I like it but I don't understand half the jokes, i was born

>>80477008
It's one of those "let's include inside jokes that noone who doesn't autistically know everything about our lives" shows

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Yeah they feature tons of references of music/TV stuff from the 70's like K-tel record compilations and small town midwestern culture.
MST3k official YT has annotated episodes which are pretty cool.

There was at least one joke that was a reference to a cast member's personal life. Absolutely nobody other than them would get it.

>>80477809
The one about him divorcing his wife and her taking his computer?

nah its fine. its a comfy show because you can rewatch the same episodes a couple of times and catch some jokes you didnt the other times before.

>>80477008

GREEN ACRES!

>>80477845
that's the one.
also a bit with Crow obsessed with "is it 11:30 yet?" is a reference to Frank doing the same thing - he never ate breakfast and was anxious for it to be lunchtime.

>>80477008
I was born in 79 and didn't get a third of the jokes when I was watching it on air (especially the older American tv show references). It always kind of seemed like part of its charm though.

>>80477008
gen-x here

give it up. you'll never understand

only we can entirely understand all possible references in any give show. Boomers were born too early for modern memery, and millennials are just brain dead.

>>80477008
I was born in 91 as well. Your problem is your a braindead faggot.

>>80477239
dang the only artists i recognize there are BTO and Sly

>>80477043
no, you just need to know about stuff that happened before 1980. I know thats alot to ask of millenials, but I was born in 1988 and grew up watching MST3K getting 9-0% of the references

Give me a good episode to watch tonight /tv/
If you can't or I've already seen it, I'll just listen to a Discworld Audiobook (The Last Continent probably) instead.

>>80479517
watch Werewolf. Its fucking hilarious. Also is discworld any good? Ive never read any of it

>>80477944
I thought that was just a "can I drink now its almost socially acceptable" joke

>>80479560
I've started werewolf but I think I fell asleep before the end, thanks Anon I'll do that one.

Discworld is a good series. The first few books are pretty radically different from the later ones and read much more like a traditional pulp fantasy novel but with quite a bit of [good] humour thrown in.

Later novels work on expanding the world and cast of characters and start adopting other genres. Arguably the best books in the series are essentially police procedurals set in a traditional fantasy/RPG city.

The characters have heart and the humour is on point. You generally empathize with at least one of the main sets of characters and the world is fun and exciting.

The books can be read out of order and for the most part it won't make a difference. For an introduction to the series I would recommend:

Guards Guards
Small Gods
Reaper Man
The Truth

> normal view
> normal view!
> NORMAL VIEW
> NORMAL VIEW!!!!!

>>80479653
>Frank's a recovering alcoholic
waitaminute

If you honestly want to get into MST3k but are too young to get the jokes you should watch some of the annotated episodes on the official channel here
>https://www.youtube.com/user/mst3kofficial/videos
MST3k is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

I'm watching the Manos episode right now. It's pretty funny but holy shit Manos itself is hella boring.

"Every frame of this movie looks like someone's last known photograph" was probably the best line so far

>>80479834
It's a shame that it's become the iconic MST episode because it's so hard to get through, it scares noobs off right away.

If I were introducing someone to the show I'd go with Pumaman - everybody loves some capeshit.

>>80479407
This is why Gen X is superior to those that came before and after that, because they can say conceited shit like this and it's not even annoying because it's true.

>>80479470
I don't know how you were raised but it's amazing if you've never been exposed to either Barry White or Sonny and Cher.

>>80479924
In my experience Space Mutiny is the best MST3k intro episode

>>80477008
Don't feel badly. We can't all be born with the Kino Recognition Gene.

>>80479924
I started with Zombie Nightmare, and I actually think that's a perfect first episode to introduce people to the show. The movie is a bad but entertaining enough, and the riffs really hit the mark for me.

>>80480083
Is Zombie Nightmare the one with Adam West? I always get it mixed up with Teenage Strangler for some reason.

I like Hobgoblins and Mitchell for introductory episodes. Final Sacrifice probably works too.

>>80480083
I started with that one too, weird!

>>80479517
watch Time of the Apes for a Joel one
watch Hobgoblins for a Mike one

>>80480114
Yup, Adam West is in it. It actually took me a long time to rediscover because of its generic title.

>>80479924
The cyclops one is best to start with imo.

>>80480136
Seen Hobgoblins already. An earlier anon recommended Werewolf so I'll be doing that, but Time of the Apes will go on my list.

>>80480136
hobgoblins is so bad it made me angry. I cant even remember if it had any funny jokes

Anyone else watch the live stream of Mothra they did a while back? Man, it was good. Prime stuff.

>>80481583
do they live stream stuff on youtube?

Anyone tried watching MST3K with friends? I find that it doesn't work well, things just fall flat. Even with some of my robot friends who would get more of the references. It's a show that I like to binge by myself.

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>>80479834
Yeah, basically without the MST3K treatment, or watching with friends, Manos is damn near unwatchable.
>>80479978
It's pretty great, but IMO the best is The Final Sacrifice. When I trip it's a reference to that one.

>>80485703
There used to be streams around here. It was really fun. But yeah, in general I like to watch on my own.

One of the great things about the show is they will drop in some joke or reference that is really obscure and funny that you understand but most peope will not. The flip side is, you won't get a ton of them.

There are fansites that puzzle out and explain almost every single joke and reference in every episode of the show that you can use as a cheat sheet. You might even accidentally become cultured.

definitely autistic

>>80477008
Anyone born after 1985 is a shitty Millennial subhuman

Even if you understood the references, it wouldn't make the show funny.

>>80479517

>Werewolf
>Hobgoblins
>I Was a Teenage Werewolf
>Time Chasers
>The Final Sacrifice
>The Mole People
>The Giant Spider Invasion
>Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
>Final Justice

GOAT episodes.

I was born in 1995 and don't know shit about these guys personal lives and still get more references to pre-90s shit than any Gen-X tard. Guaranteed.

All the potatoes.