MST3K-Peter Graves' Speech from It Conquered the World

[jsampras3]

Did you guys know that Peter Graves went to the University of Minnesota? I saw it in a movie once.

[diogeneslaertius666]

*watches clip while slowly eating food*

[Igarappappa]

I find it hilarious how enthralled they are by this speech after ripping apart the movie. Props for Mr. Graves!

[clibinarium]

Its almost possible to forget this quite profound existentialist speech was preceeded by Lee Van Cleef fighting an upsidedown space parsnip.

[sarsmask]

Peter Graves fucking owned. Not like that dumb, ugly asshole James Arness.

[Balin93]

He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature, and because of it the greatest in the universe. And he learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes; there can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection, they find only death, loss, disillusionment and the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to toil and misery. It can't be given - it has to be achieved!

[BryonYoungblood]

@Balin93 There is hope. But it has to come from inside. From man itself.

[BryonYoungblood]

Man, this speech is very heavy stuff.

Bryon

[pretorious700]

Man is the "greatest in the universe" what an incredible conceit that is.........the fifties were a silly time, what he's actually saying is that AMERICANS were the greatest, because everybody was just dying to blow each other up back then.

[wattamack4]

R.I.P. Peter Graves.

I still find it amusing how everyone is like... watcing it as if it had some secret message... pajamas on, lights out, eating dinner. XD

[RattyRandnums]

@wattamack4 Eh the secret message is not-at-all subtle anti-communist propaganda.

[tinybunnybob]

RIP, Peter Graves :(

[MexiGojira]

Peter Graves, you will be remembered

salutes!

[pretorious700]

I love the look on Frank's face....duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­h

[Razorsinmysalad]

That's way too well-written to be in anything featured in MST3k.

Oh yeah, RIP Peter Graves.

[pitchthedevil]

Great Hair! I miss him already; whether fighting Giant Nuked Out Hoppers, Cucumbers from Space, covering up genetic cloning farms in Van Nuys or simply recounting the lives of greater men than he on A&E; Peter Graves excelled at cheese. "We salute you, one of the great dead ones!"

[pretorious700]

@pitchthedevil -"Great"? Maybe a stretch, he was good in a bland, detached sort of way.

Death tends to inflate the dialectic.

[pitchthedevil]

@pretorious Mmm-Hmmm. And how many aliens have you fought on screen? How many "Biographies" have you narrated? How many times have you been parodied on National Television. Oh, right. None. Why? Because YOU are average and HE was great and amazingly cheesy. Incidentally the "...great ones" quote (you'll notice the quotation marks) is actually from MST3K: The Book in reference to another actor. And my dialectic doesn't get inflated, it remains turgid at all times.

[WhiteTiger225]

RIP Peter Graves!

[AeWingnut]

I also thought of this immediately after I heard he had died. Thank you for posting this. I hope that MST3K will find a way to release this commercially.

[sarty]

Thanks for posting this. RIP Peter Graves.

[DAJ01]

He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature, and because of it the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way to make their own mistakes; there can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection, they find only death, fire, loss, disillusionment, the end of everything that's gone forward.

[DAJ01]

Men have always sought an end to toil and misery. It can't be given, it has to be achieved. There is hope, but it has to come from inside...from man himself.

[bayoutinkbelle]

Thanks for posting, and RIP Mr. Graves. Is it wrong that this is the first thing I thought of when I heard he had died?

[tarlcabot18]

Nope. Not wrong. I made this immediately after I heard about it.

[pretorious700]

Pretty good read of a horribly written soliloquy...hey, not your fault Peter.....ciao

[SeviRais]

How is it horribly written?

[pretorious700]

You're kidding, right?

[SeviRais]

@pretorious700 No but you are. (:

[pretorious700]

@SeviRais ...It appears this whole ridiculous, dopey, preposterous, poorly executed B sci fi was a setup for the aforementioned impassioned speech. Corman at his finest.

[Mernie9]

Oh, wow ... i've never seen this ... and now four times.

[whammer0411]

Bless you for posting this...

[tarlcabot18]

You're welcome.

[jvreeland87]

Thanks for uploading this! I was just looking for it last night. RIP Peter

[FrobmanAKATillman]

He shall be remembered.

[LSDScreen]

Goodnight sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

[Kutulhu]

Thanks for uploading this