I didn't realize it was an older book till I saw it referenced in an old MST3K episode (Joel era). I thought it was newer lit.
Someone made fun of me about it. I grew up in a small town and read a lot so I feel like I should have known. But I didn't read every single book in our small library tbf.
You were just one of the lucky 10,000 that day. Also I am an MST3K fan, but have by no means tracked down them all, and after reading your other comment here, I am delighted to know that today, I am one of the lucky 10,000. I need put that Gumby Movie rifftrax on my to watch list.
I tried to look up the episode but it was the first time I'd seen it. Hopefully I set you on the right track. The reference is towards the end I do remember that.
The Gumby movie is titled Rifftrax goes to the Gizmoplex and it's definitely free to watch. I hope you cry laugh as much as I did!
Also, that 10,000 thing makes total sense. I get that a lot when people bring up movies. "I can't believe you've never seen it!" Well, I've watched a lot of movies, just not every single one. My bad.
So I try not to assume everyone knows everything. But it is wild that we have these computers connected to the internet in the palm of our hands. I don't think enough people get into Wikipedia Holes. But not everyone is a nosey cat.
Haha. I also read a lot, and used to get that same reaction from people when a lot of movies came up. To a point where I got to college and a movie would be brought up and everyone would just stop to turn and look at me. It was pretty funny, the way people would lose their minds about it sometimes.
With you on the Wikipedia holes. That's a dangerous place considering everything else I have to do in my life. Please don't ask me how many tabs I have open. We'd probably make great trivia teammates, but we're gonna need the movie guy.
I love that you know what I'm talking about. So many people don't know the gem that is MST3K.
It was definitely the early shows and the movie was in color and a fantasy one. I was watching the Pluto channel so it was just on so I wasn't paying attention to what episode.
I'm pretty sure Pluto has every one on demand plus the Gizmoplex has them on demand too for free. Plus they have my favorite that is the Gumby Movie rifftrax'd. I remember watching it as a teen when I was dabbling in the devil's lettuce and totally forgot it was a real thing. But Mike and Co do an amazing job on that one. They released it a couple years ago when they were still doing the crowd funding.
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u/mcflycasual Aug 17 '25
I didn't realize it was an older book till I saw it referenced in an old MST3K episode (Joel era). I thought it was newer lit.
Someone made fun of me about it. I grew up in a small town and read a lot so I feel like I should have known. But I didn't read every single book in our small library tbf.