Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy

Born: November 3, 1956
in River Forest, Illinois, USA
Kevin Wagner Murphy was born on November 3, 1956 in River Forest, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, writer and comedian, best known for his long-running voice role of robot Tom Servo on the Peabody-winning, Emmy-nominated cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Murphy served as writer and associate producer prior to taking on the main voice role from J. Elvis Weinstein.

Movies for Kevin Murphy...

RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Title: RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Character: Self
Released: August 8, 2024
Type: Movie
For our fifteenth year of RiffTrax Live, we've selected the 1990's cult classic about bank robbing, presidential masks, and surfing: Point Break! It was directed by Academy Award Winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, John Wick, Keanu), Patrick Swayze (Road House), and one of our all-time favorite character actors, Gary Busey (A Star Is Born, Predator 2). Mike, Kevin, and Bill will riff Point Break LIVE at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on July 27th, and the resulting hilarity will be broadcast to over 700 movie theaters across America on Thursday, August 8th with an encore on Tuesday, August 13th thanks to our partners at Fathom Events.
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GrimTrax
Title: GrimTrax
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 2024
Type: Movie
For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment into one big, old-fashioned yukfest. On their own, they would have been too depressing to put out into the world. But together, they form into a Voltron of hilarity, if Voltron was eventually going to die facedown in the snow, sad and alone.
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RiffTrax Live: RAD
Title: RiffTrax Live: RAD
Character: Self
Released: August 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Teens! Bikes! Feathered Hair! Love and revenge! Leotards and acid-washed denim! It’s all here in the legendary Eighties BMX-racing action-drama-romance RAD! Join Mike, Bill and Kevin as they spin, flip and slow-bike-dance their way into your hearts, LIVE in theaters nationwide on August 17th! Don’t miss it, if you want to be RAD!
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Rifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Title: Rifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Character: Self
Released: August 18, 2022
Type: Movie
He’s back! You probably didn’t know that he was gone, but he was and now he’s back! Swamp Thing, AKA Swampington Montgomery Thing, returns to thwart the sinister plans of the evil Doctor Arcane, who apparently is also back. But! Here for the first time is Heather Locklear, the young woman who is drawn to the mysterious charms of Mr. Thing and desires a love that is both human and plant-based. A sequel to the Wes Craven cult classic, The Return of Swamp Thing is decidedly NOT directed by Wes Craven, but that’s fine, because it means this one is bigger, more fun, and way more riffable. Plus, to kick things off, a puppet goes to the dentist in Danny's Dental Date, a short that's way scarier than anything you'd find in Dr. Arcane's lab.
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RiffTrax Live: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Title: RiffTrax Live: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Released: October 26, 2021
Type: Movie
There’s still evil up there at the old Amityville house. A group of priests gathers to quell the demon that has long plagued this lovely five-bed, four-bath Dutch Colonial full of old-world charm and lots of curb appeal. BUT - the evil escapes! Which should have been made obvious by the movie’s title. And how does it escape? Like all evil does: by possessing a tacky floor lamp, getting sold at a garage sale and shipped to Los Angeles, where most evil household décor eventually finds a home. Soon the demonic floor lamp begins its reign of terror in the home of an innocent family, killing pets and home repairmen, forcing children to use power tools in unsafe ways, and possessing the soul of the youngest sister Jessica, who immediately begins to act like a total jerk. It’s up to the young priest Father Kibbler to save the family and confront the evil lamp, face-to-bulb, before more people die. Okay, more people DO die, but can Father Kibbler finally put an end to it?
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RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Title: RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Character: Self
Released: August 17, 2021
Type: Movie
At an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The mystery: Why are there so many security guards for an abandoned old movie studio?! But forget that; the real secret is Hobgoblins! Cheap rubber puppets from outer space! Who vaguely resemble Gremlins! But not enough to bring on a lawsuit! Their power: they’ll make your wildest fantasies come true, and then you die, laughingly and embarrassingly. The studio’s new security guard, Kevin (no relation) quickly learns the secret of the Hobgoblins, and even more quickly lets them escape. Now it’s up to the inept Kevin and sexually-obsessed pals to thwart the Hobgoblins before they take over the world, or at least various neighborhoods in the Greater Los Angeles Area!
