[@ivorbiggun710]

I discovered this show while on holiday in, of all places, St. Kitts about 18 years ago. I just love it. I'm amazed it never got shown on TV in the UK. It would have been perfect Saturday morning hangover TV. Having said that it was never quite the same after TV's Frank went to Second Banana Heaven.

[@LenoreShea]

Yeah, after season 6, the show got pretty dark, more crude and sexual without Frank and Trace together.

[@nomduclavier]

Yes, what girl wouldn't go for a guy who's an unrepentant misogynist. Though tbh a lot of that letter seemed like code for 'back off; he's mine'.

[@huntercoleherr]

It's the latter; Judy's brother was absolutely into Alex but didn't have the balls to make a move.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

The USSR gains from a bunch of Playboy Playmates throwing chairs around in an elementary school classroom ... how?

[@kylestubbs8867]

I guess the USSR leader _really_ didn’t like his 10th grade English teacher.

[@wadecarmen7501]

Embarrass the U.S by saying their education is shit.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

@@wadecarmen7501 But that doesn't indicate bad education... it indicates we have super-strong grade school kids who can throw heavy chairs around.

[@wadecarmen7501]

@@jonahfalcon1970 boys or girls?

[@Snipergoat1]

Commie stroke material?

[@PhilBagels]

"I sentence you to listen to the judge drone on for one hour."

[@applemask]

Ironically, the actor's name is Jolley.

[@Schone23666]

Gawd, I wanted one of the "violent girls" to show up and put a bullet in the judge's head. Anything but this endless droning, ARGH!

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

PhilBagels This judge's monologue was sampled in the song Ministry - So What true story

[@jlprizm]

That was painful. I'll take the life sentence.

[@rimshot2952]

Fun Fact : Paula, aka, Jean MoorHead, (love that name) was a Playboy Playmate in 1955.

[@mrwassef]

Wish it was Judy

[@giantlobsterboy644]

Oh. I thought you were talking about Judy. Man, I am sorely disappointed.

[@uthegentel]

@@Vebinz Sheila was extremely physically noticable and memorable.

[@guymorris6596]

Is she related to Agnes Moorehead from Bewitched ?

[@rimshot2952]

@@guymorris6596 Wiki said no.

[@FanBritLit]

"Judy: Beyond Thunder Squishy."

[@masonallen3961]

FanBritLit Judy: Return of the Squishy

[@kylestubbs8867]

Judy 2: Electric Squishaloo

[@wadecarmen7501]

No Betty in this.

[@JamaicanCastle]

Can't we just get _beyond_ thundersquishy?

[@wadecarmen7501]

@@JamaicanCastle What the---???

[@WhiskeyPieSometimes]

Analogkid01 is a hero. So many great episodes!

[@analogkid01]

I'm not the hero you need...I'm the hero who was available. I mean I picked up the phone first. But I waited until the third ring. Aquaman's around here somewhere.

[@jehugo66]

Yes I agree with your assessment

[@kingofcobwebs]

Dude, have you seen what brine does to magnetic tape? I wouldn't trust Aquaman's VHS-to-digital uploads anymore that I'd trust his talking tuna casserole.

[@vladnefarious]

+kingofcobwebs to be fair, Aquaman would be the only one the tuna could talk to...

[@kingofcobwebs]

vladnefarious What's worse, the tuna in that casserole are dead and would not talk to anyone at all . . . No, it's the thought that counts, that maybe tuna fish are sentient beings after all, capable of reason and feeling, but my deepest relationship to any of them is on a plate. I didn't want or need that burden as a child, Aquaman.And that's just if we're being fair.

[@whitehuayra]

wow i absolutely love Tom Servo's theme song. very well done mr. murphy. and his singing skit i just couldn't stop laughing.

[@bobbyshaddoe3004]

What the hell was Tom doing?

[@ReallyVerySomething]

Tom was singing his theme song to Carl Orff's "O Fortuna". Just sublime!

[@LenoreShea]

I heard him sing in Bride of the Monster's "HIRED! The Musical" and it is *golden.* Kevin should've made his own album if his singing is SO GOOD, even by the show's standards.

