MST3K Epsiode Guide

Incomplete Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode Guide

Last updated: December 3, 1993

Table of Contents:

KTMA Season (local to Minneapolis, MN)
First Season
Second Season
Third Season
Fourth Season
Fifth Season
Episode Guide Credits
The Episode Checklist: a title list of most episodes, which currently doubles as a sort of index

New to this version:

More KTMA info
More Clips
More dates

WARNING: This episode guide is not complete. The KTMA-TV23 season needs more information, and I'm missing almost all information from the last half of Season 5 onward. The Comedy Channel and Comedy Central lists reflect the production numbers listed in the episode guide published by Best Brains, Inc. The air dates of the episodes in the Comedy Channel 1989/90 season are different from the production numbers given.

KTMA-TV23 season (1988/89)

K01 Thunderbirds in Outer Space [also known as "Thunderbirds Are Go"]

Airdate: November 24, 1988 (6:00 PM)
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K02 Revenge of the Mysterons

Airdate: November 24, 1988 (8:00 PM)
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K03 Gamera vs. Barugon

Airdate: December 4, 1988
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K04 Gamera [Joel does film by himself]

Airdate: December 11, 1988
Pre: Deep froze Crow for Chrismas tree
Skits: Phone messages: End credits/hair stylist, Gypsy does Godzilla impression/Ted Turner opinion survey, coalition of friends for giant mutant turtles and coalition of friends of giant slimey lizards with long nasty tongues/fight footage
Post: Deep froze Crow for Christmas tree revisited

K05 Gamera vs. Zigra [Crow gets unfrozen]

Airdate: December 18, 1988 [New years' special re-showing December 31, 1989/January 1, 1989 (12:00 AM)]
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K06 Gamera vs. Gaos

Airdate: December 25, 1988
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Post: Messages from the MST answering machine

K07 Gamera vs. Guiron

Airdate: January 8, 1989
Pre: Pronouncing Guiron, Joel and the Bots complain about all the Gamera movies
Skits: Gypsy hits Crow in the head inducing a dream that he and the Mads have switched places and all that Crow will show the Mads is "A Planet Of The Apes Christmas," Crow and Servo talk about their dreams
Post: SOL Song (Uh oh oh Satellite of Love...uh oh oh etc.)

K08 Mighty Jack

Airdate: January 15, 1989 ?
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K09 Cosmic Princess [two Space: 1999 episodes in movie form]

Airdate: January 22, 1989
Pre: Mads with 3-D glasses/Larry wants to watch Super Bowl
Skits: At the barbershop [seen again in 105 "The Corpse Vanishes"]/Servo tries to fly in order to evolve/Crow and Servo do Joel's taxes
Post: Crow, Joel and Gypsy play football/Joel sings "We Are the Champions"
Extra (during commercial break): Mads sell Pizza and Pasta (a real commercial).

K10 Humanoid Woman

Airdate: January 29, 1989
Pre: Planning the next rerun/MST- Built for the human race/Dr. F and Larry with 3-D glasses/Mads discuss ratings
Skits: Joel and the Bots play tag (seen again in 105 "The Corpse Vanishes," Servo hits on a blender, Tribute to Dali
Post: Village People/Talk to Joel!

K11 Fugitive Alien

Airdate: February 5, 1989 ?
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K1X SST Death Flight

Airdate: 1989
Pre: "Death Flight Song," Dr. F wins lots of money/brings Larry Foundation Trilogy Gift Set/Joel does spit take
Skits: Servo gets pain shocks, Gypsy's voice is sexy!, Limbo to the "Banana Boat Song"
Post: Letters from female fans

K1X City On Fire

Airdate: 1989
Pre: Mad Scientists League letter/Mad's license revoked, now 'slightly peeved researchers'
Skits: 'Bots play Telescope gag on Joel, Hell in a handbag [seen again in 103 "Mad Monster"], Sound off [seen on "This is MST 3K"]
Post: Fan club goodies

K1X Phase IV

Airdate: 1989
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K1X Death at the Super Bowl [also known as SuperDome]

Airdate: 1989
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K1X The Chill Factor

Airdate: 1989
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K1X Invaders From the Deep

Airdate: 1989
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K18 Time Of The Apes

Skits: Joel gets trapped outside the ship for the only all-robot episode.
Airdate: April 1989
Pre: Mads try to call Joel
Skits: Searching for Joel, Joel pounding outside ship/'Bots discuss changes that would need to be made to let Joel back in, Cambot plays a tape of Joel to try to trick the 'Bots into thinking Joel is back on the ship/What is Real?
Post: Joel floating outside ship/How life will be different without Joel

K19 The Million Eyes of Su-Muru

Airdate: May 7, 1989
Pre: Joel in his BVDs comes in the SOL after being locked out by the 'bots
Skits: Idio probes, Servo judged, "Love Theme"
Post: Servo's mouth doesn't work/900 in fan club