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RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Title: RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Character: Kevin
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: Movie
The Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater near you along with the mighty men of RiffTrax! There’s a monster in Wisconsin, and it’s going to slowly, VERY slowly, strike TERROR INTO YOUR HEART! Sure, your grandma could outrun it, but TERROR is more fun! When a fiery meteor lands in the woods, strange things begin to happen in this small Wisconsin town — even weirder than usual, and that’s a pretty high bar! While the townspeople are picked off by spiders of varying sizes, two esteemed scientists ramble around the countryside in a late model sedan, where they find friendship, romance and a big mechanical spider built on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis!
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RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Title: RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: August 9, 2019
Type: Movie
It’s the year 2762. The galaxy is plagued with warring factions using hokey special effects to destroy each other. Out of this chaos a hero rises: the dashing, exquisitely bearded Captain Saber Raine (Casper Van Dien). Saber and his elite squad of commandos (other actors) embark on a dangerous quest to save the Prince and Princess of an unnamed planet from the clutches of the Evil Overlord Sinjin - an overlord so evil HIS VERY SKULL IS FILLED WITH CHERRY JELL-O. Can our heroes fend off Sinjin’s army of mutant androids and rescue the Prince and Princess? Probably! After all it’s Space Opera, but you never know! Join Mike, Kevin and Bill for an unforgettable Sword-And-Laser Swashbuckling-ly fun time, beamed to theaters nationwide!
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RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Title: RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Deep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is it an octopus? No, it’s OCTAMAN! Okay, it’s a man in an octopus suit, but he’s really angry and decides to go on a light killing spree.
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RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Title: RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 2019
Type: Movie
Bill and Kevin are joined onstage by the great Paul F. Tompkins, and together they host and riff an amazing set of bizarre short films. The shorts cover every subject under the sun (y’know, because “Day”), from workplace safety to childhood safety to sentient talking pillow safety. And that’s not all - we’ve got more guests, riffing teams and legends galore! John Hodgman, Frank Conniff & Trace Beaulieu, Cole Stratton & Janet Varney, and Bridget Nelson with Sean Thomason, RiffTrax Senior Writer, making his live riffing debut.
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Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny
Title: Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny
Released: August 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Blast off to the 80s with Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this cult classic low-budget space opera live in Nashville. Now you can watch the show from the comfort of your own home, or space golf cart, if you have one of those. This is the Big McLargeHugest show you'll ever own. It's a brand new riff, completely different from the original MST3K episode. The show stars with a live riffing of The Magic Shop, a hilariously weird short that's somehow based on a story by H.G. Wells. Also included: pre-show slides and more bonus material! Also also included: Kevin wearing a shiny space muumuu you won't soon forget.
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We Brought Back MST3K
Title: We Brought Back MST3K
Character: Self
Released: April 17, 2018
Type: Movie
This feature length documentary provides fans with an insider’s look at the creation of Season 11 and its triumphant debut on Netflix. Featuring new interviews with Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt and many others, interwoven with previously unseen footage from all stages of MST3K’s miraculous comeback.
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Rifftrax: Batman v. Superman
Title: Rifftrax: Batman v. Superman
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 2017
Type: Movie
The entire Rifftrax gang takes shifts riffing on Batman v. Superman.
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RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Title: RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Character: Self
Released: August 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast wilderness – a battle arena with a sinister tower at its center. As the various incarnations of the Doctor join forces, they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti and a devious Time Lord Traitor who is using the Doctor and his companions to discover the ancient secrets of Rassilon, the first and most powerful ruler of Gallifrey.
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RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Title: RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Character: Himself
Released: June 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Join Mike, Kevin and Bill, along with guests Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, the Mads from MST3K Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, and special guest Paul F. Tompkins and relive this amazing summer-themed night of riffing and comedy!
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The Girl Who Invented Kissing
Title: The Girl Who Invented Kissing
Character: Car Thief
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
A nameless, pill-popping drifter girl steps off a bus and into a New Jersey neighborhood bar owned by two middle-age brothers, Jimmy & Victor. She quickly befriends older brother, Victor––a good-natured lummox whose mind was affected by a childhood accident. The mysterious "Girl" soon upsets the delicate balance of the brothers' lives while bringing both trouble and new life into their resigned world and town.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Professor Bobo
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Bobo
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Title: Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Character: Himself
Released: April 13, 2017
Type: Movie
The Samurai Cop is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he’s already infringed on enough movies and cliches so he’s just going to stop with that introduction right there. Yes, the cop they call Samurai has travelled to Los Angeles from a faraway land they call San Diego. Because it would just make no sense to have the movie take place in San Diego, or to have the cop be from LA to start with. Or, y’know, Japan. Decapitations, explosions, poorly subbed in stunt doubles, mangled dialogue, prominent lion heads, and unfortunate banana hammocks abound in this extremely eighties-y nineties movie. Join Mike, Kevin, Bill, and Alfonso Rafael Federico Sebastian for Samurai Cop.
