Episode 25
April 12, 2018
Don’t Eat the Good Bug
MST3K 804 • The Deadly Mantis
Hosted by Adam Clarke and Beth Martin
The Deadly Mantis emerges from the ice to ask Beth and Adam about bug-eyed monsters, bug-eyed bugs, bloody-minded militarists, stop-motion brains, and bomb-loving mutants.
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Show Notes.
The Deadly Mantis: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Get the DVD.
And Thereby Hangs A Tale 5. Jessica Is Not “Spiritual”.
Once again, there are no accidents [but there are gruesome Canadian PSAs].
House centipedes. [Urgh.]
How big can a creature get before there are problems?
Them! [Trailer.]
You want giant bees? Harryhausen’s got some for you.
CONAD, the Pinetree Line, and the DEW Line.
The DEW Line Story [1958], on how the DEW Line was constructed.
The DEW Line’s Toxic Legacy [1997], from CBC Radio.
Radar Station [1953], from the NFB, about the women at the Pinetree Line.
Reminiscences from someone who worked on the DEW Line.
That scene from Grand Illusion.
Dymaxion, Mercator, and other map projections.
An unexpectedly dark ad for Bon Ami.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. [Promo.]
Beneath the Planet of the Apes bomb worshippers.
Nedrick Young and Martin Berkeley.
Bonus.
A bonus bit about Norm MacDonald is available as a thank you to our Patreon supporters.