This week’s episode discussion (Girl in Lovers Lane) reminded me of something that makes the episode particularly funny to me: Big Stupid’s hooker-obsessed, hobo buddy is named Danny, which is, of course, my name! While I am neither hooker-obsessed nor (at least currently) a hobo, I get a huge kick out of hearing the riffing crew saying my name over and over again! Lines like “He just broke Danny!” and “Danny should really come with a tote” just kill me, and in ways that any MSTie not named Danny wouldn’t really get. It got me thinking, who of my fellow fans out there share names with MST characters (both in the universe of the show and the movies themselves)? What were your reactions to hearing your name on screen, or seeing your name assigned to a particular character? Or, have you ever watched the show with a friend or family member who share THEIR name with an MST character, and what were their reactions?
Well, what comes to mind is poor doomed Chris the dog in 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE. I felt a special kinship.
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My wife’s name is Janet. You guessed it. JAN IN THE PAN! To her credit she didn’t start rolling her eyes until around the three thousandthed JITP reference.
Time of the Apes, two ape sentries pass each other and the guys quip “Hi Steve.” “Hi Phil.”. These are my brother’s and my names. It’s particulary funny because we always teased that we look like chimps, short legs and hairy. I guess all we would have needed to get a role in that movie is boots and a riding crop.
My name is Richard, so I have to smile when Gypsy excitedly calls out “Richard Basehart!”
Well, my name’s Ken. And I don’t have an unhealthy fixation on a giant turtle, nor have I had any connection with the Valnastar Wolf Raiders. And let’s not get into all the Kens that show up on Python.
I share a name with Tony Cardoza’s wife Beth in Skydivers…usually my reaction is puzzlement, over why the actress’ name is Kevin.
When I was 15, in 1993, my best friend’s name was Joel. We used to watch the midnight showings during summer vacation. It’s one of my favorite memories of the many things we used to do together.
I usually go by Michael, but Joel was the only one I let call me Mike.
Needless to say, when Mitchell came along we had a very personal flame war.
We didn’t really, though. We both agreed that Joel was our first love as host, but learned to appreciate Mike, too.
Like Gypsy said, Mike is a very nice name.
My name is Angie, so when I watch “Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies” I always smirk when Jerry says “Angie, baby!” when she’s coming out of the house. :smirk: :smirk: :smirk: :smirk:
Oddly enough, no characters named Rasteen in the MST3K universe.
Good ol’ Alex of “Young Man’s Fancy” and I share a lot of similarities: we both have the same name, we’re interested in appliances and we’re usually too oblivious to notice the advances of potentially unhinged women. However, while I have evoked many an emotional response in women over the years, I’m not sure I can add “squishy” to my list.
My name’s Mitchell Cabot Rowsdower, but people call me Zap. So, yeah.
Several episodes mention Rose Marie. Although it’s usually in a negative context, when an older looking blond woman is dancing. I spell it Rosemarie and I am not blond, so I laugh at each riff.
I feel a little compelled to make a snarky post about being named Deathstalker, but what I really want to know is how Kenneth Morgan (#4) feels when watching Real Genius…
My wife’s alternate stinger for MANHUNT IN SPACE features Hagar Nu (sp?), when he says, “Ken is an evil man,” because my name is Ken. She says that to me ALL the time. My name crops up in the Japanese episodes as well, of course — where EVERYBODY is named Ken. I’ve always loved that.
I sort of wish my name was Hagar Nu, because that’s just a really cool name (I’ve NEVER thought Ken was a cool name).
I’m looking forward to hearing from all those MSTies out there named Squeamy and Winky. :)
My name is Rick, and, girlfriend’s name is Jody. She will say to me- “Tell them what we did in the woods Rickey” (and, I really loathe Rick from Pod People- he stinks)- I counter with- “how is my little wind up Jody doll doing today?”- and, yes, she is my Kitten with a whip- tomorrow, they drop the bomb!
Despite having one of THE most popular names of my era, I can’t recall any MST movie characters offhand named Susan but I’m sure there must be some. Sue, Susie, Suzy, etc., yes, but I loathe those nicknames for myself.
Imagine my glee, then, when I discovered that Dr. Forrester’s full name is Dr. Clayton Deborah Susan Forrester. I mean, did Pearl want a girl or WHAT?!?
They made a stinger out of my name for Time Chasers: “Matt, it’s time for you to decide whether you’re gonna be one of my team players or not.” I have not yet joined J.K. Robertson’s team, but I wouldn’t mind a sweet office atop the stairs at my local branch library.
As sung by Crow, my favorite line from Merry Christmas… If That’s Okay:
“Or maybe you just worship a guy who’s name is Greg!”
“whose” Never copy and paste from a wiki.
No, it’s never happened to me.
Sincerely, Torgo Von Thurstenburg
When babysitter Beez keeps calling. Brain Guy Brian it tickles the heck out of my funny bone. Even though I spell my name with a Y I still like it.
And Beez, too. I really really like her. She can call me Brian any day.
The only instance I can think of with my name was during the invention exchange in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians when Joel & the Bots were presenting their Misfit Toys and Crow uttered the “Whoever heard of a Charlie in the box?” line from the classic Rudolph special.
Not an MST3K moment, but one of the shorts compilations from RiffTrax contains 2 shorts in a row which feature the dating problems of someone named Jeff. I have been reluctant to show these to friends, for fear of the mocking reprisals.
On a more serious note, the pair of older students in the MST Short “Keeping Clean and Neat” are named John and Arlene. These were the names of my grandparents who passed away a few years ago, so that always brings them to mind. I actually had a special moment earlier this week when I had the chance to meet and pray with a nice couple who had these same names.
