[9fans] MST3k funnies featuring Bell Labs

[9fans] MST3k funnies featuring Bell Labs

[andrey mirtchovski]

warning: only relation to Plan 9 is historical:

i'm a fan of the Mistery Science Theatre 3000 show and from time to
time get to watch an episode of two.  it's a lesson in movie
appreciation (or depreciation, depending on the point of view)

anyway, if you're unfamiliar with MST3k here's a short (albeit
fanboy-ish) description of the show and what it tries to accomplish:

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MST3K

the concept is as follows: the guy and the two robots sitting in the
audience (shadowing the film) are commenting on it, adding their own
dialogue and generally making fun of it.

the stuff i watched today started with a preview made by the Bell
Telephone Company, introducing their newest telephone inventions in
the 50's or 60's...  i thought it'll be nice to show other 9fans what
the future was promised to be.  given the commentary by mike and the
robots it only gets funnier.

mplayer should have no problem playing this in lunix, but beware --
it's 106mb.

url:

	http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~mirtchov/bell.avi

andrey

Re: [9fans] MST3k funnies featuring Bell Labs

[Bruce Ellis]

Hilarious.  Did you spot the PathStar?

brucee

On 5/15/05, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> warning: only relation to Plan 9 is historical:
> 
> i'm a fan of the Mistery Science Theatre 3000 show and from time to
> time get to watch an episode of two.  it's a lesson in movie
> appreciation (or depreciation, depending on the point of view)
> 
> anyway, if you're unfamiliar with MST3k here's a short (albeit
> fanboy-ish) description of the show and what it tries to accomplish:
> 
>        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MST3K
> 
> the concept is as follows: the guy and the two robots sitting in the
> audience (shadowing the film) are commenting on it, adding their own
> dialogue and generally making fun of it.
> 
> the stuff i watched today started with a preview made by the Bell
> Telephone Company, introducing their newest telephone inventions in
> the 50's or 60's...  i thought it'll be nice to show other 9fans what
> the future was promised to be.  given the commentary by mike and the
> robots it only gets funnier.
> 
> mplayer should have no problem playing this in lunix, but beware --
> it's 106mb.
> 
> url:
> 
>        http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~mirtchov/bell.avi
> 
> andrey
> 
>

Re: [9fans] MST3k funnies featuring Bell Labs

[Vester Thacker]

On 5/16/05, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hilarious.  Did you spot the PathStar?

No, but I was enlightened about the basic requirement for writing java applets. 
If you missed it, just forward 4 minutes 15 seconds into the movie. ;)

-vester

Re: [9fans] MST3k funnies featuring Bell Labs

[boyd, rounin]

reminds me of 'movie night' with rob & co ...
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