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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Warrior of the Lost World
Sat, Jul 24, 199393 mins
A hero and his talking motorcycle take on an evil dictator in "Warrior of the Lost World (1983)." The guys try to get post-apocalyptic driving permits and discuss things to do after the apocalypse.
Episode 2
Hercules
Thu, Jun 17, 1993
Joel and the Bots have a casual day on the Satellite of Love and endure "Hercules (1958)," yet another incoherent Hercules movie.
Episode 3
Swamp Diamonds
Sat, Jul 31, 199393 mins
Today's experiment includes the stilted educational short, What to Do on a Date (1951), which inspires Tom Servo to ask out Gypsy. The feature film is the Roger Corman adventure flick, Swamp Women (1956), starring Mike Connors back when he called himself Touch. A ridiculously easy jailbreak, a woman who seems to be in a swimming pool when she's supposed to be drowning in a swamp, and endless stock footage of a bayou are three features of this cinematic torture instrument. Meanwhile, the Mads invent a new feature for TV sets. Joel invents the Andrew Lloyd Weber grill. Crow and Tom Servo make fun of "Star Trek."
Episode 4
Secret Agent Super Dragon
Sat, Aug 7, 199393 mins
Reports of drugged chewing gum sends a womanizing secret agent to Amsterdam to investigate a crime ring in "Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966)." Tom and Joel read through Crow's new screenplay "The Spy Who Hugged Me" and chat about spy movie puns.
Episode 5
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Sat, Aug 28, 1993
An adventurer sets sail in search of the bird of happiness in "Sadko (1953)." Crow has trouble with his own lifelong quest and the guys have a meeting of the Junior Jester Club.
Episode 6
Eegah
Sat, Aug 28, 199392 mins
A teenage girl, her dorky boyfriend, and her scientist father discover a caveman in the desert in "Eegah (1962)." Joel and the Bots discuss 60s sitcoms and the subtler forms of hell.
Episode 7
I Accuse My Parents
Sat, Sep 4, 199393 mins
Joel and the Bots hear all about new-fangled farming techniques in the 50s short The Truck Farmer (1954). Afterward, a one-time overachiever blames his boozy, neglectful parents for his run in with the law in I Accuse My Parents (1944). The guys analyze the main character from the movie and reenact a few choice scenes.
Episode 8
Operation Double 007
Sat, Sep 11, 1993
In "Operation Kid Brother (1967)," a plastic surgeon gets recruited to stop a villain from developing radioactive rugs. The Bots watch some of Joel's home movies, try to hypnotize Tom, and get a visit from their old friend Torgo.
Episode 9
The Girl in Lovers Lane
Sat, Sep 18, 199393 mins
Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank plan "evil event days" in order to ruin baseball, while Joel and the Bots watch a hobo melodrama called "The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)."
Episode 10
The Painted Hills
Sun, Sep 26, 1993
Joel and the Bots learn from Body Care and Grooming (1947) that they might as well be dead if they don't keep their socks tidy. Later, the guys take on The Painted Hills (1951) in which famous collie Lassie witnesses the murder of a prospector. Crow gives a detailed report on bearded guys and the crew discusses the end of the film.
Episode 11
Gunslinger
Sat, Oct 9, 199392 mins
In Gunslinger (1956), the widow of a murdered sheriff tries to stop the crime in her town with the help of the man hired to kill her. Joel and the Bots discuss mortality and how to have the best funeral before taking the 70s to task for being a terrible decade.
Episode 12
Mitchell
Sat, Oct 23, 199392 mins
The trio sits through the dreary Joe Don Baker disasterpiece Mitchell (1975) as Gypsy tries to find a way to save Joel from being killed by the Mads.
Episode 13
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Sat, Oct 30, 1993
New guy, Mike Nelson, finishes his training and makes his way into the theater for the first time. His first outing is the movie The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) about a creepy doctor who keeps his decapitated fiancée's head alive in a laboratory while he tries to find her a new body. Mike tries to escape the SOL but ends up bonding with the Bots instead when his attempts fail.
Episode 14
Teen-Age Strangler
Sun, Nov 7, 199392 mins
Mike and the 'bots are forced to watch the dreary educational short Is This Love? (1957) with its stiff actors and at least one middle-age "youth." Next is the horrifyingly bad Teenage Strangler (1964), where a mysterious serial killer is less off-putting than Mikey, the sniveling girl-boy; the sickening bubblegum song, "Yipe Stripes"; and office scenes filmed in the boys' locker room. Meanwhile, Mike tries to call his grandma. Dr. Forrester invents the FrankNForcer to keep TV's Frank out of his hair. Mike and the 'bots counter with the Waiter-Baiter. Mike reads Crow and Servo the poetry of E.E. Cummings and debates with them on the merits of showbiz love. Mike raps with the 'bots when they pose as rival gang members. A pair of electrically-charged glasses turn Mike into the sniveling Mikey in the film. To close the show, Mike sings an ode to janitors.
