MST3K - Posture Pals

[@OddMike]

Crow's burned-up silhouette gets me every time

[@Cheeyev]

He looks like Mangle when he got burnt..

[@joeburinskas8672]

The shorts are some of the funniest things about MST3K

[@flapjacko]

“out of balance, just like a house about to fall” “just like his dad on friday night” I LOVE THIS SHOW

[@جودالفيصل-ج1ه]

jacko twice fancy

[@Casey5693]

They had a self-help video for everything in the 1950's.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Posture started in the 20's along with sleeping with the window open. This was about the 10th posture film.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

But not for minorities and spouse abuse.

[@Casey5693]

@@jean-lucpicard5510 Or for mental health issues

[@metaljacket8128]

​@@jean-lucpicard5510And nowadays we have all those problems and a few more on top, despite all our advancement! Turns out time periods all have their ups and downs, and if you only focus on the downs, everything will always look terrible.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

@@metaljacket8128 I don't how you look to the positives when you get racially profiled for driving while being black,

[@TPrower]

Narrator: Don't you agree that these four children deserve to win, after trying so hard to improve their postures? Joel, Tom, and Crow: NO. XD

[@coomingnotgoing904]

Cause they're on the payroll.

[@Michael-rx7ff]

Best MST3K joke ever!

[@tameniai]

FIX!

[@jilliebean3000]

I never knew of mst3k's existence until a few weeks ago, now i'm hooked. It's such a funny, friendly show and the D.I.Y low budget look of the show just adds to its warmth and charm =D

[@RoyAnderson]

Welcome to the club, fellow mstie! :) Yeah, your comment is from 12 years ago, but it took a long time for approval for this welcome to work it’s way through the bureaucracy.

[@TimeandMonotony]

"It's Hitchcock!" "After Slimfast." *cue Death March of a Marionette* YUSS!

[@TimeandMonotony]

I mean Funeral March, this isn't the Philippines. :P

[@CitizenKahne1992]

"You can see that this boy needs help." "He's a loser and the kids let him know it."

[@nina1522]

"Mrs. Martin, Tommy drew a bong!"

[@coomingnotgoing904]

And they'll go to Burger King and get crappy hats.

[@timbartschwolfman]

CraftyLittleDevil Lol 👍🙂🤣😃😄

[@astrocitizen]

I was well into my twenties before I realized they were saying "bong", not "bomb". Dear God, I had a sheltered childhood.

[@TanzDerSchatten]

Jimmy's father served in the Pacific during WWII, hence Jimmy's Hawaiian shirt, which Dad picked up as a souvenir during a refueling stop in Honolulu. As a Marine Corps sergeant, Dad led his squad ashore at Tarawa under the command of Col. David Shoup. He drinks in an effort to forget the days of bloody fighting, which explains his crooked posture on Friday nights.

[@1rk3neditz]

+TanzDerSchatten amazing backstory

[@1rk3neditz]

***** Thats a great backstory too

[@Lazyguy22]

+TanzDerSchatten Jane loves trees.

[@artistwithouttalent]

Matilda Jane's parents were among the first of the hippies, chaining themselves to trees, and imbibing the sweet smoke of some unusual botanicals.

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

Mary wanted to be an actress. It didn't pan out. She overdosed on pills alone in a rundown motel in Tennessee at the age of 27. No one remembers her.

[@BTLemming]

"Miss Martin, Tommy drew a bong!" is my all-time favorite line from this show.

[@astrocitizen]

I was such a sheltered kid growing up. I could have sworn the line was "bomb" until my mid-thirties.

[@dkt1976dt]

"Now their chances of ever being cool are ruined for life" LMAO

[@TheBelieveit1]

Donald Thompson cause they're the only kids in their class who gave a crap XD

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

osture pals - GOOF At the end, when the 4 kids stand in front of the class, the 2 girls are wearing sweater jackets. 2 seconds later, the sweater jackets are gone.

[@gargoyles9999]

+Shuttitt Uppitt illuminati confirmed

[@beauwalker9820]

7:59 R.I.P. Bombo the happy, and unironic clown.

