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The Touch of Satan compels Adam and Chris to mull over spooky movies, harpsichord music, eighteenth-century bad boys, curious products, and… Gorgo?

Teen-age Crime Wave gets Chris and Adam to talk about strong perfume, claustrophobic films, Tommy Cook trivia, bad kids, and (you guessed it) Donald Pleasence.

The Brute Man creeps after Adam and Chris, who discuss Manos reactions, Rondo Hatton, early travelogue movies, early chickens, and egg facts. Features the short: The Chicken of Tomorrow.

In our very special one-hundredth episode, Manos: The Hands of Fate keeps our heroes talking for a long, long time about notorious movies, controversial jazz, weird zeitgeists, stale comics, and exactly what MST3K does that makes us love it so. Features the short, Hired, part 2!

Bride of the Monster traps Adam and Chris in the swamp and gets them to monologue about Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, octopuses, and door-to-door sales. Features the short: Hired! Part 1.

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? may not be all that Adam and Chris have to contend with this time!!? They talk about Ray Dennis Steckler, Renée Richards, Wendy Carlos, Peter Falk, and the alleged Mrs. Peter Falk.

City On Fire traps Chris and Adam, who are quickly running out of oxygen as they talk about Ava Gardner, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, and Max Headroom.

Parts: The Clonus Horror keeps Adam and Chris in a secluded area to get them to talk about clones, clones, clones, clones, and clones.

Avalanche finds Chris and Adam drinking cocoa in the ski lodge, talking about disastrous movies, disastrous weather, disastrous managers, disastrous marriages, and disastrous vacations.

The Giant Spider Invasion invite Adam and Chris to come inside, but they roll down a hill and talk about spider puppets, mothers’ friends, gross directors, body snatchers, and baby ducks.

Moon Zero Two will strand Adam and Chris on an asteroid if they don’t find something to say about Roy Ward Baker, Hammer films, Don Ellis, space suits, and Power Gloves.

I Was A Teenage Werewolf stalks Adam and Chris in the gym, overhearing them talk about teen movies, wolfmen, Michael Landon, Bernard Hermann, and Magic Voice.

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent gets all tuckered out trying to say its name, and curls up to listen to Chris and Adam talk about waffles, Roger Corman, Albert Glasser, Troma, and Kate Bush. With the short, The Home Economics Story!

The She-Creature lurches unpleasantly towards Chris and Adam, but instead they talk about Alibi, Wings, Manimal, Howard the Duck, and Dorf on Golf.

Monster A Go-Go calls up Adam and Chris [rrring rrring!] and asks them about bad twists, anti-endings, cheap solutions, ice treats, and He-Man. With the short, Circus on Ice!

Night of the Blood Beast impregnates Chris and Beth with thoughts of new phones, old interiors, friendly aliens, male pregnancy, and Turkey Day marathons.

We’re only gonna get one real episode out this month, for Reasons. So to tide you over until then, here are a few of our superfan bonus bits—the things we normally just let our most devoted listeners hear. Enjoy, and see. you soon with a proper episode!

Gamera vs. Zigra is back for round two, and Chris and Adam bring in reinforcements like robot reboots, space monsters, peppy marches, living legends, and school projects.

Happy Gamuary! Gamera vs. Zigra takes its first swing at Adam and Chris, who muse about our noisy ocean, some missing Gamera films, Persona 5, encore performances, and New Years Eve.

The Day the Earth Froze offers a Sampo to the team — if they first talk about the Kalevala, Finlandization, Jean Sibelius, Emmett Kelly, and family photos. Also features a short: Here Comes the Circus!

Kitten with a Whip meows pitifully at Adam and Chris until they talk about horrifying teens, Ann-Margrock, Elvis Presley, John Forsythe, Doodles Weaver, and Looney Tunes.

Village of the Giants towers over Adam and Chris, demanding they talk about Jim Begg, Andy Griffith, Warwick Davis, Bert I. Gordon, and Frank Zappa.

The Million Eyes of Sumuru keep Adam and Chris in their sights while they discuss bad prints, bad movies, bad novels, bad episodes, and best fiends.

The Unearthly keeps Adam and Chris in the basement, where they can barely talk about shorts, John Carradine, shorts, Tor Johnson, and shorts. Also features the shorts Posture Pals and Appreciating Our Parents!

The Castle of Fu Manchu forces Chris and Adam to tell them the formula to Chistopher Lee, Jesús Franco, Sax Rohmer, Gandhi II, and, heart transplants.