16 Comments

1. 

   acilius

    /  December 14, 2008

   Gee, somehow I feel I don’t need to see the rest of the movie.

   Was that movie made in Canada? It reminds me of the Canadian movies they heckled on MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.

2. 

   cymast

    /  December 15, 2008

   Made in the USA.

   Funny, I never liked MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. I couldn’t even watch a full minute of it.

3. 

   acilius

    /  December 15, 2008

   Really? I loved the show.

4. 

   cymast

    /  December 15, 2008

   Those weird moving robot silhouettes were so annoying, plus a little superfluous chatter goes a long way . . I don’t need every single quirk and punchline pointed out to me.

5. 

   acilius

    /  December 15, 2008

   It reminded me of when I was a little kid and my big brothers and I would sit around the TV and make fun of bad movies together.

6. 

   cymast

    /  December 15, 2008

   What a coincidence! I was just remembering trying to watch a movie with you and one of your brothers and a friend, and how similar that experience was to MST.

7. 

   acilius

    /  December 15, 2008

   Another of my brothers was the one who introduced me to MST3K, he and his wife were living in Chicago in the 80s and they were fanatical MST3K watchers. It really seemed to offend them that the show wasn’t available nationally at that point. Anyway, when it came to our area in the 90s I started watching it. It immediately took me back to that part of my childhood. I can’t think of any reason why a person who didn’t grow up doing that would like the show, but judging by its popularity over the years of its run there must have been lots of us who did.

8. 

   cymast

    /  December 15, 2008

   From the 80’s- this includes a GOING GREAT show ad. Apparently the show is now “obscure.” I had the Biggest Crush on Chris Makepeace:

   http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-1628091950261009188&hl=en&fs=true

   My fav 90’s kids’ show:

9. 

   cymast

    /  December 15, 2008

   OK flip the 2 above descriptions.

10. 

    acilius

     /  December 15, 2008

    Now I know why I’d never heard of Chris Makepeace before you told me about your crush on him. We didn’t have Nickelodeon in 1983. In fact, I never heard of Nickelodeon until about 1990.

11. 

    cymast

     /  December 15, 2008

    Chris Makepeace was “Rudy” in the 1979 movie MEATBALLS, and “Clifford Peache” in the 1980 movie MY BODYGUARD. I most highly recommend these 2 movies, even more than I recommend CABIN FEVER.

12. 

    acilius

     /  December 15, 2008

    I saw MEATBALLS, in about 1981 or so. I don’t remember Rudy, though.

13. 

    cymast

     /  December 15, 2008

    Rudy was the main character, besides Bill Murray’s character. He was the misfit who ended up winning the cross-country race and became the camp hero.

14. 

    acilius

     /  December 16, 2008

    I vaguely remember Bill Murray’s character. Was MEATBALLS the one with Rodney Dangerfield, or was that CADDYSHACK?

15. 

    cymast

     /  December 16, 2008

    Dangerfield and Murray were in CADDYSHACK (golf movie). Dangerfield was not in MEATBALLS (summer camp movie).

16. 

    acilius

     /  December 16, 2008

    Ah, well then. I definitely did see both of those movies, but I only vaguely remember CADDYSHACK, and don’t remember MEATBALLS at all.