[@russellcrawley2110]

I'll always love MST3K. This show never failed to make me crack up.

[@jackson5056]

7:59 I laughed so hard, I almost died.

[@ngobleus]

Yes! He said it! "The...larch." I actually had to play back that part to make sure I wasn't imagining him say it.

[@alcalu]

"Here, she reenacts her first DUI." You can't eat or drink during these episodes. Man, these guys were hilarious!

[@Scribblerjohnny]

This is one of my favorite shorts. I love the commentary.

[@stevej71393]

No wonder so many people dropped out of school back then and worked at factories.

[@johnnyorland0]

I came across this MST short flipping through channels around 1992 and was instantly hooked. It's great that they are doing new stuff now (RiffTrax and The Film Crew).

[@DavidEzell]

There is another episode, perhaps the next one after this, and they are still talking about this short. Either Crow or Servo says he wants to, "marry into posture."

[@frbe0101]

I remember seeing this as a child, when watching MST3K, god brings back memories, nearly chocked to death laughing

[@amberarizmendi7791]

after the crowning, a revolution broke out in the classroom. the king queen of postures heads are mounted on pikes, and the prince and princess of posture were buried alive at sea. Mrs. Martin lived happily in a cottage in France for the rest of her days.

[@ErinIsPunk]

"They're gonna take this for about a half hour before killing each other." LOL, I love Joel's dialogue

[@MutantSentry]

That Bombo doll is horrifying... Did I once see him creeping around in a sewer shining lights at kids and talking about floating?

[@adiraiju9336]

+MutantSentry Honestly, the idea that he HAS a spine is the most disturbing thing of all...

[@BrianRetro]

I think it's actually a Bozo doll.

[@ghostofandy]

My dumb school only taught me about Math and History and English, never posture.

[@MutantSentry]

Oh the things you could spend class time on when you weren't being held hostage to a one size fits all standardized test... Art, creative writing, posture...

[@TanzDerSchatten]

+ghostofandy What I'd like to know is, how can you maintain good posture while practicing "duck and cover"?

[@MutantSentry]

Hold your back flat to the bottom of the desk

[@chemdance]

I went to school in the '50s, and nobody ever mentioned posture. Mine was terrible. Fixed it with ballet in my 30's.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

@@chemdance In the mid 50's I had a first grade teacher that pestered us about posture. And coloring stuff only within the lines.

[@xGodofAcidx]

They gave them little robes and scepters, my ribs hurt from laughing

[@Friend2Fuzzies]

"an airplane shouldn't stand crooked" "like daddy on friday nights"

[@menslady125eif2590]

"The story you are about to see is true. No names were changed, because NO ONE was innocent!"

[@PhiloB68]

I'm a hardcore Mystie...started recording them on VHS when they first came to Comedy Central. When Penn Gillete was the voice for Comedy Central. Now I am working on my DVD collection. The Legend of Boggey Creek: The Legend Continues is one of my all time favs. So a very big AYE to you clambo !!! A very Big AYE !!!

[@HughJassat]

Tommy, Mary and Jane were later executed after Jimmy staged a bloody coup, declaring himself Posture Emperor for Life. Great short, thanks for posting.

[@scientistservant]

Fucking love the Beavis impersonation whenever Jimmy appeared on the screen.

[@tipsy9947]

The original poster of the video says Melissa Gilbert is in this, but she wasn't even born yet when this was made

[@2BChaos]

Love the Monty Python reference at 2:03

[@BondoFox]

I've been huntng this MSTie short for AGES!! THANKS for sharing it!!

[@wimbletonjones7541]

I love how the kids draw passive-aggressive pictures of how bad their partner's postures are

[@floraposteschild4184]

Miss Martin has a hell of an expensive outfit on, for her day as an elementary school teacher.

[@TanzDerSchatten]

+Flora Posteschild She's trying to catch the gym teacher's eye.

[@crescentfreshbret]

TanzDerSchatten Well she sure ain’t gonna do it with THAT hairstyle!