[@HenryvKeiper]

"They're shooting back!" "W-wha?! The bastards!"

[@andrewc.2952]

HenryvKeiper "But they can't shoot at us, we're girls!"

[@dc4cgrl]

HenryvKeiper Lplpppptuorae

[@scarebear4269]

HenryvKeiper nn

[@TheStephepps]

Yeah! that was cool.

[@rouka120]

For Tom’s question on if one needs more Reba: You can never have enough Reba. It’s like having too much Dolly.... it’s impossible.

[@ellenherb1381]

“Makeout police. Come out with your lips up” - I spat out my drink.

[@geoentronecromancer]

I don't care how nonsensical it is, Tom's Barbara Streisand-inspired bout of insanity cracks me up every time.

[@emmyarellano3704]

Is that what that is? I'm just seeing it for the first time and I'm like wtf is Tom doing!?

[@LA_HA]

@@emmyarellano3704 It's from A Star Is Born with Streisand and Kris Kristopherson

[@williammatthews693]

I love Mike's quiet reaction to it back in the theater. Servo: Good news. My Streisand killed. Mike: Oh Good, I don't wanna hear anything about it.

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

Took me a few days to find out which episode it was that that was in. (It didn't help that I thought that it was Crow.) It was laugh out loud hilarious, which is kinda weird since he didn't make any jokes in that scene.

[@billding7073]

The plot twists and firecracker dialogue had me on the edge of my seat. A rocking roller-coaster ride of a delinquent crime fest. Oh, wait, that was Blackboard Jungle.

[@hobojones3038]

KZbin: you can buy or rent the non MST3K version of this film. Me: No I don’t think I will.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

"A new dress instead of a caress." That is TERRIBLE DIALOGUE.

[@HylianFox3]

I like "Kill for a thrill" myself

[@JoeSixThreeOh]

@@HylianFox3 Hey, at least that speech made it into a song; sounds pretty menacing with an industrial track behind it, at least.

[@SeanP7195]

And you know Wood was so proud of himself when he wrote that.

[@tomryan914]

"and the microphone smells like a beer..."(cringe) :Billy Joel

[@mikezylstra7514]

A new car...instead of a cigar. [now honey, don't torture yourself]

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

Tell a girl that your hobbies include "time study" and she's putty in your hands

[@mikezylstra7514]

Apparently somebody at Jam Handy thought so. (remember - It's an engineering discipline and in those days, engineers were top tier in middle class living)

[@AlexanderPhipps]

Can confirm

[@kathleenmorrison2908]

@@AlexanderPhippshey Alex, how's the beard?

[@versebuchanan512]

Nothing I enjoy more than watching a MST3K episode on my brand new electric computer

[@dougjb7848]

Your computer is electric? Bow before you!!

[@godbluffvdgg]

That blackboard erasing scene will give me nightmares for a long time...

[@kylestubbs8867]

_And I’m not gonna clap the erasers!_

[@wadecarmen7501]

Bart Simpson does it in every episode. That bother you?

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@wadecarmen7501 THANKS! I just finished years of therapy regarding that issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wadecarmen7501]

@@godbluffvdgg I just smoked a turkey and git really high.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@wadecarmen7501 Oh man, I just smoked some Rhinoceros...~cough cough~..I'm like totally fucked out of my mind brah!

[@mst3KGf]

"Refuses to press charges!" "Says, "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!'" "Hundreds of men flock to crime scene!"

[@Tustin2121]

Jokes like these by Mike and the bots are all well and good as long as people understand that it’s wrong to actually think like this. Sadly, some people still think men can’t be raped or that it’s not that bad or some stupid shit like that...

[@SHarriet]

@@Tustin2121 Yeah that was rather uncomfortable :/

[@Phantomphan613]

@@Tustin2121 seriously. Rape is rape, no matter the victim or the perpetrator.

[@GlitchanBlack]

"Ladies and gentlemen... Esther... Hoffman... Howard."