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Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
Title: Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
Released: October 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this spooky midnight-movie cult classic live in Nashville, and now it's available for you to download or stream in Anywhere-Ville! When young Mary survives a horrible car crash, she tries to start her life over with a new church organist job in a small Utah town, as one does. But along the way she’s haunted by a gaunt pale figure in a nice suit who leads her to an abandoned old pavilion on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Soon Mary doesn’t know if she’s awake or dreaming, alive or dead, which makes her really dull at parties. Fans of Rifftrax Live: Night of the Living Dead will love this one. Weird, creepy and very silly, our live riff of Carnival of Souls is not to be missed!
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Rifftrax Live: Mothra
Title: Rifftrax Live: Mothra
Character: Himself
Released: August 18, 2016
Type: Movie
It’s the story of a group of explorers who travel to a remote island, kidnap two tiny women, thereby inciting the wrath of a giant (albeit adorable) larvae which then swims the ocean, cocoons itself in downtown Tokyo, emerges as the titular Mothra and destroys everything in its path. Yes, it's a tale as old as time, but Mothra does it best! Join Kevin, Bill and Mike as they roast one of the most beloved (and bizzarre!) of the Japanese monster classics, Mothra.
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RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Title: RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in Minneapolis to bring it back to their roots in an MST3K cast reunion the likes of which have never been seen before! Joining the guys are their old cohorts Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), Trace Beaulieu (Crow, Dr. Forrestor), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B), as well as Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson, AND the host of the revived MST, Jonah Ray, for a hilarious night of riffing for RiffTrax's 20th Live event. Taking turns in various permutations to riff on a slew of old-timey shorts, the show culminates in a Super Riff-A-Palooza finale with all nine riffers on stage at once!
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Rifftrax Live: Time Chasers
Title: Rifftrax Live: Time Chasers
Character: Himself
Released: May 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin and Bill riff the original cut of Time Chasers. Plus, a short of "Chimp the Fireman."
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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Title: Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Character: Himself
Released: April 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest riffers Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Adam Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, and John Hodgman including a gigantic, possible world record TEN PERSON riffing grand finale!
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RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Title: RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Released: December 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Santa’s sleigh is stuck on the beach, and only one creature can help him: The Ice Cream Bunny! Unfortunately, the fire truck that the Ice Cream Bunny drives needs repairs, so he’ll be a little late coming from Pirates World, the run-down theme park that he lives in. We’d like to take this moment to remind you that, yes, this is a REAL movie that people ACTUALLY made. Filmed in front of a live audience at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Mike, Kevin and Bill are delighted to inflict, er, present it LIVE for the very first time!
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Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection
Title: Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection
Released: October 1, 2015
Type: Movie
If you put everything about the 80s in a blender, then somehow ran the resulting smoothie through a translator that only speaks languages from another dimension, what you’d wind up with still wouldn't be half as hilarious, weird, and oddly charming as Miami Connection. It's 1987, and the Biker Ninjas behind the Miami drug trade are finding themselves facing the newest heroes in town: the Taekwondo-loving rock band Dragon Sound! They'll focus all of their black belt skills, alongside performing their hit songs "Friends" and "Against the Ninja" at a popular Orlando night club - to end the threat of Ninja Biker violence once and for all!
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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Title: RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Character: Himself
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Watch as the amazing comedians from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) tear apart the awe-inspiring masterpiece that is Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
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You, Your Brain, & You
Title: You, Your Brain, & You
Character: #3
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A comedic and episodic look at how the Brain Institute helped 81 people with their brain skills--from the ordinary (intelligence and creativity) to the extraordinary (controlling the weather and bending space-time). But one man is determined to show that the head of the Brain Institute is a fraud and a charlatan.
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Rifftrax Live: The Room
Title: Rifftrax Live: The Room
Character: Himself
Released: May 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax riff Tommy Wiseau's The Room LIVE onstage and broadcast to 100's of theaters across North America. Like a modern day Ed Wood, Wiseau wrote, directed and starred as Johnny in this "dark comedy" about his tumultuous relationship with future wife Lisa, their best friend Mark, and their amorphous group of friends. This includes frequent uninvited guest Denny, a couple of frisky couch crashers, and psychologist friend Peter, who during the course of the movie is played by two different actors.
