MAROONED is just about the only all-star cast movie we ever riffed and it was a challenge. Jokes about how great Gene Hackman is? Not the easiest comedy premise. And I never felt comfortable riffing a John Sturges film. He is one of the greats! Turned out okay but it's not my favorite episode. - ThreadSky

frankconniff.bsky.social • 4 days ago

MAROONED is just about the only all-star cast movie we ever riffed and it was a challenge. Jokes about how great Gene Hackman is? Not the easiest comedy premise. And I never felt comfortable riffing a John Sturges film. He is one of the greats! Turned out okay but it's not my favorite episode.

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I remember when you did MAROONED as SPACE TRAVELERS on MST, your main joke about Hackman was how he was good in everything, even a scene where he was asleep.

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trumbullcomic.bsky.social•3 days ago

I haven’t seen it in forever, but I remember it being a fun episode. It helped that it came at a time when I was starting to really get into MST3K.

And Trace’s Peck impression is second to none. 🙂

rykgroff.bsky.social•3 days ago

Okay, gotta watch that one again!

tjfinan.org•3 days ago

Top 3 in my book. Mitchell, Marooned, Rocketship X-M

giadaescada.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good movie, lotta beeping.

flemishdog.bsky.social•3 days ago

does Trace still do a killer Gregory Peck impression as he did back in 1991?

kezzcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Spoofs and lampoons that come from a place of love can still be fantastic, though. That makes for the best roasts, for example. Space Travelers is great for just that reason.

angryalgonquin.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't get the hate for MAROONED. I saw it when I was nine years old and thought it was the best movie ever. David Janssen elevates EVERYTHING.

pataphysicien.bsky.social•3 days ago

Would have loved to see you riff Poseidon Adventure (and the other all-star Irwin Allen disaster films)

ripmcstudly.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think it was either Oscar nominated or an Oscar winner, for something technical.

ingwee.bsky.social•3 days ago

trumbullcomic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, it's the only Oscar winning film they did on MST, IIRC.

dasistnumberwang.bsky.social•3 days ago

Crow's peck impression was hilarious. Stole the line about dating the widow riffing something last night 🤣

jelvisweinstein.bsky.social•4 days ago

When the legend can act, riff the legend.

chaostorgo.bsky.social•4 days ago

I saw Marooned in the theater as a kid, I loved anything NASA related. I found the MST3K riff on it absolutely hilarious. The riffs and the sketches both. Love that episode, good film or not. Please accept the accolade. Hysterically funny episode. 💙🎬🚀 "I suggest you start breathing in shifts."😂

ginagalway.bsky.social•4 days ago

John Sturges--Bad Day at Black Rock. Need I say more?

dontparadeinmyrain.bsky.social•3 days ago

I DVR it every time TCM shows it. My favorite movie reviewer, John Cashman, wrote this for Newsday back in the day:

dontparadeinmyrain.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) "Everybody in Black Rock (Population: 10) gets uptight when a one-armed man gets off the train. And they have reason. This man is Spencer Tracy and he's a one-man wrecking force with the tenacity of an avenging angel. The why and how is worth every minute."

ginagalway.bsky.social•3 days ago

Excellent. One of my all-time favorite movies. I once described it as "the great Spencer Tracy works literally single-handedly" to deliver justice.

booklady127.bsky.social•3 days ago

Favorite of mine

fadeoutpod.bsky.social•3 days ago

“10-4 Killer Peck!”

sirequinox.bsky.social•4 days ago

"Marooned" deserved to be lampooned.

hamstermunsen.bsky.social•4 days ago

To this day I still say "We're in it up to our Pecks" every time I hear, see, or read about Gregory Peck.

dontparadeinmyrain.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dennis Miller’s smug put-down of the crew for riffing that one was my first real inkling that he was a tremendous ass.

whogivesashirt.bsky.social•3 days ago

I must've caught Miller on an off-day, because he was so kind and so thoughtful with me that it broke my heart to see what he became. I have a hard time reconciling that acidic misanthropy with the interaction we had.

imdoctorremulak.bsky.social•3 days ago

Met him around '03.

Came into my store and i hooked him up with a bunch of free stuff for his kid and told him that I loved him on Weekend Update.

Not so much as a smile or thank you. Just a complete and total asshole.

whogivesashirt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mine was around 96 or 97. A whole 9/11 and two wars separate our incidents.

crewless.bsky.social•3 days ago

Miller might be one of those guys driven over the edge by 9/11.

(That’s just an explanation, not an excuse.)

whogivesashirt.bsky.social•3 days ago

I thought so too, until I read that he was supposedly a dick behind the scenes of SNL. Maybe I happened to get him on a particularly good day.

guachi.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not my favorite episode but the skits were fantastic. Crow as Gregory Peck was worth it.

jamescurle.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, for what it’s worth it’s one of my favorites. When situation calls for it, I will say in my head the line, in the voice of Gregory Peck, “Why don’t you guys solve your little problems and let’s light this candle.” And yes, Gene was great in everything.

brianjayjones.com•3 days ago

“Hackman’s always so good.”

marezjr.bsky.social•3 days ago

John Sturges directed The Great Escape, my all-time favorite.

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