I cried at the "Trumpy you ARE magical" skit. Damn, that is some obnoxious silliness.

Either watch out for falling rocks or watch out for snakes.

Chin puppets are creepy.

At the beginning of the film, the narrator actually does explain what a sampo is. It's just that the guys talk over it solidly. So when you watch the beginning, try to tune the guys out and listen to the narrator.

Anybody else grow up loving Gamera? Did I alone feel a tear well up as Gamera rescued the boys from the meteor shower? Is there no one else whose cynical riff loving mentality melted away when the Gamera song started? Not one?

I'm not kidding when I say this was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

"Leon, what are you doing down there?"
"Mom, I'm talking to the dead!"
"Did you look for a job today?"
"I put in some applications... lay off!"

Ive been there, man. Minus the talking to the dead part.

How did he get her head off so quick? Was it already off and her hand just reached to him by some coincidental spastic nerve reaction or am I to believe that he reached in and decapitated her with his bare hands in less than three seconds?

Gosh! I had this movie when I was a kid. I found it in the $1 bin at the local Dominick's. If it had "dinosaurs" written on it you could be sure I would buy it.

Howdy! A friend and I came up with the "MST3K Drinking Game". The rules are very simple and have a slight difference depending on who is hosting the episode. The rules are as follows:
You drink when...
1) Tom Servo sings during the movie.
2) Crow says "Kitty!"
3) the host interacts with the film (Ex. - Joel stands up to "pick" the character on the screen's nose)
4) Anyone references an actor or person you have never heard of. (Ex. - "Hey that guy looks like Bruno Huffman".)
Joel specific rules:
1) Joel references "Petticoat Junction".
Mike specific rules:
1) Mike starts chuckling at one of the bot's jokes
2) Mike says "PACKERS!"
Host Segments-will be used to refill glasses or grab more drinks.
The rules can be bended in anyway you want and I am always looking for ways to tweak the game. Playing with the rules I have will get you buzzy but not necessarily drunk, so it is a game that is kind to your liver. Admittedly some episodes will be rougher than others but all in all you should have fun. Enjoy!

what is your recently favorite riff? when i ask this I'm not looking for your all time favorite riff (or even in your top ten) but more or less one that you have heard recently that really stuck out to you and, in my case, causes you to chuckle to yourself in the middle of your day when you think about it.

I'll get the ball rolling here: I saw Gorgo in its entirety a few nights back. My recently favorite riff was in the scene where Mr. McCartin (the chap who looks like Samuel Beckett) goes to sit down after the crew of the visiting ship calls his bluff on getting a permit to dock. As he sits down he gets a scowl on his face, then Mike says, "May your corned beef not pickle correctly."

I don't know what it was about that line, but i find myself chuckling to it during the middle of work.

RECENTLY FAVORITE RIFF, go!

I actually found this movie to be pretty darned entertaining.