186. A Crackpot Theory That I Have No Evidence For. [MST3K 603. The Dead Talk Back.]
DEC 15, 202560 MIN
186. A Crackpot Theory That I Have No Evidence For. [MST3K 603. The Dead Talk Back.]
DEC 15, 202560 MIN
Description
The Dead Talk Back, but maybe you’d rather hear Chris and Charlotte talk about true believers, ice cream sales, safety plans, public service announcements, and The Grateful Dead.
With the short: The Selling Wizard.
Show Notes.
The Dead Talk Back (Merle S. Gould, 1957/1993): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Watch on YouTube.
The Selling Wizard (Unknown, 1954): IMDB. UnMSTed.
MST3K has just uploaded The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, which we covered last year, for the holidays.
The Body Is a Shell (Merle S. Gould, 1956).
Peter Ballbusch: The Body Is a Shell.
Edgar Cayce.
We talk about H.R. Pufnstuf or whatever in our episode on Crash of Moons.
The New York Times on The Body Is a Shell.
Clips of Dickory Doc.
An article about ice cream getting popular.
The relevant fountain pen by Ensso is no longer in production, but here’s a review. (Chris has the black one.)
OK, but what if everyone jumped at the same time?
International ShakeOut Day.
Gas mask drills in World War 2.
1950s civil defense drills.
An example of a tsunami drill.
MST3K PSAs: riffing a news reel and pretending there’s an emergency on the SoL.
Stuff You Missed in History Class on The Sisters Fox.
If you missed the news about the talk to your dead grandma through AI thing...
The Grateful Dead (with John Oswald): Greyfolded.
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