MST3k 614 - San Francisco International

[@tamlandipper29]

"All the church would do is move him to another parish" Unexpectedly savage.

[@HerrEllsworth]

An interesting piece of trivia: this movie/pilot actually made it to series and survived an incredible six episodes. Unfortunately for Pernell Roberts, he was replaced in the series with Lloyd Bridges whose characterization he would spoof ten years later in Airplane.

[@tomservo56954]

Yes...it became part of the rotating series FOUR-IN-ONE, which also included MCCLOUD, NIGHT GALLERY, and THE PSYCHIATRIST (starring Roy Thinnes of the GENERAL HOSPITAL episode broken down into "shorts")

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

There's a riff referencing that in the episode: "Lloyd Bridges is replacing you when we go to series, sir".

[@cumulushalo576]

I'm surprised it made six episodes. This pilot took 3 possible episodes, 1. Congressmen stuck on a plane that might crash. 2. A grand heist to steal a lot of money. 3. A boy steals a plane but doesn't know how to fly it. What else is there? A terrorist episode I guess, maybe an episode dealing with a secret military plane... Pretty much it, end of show.

[@tomservo56954]

And it turns out 2 of the 6 installments of THE PSYCHIATRIST were directed by Steven Spielberg...

[@MrJONES925]

I think there was an episode where a boy who couldn’t fly took off in an air coup

[@pjabrony8280]

You know, they never did find the actual hippie who shoved in line at the candy counter.

[@mmsL125]

I think we needed another hour of hippie line cutting action, 45 minutes just wasn’t enough

[@graverob1910]

He’s long gone, pjabrony, he’s in the wind! You’re too close to this thing, and chasing a ghost! Let it go, or I’ll have your badge on my desk by Monday morning!!!

[@potatopower4026]

Hopefully not a made for TV hippie!

[@jerbganderwood8433]

Where's one of those cold case, true crime podcasts when you need one.... amiright?

[@dougjb7848]

That was gonna be the plot of the second episode.

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

The congressman who didn't like it "at all" was Jason Wingreen, the original voice of Boba Fett. He also went on to appear in a 1980's TV movie called "International Airport", starring George Kennedy. So now we know where George Kennedy is in all of this. You're welcome!

[@pockypurse]

So you're saying there were two Hunters in this film? :D The bounty hunter and Tab Hunter?

[@mariakelly5]

Fun fact: Jason Wingreen also played Major Rosen, the 918th Bombardment Group Weather Officer in 2 episodes of Twelve O'Clock High.

[@pardyhardly]

Jason Wingreen died of death in an annus previous. He was also on "Archie Bunker's Place", where he replaced Edith.

[@giantlobsterboy644]

Oh no. Airport administration movies were a genre? These movies are so boring.

[@roringusanda2837]

@@pardyhardly must've looked weird in a dress, but hey, props to him for being a pioneer!

[@cargo_vroom9729]

Man this movie just gets right into it. It's like we join the plot already in progress without even introducing any characters.

[@nopenothappening2242]

This movie has characters?

[@tysontaggart7246]

A true classic like star wars, it just drops you straight in and your immediately living in it's world! lmao

[@andrewgable4767]

"A bunch of oily-faced 70s B-grade actors try to prevent a shipment of Rush albums from falling into the hands of terrorists. Some little kid almost dies, too." Awesome description.

[@danielbaugher826]

Andrew Gable today's Tom Sawyer mean mean stride lol

[@bluevictory1010]

As long as it's a shipment of the album Presto then good riddance!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@iangraham9988]

Andrew Gable they’re going to weaponize YYZ

[@razony]

This is we're John Wick got his start. It was his father when heard of Rush's 2112 album shipment was at jeopardy, he sprung into action. After the terrorists destroyed the shipment, he went Hell Bent on revenge! That's what he told his young son John, just before he passed.

[@dianalewandowski7421]

😆😆😆yup that's the general synopsis!

[@analogkid01]

Actually, this is the pilot of a TV series which ran for six episodes before it was cancelled. None of the actors in the pilot returned for the show, except for Clu Gulager.

