Monday, October 26, 2015

Join Us, Won't You?: 10 Little Life Lessons I’ve Learned From MST3K




Some people get their life instructions from little books about chicken soup.  I get mine from watching Robots banter with movies on satellites.  But what have they taught me?  Read on to find out.




10: You Don’t Have to Accept What Life Dishes Out At You: “It’s just fiction, I mean, you don’t have to accept the ending they hand you.” – Joel in Girl in Lovers’ Lane.

9: Beware Life’s Padding: “We’re born, we die, and there’s a lot of padding in the middle.” – Crow T. Robot in Hellcats.

8: True Love is Not Dependent on Looks, But The Integrity Within: See: Crow’s crushes on Estelle Winwood In The Sword and the Dragon and Kim Catral in City Limits and, Tom’s affection for the Creepy Girl in Catalina Caper.

7: It’s Never Too Late To Start All Over Again: Even if you have to do it as a Quatarian dictator, pure energy or a star baby.

6: You Don’t Need Anyone To Understand You As Long As You Have Self-Confidence: “Nobody gets me!  I’m like the wind, baby!” – Tom Servo

5:  Anything Can be Fixed with a Peppy song About Drywall: Even the sensation of having sat through a turgid, draggy, Coleman Francis film.

4: Even Evil Has Standards: And that standard is Manos: The Hands of Fate

3: Sometimes the Greatest Sacrifices Are Worth It:  And sometimes sacrificing the sole escape pod on the ship so your creator can jet to safety nets you a cool new friend and a sweet garden apartment in Minnesota.

2: The Good Should Be Rewarded: Be they with hamburger sammidges, a sweet hot fish shop or eternity as a soultaker in second-banana heaven. 


1: Don’t Expect Evil to Change Its Spots: “What do you want from us?! WE’RE EVIL!” – Dr. F and TV’s Frank

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