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Bake Your Own Turkey Weekend 2007

Here at Inventing Situations, we've tried to carry on the tradition of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day marathons by staging our own. For the whole week of Thanksgiving we'll once again be offering msties a chance to join together and make their own captions for stills from as many of the films used on MST3K as we can get access and rights to use.

Since we don't have the money to get rights to anything, we'll just offer up the raw unmstied versions of as many of the public domain ^[1] films we can get our hands on. As usual, we'll have a number of films that are NEW to Inventing Situations this year. I'll be announcing the titles in the weeks to come - watch this space and the Turkey Day category over at our blog for more info. Just like last year, you'll also be able to create your own "comedy" stories with stills from some of these films at our sister site Wasting Precious Time. We'll be adding a new film for you to work with each Sunday night in November.

New for 2007!
Gamera
Ring of Terror
Manhunt in Space
High School Big Shot
plus a couple of surprises

New grabs for 2007!
Giant Gila Monster
First Spaceship on Venus
Master Ninja I

View the schedule

While you're waiting for the feast to begin, feel free to check out what's available for capping now.

A look at years past: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Below is the list of the features and shorts we'll be playing. The shorts always remain in regular rotation here, and the films are slowly being added to the IS Playhouse hours.

The Menu

From Season 5
	Hercules Featured in episode [502]. Steve Reeves' first, if not oiliest, turn as the beefy demigod. Courtesy of the archive.org Feature Film collection. [2] Download it now.
What To Do On A Date Short shown with [503] Swamp Diamonds. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		Swamp Women aka Swamp Diamonds Featured in episode [503]. Mike "Touch" Connors and Beverly Garland star in this Roger Corman funfest. Available at archive.org
	Eegah! Featured in episode [506]. Courtesy of Xigeous.		I Accuse My Parents Featured in episode [507].
Girl in Lover's Lane Featured in episode [509]. Jack Elam vs. Big Stupid. Go Jack, Go!		Body Care And Grooming Short shown with [510] The Painted Hills. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
	The Painted Hills Featured in episode [510]. Lassie, Pile on Pete, et. al. foil a claim-jumper or some such nonsense.		Mitchell Featured in episode [512]. Courtesy of The Gray Zombie
The Brain That Wouldn't Die Featured in episode [513]. Still in the rotation and, we think, still in the public domain. Courtesy of the archive.org Feature Film collection. [2] Download it now.		Is This Love? Short shown with [514] Teen-Age Strangler. Peg wants to marry her new boyfriend, Joe. Her roommate Liz thinks this is a bad idea. What do you think? Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
	Cheating Short shown with [515] The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman Featured in episode [515].
What About Juvenile Delinquency? Short shown with [518] The Atomic Brain. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		The Atomic Brain Featured in episode [518]. AKA Monstrosity Mad scientist does creepy things with young girls.
	Design for Dreaming Short shown with [524] 12 to the Moon. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
From Season 6
A Date With Your Family Short shown with [602] Invasion U.S.A. Plus color out-takes from the original short! Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		Trailer for Invasion U.S.A. Feature used in episode [602]. Trailer courtesy of the Sabucat Archive. [2] Download it now.
	Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm Short shown with [607] Bloodlust! Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		Bloodlust! Featured in episode [607]. Wilton Graff hunts the dorkiest game - namely Robert Reed and his friends. Available via Public Domain Torrents.
A Day at the Fair Short shown with [608] Code Name: Diamond Head. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		A Young Man's Fancy Short shown with [610] The Violent Years. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
	Are You Ready for Marriage? Short shown with [616] Racket Girls. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		Trailer for Blonde Pickup Feature used in episode [616] as Racket Girls. Trailer courtesy of the Sabucat Archive. [2] Download it now.
Out of this World Short shown with [618] High School Big Shot. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.		High School Big Shot Featured in episode [618] The world's oldest high school senior shares a run down apartment with loser dad. The wrong girl and something or other lead him to attempt a million dollar heist.
	Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance Short shown with [619] Red Zone Cuba. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
	The Days of Our Years Short shown with [623] The Amazing Transparent Man. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.	The Amazing Transparent Man (with trailer) Feature used in episode [623]. Trailer courtesy of the Sabucat Archive. [2] Download it now. Feature via Public Domain Torrents.
	Samson vs. The Vampire Women Featured in episode [624]. Two words: Santo!
From Season 7
		Once Upon a Honeymoon Short shown with [701] Night of the Blood Beast. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
From Season 8
	Trailer for The Deadly Mantis Feature used in episode [804]. Trailer courtesy of the Sabucat Archive. [2] Download it now.
From Season 9
The Phantom Planet Featured in Episode [902]. In which we learn that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful. With Richard Kiel, Dean Fredericks, and Dolores Faith. Available at archive.org		Century 21 Calling Short shown with [906] The Space Children. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
	Robot Rumpus Short shown with [912] The Screaming Skull. Everyone's favorite green lump of clay (Gumby, not Paul Williams) stars in this technophobe screed.		The Screaming Skull (with trailer) Featured in episode [912]. One of my college housemates stars as the darling Mickey the gardener. There is a plot of one sort or another. Available at archive.org
From Season 10
Track Of The Moon Beast Featured in episode [1007]. A film made with chicken....corn...green peppers...chili...onions....		Horrors of Spider Island Featured in episode [1011]. Girls vs. Werespider. Movie vs. Audience. Via Public Domain Torrents.
	A Case of Spring Fever Short shown with [1012] Squirm. Plenty of Coily-goodness. Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.
Rarities
		Assignment: Venezuela Short featured at the 1996 ConventioCon and in DVD volume 7. With piping fresh grabs for '08! Courtesy of the Prelinger archive. [2] Download it now.

^[1]Well, our best research indicates these films are public domain, but you may want to determine that for yourself before using these films in your own projects. Note that while the trailers we're running are in the public domain, the full feature films they're for may not be.

^[2] The Prelinger, Feature Films, A/V Geeks, and Sabucat Archives are made available in cooperation with the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org).

Be sure to check out Daddy-O's Drive In Dirt, which is a valuable source of information on these films.

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