MST3K - KTMA #000 (Unaired Incomplete Pilot) - The Green Slime (Part 1 of 2)

[MTCaptain]

I can only see beeper as Tom Servo v0.5, later upgraded with a voice synthesizer and shiny red paint job.

[VTPPGLVR]

What does KTMA stand for?

[VocalRaynbow]

@VTPPGLVR Just the name of the station they were originally on. No idea if it actually has a meaning.

[Stup1dG33kz]

The one dislike is Beeper.

[videovic99]

What is he saying at 2:11 ? I always liked the movie ... ??? 

[SinnFein4ever]

@videovic99

Joel said "I always liked the movie Silent Running, and I made these robots out of found objects for awhile.

...and I go "Oh I can use that for puppets", so I kind-of transposed that idea...of watching movies in silouttes with these puppets...and that's kind-of how Mystery Science Theater came into being.

And I pitched it to Jim Allen, and he liked it, and before we knew it, we were getting ready to make this pilot.".

[derekawaii]

I remember seeing part of this from the MST3K scrapbook tape. Glad I'm able to see more of it here, though I can see why they cut it short as it was just a test run.

[sstearns34]

What is the date of this?

[loui001]

"We're gonna do this show and there's going to be these puppets.. do you want to come do it with me?"

[TitusYorick]

Wow, the first ever tunnel sequence, that's awesome

[SinnFein4ever]

If you want to cut the intro, just skip to 3:48.

[minefield1000]

Yep, thanks for posting. Who are the other people on the podium? Josh Weinstein,

Trace Beaulieu, or who?

[MattSutton1]

@minefield1000 I think it's Joel, Trace, Frank Conniff, Josh, and Mary Jo Pehl.

[tomservo3]

I've seen clips from it, but never this much of it. Thanks :3

[cavernism]

So many balding heads in the audience....:-)

[rocketshipstud1]

the green slime is a sci-fi masterpiece and of quality!...mst-3k works best when the movie has a hot sexy t+a babe to lust after during the show!...

[RockyBalboa211]

Well I mean Joel is 50 or 52 years old so.. he got older lol!

[mskittychic79]

Damn I love how Crow always looks like Crow no matter which episode you watch! Thanks for posting!!

[saiyanprince09]

@donwest420 Testify brotha!

[mikejackson4ever]

JOEL!!!

[SinnFein4ever]

The pilot actually begins at 4:23. (after its opening credits).

[ShadesofScorpius]

Ahhh. Thanks. With that tidbit of info I looked into it more and you're very right. Apparently he owns the rights to the bots so that's why they're not being used anymore. Also, they're all pretty mum about why they work separately, but I'm sure it's just conflicting ideas and personalities. I don't like that there are two different teams though - makes me feel like mommy and daddy don't love one another anymore!! WAAAH another broken home!! (hhehehe)

[xLaserLifex]

Haha, loved the doors sequence.

[RebeccaOTool]

Thanks for posting, I always wanted to see this.

[ShadesofScorpius]

I realize there's this schizm between this team and the Mike/Kevin/Bill team.. but what happened for it to get like that? What happened to create the divide?

[ZaffireWolf]

Maybe the whole "guest riffer" thing that was completely tasteless? Because I watched CT's Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Legacy of Blood, and it can't really be the "penis/vagina" thing because they both do that. 

On the lighter side I can't hear anything they say on the film, so I don't get why they're laughing.

[dogeymon83]

Is that Frank?? He looks like the wheel chair guy from Texas Chainsaw as an old man.

[Craigers22763]

yea that's him .He looks like Franklin

[rabapab23]

LOL @ Joel's hair!

[textthing]

Yeah, Joel had proper surfer dude hair back then.

[mst3kanita]

Does someone seriously do a Nelson Muntz "HAHAHA!" when the clip first starts?

[jonothanster]

Maybe it was Nelson Muntz... himself.

[VarukerVaruker]

Never seen any of the green slime pilot before, great piece of mst3k history! Thanks for posting!!!

[laural73mc]

lol is beeper supposta' be Tom servo?

[wattamack4]

@laural73mc: Of course. ;)

I have a feeling Josh probably thought "I'm sick of doing this character; can we change him?", which resulted in Servo, that is if Beeper was still the same bot in "Invaders from the Deep".

[madhatter9max]

hey it's TV's Frank!

[MoJoelRizing]

"Hey, I'm doing this show, and, uh, there's movies, and puppets... and, you wanna come do it with me?"

-Josh Weinstein, recalling Joel's pitch to him

for MST3K's pilot