 Hello again, it's Keith. I am Misty number 39 as always. It is Wednesday August 2nd when I'm recording this and last Saturday in Seattle I saw the Live MST 3k show the secret movie. I chose to go to Seattle because of the secret movie. I've seen Ega I Couldn't afford to go to more than one movie So I decided to go to Seattle now before I show you my review and I have a co-reviewer who I'll introduce later I had two tickets to the show and I was going alone but I had met these two kids at the fanfest in Portland about a month ago and They were so enthusiastic about being in front of the camera. I Was saying I have to find some kind of video project for these girls So and they were in Seattle already. So I got in touch with them and I said do you want these tickets? I'll let you have these tickets if you'll review the thing afterwards and the key was that they had never heard of Mystery Science Theater Well, one of them ended up not being able to make it at the last minute So I took that other ticket and I went in with Helen McClay and it was actually a good thing For me that it worked out that way because I was able to sit next to a complete newbie Who didn't know anything about Mystery Science Theater and watch her reactions as we were going into the door? We saw Jackie Naiman Jones from Manos the Hands of Fate She was with Tonya Atomic the director of the Manos sequel that Jackie produced last year Rachel Jackson of Manos the Hands of Felt was with them and likewise after the show Jackie and Rachel went into the VIP reception with Joel Hodg and he invited them to it. There's a picture of it there It was very nice of him Helen and I after the show went next door to the Moore Hotel and sat down in the lobby and recorded our spontaneous reactions before I show you that video I have to give a shout out to Darius Lewis who was working the front desk at the Moore Hotel He had seen the live show just before our show the the showing of Ega So he knew Mystery Science Theater. He knew what we were there to do and he said sure sit down in the lobby to do it Thanks, Darius. I have to thank you again. Also For giving me batteries for my microphone. You gave me batteries out of your pocket. I can't thank you enough Okay, with all that said Spoiler warning we do reveal the name of the secret movie It's not a movie that's ever been on any Mystery Science Theater episode or live show before It was a total surprise for me as well I don't know whether this will ever be released on video if it isn't wow. I'm lucky. I saw it But here it is All right, this is Keith misting number 39 and this is McClay squirrel girl from the fan fest We just saw the Mystery Science Theater live show the The secret show, I don't know if it was the same secret show everywhere It was what was the name of the movie? Oh Argo man Argo man. I think I kept saying Argo man the fantastic Superman. Yeah. Yeah Oh, yeah, because of the fantastic and super. Yeah It was one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen Yeah, even for Mystery Science Theater one of the dumbest this is working, right? Yeah, okay I invited Helen along because When she and I were talking last week I Learned that she'd never even heard of Mystery Science Theater much less seen it before and She was here in Seattle So I said come see Mystery Science Theater and I want to get your reaction Well, what was your reaction? Wow So I guess I got to have my reaction like both to the movie into Mystery Science Theater because like Mystery Science Theater Like there's so much history and lore and all these cool things There's just the movie. That's really bad And I love the premise like it was really cool because I was gonna I was deciding whether do I Watch some of Mystery Science Theater. Do I like prepare myself like I've been familiar with a few of the characters and icons from the show But I wasn't like I know what this is and so like no, I'm just gonna go in blind Yeah, and It was interesting because like for the first half like a lot of it was like I was figuring it out And I was surrounded by people because these are people who have helped fundraise for the show on Netflix I'm not sure if you're like, what is this? Like how do I interact with it? And so it wasn't until like about there was the second after I didn't permission like second half So I really got into it and like the jokes were hitting hard Yeah, I was really enjoying it. So it was really cool because one thing I really appreciate is it's definitely It has its fans are for the fans because like these are people who loved it like you you've got it since the beginning and There's also all these current jokes for like people like me who are just coming in and there's also these jokes They're just playing either just stupid or silly or just like basic comedic jokes And so I think I don't know I had a really fun time It was super cool because I was seeing extra two people who were just really into it It was really fun and it makes me really want to go and see all the different yeah episodes I was very interested to see if you would Have any appreciation for it at all if it would even be funny. Oh, yes But but yeah, like she was saying and anyone who's a fan of mystery science theater, you know, there's so much There's so much Depth to the the comedy writing for the show. There's always got to be something funny For everybody and there's so much material and the movies are so stupid Listen, believe me. This is one of this is one of the most perfect Mystery science theater movies I've ever seen. It is so rich with opportunities that there are movies that Even the most hard for hard for fans can't can't sit through. Okay, because There are a lot of movies where just nothing happens They're classically bad. Yeah, yeah, they're gonna be bad. I suspect that Argo man Would be a screamed watch just on your own. It was so stupid. It was so stupid like this guy He's telekinesis. Don't even don't even try it. I mean yellow suit. Yeah, you can't do it It's like after we had an intermission and we came back from intermission and I was like, is this a different movie? Yeah, it's like a whole different movie. It was a British spy and then you're like well now There's people running around in silly costumes. The most the most ridiculously sexist British spy I've ever seen and all of them are terribly sexist. This was the worst