MST3K - Appreciating our Parents

Tommy is a lazy little jerk whose mom does everything for him. Watch him learn to appreciate her and dad.

[@skytigress]

" When Tommy's train track broke,he fixed it himself, killing 400 commuters." LOL

[@russellcrawley2110]

"Tommy calls many men dad." OMG that kills me.

[@CJAnonymous]

"NO, HELP, THERE'S AN ANNOUNCER UNDER MY BED!" I laughed my ass off there.

[@bonanzajellybean9]

"as she chokes back the bile of resentment" lmfao

[@vistulagibsoncooper2420]

"Magic is easy once you know MOM!!"

[@girlpirate21]

"Trumpy, no!" lol!! LOVE it! XD

[@ArmageddonAngel]

Now the faces of those he's wrong flashes before his eyes.

[@michaelgoff4504]

At 03:45, "And Tommy will get to see what Mother and Father do after supper." The jokes really write themselves here.

[@BrianRetro]

"....and what all the yelling is about!"

[@GodKingReiss]

"There was the bed to be made." And the maid to be bedded! *ba-dum tss*

[@luisreyes1963]

Setting Sun The basis behind every anime made since the 2k's.

[@GregDad100]

In November 1991, I tuned into Comedy Central one Saturday night and saw this short. I was intrigued enough to keep watching (the main film was "The Unearthly") and thus my two-decade plus love of MST3K began. Thanks for the upload.

[@Ronbo710]

"yeah ya wouldn't want that penny just sitting out" LMFAO !!

[@pacothetaco556]

"It's called guilt.......and boy does it work!"

[@beencybouncyburger]

~1:10 Joel: "Tommy's the Lathe of Heaven!" -ref. to science fiction novel about a man who reshapes reality with his dreams.

[@luisreyes1963]

Thanks, Captain Obvious. 😅

[@eliseives345]

I need to look this book up 🤔

[@MythicSuns]

8:11 "see how neat Tommys room is" pffft it's the 50s, everything was neat! Not to mention swell!

[@laurallewien2165]

And "keen"...🤭

[@aragax]

"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty." I laughed hard at that!

[@Azadeth666]

"Dad pulls the lever at the big house." BZZZZZT!

[@KarlaLOL]

"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty" XD

[@saedastarcaller]

Tommy showers only half his body to save water.

[@Raithious]

"Goodnight." "NO! HELP! THERE'S AN ANNOUNCER UNDER MY BED!!" "Oops! Almost forgot something important." "To pay homage to Gorto!"

[@holbrooke7]

"Magic's easy once you know Mom!" HILARIOUS!

[@DLM-ys5ui]

"Well, I isolated that nucleotide today!" :D

[@dragonmage06]

"When a piece of train track was broken, he fixed it himself. Killing 400 commuters." LOL

[@TPrower]

"*gasp* He's in the wrong house!" "Beer cans everywhere!" "Magic's easy once you know Mom!" "Trumpy, no!" "But Tommy calls many men Dad." Some of my favorite quotes. XD

[@tuckerbowen4626]

So remember kids, always listen to the voice in your head and do whatever it tells you to do

[@DrakeHerder]

"G'night Oedipus!" Brilliant!

[@ArtseyGurl]

"hello master" "heres a penny, happy birthday"

[@SuperWii64]

"while suppressing her hopes and dreams" LOL

[@desertrose777]

"Hey Ruben Hill you still walk the fertile fields of my mind."

[@nomoreuserid]

"tommy's dad pulls the lever at the big-house." awesome

[@Trashcanfetus]

"It's Tommy's connection coming up the walk" lol, he does drugs.

[@PokeDude011]

HERE'S A PENNY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[@MrSomebodyStrange]

To be honest, back in the 50s you could buy yourself a big home and hire an oriental to serve as the butler for this penny

[@idork]

"Tommy is the lathe of heaven!" They made an ursula k le guin joke?! Amazing!

[@TOASTEngineer]

To be fair, a nickel in 1950 is like two bucks today.

[@adiraiju9336]

+TOASTEngineer ...note to self: the minute I get a time machine, head back to 1950 with a couple hundred dollars and invest in Real Estate...

[@dude37]

+Adiraiju Good luck with that. Money from today looks nothing like it did back then. That's why Doc Brown carries a suitcase full of money from different time periods.

[@minorshan]

+The Dork Knight That's why you bring sacks of spices back to the middle ages and sell them. The relics alone would be worth crazy amounts, though you may need to make a stop in the 19th century to forge some archeological documents so you can legit sell them in the present. Yeah, I know, I've given this too much thought.

[@dude37]

Shannon Ongley Nothing wrong with giving it thought. It means you'll be prepared if the situation ever presents itself, no matter how outlandish.

[@Azrael666Azazel]

The problem is the aging process. You could get the relics, but you better have some place secure to store them. If you bring them to the present they would look like a very accurate modern recreation.

[@cammameil]

Now the faces of those he's wronged flash before his eyes!

