Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE

June 8, 2016 10:04 PM - Season 5, Episode 9

"Too young to know... to reckless to care..." A couple of dumb drifters drift into town. In the process they become attached to local girls, but eventually tragedy strikes. Watch out for the bummer ending to this one. Compared the the string of excellent episodes before it, this one's a bit of a sleeper, but there are still some great bits, including "Camera three get off the track," and the beloved MST song "What a Pleasant Journey!" There are just three Joel episodes left.... YouTube (1h32m) Premiered September 18, 1993.

Episode 509 THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE
Satellite News - MST3K Wikia - Mighty Jack's MST3K Episode Review - War of the Colossal Fan Guide - Basil's Blog

Movie:
Daddy-O's Drive-In Dirt - Wikipedia
IMDB (1960, 2.4 stars)
"Two drifers contend with love and murder in a small town."
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau. Written by Jo Heims. Starring Brett Halsey, Joyce Meadows and Lowell Brown.

posted by JHarris (2 comments total)

This week's showing: 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, Thursday, at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub.

Preroll material: Episodes of a weird TV show and a remarkably strange movie....

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posted by JHarris at 10:07 PM on June 8, 2016

It was a better episode than I was expecting! I'd always just sort of coasted through it before, but this time the movie and the riffing clicked for me.

Next week is 510 THE PAINTED HILLS, a Lassie movie by a different name! BTW, if you want an Imzy invite I've got a few now, and the Imzy MST3K forum is basically empty, with like 25 members (probably because they're still in all-invite mode). Lemme know if you want an invite!
posted by JHarris at 6:44 AM on June 10, 2016