K20 Hanger 18

Airdate: May 14, 1989
Pre: Joel introduces movie
Skits: Crow gets spanking, Crow's memory cleanup, Crow's first memory
Post: 1,000 fan club member will win Demon Dog

K21 The Last Chase

Airdate: May 21, 1989
Pre: Dr. F tries to make cold fusion in Larry's mouth
Skits: Humanity lesson for the 'bots, Winner of 1,000 fan club member, Fanclub letter
Post: Fan club letter

K22 Legend of the Dinosaur

Airdate: May 28, 1989
Pre: Joel is dead gag/Sandy Frank -- two first names, one is a woman's
Skits: Joel is carried away by giant child, Satellite of Love sitcom, Scale models/Godzilla burns a KFC
Post: Hiatus for the summer -- what are you doing?

Comedy Channel 1989/90 season

101 The Crawling Eye

Airdate: unknown
Pre: Larry not good in disguise
Inventions: J: Electric bagpipe MS: Canine Pineal Gland Serum
Skits: Head games, Gypsy uncoiled, The Crawling Forrest Tucker
Post: Name good thing/bad thing for RAM chip

102 The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy

Short: Commando Cody part 1
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Dr. F blew up mad convention center/improved security at Deep 13
Inventions: J: Air-bag helmet for motorcyclists MS: Chalk-man
Skits: Servo will save us from the demon dogs, Enoch leader of demon dogs, Crow tries to be Enoch
Post: Joel sends demon dogs to fetch

103 Mad Monster

Short: Commando Cody part 2
Airdate: unknown
Pre: How MS went mad
Inventions: J: Hell in a Handbag MS: Acetyline-powered lizard
Skits: Tom tries to pick up a blender, Stupid questions about werewolves, Joel switches Crow's and Tom's heads -- Servo-Crowatians
Post: Ontological discourse

104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet

Airdate: unknown
Pre: Joel is a talk-show host
Inventions: J: Toilet Paper in a Bottle MS: Clay & Lar's Flesh Barn
Skits: Joel -- this is your life, Isaac Asimov's Literary Doomsday Device (Asimovinator), Duplicate Isaac Asimovs
Post: Avocado Boy names -- winner of the brainstorm

105 The Corpse Vanishes

Short: Commando Cody part 3
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Dr. F gives Larry Foundation Trilogy Gift Set
Inventions: J: Chiro-Gyro MS: Flame Flower
Skits: "Tiger-Bot" issue on Data, Game of tag, At the barbershop
Post: Name good thing/bad thing for a RAM chip/Servo's head explodes

106 The Crawling Hand

Airdate: unknown
Pre: Joel explains show
Inventions: J: Safety Saw MS: Limb Lengthener
Skits: Let's play murder ball!, Shatner choking, What can a hand do?
Post: Name good thing/bad thing for a RAM chip

107 Robot Monster

Short: Commando Cody parts 4 & 5
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Joel explains show/Gypsy is injured
Inventions: MS: Self-inflating Whoopie Cushion J: Cumber-bubble-bund
Skits: Can bumblebees fly and other conundra, Kill the hu-man!, Surrealism
Post: The life and times of Ro-man

108 Slime People

Short: Commando Cody part 6
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Crow is morning person/Joel explains show/game
Inventions: J: Bulging Eyes MS: Screaming Cotton Candy
Skits: Bots vs. Commando Cody, Why was this film made?, Ship filled with fog
Post: Home cooking

109 Project Moonbase

Short: Commando Cody parts 7 & 8
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Cleaning the 'bots/Joel explains show/game
Inventions: J: Water Juggling MS: Insect-a-sketch
Skits: Servo plays Commando Cody, Ties of the future, SPACOM -- 1001 uses
Post: Gravity fun

110 Robot Holocaust

Short: Commando Cody part 9
Airdate: unknown
Pre: Joel explains show/"Human"
During: Film broke (during Commando Cody)
Inventions: J: Nitro-Burning Funny Pipe MS: Stocking Mask of the Future
Skits: We-zone, Sitcom simulator, Servo the fur-clad hero
Post: Name the Plant Guy brainstorm

111 Moon Zero Two

Airdate: unknown
Pre: Joel explains show/eats vicariously through viewers/Larry's hair is lifeless
Inventions: J: Teleporting Food MS: Mouth-to-Mouth Celebrity Toothpaste
Skits: Tribute to Neil Armstrong, Games of the future, Zero-G fight
Post: Name good thing/bad thing for RAM chip

112 Untamed Youth

Airdate: February 6, 1990
Pre: Joel explains show/fixing Servo
Inventions: J: Never-Light Pipe MS: Tongue Puppets
Skits: Greg Brady -- an American legacy, Inside Gypsy's brain, Gypsy is sick
Post: Who's the goofy guy?