[@Eisenwulf666]

Also her posture is far from perfect..for shame!

[@NeptuneRising70]

Hey, Chris Chambers tried to tell us she stole the milk money and used it to buy a new outfit but no one believed him!

[@451hist]

@@NeptuneRising70 Teddy and Vern were a couple of feebs.

[@mizzCici14]

"Hollow chest and tired head." "She should just go home to bed.....green eggs and ham." lol that part made me laugh so hard

[@lharper2323]

I can’t stop laughing at this. Everyone needs a “posture posse”. 😂

[@maxtheaxeiswax]

They still do this, they have a website called rifftrax. they do more resent movies now.

[@dkt1976dt]

"uh sorry Mom,Dad"

[@christieperry4361]

Thank you, I'm wearing a lovely pantsuit

[@danielbissell]

“And you truck like the Doo-Dah Man!”

[@BrianRetro]

"Okay honey I'm going to kill this tree if you don't stand straight!" "A tree plant shouldn't bend like that!" JOEL: "Then stop doing it!" My favorite lines from this short.

[@marriedtothemusic23]

"Their chances of being popular are ruined forever." Bahahaha! So true.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

That's when the kids come up with a plan to blackmail Mrs. Reedy!

[@bojo0]

It's Joel; the cutaway scene was of the Gizmonic Institute too.

[@JamieRobles1]

During the intro of this episode, Crow was talked into doing a video for TV's Funniest Home Videos- they were going for it's funny when you get hurt route. Crow got burned playing a little girl on a stack of boxes filled with flammable pajamas- Tom played pyrotechie for this stunt. :D

[@reddavis4808]

"Just like his dad on friday night." 🤣🤣🤣

[@10KLilSebastians]

gotta love the 50's (the videos they had)

[@TheOneTrueFingal]

In the opening host segment, the gang was staging a video for "America's Goofiest Home Videos" with Crow as a little girl atop a stack of boxes full of flammable pajamas. Servo provided the special effects...with a blow torch. Crow became extra crispy.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

he caught on fire. At the beginning, Servo says 'He's still smoldering'...

[@GunarmDyne]

He got horribly burned prior to the start of the movie while filming a fire stunt.

[@ReverendSyn]

Anyone notice this clip was briefly alluded to in the opening segment of "Fire Maidens" Where Joel was about to crown the "King and Queen of posture?" I think it was Fire Maidens. It was the one with "Timmy" the evil spectre of Crow.

[@AlicexMarilyn]

Princess of posture? Can you put that on your resume?

[@collegeman1988]

This film was made before they found out scoliosis was causing all the problems with posture. After this was discovered, public school students had to constantly endure scoliosis screenings at least once a day.

[@knightclawer]

"My Name's Sally and I'm a shackolic"..."Hello Sally!!" 'Thank You..thank you very much I'm wearing a pantsuit" "They go away to Burger King to get crappy hats" "Mom's dress matches the wallpaper" "Sorry...mom-dad" "Fixed!!, Its Fixed!!" LOL--Funniest Quotes in this short

[@deadcrowes19]

"With hollowed chest and tired head." "She should just go home to bed." I don't know why, but that line kills me every time I hear it!

[@Mistertbones]

That's when the kids came up with a plan to blackmail Ms. Martin!

[@OWfan]

They do that riff quite a bit. I've been wondering when that started.

[@orgixvi3]

Actually it IS possible to straighten your spine completely, but you'd need something on you, of coarse it doesn't take tourture devices to do that. If you walk around with a "perfect" posture and something heavy enough to knock you down hits you on your head, it could shatter your spine, even if your head doesn't fracture and you survive.

[@bigbirdweb]

Good attention to detail.

[@xxdamonxx77]

Very funny! Awesome video!! Thanks for posting!!

[@Dulcimertunes]

I would have LOVED to have those curls in 1960

[@gregoryreese8491]

(Crow)>>no place like home>(4:31 Joel whispers faintly)>it's cloven

[@sl4983]

This background talk is hilarious!!!!!

[@alecfoster4413]

Mary looks so 19th century.