[@burgundyyears]

"I'll explain it to you again, um..." "You're a loser and we're sending you away" "It's just that sometimes married people..." "...break up because of their kids" "...simply have to live apart for a while" "apart from their kids I mean" "You're gonna get a divorce" "Yes, and *I* don't want custody." "That hasn't been decided" "Although because of you it's very likely" "Do we have to go now?" "YOU have to go now."

[@GenY42]

They are SO MEAN to Davey and it's amazing. They spend that whole scene with Davey and his mom making one cutting joke at his expense after another, then they just keep at it the rest of the episode. "No one told Pernell Roberts that Davey had the IQ of a box turtle."

[@RichardBirdsall]

That transcript made me laugh just as hard as the real time

[@amandahood7809]

My favorite riff in whole movie!

[@HylianFox3]

"No-one in the airport loves me!" "The making of a terrorist..."

[@NathanCope]

Absolutely brutal. And awesome

[@DiggitySlice]

The fact that a 9 year old has personalized stationery is more interesting than this movie.

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

So being a mad scientist and making others suffer will give you a six pack. I was going to work out but screw that.

[@muthesquirrel]

"You could cut the tension with a dull object." So... with the movie itself.

[@felipedelreal8448]

jufoo

[@ericsilva4472]

you could cut the tension with my *brain!*

[@pittland44]

I think that's being rather condescending to dull objects if you ask me.

[@lc9929]

"And thank you token." Lmao

[@cumulushalo576]

Well compared to other shows, hamlet, the screaming skull, the creeping terror, this episode is pretty damn interesting.

[@quarterburnt]

Thanks to MST3K, I can watch an insanely boring movie about an airport in relative comfort! Thanks Mystery Science Theater 3000!

[@daxmiller35]

I mean, this movie was insanely boring otherwise

[@choosecarefully408]

@@daxmiller35 *_SO_* boring. So very, very very boring... 😩

[@daxmiller35]

@@choosecarefully408 I also like how at 1:17:50, they’re ‘watching the planes’ with binoculars, even though the Golden Gate Bridge is nowhere near the airport, about 16 MILES north.

[@choosecarefully408]

@@daxmiller35 That piece of local trivia is more interesting than this entire movie.

[@johnnyd6135]

"there's a kid flying the plane" Crow: "well shoot him down!" lol

[@Rhubba]

"The front wheel feels mushy". A line of dialogue I've remembered for nearly 40 years.

[@Rhubba]

***** My job, my way

[@pittland44]

I'm Ziggy Stardust!!!

[@ICareBecauseYouDo]

The *NOSE* wheel, which makes it sound dumber IMO. "The uh... nose wheel... Feels mushy..."

[@stalkinghorse883]

The shot of the landing gear going down in the beginning of the movie is a B-52.

[@kurtwk]

Stalking Horse I noticed that too !

[@pamelashelley6547]

7:09 Evonne Goolagong is an Australian former No. 1 female tennis player, The Groovy Goolies was a Saturday morning cartoon series that ran from 1970-71 (and the Groovy Ghoulies was a 1983-2007 punk band from Sacramento who took their name from The Groovy Goolies), the Gulag Archipelago is a term coined by author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 1973 to describe the system of forced labor camps that existed in the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1956.

[@joypopoola6115]

Go Goolagong!! Her Sears exercise outfit commercials are in my subconscious still!

[@JustCallMeLouie]

I love that MST3K has full episodes on KZbin now. I own most of them on DVD, but this much easier.

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

😂😂😂 Same

[@mrkrinkle72]

This Movie was filmed thru thin coffee water.

[@nicholascarey9705]

you had to be there in the 70’s. it looked a lot like coffee then too.

[@AmericasComic]

I'm seeing a lot of comments about this up and down the thread - I feel like it's worth pointing out that the original print probably wouldn't of looked that way - The print was probably not well-preserved and so the cyan dye faded on it, making everything look like the color of a dish cloth. although even during it's time it probably looked all washed-out and shit.

[@emilinebelle7811]

Some movies didn’t have that great of funding. ‘Specially back then.

[@Chunkboi]

Nicholas Carey the cast and crew had to be kept awake somehow.

[@danwroy]

You mean, coffee?

