Earth-orbiting inventor Joel Hodgson invites the audience to watch "The Green Slime (1968)" with him and his robot friends aboard the Satellite of Love.
In between tending to some sick vacuum-flowers, Joel Hodgson and his robot buddy Crow begin their first movie-riffing experiment aboard the Satellite of Love while watching "Invaders from the Deep (1981)."
Today's experiment features real humans from Japan and a budget that must have been tens of dollars when the SOL crew watches "Star Force: Fugitive Alien II (1987)."
Crow gets unfrozen just in time for "Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura (1971)," yet another Gamera film, and the SOL crew meets the Mads for the first time.
As two Earth boys plead for Gamera to rescue them from a planet of cannibals in "Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (1969)," Crow experiences a wonderful dream in which he turn the tables on the Mads.
This week's film is "Phase IV (1974)," a deep sci-fi story about ants that leaves Crow wishing he'd brought a pair of boots into the mystery science theater.
The stranded crew of the Satellite of Love have no sympathy for the stranded crew of Moonbase Alpha when they take in "Cosmic Princess (1982), two repackaged episodes of "Space: 1999 (1975)."
The crew watches "Humanoid Woman," the US version of "Cherez ternii k zvyozdam (1981)," a Russian film about a bug-eyed alien babe is the backdrop for a variety of antics aboard the Satellite of Love.
Joel, Crow, and Servo sit through "SST: Death Flight (1977)," a star-studded TV movie about a doomed SST flight while Gypsy goes through some interesting changes.
The 007-ish exploits of "Mighty Jack (1968)," a government organization created to defeat the notorious crime syndicate known as "Q," took everything that was bad about espionage movies and threw the rest out.
Servo writes a letter to his uncle in which he recalls many memories of his time aboard the satellite. Meanwhile, the crew are subjected to "Superdome (1978)," a drama about a New Orleans Super Bowl full of intrigue, romance, and catfish.
This week's experiment is the disastrous disaster film "City on Fire (1979)," which assures viewers the events depicted could happen in any city, anywhere. Even, as Tom points out, while the crew are watching this.
Shredded and stitched into incoherence from the 1974 Japanese series "Saru no gundan (1974)," "Time of the Apes (1985)" follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes.
In "The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)," the groovy femme fatale Sumuru plots world domination, while Joel gets even with the Bots for locking him out of the ship.
The crew discover disturbing secrets in Crow's memory bank while watching "Hangar 18 (1980)," a film about bland government officials investigating, and then trying to cover up, a flying saucer crash.
"The Last Chase (1981)," this week's film, features two intrepid heroes fleeing their Orwellian futuristic society in a souped-up racecar - but Joel and friends are more interested in reading fan mail from their adoring public.
Joel and the Bots suffer through "Planet of the Dinosaurs," the US version of "Kyôryû kaichô no densetsu (1977)," a dreary 70s Japanese dinosaur movie. Where's Doug McClure when you need him?
