SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K
A podcast about Love, Relationships and Mystery Science Theater 3000!
Episodes
June 24, 2025 • 95 mins
Man, we are fourthing it up over here - and it's not even the fourth yet!
Host segments: Independence Day McG-ed; how does it stand up against other early disaster films; patching plot holes; what do you do between the parade and the fireworks?; you got X-Files in my Independence Day; Area 54.
Host segments: Independence Day McG-ed; how does it stand up against other early disaster films; patching plot holes; what do you do between the parade and the fireworks?; you got X-Files in my Independence Day; Area 54.
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June 10, 2025 • 98 mins
We're riding with death this week. We'll admit, we thought there would be a lot more...death...on the ride. With death.
Host segments: Kegel fails; brake line moral relativism; Devori knows a lot about Smokey and the Bandit; give him a cracker friend; Jeff the "guess the network" savant; Buffalo Bill? Or Buffalo Bill?
exposing the world to the weirdness that is "Teddy Bear;" give us Magnum any day.
Host segments: Kegel fails; brake line moral relativism; Devori knows a lot about Smokey and the Bandit; give him a cracker friend; Jeff the "guess the network" savant; Buffalo Bill? Or Buffalo Bill?
exposing the world to the weirdness that is "Teddy Bear;" give us Magnum any day.
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May 27, 2025 • 81 mins
We're dipping back into the realm of kaiju with Gamera vs. Barugon - and saying goodbye to a dearly departed friend.
Host segments: the curse finally cursed; Jeff's strategy for keeping girls on farms; we gotta let them mug us; insert funnier STDs; Barugon vs. Bergeron; rest in pastrami.
Host segments: the curse finally cursed; Jeff's strategy for keeping girls on farms; we gotta let them mug us; insert funnier STDs; Barugon vs. Bergeron; rest in pastrami.
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May 13, 2025 • 102 mins
We're celebrating MiMi's birthday in style with her selection, the TV classic? Blood on Her Hands!
Host segment: MiMi's favorite type of word; cheap hitmen; Susan Lucci is straight devious; we're upset about a distinct lack of Dennis Farina; getting arrested at your reception; J. Peterman is actually in financial trouble; we absolutely can make this a better movie; it's already a whore movie.
Host segment: MiMi's favorite type of word; cheap hitmen; Susan Lucci is straight devious; we're upset about a distinct lack of Dennis Farina; getting arrested at your reception; J. Peterman is actually in financial trouble; we absolutely can make this a better movie; it's already a whore movie.
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April 29, 2025 • 102 mins
These bees - they sure are deadly.
Host segments: chicken troubles; too soon for Thomas Jay jokes; adept at pumping; sonnet 101; Joe taking more for the team; Jeff is a connoiseur of boob jiggling; Devori gets emotional talking about Shadowlands; the Idaho of England; so much Hannah Montana discussion.
Host segments: chicken troubles; too soon for Thomas Jay jokes; adept at pumping; sonnet 101; Joe taking more for the team; Jeff is a connoiseur of boob jiggling; Devori gets emotional talking about Shadowlands; the Idaho of England; so much Hannah Montana discussion.
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April 15, 2025 • 91 mins
We finally got it right! Gene Hackman IS in this movie!
Host segments: MiMi culpa; don't even wanna go to the dump; we all know Jeff would make a bean joke at some point; can Gregory Peck smile?; I regret throwing my friend into the vacuum of space; Joe Don Baker with space madness?
Host segments: MiMi culpa; don't even wanna go to the dump; we all know Jeff would make a bean joke at some point; can Gregory Peck smile?; I regret throwing my friend into the vacuum of space; Joe Don Baker with space madness?
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April 1, 2025 • 88 mins
Hey - guess what? Gene Hackman isn't in this movie.
Host segments: 100% Gene Hackman-free; small critique of MiMi's kissing; Jeff has opinions about geologists; Nuveena kink; this is now a chair review podcast; shirtless beefcake American; Dean-o's outttakes.
Host segments: 100% Gene Hackman-free; small critique of MiMi's kissing; Jeff has opinions about geologists; Nuveena kink; this is now a chair review podcast; shirtless beefcake American; Dean-o's outttakes.
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March 18, 2025 • 76 mins
We're continuing our dive into the expansive Rothrock cinematic universe. This one is MUCH better.
Host segments: a truly disasterous panel discussion; exaggerating the number of karate-ready government officials; what did they even win?; bidet humor; suspension of disbelief re: how many people can karate; the challenge of Raygun; the crazy summer of Top Gun; fixing these plot holes; we all shimmied.
Host segments: a truly disasterous panel discussion; exaggerating the number of karate-ready government officials; what did they even win?; bidet humor; suspension of disbelief re: how many people can karate; the challenge of Raygun; the crazy summer of Top Gun; fixing these plot holes; we all shimmied.
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March 4, 2025 • 91 mins
We're coming back to Roth-rock you once again! This time, it's the inscrutibly maddening Undefeatable, which did, in fact, defeat us.
Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
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February 18, 2025 • 82 mins
It was a rough week around here, and not just for the teens in Attack of the Eye Creatures.
Host segments: Why do you need to stop on your way to eloping?; we keep disinformationing ourselves; putting smoochers to work again; Shyama-lazy; I was east bound and downed; bless the Chets; superior Saucer Men; we spend an inordinate amount of time reminding MiMi who Rip Taylor is; Joe is an Eddie Murphy film curator; what if everyone is a...