[@Jangobadass]

"Save money. Remember, someone has to work to earn it." Buy Porky some pants!

[@whatthi]

@ 2:54 "good night father" "good night mother" "good night Oedipus" HAHA!!

[@psyclone7]

(0:32) "*Gasp* He's in the wrong house!" (9:11) "Get Porky some pants!" Those are my favorite lines! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL XDDDDD

[@Sarita12385]

"We're having cat today" LMAO

[@christieperry4361]

Mother is tired Tired of Tommy

[@smpawloski]

"I can't sleep! There's an announcer under my bed!"

[@ColetheAero]

good riff as always ! though, this actually seems to be the most useful, least dated, and least creepy, of the 50's Public service Announcements, mainly because it's actually about good life advice and not "proper social conduct".

[@ColetheAero]

Oh yeah, that is weird. I feel like that's common though, you try to tell a lesson in a very simplistic (almost fairy tale kind of) way. But as a filmmaker, you just have to cast kids who are older and out grew the material itself.

[@crashsite000]

"First he straps gophers to his feet." "He can help mother by putting things away...like his hopes and dreams."

[@torgo714]

One of the best tv shows ever. Me and the family always watched it every Saturday morning.I can't stop laughing.

[@luisreyes1963]

Pay homage to Gorto! 👺

[@VMIFerrari]

"You do the voice and I'll work the jaw, honey". LOL!

[@TimeandMonotony]

"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty."

[@favoritemustard3542]

O, ty!

[@gigidept]

"Well, I isolated that nucleotide today."

[@limbdarkening]

My mom would clean my room as a kid, and I would always get annoyed by it. It's amazing what you take for granted and don't appreciate.

[@tag7100]

"We're having cat today." "MEOW!"

[@doginstine]

Dad pulls the leaver at the big house! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

[@gardener68]

"Tommy Is The Lathe of Heaven." Hee hee. Nice nod to Le Guin.

[@Gruppetstudios]

Made the bed and bed the maid

[@RevDrTSgtC]

daddy throws the lever at the big house, hilarious

[@anubis1751]

She knows Tommy's appetite is getting bigger and bigger --while his brain gets dimmer and dimmer. So true.

[@GoblinXXX]

("Boy, that last scene was GOOFY, I'm glad we weren't in it!")

[@homsar21596]

"Here's a penny. Happy birthday."

[@paolocanestrelli7755]

I interpret the tone of this short as incredibly sarcastic.

[@dragmaXE]

Dad gives his son money and Crow says- Crow/Dad: Here's a penny. Happy Brithday. And as for me I go- Me: Bahahaha!! 😂

[@MendelsonShape]

"Goodnight, Oedipus."

[@Athena167]

"and the maid to be bedded!" lmao pricless

[@SimonTingle]

Directed by Ted Peshak and the little boy Tommy was played by his son Skip Peshak, according to imdb most of these public info shorts were directed by Ted. Many of the actors were friends or family. Still it gives us many funny episodes for MST3000 to use. 😄

[@TheRogueWolf]

I'll believe that they were friends or family. Asking me to believe that they were "actors" is stretching it!

[@luisreyes1963]

Simon Tingle Thanks for the information.

[@christieperry4361]

He's in the wrong house! Beer cans everywhere Except for his mind In a prison break Guilt, boy does it work Someone stole everything

[@ChrisAgs88]

"So he punts a football through the window."

[@chuckrawlings754]

6:10-"Dear, there's a bill from the Ritz-Carlton for a double room?"

[@theblackrosedaughter]

Gotta love how this kid is so damn clueless to the obvious-ass fact that it's his mom cleaning up after him xD Also....the dad ain't too bad look'n either....damn men back then were snazzy as hell ouo

[@minorshan]

Yeah, I think the real problem with Tommy is that he's not lazy. He's rock stupid.

[@theblackrosedaughter]

Shannon Ongley lmao yes x'D

[@MythicSuns]

Poor Tommy was traumatised when he found out it wasn't all being done by Santa working a side job

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

They smelled good too. I think it was the Aqua Velva.

[@monkeymouse]

Is it just me, or does Tommy look like an eight-year-old Joe Don Baker?

[@AlanHollow]

"Can you guess what he's thinking?" "What a dump!"

[@VMIFerrari]

3:53 _"Mom? Dad? ....... _*_OH MY GOD, THAT'S DISGUSTING!!! OH"!_* Lol!

[@GreyFox785]

"Tommy wants to be a part of that team." "So he punts a football through the window!" I couldn't stop laughing!

[@Garp397]

my young daughter was watching and cracking up at some of the jokes...but I also reminded her that she has taken more responsibility this year in doing some of the things tommy was doing (ie keeping her own room clear). Very funny at times but very good lesson for young kids to take more responsibility in helping around the house.

[@CaptApril123]

Many of these shorts are very easy to criticize, but this one less so. I think the essential message still holds true.

