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Weekend Discussion Thread: The MSTie ‘Abbey Road’ CoverThis one is very silly but fun. Alert regular Timmy says:
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Bela Lugosi, Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and Richard Keil
Having reached Social Security age, I’ll go with the old timer version: Hugo the doomed janitor from Earth Versus Spider; exploding wife from Clonus; long winded inventor from Cave Dwellers; and Sybil from Magic Sword (which should make Crow happy).
Slightly outside of MSTed characters:
The Circus of Dr. Lao –
Dr. Lao, The Abominable Snowman, Merlin the Magician, and Apollonius of Tyana.
(It’s Joel’s favorite movie)
You’d really need a Sgt. Pepper’s-style cover to do MST justice. That said, seems like a no-brainer version would be Torgo, Trumpy, Rowsdower, and Big McLargehuge.
Personally, I might go for Ator, Mr. B Natural, Mitchell, and Johnny Longbow, with the bonus fifth Beatle role taken by Sam Casey (he’s invisible!).
Nick from “Hobgoblins”, The “Hi-Keeba Guy”, Watney Smith, followed by “The Creeping Terror” I’m crossing my fingers Watney trips up causing the other two to fall so “The Creeping Terror” can eat them.
How about a shorts-style Abbey Road cover featuring Commando Cody, Old Timer Billy Slater, Bela Lugosi from The Phantom Creeps (which, by the way, would simplify everything), and Mr. B. Natural.
Hmmm…
Torgo, Mr. B, Gamera and Pitch.
Or, for the juvenile version…
Lupita, Kenny, One of the Martian kids from SCCTM, and Tommy from “Pod People”.
Or, for the kaiju version…
Gamera, Godzilla, Gorgo and the Giant Gila Monster.
Commando Cody, Ro-Man, Trumpy, and Pitch.
Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Gigan, and Megalon.
This is the ‘Henchman’ themed edition;
Dr Ehrheart as George
Frank as Paul
Brain Guy as John
Prof BoBo as Ringo
Ortega, Torgo, Mr. B Natural, and Rowsdower.
And the VW Beetle with the 28 IF license plate would be replaced with Megaweapon, of course.
Great WDT idea! So many lovely possibilities spring to mind.
I’d be happy with an all-Manos version: The Master, Debbie, Margaret, and Torgo.
For an all-female one: Creepy Girl, Vicky from The Deadly Bees in her fur coat (“A bear!!”), Lea Jansen, and Silver Morgan.
I’d go with four musicians: the “ah-so” drummer from Jimmy Bryant’s band, the Chip-from-My-Three-Sons bass player from the Del Aires, the Fish-Lipped Guy on guitar, and, of course, Arch Hall Jr. on vocals.
You could do this season by season as well:
KTMA
Leslie Nielsen from City on Fire, Tom Selleck from Superdome, Burgess Meredith from The Last Chase, and a puppet from Invaders from the Deep
Season 1
The Aztec Mummy, Ro-Man from Robot Monster, avocado guy from Robot Holocaust, and one of the Slime People
Season 2
Lloyd Bridges from Rocketship X-M, the Jungle Goddess, the goofy agent from Catalina Caper, and Godzilla (or at least one of his feet)
Season 3
Ator, Trumpy, Santa Claus, and Fugitive Alien’s Ken as he eyes a suspicious forklift parked in the background
Season 4
Loukhy the Witch from The Day the Earth Froze, Hercules from any given Hercules movie, one of the the Eye Creatures, and of course, Torgo
Season 5
Eegah, Mitchell, the closet thing carrying Jan from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, and Mikey from Teenage Strangler (with or without a stolen bike)
Season 6
The Beast Javorski from The Beast of Yucca Flats, Griffin from Red Zone Cuba, El Santo from Samson Vs. the Vampire Women, and the Creeping Terror (if the other three guys on the album cover can walk at a brisk pace, there shouldn’t be any problem)
Season 7
Blood Beast from Night of the Blood Beast, the Creeper from The Brute Man, Troxartis from Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, and the Incredible Melting Man (who can’t help but make a big mess all over the street)
Season 8
The Gillman from Revenge of the Creature, Gideon carrying his head from The Thing That Couldn’t Die, Krankor from Prince of Space, and David Ryder from Space Mutiny (who would be yelling at everyone to “MOVE MOVE MOVE” across the street)
Season 9
Paul as the werewolf from Werewolf, Rowsdower from The Final Sacrifice, a golf cart full of Hobgoblins, and Vadinho carrying Tony from The Puma Man (because our hero can’t do anything himself)
Season 10
Merlin from Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders, the monster from Blood Waters of Dr. Z, Johnny Longbow from Track of the Moon Beast, and Diabolik
Four of the kids running around in Invasion of the Neptune Men,
dashing across the street to get away from Natalie (Werewolf) dressed up as a policewoman.
