After years of limited availability, 80 episodes of the cult TV series “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ have launched on Vimeo. Now you can get the joy of watching Joel and/or Mike, Crow and Tom Servo on a super convenient format.
You can rent each episode for $2.99 or buy them for $9.99, but before you put your dollars down, check out my list of essential episodes of “MST3K.”
1. “Gamera”
“Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.” The first of the previously hard-to-find “Gamera” series is a must-watch.
2. “I Accuse My Parents”
With this melodramatic teen crisis movie, you also get one of MST3K’s best shorts ever, “The Truck Farmer.”
3. “Mitchell”
“Joe Don Baker is Mittens.”
4. “Santa Claus”
The story of Santa Claus’ fight against Satan has to be one of the stranger movies to ever screen for Joel, Crow and Tom.
5. “The Pumaman”
“Pumaman” stands as a classic of the genre, since no superhero since then has worn slacks as a part of his uniform.
6. “Devil Fish”
You haven’t seen a true “Jaws” rip-off until you’ve seen “Devil Fish.”
7. “The Final Sacrifice”
“The Final Sacrifice” is what you get when you soak Gilligan, Darth Vader and a bloated Jean-Claude Van Damme in pure Canadian maple syrup.
8. “Future War”
No other movie points out the lack of dinosaurs in “Terminator” quite like “Future War.”
Kevin P. Sullivan
Writer/editor for MTV. If it involves cowboys, spies, or hitmen, I’m there. All three would be ideal.
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