This has to be the worst Which made it perfect God, and then there's all these costumes that were insane There was a one line was like do I look like a sexy kermit cosplay that was totally nailed it But he's like little yeah when when is somebody gonna comment on my sexy That was just like yeah, really cool to take in let me say for For those of you who are old-school misty fans, there's a lot of puma man reference in this movie So you don't get that they talked about they talked about puma man a number of times in this movie When he levitated the girl in the pink jumpsuit and they say she's puma girl Because puma man flies like that He looks like an idiot. Yeah And I couldn't the first half of the movie I couldn't tell Number one who was supposed to be argoman that they were talking about and was this and was this guy supposed to be I thought he was a villain. I thought yeah, I was I honestly I had no idea Existed yeah guy in yellow suit jump. Yeah, I didn't I thought there was like a spy detective movie. Yeah, and Then they worked in the high-key reference, of course, there has to be a high-key reference in every yeah in every movie I was telling you this season one All the 25 years ago Episode four But it's more complicated that because they renumbered it later Anyway, his history lore and You were you were really jazzed to learn that Joel Hodgson is the boy is mayor Dewey. Oh, that was a fun little fact. So I was learning and because I Wanted to once we were there like one might as well learn some things And so I learned that like your favorite was Joel Hodgson And he was there for a little bit and then he moved on and he was a comedian and he was talking at the beginning because there's people coming in and There's someone brought up Steven Universe, and I'm a big fan of Steven Universe and did like the mayor do you know? It's like It's really like the falsely grow of like what people yeah Anubi can have a connection to your hot son the original Like I was I I'm a huge fan of Steven Universe. I had seen all of it. I had no idea Joel Hodgson was Mayor Dewey I saw online someone mentioned that Joel Hodgson was Mayor Dewey. I was like what? I know that and then I was talking with these Steven Universe cosplayers at the next convention. I went to I said I'm so thrilled To see that Joel Hodgson is in this and they were like, huh, who was I said mystery science theater Okay, I thought these kids were hip Yeah, yeah your hip kid I also really appreciated so the title of the live show was mr 3000 was it be where is oh shoot watch out for snakes watch out for snakes live show and so I was like Okay, so that's a line in the previous movie. That wasn't the mystery movie Yeah, except I really appreciated the fact that like there's like a snake on one of the ladies dress And so he made that a bit and so they ran with the like yeah, I was I was thinking that too They made a bit in this movie So I figure that like if it that's like the overarching theme was like that's what those those are lines are pulling from And I I I like the fact that I was a Felicia Day fan before she became part of the show and you know And when they would say watch out for snakes, there would be a Felicia Day video. Oh, yeah a little gun. Yeah Okay, well before the show when Joel was answering questions and I was thinking okay. She's gonna be completely lost. She has no idea what he's talking about and Then he makes the Mayor Dewey reference and then they start the show and I'm like, oh, that's right The theme song of the show explains the show, which is very handy. Yeah This one we have nice little sing-a-line. Mm-hmm and the countdown with the doors opening and closing I really appreciated that. That was a cool touch. Mm-hmm and the they they keep talking about movie sign Oh, we've got movie sign and then they have to run down the hallway Originally in the first season Movie sign when when the thing started flashing and Joel had movie sign He would get shocked if he didn't go into the theater. Okay, gotcha. It was a condition response from the mad scientist So everybody yells movie sign and start screaming. That's why they're screaming The show that lasts for 10 years. Oh, you have and where every episode was two hours long They did such a good job of including new material like They had a lot of Hamilton jokes Hamilton jokes that uber jokes. Yeah, you'll gabba gabba jokes You'll gabba gabba jokes. They had a few of those. They had zero of those Boy, you'll gabba gabba. He's getting dark There's not a few and then I really appreciate it There's one part where he comes out of the pool and just it's such a practical like stuff. Yeah Jokes that don't have any cultural revenue. They're just stupid The writing is so good you asked me during intermission you said Are the all the riffing and the jokes are so spot-on with the movie you didn't realize you didn't realize that it was written Yeah, so I wasn't sure because like because what you told me is that he was and where he was a comedian So like okay, so I don't know like if they're if they're all comedians And they're going off or if it's scripted because like that's that's hard to do Like already you're taking this material that isn't necessarily the best or it is the best, but you don't really know night-for-night And so it was cool because it was so well on but it wasn't it didn't feel very dry It didn't feel like oh, they're like saying something. Yeah. Yeah, and so just having that like Response to what you're going for the the the riffing in this movie. That's what it's called By the way, everything it was really consistent and it wasn't It wasn't too much. There are some movies where they They keep going too much and it's and it kind of buries the joke and it sounds Robotic almost kind of stiff this one. I didn't feel they never really felt stiff That was one of my problems with the new season it felt too written and And I remember Joel in an interview talking about he was trying to make the new shows Actually feel that way feel feel like they're more integrated into the film And I really didn't understand what he meant because I was fine with the way the show has always been I I do have to tell you I whenever Joel does an interview. I Never understand him. I don't understand Joel Hodgson at all. His perspective. His perspectives are really strange He'll always say something that