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ScreenTricky4257 Mar 20, 2026 +538

To put this into context, there were 233 episodes of this show made over 35 years, spanning four TV networks and two streaming services. This episode was the only one missing.

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r-b-m Mar 21, 2026 +56

Also impressive, that the tape stock not only survived but was still readable and with minimal decay despite being recorded almost 40 years ago.

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WySLatestWit Mar 21, 2026 +27

you can tell watching the video this tape clearly hasn't been watched hardly ever. The quality is astonishingly good.

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tf2hipster Mar 21, 2026 +8

I'm watching this now, and this is *amazing* quality for a 40 year old tape.

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Shawnj2 Mar 20, 2026 +96

That’s incredible Doctor who next starting with feast of Steven /s

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dhlock Mar 20, 2026 +19

That’s so wild. And super exciting

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hellaLURKIN Mar 20, 2026 +16

Whoa I just got chills *insert Borat “very nice” impression here*

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safarifriendliness Mar 21, 2026 +3

Oh wow so this is like, *the event* for MST3K fans. Good for them, at least something’s going well for someone

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Longjumping-Solid680 Mar 21, 2026 +1

Well, that's a much better record than Dr Who!

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ajb901 Mar 20, 2026 +256

Happy to see folks still "circulating the tapes".

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Plastic_Ad_8248 Mar 21, 2026 +14

There’s a great guy on instagram mccarthyredhead who watches recorded vhs tapes every day

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stegogo Mar 21, 2026 +1

Video garage member #11 here

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bindersfull-ofwomen Mar 20, 2026 +101

Anyone have the link to the clip where MST3K had some movie and some guy was turning the pages of a book made of paper and he was like, “Wait this isn’t paper” And the robot watching and commenting was like “That’s definitely paper.” That always took me out back in the day. I can never find it when I want to rewatch.

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Ak_Lonewolf Mar 20, 2026 +104

Mystery science theater 3000 the movie. Hal is opening the book to build the enterositer. Hal says. This isn't paper.... it some sort of metal. One of the guys replies "no sir thats paper."

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bindersfull-ofwomen Mar 20, 2026 +32

Thank you SO much. I haven’t seen it in decades. Sometimes, I just love the Reddit community.

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Ak_Lonewolf Mar 20, 2026 +30

I have watched the movie a lot. Me and my friends memorized it and would just quote the whole movie all the time. May your forehead grow like the mighty oak.

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kpascuzzi Mar 20, 2026 +18

It's the Brak show starring me, I'm Brak!

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Master_of_Fail Mar 20, 2026 +4

"So, Brak, is that Polish?... Oh, I suppose it wouldn't be..."

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GeektimusPrime Mar 20, 2026 +10

I’m an AV guy…to this day I still chant “Normal view, normal view, NORMAL VIEW!” anytime someone says something about switching the view on a display. 😄

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bros402 Mar 21, 2026 +3

both of my parents worked in the AV industry (one for 40+ years, the other for 15 years) ...I picked up a lot of the lingo. god the AV industry is a pile of fun

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-Memnarch- Mar 20, 2026 +9

My favourite Pub runs movies (silent with subtitles) across a projector on the wall on one side. It#s one of the movies that run there once in a while. Though the audio gets turned on for Crows scene when hes singing and digging a hole into the stations floor :D

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ArtIsDumb Mar 20, 2026 +8

Hey, look at that- breach hull: all die. I even had it underlined!

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Stimee Mar 20, 2026 +5

I use this quote daily. My absolute favorite bit in the movie.

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southpaw85 Mar 21, 2026 +1

I went to a bar one time that did this with classic p**********. black and white stuff. It was super late and I was already buzzed pretty good all the lights were off except for the projection on the back wall behind the bar and stage lights moving along with the music. It was so surreal I felt like I was in a movie for a brief moment

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jimmymcstinkypants Mar 21, 2026 +1

The twisted spoke in Chicago? They’d have their nightly smut and eggs

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southpaw85 Mar 21, 2026 +1

Nah i think this was in Louisville. It’s all sort of a blur of a memory tbd but I’ve never been to Chicago other than driving through on road trips

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catlaxative Mar 20, 2026 +3

don’t mention his head…

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ifuckedyourmilkshake Mar 21, 2026 +2

Are you boys cooking up there???!!!

