MST3K - Favorite Moments - The Killer Shrews

In episode 407 poor Joel and the bots have to go through Ray Kellog's (of Giant Gila Monster fame) "classic" Killer Shrews.
A professor is conducting rather strange experiments on shrews which make them grow -- or rather, turn them into coon dogs draped in fluffy rugs.
Why?
It's science! What other reason do you need?
Anyway, these experiments are of course best conducted on a secluded island under the capable supervision of an assistant, a daughter with a drunken fiancé, and a caretaker -- otherwise known as potential shrew fodder.
A local sailor (James Best -- aka Roscoe from Dukes of Hazard) arrives on the island with his very own contribution to the killer shrews' diet in the form of his shipmate.
This leads to a riveting and fast paced action extravaganza of watching them barricade themselves in a house... where they drink... a lot... and talk... even more...
Finally they come up with a plan to escape the horrendous combination of rugdraped doggies and hand puppets (otherwise known as Killer Shrews) by building a small, portable playfort out of barrels.
There really isn't a whole lot of interesting things to note about this movie, other than perhaps the rather staggering amount of different accents represented by the small cast, and the impressive amount of alcohol they manage to consume -- which might actually give the audience a rather accurate insight into the creative process of coming up with this story.
Shrews!?
Really!?
The movie is preceded by the short Junior Rodeo Daredevils, which manages to convince the unsuspecting audience that there really isn't all that much to do in the country, except for having various parts of your body dislocated by farm animals.
Fun Fact: James Best actually co-wrote the script for the sequel, The Return of the Killer Shrews, which was released in 2012 and once again plays Thorne Sherman. I would personally have preferred the title, Killer Shrews 2 -- The booze hounds. Oh, well...
Another Fun Fact: The daughter is played by Swedish Ingrid Goude who won 2nd runner up in the Miss Universe pageant in 1956.
Yet Another Fun Fact: Her drunken, cowardly, and all out dysfunctional fiancé is played by none other than Festus from Gunsmoke, Ken Curtis.
Another Other Fun Fact: The professor is played by Baruch Lumet (father of renowned director Sydney Lumet) whom you might have encountered as a bondage fetishist in Woody Allen's Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex...
Look out for the danger of falling in with a group of ham radio operators, Mustang Sally, a man glued to a saddle, Capt. Stoneshrimp, moppets, booze, shrews with shovels, next years janitor, a woman specializing in nothing special, booze, portable confessionals, gin omelets, Mr. Ventilation, the fleshing of a drink, more booze, Dr. Ratbird, someone being Adam Ant, the last castrate, an exploding man, yet more booze, the intricacies of fish, shrewdoo, when bad dogs happen to good people, too lot of quite, the tearing down of a drink, a Festus buffet, and several gallons of booze.
Enjoy! (Preferably with lots of booze.)

[@joshuablack8221]

02:18 “Now, he sells pencils and string on the corner.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@luisreyes1963]

Who'd have thought that Ken Curtis & James Best, who would later find fame on Gunsmoke & The Dukes Of Hazzard respectively, worked on this turkey, The Killer Shrews. Fun Fact: Ingrid Goude was Miss Sweden of 1956. And she's alive & well today.

[@Patrick_Cooper]

"Lets fart and get to sleep" Every night baby, every night...

[@chaosinc.382]

"Billy's youngsters hit us with posters near everywhere we went." "Then they started hittin us with baseball bats." The delivery is perfect.

[@EAG46]

In memory of James Best, who died April 6 2015 aged 88. Here's to you, Captain.

[@mr.danfam]

EA Gorman He actually appeared in a sequel to this 51 years later! I would love for the boys to have a go at it on rifftrax although I'm not sure really bad CGI shrews are as much fun to riff off as dogs with papier mache shrew masks...

[@faithfulgrl]

@@mr.danfam 7yrs ago!! For Pete's Sake I need answers. Dear God, I am SO Late to this party!

[@jasonw131]

And the crowd goes wild! yaaaaaaaaay.

[@RIXRADvidz]

yay.

[@MrAjax246]

Killer Shrews Killer Shrews K I double L E R Shrews! Love the barrel escape! lol

[@alecfoster4413]

And the crowd goes wild!!! [....yeeeaaa...]