[@DeathOfDelta]

I really thought you guys were joking with the whole Dr. Forrester thing before I saw it myself but the sheer fact that he has even a semblance of muscle tone hit me like a fucking train

[@peanutbutterdijonnaise]

I have a feeling that the visual irony of Frank’s gut vs Forester’s bod was intentional in this skit 😂 there’s no doubt that other MSTies felt the same as you!

[@cudgel_metal]

I know!!!! Just discovered dr Forester is shredded! What the hell?!

[@winonafrog]

1:29:13

[@thepld]

"Davy, I need to know where your dental records are…"

[@ignatiusgrippa]

The ready made pauses in dialogue, dead pan delivery and melodrama make this perfect for riffing.

[@dirkdiggler9482]

"The answer, my friend, is blow it out your ass"...! That's as good as MST3K gets right there. God, I love it.

[@kenetickups6146]

instead of black and white this was filmed in brown and orange

[@lisvender]

It's the Breaking Bad "Mexico" filter

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Kenetic Kups Actually, those colors WERE the trend then.

[@fatima1009]

More like tan and light tan, lol!!

[@nazicat6406]

except they had fancy names for colours, like avocado and burnt umber...

[@themightycelestial]

...and appliance green.

[@Somebronysomewhere]

That weird moment where you know Dr. Forrester could beat you in a fight.

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

He would beat me for sure! I'm weak.

[@SwampRainbow01]

nah he's little i met him lol

[@lucasstrough6493]

He's surprisingly shredded!

[@oljimeagle]

I drank 6 Tom Collins' and beat him in a fight fair and square.

[@DerekPower]

Power tools phase him. I think you can hold your own.

[@ggregd]

I like how they request a straight in approach and proceed to run through a really tight traffic pattern.

[@LadySingsTheBooze]

damn. dr forrester looks pretty do-able without his shirt.

[@greenranger8884]

Dr. Forester is more fit than I thought... That weird moment when I realize he could best me in a fight. It makes me uncomfortable with how fit Dr. Forester is.

[@Blake-ul8dd]

its all lighting

[@lilg8017]

Hey, didn't do all these crunches for nothin

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Skinny isn't exactly "fit," but, OK. The leather tool belt is such a turn on!

[@SchizoSkillz]

I'm here looking more like TV's Frank. LOL

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Obviously, ya never hung out w/pro wrestlers! (Of course, I'd do Trace a'time!)

[@Contemplativeman101]

This is becoming one of my favorites, and for no reason I can tell. I just laugh more

[@FreshSpecimens]

One Boring Bastard That happens sometimes. :)

[@samuelstephens6163]

I think it's the somewhat competent filmmaking combined with that special 70s acting. The riffing enhances rather that props up the film.

[@tamlandipper29]

Good bad movie takes itself seriously, but is goofy or fails.

[@cthulhuhoops]

@@SanchoKobe i actually genuinely like stranded in space--it has JUST enough potential to have been a decent movie (or show), but ultimately stumbles in too many places, too many times.

[@TheAndroidBishop]

Holy shit, Dr Forrester is JACKED

[@bendudley2387]

He was getting in shape for his America’s Funniest Videos gig

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

@@bendudley2387 HAHAHA)))

[@kakonis]

Hey man, Forrester is private stock!

[@ShaunShaffer-if3nx]

Makes you wonder why he didn't go the SOL and kick some ass! He'd have been like,"Screw this,if you want things done,you gotta do it yourself! I'm gonna kick some robot ass!"

[@phylliselizahb1041]

No he isn't. Ya haven't hung out w/wrestlers! Trace is almost androgenous.

[@Rebochan]

You know, I feel like the Urkel sketches really only work if you're someone like me that lived through the 90s and remembers how stupidly popular Urkel was.

[@samwilson7810]

Speaking as a kid of the 2000's, it's probably a miracle that I even know who Urkel is.

[@Rebochan]

Seriously, you dodged a bullet there. This skit is only a fraction of the pain that Urkel was.

[@samwilson7810]

Rebochan I gathered that.

[@Rebochan]

Sorry you weren't spared Bieber. We... really should have seen that coming...

[@samwilson7810]

Rebochan Yea.......