113 Black Scorpion

Airdate: unknown
Pre: MS tried to make cold fusion walkman and failed
Inventions: J: Man's Party Favor MS:
Skits: Mangled Mexican, Strange things about humans, Ray Harryhausen
Post: Letter of helpful criticism for Crow

Comedy Channel 1990/91 season

201 Rocketship XM

Airdate: September 22, 1990
Pre: Changes on ship/new Servo voice/new assistant in Deep 13
Inventions: J: BGC19 (Drum Set) MS: same
Skits: The reporters of Rocketship XM, Selective gravity class, What are your dreams?, Song lyrics -- space vixen
Post: You wouldn't show a certain movie in a situation, would you?

202 The Sidehackers

Airdate: September 29, 1990
Pre: Clean up the ship
Inventions: J: Gretchen the Slinky MS: Personal Slinky Train
Skits: "Sidehackin'", Sidehacking jargon, the life of Rommel & visit by J.C.
Post: "Love Pads the Film"

203 Jungle Goddess

Short: Phantom Creeps part 1
Airdate: October 6, 1990
Pre: Hide and seek with the elusive and inexplicable forces that control the universe
Inventions: J: Radio Arm Saw MS: Doctor Sax
Skits: Bela's okay discoveries, Magic binoculars and scopes, Colonists arrive
Post: "My White Goddess"

204 Catalina Caper

Airdate: October 13, 1990
Pre: God bless Twiki
Inventions: J: Tickle Bazooka MS: Tank Tops
Skits: The sixties, "Creepy Girl," Gun Tupperware party
Post: What the Sam Hill was going on?

205 Rocket Attack USA

Short: Phantom Creeps part 2
Airdate: October 27, 1990
Pre: Servo gets robot haircut
Inventions: J: Button Candy Adding Machine MS: Water Foosball
Skits: The Cold War -- Charlie McCarthy hearings, Civil defense quiz bowl, Visit from cosmonaut
Post: Review of the plot/Isaac Asimov rabbit
Clip: Blind guy shouts "Help me!"

206 Ring of Terror

Short: Phantom Creeps part 3 -- appears *after* movie
Airdate: November 3, 1990
Pre: Fake movie sign
Inventions: MS: Lifesize Operation Game J: Pin-bolus
Skits: The old school, Vacuum autopsy, Name a good thing/bad thing for a RAM Chip
Post: "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World"
Clip: "Weird! Yeah, I guess you could call it that. Weird."

207 Wild Rebels

Airdate: November 17, 1990
Pre: Crow and Servo take over ship functions
Inventions: MS: Hobby Hog J: 3-D Pizza
Skits: Famous motorcycle riders, "Wild Rebels Cereal," Gypsy and Joel together
Post: Distract yourself from the pain/hat party
Clip:

208 Lost Continent

Airdate: November 24, 1990
Pre: Team rally
Inventions: MS: Mobile Stationary Walker, etc. J: (movie sign against his will)
Skits: Visit from Hugh Beaumont (of the Apocalypse), "The Explorers" -- A Quinn Martin production, Hey -- look at that cool thing! (contest)
Post: Padding -- a film style
Clip: Two guys reclining by the campfire

209 Hell Cats

Airdate: December 8, 1990
Pre: Everyone's sick with a cold.
Inventions: J: Sign Language Translator MS:
Skits: Dear Diary (Tom Servo), Dear Kitty (Crow), Dear Sandy (Joel)
Post: Dear Richard (Gypsy)
Clip: "Geebly goop frably shwack!"

210 King Dinosaur

Short: X Marks The Spot
Airdate: December 22, 1990
Pre: Joel reads poetry/Dr. F fixing elevator
Inventions: MS: The Pocket Scientist J: The Incredibly Stinky Sweatsocks
Skits: Am I qualified? (Crow gets activized), Joey the lemur, Emotional scientist
Post: Yet another Lippert film
Clip: Blonde woman puts hands to her head and screams hysterically

211 First Spaceship On Venus

Airdate: December 29, 1990
Pre: Joel raises Servos' sarcastic sequencer
Inventions: J: Junk Drawer Helper MS: (looking for invention in junk drawer/missname movie as "First Spaceship *to* Venus")
Skits: Foam robot, Visit from a gorilla, Klack recipe ideas
Post: Sarcastic Servo/Servo's head blows up
Clip: Alphabet people waving goodbye

212 Godzilla vs. Megalon

Airdate: January 19, 1991
Pre: All these stories and more -- not!
Inventions: J: Household Halloween costumes MS: More Household Halloween costumes
Skits: My monster is better than your monster!, Rex Dart -- Eskimo Spy, Orville Redenbacher skit
Post: "Jet Jaguar Fight Song"/new limbs/letter
Clip: Godzilla jumps into the water

213 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

Airdate: February 2, 1991
Pre: The Velveteen Rabbit
Inventions: J: Mind-Control Guitar MS: Squeeze Toy Guitar
Skits: "Godzilla Genealogy Bop," Joel has been in space too long (models made from household items), Crow and Servo contact Mothra
Post: Film fallacies and truths/Winners of "cool thing" contest
Clip: Twins praying to Mothra

Comedy Central 1991/92 season

301 Cave Dwellers

Airdate: June 1, 1991
Pre: Favorite new name
Inventions: J: Smoking Jacket MS: Robotic Arm Wrestling
Skits: Opening "credits", Fancy prop names (extraordinary names for ordinary objects), Sound effects -- foley
Post: Continuity problems
Clip: "Dong! Fish is ready."

