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Re: Episodes Begin Running on Retro-TV this Week [message #258672 is a reply to message #258340] Mon, 30 June 2014 17:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2014-06-29, Chris "Sampo" Cornell <msampo@aol.com> wrote:
> Removed from the list are: Space Mutiny, Time Chasers, Overdrawn at the
> Memory Bank and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders.

That's a disappointment. "Space Mutiny" is arguably the best Mike-era
episode. The riffs literally started from the first opening credit and
didn't stop until the very last end credit, and the DVD (pulled in 2010)
included an introduction from Mike himself.

> As somebody on Twitter said "I don't have an affiliate in my area and I
> have all the episodes, but it's just nice to know that somewhere,
> somebody is showing MST3K on TV.

Ever since Amazon Prime started charging for the MST3K episodes I've
been looking for a place to (legitimately) watch them for free. I'll
have to break out a UHF antenna to pick up that station, but thanks.

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Re: Episodes Begin Running on Retro-TV this Week [message #262792 is a reply to message #258340] Tue, 29 July 2014 21:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:28:59 -0400, "Chris \"Sampo\" Cornell"
<msampo@aol.com> wrote:

> As first announced in March, Retro-TV will begin showing MST3K episodes
> on Saturdays, starting July 5.
>
> 211- First Spaceship On Venus

Did anyone else watch this, and if so was the audio really weird?
During the movie, they had the riffing entirely in the left channel
and the movie's audio entirely in the right channel. The host
segments were similarly odd, with some characters on one side of
the audio spectrum and others on the other side. Nothing at all
in the middle.

Was the episode originally broadcast on Comedy Central that way?

-- Bob "Bice" Eichler
Re: Episodes Begin Running on Retro-TV this Week [message #262880 is a reply to message #262792] Wed, 30 July 2014 13:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2014-07-30 01:30:42 +0000, Bice said:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:28:59 -0400, "Chris \"Sampo\" Cornell"
> <msampo@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> As first announced in March, Retro-TV will begin showing MST3K episodes
>> on Saturdays, starting July 5.
>>
>> 211- First Spaceship On Venus
>
> Did anyone else watch this, and if so was the audio really weird?
> During the movie, they had the riffing entirely in the left channel
> and the movie's audio entirely in the right channel. The host
> segments were similarly odd, with some characters on one side of
> the audio spectrum and others on the other side. Nothing at all
> in the middle.
>
> Was the episode originally broadcast on Comedy Central that way?

I've never seen this episode on TV but I checked the Shout DVD
(20th Anniversary box) I have with headphones, and it has normal sound.
Did the Retro-TV broadcast have strange sound throughout or is it
only on certain sections?
Re: Episodes Begin Running on Retro-TV this Week [message #262922 is a reply to message #262880] Wed, 30 July 2014 17:13 Go to previous message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:08:50 -0700, weary flake
<wearyflake@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 2014-07-30 01:30:42 +0000, Bice said:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:28:59 -0400, "Chris \"Sampo\" Cornell"
>> <msampo@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As first announced in March, Retro-TV will begin showing MST3K episodes
>>> on Saturdays, starting July 5.
>>>
>>> 211- First Spaceship On Venus
>>
>> Did anyone else watch this, and if so was the audio really weird?
>> During the movie, they had the riffing entirely in the left channel
>> and the movie's audio entirely in the right channel. The host
>> segments were similarly odd, with some characters on one side of
>> the audio spectrum and others on the other side. Nothing at all
>> in the middle.
>>
>> Was the episode originally broadcast on Comedy Central that way?
>
> I've never seen this episode on TV but I checked the Shout DVD
> (20th Anniversary box) I have with headphones, and it has normal sound.
> Did the Retro-TV broadcast have strange sound throughout or is it
> only on certain sections?


It's all the way through. The movie segments have the riffing
entirely in the left channel and the movie soundtrack entirely in
the right channel. The host segments have Joel, Crow and Servo's
voices entirely in the left channel and everything else (Magic
Voice, background sounds, etc) entirely in the right channel.

It's really odd, and makes the episode somewhat difficult to watch.
I wonder how it ended up that way.

For what it's worth, I just checked the recording of Cave Dwellers
that recorded last weekend and it has normal audio.

-- Bob
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