Close readers of this site may have noticed a small change in our navigation bar: three of our least-performing (make that non-performing) merchandise stores at Cafepress.com have been closed.
(If there’s anybody out there who’s been procrastinating buying a Ward E, Daddy-O or Tradin’ Post T-shirt for all these years, and you still want one, let me know and I’ll throw one back up on the main Satellite News store.)
In its place has come our latest brainstorm: The MST3K Catchphrases T-shirt Store!
The idea came to me after our recent weekend discussion thread, where we listed the many many many phrases that have been made popular by the show. It occurred to me that what MSTies would love would be shirts that proudly and boldly proclaimed a phrase that would make 90 percent of general public say “Huh?” and the other 10 percent say, “Hey! One of my own kind!”
Now, we know the economy’s tough, so with your wallet in mind, we have only used the most inexpensive T-shirt CafePress offers (it’s still 100 percent cotton; I bought one myself and I think it’s a good-quality shirt) and we are only charging two smackers over the base price. Your welcome.
So, check it out, find a phrase you like, and buy it!…um, if that’s okay.
UPDATE–Okay, I have added 48 more catchphrases, based on the suggestions and requests. The new ones are on top. If you suggested one and I didn’t include it, I decided it wasn’t quite right for this. But thanks for everybody’s suggestions.
SECOND UPDATE–Okay, I have added another 20 phrases and ALL the phrases on the white shirts are now also available on dark-colored (including black) shirts. Check them out here.
THIRD UPDATE–There is now a section for shirts especially for the ladies. We now have a total of 135 phrases. I’m probably not going to add too many more but if you think I have missed an obvious one, let me know.
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Christo meets MST3K: The complete MST3K transcription ( Every word spoken during every episode, rifs and orignal ‘text’ ) is printed up a phrase or sentence or paragragh at a time, on tens of thousands of tee-shirts. Then, tens of thousands of MSTies gather in Minnesota, each wearing a shirt, standing in order…..
or not.
I’d get one, but I don’t anyone reading my chest.
#87 – They have that one.
(Why can’t posters read?)
“Today is dedicated to Uranus.”
“Your Swing Choir against mine, mano a mano.”
“Dirk. Nuh. That can’t be Dirk Uh-uh.”
“There WAS no monster.”
(Did someone do that one already? Why can’t I read?)
Sampo, you are a genius.
Another vote for not-white shirts, though. Price be damned!! (Oh, and also another vote for, “Push the button, Frank.”)
“Standstorm!”
“Rock climbing!”
(I really must go do something else now).
Girl in Gold Boots:
“Oh God, I wish I had my pretty mind back.”
I’d wear this one a LOT.
A few other favorites:
“You can hardly see where you bit me” Young Man’s Fancy
“Is it my helium addiction?” Alien From L.A.
“Love wears a mask, a tight leather mask” The Beatiks
“Pajamas, jazz, and communism. This party is WILD!” (I can’t remember which 1950’s girl ep. this is from. My shame is now bottomless :oops: .)
“Couldn’t lead richer life. Just flippin’ a walnut in a sive”. The Giant Leeches
“Maybe this is the wrong time to say it; but I love muffins” The Giant Leeches
“You don’t get to pick your family, do ya?” The Killer Shrews
“We need the eggs, as they say” The Killer Shrews
“Jeez, did they have a horse tied to the wall?” The Incredible Melting Man
“I am definitely NOT Dr. Ted Nelson” The Incredible Melting Man
“Buffalo shot” Various
“Cal? I farted” This Island Earh
“I’ll go poke Webb’s eyes out” This Island Earth
“She’s hard on a cocktail dress” This Island Earth
“Welcome to minute six of the glorious re-fueling scene” The Star Fighters
Sampo, this rocks! Thanks for using some of my suggestions. I’ll be buying T-shirts for me, my wife and my young son who’s now a MSTie too. I can’t wait to see how they look on non-white shirts. Thanks again, I hope this brings in some money for Satellite News.
Nice but my fav riff of all time.
“boy I sure hope he said peanuts!!!!”
Sorry one more gem.
A five pound potty …she must have had a big breakfast!!!!!
” Hlick Me ! “
SAMPO SAMPO SAMPO ! very nice indeed.
But now we will have to argue about the spelling of nauseburger :D
HEY VORNOFF old buddy : Isn’t it possible to get the correct pronounciation by slapping an umlaut on the a in nauseberger ? or is it the u ?
unless my SUNY german professer was lying to me, ‘eu’ and ‘a-umluat u’ are suposed to rhyme.
Wen es heute regnet, leder sind nicht so teuer, no ? ( the only german pun I know )
But wait there’s more? Nice!!
Neuesberger seems like a family name. Literally translated it means “someone new at mountain climbing”. There aren’t any umlauts needed for this word.
And yes, leather is cheaper when it rains.
What about, “Later we’ll take stuff and do it, right?”
Or “Jed!”
Yes of course, but I’m trying to salvage the spelling ‘nauseberger’ used for the heptrad t-shirt at the t-shirt store (q.v.).
indeed, neuesberger has the pronunciation noy-es, but so does na(umlaut)uesberger ( thus the pun: the german word for ‘hides’ (as in skins ) is ha(umlaut)ute, identical in sound to heute : when it rains hides, leather is not so expensive ).
I will buy the heptrad t-shirt, but I may feel compelled to add the umlaut after-market :)
Excellent, now I can buy the “Potatoes are what we eat!” for my sister-in-law’s Christmas present.