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RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Title: RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2015
Type: Movie
From the strange and ridiculously colorful world of K. Gordon Murray comes the 1959 Holiday classic Santa Claus. Made in Mexico and dubbed into glorious English, Santa Claus tells the story of, well, Santa Claus, who lives in a big white castle above us in Geosynchronous Orbit and watches over us all in a way that would make the NSA jealous. It’s Christmas Eve, and on Earth poor little Lupita wishes for a doll. Santa hears her wish and prepares for his yearly visit, helped by the heavily medicated Merlin the Wizard and Santa’s unintentionally creepy mechanical reindeer.
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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Title: Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Character: Himself
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever found, live in the beautiful Castro Theatre with a crew of hilarious guest riffers! Shorts performed during this event include One Turkey Two Turkey, Setting Up a Room, Writing Better Social Letters, Live and Learn, Making Sense with Sentences, and Safety - In Danger Out of Doors.
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RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Title: RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Sony Pictures, Fathom Events and RiffTrax are thrilled to be back in theaters nationwide this summer to riff the king of all giant lizard movies - GODZILLA! That's right, the 1998 version starring Matthew Broderick and Hank Azaria! (Because when you want action stars, you pick Ferris Bueller and the voice of Moe from the Simpsons.)
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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Title: RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Character: Himself
Released: July 10, 2014
Type: Movie
RiffTrax gives the classic riff treatment of the cult film 'Sharknado', a film about sharks - in a tornado.
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Hamlet A.D.D.
Title: Hamlet A.D.D.
Character: King Robot (voice)
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: Movie
The ghost of Hamlet's father orders him to kill his uncle, and the easily distracted prince makes up a bunch of excuses to avoid doing it.
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Title: Total Riff Off
Released: April 1, 2014
Type: TV
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Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Title: Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2013
Type: Movie
The nasty Martian villain Voldar (his face is coated in green oil and he has a huge mustache, therefore he’s evil) captures two Earth children, Billy and Betty, who don’t hold out for even a minute but rat out our fattest, jolliest elf without a struggle. Voldar takes Santa and the children prisoner and heads off for Mars. Only the bravery of Billy and Betty and the bumbling of a stowaway and “the laziest man on Mars”, Droppo, can foil Voldar’s evil plans! Throw into the mix Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen, an insane short featuring a pixie named Snoopy, a horrific life size Jack in the Box, and a lion who is oh so proud of his candy eating ability, and you’ve got one of our funniest live shows to date. Please join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
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Shame the Devil
Title: Shame the Devil
Character: Police Officer
Released: December 2, 2013
Type: Movie
A London detective tracking a serial killer finds the killers "truth or die" methods take him to New York to solve the case.
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Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Title: Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 2013
Type: Movie
The untold history of television's most unique series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, from its UHF origins to its eventual cancellation from the SCIFI network.
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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Title: RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Character: Self
Released: October 24, 2013
Type: Movie
This classic 1968 horror film is where it all began. No, not the cronut trend, we’re talking about the omnipresent zombie craze! 28 Weeks Later, Resident Evil: Retribution, that Zack Snyder remake of Dawn of the Dead...We wouldn’t have any of them without Night of the Living Dead! (Pause to think about whether this is a good thing.) When she’s attacked in a cemetery by zombies, a young woman named Barbara flees to an abandoned farm house. There she’s joined by a ragtag group of survivors who band together to wait out the apocalypse, with the occasional light descent into madness. The rest of the movie plays out like The Big Chill, but instead of Glenn Close sobbing naked in the shower, they board up windows and occasionally get devoured alive. So in this respect, Night of the Living Dead is the slightly less depressing movie.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey
Character: Himself
Released: September 3, 2013
Type: Movie
A retrospective look back on the making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'.
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Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Title: Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Character: Self
Released: August 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Starship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of this and...well, some direct to video sequels of this, mostly. He’s joined in the war by Denise Richards, impossible to believe as a gifted starship pilot long before she was impossible to believe as a gifted nuclear scientist in that Bond movie. He’s also joined by the great Neil Patrick Harris, who is somehow much easier to believe as an intelligence officer with psychic abilities that help him communicate with the giant bug aliens. Throw in Michael Ironside, because duh, it’s a war movie, you’re gonna need Michael Ironside, and Jake Busey, because duh, he just showed up on set and wouldn’t leave, add a love triangle, heaps of alien splatter, and you’ve got the sprawling, great, goofy mess that is Starship Troopers! Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this gorilla-gram free version of the blockbuster live show!
