Gizmonic Institute Radio: Your MST3K Companion

I’m not going to lie, things get a little weird this week. Dr. Odd has started some sort of farm in his Chuck E. Cheese basement, but also there might be a gas leak? One thing’s for sure, there are a lot of puns! We also discuss MST3K S4E2 – The Giant Gila Monster. It’s a movie where people throw a real lizard at models, and features some original “music”, or as I like to call it, “crimes against a ukulele”. Luckily, the film itself is so manic, that the riffing is fantastic, making it a preeeeety great MST3K episode. Once you’re done listening, you should stop by our facebook group and join our discussion of all things MST3K. We also have a brand new Patreon page where for just $1 a month, you can hear our other new show “Dr. Odd’s Cinematic Fun Dumpster” where Dr. Odd forces us to watch films from his ‘private collection’ and then discuss them. This month we watched Tammy & The T-Rex, which is both as horrible and amazing as it sounds. Lastly, if you like the show and want other people to be able to find it, take a couple seconds and leave us a review on iTunes! We really appreciate it! Thanks for listening!

It’s here! We asked Dr. Odd to let us watch some movies, and somewhere a monkey’s paw curled shut and he agreed that we could – as long as it was with him and they were movies from his “private collection” This is normally a patreon backer exclusive show, but we thought we would release the first episode for free as a preview! We hope you enjoy it more than we enjoyed the movie he made us watch! Outlaw Will Cain is a movie made by a greasy man in greasier wigs with his also greasy friends that also steals footage from other movies. It’s incomprehensible but somehow a very good representation of what I imagine what it would be like to schizophrenic whose personalities are all weird cowboys. If you want to continue to enjoy more of Dr. Odd’s Cinematic Fun Dumpster, then you should head over to our Patreon page and donate! This show will be backer exclusive from now on, and we also have some other goodies in store for our backers coming up, so it’s a great time to get in on the ground floor! Thank you for donating and for listening! We’ll be back in a couple of weeks with another episode of the regular show!

We’re excited to dig into the first episode of MST3K season 4, and Dr. Odd is excited about managing a baseball team! A werewolf butler baseball team! But not as excited as he is to tell us about his “roller derby” experiences. Who knew Dr. Odd was so athletic? Certainly not us! This episode we discuss MST3K Season 4 Episode 1 Space Travelers, which may be the most star studded film they’ve had on the show yet! It’s also one of the most boring and dour films they’ve had on the show to date, despite the fact that it actually won an Academy Award (which we also have serious issue with, but not for the reasons you might think). We also have a couple of BIG announcements! The first is that we’re launching a Patreon page to allow listeners like you to help support the show! Donating just 1$ a month helps us pay for things like hosting, new equipment, and to spend more time working on making more shows, and more content. It will get you access to a spinoff podcast we’re launching – “Dr. Odd’s Cinematic Fun Dumpster” where Jeff, Seth and Dr. Odd discuss films from Dr. Odd’s personal collection (spoiler alert: they’re all hilariously terrible). The first episode of this show will be free to all listeners in this feed, but then will be a patreon exclusive starting in April. The second big announcement is that starting in May, we will start doing TWO episodes of this show a month! The first will be our regularly scheduled episode where we continue with the current episode chronology, but the second will be over an episode of the new Season 11 launching on Netflix in April. We wanted to do this not only because we love making episodes of this show, but also because we didn’t want to wait several years to discuss the new, hot, fresh, brand-new MST3K episodes. Don’t forget to head on over to our facebook page to join the discussion, follow us on twitter, and leave us a review on iTunes! And if you can find it in your heart (and wallet) to donate to our Patreon, we will love you forever! Thanks for listening!

What’s this? Something that’s an episode but also NOT an episode? WHAT? Listen and enjoy (don’t worry, our normal ep will be out later this week)!

Hello everybody! You know, sometimes when life gives you lemons, you challenge yourself by shoving an entire lemon in your mouth and trying to eat it. That old adage has never been more true, especially for us this episode.  We also discuss the final episode of season 3, S3E24 – Master Ninja II, which is really just two episodes of a TV show standing on each others’ shoulders while wearing a trench coat and trying to convince everyone that they’re a real movie. It does have a hamster in it though (the film, not the trench coat)!   Once you’ve finished listening, you can head over to our facebook page and join the discussion about MST3K, life, and those little plastic tables that used to come on the center of pizzas. You can also follow us on Twitter, and if you’re feeling like moving one step closer to being our internet best friends, stop by our iTunes page and leave us a review.   Thanks for listening!