[@RIXRADvidz]

yay.

[@cindydott452]

"Smothered in gravy, Texas style!" Never fails to make me laugh!

[@johntumahab323]

Call me crazy, but...out of all the movies MST3K has done over the years, I think this one had the most potential to be "good". I think once they get through all of the endless exposition and standing-around-drinking-scenes, it's actually a fairly thrilling, pre-Tremors situation.

[@TaritaAavik1]

The Magic Sword also counts, not as bad and lame as most of the other movies are.

[@johnnyweissmuller5559]

And the crowd goes wild! *YAAAAY!* "

[@RIXRADvidz]

yaaaaay.

[@cindydott452]

What an ending. He just told the scientist "I'm knockin' up your daughter!"

[@cocosilk]

I miss you Auritone! Glad to have you back!

[@robertmcginty4146]

Can't [indistinct] the Dixieland Jazz like I can.

[@TaritaAavik1]

Fun fact: This movie is one of Frank Zappa's favorite movies.

[@christopherwall2121]

"OH NO PIRANHAS! SHARKS!"

[@monkeymouse]

"The shoes got into the bar?"

[@pronkb000]

I'm sad we didn't get Griswold's blithering about Dixieland jazz.

[@robertmcginty4146]

Ok I thought this was the one. Can't [indistinct] the Dixieland jazz like I can.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

“Ted Mut...gent.” 👍

[@leannewho664]

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!

[@yazminamacias4000]

My husband grew up watching you guys...👍

[@faithfulgrl]

Did he really grow up?💡When I watch these I am so young again. Luv'n every movie. I'm partial to earlier episodes with my boy-friend Joel🚀 Happy Riff'n!

[@richelliott9320]

I saw this in my teens on shock theater

[@RIXRADvidz]

Creepy Creature Feature when I was a kid in the Land of Enchantment

[@andrewparis5712]

Wait, so participation trophies weren't invented in the 80's?!

[@RIXRADvidz]

the ''Self Esteem'' movement started in the backwoods and rural areas of America to bolster the esteem of Country Folk, Hillbillies and Appalachian poor.

[@tf2redpie]

Weasels ripped my flesh

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

all nine of em!!

[@TheVampirePredator]

You should have put the "Killer Shrew" song in!

[@hanz101]

Thanks for the upload ^^ Hmmm would you happen to know if rifftrax will ever release there special fathom events for download on their site?

[@MrJonnyPepper]

ChetChat ohg fun

[@HookersFancyMe]

I don't know why? But I always lose it laughing: " Dammit asbestos buffet."

[@robertc8110]

So bad it's good 👍

[@Checker222]

I love these, thank you!

[@auritone]

Yeah, my copy made a weird crunchy noise so that part was unfortunately barely audible.

[@theeasybeats5913]

Outskirts of Dallas, looks like it, thought I recognized it and I don't like Festus being mean

[@faithfulgrl]

🚀 I know. Festus is a Sweetheart. Here, he's a guy I could easily take down. I could take all of their cigarettes 🚬. They must have brought several cases full of cartons.

[@Kill3rballoon]

YAY thanks for the new vid auritone

[@steveg8322]

Evah wunda wauh felt come fwom?

[@jbvideos6605]

14:11 😂

[@glennjoselane1690]

fart and get some sleep!

[@ZERO_O7X]

Say what you will, but that doctor really drives a shrewd bargain.

[@ilikethecokev2]

So who's worse at speaking English, this guy or the one from Incredibly Strange Creatures who stopped living and became Mixed Up Zombies?

[@monkeymouse]

The doctor was Baruch Lumet, who emigrated from Poland and worked in Yiddish theater as well as Hollywood. (His son Sidney Lumet directed some great films like "Dog Day Afternoon".) In "The Incredibly Strange..." the fortune teller Madam Estrella was played by... Brett O'Hara; whether or not that was her real name, she probably didn't say things in real life like "You dirty feelthy peeg!"

[@christopherwall2121]

@@monkeymouse not her, Jerry. The Nick Cage-looking guy. The director.