[@RRVCrinale]

I can see why Airplane had so much material to work with.

[@sct913]

Although Airplane! borrowed heavily from the "airliner in peril" theme popular in movies since the early 1950s, there were no references to any scenes or dialogue from "San Francisco International Airport" in AIrplane! (Airplane II parodied space-themed movies and TV shows, and not aviation). Having a weakness for 1960s and 1970s disaster movies, I did a term paper for a college course on how aviation and space developments were reflected in popular film and TV. The paper summarized all the various references in Airplane!

[@TheJasonbking]

It was largely based off a movie called Zero Hour! To the point some scenes were a shot for shot remake -- except Zero Hour was trying to be serious.

[@HerrEllsworth]

The irony is that when this went to series, Pernell was replaced by Lloyd Bridges. Ten years later, he was asked to parody this in Airplane.

[@AvengerII]

I think SST Death Flight (1977, TV movie) was also another uncredited remake of Zero Hour. Zero Hour clearly did inspire Airplane (which was a virtual remake like the second Psycho was of the Hitchcock classic) but there are a lot of similar plot points in SST Death Flight down to a disgraced ex-pilot, a doctor, a marriage/relationship in trouble, and breakout of illness on the plane flight. There's too much for it to be coincidental! Today, I think they're far more blatant about remakes. Also, when SST Death Flight was made in the 1970s there was already a trend to downplay B & W films and they were being shown far less (on TV) starting then than they were previously in the 1960s since TV had pretty much converted to color broadcast and the vast majority of homes in the US had color sets after the late 1960s. It may have been enough time passed where Zero Hour became a faded memory. (I've watched Airplane for years and NEVER heard about Zero Hour until recently... It just wasn't advertised well and doesn't get shown much on TV. I finally saw it offline this past weekend! It's much better than SST Death Flight which is pure crap but is played so straight it's unintentionally funny, too. It's also a sad film because you can see how much Dana Andrews has deteriorated and he looks very haggard in the movie.) I'm not saying SST influenced Airplane or that Airplane was a remake of it... These two films just happen to remake or spoof the same source, Zero Hour (1957). This happens all the time but people generally only remember the memorable remakes. Casablanca (1942, Humphrey Bogart) is the third version made of that story in film. Nobody remembers the previous two films!

[@sct913]

An equally significant irony in Airplane! was the casting of Robert Stack as Captain Kramer. He had played Captain Sullivan in 1954's The High and The Mighty, which is generally recognized among film historians as the first of the "airliner in peril" themed films. And the scene in Airplane when the runway lights go out during final approach was taken directly from SST.

[@kalistapaige2768]

"Pernell, your hairpeace is hanging out the door"

[@jennyjames727]

The commentary from Mike, Tom, and Crow is so on point in this one. Im laughing so hard right now

[@ericcantwell5582]

This is a movie specially made by actors whose presence helps viewers fall asleep on a couch. Stunning artistic accomplishment.

[@TheRealMightyHokie]

"Davey, I need to know where your dental records are." Funniest line in the show.

[@kymmydanger]

"Stuffing your face with diet gum!!!!" OMG that kills me every time!

[@Drforrester31]

The way Servo tips up to look at him is just perfect

[@StoneColdSergio]

It's the delivery, it's the mundane disdain that sells it.

[@williammatthews693]

Oh you mean for fatsos?

[@cumulushalo576]

You know what I call diet gum? GUM!

[@pittland44]

That whole segment is just gold: You know, Jesus was a hippy! Well look at him! I see him. I can't take my eyes off him. You know any Donovan? I'm not looking for jokes. I am looking for some pot though, know where I can buy some? Oh, he's a made for TV hippy.

[@kafan439]

Actually, the Fisher Price airport I had as a child was much brighter and more colorfully diverse than this airport.

[@bostonlondontokyo6581]

Haha, I had that too... I loved that thing.

[@LordSathar]

Man i never knew Trace Beaulieu was in such good shape.

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Try androgenous?

[@yerabbit]

that urkel bit... it's just like travelling back to 1995. urkelmania was real.

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Took a few viewings but now I really enjoy the appearances of the staff @ Best Brains Inc!