[@nomatchesformikey7768]

Woah, woah, woah, hold on a second. Their 'attempt' at recreating the hold-up scene was a laughingly dismal attempt. Mike blinked. FAR too much emotion

[@sagerider2]

+John Mathews Well, he is an actor.

[@nomatchesformikey7768]

Nah, he's a comedian. But certainly a better actor than the gas station attendant in the film

[@logann7942]

Is food all you can think of at a time like this? "Ya mean lunchtime?"

[@dougbreese2238]

the re-enactment of the gas station robbery is one of the funniest things I will ever see... 1:29:55

[@mikezylstra7514]

Ding! Ding...(squealing tires) ....Ding Ding! {somebody must've worked in a gas station}

[@natalieschannel7806]

"I'm 'Squishy' and I need to move on it!"

[@wadecarmen7501]

That was a Clinton line.

[@ARiddle1986]

"I stayed under for quite awhile." Mike: Wow.

[@matthewkoch6937]

So many gay innuendos, and quips, in that short. I love it.

[@HylianFox3]

@@matthewkoch6937 It's so obvious that Bob wanted Alex for himself, it hurts.

[@boomboom6577]

Fwiw, if people think the moral message here is judgmental: the notion that parents should actually show affection and love to their children-as opposed to just providing moral instruction and a stable home life-was actually a radical idea at the time. Dr. Spock’s theories of child-rearing were the prevailing social norms: he advised parents to avoid demonstrative affection and hugging etc. So the ideas in this film reflect a shift in this way of thinking about parenting. The parents provided structure, stability, safety, etc. But they did not make any effort to develop intimate and loving meaningful relationships with the daughter. That is what Ed wood is trying to say-to a point. The idea is if you don’t see children as individuals and show them love, they will grow up to be delinquents.

[@mikezylstra7514]

meh. The moral of the story is that when raising kids you MUST be fully aware of who they hang around with, what they are doing ALL the time. You cannot expect to raise decent kids in absentia. It doesn't happen.

[@kentavoorhees9082]

my favorite lines: "hi mom can i have more of everything?" "goodbye my suffocating little ice queen" "i drive everyone away with my affectionate good nature demeanor" "we hear & obey" "we like milk & it shows" "well i'll see you next year with your new watch" "she died as she lived, failing algebra" "she'll do anything not to drive" "the lamp is a statue of our lady of do you have a bathroom around here" "stop talking so much & open the door, i barely said anything" "you will get nothing from me i'll go get it" "when a woman that top heavy falls look out" "well now i've seen dozens and one i guess" "well how's our little gun toting trollup" "she's got a room on the 400th floor"

[@bobf9749]

They went directly from tipping over desks and erasing the blackboard to shooting it out with the cops.

[@natalieschannel7806]

"If You're named Alexander Phipps, it's just over for Ya."

[@Groth1175]

HAHA!! "Thank God for my electric dress"

[@TheStephepps]

Judy probably experienced lightning ejaculation from Phipps after the dance.

[@jondunmore4268]

A new dress instead of a caress.

[@TruthArrows]

Ministry sample around 1:16:30 ! I was totally surprised by that one. "You have had all that money could give you but that wasn't enough. You became a thrill seeker...."

[@viciousoptimist3542]

I remember when I first saw this in '95... As soon as I heard the voice of the judge, i smiled...

[@idunbeezasmart1]

I'm so glad I got an electric computer so I can watch this.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

39:40 "Pretty bad one this time. How about it doc?" "Pretty bad." Brilliant dialogue!

[@HylianFox3]

I like this exchange from 'Werewolf' "How is he?" "He's bad." "How bad?" "Bad bad." with the riff being "'BAD bad bad', or just 'bad bad BAD'?"

[@matthewmarin703]

That short convinced me that subtlety wasn't invented until sometime this past decade. It was so ham-fisted I was tempted to slice it thin and eat it with mustard and swiss.

[@MrGMoney1944]

Can I get mine with Colby jack cheese?

[@quester09]

Matthew Marin on caraway rye ftw.

