The BEST episodes directed by Michael J. Nelson
#1 - The Pumaman
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 3
Movie Plot: A man discovers that he is an Aztec god-like creature that has the power of a Puma. Intro: Servo comes down with "Short Man's Disease." Segment One: Pearl is holding a fancy dress ball at the same time that Brain Guy is throwing a normal party. Servo gets into mingling for Pearl's ball. Segment Two: Mike enlists the help of Shelli the Nanite to give his hair the "dry look." Segment Three: The 'bots force Mike to dress as Cotamundi Man. Segment Four: Crow and Servo create a voodoo head of Roger Whittaker. Segment Five: Crow resigns, then accepts a lower pay to do the same job. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy's party is more popular than Pearl's ball. Roger Whittaker stops by for a visit. Stinger: Puma Man is befuddled. Original film made in 1980.
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#2 - Agent for H.A.R.M.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8 - Episode 15
Movie Plot: A 1960s secret agent is charged to protect a scientist who has created a really dumb biological weapon. On the SOL: Servo and Crow are into some Extreme Hobbies / Servo tries to find a legal way to help Mike / the 'bots make sure Mike does his community service. In the Intergalactic Courtroom: Mike is charged for his recent planet destructions. Pearl is the prosecutor, Bobo is the defense attorney / Bobo is not defending Mike very well / Servo and Crow's testimony does not seem to help Mike either / Bobo traps Brain Guy in a lie on the stand / Mike is convicted, but his death sentence is negotiated down to community service. Stinger: Spaz chop. Original film made in 1966.
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#3 - Time Chasers
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8 - Episode 21
Movie Plot: a Vermont based film made in 1991 about a college professor who creates a time-traveling plane and sells it to an evil cooperation. He finds that the cooperation uses the plane as a weapon to destroy the future, and he has to go back in time several times to stop himself from selling his time machine in the first place. On the SOL: Crow goes back in time to the 1980s to talk Mike out of taking temp jobs, thus stopping him from getting the job in Deep 13 that got him trapped on the SOL / The 'bots are dismayed to find Mike replaced by Mike's alcoholic brother Eddie / Eddie tells the 'bots that Mike played in a band and died, prompting Crow to go back and undo his earlier mission. On the Widowmaker: Pearl has put Bobo and Brain Guy down for the night and invites Mike over for a chat / Pearl informs Mike that there is now an extra Crow roaming around 1985 Wisconsin. Original film made in 1994.
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#4 - Gorgo
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 9
Movie Plot: A monster named Gorgo appears on an island off the coast of Ireland. Intro: Crow's head becomes the nest for a rare bird. Segment One: Brain Guy and Bobo armwrestle, until a transmission from Pearl, on a trip to LA interrupts. She has met Leonard Maltin, who recommends and introduces this week's movie. Segment Two: The Crew presents "Waiting for Gorgot". Segment Three: The Crew plays Trivial Pursuit, William Sylvester style. Segment Four: The Nanites have a circus, which ends in tragedy. Segment Five: Pearl and Leonard make plans for future bad films. Original film made in 1961.
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#5 - The Horror of Party Beach
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8 - Episode 17
Movie Plot: Radioactive waste creates a monster that attacks some teenagers. On the SOL: The 'bots make Mike a very small bathing suit / Servo writes newspaper articles that are very up-to-date / the Crew imitates the Del-Aires. In Ancient Rome: Pearl and Brain Guy try to convince Flavia and Callypigeas that they are gods. Flavia is impressed with Mike and the 'bots / Flavia and Pearl catfight. Original film made in 1964.
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#6 - Blood Waters of Dr. Z
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 10 - Episode 4
Movie Plot: A mad doctor turns himself into a mutant-fish. Intro: Crow takes up chewing tobacco. Segment One: Pearl deprives the SOL of love, as part of an experiment. Segment Two: Crow's evil voice-over causes Mike to get wedged in a bulkhead. Segment Three: The SOL crew goes fishing. Segment Four: Crow and Tom get Bobo and Brain Guy to help convince Mike that nudity in acting is good. Segment Five: The 'bots create personalized food carrying cases. Pearl turns Bobo into a Mermonkey. Stinger: "Sargassum: the weed of deceit!" Original film made in 1975.
#7 - Devil Fish
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 11
Movie Plot: A fish monster runs around the everglades. Intro: Mike has an identity crisis. Segment One: Pearl convinces a couple that the castle is a cruise ship, to make some cash. The SOL crew makes ice sculptures for Pearl's fake cruise. Segment Two: Some advanced dolphins show up to teach the Crew a lesson about taunting dolphins. Segment Three: An electrician shows up to repair some stuff. Crow and Servo taunt him a bit too much. Segment Four: Pearl makes the SOL crew look more Italian. Cambot's Italian filter breaks down. Segment Five: Bobo, the fake cruise ship captain, goes bonkers during formal dinner. Original film made in 1984.
#8 - Invasion of the Neptune Men
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8 - Episode 19
Movie Plot: Japan is attacked by aliens, and is saved by a very insignificant hero. Features the classic horrible special effects that are a staple of early 1950s Japanese horror movies. Keep an eye out for the bizarre scene featuring Adolph Hitler. On the SOL: Servo, Crow, and the Nanites lose a battle against the mites that live on Mike's eyelashes / the 'bots kabuki play degenerates / the Crew is almost driven to insanity be the movie, but they are cheered up when Krankor visits to try to conquer them. In Ancient Rome: Bobo, who thinks he is a Roman warrior named the Mad Goth, is a celebrity / Pearl and Brain Guy try to tell Bobo who he really is / Pearl bashes Bobo over the head, which gets his memory back, but also gets the them, and Brain Guy, arrested. Stinger: The little boy falls down. Original film made in 1961.