[@GregDad100]

"It's Ernest Borgnine!" It's hard to imagine that this film was actually shown in schools during the 1950s, but it was. Incredible.

[@luisreyes1963]

Nah, Ernest was way cuter. 😏

[@RocMegamanX]

"The voice-over guy sounds like the guy from the Empire Carpet commercials." He does sound like him...And I've watched the commercials plenty of times.

[@johnclavis]

My gym teacher used to give me a posture test... he'd have me stand straight up against his front, and he'd use his "posture pole" to make sure I didn't lean to either side... everything goes kinda goofy from there...

[@adamcolbertmusic]

"Their chances of being cool are ruined for life" 😂

[@TBTabby]

The 'Bots were staging a "spontaneous" funny home video, and Crow was playing the part of a little girl on a stack of highly flammable pajamas.

[@efxman]

They're disgusted and filled with self loathing.

[@GoldenLegionHoney]

6:46 "SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!" one of my all time favorites

[@DorianCairne]

Another great piece of MST3K. Man, the way those kids smile at the beginning is friggin' malicious.

[@JK35280]

Melissa Gilbert isn't in this one. She was born in 1964, and this was filmed in 1952. Besides, when she was this age she was already starring in Little House on the Prairie.

[@RockenDokkenlover91]

around middle school i started wearing a heavy backpack and t would make me slouch alot so as a result of that my chest started caving in a little and it looks like a little canyon and my back sticks out more than usual but now i'm trying to fix it anyone know what i can do to fix it?

[@Adamguy2003]

"He's a loser, and the kids let him know it." "Here, she re- enacts her first DUI."

[@brendacshea]

During the first broadcast I remember laughing really hard at "and truck like the doo dah man" but ya know, it was a giant champagne brunch. Don't hate.

[@VMIFerrari]

8:27 "Who did this?!? Did _you_ do this? Who did this...WHO *_did this?!?_* (The entire class raises their hands) *LOL!*

[@brady178]

"These 4 children are especially interested in the 4 important things" "Cause they're on the payroll" Lol.

[@DOYLERULES69X]

If it wasn't for my posture pals I never would have become the posture prince of my school.

[@ICLAIMTHISNAME]

If you keep a young tree leaning to the side it will still grow straight up.

[@Zhegan]

Being the posture king has got to look good on a resume

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

"The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larch!" Line from Monty Python. Love it!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Those kids in Miss Martin's class probably graduated from high school back in 1964. Did any of the boys in her class go off to serve in Vietnam?

[@goodcommunitylife]

What does this video have to do with Vietnam?

[@yvonnerousseau2238]

"Jane loves trees." ............ o.O

[@Raithious]

"And what gives Jane her worried frown?" "Valium?"

[@sweethen]

The posture royal family was later forced to sign the Magna Posture...

[@snakes3425]

Sheesh the Sixties can't get here fast enough

[@02chevyguy]

Why does Jimmy keep eying Tommy in a loving manner?

[@luisreyes1963]

02chevyguy The less said, the better...🏳️‍🌈

[@M3n2c3]

"The. . . larch." Monty Python quote ftw. I haven't laughed that hard in ages. :D

[@madeinamerica3620]

My personal favorite: "A playground where Apes evolved from MEN?!" ...I hope somewhere, somehow, Mr. Heston got to see that (and got as big a laugh out of it as I did.)

[@jamesdaniels3699]

The teacher must've went Burger King and had a Whopper for she's wearing a BK crown

[@Jeff98177]

9:00 Where'd their sweaters go?

[@necrophagi]

Ernest Borgnine, we miss you.

[@Bomfunker91]

"The...larch!"

[@falcovolt]

He was burnt because of the invention exchange they did before the segment. In the movie that was show later in the ep he walked off and said he was going to "clean up" and came back all better and normal.

[@argosinu9004]

"Stand up straight -- Or I'll kill this tree!!" (Not the literal quote, but that's the gist.)

[@agent004b]

i laughed until i cried ...i love mst3k!!!

[@dianavontease]

lol i do miss those burger king hats they used to give out