I’m sure there’s been at least one forum thread here about what the first MST episode you watched was, but I’m interested to know, what was the first episode with each host that you watched? For me it was:
Joel - Manos, because of course it was
Mike - The Beast of Yucca Flats
Jonah - Mac & Me, because of course it was
Joel - Bride of the Monster (aka the first MST3K episode I saw overall)
Mike - … I dunno
Jonah - Mac and Me (when my family recently got Netflix last year)
Emily - Moon Zero Two (riff-along edition), Making Contact (will happen in December)
Jonah - Mac and Me (when my family recently got Netflix last year)
hehe i imagine a lot of people gravitated to mac and me if they got netflix after getting into mst3k, given that besides manos it’s probably the most infamous film they’ve ever riffed
Joel: Gamera
Mike: Werewolf
Jonah: Reptilicus
Emily: Social distancing riff-along Special : Moon Zero Two
Joel: Gamera vs. Barugon (first MST3K I saw)
Mike: The Brain that Wouldn’t Die
Jonah: Reptilicus
Emily: Moon Zero Two riff-along (and the live show, but she didn’t riff).
Joel: The Crawling Eye (when I figured out what MST3K was and started looking for all the episodes).
Mike: Werewolf (My very first episode)
Jonah: Reptilicus
Joel: The Amazing Colossal Man.
Mike: I don’t quite remember but it was probably The Atomic Brain. Something around that time.
Jonah: Reptillicus.
Emily: Just the live tour.
Joel: The Amazing Colossal Man
Mike: This Island Earth
Jonah: Reptillicus
Emily: No Retreat, No Surrender (she riffed on a short segement of the film while Joel was off stage)
Joel: Stranded In Space
Mike: Mitchell/The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Jonah: Reptilicus (Live!)
Emily: Moon Zero Two (riff-along)
Joel: Daddy-O
Mike: Teen-Age Strangler (I think)
Jonah: Reptilicus
Joel: Pod People (still one of my favorites.)
Mike: This Island Earth
Jonah: Reptilicus (my younger brother was a backer for that kickstarter, watched the first episode with him and was so happy to see how awesome it was.)
Joel: Pod People (as part of the syndication of The Mystery Science Theater Hour)
Mike: Alien from L.A. (as featured on MTV’s comedy weekend promotional event)
Jonah: Reptilicus (if we’re not counting Jonah riffing on Joel’s Kickstarter videos)
Emily: Moon Zero Two Riff-Along
Joel: Warrior of the Lost World
Mike: Invasion of the Neptune Men and Werewolf
Jonah: Reptilicus
I have not seen Emily riff a full movie yet unfortunately.
Joel- Pod People
Mike- The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Jonah- Reptilicus …unless you count the Rifftrax Live MST3K reunion where he riffed with Joel and later with everyone.
Emily- Behind the Scenes at the Grocery Store
…title accuracy dependent on my shoddy memory.
Good question.
Joel: I honestly can’t remember if it was Cave Dwellers or Sidehackers
Mike: the Movie, it’s what brought me to the MST3K dance. If you don’t want to count that than I’m pretty sure it was Jack Frost.
Jonah: Reptilicus. I remember getting early access to the premiere and positively elated that the show was back in earnest and in good hands.
Mike AND Joel: Soultaker
Joel only: Pod People, I think?
Jonah: Reptilicus. I was a backer and got early access!
I disagree with that assessment regarding Manos, as it only became infamous after its screening on MST3K. Prior to that, it languished in complete obscurity, with the only mostly accurate information on it appearing in The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film.
Joel: I Accuse My Parents
Mike: The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman
Jonah: Reptilicus
Where, oddly enough, it refers to Torgo as “Torga”.
Still, they were on top of that business, so much respect.
Joel: Pod People
Mike: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (via Rhino VHS)
Jonah: Reptilicus
Emily: Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket
I get the impression that the guy who wrote the entry must have learned about it from someone who was at the premiere in El Paso and the memory wasn’t perfect. The other error in the otherwise spot on description cites Manos as being the name of the Master rather than of the deity the cult worships.