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stalkythefish Mar 21, 2026 +2

No.

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ifuckedyourmilkshake Mar 21, 2026 +1

Are you building an interociter?????!!!!!

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tf2hipster Mar 21, 2026 +1

"Paging Doctor Jemima". The entire bit of them building the interocitor is gold.

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sparkywilson Mar 21, 2026 +1

Turning things...and adjusting them!

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lonepinemall85 Mar 20, 2026 +9

I was quoting that scene literally today. "Turn your interocetor dial 18 degrees to the left" "17, one more, oh too far...well that works too" MST3K the Movie was actually my introduction to it! Probably can quote the entire movie. "Oh no Brak siphoned our GAAAAASSSS"

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WhoStoleMyBicycle Mar 20, 2026 +8

It’s probably been 25 years since I grabbed a ladder without saying “other people need this ladder you know”

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DiopticTurtle Mar 20, 2026 +7

Any time someone says "normal view" in any context I'm triggered like a sleeper agent getting their activation code

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Ak_Lonewolf Mar 20, 2026 +3

I didn't. I died.

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lonepinemall85 Mar 21, 2026 +2

Whenever I'm stuck in traffic I say "Well, we're going about 55, so we'll be there in about 10 billion years"

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Master_of_Fail Mar 20, 2026 +8

"Is this metal? I got a bet with Joe."

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JustineDelarge Mar 21, 2026 +5

I absolutely love MST3K, and went to add the movie to my watch list to rewatch it, and I played the trailer and realized I never saw it. Because it has Mike. I was a huge fan of Joel, and didn’t care for Mike (I know a LOT of people do, and that’s fair, but he just didn’t work for me), so after a couple of episodes with him, I just stopped watching. And never saw the movie.

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Ak_Lonewolf Mar 21, 2026 +3

I like Mike over Joel. I do enjoy Joel but not as much

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JustineDelarge Mar 21, 2026 +2

I should give Mike another chance. I have changed a lot in the past, um, ten years. Yes, it’s only been ten years since MST3K first ran. :)

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Ak_Lonewolf Mar 21, 2026 +3

My suggestion? Watch some Riftraxs. Holy shit are some of them phenomenal. I try and watch the LOTR rifftraxs once a year.

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JustineDelarge Mar 21, 2026 +3

I will check it out!

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kizmitraindeer Mar 21, 2026 +1

Ah man, try to give some Mike episodes a shot now that it’s been some time!

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weltron3030 Mar 21, 2026 +2

"kids are you building an interociter down there?" "No mom!!"

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stegogo Mar 21, 2026 +1

Are you building an interocitor in there?

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Eighm Mar 20, 2026 +8

If you'd like to rewatch it, they have the scene on [youtube](https://youtu.be/0EC3NTMOF4Q?si=1bdDDrIMhtRUacXK). It's about 40 seconds in but you should just watch the whole thing.

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Ludwigofthepotatoppl Mar 21, 2026 +4

"One thousand, four hundred eighty six pieces." *crunch* "Four eighty five, sir!"

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Quixotic_Seal Mar 20, 2026 +25

First we get two Doctor Who episodes, now a missing MST3K episode! What a great time for recovering lost media!

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firefighter26s Mar 20, 2026 +18

The irony is that my Son and I started watching MST3K a few nights away; while I haven't seen every episode now I know there is new one out there!

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Morgan-Moonscar Mar 20, 2026 +15

"He TRIIIIIIIIIED to KILL ME with a FORKLIIIIIIIIIFT!"

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NobodyTellPoeDameron Mar 21, 2026 +5

We got a new MST3k episode before we got Winds, GTA 6, Elder Scrolls 6, Half Li... etc etc

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RetroSwamp Mar 20, 2026 +15

Long hair Joel, is such a flashback to me.

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WySLatestWit Mar 21, 2026 +13

It is absolute insanity that this was finally found. I know that this is going to seem like exaggeration to those who didn't grow up in a certain era and to whom this show doesn't mean as much to, but this is like one of *the* holy grail lost media items ever.