[@shadowmatrix0101]

"Just pull it halfway out..." Servo: No, I meant the throttle. hahahahaha

[@jonathanwashington6083]

The aerial version of "Riding With Death!"

[@Roadvirus1]

Without the mellowness and fewer turkeys

[@pittland44]

And 30% more Jive.

[@greedyd5524]

David Hartman is Robert Denby

[@pockypurse]

@@greedyd5524 Leave him alone!

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

@@pockypurse you _like_ Robert Denby?

[@samoanalii]

The Davey sequence may be my all-time favorite MST3K moment

[@Groth1175]

Dr Forrester's got abs!

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Ladies and Gentlemen...the parents of the Beatles”

[@starguy2718]

"If they violate our airspace, shoot them down."

[@GregDad100]

This episode was nominated for an Emmy in the writing category, but lost to "The Dennis Miller Show." There were more (and funnier) jokes in this one show than a whole season of "The Dennis Miller Show."

[@potatopower4026]

Possibly more than the entire run of The Dennis Miller Show!

[@jimmsm7497]

The only thing I ever liked Dennis Miller in was The Net. I enjoy that he got murdered.

[@aniyilator]

Well that sucks

[@gusrubio489]

Such a wildly funny episode. As good as the riffs are throughout, once Davey gets up in the air they're just fried gold.

[@notinspectorgadget]

Everything involving Davey is pure gold

[@HylianFox3]

"I'll explain it to you again. Umm..." "You're a loser and we're sending you away." "It's just that, sometimes... married people" "Break up because of their kids." "Simply have to live apart for awhile." "Apart from their kids I mean." "You're gonna get a divorce..." "Yes, and I don't want custody." "That hasn't been decided." "Although because of you it's very likely." "Do we have to go now?" "YOU have to go now."

[@brianmatt4822]

Crows-" future terrorist-" or was it servo? Re: Davey,divorce,&unhealthy ,lonely obsession eith-plaaanes.- by.y.

[@tysontaggart7246]

"Davey, climb out on the wing, we're gonna switch planes." "Your gonna die, down there!" "Davey, I need to know where your dental records are." "The faces of those you've wronged will be floating up on your left." "Davey you're going to meet a man in a black robe who wants to play chess with you." "Okay that's enough for today, tomorrow I'll teach you how to actually land the plane" "You hold him, we'll punch him!"

[@ClaremyJarkson]

I'm a little uncomfortable with how fit Dr Forrester is.

[@galvanaut7119]

He's got a freaking 6-pack.! What gives??? ....Dr Forrester.

[@miyakiwilson8305]

Right?! Had to do a double take on that one. Got a lil steamy in here.

[@Nimbasa180]

I was about to say.. Jesus H. Christ boy is FIT. Even TVs Frank is that fat-fit THICC

[@choosecarefully408]

@@Nimbasa180 Surprised these guys never thought to do a MST3K calendar. Mike in drag, the bots in whatever, & Dr. Forrester & Frank as construction-workers. They'd have to do something better for Mary Jo than be a floating head though. At this point, she hadn't become 'Pearl' yet. Torgo makes a surprise appearance as 'September.'

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

you have to stay in shape if you want to conquer the world.

[@murrfeeling]

Torgo: The voice of reason.

[@sandramccloud3]

🤣🤣🤣🤣awesome

[@williammatthews693]

I wish he'd pop up whenever I'm with a group of friends and we're watching something they think is hilarious and I don't and talk some reason into them.

[@ZankuroMinazuki]

"That was a Tres Bien merde!" :p I love the "just took a crap" jokes whenever someone comes out from a door and the puking noises whenever someone leans over. It's the simple things in life that I appreciate :p

[@whoohaaXL]

"That was a very good shit...ahh"

[@HylianFox3]

@@whoohaaXL Best one is from 'The Sinister Urge' (as Gloria): That was a GOOD CRAP!!!

[@plato898]

Doctor F is a lot more fit that I would have thought.

[@krassos]

I wonder if he demanded a shirtless scene to show off his abs.

[@cumulushalo576]

@@krassos probably just to show he could grate cheese on them and the crew's jealousy doomed him to less than 10 more episodes.