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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Title: RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Character: Himself
Released: May 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic less-than-educational shorts, filmed LIVE onstage at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre in January of this year, in all its gritty, low-light, shakey-cam glory! Show includes: Welcome Back Norman Perc! Pop! Sprinkle! - with Cole Stratton (Pop My Culture Podcast) and Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra) Choking: To Save a Life - with Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) Cooking Terms More Dangerous Than Dynamite - with Adam Savage (Mythbusters) If Mirrors Could Speak - with Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers, Flight of the Conchords) At Your Fingertips: Cylinders - with Paul F. Tompkins (Best Week Ever, Mr. Show, Tangled)
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RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Title: RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Character: Himself
Released: October 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Birdemic is one of our favorite bad movies of all time, and there’s no better way to watch it than RiffTrax Live. So grab a coat hanger, fire up your solar powered TV and for the love of god fully vest your stock options! Birdemic!
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Suds County, U.S.A.
Title: Suds County, U.S.A.
Character: Narrator
Released: October 11, 2012
Type: Movie
From 1953 to 1987, no beer was brewed on a commercial basis in San Diego County, period. Now some two decades plus on, San Diego County wins more brewing medals in national and international competitions than entire US states. In the 2010 World Beer Cup, one of brewing's most prestigious international contests, San Diego brewers and breweries took home more medals than Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom combined! SUDS COUNTY, USA tells the remarkable story of this brewing renaissance and covers the inextricable connection between the local pro brewers and home brewers who made this transition possible.
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RiffTrax Live:
Title: RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Character: Self
Released: August 16, 2012
Type: Movie
For those who missed it in theaters, this is a completely new riff of “Manos” The Hands of Fate, the Texas-fertilizer-salesman-directed classic made famous by Mystery Science Theater 3000. All new jokes, same old Torgo. See Mike, Kevin and Bill riff it all on stage in front of a live audience at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville! PLUS! Before the main event, a live riffing of two extra-demented shorts. At Your Fingertips: Cylinders, from the same insane child arts & crafts series that brought you Grasses and Boxes. And Welcome Back, Norman which introduced us all to revolting folk hero Norman, along with his now famous (and also revolting) catchphrase.
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RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Title: RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Character: himself
Released: October 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Is there any possible downside to accepting an invitation from Vincent Price to spend an evening in a creepy mansion that was built on something called “Haunted Hill?” If so, Mike, Kevin and Bill couldn’t find it! In fact they were so eager to join Mr. Price and his terrifying moustache that they riffed the film live, on-stage, and now you can reap the rewards from the safety of home with this live show DVD! Yes, horror classic House on Haunted Hill provides a mesmerizing walk down “people actually used to find this SCARY?!?” lane. Join the RiffTrax guys as they bring their special brand of rapid-fire comedic commentary to every skeleton-hanging-from-visible-wires, clumsy sexual overtone, and a stunningly inept test pilot whose “heroics” typically lead him to bloody his own nose after locking himself in a broom closet!
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Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Title: Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Released: August 19, 2010
Type: Movie
In RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness, Mike, Kevin and Bill deliver their trademark form of rapid fire comedy in front of a live audience! Lines could be flubbed! Tomatoes could be thrown! Mountain lion attacks are entirely possible!
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RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Title: RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Character: Himself
Released: December 16, 2009
Type: Movie
What do ice-skating reindeer, pipe-smoking santas and a parade of aquatic champions have in common? You’ll see them all in the RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza, now available as Download to Stream, DVD and Blu-ray! The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000® have a sackfull of delightful and demented shorts to riff live onstage. Some of the forgotten gems of Christmases past prove to be the perfect targets for the rapid-fire riffs of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re even joined by comedy legend “Weird Al" Yankovic for a musical short about the wonders of pork! It’s funnier than Ernest Saves Christmas and far less creepy than The Polar Express! Join Mike, Kevin, Bill and Al for a festive night of hilarious holiday comedy that is destined to become traditional Christmas viewing.
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RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Title: RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Character: Self
Released: August 20, 2009
Type: Movie
The stars of MST3K riff the worst movie of all time in RiffTrax Live - Plan 9 From Outer Space. Live from the historic Belcourt Theater in Nashville! Hosted by internet superstar Veronica Belmont, and featuring geek troubadour Jonathan Coulton, RiffTrax Live offers non-stop music and laughs.