Night of the Blood Beast has a special place in my heart for the Steves gag.
There are many characters from both the shorts and films named Jim or Jimmy, but I think I identify most with Jimmy from “Hired!” I’ve been working at Target for less than a year, and have had the same kind of starting problems that he did. I started a hard worker, but a slow one. I have gotten much faster now, though. I see much of Jimmy from “Hired!” in me.
I had to trawl through Daddy-O’s Drive-In Dirt to check if there were any characters who shared my name (thank goodness for Control-F). The only one I found who didn’t use it as their surname was Gordon Hawthorne in The Thing That Wouldn’t Die. Can’t say I really connect with him.
Boggy Creek II –
The Little Creature…
Ah, the many uses of that euphonious appellation. “Don’t let the Little Creature out yet!”. Or “The Little Creature needs a hug.”. Or “Oh look, the Little Creature is all wet.”. And, of course…
“Oh, the Little Creature is all tired out and just wants to lay down.”. I think our dog got eventually got used to the name.
Any “Faruk Alatans” out there?
We live in the country, with trees, so we have burn days to dispose of downed limbs. These consist of one burn pile and one or more feeder piles. Prior to preparing for our fire, a common refrain in our house is “Don’t give Mikey no matches.” But, no, we don’t have any llamas. (Amazing Transparent Man)
There are a handful of Kathys in the episodes, but the one where my name is mentioned the most is probably Alien From L.A., and that isn’t even the character’s name. Unfortunately, I do not look like Kathy Ireland, but at least I don’t have her squeaky voice.
The big-haired girl from Attack of the the Eye Creatures was named Susie. Don’t you feel lucky now?
I can only think of one character, Trish from Angels Revenge, who sort of has my name. But I’ve always disliked that version of Patricia, and don’t like being called by it, ever, even if you pronounce it Htrish.
I like sharing a first name with Dave Ryder from Space Mutiny. Oddly enough I don’t remember Mike or the bots ever calling him “Dave”.
Crud. I meant, “Don’t you feel lucky now that big-haired Susie wasn’t called Susan because then you’d have to share your name…with…her…and…it was a terrible…film….”
Okay, I DO wish we still had the edit button.
Oh, of course! MSTie, your name IS at least mentioned in Angels Revenge, when the Mom 2000 drives up: “Susan! Do you have any tampons?”
I KNEW there was a train of thought that led me to Angels Revenge, and Trish. Can’t help it if it jumped the tracks once or twice.
Now, off to be old and have more senior moments.
Paul Miles (a.k.a. Federico Cavalli :) ) gave a new slant on ineffectual
“heroes”. Oh, the movie was vairvolfff.
Btw, exactly how was Natalie vairvolfff infected. Think about it, won’t you?
#21 Charlie
Aren’t we forgetting the immortal Charles B. Pierce?
Just think of the hilarious antics his character could pull on his
female assistants nowadays with smart phones, if they
wrecked his four wheeler.
Thanks, DarkGrandmaofDeath! Being old and having senior moments… yep, pretty much there already.
Astronaut Frank Douglas, the “monster” in “Monster”-a-Go-Go is close enough I suppose. I’m pretty tall as well so I enjoy the part where he clearly couldn’t fit into that capsule.
No main characters for me but in one of the post apocolyptic movies, Servo does that list of names of people in the crowd and he says “Leslie West”, I felt so proud!
My name is Kevin. I just saw Hobgoblins recently.
Yeah…that’s all I have to say about that.
“Laura” from “Pod People”. I am not ditzy like her or go around stealing other women’s boyfriends. ;-)
MSTie: In Skydivers when Suzy and Frankie are trying to flee the law, Frankie says “Susan, don’t hit me, but we’re out of gas.” Add me to the being old and having senior moments crowd.
I am Michael. I take care of the place while the Master is away.
MSTie: Doh, it’s actually Crow who says the line, Frankie didn’t say it. Yet another senior moment.
My name is Tom, so yeah, pretty much every episode.
Fun Fact: Back throughout high school and most of college, my Facebook had my middle name as Tom Servo. So, for years (and likely still to this day), there are several people who’ve never heard of MST3K that think that my middle name really is Tom Servo.
I can’t offhand think of any Josephs. But people tend to call me “Joe” because I’m never really forceful enough about how I make more sense as `Joseph’ than `Joe’, and I’ll answer to it with just a little bit of worry that I’m doing something wrong. And then Joe opens up a world of MST3K riffs, largely from the early part of This Island Earth where things are happening and there’s stuff to plug in and all.
Having the rather common name of John, I was surprised how long I had to think on this WDT. Then it came to me, I have an entire short dedicated to me – Johnny at the Fair. Best use of my monicker: Jiminy,’ thinks Johnny, ‘if only I could get a ride in one of those!
As a Teenager From Earth, I briefly went through the phase of spelling it as “Derek” in HS, although I was never officially subjected to tor-cha!!
The character you’re thinking of was named Kent, actually. I feel that the movie is a lot of fun and it’s nice to see Val Kilmer before he went off the deep end.
As a skinny teen who looked remarkably like the whiny young protagonist from Final Sacrifice, finding out he was named Troy made it a little harder to enjoy the episode at first, but only a little. None of my MSTie friends razzed me about it later, though I suspect that if Mike and the bots had spent more time fixating on the character like they did with Mikey from Teen-Age Strangler or sung a song about him, things might have gone differently.
Luckily, Troy and his Larry Csonka fetish was almost immediately overshadowed by the raw bacon-y screen presence of Rowsdower!, so I escaped with most of my ego intact.