[@soildwaluigi]

Dr. forester is quite ripped

[@samanthasteerman980]

I really had to laugh- I was just getting ready to reply: "Yeah, but you should see Joel in some of the early episodes. There's a reason they called him "the sleepy-eyed guy" but then I realized your were talking about Forrester's physique. Hahaha! (Well, it was funny to me....)

[@ericsilva4472]

Samantha, *HAH!*

[@rouka120]

I was trying to see if it was painted on or not. It kind of looks legit lol

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

He and Frank both have a ton of bronzer on, his abs are painted on I believe.

[@carlycaye90]

quite SEXY

[@aykfc]

Ahh the 60s... Back when you didn't need box cutters to hijack a plane. Only a child of a messy divorce.

[@wickedmuffin76]

"Geez, they've whipped themselves into a state of mild concern"

[@pittland44]

Mark Zielke let's review our cast!

[@ferretgirl24]

Years later and "Shut up Iris!" still makes me giggle.

[@potatopower4026]

In 2022 I still laugh at it. 😋

[@TemmiePlays]

I'll miss my neo renissance lifestyle *sob* and.... my windbreaker *whimper*

[@pittland44]

Well, there'll always be Battlestar Galactaca, that'll never be cancelled!

[@RanMouri82]

16:34 "Just read Catcher in the Rye and deal with it!" Worst advice ever. Love it!

[@CB-xl8ml]

"You know all the church will do is move this guy to another parish" lmao

[@StoneColdSergio]

Ouch

[@kellyweingart3692]

“There’s a New Testament in town”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Serum...the new cd from Rush”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Captain Kirk?”

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Toupee and Greyweave, they’re cops”

[@amandahood7809]

"okay to call the flight, Ross" "Sure, call the flight Ross"

[@stalkinghorse883]

No one got called Shirley.

[@amandahood7809]

@@stalkinghorse883 Right🤷

[@HERMOSABEACHGUY]

"Hold her face up to the radio"........ Now that's funny........

[@roetheboat1]

Wait a second!!! So the pilot's wife gets kidnapped, held at gunpoint, threatened multiple times throughout the day. Then, when everything is said and done, the wife gets sent home with a sedative and the husband goes back to work? O.o I'm pretty sure this would be a good time to take a few days off and spend some time together, seeing as how you've just had a very stressful day.

[@sct913]

@1:27:16 Ross went home with his wife, and another pilot took the flight.

[@ProfessionalCynic1]

I still think the actress playing Davey's mom looks a lot like a redheaded 70s version of Amy Poehler.

[@gummieworms3909]

I know this is old but I was looking at her like where do I know her from🤔. You are spot on. Amy good call👏👏👏✌

[@Slopmaster]

Mania has its perks.

[@crunchygoodness]

That chick looks like Amy Poehler. I kept waiting for them to say something, but it was obviously too long ago to have her be on everyone's radar.

[@Seraphim4190]

Yeah, the Upright Citizens Brigade didn't get their own cable show until a few years after this episode, and even then she wasn't really on everyone's radar until she was on network tv a few years after that.

[@kalistapaige2768]

It's good to see Token from South Park got a job when be grew up

[@zazelby]

Mike as Steve Urkel looks exactly like Drew Carrey.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

One of the few host segments in which they really just had nothing from the movie to work with so had to just make something up.

[@DiggitySlice]

+Walker Riley the ear thing at the end was brilliant though. Frank's joke tied it off nicely.

[@CJ_Rogue]

hmmm things where certainly orange in the 70s

[@pamelashelley6547]

6:11 Singer Edie Brickell & New Bohemians is best known for their 1988 hit "What I Am".

[@serioushex3893]

"remove all sharp objects from your pockets". oh, what a time to be alive. now you can't even have nail clippers, ahaha.

[@jbsmg]

LMAO at 30:23. "Sure call the flight Ross, what do I care?"

[@squirestew4u]

damn Dr. Forrester looking pretty ripped

[@javaking1000]

Yea, I was thinking the same thing. Who wudda' thought??

[@mmmmSmegma]

I wonder if they decided to bring in Torgo from "manos" since Manos was filmed in El Paso, and here in the movie they ship the money to El Paso. Hmm....