It would be Fasssinating to see.
I’d like to see the Abbey Road cover, Spy Version:
Neil Connery would lead the way, hypnotizing people on the sidewalk as he crosses.
Fart Bargo would be the Ringo of the group, dapper but still just Ringo.
Next would be Secret Agent Super Dragon, barefoot because he had just finished up a practice session of feigning death and didn’t have time to put on his shoes.
Adam Chance would bring up the rear, wearing a tan cardigan and sensible loafers, fudging on out of the photo shoot as fast as possible.
The ‘doughy guy’ version:
Coleman Francis – John
Tor Johnson – Paul
Joe Don Baker – George
Zap Rowsdower – Ringo
Album is renamed ‘Arby’s Road’.
Tor (Lobo)
Nestor “The Lode” Paiva
Al Frazier (Diner guy from ‘I Accuse My Parents’)
Ernest Borgnine
She-creature, creature from the Black Lagoon, Dr. Z in carp form, & one of the horrors from Party Beach.
Naturally this assumes Abbey Road is already under 12 feet of water due to climate change.
Torgo, Merlin from Santa Claus, and Hal Moffett from The Brute Man, all being “chased” by The Creeping Terror. It would take forever for this guys to get across.
Alternately, Krankor and three of the Chickens of Tomorrow, so we can learn just why a chicken crosses the road.
Mitchell, EEgha, Torgo, and Mr. B Natural.
I want to send out my heartfelt appreciation to all you fellow MSTies out there who denied the evil urge to do the Monster A-Go-Go “There was no album” thing. Thank ya very much.
The “All Allison Hayes Abbey Road Album cover” :blush:
Erica Page (Gunslinger)
Grace Thomas (The Unearthly)
Livia (The Undead)
Donna (The Crawling Hand)
Because you can never have too much Allison Hayes!
Hey, preview is back!!!! Nice!!!! :-D
Yeah, I’m glad that “there was no Monster-A-Go-GO reference”.
Four Russo-Finnish movies make this theme a cinch:
Loukhy the Witch from The Day the Earth Froze
Sinbad on the hideous laughing horse from The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Wind Demon from The Sword and the Dragon
the bird-legged house (with the Hunchback Fairy inside) from Jack Frost
The Master
Torgo
Lodac (Magic Sword)
Natalie (Werewolf) :rotfl:
Tiny Beatles starring in Tiny Abbey Road
Hugo the Devil Doll – “I’m too busy to sign autographs! No more fan mail after this date! Anyway, peace and love, peace and love”
Midget Hup – Gor (That’s the name they gave him. I already told Billy Barty)
Pepe – Time of the Apes. Kinda looks like George.
Timoteo the dwarf – Of “They’ve got Smores!” fame
Here come the Beards… and I say it’s alright.
Crenshaw – “Well Cousin’, the dead Paul looks jus’ like the live one.”