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moileduge Mar 20, 2026 +10

I was so confused because I love this episode (again?) but it appears they did this movie twice. In 1988 (the found episode) and in 1991.

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Wild_Calligrapher_27 Mar 21, 2026 +2

Many shows from the KTMA era were also done on Comedy Central!

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userwithusername Mar 21, 2026 +8

Nerds and Dorks will enter a cease-fire to celebrate this news.

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Excellent-Wonder8431 Mar 20, 2026 +6

Ohhh man, I hope they re-release it with the new kickstarter Rifftrax experiments

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beadzy Mar 20, 2026 +5

shared with my stepdad immediately. he f****** loves MSC

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Glum_Status Mar 21, 2026 +4

Which episode has the foal who goes to suckle at its mother's teat and they say "Whoops! Sorry dad."

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stella-is-a-flower Mar 21, 2026 +4

this is my favorite episode of all time (the later version). last month I was talking with a guy about his old workplace and realized to my extreme delight that he was about to tell a story involving being hit by a forklift...... if you know, you know. godspeed, Ken and Rocky

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pumpkinfarts23 Mar 21, 2026 +4

They tried to hide this episode with a forklift, olay!

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pasta2666 Mar 21, 2026 +4

Just glad Mantos, Hand of Fate was never lost.

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SanchoPliskin Mar 21, 2026 +2

The master wouldn’t approve….

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pasta2666 Mar 21, 2026 +2

I feel like watching it now 🤣

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MonkeyWrenchAccident Mar 21, 2026 +1

Core memory unlocked. Someone made a windows screen saver of Torgo in early 2000s. He would walk across your screen to the doot doot doot soundtrack and say movie quotes. We installed at work on shared computers. Really surprised and mystified people who did not get the reference.

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ManyReach7296 Mar 20, 2026 +3

Cabot!

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QueensLeaks Mar 20, 2026 +3

Hell yeah

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that_f_dude Mar 21, 2026 +3

Amazing work can't wait to watch

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leedo8 Mar 20, 2026 +2

This is the feel good story of the year.

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Heelzlvr Mar 21, 2026 +2

I’ve been a fan since I was in my early teens. I discovered this by staying up and watching Up All Night. This would come on afterwards and I immediately fell in love with it. This show is a part of me, and I’ve passed this to my 11 yo daughter. On top of MST3K we were blessed with Rifftrax, along with the Netflix reboot (which I liked), and now Mike is trying to get new MST3K eps funded w/ Bill & Kevin. This show is infinite! MST3K 4 Lyf3!!!

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fullikipel Mar 21, 2026 +2

Holy c*** thats the lost episode weve waited decades for

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fullikipel Mar 21, 2026 +3

finally some lost media that doesn't involve cursed clown footage

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tool1964 Mar 21, 2026 +3

Arthur Putie. Awesome Flying Circus reference. 👍

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DocPondo Mar 20, 2026 +2

Amazing. It’s such a find for fans of the show. You have no idea.

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UnionThug1733 Mar 21, 2026 +1

This is the amazing thing about vhs. There are taps out in the world that exist no where else

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littlehound Mar 21, 2026 +1

Finally some good news.

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rollerbase Mar 21, 2026 +1

You can’t stop the signal

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Spocks_Goatee Mar 21, 2026 +1

How is the episode already on the official MST3K YouTube channel then if it was lost?

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scalemodlgiant Mar 21, 2026 +7

Some of the movies used in the KTMA show were reused in later seasons. The one on the official channel is from Season 3, with different riffs and host segments.

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Jolly-Leek6809 Mar 21, 2026 +1

This is wild. I had no idea this episode was lost. We had a VHS of this when I was a kid and it was my whole family’s absolute favorite episode. Of course our copy is long gone, but I’m happy it’s now online!

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Prize_Instance_1416 Mar 20, 2026 -15

8 ultra fans are super excited now

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"Mystery Science Theater 3000" fan finds and uploads the long lost episode "K03" (Star Force: Fugitive Alien II), after discovering tape in Minneapolis garage sale

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