Hello friends! It’s nice to see you again! Things are still totally normal up here in space, and this week Dr. Odd let us watch a recording of the world series and showed us his newest hobby! An old friend returns for some goofs as well! We also discussed MST3K S3E23 – The Castle Of Fu Manchu – the film equivalent of spending an entire day staring at grains of sand being blown around in the wind, except there isn’t any wind and at the end of the day you find out the grains of sand actually had character names. This movie is pure Deep Hurting, and is so bad that it actually negatively affects the episode enjoyment quite a bit. That’s a huge shame because the host segments are actually some of the best in the series so far (particularly the final segment), but even that can’t save things as a whole. We still had a lot of fun talking about it though! Once you’re done listening, you can head over to our facebook page and join the discussion of all things MST3K, follow us on Twitter, or if you’re really wanting to wash the taste of The Castle of Fu Manchu out of your mouth, stop by our iTunes page and leave a reveiw! Thanks for listening!

Hello everyone! I hope that you’re enjoying the summertime down on earth, running around and capturing defunct mid-2000’s celebrities on your flip phone app. Or maybe that’s just Dr. Odd. This episode we discuss MST3K S3E22 – Master Ninja I, a MST3K episode that we didn’t really like that much, riffing a movie that we kind of did like… This paradox has left us shaken to our collective cores – we’ll be over here sitting in the corner, rocking back and forth with our knees clutched to our chests mumbling about racist stereotype accents. If you don’t already, you should head over to our Facebook Page and join the discussion about all things MST3K, follow us on Twitter, and if you’re feeling extra nice – go to our itunes page and leave us a nice review! Thanks for listening!

Hello and happy holidays! (whatever holidays those may be). Dr. Odd has mysteriously disappeared, leaving us completely unsupervised up here in space. Since this was the case, we threw a dart at our space calendar and decided that by our calculations (and we’re both very good at regular math and calendar related math) it was probably prettttty close to the Christmastime holidays down on earth, which is great because our audiolog is about MST3K S3E21 – Santa Claus Conquers the Martians! This episode is truly a treat – the movie itself is poorly made and has the world’s most obnoxious theme song, but it has a lot of heart and is genuinely enjoyable in spots. The riffing from Joel and the bots is SPOT ON this episode. These two factors combine to make this a classic episode – great for watching over and over again, or for introducing someone new to the joys of MST3K. Don’t forget to head over to our facebook page and to follow us on twitter. If you’re really in the mood to spread some holiday cheer, then stop by our iTunes page and leave a nice review.   Thanks for listening!

Hello everyone! Don’t be scared! That isn’t a living jack-o-lantern filled with fake blood grinning at you! That’s just Dr. Odd with a mouthful of cough drops. A LOT of cough drops. On second thought, maybe you should be scared. This week we discuss MST3K S3E20 – The Unearthly, a slow-moving garbage barge of a movie that even MST3K riffing failed to salvage. Luckily, this episode is balanced out with a couple of delightful shorts – “Posture Pals” and “Appreciating Our Parents”. These shorts were able to pull this episode back from the void of extreme boredom. Man, is The Unearthly bad. I don’t think we can stress that enough. Be sure to take some time and head over to our facebook page to join the discussion about all things MST3k! You can also follow us on Twitter, and if you’re feeling particularly generous (maybe because we warned you about The Unearthly?) stop by our iTunes page and write us a nice review. Thanks for listening!

I want to start off by saying that it isn’t our fault we ALLEGEDLY might be sky criminals. Unintentional sky criminals. Sorry about the headaches. This month we watches MST3K S3E19 – War of the Colossal Beast, an unnecessary sequel to a movie that probably didn’t need to be made in the first place. Seth kind of liked some of the makeup? Luckily this episode also featured the phenominal short – Mr. B Natural, which kind of redeems the whole thing. It’s about a demon woman who uses her dark powers to convince middle schoolers to join the band and buy CONN brand musical instruments. It’s… it’s really unique. Make sure to stop by our little slice of facebook, like our page and join the discussion about MST3K, follow us on Twitter, or if you’re compelled by the shrieking spirit of Mr. B Natural, stop by our iTunes page and leave us a nice review. Thanks for listening!