Episode 15
The Wild World of Batwoman
Sat, Nov 13, 199392 mins
Mike and the Bots watch a high school student fall into the depths of despair because he got caught Cheating (1952). Later, the guys try to make sense of The Wild World of Batwoman (1966) as a scantily clad superwoman does battle with villains named Ratfink and Professor Neon. The Bots write essays about the short but Crow gets caught cheating.
Episode 16
Alien from L.A.
Sat, Nov 20, 199392 mins
The crew watch a squeaky-voiced valley girl search for her missing archaeologist father in "Alien from L.A. (1988)." Mike and the Bots devote a song to leading lady Kathy Ireland and later define her acting technique as "dull surprise."
Episode 17
Beginning of the End
Thu, Nov 25, 199393 mins
Swarms of giant grasshoppers are headed straight for Chicago in Beginning of the End (1957). Mike catches the Mads off guard, Crow presents his latest screenplay "Peter Graves Goes to the University of Minnesota," and Tom performs a stand-up comedy routine about grasshoppers.
Episode 18
The Atomic Brain
Sat, Dec 4, 199392 mins
Mike and the Bots are asked What About Juvenile Delinquency (1955) in a short about a teenage thug whose gang mugs his father. Then it's time to watch science go awry in Monstrosity (1963) when a rich, elderly woman hires a doctor to transport her brain into one of her beautiful kidnapping victims. Mike demonstrates chin puppetry while Magic Voice hits it off with the Voice-Over Guy from the movie.
Episode 19
Outlaw of Gor
Sat, Dec 11, 199392 mins
A hero and his loser friend are transplanted to the planet of Gor and are soon caught up in an evil sorcerer's plot in Gor II (1988). Mike and the Bots are inspired to perform the song "Tubular Boobular Joy" because of the amount of skin shown by characters in the movie.
Episode 20
Radar Secret Service
Sat, Dec 18, 1993
Mike and the Bots learn the dangers of not paying attention at railroad crossings in the short Last Clear Chance (1959). Later, they watch government agents use high-tech radar to track criminals on the black market in Radar Secret Service (1950). The guys stage Mike's 10-year high school reunion and, inspired by the short, Tom asks the golden question: "Why don't they look?!"
Episode 21
Santa Claus
Fri, Dec 24, 199393 mins
The movie depicts a cheery portrayal of how Santa uses kidnapped child labor from all corners of the world to build his toys for him and then enjoys a Lucy & Viv style battle with a devil named Pitch as he delivers gifts to only a handful of children. During the movie breaks, Mike and the bots swap Secret Santa gifts while trying to sing Christmas songs both specifically for Christmas and then later for holidays of all faiths. Down in Deep 13, Frank presents the new watch fob for Dr. Forrester after having his head shaved for no reason, in return Dr. Forrester frantically gets Frank a last minute $25 savings bond. Back on the SOL, Mike and the bots form Santa Klaws, a heavy metal band both Dr. Forrester and Frank immediately get into. Later on, in order to help boost Mike's Christmas spirit, the bots throw a Nelson family reunion for him, though it might have helped to ask Mike which of the thousands of Nelson families he descends from. Finally, falling snow outside the SOL helps Mike find his Christas spirit while Pitch discusses his plans for the world with Dr. Forrester and Frank. It all ends when Santa Claus bursts into Deep 13 and wrestles Pitch to the floor.
Episode 22
Teen-Age Crime Wave
Sat, Jan 15, 1994
The crew pokes fun as a group of twenty-something "teenagers" hold an elderly farm couple hostage on Thanksgiving in "Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)." Mike and the Bots open the first deli in space and contemplate the "doughy guy."
Episode 23
Village of the Giants
Sat, Jan 22, 199493 mins
In Village of the Giants (1965), a child genius creates a growth formula that ends up in the hands of some incredibly annoying teenagers. Meanwhile, Dr. Forrester shakes things up in Deep 13 when he downsizes Frank and interviews Torgo as his possible replacement.
Episode 24
12 to the Moon
Sat, Feb 5, 1994
The guys get a look at the future of the car industry in the short Design for Dreaming (1956) and then watch as a group of astronauts take off for the moon in 12 to the Moon (1960). On the SOL, Nuveena drops in for a visit and the crew thinks she might be the key to escaping the mads!
