Episode 158
August 19, 2024

A Curse and a Plague

MST3K 405 • Being from Another Planet

Hosted by Charlotte Wells and Chris Piuma

Being from Another Planet shuffles towards Chris and Charlotte, hoping to collect their thoughts about Egyptian mummies, musical daddies, Jack Palance, Herb Edelman, and other things grandmas love.

Show Notes.

Being from Another Planet (Tom Kennedy, 1982): IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.

Matt Foy and Christopher J. Olson: Mystery Science Theater 3000: A Cultural History.

Rowman & Littlefield’s Cultural History of Television series.

Our episodes on Teenagers from Outer Space, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Warrior of the Lost World, and The Castle of Fu Manchu.

Mannequin (Michael Gottlieb, 1987)

Alias Smith and Jones.

Our episodes on Riding with Death and Village of the Giants. (Chris says Riding with Death is from the KTMA era but of course it's actually from Season 8. Yikes!)

Bonanza: Under Attack (Mark Tinker, 1995).

Johnny Prophet: My Yiddishe Mama and Like Someone In Love (for you Björk fans).

Looking for Johnny Prophet.

More about Harry Belafonte.

Flesh Gordon (Michael Benveniste & Howard Ziehm, 1974).

Jack Palance’s famous Academy Awards acceptance speech and fitness routine.

Chris and Charlotte (and some of our Megaphonic friends) once talked about The Greatest Story Ever Told as a thank-you gift for our Patreon supporters.

O 5º Poder (Alberto Pieralisi, 1962) vs. The First Power (Robert Resnikoff, 1990).

That ad for Switch (Blake Edwards, 1991).

Precious Moments and the Precious Moments Chapel.

Jesus is my coach.

Sam Butcher’s obituary.

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