[@MaliceInCandyland]

If you watch any variety show from the 50s, they're just as obvious about the products they're endorsing as this short is. Entire sketches were written specifically for products. If you didn't want a half hour long commercial, you had to be watching a sitcom or a movie. Now imagine how exciting it was for The Violent Years to appear on T.V. instead of product placement jokes.

[@drxcreatures]

MaliceInCandyland; Right?

[@roygossjr]

Matthew Marin that skit put the “b” in subtle. ;)

[@TheFreshcorn1]

47:20-49:05 How the film crew didn’t die from laughter at Kevin I have no idea.

[@stevenramos8042]

Young Man's Fancy begins at 6:36 The Violent Years at 31:22

[@kimifw58]

Judy must be annoying to have as a sister. She hears about his academic accomplishments and gripes about her brother bringing home a bookworm with a revolting name, then gets mad at him for bringing home a good-looking guy.

[@subaduck]

42:28 "Oh the passion. I find you so acceptable."

[@coyotesmile8972]

The moral: If you don't want to die in childbirth then you should obey the law and be nice to people.

[@analogkid01]

"Obstetrical morticians HATE this one simple trick!!"

[@TechNinja]

"I just love bacon when it's crisp and crunchy like this". Mike: "Yeah, evidently".

[@lisettedevars9423]

That "girl" swallows her food whole.

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@lisettedevars9423 The way she's gobbling that food (bacon & eggs, no less) she's gonna be farting her fool ass off. God forbid if Fipps takes her to a movie.The theater will smell like a Waffle House.

[@lisettedevars9423]

@@mikezylstra7514 LOL Mike

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@lisettedevars9423 Yes! And she gulps air in the process. She'll be fartin' her fool ass off and it'll smell like bacon & eggs (and ham steak and lima beans - Yikes!). One short trip in the car and I bet Alex will never go anywhere near a girl ever again.

[@AWin187]

47:19 -49:02 Tom servo is a legend!! Love Kevin murphy. Cant stop laughing!

[@gusrubio1706]

I say this without a hint of exaggeration: Servo's theme song is the single greatest musical creation in the history of humanity.

[@steveharvey2102]

It makes me wonder if wrestler Bobby Roode and his theme song, Glorious were influenced by this episode. It's just so over the top, you can't help but laugh! Cheers.

[@Blackes_Magic]

Ah, I see the Joel vs. Mike battle still rages on. As sad as that is, it's nothing compared to the guy who tried to argue with me that Josh Weinstein was the superior Tom Servo, and that Kevin Murphy was a "sellout" XD Oh well. I've been told Mary Jo Pehl "ruined" the series,too. TL;DR "Repeat to yourself 'It's just a show. I should really just relax""

[@WayWardWonderer]

Tom Servo with the dummy head... *shudder*

[@WayWardWonderer]

;)

[@Roadvirus1]

+KTAVERILL Probably the most creepiest thing they've ever done. The Llama skit, with Mike's blank stare while in overalls, is second.

[@WayWardWonderer]

Don't you give no matches to Mikey!

[@TheStephepps]

It looked lie Charlie McCarthy.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Someone took a trip to the uncanny valley.

[@analogkid01]

They're kind of scattered here and there...check out mst3konline.blogspot.com for a complete list.

[@cthulhuhoops]

i've seen this episode so many times and it JUST hit me that all the girls have names that could also be male names, and that they even go by male nicknames for their crimes.

[@AvengerII]

You ever noticed that NOTHING GOOD happens to Tom Servo whenever he changes his head for an episode? Tom Servo - my third favorite robot character of all time!

[@kylestubbs8867]

When else does he do it?

[@AvengerII]

@@kylestubbs8867 Honestly, I don't know the other instance (the original MST3k ran for at least 9 seasons) but I'm sure it happened. They develop tropes for these shows and certain things always happen because they're SUPPOSED to happen by the show's internal logic. Tom's always supposed to get hung up by his vanity and ego!

[@alexandercrumulent271]

Bender and the T1000?

[@lisettedevars9423]

@@alexandercrumulent271 I love the T1000

[@Somebronysomewhere]

i don't think any short they had on this show had less of a point than the short in this episode.

