1112. Carnival Magic (1983)

[Crwtrbt]

Too much carnival.

[amass79]

I daresay Legacy of Blood is the nastiest, scummiest movie I’ve seen in the MST/CT/RT universe. BLECCH!

[amass79]

At least he’s more sober than Lawford’s character in Angels Revenge.

[MattBlack]

@Sitting_Duck

At the end of the day, it’s just about a bunch of carnies resolving their personal hang-ups.

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

[Goldash]

@dankphd

Although, I do hold out hope that a treatment for a Mac & Me II will see the light of day when the time is right.

Something tells me Paul Rudd and Conan O’Brien will be involved…

[DigThatNittyGritty]

Talk of this film came up as friends and I were watching Turkey Day.

One said she won’t watch it again because it’s so depressing.

[Yolg]

@BruceLeePullen

Were MST ever to riff Corvette Summer (1978), having Mark revisit as an older incarnation of that part would be a hoot!

Or as I like to call it “The secret origin of Janine from Ghostbusters.”

[haknudsen]

Yeah, I’ve watched every episode several times. Now there are some episodes I don’t feel the need to ever watch again, Carnival Magic is one of them. It is just so drab and depressing.

[Madptarmigan]

She might not watch it again, but Gus will.

[Chrissy13]

How can you get ahold of that episode?

[Madptarmigan]

You can purchase it from MST3k or Rifftrax, or you can stream it on Netflix.

[Chrissy13]

Ok thank you… does that also work for the other missing episodes.?

[Madptarmigan]

Not all of them, but you can get most of the series from either MST3k or Rifftrax. Netflix only has seasons 11 & 12.

[JohnnyRocket69]

Another option is to buy the full season on disk, and own it forever. The bonus is that even the DVDs look better than streaming, and the blu-ray even better.

[JakeGittes]

Yeah, why stop at one when you can enjoy the entire season - Amazon.com: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season Eleven : Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Jonah Ray: Movies & TV

BTW, this and Avalanche, funniest episodes of the season for me. And as I’ve said elsewhere, I’m fascinated by the movie and the backstories behind its making, and re-discovery. I even bought the unriffed BD

Carnival Magic BD

[81w35is5sCL.SL1500] I became deeply curious about this film after seeing it on MST3K - and was a bit disappointed that we didn’t get a Ballyhoo piece on it, as you just knew there had to be fascinating stories about the movie and the people who made it. Some of those stories have trickled out in articles and podcasts, and the commentary on the disc by producer Elvin Feltner fills out a lot more backstory, etc. Recorded for an earlier DVD release (he passed away in 2013). Elvin’s memory is f…

[MattBlack]

@haknudsen

Yeah, I’ve watched every episode several times. Now there are some episodes I don’t feel the need to ever watch again, Carnival Magic is one of them. It is just so drab and depressing.

I’ll give you drab, but depressing? All our principal characters become better people by the end of the movie. Except the tiger trainer guy, but he can go to Hell.

Markov learns to live in the world, Stoney reconnects with his daughter, who falls in love with what’s his name. Compare that to a Coleman Francis picture, where everyone starts miserable and stays that way.

[Madptarmigan]

Hey now, not everyone in a Coleman Francis film ends up miserable — some of them end up dead!

[MattBlack]

Touché.

[Chrissy13]

Thanks for the info guys. Right now I am unemployment and dont have a pot to piss in lol

But hopefully that will change next month, so Im gonna put a pin on this, then hopefully I can afford it