[@brendanlowe8080]

mmmmSmegma Torgo was supposed to get the money in El Paso, but he had to walk all the way there so...

[@DarkVaati13]

1:07:22 The moment the kid steals the plane this episode goes from good to amazing.

[@Roadvirus1]

Best part of the entire episode

[@sf9310]

wow claiton is actually pretty damn ripped

[@ChibiPanda8888]

That's exactly what I was thinking....

[@timcallender999]

Whup - Child of messy divorce on runway 2.

[@pittland44]

tim callender All those people down there are getting divorced because of you Davey!

[@Ryusuta]

Well, now I finally understand the "Clu Gulager Alert" joke from the Touch of Satan episode.

[@joeburinskas8672]

Club was in the original pilot for Falcon Crest. He was replaced by Robert Foxworth.

[@lizerman74]

I now need a Dr. Forrester beefcake calendar.

[@billding7073]

Pernell Robert's hairpiece is now part of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Tab Hunter's athletic supporter can be seen at the Hollywood Gaydar Exposition. Clu Gulager's liquor supply by Andy's Liquor & Lotto.

[@pittland44]

bill ding brilliant!

[@christieperry4361]

Heh heh

[@MarshalTennerWinter]

"Deb is private stock, man!"

[@pamelashelley6547]

12:22 During the late 1980's and early 1990's in movie theaters across the U.S. a short heartfelt PSA would be shown prior to the start of the film that explained the purpose of the Will Rogers Institute charity. The theater ushers would then slowly walk up the aisles expecting donations from the audience. It was always awkward and uncomfortable since no one ever gave any money!

[@bob2732]

Exactly right. There should have been a display in the lobby where u could drop in a donation ... but noo, they do it the way u described and shamed or embarrassed the heck out of everyone there !

[@tomh.2405]

Yeah, hitting people up for money moments after they forked over $9 for a medium-sized tub of popcorn is not a great strategy...

[@pamelashelley6547]

8:46 Werner Herzog (German film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor and opera director) directed the 1977 film "Stroszek".

[@Palmieres]

Stuck at home because of COVID-19? Best time to play video games with MST3K playing in the background 😎

[@TheTrueCaptainAwesome]

I mean why not?!

[@GenY42]

Simultaneous MST3K/Best of the Worst and video games got me through 2020 just wonderfully

[@squeezleprime308]

"Thank you, Token!" "There's a 'Grace Slick' on the runway." "They overbooked the credits." "It's Pernell Robert's elaborate trick to demonstrate the need for men's room phones!" "It's a black eye!" "It's an eye of color." "Child-of-a-messy-divorce on runway 2!" "No one told Pernell that Davey had the IQ of a box turtle."

[@pittland44]

Gina Williams I'm Ziggy Stardust! Geez, ever since Vatican 2 these guys! Dr. Zaius! Now son Scotch is a good breakfast drink!

[@guarrho]

You know, people are gonna hate you for quite a while, Davey

[@RobsOtherChannel]

"No, I'm not the boy upset about the divorce..."

[@pittland44]

Davey? All those people down there are getting divorced because of you!

[@SHarriet]

My obsessive brain is still bothered by inaccuracies in the riffing, like when Tom angrily asserts that the crate is held closed by the dummy screws, when in fact it *can't* be, because they're *dummy* screws. The crate is held closed by an internal lock secretly hidden in one of the screw holes, hence the whole point of the scene.

[@TexasSheepdawg21]

Analogkid, it is a real treat to find your channel. I have been a MSTY since 1991 and I have seen countless episodes....But this one, I have not ever seen. Thanks kid. Your channel is the one I watch most. And with my Iphone, I can now watch MST3K Anywhere....And thats important cuz I work a graveyard shift. Next to Reagan, and The Founding Fathers and our US Troops, and the HVAC repair guy, you are a frikkin hero!

[@dougmphilly]

mid 70s made for tv movies are just too easy for these guys.

[@karmafrog1]

This movie really is Clu Gulagher and a bunch of stiffs. Dude is awesome, everyone else went to bland method acting school. The poignant divorce argument is particularly painful.