[@samtownend6744]

It's either about advertising electrical things or teaching women how to appear stupid to attract incredibly dull men

[@benrichardson5662]

I dunno I thought the one with the song writer trying to go on his honeymoon was worse. That one didn't even have a recurring theme.

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@benrichardson5662 The recurring theme of that one, believe it or not, was phones.

[@mikezylstra7514]

It was to plug electric kitchen appliances but the script was so entertaining I don't think very many people got it. Almost everything Jam Handy is an infomercial - just very movie-ized.

[@DocLantern85]

I've been a fan of Joel since I became of fan MST3K, but I've grown to like Mike just as well. But I will say this, I always liked it when Joel wigged out everytime there was a movie-sign. He'd be like "OH, WE'VE GOT MOVIEEE-SIGGGGGGNN!" and Mike would be like "Oh,we've got movie-sign".

[@SuperNiceteeth]

I don't know which is more exciting, all these new ELECTRIC appliances, or Judy's pursuit of Alex!

[@mikezylstra7514]

The Violent Years is just t!ts! The best MST3K of them all; and the short is good, too. Classic MST3K. "She's got a room on the 400th floor" LOL! Exactly what I was thinking - right down to the number 400. I die laffing every time I recall that comment. Even months later.

[@thecursor1]

Watching Crow charge at the scream shouting "It's funny" gets me every time.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

the pointy bras were just out of control in this movie

[@dlxmarks]

To quote Paul Chaplin in the _MST3K_ book regarding the kidnapping scene, "It never happened. It never will. And it certainly won't happen to you."

[@LenoreShea]

But, it DOES happen

[@dlxmarks]

@@LenoreShea Do you mean kidnapping in general or what's implied at 46:30?

[@LenoreShea]

@@dlxmarks At 46:30, Yes, even though we only saw Paula's friends forcefully taking the man's shirt off (in a ridiculous way, not a brutal and violent disturbing way of course) it's heavily implied they DID sexually assault him.

[@dlxmarks]

@@LenoreShea Ah I see. The joke is clearer with the full quote of Paul Chaplin's comment "ADVICE TO BOYS AND YOUNG MEN: Do not think about this scene. Put it out of your mind. Work at your studies. Concentrate on your prayer life and don't let your mind wander. Regardless of what you think maybe happens after the fade-out, it's not real. It doesn't exist in the world. It never happened. It never will. And it certainly won't happen to you."

[@petescare13]

"Can You prove it Didn't happen?" (Edited for emphasis.)

[@boiledcrap]

God that opening short! Reminds me of what my granny would tell my mother: "Men are the ones who are fragile and helpless. The fact that they think women are just proves our superiority."

[@HazeMotes]

"Jam Handy" sounds like a depraved sexual act. "Hey Alex, how'd the date with my sis go?" "Swell! She even gave me a jam handy!"

[@wadecarmen7501]

Micheal Jackson gave a lot of Jim Handies and got sued.

[@MacTechG4]

Or to quote another JH riff... “Jam Handy reminds you to keep your preserves in a convenient location...”

[@mikezylstra7514]

Jam Handy was Detroit's mini-Hollywood. A spin off of General Motors marketing (1930's) it expanded into a lot of products and even did some mental/social health movies, often using actors from elsewhere.

[@irwinisidro]

Funny how the judge thinks giving the baby to a care home will have a much better chance in life.

[@HylianFox3]

Hey man, Paula's parents gave her watches, cars and money. Of course they can't be trusted! They also did charity work and listened to her when she shows up at their jobs unannounced. WORST. PARENTS. EVER!

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@HylianFox3 She was given a car instead of a cigar.

[@SBCBears]

I think it refers to being "red in the face" as one gets when angered. Since they were talking about Judy being teased, it is reasonable that giving her "the reds" refers to her getting angry and being red in the face. And with that you have my best guess, FWIW.

[@matthewkoch6937]

I figured it was the same as the "mean reds" from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"-hopeless, hollow despair.

[@StandardGoose]

I don't understand why all these teenage highschool girls are clearly about 30. Like in a porno, now that I think about it.

[@analogkid01]

I've never seen a film from this genre of which you speak. No, not once.