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RiffTrax: The Star Wars Holiday Special
Title: RiffTrax: The Star Wars Holiday Special
Character: Self (voice)
Released: December 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Have a Happy Life Day! And nothing kicks off a memorable Life Day quite so much as watching the legendary Star Wars Holiday Special receive a fully deserved Rifftrax parody treatment! Yes, all your favorite Wookies are here: there's Chewbacca, Malla, Itchy, Lumpy and Art Carney. Tony Award Winner and Oscar nominated Diahann Carroll as a singing holographic prostitute who services Grandpa Itchy. And Bea Arthur stretches her talent by playing a woman. Not only that, there are commercials from 1978 that will come close to convincing you that "1978" is fairly synonymous with "Hell". Because we taped ours off of the television set, and our NV-9300 doesn't have an "edit" function printed on one of its dozens of plastic piano key-style switches, we just left the commercials in there. Bill, Mike, and Kevin make this the itchiest, lumpiest Life Day of them all!
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Max the Hero
Title: Max the Hero
Character: Chip (voice)
Released: October 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Animated comedy about a super hero who is kind of a jerk. His roommate decides to become his arch-enemy.
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The Film Crew: Giant of Marathon
Title: The Film Crew: Giant of Marathon
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: October 9, 2007
Type: Movie
'Sweaty men!' enthuses Bob Honcho. The Steve Reeves adventure film, The Giant of Marathon (1959), aka The Giant of Marathon, features lots of sweaty men. And that's as good a reason as any to give it a commentary track. Enter the Film Crew, three repairmen whose lowly employment includes providing these tracks for crummy movies. The threesome suffer through the homoerotic antics of the ancient Greeks, portrayed mainly by hairless musclemen wearing what look like gleaming white diapers. They mock the token temptress for looking like the Joker and the token female lead for seeming uninterested in her leading man. But they can't blame her. With a suitor who asks his comrades for baby wipes (at least in their version), she's probably better off without him.
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The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Title: The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: September 11, 2007
Type: Movie
What if there was a primitive island tribe where all the women were gorgeous and all the men were nasty-looking uggos? Might Mother Nature fix this by creating a tribe on a nearby island where all the men are hunks, and the women are brutes? You’d think not, but the makers of Wild Women of Wongo are not you. Wild Women of Wongo is a sex farce without the sex or the farce, set in a never-never land of uncivilized island dwellers who all look like someone going to a Halloween party as “uncivilized island dweller.” Add a crocodile who comes in the form of stock footage and rubber model, a lot of awkward dancing, and an actress named “Adrienne Bourbeau” who refuses to actually be Adrienne Barbeau, and you got yourself a movie. Mike, Kevin and Bill will DANCE their way into your hearts with this riff.
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Title: The Film Crew
Released: July 10, 2007
Type: TV
The Film Crew was a comedic team similar to Mystery Science Theater 3000 and was released in 2007. It comprised former MST3K cast members Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy. The Film Crew, stuck in the confines of their work basement, lay down commentary tracks to whatever obscure movie dished to them by their boss, Bob Honcho. As part of their job, each of the three wears a matching "working-class" uniform and an unwieldy headset while riffing. Each release contained a short "Lunch Break" sketch, in which they would act out a humorous sketch. On October 19, 2006, it was announced that The Film Crew would be providing commentary tracks for a series of B-movies. To promote their announcement, the Crew offered a poll on their website asking viewers to sample clips of each contender and choose which they would prefer to see released first out of the four announced.
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The Film Crew: Killers from Space
Title: The Film Crew: Killers from Space
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: July 10, 2007
Type: Movie
An unwitting scientist (King of Blandness Peter Graves) is abducted by aliens and forced to help them with their sinister plan to conquer the earth with giant mutated insects. It isn’t a very good plan, but they’re not very competent aliens, hobbled by having to wear hooded onesies and ping pong ball-halves over their eyes. Will he save the world? Of course he will, we’re still here, aren’t we? And thanks to the Film Crew, we learn all about that legendary film acting technique called the Robechet - a “sudden, expressionless, dead-eyed closeup” used lavishly in Killers From Space. It’s so fun and easy to do, soon you’ll be pulling Robechets on all your friends, who in turn will despise you! Try one today!
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The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
Title: The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
Character: Himself
Released: July 10, 2007
Type: Movie
The Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark, featuring Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Beloved, sassy Golden Girl Rue McClanahan stars as an unbeloved, depressive stripper who wants to become a movie star but can’t get any roles better than, say “Stripper #3” in Mondo Topless. But love is in the air, mingling with LA smog, as Rue falls for assistant junkyard attendee Tony, played by Anthony Vorno (Sweet trash, Jailbait Babysitter). Surprisingly, things go wrong and one of them turns up dead. There’s plenty of dimly-lit Burlesque dancing on a bare, presumable filthy stage, plus pale, hairy men in tight swimsuits, and drug-laced creepy sex! HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! It’s up to the Film Crew to turn this bleak cautionary tale into a hilarious, um, cautionary tale. Lunch is provided.