302 Gamera

Airdate: June 8, 1991
Pre: Physical and vocal exercises
Inventions: J: Portable Salad Bar MS: Bird Cage Vacuum Cleaner
Skits: "Tibby, Oh Tibby," Why we hate Kenny, Visit by Gamera
Post: Second look at Gamera's actors
Clip: "Okay...Bye."

303 Pod People

Airdate: June 15, 1991
Pre: Robot on the run -- a work in progress
Inventions: J: New Guitar Chord MS: Public Domain Karaoke/"Ave Maria"
Skits: "Burning Rubber Tires," Music from some guys in space, You are magic aren't you Trumpy? (great facial expressions)
Post: "Clown in the Sky"
Clip: "It stinks!"

304 Gamera vs. Barugon

Airdate: June 22, 1991
Pre: User interface war
Inventions: J: Audio-animitronic Pop Can MS: Disco Cumber-Bubble-Bund
Skits: 5,000 fighting men and monsters set, T.G.I. Tokyo, Hollywood stars in Gamera movies
Post: Read more about it
Clip: Round-faced guy laughs and shakes nervously

305 Stranded in Space

Airdate:
Pre: Shooting gallery
Inventions: J: "Bang" Uzi/knife/dynamite MS: "Bang" harpoons, nunchuks
Skits: Toddlers TV trading cards, What "Ward E" is to me, Kill Hooker!
Post: Tom Servo -- Executive Producer
Clip: Woman slaps our hero in car.

306 Time of the Apes

Airdate:
Pre: Tee ball, baseball
Inventions: J: Cellulite Phone MS: Miracle Baby Wonder Growth Formula
Skits: Why Johnny doesn't care, Scopes trial, Crow T. Robot's Fashion Minute
Post: "Sandy Frank Song"
Clip: "I don't care!"

307 Daddy-O

Short: Alphabet Antics
Airdate:
Pre: Hanging round the water cooler
Inventions: J: Air Freshener Mobile MS: "Alien" Teething Nook
Skits: "Hike Your Pants Up Song," The drag race, Spit-takes/visit from Near-sighted Guy
Post: Fruit slapping/button problem
Clip: "Couldn't help you if I wanted to fella. Gym policy."

308 Gamera vs. Gaos

Airdate:
Pre: Lucille Ball meets Harvey Feierstein
Inventions: J: Kleenex Fax Phone MS: Self-Image Printers
Skits: How to make Gaos, Gameradammerung, The amazing gaos (spinning Gameras)
Post: Ways to snuff Gaos
Clip: Two scared men clutching each other

309 The Amazing Colossal Man

Airdate:
Pre: Hiding from Joel
Inventions: MS: Music-Reviewing Plant Guy J: Non-Permanent Tattoos
Skits: Sensitivity training, Joel is *HUGE!*, Arrival of the Amazing Colossal Man
Post: Things the Colossal Man could have done
Clip: Glen laughs, then clutches chest in pain

310 Fugitive Alien

Airdate: August 17, 1991
Pre: Joel is a farmer/Gypsy is a cow/Jack Perkins visits Deep 13
Inventions: J: Musical Chair MS: Auto-Rhino-Laryngilogical Dropper
Skits: Hat party, Ship captain Joel, Screenplay model
Post: Buttons on the suit/Jack Perkins gets genetically altered
Clip: "Ahahahahahahahaha...You're stuck here!"

311 It Conquered The World

Short: Snow Thrills
Airdate: August 24, 1991
Pre: Ventriloquism with Crow as the Woozle whose name is Peanut
Inventions: J: Sony Seaman MS: Halloween Costume Nooses
Skits: Winter sports cavalcade, Coffee clash, Famous Hollywood siblings
Post: Peter Graves' ending speech
Clip: "He learned almost too late..."

312 Gamera vs. Guiron

Airdate: September 7, 1991
Pro: School lunches
Inventions: MS: Psychology Today Centerfolds J: Collapsible Garbage Can
Skits: "Bouncy Gamera Song," World of amusement and child-like wonder, Richard Burton -- one of the good dead ones
Post: "Gamera marching song"/"Michael Feinstein's Gamera"
Clip: "What a monster!"

313 Earth vs. The Spider

Short: Speech: Using Your Voice
Airdate:
Pre: Inside the robot mind
Inventions: MS: Cheese Phone J: CD-Player Blow Dryer
Skits: Earth vs. Soup, Visit from the custodian of the 7th galaxy, Creepy Crawlers
Post: Homework essays
Clip: "I said yes sir, I said this, ahem, this isn't your seat..."