[@StandardGoose]

Well their basic premise usually follows thusly; a middle-age mother (aged 30) is sunbathing naked by a swimming pool when the teenage friend (aged 30) of her teenage son (also aged 30) happens by and they have energetic sex.

[@StandardGoose]

***** Both I and my skin aged considerably while reading that.

[@Spameggssausage]

***** you actually think those old teenagers in grease looked convincing??!

[@erd249]

Jonathon Cowley Because good child or teenage actors are hard to come by. If they actually used teenagers, you'd be complaining about how shitty the acting was.

[@antony716]

Judy might need an electric toy...

[@wadecarmen7501]

Electric eel works best. What Betty Rubble used

[@Yougotsblounchsked]

"They're shooting back!" "The bastards!"

[@CoolPaDuke]

"Hi Alex, I know you're hungry. We'll be eating in a jiffy." - "Father got us a new electric jiffy just for eating in. He's swell."

[@Jedislayer19]

"It's time to look forward..." Jesus Christ... the sentencing was YESTERDAY! I think we've earned at least a couple months of looking backward.

[@Frothenbath1]

Wow! I bet one day we'll be able to watch MST3K on our new state of the art electric computation machines! :D

[@adgato75]

That's madness!

[@RaoulDuke77]

I'll gladly watch an Ed Wood film over a Coleman Francis one any day.

[@guilmon182]

"BROOKS. AND. DUNN."

[@madamx7422]

.....Wynonna!

[@BrooklynJackBlue]

"...biscuit!" LOVE that riff.

[@kylestubbs8867]

When was that?

[@yerabbit]

@@kylestubbs8867 around 12:16

[@sentinel8758]

"Count Juggula!" I died.

[@joshDammmit]

It's hard to know how much exposition is gonna be enough, until you cross that line. And then, baby, it's too late.

[@boomboom6577]

This is the rub Lolol. The only way to know is by seeing it in action, long after it’s too late to walk it back 😂😂😂

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

"Ironically, this is still funnier than Night Court." HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

[@williammatthews693]

I always thought that one was hilarious... until I actually watched Night Court. The line is still funny I just can't agree with it.

[@AJF786]

Ed Wood sure loved his ham-fisted morals, didn't he.

[@samtownend6744]

+Mr1987Joe The cheap morals were a way of justifying his exploitation films to the censors I'm guessing

[@GrixieKong]

It's really strange to watch Ed Wood's "The Sinister Urge" and its premise that pornography causes violence, considering that Wood's entire late career was a bunch of nudie films.

[@1Hol1Tiger]

It was a piece of the time, at one point in this country pornography was illegal and the moral majority shamed anyone who dared even think of sex... things have luckily changed

[@dustincantrell6712]

Yeah. He was totally nuts but I do enjoy his films.

[@laurajohnson841]

In a way, he was well ahead of his time! I mean, women violently assaulting a man is still a risky subject in today's movies.

[@mrpieceofwork]

As she opens the fridge... "Here ya go, daddy." "Thanks, kitten." LOL

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

That's actually very accurate for SOME fathers-daughters at the time. It was less a slightly incestuous remark & more a condescending chauvinistic remark.

[@BlueEyes7452]

And the name is Alex. Servo: ...xander Fipps

[@DediJ8k]

Jam Handy would like to remind everyone to keep your preserves in a convenient location.

[@mikezylstra7514]

"Jam" is short for Jamison. Henry Jamison Handy. He bronzed swimming in the 1904 Olympics. Bronzed again at water polo, Paris, 1924. Was still swimming regularly in his late 90's.

[@sodabecca123]

I love the whole theme song thing they got going on here in the beginning

[@TOWexpert1]

The Surgeon General highly recommends that you DO NOT listen to this movie while driving your car...you will laugh uncontrollably and wreck.

[@emilinebelle7811]

TOWexpert1 shit, ain’t gotta be a surgeon to know that.

[@HominidMachinae]

It also shows how clever they could be though. For my money the "no! I have angoraphobia!" was one of the most clever quick-riffs they ever had.