How about a topic on things that remind you of MST3K. i live near a busy airport in the dc area and i see planes take off ever so often. i always say once a day, “john sununu goes for a haircut” when i see a plane takeoff. also some news things i see i say mst3k lines. there was a story about a man getting bit by a snake, i said, “watch out for snakes”.
When I see a plane taking off, I tend to hum the Starfighters music: o/` “Laaa, da-da-daaaa…” o/`
What examples can you think of from your life?
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Whenever I’m in the Gap, or somewhere like it, and I see a mannequin, I immediately think back to Crow singing the Kim Cattrall song.
“Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Kim Kim Kim Kim Cattrall, you were in Mannequin, and that was a really good movie, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattra–hall! Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall, Kim Kim Kim Cattrall, you’ve never made a bad film, oh what the hell, ring my bell, let’s go to the dells, our relationship will gel, I like your smell, you’re really swell, I’m Charlton Heston for Con-tell. I love you Kim–I liked your dress at the Ace Awards–CATTRALL!”
Every time I see a muscle-bound guy, I immediately run through the list of names from Space Mutiny. As I work for a pro wrestling company, this happens a LOT.
I have many of the same as above but living in Florida I will occasionally see an older woman and think “Grandmadaughter”. Also “Kids these days. What with their _____ and twenty-three skiddos…” Any time someone mentions Ben Franklin I want to say, “Ow! My gout!” or “Could you have your slave press my suit?”
Not a day goes by that something from MST3K will come to mind.
I swear one of my exes dated me just because I once referred to someone as “hopped-up on goof-balls.” :)(i.e. Little Richard in Catalina Caper).
@10:
“Pancakes- oh, I blew it!”
Just thought of one more. ‘Mike’ is a pretty common name so I have occasion to meet a new Mike frequently. When it happens, it’s all I can do as I’m shaking his hand to keep from singing aloud: “Mike Mike Mike, Ma-ma-ma-Mike Mike Mike, Ma-ma-ma-Mike, Ma-ma-ma-Mike, Ma-ma-ma-Miiiiiike!”
Should rehash this thread again soon. It’s a good one.
All of these crack me up. I realized I forgot this one: Wha hoppa? That one I’ll say whenever I don’t know what happened.
Whenever I am half-heartedly doing something I really don’t want to do, I will often think “Jack’s not getting paid enough to run” from Angels Revenge.
I use “what do you think, sirs?” and “Won’t you? Thank you” so much that it’s just part of my lexicon. My boyfriend is fond of saying, in a Joel voice, “Oh I don’t know.” (he said it today, actually!)
Lately I’ve taken to, “You’re just going to _____ “a little bit”.” and “Oh they’re BOSS. They’re COOL” a la Servo in “Why Don’t They Look” (my favorite host skit of all time).
So many. I swear, half of the words I speak are written by someone else. I used to hang out with a guy with whom I had a secret language of movie quotes–Sin City, Sideways and, of course, MST3K. His favorite was “If I run out of vomit, can I borrow some of yours?”
“Oh, it’s true” (The Dead Talk Back) is a common response to me when confronted with a statement of disbelief. I also like to say “There. My problem went away.” (Days of Our Years short) whenever I draw a curtain.
My significant other and I CONSTANTLY greet each other by saying, “Nnnnhiiiiii”. Going on eleven years together and it still amuses us.
Great discussion thread! My husband and I will frequently refer to watching movies as “scrolling up a cinema.”
Whenever we’re out of something in the house–laundry detergent, diapers, tissues, etc.–we’ll just say, “We’re all out of toner!”
And, after trying to entertain my toddler, I’ll look at him and ask, “What do you think, Sir?” (The look on his face often makes me feel as if he’s thinking, “It stinks!”)
Oh, and on a road trip last week, we happened to pass a train station and saw a Union Pacific train. “Union Pacific makes the BEST movies!!”
Oh, man, right on, yeah.
My wife and I fly to Puerto Vallarta for a month every March. All my life, I’ve been one of those people who loves the window seat, so I can check out the view… and the past few years or so, I hear the daaaaahhhhhh dah dah daaaaahhhhhh music from Starfighters in my head whenever I’m gazing out the window — and, of course, my wife gives me this weird look because she can’t figure out what I’m giggling at.
@ no.112:
“…Oh, and on a road trip last week, we happened to pass a train station and saw a Union Pacific train. ‘Union Pacific makes the BEST movies!!’…”
What, you mean you didn’t say “Why don’t they look?”
Sadly, I’m still waiting for appropriate moments to comment:
“He tampered in God’s domain!”
“He’d never touch you, Terri — you’re dirt!”
“How fortunate! This will simplify everything!”
@ no.102:
“…Every time I see a muscle-bound guy, I immediately run through the list of names from Space Mutiny. As I work for a pro wrestling company, this happens a LOT…”
Somehow, I imagine your days are packed full of opportunities to use riffs from Racket Girls..
A few more expressions I picked up from NST3K which I’ve long since incorporated into regular conversation:
1. Stinkburger
2. Rock stupid
3. Dumb as a bag of hammers
4. That really steams my beans!
Actually, I just now remembered…
There’s a metaphorical expression — which I’m still waiting for a chance to use in conversation — which has to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard said on MST3K. It was something Joel says in the final host segment of Sidehackers; he describes watching the movie as “…like being pulled through a dark, tarry abyss.”
Priceless, just priceless… a description at once poetic, evocative, and funny as hell. I can’t wait for a chance to use it.
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I have to agree with a lot of people here that MST3k references are constantly used every day of my life, and almost everything reminds me of the show. We especially use “Stop talking Johnny Longbow!” when my mom goes on and on about something, which she does quite often :)