#9 - Hamlet
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 10 - Episode 8
Movie Plot: An old German public TV version of the classic Shakespeare play. Intro: Servo changes his name to Servaux. Segment One: Mike plays 3 card monty with Pearl for the choice of the movie. He wins, and chooses "Hamlet" but Pearl gets the last laugh by digging up this version. Segment Two: Crow and Tom try to scare Mike by pretending to be the ghosts of some of his relatives. Segment Three: The 'bots do a conceptual musical version of Hamlet. Segment Four: Mike hosts the game show "Alas poor WHO?" Segment Five: Servo and Crow make a Hamlet action figure, complete with pull-string soliloquy. Fortenbras visits Castle Forrester to complain about not being in this version of the story. Pearl kills him. Stinger: King Claudius does a double-take. Original film made in 1961.
#10 - The Deadly Bees
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 5
Movie Plot: Bees start killing people on a bee farm. Intro: The crew does a series of "previously on..." skits. Segment One: The other Observers return to take back Brain Guy. Segment Two: Crow writes a poem to the cigarette smoking lady in the movie. Segment Three: Bobo and Pearl sing a song to convince Brain Guy to stay. Segment Four: Mike dresses as a bee and tries to communicate by movement. Segment Five: Brain Guy banishes the Observers to Wisconsin. Original film made in 1967.
#11 - The Projected Man
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 1
Movie Plot: A scientist is turned into a monster when his matter transference beam malfunctions. Intro: After another wormhole, the crew is back orbiting present day Earth. Segment One: Pearl, Bobo, and Brain Guy find an old castle which turns out to be Pearl's ancestral home. Segment Two: The 'bots "project" some of Mike's treasured objects to an undisclosed location. Segment Three: Pearl reads about the Forrester family history. Mike pleads for one of the movie's characters to stay. Segment Four: Crow gets the touch of death and tries to kill Mike. Segment Five: Mike denies Servo a grant, but gives one to Crow. Pearl decides to set up shop in the castle permanently. Stinger: Lembach decides to stay in London. Original film made in 1967.
#12 - Quest of the Delta Knights
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 9 - Episode 13
Movie Plot: The Delta Knights search for the lost cave of Archimedes. Intro: Gypsy is repairing Crow, leaving Servo and Mike with a loaner. Servo and Mike are happy, because the temp Crow has a radio. Segment One: Pearl switches places with Mike to test how miserable the movie watching really is. Segment Two: Despite the 'bots pleas for her to stay, Pearl switches back with Mike, who was enjoying a boys night out with Bobo and Brain Guy in the Castle. Segment Three: The Tom Servo choir performs the classic ""Air on a Delta Knight"" song Segment Four: Leonardo DaVinci visits on the hexfield. Segment Five: The Delta Knights are holding their annual pancake breakfast in Castle Forrester. Stinger: It's the "I'm Coming!" guy. Original film made in 1993.
#13 - Jack Frost
RiffTrax - Season 1 - Episode 260
Okay, now that we’ve got that out of the way, grab your stovepipe hat and favorite murder implement for Jack Frost! A truck carrying a vicious serial killer crashes into a truck carrying some non-specific chemicals, and, instead of just dying horribly, the serial killer becomes a serial killing snowman who loves making corny quips! Stan Lee would be proud. Jack is out for revenge against the small-town sheriff who put him away years ago, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it - again, before you forget, this is a story about a snowman, the big round carrot-nosed kind. He moves around by melting and re-forming through a very slow process, he is made of LITERAL SNOW, and yet people have a hard time stopping him. People including pre-fame Shannon Elizabeth. Actually, it’s probably safe to refer to everyone in this movie as “pre-fame.” Put a little horror in your holiday. Get the coal and corncob pipe and join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for Jack Frost! Head Writer Mike Nelson Additional contributors: Conor Lastowka - Senior Writer Sean Thomason - Senior Writer Contributing Writers: Molly Hodgdon, Jason Miller, and Mike Schuster
#14 - Starship Invasions
RiffTrax - Season 1 - Episode 261
Do you ever stop to wonder what it would be like if Canadian Ed Wood directed Star Wars with a bunch of pages from The Happening randomly inserted into the screenplay? You do??? Please seek help immediately! Now that those parties are receiving the medical help and/or electroshock therapy they need, the rest of you can enjoy Starship Invasions. The action starts when an obese septuagenarian farmer is abducted so a seductive alien can harvest his bodily fluids, and it barely lets up after that! By “barely lets up” we of course mean “many characters communicate via telepathy because it was way cheaper to shoot without worrying about lip sync.” When the abducted earthlings start offing themselves in increasingly comical ways, The Intergalactic League of Races grow frustrated with the leader of the aliens, played by Christopher Lee with his head stuck in one of the arm holes of his leotard. Will war break out somewhere in the stars? Is the League of Races underwater pyramid the crappiest set we’ve ever seen?? Will Lemon Drink be eyed??? Find out when Mike, Kevin, and Bill riff Starship Invasions!