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61. We Never Got to Play. [MST3K 321. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.]
12/24/19 • 59 min
Let’s have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians gathers Chris and Adam round to sing carols about Pia Zadora, Vince Guaraldi, Donald Pleasence, Milton Delugg, and, you guessed it, Patrick Swayze. Happy holidays, whatever you do or don’t celebrate!
Content warning: Contains sensitive information about Santa which you may not want your young children to overhear.
Show Notes.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Oh, we forgot to mention it, but Chris was on a special holiday party episode of This Is Your Mixtape! Check it out, it’s sweet.
Our previous holiday episodes on Santa Claus and Gamera.
Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic also did this movie.
Rifftrax indeed did Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.
Pia Zadora defends her controversial win.
Captain Newfoundland. [And an update.]
Darlene Love: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).
The Cryptkeeper: Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas.
Our episode on The Starfighters.
Rifftrax does Road House [twice].
Kevin Smith does Road House.
Jeff Healey: Angel Eyes.
Kids in the Hall: Chalet 2000.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to make our spirits bright. (And to hear a bonus bit from this episode!)
Let’s have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians gathers Chris and Adam round to sing carols about Pia Zadora, Vince Guaraldi, Donald Pleasence, Milton Delugg, and, you guessed it, Patrick Swayze. Happy holidays, whatever you do or don’t celebrate!
Content warning: Contains sensitive information about Santa which you may not want your young children to overhear.
Show Notes.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer. Watch on ShoutFactoryTV!
Oh, we forgot to mention it, but Chris was on a special holiday party episode of This Is Your Mixtape! Check it out, it’s sweet.
Our previous holiday episodes on Santa Claus and Gamera.
Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic also did this movie.
Rifftrax indeed did Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.
Pia Zadora defends her controversial win.
Captain Newfoundland. [And an update.]
Darlene Love: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).
The Cryptkeeper: Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas.
Our episode on The Starfighters.
Rifftrax does Road House [twice].
Kevin Smith does Road House.
Jeff Healey: Angel Eyes.
Kids in the Hall: Chalet 2000.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon to make our spirits bright. (And to hear a bonus bit from this episode!)
Previous Episode
60. Going On and Going Nowhere. [MST3K 515. The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.]
What’s this?! The Wild Wild World of Batwoman has forced our heroes, Chris and Adam, to dance the Batusi? Can our heroes find enough topics to distract it so they can make an escape? Tune in as they discuss the real Batman, another Batwoman, disappointing Draculas, a not-quite Hercules, and ho-hum Days.
With the short: Cheating.
Show Notes.
The Wild Wild World of Batwoman: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Our episode on The Crawling Hand, but on YouTube.
Kedi, that documentary about cats in Istanbul.
La Mujer Murciélago [1968].
Batman: The Movie [1966].
Batman Dracula [1964].
That Jerry Warren DVD collection.
Our episode on The Mole People.
Chris’s long and boring story, in one link.
If you want to try out The Jack Benny Program, the podcast This Day in Jack Benny republishes some of the best episodes, and provides context and annotations.
Bonus.
Support It’s Just A Show on Patreon and your stockings will be filled with bonus bits!
Next Episode
62. Pappy’s Tired. [MST3K K06. Gamera vs. Gaos.]
Happy Gamuary! Sorry if we’re a little late to the party—it’s just that the KTMA episode of Gamera vs. Gaos really threw us for a loop. Adam and Chris try to recombobulate themselves by reminiscing about the joys of Christmas past, beautiful film prints, fountains of blood, robot puberty, and second-rate Gamera songs.
Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Gaos: IMDB. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
Previous Gamuary instalments: Gamera vs. Barugon: CC, KTMA; Gamera: KTMA, CC.
Scud: The Disposable Assassin.
Lou Harry: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: The Novel.
Night after Night with Allan Havey.
Some Tugboat.
You can get a sense of the way the movie is supposed to look by watching the trailer.
High-pressure Blood on TV Tropes.
We discussed Evil Dead II in our episode on The Crawling Hand.
Björk: Bachelorette.
Aretha Franklin: There is a Fountain Filled with Blood.
Oh hey: Our house band Theme Squad has a new collection of instrumentals out! Check it out.
Bonus.
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