he's coming from an angle that I'm like, I Never have gotten that I so he's obviously obviously I appreciate his humor But I can't say that I understand him at all even after even after all this time. Yeah, those are your creators Yeah, yeah, the the show has always had a staff of writers that aren't necessarily appearing on the show and writers from a wide variety of backgrounds. That's why you can see You know a Death Star joke and a Hamilton joke I heard you laughing at it. Oh a bigger Death Star. That's so lame Yeah, I could always yeah when I would hear you laugh I there was something that they said at one point You were leaning forward and they said something and you were shaking your head like this You didn't get it, but that happened plenty of times. I guess Well, you already said that you don't get the reference to watch out for snakes But they made you get the reference You get the reference and that's one thing that I appreciate is that like with within the movie And this is what comedians do is that they'll there was a joke about robes And so like they brought it back and so it wasn't like it wasn't It was like kind of like the last call, but like for an audience member Yeah, you don't understand any if you are stuck in a box You at least understand the fart doing a breathing jokes and when they connect like from the beginning to the end doing a call back Yeah doing the call back to self-referencing the material within the show. Yeah, and you're right That's what comedians do. That's what a good comedian does the show over the years developed its own kind of weird continuity Even though the even though the motto is the show. It's just a show. You should really just relax Like I said in the yeah, yeah, we should really just relax Right, but it does have its own continuity and This Cynthia character is supposedly a clone of one of the villains from the original show Who was the mother of the original villain of the show and Felicia Day's character is his daughter So this is a clone of her grandmother. Wowzers. Yeah Besides Jonah and and Joel and Cynthia The rest of the cast aren't here one of the guys playing the one of the robots tonight Is not the guy in in the new show. They had to get someone else to do it. Yeah, they mentioned that in a joke Yeah, you're right. They said the voice is different. Yeah. Yeah, okay. You you picked up on there. Haha Yeah, and Yeah, and then You should go back and watch Some of the original shows and you should you should also go back and watch What I originally knew Joel from was his stand-up days from the early 80s He was the whole idea at the beginning of the show the invention exchange where they each have an invention the the villains and Jonah They were talking about it new inventions that they made he invented the hatch. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah, yeah, and and That came from Joel's Background as a stand-up comedian. He was a prop comedian. He would come out with a case full of Ridiculous jump that he's invented and all of that stuff showed up in the first few seasons He reused all that stuff. That's awesome And I knew him from the prop comedy days and he disappeared for a few years and Then 1989 Comedy Central came along. I saw him on the commercials. I was back Yeah he created the show in Ktma TV station in Minneapolis where you're moving. Yeah, where I get to be for school. Yeah, so When you go to Minneapolis and you see Mystery Science Theater references, you would have just walked past them Now you'll know what they're talking about I saw a picture recently that the the Minneapolis Baseball team whoever they are twins twins. They have a Mystery Science Theater night And in their stadium. I Don't know what they do, but they have a Mystery Science Theater night because it's a local thing Yeah, this is because this is the first time that there's been a Mystery Science Theater live show There's never been a lot for the other other people involved in this show have done their own live shows Before movie riffing you ever heard of riff tracks. Yeah They came from Mystery Science Theater the people who run riff tracks Were the voices of the robots and Mike was Mike on he was the Mike Nelson who hosted the show That's interesting. You know riff tracks, but you don't know Mystery Science Theater Yeah That's so cool. Yeah That's really interesting, you know riff tracks Yeah, they were originally Mystery Science Theater. Cool. Um, you were a Mystery Science Theater Nooby yes, I am and now you're now you're a Misty. I am a pro. I've seen it live I've talked about lore and I have intentions to keep watching Mm-hmm. I just have to scour YouTube and yeah Yeah, the island looks and crannies of the internet to find all the different shows I would say watch the original show before you start watching the new yeah Oh, yeah, I would say watch some of those go back and start watching season two and three not season one season one You can it was very different It had it had an even different cast the guy who was the original voice of Tom servo was He was a 17 year old kid in Minneapolis that they knew okay, and he left after the first season to go to college and But he's he they've brought him back and he does live shows with them But there's there are few even old-school Misty's who started with him I think we need to wrap up Yeah, thank you for doing this. Yeah, thank you so much Fantastic, I'm sure we'll see her again on 50th Street Well, there you have it There's a new Misty out there in the sky. Thank you Helen for doing this with me What fun, I'm glad I went to the trouble. I'm glad I went to the expense. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience I had no idea I was gonna see a movie that I'd never seen before I thought surely it would be an episode from the the new season 11 and I will Record my review of season 11 coming soon That's it for this episode of Misty number 39 Please click the thumbs up button and look for my MST 3k related talk show called talk to the hand every episode is about Manos the hands of fate and only Manos the hands of fate and please consider becoming a patron visit the 50th Street website That's 50th dot ST and follow the talk to the hand link when you become a talk to the hand patron at the $30 level you receive a copy of the Manos coloring book what you see here. Thank you and please come again