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Title: RiffTrax
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: July 20, 2006
Type: TV
At RiffTrax, we make movies funny - and you can experience our work in a bunch of different ways. For big blockbuster movies, you can sync our funny commentaries along with your copy of the movie using our magic auto-syncing app, and for all sorts of cheesy B movies they are merged with the movie and classic shorts and you can download or watch as on-demand streaming video.
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Who's Your Daddy?
Title: Who's Your Daddy?
Character: The Arnold Horshack Experience
Released: January 7, 2004
Type: Movie
An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid.
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Title: The Adventures of Edward the Less
Character: Soapwort McFuggletoes (voice)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: TV
The Adventures of Edward The Less was a short lived, animated web-series published on the SciFi Channel's website in 2001. It was written and performed by most of the core cast and crew members of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It ran for a total of 13 episodes, with plans for more, though the SciFI Channel never renewed it.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Character: Tom Servo
Released: November 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 3 is a compilation release from Rhino Entertainment featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS and later as a limited bonus with The Essentials DVD set if the set was ordered through a special website offer. Shorts, Volume 3 has since been re-released by Shout! Factory in The Singles Collection. The seven shorts featured are: Speech: Using Your Voice (Episode #313), Aquatic Wizards (Episode #315), Is This Love? (Episode #514), Design for Dreaming (Episode #524), The Selling Wizard (Episode #603), Out of This World (Episode #618) and Once Upon a Honeymoon (Episode #701).
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The Last Dance: RAW
Title: The Last Dance: RAW
Character: Himself / Tom Servo / Prof. Bobo
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Danger: Diabolik, the final episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000's original run.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Character: Tom Servo
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000, including Catching Trouble (Episode #315), What to Do on a Date (Episode #503), Last Clear Chance (Episode #520), A Day at the Fair (Episode #608), Keeping Clean and Neat (Episode #613) and The Days of Our Years (Episode #623).
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Final Sacrifice
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Final Sacrifice
Character: Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo
Released: July 25, 1998
Type: Movie
The power goes out on the SOL, to which Servo and Crow take full advantage of by looting the satellite. Pearl unveils her plan to take over the world one person at a time and spontaneously starts off with Servo. While dealing with bad cases of Hockey Hair (to which Mike is conveniently immune), Servo defends Canada's honor with a song of tribute, which eventually turns violent when Mike and Crow join in. Mike's immunity to Hockey Hair leads to a case of Grizzled Old Prospector Syndrome and the bots form a muffin-based sewing circle cult while still remembering the need for human sacrifices. Meanwhile, Pearl almost takes over her first follower before he's suddenly taken over by the Traveler's Group.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Character: Tom Servo
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in July 1998; it was later re-released on DVD as part of the Volume 2 set from Rhino and its re-issue, Volume II from Shout! Factory. The featured shorts are: The Home Economics Story (Episode #317), Junior Rodeo Daredevils (Episode #407), Body Care and Grooming Episode #510), Cheating (Episode #515), A Date with Your Family (Episode #602), Why Study Industrial Arts? (Episode #609} and The Chicken of Tomorrow (Episode #702).
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Character: Tom Servo
Released: April 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making them endure terrible movies. Exploiting his access to nearby satellite-dwellers Mike Nelson and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, Forrester makes them watch "This Island Earth", a cheesy 1950s spaceship film. But when Mike and friends make funny comments throughout the movie and others that follow, Forrester's plan looks increasingly flimsy.
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Poopie!
Title: Poopie!
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A selection of bloopers from cult TV favorite "Mystery Science Theater 3000", taken from seasons 2 through 6.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Dead Talk Back
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Dead Talk Back
Character: Tom Servo (voice) / Abe from Illinois
Released: July 30, 1994
Type: Movie
Mike and the Bots learn the ins and outs of the thrilling world of grocery store refrigeration in The Selling Wizard (1954). Afterward, a scientist claims to have invented a machine that allows him to communicate with a recently murdered socialite in The Dead Talk Back (1994). Mike and the Bots host their own radio show called "The Dead Talk Back," and Gypsy starts a fire drill on the SOL.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills
Character: Tom servo
Released: September 26, 1993
Type: Movie
Joel and the Bots learn from Body Care and Grooming (1947) that they might as well be dead if they don't keep their socks tidy. Later, the guys take on The Painted Hills (1951) in which famous collie Lassie witnesses the murder of a prospector. Crow gives a detailed report on bearded guys and the crew discusses the end of the film.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Character: Tom Servo (voice)
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
The Mads present the satellite people a film so bad that apologies are sent, and Tom Servo goes off his nut from it.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Tom Servo (voice)
Released: November 25, 1989
Type: TV
A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo
Released: November 25, 1989
Type: TV
A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Legend of Dinosaurs
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Legend of Dinosaurs
Character: Cambot
Released: May 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Joel and the 'Bots suffer through a dreary '70s dinosaur movie from Japan. Where's Doug McClure when you need him?
