Someone slapped this little compilation onto YouTube. It’s a quick cut of all the instances of a running gag throughout the movie where Mike and the robots make up increasingly ridiculous names for the main (Meathead) character.

If you’ve never seen Space Mutiny, it’s one of the best Mystery Science Theatre 3000 episodes in their entire 198 episode run. If you’ve never seen Mystery Science Theatre at all - it’s a fantastic introduction to the series. You can start watching Space Mutiny on YouTube here.

FYI the creaters are incredibly cool about sharing and downloading of their work since the show is no longer on TV, and very few episodes are available commercially. They only ask that you don’t download the few that are sold by Rhino. Space Mutiny is one of the episodes you can purchase, so if you like it, buy it.

A great source of episodes is here at the Digital Archive Project torrent tracker. If you have a good connection, don’t let the low number of seeds scare you. You can still pick up some gems in as little as a few hours.

BRICK HARDMEAT! GRISTLE McTHORNBODY!

Just a really quick post today about the most mind-bending show I’ve seen in quite some time. I’m not exactly sure how I feel about it, but I think the ticket to enjoyment here is probably just to avoid thinking altogether.

I believe that I enjoy it, in a “What the Hell did I just watch” sort of way.

The basic idea is, take a bunch of American Stereotypes and launch them full-speed into a manufactured Japanese gameshow, then point and laugh as awkward hijinks ensue.

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My current obsession is Lego Indiana Jones, the newest game in the Lego line of Console games from Traveller’s Tales and LucasArts.

QUICK RATINGS:

• Graphics - Specialized, cutesy, and completely awesome
• Sound - Great, nostalgic
• Fun Quotient - Top of the charts! Non-linear gameplay battles occasional frustrations
• Replayability - Tons of hidden goodies gives it serious longevity
• Achievement Fun - Non-frustrating, do-able achievements

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Staples is actually selling the EASY button from their latest ad campaign in their stores and online.

Who would pay $5 for the priviledge of providing advertising for a retailer? The most selfless reason, of course, is that the proceeds are donated directly to the Boys and Girls Club of America.

The FUN reason is that this ridiculous red button has gotten the internet’s hacking juices flowing. Most of the hacks require some knowledge of circuit boards and the ability to use a soldering iron, although some of the demonstrators with soldering experience freely mention how they burned themselves anyways.

Here are some of the best hacks:

Easy Button Garage Door Opener - This guy bypasses the speaker and batteries and shows you how to make “The Big Easy” your interior garage door opener button. The link goes to a really nice flickr pictures set with instructions.

This guy shows you how to replace the normal “That was Easy” recording with a cheap Radio Shack voice recorder, so you can change the playback to anything you want:

You can get detailed instructions on his website.

If you look up Easy Button Hacks on google, you can see that people have really come up with some fun and creative ideas for this stupid gizmo. My personal goal is to get one of these and make it turn on the ceiling fan in my bedroom.