MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
THE UNOFFICIAL EPISODE GUIDE

SEASON FOUR: 1992-1993


401- SPACE TRAVELERS (aka "MAROONED")

First shown: 6/6/92
Opening: "The Great Crowdini!"
Invention exchange: The Dollaroid, Facial tissue (faces on tissue)
Host segment 1: Space race advancements
Host segment 2: Reenacting the movie using NASA-type lingo (Crow time out)
Host segment 3: If one of them had to sacrifice themselves...
End: Magic fun, letters
Stinger: Hackman's good in anything

402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER

First shown: 6/13/92
Opening: Crow and Tom are the Thing with Two Heads
Invention exchange: Sitcom radio, Renaissance Festival punching bags
Host segment 1: Joel tries to do the closet/soda shop skit, but Crow and Tom won't play along
Host segment 2: "Funny drunks" becomes a PSA
Host segment 3: "Servo on Cinema" Topic: "Why everyone standing has one leg up on something"
End: Hee-La the rock group (lame), letters (one from TV's Frank!)
Stinger: Old guy gags on sody pop

403- CITY LIMITS

First shown: 6/20/92
Opening: Joel gets Ping-Pong balls dropped on him (ala Captain Kangaroo)
Invention exchange: Mr. Meat & Potato Head, Pop star Tupperware featuring Morrisey
Host segment 1: Song: "Oh, Kim Catrell!" by Crow
Host segment 2: Coming up with super-heroes
Host segment 3: More super-heroes
End: City Limits trivia game, letters, and still Morrisey
Stinger: Tiny radio controlled death from on high

404- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE

First shown: 6/27/92
Opening: Joel uses behavior modification on Crow and Tom
Invention exchange: Scratch and sniff report card, CPR Annie ventriloquist doll
Host segment 1: Reel to Real
Host segment 2: Recreating real theater pre-movie fare
Host segment 3: Skull cruiser and making a Pegasus logo
End: Duct tape fashion statements, letters, Dr. F. and date at dinner
Stinger: "TORTURE!!"

405- BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET

First shown: 7/4/92
Opening: Joel playing 20 questions with Crow and Tom
Invention exchange: Tragic moments figurines, Jack Palance impersonation kit
Host segment 1: Bill Mumy tribute
Host segment 2: Playing haunted House with Joel
Host segment 3: "Rainy Day Fun Sketch" for Crow and Tom, who are feeling depressed
End: TV's Frank Shopping Network, letter, Frank demonstrating "die-master"
Stinger: The heartbreak of extraterrestrial psoriasis

406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES
with short: "UNDERSEA KINGDOM" PT 1

First shown: 7/18/92
Opening: Shutting off the holo-clowns from the "Rainy Day Fun Sketch"
Invention exchange: Patches the leech, SOL Insty Adolescence Kit
Host segment 1: Taking over the world and what would you wear
Host segment 2: Talking about dreams over coffee
Host segment 3: Song: "I'm A Danger to Myself And Others"
End: Trying to understand the leeches, letter, Patches on Frank too long
Stinger: Billy gets into it.

407- THE KILLER SHREWS
with short: "JUNIOR RODEO DAREDEVILS"

First shown: 7/25/92
Opening: Joel is giving out presents to the 'Bots
Invention exchange: Mads going to destroy earth, Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies
Host segment 1: Joel is trying to do Will Rogers (sort of)
Host segment 2: Killer Shrews -- the song/game, Crow and Tom crack
Host segment 3: Joel helps Crow and Tom make The Killer Shrew drink
End: 'Bots dressed up & acting like shrews, letter, Frank sick from drink
Stinger: "Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results."