[@razbizzle]

"As she chokes back the bile of resentment."

[@pockypurse]

"At home, before supper, Father worked on the family budget.." "Oh man, we're in trouble...!" I couldn't stop laughing at that. xD

[@luisreyes1963]

Having to decide between shoes or food, eh? 😟

[@crypticmcnuggets754]

I like Tommy's roomcleaning bowtie... very fashionable.

[@billsmith6884]

He only does a half baked job on that mirror. He's one of those kids you have to stay on top of or he'll just start slacking off again. THAT WON'T HELP HIM IN VIETNAM!!!!!

[@billsmith6884]

Fortunately for Tommy, his drill instructors patents payed off and he graduated from jump school. He went on to be assigned to the Green Berets. He later served with distinction under Colonel Walt E Kurtz in Cambodia.

[@billsmith6884]

***** Are you sure about this? When last heard of; Tommy was serving with the Green Berets in Cambodia under the command of Colonel Walt E Kurtz. The army records have him listed as disappearing after the fall of the Kurtz compound. Unconfirmed reports have him working as late as 1980 as a mercenary in South East Asia.

[@dndboy13]

jesus what a rollercoaster of a comment thread that was

[@PokeDude011]

I CARRIED AN M-16 AND YOU! *YOOOOOOOOOOOOU* CARRY THAT... THAT... 50'S ANNOUNCER!

[@TimeandMonotony]

Damn that got dark.

[@t1mmysrevenge]

"he can rejoin the village people now!" haha perfect! "by having a job.. a lousy job.."

[@LeshaAnn]

"Tommy is 'The Lathe of Heaven'!" Woooow... They sure were literate.

[@1LivelyRogue]

Tommy’s The Lathe Of Heaven! Thank you for that.

[@slashingkatie7872]

As dated and silly as this is, it does teach a good lesson to kids. Namely get off your lazy ass and help out around the house. You could do this same short today and all you'd have to change is maybe his mom working outside the home and Tommy instead sits around staring at his Ipad or texting his friends and wants to ask his parents for an Xbox One or PS4.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Katie Baily wait, so kids really get this kind of cushy treatment? In my house if we didn't pick up our own things, they would get thrown out

[@landonmiller6943]

@@tuckerbowen4626 Tough parents!...but fair.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

@@landonmiller6943 well, we DID get a warning first, and that was always enough

[@landonmiller6943]

@@tuckerbowen4626 Meant what they said too...smart parents!

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

And eliminate the dad from the script.

[@homeequityloan1746]

Here’s a penny. Happy birthday.

[@Bomfunker91]

"SLEEP." "No! Help, there's an announcer under my bed!"

[@luisreyes1963]

Too late...🌚

[@sabinamaria3325]

"Here's a dollar. Go buy something pretty." xD

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

"Here's a penny! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" LOL LOL!

[@szqsk8]

"Tonite we're having cat for dinner" MEOW!

[@PrestonHon]

"Someone stole everything!"

[@slipknot92194]

Does this show just ever stop being so funny and original? :)

[@xTom218]

"It's Tommy's connection! Coming up the walk!" "Here comes Tommy's father, 'but Tommy calls many men dad.'" "Today is the day Tommy is to receive his a his allowance. 'Here's a penny, happy birthday.'" "Tommy will get to see what mommy and daddy do after supper. 'And what all the yelling is about.'" What they do after supper alone is funny, but Joel's line after is great. xD

[@UNIXg33k]

LMAO! The cat noise when she opens the oven @ 5:06 --- priceless!!!

[@vjm3]

"Oh look heres Tommy's father home from work." "Tommy calls many men dad."' Oh wow........

[@MSTJedi]

"From slacker to boaster! Thanks Tommy"

[@Wawagirl17]

"Give Porky some pants." I don't know why, but I really died at that! lol

[@robinkeiger2208]

Complete with hecklers!!!

[@Nightweaver1]

Tommy's now OCD and attends four hours of therapy every week. Goodnight everybody!

[@CaptRodgers]

Clothes scattered about... Toys on the floor..."Beer cans everywhere!"

[@Mshottie6]

Narrotor: Dirty clothes, toys on the floor... Mike: Beer cans everywhere! Narrotor: Now everything was straightened out. Mike: Except his mind!

[@mastashaker916]

Wow, this is a really good one!

[@Donteatacowman]

They had so many chores for Mother and then some vague manly-sounding excuses for father. I love that the whole video is guilting this kid into not asking for 25 cents more per week.

[@yield2d]

"Mom, I translated a Beckett play this morning!"

[@christieperry4361]

"magics easy when you know Mom!" I said this to my mom and she agreed

[@sGirl-ny9xj]

Me too!

[@randommanthefirst]

"Someone stole everything" I laugh at that one every time.

[@luisreyes1963]

Now pay homage to Gorto. 👽

[@calhounac76]

It's Tommy's connection coming up the walk.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

I remember watching this short before I watched the actual episode and wondering "the hell happened to Crow?"