Ok, Neuesberger would be someone new to the mountain. Neuesburger would be someone new to the town. But either way, Tod means death, so “Victor has lunch over Pioria” with a new-to-something dead guy? I like this shirt more and more.
Or Neuesberger/Neuesburger could be someone from New Mountain/New Town.
Oooohhhh! I get it! (delayed reaction syndrome!) I last had German in college oh so long ago. Es tut mir leid, aber meine Deutsche ist so gut wie Faulekatzensuppe.
quick someone translate the following :
Homer rettet ein Schwein vor dem Burger-Tod und nimmt es bei sich auf.
It’s from a german article about the Simpson’s Movie. Maybe we cna find out what a Burger Tod is !!
Just ordered “The dogs meat, have you seen it?” shirt! I like the white, but will order the black version as well, you now…for formal occasions. :grin:
I saw several others I am itching to pick up as well, and chance we might get free freight if we order over a certain dollar amount…or possibly buy 3 get 1 free kind of deal in the future?
“Homer rettet ein Schwein vor dem Burger-Tod und nimmt es bei sich auf.”
Well, per Babelfish, Burger-Tod is “castle he death,” which, obviously makes little sense. But in the context of the sentence, I think it refers to a slaughterhouse.
Meine Deusch ist auch Schlechtes.
Eegah: “I’ve been faking it. Now I’m getting sick.”
I’d wear this one to work.
did anyone mention frank’s famous “i’m a virgin” tee in pod people? it’s not really a quote, but it’s a great t-shirt.
i’d definitely wear that one!
Dammit this is getting us nowhere. SAMPO, Get Kevin on the phone !! ( please )
Further update–I am getting a handle on the work-intensive process of doing black shirts. It may be a week or so until I get them up.
One other note, for some reason you can’t put stuff on the back of the black shirts, so the logo will stay on the front. On the plus side, the black shirts come in a bunch of other colors.
Black shirts come in a bunch of other colors? Huh? Do you realize what you just said?
Glad to see more suggestions were used. Now I’ll have too many to pick from!
“It is so klandinktu!”
“Everything you touch you destroy.”
Earth vs. Soup.
Chocolate Jones and the Temple of Funk.
There are way too many catch phrases from this show!!!
I’m sending you a Banner-gram.
T. It’s short for R.
Extreme! Rice!
Why is all your stuff in the hallway?
Glen was fifty feet tall.
”Puma Man! He flies like a moron!” and ”All things are possible for the mind.” ”well most minds.”
Did someone do “You’re stuck here”?
“Want some? – I want answers!”
“I sing whenever I sing whenever I sing…”
Maybe repeating some now, I can’t read all these AGAIN.
Once Sampo has all the black ts ready, I’m-a buying four of ’em.
“Hi keeba!”
“Push the button, Frank.”
“‘Carefully disregard and do not do the very wrong thing or much confusion will result’… tell me about it…”
“‘Glue Bat-Man to CG detail omitted for clarity’?!”
“Why, thank you!”
“In space, no one can here you sue!”
“This Island Earth can be yours, if–the price is right!”
Thanks for the colored Tees, Sampo.
I hate white Tees AND black Tees.
Regarding Neuesbuger (or berger) Tod:
One thing most people are ignoring is the grammar. Tod is masculine (“der Tod”), therefore the adjective that precedes it cannot, under any circumstances, end in “es” (as in “neues”), which would indicate neutral gender, and nominative case. “Neuesburger” in nominative would work as an adjective, but words following the preposition “mit,” take the Dative case, which would render “neuesburgen.”
Therefore, I hav been operating on the assumption that “Neuesburger” is a family name, as suggested in #75. To #125: “Slaughterhouse” in German is “Schlachthaus.”
Oh, did I mention that I’m a professional German Historian? :mrgreen:
3 more for the list:
“….The Hell?!?”
“I Like It Very Much!!”
“Push the Button, Frank.”
If I still wore t-shirts I’d be all over this
Are the colored shirts just available at the moment for that one saying? I didn’t see a spot to specify which saying you wanted in the colored shirts. (I just saw “I’m not going back, Jim).
Did I miss something?
Crowschmo: That one shirt was a test. Look for a full set to be posted after the long weekend.
Sampo:
“Diamond Joe: You can’t copyright a line of dialog…especially since we’re not identifying where it comes from.”
So at what point do you figure it becomes copyright violation? Two lines? Five? Not until, as you suggest, you yourself identify where it’s from? Sorry, copyright doesn’t work that way. As long as it’s readily identifiable as coming from a particular copyrighted source, then yes, using that one line on a commercial product is a copyright violation.
You can quote it in a review or article, with attribution. But put it on a t-shirt and sell it? No, no more than you could put the Shadowramma silhouette on something and sell it on the basis that it’s just one image, and you haven’t identified its source.
I’m just making a point of this because I think you’re blithely headed into a potential world of trouble.
“You’re square, baby. So square you look like a box.” from Wild Rebels
#143 Sampo – Thanks.
Definitely getting the Ham in Fridge shirt.
Thanks for the expanded selection of colors! Now all I have to do is narrow my selection down to one or two….
Yay, proud owner of a charcoal “It’s a Giant Spider Invasion of Savings at Menards!” shirt!
Well, time to sell off the letters!
M gets bought by Mitsubishi
S gets bought by Sonicare
T gets bought by Trinity Broadcast Network
3 gets bought by Three Musketeers Bar
K gets bought by the people who started the Klingons in real life.
& to think, you guys sat through ‘Selling Wizards’? Don’t you remember your product has to be ‘desired, available, and accesable’???
“I hate it when you’re at the Ground Round and have to kill somebody” – Quest of the Delta Nights