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Last Chase
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Last Chase
Character: Cambot
Released: May 21, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's film features two intrepid heroes fleeing their Orwellian futuristic society in a souped-up racecar – but Joel and the 'Bots are more interested in reading fan mail from their adoring public.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hangar 18
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hangar 18
Character: Cambot
Released: May 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The crew discover disturbing secrets in Crow's memory bank while watching a film about bland government officials investigating, and then trying to cover up, a flying saucer crash.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Character: Cambot
Released: May 7, 1989
Type: Movie
As groovy femme fatale Sumuru plots world domination, Joel gets even with the 'bots for locking him out of the ship.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes
Character: Cambot
Released: April 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: City on Fire
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: City on Fire
Character: Cambot
Released: March 19, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's experiment is disastrous disaster film City on Fire (1979), which assures viewers the events depicted could happen in any city, anywhere. Even, as Tom points out, while we're watching this.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Superdome
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Superdome
Character: Cambot
Released: March 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Servo writes a letter to his uncle in which he recalls many fond memories of his time aboard the satellite. Meanwhile, the crew are subjected to a TV drama about a New Orleans Super Bowl full of intrigue, romance, and catfish.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mighty Jack
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mighty Jack
Character: Cambot
Released: March 5, 1989
Type: Movie
The 007-ish exploits of Mighty Jack – a government organization created to defeat the notorious crime syndicate known as 'Q' – took everything that was bad about espionage movies and threw the rest out.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight
Character: Cambot
Released: February 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Joel, Crow, and Servo sit through a star-studded TV movie about a doomed SST flight while Gypsy goes through some interesting changes.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fugitive Alien
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fugitive Alien
Character: Cambot
Released: February 5, 1989
Type: Movie
With Crow disassembled, Joel and Servo are left by themselves to tackle Part 1 of this baffling Japanese sci-fi epic.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Humanoid Woman
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Humanoid Woman
Character: Cambot
Released: January 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A Russian film about a bug-eyed alien babe is the backdrop for a variety of antics aboard the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cosmic Princess
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cosmic Princess
Character: Cambot
Released: January 22, 1989
Type: Movie
The stranded crew of the Satellite of Love have no sympathy for the stranded crew of Moonbase Alpha when they take in two repackaged episodes of Space: 1999.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Phase IV
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Phase IV
Character: Cambot
Released: January 15, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's film is a deep sci-fi story about ants that leaves Crow wishing he'd brought a pair of boots into the theater.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron
Character: Cambot
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: Movie
As two Earth boys plead for Gamera to rescue them from a planet of cannibals, Crow experiences a wonderful dream in which he turns the tables on the Mads.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra
Character: Cambot
Released: December 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Crow gets unfrozen just in time for yet another Gamera film, and we meet the Mads for the first time.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos
Character: Cambot
Released: December 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Tom Servo gets his new "Mighty Voice" and a chance to use it during another Gamera film. Crow is still frozen.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera
Character: Cambot (voice)
Released: December 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Crow is a frozen Christmas tree and Tom is busy, so Joel has to watch the original Gamera film all by himself.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon
Character: Cambot (voice)
Released: December 4, 1988
Type: Movie
The historic first meeting between Gamera and the crew of the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Character: Cambot
Released: November 27, 1988
Type: Movie
Today's experiment features real humans from Japan and a budget that must've been tens of dollars.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep
Character: Cambot (voice)
Released: November 24, 1988
Type: Movie
In between tending to some sick vacuum-flowers, Joel Hodgson and his robot buddy Crow begin their first movie-riffing experiment aboard the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Character: Cambot (voice)
Released: November 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Joel and his faithful robot companions celebrate Thanksgiving by scarfing down a chopped up Captain Scarlet serial repackaged as a TV film.
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Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Title: Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: December 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Join Moe, Larry and Curly Joe for 35 hilarious misadventures! Hosted by Mike Nelson of RiffTrax.