It helps if one is the very improbable fan of both Scott Thorson and Bob Dornan.
I’m sure there’s someone who enjoys both people equally.
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The Coleman Francis episodes for me as well. Learning the three movies were this man’s complete body of work sparked my interest and I started warming up to them. They’re still bleak as hell, but somehow they’re now among my favorites.
I think they’re living examples of the show’s ethos of “love letters to bad movies.” The gang riffs the heck out of 'em, but with an undercurrent of warmth, almost pity.
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I love San Francisco International. The whole scene with Pernell Roberts talking Davey down to land the plane is all-time. Pernell: “Now when I tell you, pull it out half-way.” Mike: “N-no: the throttle.” Also Pernell: “Now I want you to remember - " Tom: " - you’re a bad and evil person.”
As for me, I could not stand Horrors of Spider Island the first few times. Just so slimy and cheesecake and pointless. But the non-striptease music for the movie’s not so bad, and the riffing is top notch, absolutely saves the movie (except for a few scattered transphobic jokes about the somewhat muscular dancer Babs). My favorite for some reason is when the ballerina’s going to audition: “Let’s have a look!” Crow: “But none of that modern stuff; just shake your dinners.”
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fugitive alien, it’s the little details like blond wigs, that only make sense in some alternate universe, that grow on you, like a slow growing green and yellow fungus that is weeping little pink tears of ooze.
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Same for me. San Francisco International was so dull at first, it really took a few watchings to get the flow of it. Now it’s one of my favorites. Daaavvyyyyy!
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Just rewatched Season Three and to my utter amazement, Master Ninja I and (yeah, I admit, hard to believe) The Castle Of Fu Manchu really tickled my funny bone this time ! Seriously, I’ve watched every episode of MST3K at least 10 times each since the mid 90’s and it amazes me that not only do I never get tired of it, my appreciation of the show is STILL GROWING ! 
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This is how I felt when I saw the later seasons several years after the show had been canceled a second time. I hadn’t seen most of them before. But it was '08 and my life was… not so great. I can pick apart many of those episodes now but at the time I was just giddy to have come back to a happy place again, even if it had changed a lot.
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