Host segments: Why do you need to stop on your way to eloping?; we keep disinformationing ourselves; putting smoochers to work again; Shyama-lazy; I was east bound and downed; bless the Chets; superior Saucer Men; we spend an inordinate amount of time reminding MiMi who Rip Taylor is; Joe is an Eddie Murphy film curator; what if everyone is a...
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February 4, 2025 • 102 mins
It's a birthday request with the classic episode The Sword and the Dragon. Man - it sure is beardy around here.
Host segments: awkward invasion tactics; Roger Corman got his paws on this one, too; some people will be charred; death or Sharla?; this is now an Ilya Muromets fancast; always open with the dragon; Bergman does SNL; the magic tablecloth of lost opportunities.
Host segments: awkward invasion tactics; Roger Corman got his paws on this one, too; some people will be charred; death or Sharla?; this is now an Ilya Muromets fancast; always open with the dragon; Bergman does SNL; the magic tablecloth of lost opportunities.
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January 21, 2025 • 94 mins
It's a birthday request! (annoying air horn sound) We're tackling the perennial Rifftrax/MST3k favorite The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
Host segments: apologies to Frankie Valli; two fingers of brown; MiMi's fingers got a workout; Jeff's new life goals; Sumuru review; Annette's new gig.
Host segments: apologies to Frankie Valli; two fingers of brown; MiMi's fingers got a workout; Jeff's new life goals; Sumuru review; Annette's new gig.
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January 7, 2025 • 86 mins
Host segments: your finest chablis; Brandy is a fine girl; the best laid plans of reporters with cans of gasoline; listen to the tale of the Lon Talbot Group; Jeff - a romancer of the elderly; this could have been an email, Ben; unwatchable unriffed.
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December 24, 2024 • 90 mins
Happy Holidays, SoL-Mates! This year, we're watching not only the last available MST3K Christmas film, but for now, the last official episode of MST3K, The Christmas Dragon (2014). What does this film have to do with Christmas exactly? Dragons!
Host segments: Jeff is a joy; Mormon swears; more accurate dragons; Joe might just edit this out; what would 1991 have looked like?; Goodbye, Sister Beech; a riff battle royale.
Have a safe a...
Host segments: Jeff is a joy; Mormon swears; more accurate dragons; Joe might just edit this out; what would 1991 have looked like?; Goodbye, Sister Beech; a riff battle royale.
Have a safe a...
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December 17, 2024 • 55 mins
We're just out here, swapping holiday cheer like we always do! Please listen, but beware of spoilers for Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988), and There's Something in the Barn (2023).
Host segments: Jeff's a unicorn; not Americans, Californians; Pee Wee in the uncanny valley; MiMi discovers her brand early on.
Host segments: Jeff's a unicorn; not Americans, Californians; Pee Wee in the uncanny valley; MiMi discovers her brand early on.
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December 10, 2024 • 98 mins
We're reaching back to season three for It Conquered the World, but it didn't really conquer the world - maybe a cave and, like, three guys.
Host segment: Merry Hawk Tuah!; try to say "physicist" three times drunk; a satisfying soundscape of "thwap"; XTREME consent; a satellite with a nacho bar; the Herlihy alien; Joe Don mind control.
Host segment: Merry Hawk Tuah!; try to say "physicist" three times drunk; a satisfying soundscape of "thwap"; XTREME consent; a satellite with a nacho bar; the Herlihy alien; Joe Don mind control.
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November 26, 2024 • 78 mins
It's a birthday request with Rifftrax's take on the cult classic The Sword and the Sorcerer! So put on your nasty burlap sacks and sandals, and poke a bad guy with your sword!
(CW: discussions of sexual assuault)
Host segments: better sword and sandal flicks just stripped for parts; never bring up Denny's to Joe; a bad review; forget the Roman Empire, how often do you think about Highlander?; the wild wild world of the cast members o...
(CW: discussions of sexual assuault)
Host segments: better sword and sandal flicks just stripped for parts; never bring up Denny's to Joe; a bad review; forget the Roman Empire, how often do you think about Highlander?; the wild wild world of the cast members o...
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November 12, 2024 • 93 mins
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, we're feeling fowl and so we come to you with this poultry offering "The Chicken of Tomorrow!" (Oh - and we also watched The Brute Man, too.)
Host segments: A grim reminder ahead of the holidays; you can tell a piano teacher by their scales; shakin' down blind ladies in the 40s; we get Clayton now; Jeffe's grandpapa; an A movie becomes a B movie; a timetable for creeping; exploitation films and disa...
Host segments: A grim reminder ahead of the holidays; you can tell a piano teacher by their scales; shakin' down blind ladies in the 40s; we get Clayton now; Jeffe's grandpapa; an A movie becomes a B movie; a timetable for creeping; exploitation films and disa...
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October 29, 2024 • 82 mins
Happy Spooky Season! Join us for the horror that is Hillbillys in a Haunted House - but, it's not horror for the reason you're thinking.
Host segments: The Hee-Haw -ification of horror; the definition of a hillbilly; Lon Cheney was not a healthy man; ARE YOU FERLIN HUSKY?; the corrections just write themselves; Merle Haggard's ghost v. Kevin Murphy; that one guy you know who gets killed by a gorilla; and they're the ones writing it...
Host segments: The Hee-Haw -ification of horror; the definition of a hillbilly; Lon Cheney was not a healthy man; ARE YOU FERLIN HUSKY?; the corrections just write themselves; Merle Haggard's ghost v. Kevin Murphy; that one guy you know who gets killed by a gorilla; and they're the ones writing it...
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October 22, 2024 • 54 mins
Once again, we're swapping spoopy movies and talking about them. This year it's Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers (2003) and Cottage Country (2013).
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