314 Mighty Jack

Airdate:
Pre: Joel's dead -- not!
Inventions: MS: Formal Flipper J: "Ear" ear-muffs
Skits: Mighty Jack dog food, Boy -- is he smart!, Aquarium camerawork
Post: "Slow the Plot Down"
Clip: Spy guy running away

315 Teenage Caveman

Short: Aquatic Wizards/Catching Trouble
Airdate: November 9, 1991
Pre: BORED -- poker game
Inventions: J: Rainy Day Epicacs MS: Frank Threatens Dr. F
Skits: Catching the Ross, Fight in Deep 13, Arguments against change
Post: We are the result of a a mad movie-watching experiment
Clip: Guy runs head-first into tree and falls unconscious

316 Gamera vs. Zigra

Airdate: October 19, 1991
Pre: Orbiting root-beer kegger
Inventions: MS: Three Stooges Guns J: Crow-shish-ka-bob
Skits: Tour of Gamera, Gamera diaramas, Visit from Kenny and Helen
Post: "The Many Tunes of Gamera"
Clip: "Smart Guy...Who does he think he is, huh?"

317 Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent

Short: The Home Economics Story
Airdate: October 26, 1991
Pre: Uses for waffles
Inventions: MS: Meat Re-animator J: Waffle Iron
Skits: New uses for waffles, Waffles, If there were no waffles
Post: "Waffles, We Love You"
Clip: "But you don't understand -- I'm a PRINCE!"

318 Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

Airdate: November 16, 1991
Pre: The nature of puppets and their symbiotic relation with man
Inventions: J: Big Head MS: Big Noses (Super Schnoz)
Skits: Emergency 911: Tom Servo is dying, Captain Joe action figure, "Fugitive Alien Song Medley"
Post: The ultimate bad guy
Clip: "Captain, I've got it fixed. It's all working again."

319 War of the Colossal Beast

Short: Mr. B Natural
Airdate: November 30, 1991?
Pre: Create-your-own Mexican junk food
Inventions: J: Between Meal Mortar MS: Breakfast Bazooka
Skits: Mr. B Natural -- woman or man?, Who's that guy with the big head, James Ungateen -- KTLA predicts
Post: Bad movie/bread made from home perm
Clip: Mr. B Natural dancing

320 The Unearthly

Short: Posture Pals/Appreciating Our Parents
Airdate: December 14, 1991
Pre: 'Bots tape funny (dangerous!) home video
Inventions: J: Celebrity Home Appliances MS: Hard Pills to Swallow
Skits: Appreciating Gypsy, The many faces of Tor Johnson, The Unearthly home game
Post: Dead end kids' lingo
Clip: "Time for go to bed."

321 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Airdate: December 21, 1991
Pre: Christmas catalogues
Inventions: MS: Wish Squisher J: Misfit Toys
Skits: "A Patrick Swayze X-mas," Christmas Specials, Christmas Essays
Post: Joel and 'bots' stockings/MS gifts
Clip: One Martian turns to the other and laughs, then clams up.

322 Master Ninja I

Airdate: January 11, 1992
Pre: American muscle cars
Inventions: J: Pop-up classics MS: gourmet IV bags
Skits: The Van Patten project, Ninja Tom Servo, Nun-chuks -- chuks brainstorm
Post: Funk fusion TV-action band -- "Master Ninja Theme Song"
Clip: "To them it's some kind of ritual"

323 Castle of Fu Manchu

Airdate: January 18, 1992
Pre: "Satellite of Love Marching Song"
Inventions: Bots: new phone chip (Joel forgot, uses Big Head) MS: The Stinky Bomb
Skits (amid much sobbing): The Miss Saigon Syndrome (Crow), Flying carpet/CB lingo, History of FuManChu
Post: We'll beat you at your own game (Not)/MS's try to heckle movie
Clip: Fu Manchu guys attack a guard on bridge

324 Master Ninja II

Airdate: January 25, 1992
Pre: Improv Theatre
Inventions: J: Gerbil Sphere II MS: Conveyor Belt Buffet
Skits: Dream 70's van, Col. Timothy Van Patten, Pets for fictional detectives
Post: Lee Van Cleef Foam core doll/favorite movies
Clip: Lee Van Cleef petting hamster with a wicked grin

Comedy Central 1992/93 season

401 Space Travelers

Airdate: June 6, 1992
Pre: The Great Crowdini
Inventions: J: Dollaroid MS: Facial Tissue (with faces)
Skits: American space race advancements, Astronaut and CB lingo, Problems we may have to face
Post: Find the finder of lost loves
Clip: Gene grinding pill into cleft in chin

