Current Processing Time for All MST3K DVD Orders is 1-3 Days! Excelsior!!!
Who Am I? (insert Zen response here...)
I am MSTie #26636 (I know, I know,
I procrastinated joining) and have been
trading tapes since I first discovered the show in Season 2 (back in
early 1991). I was then known as "BotSnak" in the early days of commercial
internet, when our gang of Prodigy and AOL MSTies were pretty active both
on and offline. You can see many of us hosting the '93 TurkeyDay bumpers (I am the taller "Dr Forrester" introducing episode 420 - The Human Duplicators)
and working as volunteers during the first Conventio-Con in 1994. My wife (known then as "Nuveena") and I also hosted the AOL room at that event, where we all plotted and
executed the infamous Operation Flamingo prank on BBI (documented in all it's glory on Disc 6 of my '94 MST3K ConventioCon Set)
Since that time many things have changed, both in the world of MST3K
and in the online world, but one thing remained
constant: We "keep circulating the tapes" and as new fans find this
show, it's great to know they will always have an affordable way to
see every single episode of our favorite Cowtown Puppetshow.
Thanks for your support,
Michael "Cheepnis" Slusher.
What's in a name? "Cheepnis" (pronounced "cheapness") represents the perfect marriage of my two favorite obsessions: MST3K and Frank Zappa. Like all of us, Frank Zappa was a big fan of both MST3K and cheesy monster movies (read all about the MST3K-Zappa connection). "Cheepnis" is a song by Frank Zappa written for his never-produced musical Hunchentoot, a tribute to B-movies. The song first appeared on his 1974 album Roxy and Elsewhere
, from a live recording. The beginning of the track has a 2 minute monologue about It Conquered The World and monster movies in general. The song talks about the general principle of cheesy special effects, and features an absurd monster that looks like a "great big poodle dog." (The poodle is a recurring theme in other Zappa songs and is an illustration of what he referred to as the "conceptual continuity" of his body of work.)
Here you will find a transcript of his intro to Cheepnis, the lyrics, and an MP3. Enjoy!
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