Episode 153
May 31, 2024

I Missed Out on Many Fun Years

MST3K K14 • Mighty Jack

Hosted by Charlotte Wells and Chris Piuma

Mighty Jack is coming to rescue Chris and Charlotte from sick jail, but while they wait, they talk about fan clubs, fan newsletters, math equations, Japanese special effects, and bowling.

Show Notes.

Mighty Jack [マイティジャック] (Kazuo Mitsuta, 1968): IMDB. MST3K Wiki.

R.I.P., Roger Corman.

Make your own Roger Corman festival with our episodes on: It Conquered the World, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, Swamp Diamonds, Night of the Blood Beast, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, The Undead, Avalanche, Starcrash, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom and its sequel, and Lords of the Deep. (The full list.)

The archive of MST3K Satellite News fan newsletters!

Our episodes on Time of the Apes, both KTMA and season 3.

Tokusatsu (特撮).

Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二).

Our episode on Gamera vs. Jiger.

The Small House of Uncle Thomas.

Kooky Kountry as discussed in our episode on Hangar 18

Southern Folklore Quarterly, 25.2 (1961).

A bowling alley in Greenwich Village. (Though I guess not technically in the West Village.)

(By the way, Chris and Charlotte once put out a song about going bowling with their friends.)

The secret bowling alley at the alma mater.

Candlepin bowling. And yes, it's on YouTube.

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