402 The Giant Gila Monster

Airdate: June 13, 1992
Pre: The thing with two heads/odd couple 1999/Dr. F's dead
Inventions: J: Prop Old Sitcom/Movie Radio MS: Renaissance Festival Punching Bags
Skits: Stupid/soda jerk, Favorite funny drunk, Servo on cinema (blocking)
Post: Hee-la rock group
Clip: Old guy drinks Coke

403 City Limits

Airdate: June 20, 1992
Pre: Ping pong balls/Servo has Crow's eyes
Inventions: J: Fun Friend from Steak MS: Tupperware Container to Lock in Pop Star Freshness/Tupperware Coffin
Skits: "Ode to Kim Cattral," New comic superheros (Fantastic 85), Fantastic 85/185 continued
Post: City Limits trivia game
Clip: Model airplane crashes into guard tower

404 Teenagers from Outer Space

Airdate: June 27, 1992
Pre: NBC mystery movie electro-shock (*zap!*)
Inventions: J: Scratch-and-sniff Report Cards MS: Resusci Annie Ventriloquism
Skits: Reel to real, Snacks in waste recepticle, Skeleton visit
Post: Duct tape fashions
Clip: "When we return to our planet the high court may well sentence you to *TORTURE*!"

405 Being from Another Planet

Airdate: July 4, 1992
Pre: Twenty questions
Inventions: MS: Tragic Moments Figurines J: Jack Palance Impersonator Kit
Skits: Lost in Space fan, Haunted boiler room, Joel's rainy day fun sketch and hex screen holo-clowns
Post: TV's Frank Shopping Network
Clip: Guy screaming as hand is covered by fungus

406 Attack of the Giant Leeches

Short: Undersea Kingdom part 1: Beneath the Ocean Floor
Airdate: July 18, 1992
Pre: Holo-clown sequencer
Inventions: MS: Leech Nicotine Patch J: SOL Insty Adolescent Kit
Skits: Dress to take over the world, Coffee and dreams, "Danger to Ourselves and Others"
Post: Problems with film
Clip: Billy having fit while watching wrestling

407 The (Attack of the) Killer Shrews

Short: Junior Rodeo Daredevils
Airdate: July 25, 1992
Pre: Present time
Inventions: MS: Revenge on people from the past (destroy the Earth) J: Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies
Skits: Will Rodgers thing, Killer Shrew board game, Killer Shrew drink
Post: 'Bots are killer shrews/Frank had too much Killer Shrew drink
Clip: "Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results."

408 Hercules Unchained

Airdate: August 1, 1992
Pre: Annual wash and wax day
Inventions: MS: Decorator roaches J: Steve-a-meter
Skits: Gypsy's Olympiad set, mythic foods, 'Bots try to get Joel to explain birds and bees
Post: Why these movies?
Clip: Redhead stares, then closes her eyes and swallows

409 Indestructible Man

Short: Undersea Kingdom part 2: The Undersea City
Airdate: August 15, 1992
Pre: Joel is crazy?/party in Deep 13
Inventions: MS: For men (but women like it, too) J: Cereal Novels
Skits: Any excuse for a parade, What would you do if you were indestructible?, Lon Chaney eye thing
Post: Affidavit to stop cop donut jokes/MS get noise ticket
Clip: Indestructible pizza face emerges from trap door

410 Hercules Against the Moon Men

Airdate: August 22, 1992
Pre: Crow and Servo run away from home/sand storm/DEEP HURTING!
Inventions: J: Freak out MS: (woven into tapestry of the movie)
Skits: Booby trap, 'Bots get implants/new tough-guy name, "Ode to Pants"
Post: Changing actors
Clip: Old guy screaming as he is killed by hidden spears

411 The Magic Sword

Airdate: August 29, 1992
Pre: Joel is caricaturist
Inventions: J: Big Gulperets MS: Bio-hazard Clean-up Pillow
Skits: Basil Rathbones (for dogs), Life in the Middle Ages, "Ode on Estelle"
Post: Curses on TV/Frank doesn't feel well
Clip: Two-headed assistant

412 Hercules and the Captive Women

Airdate: September 12, 1992
Pre: Gypsy wants to be in experiment
Inventions: MS: (Frank) Lawn Baby J: The Womb Mate
Skits: Good-natured brawling, History of Hercules, Hercules action figure
Post: Hercules laid to rest/Frank mowed by Lawn Baby
Clip: "Hercules! Help me!"

413 Manhunt in Space

Short: General Hospital (#1)
Airdate: September 19, 1992
Pre: Servo is color blind
Inventions: MS: Bean Bag Pants J: Paper recyled clothes
Skits: Soap opera, "Space" modifier, Winky visits/calls from home
Post: Crow is guitar, Servo is amp/Mads can't get up
Clip: Ken throws a chair

414 Tormented

Airdate: September 26, 1992
Pre: Crow, Servo and Gypsy in ventilation shaft
Inventions: J: Aunt C/Katherine Wheel MS: Drinking Jacket
Skits: Joel's fallen from shaft, Pop singers to drop from a lighthouse, 'Bots are bodiless
Post: Happy thoughts and good things
Clip: "Tom Stewart killed me! Tom Stewart killed me!"