408- HERCULES UNCHAINED

First shown: 8/1/92
Opening: Wash and wax day for the 'Bots
Invention exchange: Decorator roaches (Steve Reeves visits!), Steve-o-meter (Steve Allen)
Host segment 1: Greek set and costumes for Gypsy's song
Host segment 2: The water of forgetfulness, etc.
Host segment 3: What is Hercules doing with that lady after the scene ends?
End: Why movies like this?
Stinger: Wicked queen bugs her eyes and throws herself into pit

409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN
with short: "UNDERSEA KINGDOM" PT 2

First shown: 8/15/92
Opening: The 'Bots (and Magic Voice) change their voices
Invention exchange: Mads' secret invention, Cereal box novels
Host segment 1: The Undersea Kingdom Parade
Host segment 2: "What would you do if you were indestructible?"
Host segment 3: Joel trying to do the Lon Chaney "eye thing", Crow and Tom are interfering
End: Crow and Tom make Joel sign a contract for no more cop/donut jokes, cops in Deep 13
Stinger: Indestructible man struggles with a manhole cover

410- HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN

First shown: 8/22/92
Opening: Crow and Tom are going to run away to the other side of the SOL
Invention exchange: DEEP HURTING!, Super Freak Out Kit
Host segment 1: The Amazing Booby Trap Illusion
Host segment 2: Crow and Tom are "pumped up" and trying to come up with a good name
Host segment 3: Musical tribute to Pants!
End: Wayne Rogers syndrome (Crow time out), letters, Dr. F. is frustrated
Stinger: Old guy gets skewered

411- THE MAGIC SWORD

First shown: 8/29/92
Opening: Joel as a caricature artist
Invention exchange: Big gulp berets, Designer bio-hazard absorbent throw pillow
Host segment 1: Basil Rathbone dog biscuits
Host segment 2: Middle Age costume bit
Host segment 3: Crow over Kim for Estelle
End: Words you can't say on TV, letter, TV's Frank's a skeleton
Stinger: Estelle's two-headed assistant

412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN

First shown: 9/12/92
Opening: Gypsy is pleading to watch the movie
Invention exchange: The Lawn baby, The Womb-Mate
Host segment 1: "Good-Natured" Brawling
Host segment 2: Crow's "History" of Hercules
Host segment 3: Crow and Tom's lame Hercules action figure
End: Laying the Hercules movies to rest, letter, Frank being chased by mower
Stinger: "Hercules! Help me!"

413- MANHUNT IN SPACE
with short: "GENERAL HOSPITAL" PT 1

First shown: 9/19/92
Opening: Tom Servo is color blind!
Invention exchange: Beanbag pants, Recycled paper clothing
Host segment 1: 'Bots are playing soap opera, but Joel won't play along
Host segment 2: "Space" modifiers
Host segment 3: A visit from Winkie
End: Crow and Tom: Joel's guitar & amp, letter, Mads stuck in the sitting position
Stinger: Space traitor tosses a chair

414- TORMENTED

First shown: 9/26/92
Opening: The 'Bots are in a ventilation duct
Invention exchange: Aunt Catherine wheel, Drinking jacket
Host segment 1: Joel stuck in ventilation duct, but Crow and Tom won't help him
Host segment 2: Pop singers falling out of a lighthouse
Host segment 3: Crow and Tom are pretending to be ghosts (heads on the table)
End: Bummed out, so thinking happy thoughts, Frank drawing on floor
Stinger: "Tom Stewart killed me!"

415- THE BEATNIKS
with short: "GENERAL HOSPITAL" PT 2

First shown: 11/26/92
Opening: Joel and the 'Bots are playing rock-scissors-paper
Invention exchange: Troll costumes, Pocket pool
Host segment 1: Either you are or aren't a beatnik
Host segment 2: 'Bots as teen girls at a slumber party (Tony Travis!)
Host segment 3: Servo portrays the life of a 50's rock star
End: Crow and Tom go nuts, letter, Mads are a "hot" property
Stinger: Moon gets hysterical

416- FIRE MAIDENS OF OUTER SPACE

First shown: 11/26/92
Opening: Robot posture check which produces Timmy from Crow's shadow!
Invention exchange: Big checkbook, Junk food sports shoe
Host segment 1: Double entendres
Host segment 2: Universal switches (Crow time out)
Host segment 3: Joel kicks Timmy, the dark specter, out of the SOL
End: Crying to make sense of it, letter, Timmy ends up in Deep 13
Stinger: Doorknob miracle

417- CRASH OF THE MOONS
with short: "GENERAL HOSPITAL" PT 3

First shown: 11/28/92
Opening: Crow is selling true grit
Invention exchange: Deep 13 toothpaste, Rock & wreck guitar
Host segment 1: Song: "The Gypsy Moons"
Host segment 2: John Banner-grams
Host segment 3: Crow's teleplay based on the movie
End: Letter, Banner visits SOL then Deep 13 as a Banner-gram
Stinger: "Boopie!"

418- ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES

First shown: 12/5/92
Opening: Crow and Tom are going through the "best friends" stage
Invention exchange: Router Ouija board, Funny gag fax
Host segment 1: Tom wants to make out (but he doesn't know what to do)
Host segment 2: Tribute to Earl Holliman!
Host segment 3: The Rip Taylor Trio! (Eye Creature gags)
End: The case against the producers (They just didn't care!), film director in Deep 13
Stinger: Greasy drifter in sweater dress on the phone

419- THE REBEL SET
with short: "JOHNNY AT THE FAIR"

First shown: 12/12/92
Opening: Joel tells Crow and Tom scary bedtime stories
Invention exchange: TV's Frank's Quick Primp Kit, abstract paint by number kit
Host segment 1: "Co-starring with Scott Baio" acting lessons
Host segment 2: What to do during a 4 hour layover in Chicago
Host segment 3: Writing workshop using the Merritt Stone method (anything to do with trains)
End: "Who is Merritt Stone?", Tom explodes, Frank hopelessly confused
Stinger: "I am bugged!"

420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS

First shown: 12/26/92
Opening: 'Bot modification ideas.
Invention exchange: Mads have the sillies, Beanie chopper, and William Conrad Fridge Alert
Host segment 1: Craft project: spaceships made from household items
Host segment 2: A hoard of Tom Servos!
Host segment 3: The cranky Hugh Beaumont re-visits
End: Coming out of the robot closet, William Conrad shows up
Stinger: Duplicates cracking up and choking each other

421- MONSTER A-GO-GO
with short: "CIRCUS ON ICE"

First shown: 1/9/93
Opening: The 'Bots are making cheese
Invention exchange: Johnny Longtorso, Non-violent action figures
Host segment 1: Gypsy "doesn't get" Crow (and then Servo)
Host segment 2: Joel & Servo playing catch to spite Crow
Host segment 3: Examining the Pina Colada Song
End: Happy King Servo & Sir Giggles von Laffsalot Crow
Stinger: Monster a Go-Go on the move

422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE
with short: "HERE COMES THE CIRCUS"

First shown: 1/16/93
Opening: Family picture time on the SOL
Invention exchange: Snaction, Unhappy Meals
Host segment 1: Crow and Tom have some ideas for clown acts
Host segment 2: So, what's a Sampo?
Host segment 3: Gypsy's one woman show: "Gypsy Rose...Me!"
End: Crow and Tom are acting like the trapped wind from movie, letter
Stinger: "...What'll happen to us now!"

423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER
with short: "HIRED!" PT 1

First shown: 1/23/93
Opening: Joel hooks up Crow through Cambot to see what he is dreaming!
Invention exchange: Tough love seat, microwave Faith Popcorn
Host segment 1: "Hired!" the musical
Host segment 2: From the lame octopus to food monsters ("huh?")
Host segment 3: Willy the Waffle returns to defend advertising
End: Cambot & the others re-edit the end, letter, Mads acting like Bela & Tor from movie
Stinger: Bela has looked better

424- MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE
with short: "HIRED!" PT 2

First shown: 1/30/93
Opening: Joel programs the 'Bots to agree with everything he says
Invention exchange: Chocolate bunny guillotine, Cartooner
Host segment 1: Skit ruined by scenes from film, Frank apologizes
Host segment 2: Exaggerated physical features for monsters ("Is Torgo a monster?")
Host segment 3: Joel trying to imitate Manos, Dr. Forrester apologizes
End: 'Bots imitating lady wrestling scene, Torgo's pizza
Stinger: "Why don't you guys leave us alone?"