Learning is fun! At least that’s what Dr. Odd wants us to believe, and even then, learning all about cheese doesn’t really seem that helpful. This will all (hopefully) make sense once you listen to the episode. This week we discuss MST3k S3E18 – Star Force: Fugitive Alien II – a “movie” that has both a long, and very confusing title. Also, I put the word “movie” in quotes because this is just another Sandy Frank re-edit of a Japanese television show, except this time it was re-edited to not make any sense at all! Once you’re done listening, you should head over to our facebook page and join the discussion about all things MST3K, or follow us on Twitter! If you’re feeling particularly awesome, then you can also stop by our itunes page and leave us a review. Thanks for listening!

Hello everyone! We’ve been busy up here in space working on our new webcomic Space Buddiez, but not too busy to bring you a new Audio Log! We discuss MST3K S3E17 – The Viking Women And The Sea Serpent, which is a TERRIBLE movie that even the best riffing has trouble saving. Luckily, it is paired with a 1950’s short about Home Economics, which almost single-handedly redeems the whole episode. Joel and the bots also talk a lot about Waffles. So there’s that too. Take a moment to stop by and like our Facebook page where we and other like-minded people discuss all things MST3K (and sometimes other stuff) and follow us on Twitter. Don’t forget to also stop by our iTunes page and leave us a nice review. We LOVE IT when you do that! Thanks for listening!

Why hello there! You’re looking rather nice today. I feel like we’ve been asleep for a while, but it’s hard to tell up here in space… Though now like the most misbehaved toddlers, we’re awake again and full of more energy than we know what to do with! Except we DO know what to do with that energy, and that’s talk about MST3K S3E16 – Gamera VS Zigra!   This is a special Gamera episode for a lot of reasons. Firstly, the movie itself is the product of an insane person tasked with creating another Gamera movie when all the good ideas for Gamera movies had been used up two Gamera movies ago. The MST3K episode is as much a love letter to Gamera as it is to the loyal viewers who have survived the season 3 gauntlet of magical flying turtle films along with the cast. It’s a wonderful, special episode, but definitely not for MST3K initiates.   If you want to discuss this episode, our show, just hang out with other cool people who share your love of MST3K, like our facebook page, and follow us on Twitter. We also LOVE it if you would drop by and write us an iTunes review – it helps other people find our show (and makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside).   Thanks for listening, and see you next month when we discuss S3E17 – Viking Women And The Sea Serpent!

What happens when you mix a robot with some solar palladium he found on an asteroid? Nolbot gets crazy, and Dr. Odd is trying to go to a concert of questionable content (but not the questionable content YOU’RE thinking about, you dirty-minded so and so!). So essentially, just another week for us up here in space. We discuss MST3K S3E15 – Teenage Caveman, which is a remarkable episode not so much because of the feature itself, but because of the two preceding shorts. Having three separate subjects of riffing makes this episode a unique experience (not to mention you get to see black and white footage of people doing horrible things to natural wetlands in two completely different scenarios). Once you’ve finished listening, head over and join the discussion on our Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter. If you’re feeling super-nice and like an awesome person, you can also go to our iTunes page and leave us a nice review. Thanks for listening!

I’m going to start by listing all of the things we liked about the movie Mighty Jack.   Ok, now that we have that out of the way, we can talk about other stuff like mayonnaise, and Golden Corral. Seriously though, this is probably the worst movie ever riffed by the guys at MST3K, and not a strong episode in general. I mean, it’s still an MST3K episode which puts it head and shoulders above other media, but it’s definitely not one we’re going to re-watch any time soon. Once you’re done listening you can head over and join the MST3K discussion on our facebook page, follow us on Twitter, and if you’re feelin’ really nutty (Shake-a-Puddin nutty even!) go and leave us a review on our iTunes page. Thanks for listening!