415 The Beatniks

Short: General Hospital (#2)
Airdate: November 25, 1992
Pre: Paper rock sissors game
Inventions: MS: Good-Luck Troll Costumes J: Pocket Pool
Skits: Are you a Beatnik?, Tony Travis fixation, Servo becomes star
Post: Is dickweed a swear word?/Crow "kills" Servo with rubber knife/Mads' can't hit button
Clip: Psycho beatnik throws a fit (his gun) by the hotel window.

416 Firemaidens from Outer Space

Airdate: November 26, 1992
Pre: Timmy hurts Cambot
Inventions: MS: Big Checks J: Nike Aircheelata (Cheese Sneakers)
Skits: Double-entendres, Levers to control *everything*, Joel throws Timmy off the statellite
Post: Make sense of movie
Clip: Larson finds secret door after throwing something at wall

417 Crash of the Moons

Short: General Hospital (#3)
Airdate: November 28, 1992
Pre: Joel teaches Servo machrame/Crow sells real grit
Inventions: MS: Deep 13 Toothpaste J: Rock 'n' Wreck Guitar
Skits: "The Gypsy Moons," John Banner Gram, Crow's [klinker klank] teleplay
Post: John Banner visits/Banner Gram for Dr. F
Clip: "Boobie!"

418 Attack of the (the) Eye Creatures

Airdate: December 5, 1992
Pre: Crow and Servo are best friends/worst enemies
Inventions: MS: Router Ouiju Board J: Funny Gag FAX
Skits: Servo wants to make out, Earl Hullamania, Rip Taylor trio
Post: They just didn't care
Clip: Guy in striped jumpsuit hangs up phone

419 The Rebel Set

Short: Johnny at the Fair
Airdate: December 12, 1992
Pre: Joel reads scary bedtime stories
Inventions: MS: TV's Frank's Quick Primp Kit J: Paint-by-number Mark Rathko
Skits: Crow's acting lessons, What would you do in Chicago?, Merritt Stone writer's workshop
Post: Who is Merritt Stone?
Clip: "I am bugged!"

420 The Human Duplicators

Airdate: December 26, 1992
Pre: Redesigning the 'bots/Mads have the sillies
Inventions: J: Beanie-Chopper (should have gone through the roof) MS: William Conrad Fridge Alert
Skits: Spaceship craft project, Servo duplicates himself, Hugh Beaumont attacks
Post: 'Bots admit to being robots
Clip: Duplicate butlers killing each other

421 Monster a Go-Go

Short: Circus on Ice
Airdate: January 9, 1993
Pre: 'Bots make cheese snack
Inventions: MS: Johnny Long-torso Action Figure J: Affordable Non-violent Action Figures by the 'Bots
Skits: Gypsy doesn't get Crow, Joel and Servo won't give Crow the ball, Questions of the Universe (the Pina Colada Song)
Post: Servo is a happy king!
Clip: Monster a Go-Go on the move

422 The Day the Earth Froze

Short: Here Comes the Circus
Airdate: January 16, 1993
Pre: Joel gets picture of the family
Inventions: J: Snaction MS: Unhappy Meals
Skits: Joel types clown ideas, What is Sampo?, "Gypsy Rose Me"
Post: Crow and Servo are *MORE* than the wind!
Clip: "What's going to become of us now?"

423 Bride of the Monster

Short: Hired! pt 1
Airdate: January 23, 1993
Pre: Looking at Crow's dream
Inventions: MS: Tough Love Seat J: Microwave Faith Popcorn
Skits: "Hired! Song," Monster is (not) scary, No advertising
Post: Re-edit final scene of film
Clip: Bela with acne

424 Manos: Hands of Fate

Short: Hired! pt 2
Airdate: January 30, 1993
Pre: Wonderful Joel
Inventions: MS: Chocolate Bunny Guillotine J: The Cartuner
Skits: The scenic tour/Frank apologizes, Scary exaggerated features, Joel: the Master of Darkness/Forrester apologizes
Post: Lady wrestling game/Torgo's pizza delivery
Clip: "Why don't you just leave us alone?"

Comedy Central 1993/94 season

501 Warrior of the Lost World

Airdate: July 24, 1993
Pre: Prologue Room
Inventions: MS: Square Master J: Bitter Sweet Hearts
Skits: Slot cars, What if "Paper Chase" guy didn't get his license, What you could do after the apocolypse
Post: Megaweapon was best character/call Megaweapon
Clip: Hero looking at woman

502 Hercules

Airdate: July 17, 1993
Pre: Joel introduces everybody/no one has anything to say
Inventions: MS: Cellular Desk J: Instant Karma
Skits: Greek constellations, Hamilton Joe, Frank and Reynolds (Joel eats Capt'N Ron cereal), Match Game
Post: Amazon women misconceptions
Clip: "He's something out of a bad dream."