Pipper – “Oooooooh I knew your previous drummer I did. He drums for the Ziox now…..ooooooooh”
Merlin – “Ohhhh Ms Ono…..you fine”
The Great Vorelli – “Ringo. You are an ugly, ugly little Beatle who will not get any ham. Not even Cotto Salami.”
Franky, Sniffles, Bounce Bounce and The Claw!
I wanted to go the Kaiju route, too, but I just keep seeming the final scene from Bambi Meets Godzilla…
So instead: Droppo, Master Ninja (barefoot and with Hamster), Vadinho, and Trumpy.
Is no one going to mention K01 and K02 being released to Kickstarter backers?
I would think that would be significant news that this site would be interested in…
Torgo, Mitchell, Eegah, and Jet Jaguar. But really, with the rich cast of characters available I picture this turning into a Sgt. Pepper -style album cover very quickly….
I’d do a tribute to our favorite scrawny, weak-willed teens/young adults. Get us Troy, Jimmy, Mikey, and Danny all walking in a row, helplessly shuffling along and wringing their hands without the movies’ protagonists [or, in Jimmy’s case, antagonists] to hold their hand and guide them through their scrawny, weak-willed lives.
Tony can be the one behind the camera.
…So, do we have to state preferences on which character would be barefoot, 28-IF and dead?
The Horror of Party Beach‘s Hot-Dog Monster, Torgo, Ro-Man, and “Zombified Cash Flagg” from Incredibly Strange Creatures. Plus Coily the Spring Sprite if you wanted to fit him in there somewhere.
I wish there weren’t any springs!
There could be a version including the monster from Monster a Go Go in the Paul McCartney role. The cover, and other covers and songs, would offer there-is-no-monster clues to keep fans occupied for hours! Or maybe minutes…
In Come Together: “One and one and one is three / he don’t look like no monster to me”
In the start of Paul’s part in A Day In The Life (Sgt. Pepper), when there’s a mumble heard as the alarm rings. Listening closely, it’s the astronaut mumbling, “I’m fine”. Also, the alarm sound is the fake phone ringing part of the movie.
etc… etc… etc…
Hey, K01 and K02 were released to Kickstarter backers!!!! ;-)
Off topic, but yeah, really exciting. Honestly I’ve watched just a few of the KTMAs over the years, but especially getting to see the very first ep is big news! Definitely a date for the MSTory books!
Don’t know if this would a worthy WDT in coming weeks, since many may not have got the bonus episodes, but it sure would be a fun topic for some discussion. What do you think of them? What glimmers of the greatness that was to become of MST3k do you see? Missed riffs–let’s face it, there is not a whole lot of riffing going on–might be fun, too. After all, it will be a looong time before these come into the weekly rotation.
I personally have only made it about halfway through K01 yet, but the “Supermarionation” films are fun, and it’s kinda “meta” to see the puppets riffing on the puppets. :-?
Coleman Francis, Sandy Frank, Bert I. Gordon, Roger Corman.
One of my favorite riffs from “Santa Claus”:
Tom: “And now, the hollow feeling that follows any puppet show.”
But there was no Paul.
Stig is dead too.
press like if you know what i am talking about.
Funny, but “Dnab Bulc Strad Ylno Srettur Tnaegras” doesn’t sound at all like “Stig has been dead for ages, honestly”.
The Creeping Terror,Gamera,Zaat and the big pickle from It Conquered the World…
Tor Johnson,Torgo,Heathcliff(from Batwoman)and Mickey(from Screaming Skull)
Valeria(Robot Holocaust),Natalie(Werewolf),Batwoman and Madame Estrella(Incredibly Strange Creatures)
Arch Hall,Jr.,Ray Dennis Steckler,Moonie and Dr.Carlo Lombardi…
Blast Hardcheese(Reb Brown),Secret Agent Super Dragon,Bart Fargo and Maciste(or Colossus)
Santo,Rat Fink,Droppo and the Devil..
Melting Man,the She Creature,one Eye Creature and the Monster from Fire Maidens of Outer Space..