[@pamelashelley6547]

6:07 "Fearless" is a 1993 movie about a man who survives an airplane crash.

[@mariakelly5]

There's also a Jet Li movie called Fearless.

[@tomh.2405]

"Your in-flight movie is 'Fearless'" is one of the greatest riffs ever. I love how it's just slightly more oblique than referring to a movie like, say, "Airport;" they calibrated the joke perfectly, making you do just a tiny little bit of mental work to make the connection. They actually re-used this in "MST3K: The Movie," and I don't even remotely mind.

[@radicalgnostic9]

thanks for posting this! It was part of my revival of the "Turkey Day" marathon of MST3K begun by Comedy Central in 1991.

[@toadsie73]

Ah, the 70's. When orange was the new every-other-color-of-the-rainbow!

[@johnudiskey3056]

Sara Black where is your avatar from

[@AmericasComic]

@@johnudiskey3056 It's the MST3k episode The Brain That Wouldn't Die

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

That, or olive green. Brrrrrr.

[@williammatthews693]

"I wish they filmed this movie in color."

[@CornPop471]

Ooo9oo999oœo9oooo9o999o9

[@sct913]

The comment at 10:29 reminds me of a field trip our 5th grade class took to Logan Airport in the early 1970s, which included a tour of the field. At that time, the outer service roadway on the field still crossed two of Logan's primary runways at grade. To this day, I still vividly recall how the roadway approaches at this intersection had traffic lights (presumably controlled by the tower) and huge signs reading "AIRCRAFT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY."

[@PacificMidwest]

I keep looking for Peter Graves...I feel like this is something he should have been a part of. Anyone agree?

[@knownfact4905]

The writers/producers of this thing were in fact crucial people on the old Mission Impossible

[@Lancerdude77]

Pernell waving to that kid is the best pilot to pilot hand gesture since Maverick gave that MIG pilot the one finger salute in Top Gun.

[@zackh7840]

1:02:34 "I'm gonna splatter myself all over the tarmac to impress dad!" lol Tom Servos ridiculous voices get me every time

[@AndythePervert]

In event of a water landing, the bodies of the other passengers can be used as emergency floatation devices...

[@ccjuju]

22:40 I like the subtle layering inside the Urkel joke that Dr. Forrester is EXTREMELY concerned that Frank might be having fun.

[@nostalgicmalcontent]

Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat.

[@melmo112083]

Dr. Forrester needed to go shirtless more often...rawr...

[@analogkid01]

You know your photo has kind of a Diane Mahree quality to it...rawr...

[@melmo112083]

analogkid01 Thank you :)

[@Roadvirus1]

Dr F shirtless? Please God nooooooooo!

[@CommanderConvoy]

***** The Doctor..... .....is in. *YEAAAAAAAAH*

[@CrookedIproductions]

Melanie Elaine Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank are no Slab Beefchunks (or even a Bob Johnson), but still....rowrrr!

[@lambda494]

"I wanna check out that story by Conrad!" "It's called Heart of Darkness!" God I love this show.

[@kd4pba]

"Davey, all those people down there are getting divorced because of you".

[@analogkid01]

Uhhh, that's a negative, tower, the pilot is TV's David Hartman, best known as the host of the long-running news/talk show Good Morning America, over.

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

His face is large and troublesome.

[@MrMysteryGuest1]

David Hartman's face...it looks kinda mushy...

[@psycholist724]

As a private pilot I see a bit of a procedural issue in the opening. The tower clears them to land on "runway 1 Right, winds 2-8-zero at one-niner", meaning the winds were blowing from magnetic heading 280, west to east. This means the plane is lining up to land with a direct 90-degree crosswind instead of landing on the more obvious runway 28 (left or right, take your pick) which would face them directly into a headwind, exactly what you want for landing. The two Runway 28s are considerably longer than the two Runway 1s which would have given the plane more room to have a landing gear malfunction. Their presumed "emergency" was faulty landing gear so it's not like they were out of fuel and had to land immediately so they had time to line up for runway 28. If there are any commercial pilots out there who can provide a reasonable explanation, let me know. (Wait...were the tower controllers in on the gag??)