503 Swamp Diamonds

Short: What To Do On a Date
Airdate: July 31, 1993
Pre: Elias Sandoval ST:TOS obsession
Inventions: MS: U-View J: Andrew Lloyd Weber Grill
Skits: Tom wants to ask Gypsy out on a date, Tom calls Gypsy, At the scavenger sale
Post: After the date
Clip: "Shut up."

504 Secret Agent Super Dragon

Airdate: August 7, 1993
Pre: Minsky, the annoying robot
Inventions: MS: Virtual Comedy J: Micro Golf
Skits: "Secret Agent Super Dragon" jazz combo, The Spy Who Hugged Me, Super Secret Spy School/Death softens the blow of the pun
Post: Super Villian Conference Call
Clip: Guy jumps Super Dragon

505 Magic Voyage of Sinbad

Airdate: August 14, 1993
Pre: S.O.L.tie awards
Inventions: MS: Chinderwear J: Rat Pack Chess Set
Skits: Junior Jester's Club, If Sinbad came to your town, Crow left theater/shot self out airlock to go on lifelong quest
Post: Channel Catfish/Fisty hand puppets
Clip: Laughing horse

506 Eegah!

Airdate: August 28, 1993
Pre: Freezing Crow/Fixing Crow
Inventions: J: Porkarina MS: Replaced Frank's blood with radiator fluid
Skits: Self-serve gas stations/When the world went to hell, Surgically alter Joel's face to look like Arch Hall, Jr., Widowers on TV
Post: Washing Eegah! off/What SAMPO is
Clip: "That's what I've been doing. Now I'm getting sick."

507 I Accuse My Parents

Short: The Truck Farmer
Airdate: September 4, 1993
Pre: Tom has the Pinocchio Syndrome
Inventions: MS: Cake n' Shake J: Junk Drawer Organizer
Skits: Art therapy of ideal parents, "Are You Happy in Your Work?," Roots of Jimmy's illness
Post: Hamburgers
Clip: "What? What's so funny?"

508 Operation Double 007

Airdate: September 11, 1993
Pre: Joel transferred his old home movies to video
Inventions: MS: Lederhosenhosen J: Bobbing Buzzard (Caw, caw, caw)
Skits: I know, Sean & Neal Show:Parallel Lives, Torgo's pizza delivery (again)
Post: 'Bots are stuck to the wall/Dr. F magnetizes the ship
Clip: Villian looks suave

509 Girl in Lover's Lane

Airdate: September 18, 1993
Pre: 'Bots retrofit each other with belly-buttons
Inventions: MS: Evil Event Days (baseball) J: Dock Martins for Don Martin
Skits: "Train Song" aka "What a Pleasant Journey," Change for pinball/Beat and hogpile Joel, Crow is Jack Elam/Egg in a bottle
Post: 'Bots rewrite ending
Clip: "Are you waiting for a bus?"

510 The Painted Hills

Short: Body Care and Grooming
Airdate: September 26, 1993
Pre: The Tonight Show
Inventions: MS: Frank's heart J: Back-Talk
Skits: Advocates:Sloppy or Clean, President Hayes, Tom melted Crow into gold ingot
Post: Message of the movie/Lassie's actions/Frank is dead again
Clip: Girl in shower smiles and hangs dress

511 Gunslinger

Airdate: October 16, 1993
Pre: Servo's head is a balloon
Inventions: MS: The Scanner Planner J: Wiffle ideas
Skits: What it's like being dead, Gypsy express, Quantum linear super positions
Post: 1970s were dismal/letters deep fried from France
Clip: "Don't bother going back to town; I want you out of this state tonight!"

512 Mitchell

Airdate: October 23, 1993
Pre: Joel's toothpick replica to be smashed, the mads are being audited, hired a temp.
Inventions: MS: none (no time) J: Daktari Stool
Skits: Gypsy overheard mads plot to kill temp and thinks they mean Joel, If Joel had to leave the SOL, how would he do it?, Mike gives Gypsy manual control of the Deus Ex Machina
Post: Joel escapes/Mads look at Mike...
Clip: "Buzz off, kid...BUZZ OFF!"

513 The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Airdate: October 30, 1993
Pre: Warming up for his first experiment
Inventions: M: Gutter Bumber Chute MS: Dr. Forrester's Dream Buster
Skits: Trying to gain control of the inertial guidance system, Hat party for Jan (the head), embarrassing moment.
Post: Visit from Jan
Clip: "Who's to tell me to blow if I don't want to?"

514 Teenage Strangler

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515 Wild World of Batwomen

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516 Alien From L.A.

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517 Beginning of the End

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518 Atomic Brain

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519 The Outlaw

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520 Radar Secret Service

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521 Santa Claus

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522 Teenage Crimewave

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523 Village of the Giants

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524 12 to the Moon

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