The Mads are Back

When Biologist Ted Baxter and Federal Agent William Grant discover a dead body washed up ashore, they begrudgingly uncover a larger conspiracy involving radiation, spearguns, and nosy secretaries in the 1955 sci-fi flick THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES! The Mads Are Back: The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues was recorded live on March 12, 2024, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff along with very special guests Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy from RiffTrax!

In space, no one can hear you mutiny. Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) riff their way through yet another Hugo Grimaldi picture, this time the 1965 sci-fi stinker, Mutiny in Outer Space! The Mads Are Back: Mutiny in Outer Space was recorded live on February 13, 2024, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with author Kim "Howard" Johnson, the foremost authority on all things Monty Python!

Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) take on an all-new batch of bizarre vintage shorts, including a re-riff on the MST3K classic short, A CASE OF SPRING FEVER ("NO SPRINGS!!!")! The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 14 was recorded live on January 9, 2024, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with writer Steve Stoliar, author of the book RAISED EYEBROWS: MY YEARS INSIDE GROUCHO'S HOUSE.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) revisit an MST3K classic, and quite possibly the worst movie ever (yes... somehow worse than MANOS), THE CREEPING TERROR (1964)! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Creeping Terror was recorded live on December 12, 2023, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with author and comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff (author of Outrageous: A History of Showbiz & The Culture Wars).

Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) live-riff their second Jerry Warren picture, against their own will, starring John Carradine in what may be the worst movie they've faced yet: The Incredible Petrified World (1959)! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Incredible Petrified World was recorded live on November 14, 2023, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with writer Ken Plume.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) take on their unluckiest batch of shorts yet with A Night of Shorts 13! Featuring a back-to-basics collection of Coronet shorts that the duo have somehow never riffed, A Night of Shorts 13 features several instant classics from The Mads! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 13 was recorded live on October 10, 2023, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian, musician, and author Dave Hill!

Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) take on the bizarre and hilarious 1949 anti-weed propaganda film SHE SHOULDA SAID NO! (AKA Wild Weed; The Devil's Weed; Marijuana, the Devil's Weed; and The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket) for a grass-blowing good time on an all-new episode of The Mads Are Back! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: She Shoulda Said No! was recorded live on September 19, 2023, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with filmmaker Rachel Lichtman (Programme 4).

Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: I Accuse My Parents launches Season Four of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian Myka Fox. Recorded live August 8, 2023.

The dead of night is alive with the dead! Or something... it's hard to tell what's actually going on in an Ed Wood movie, but Trace & Frank do their best with one of the lesser-known "Kelton" movies, and one of Wood's most baffling works overall: NIGHT OF THE GHOULS! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Night of the Ghouls is Season 3, Episode 8 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with musician Cat Popper. Recorded live March 14, 2023.

A suave secret agent with a penchant for both time-travel & racism races against time to stop Los Angeles from being destroyed by a sinister organization of fireworks dealers known only as "The Dragons". Will Justin Power and Espionage Inc. save LA from mass destruction? Unfortunately, there's only one way to find out: by watching Dimension 5! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Dimension 5 is Season 3, Episode 7 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with writer Tammy Golden. Recorded live February 14, 2023.

The Mads Are Back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff on an all new batch of bizarre shorts for: A NIGHT OF SHORTS X! Stick around for a post-show Q&A with The Mads and very special guest Paul Myers (host of The Record Store Day Podcast, author of Kids In The Hall: One Dumb Guy and A Wizard, a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio, and more!)

When space alien "Derek" lands in an unknown/non-regulated filming location, he breaks with his race's tradition of harvesting giant lobsters for food, setting off a chain of events that can best be described as "tedious" in the 1959 sci-fi classic: Teenagers From Outer Space! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Teenagers From Outer Space is Season 3, Episode 5 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedians Andy Kindler & J. Elvis Weinstein. Recorded live December 13, 2022. Season 3, Episode 5 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedians Andy Kindler & J. Elvis Weinstein. Recorded live December 13, 2022.

When Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) feels slighted by his employers, he unleashes Hell with wings in the form of a rather floppy-looking bat that attacks its perfume-wearing victims from the night skies in this 1940 horror movie: The Devil Bat! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Devil Bat is Season 3, Episode 4 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with actor & writer Joe Keyes. Recorded live November 8, 2022.

It's a Halloween miracle as Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Chris Gersbeck throw on some familiar costumes and host an evening of TERRIFYING shorts for their very first Halloween special: A Night of Shorts 9! A Night of Shorts 9 contains the following shorts: Halloween Party (1953) Health - The Dirt-Witch Cleans Up! (1971) Man to Man Skipper Learns a Lesson (1952) Puppetry [String Marionettes] (1957) Don't be Afraid (1952) Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 9 is Season 2, Episode 3 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with special Q&A guest Dana Gould. Recorded live October 11, 2022.

Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson star in this Ed Wood film about a mad scientist and his monstrous sidekick who lure victims to their secret lab, and feed them to a limp octopus once they get bored with them. It’s the 1956 sci-fi classic, Bride of the Monster! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Bride of the Monster finds Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riffing over the entire film during the livestream event hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian director Rachel Lichtman! Recorded live September 13, 2022.

Claude Rains stars as the most annoying man on the planet who is as obsessed with his plants as he is with telling everyone that Earth is about to be attacked by an alien species in this 1961 Italian sci-fi flick, Battle of the Worlds! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Battle of the Worlds finds Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riffing over the entire film during the livestream event hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian and actress Martha Kelly! Recorded live August 9, 2022.

When a man keeps dreaming of a beautiful woman he's never met, he takes it upon himself to visit a doll shop in the middle of the night, as one does. What he discovers is an evil cult forcing attendees to sit through the world's most boring open mic in The Devil's Hand! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Devil's Hand is Season 2, Episode 8 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian Dave Hill. Recorded live March 8, 2022.

A former Nazi scientist with a lot of time on his hands and very little in the way of home decor plans to travel back in time and stop Hitler's suicide in what may possibly be the lowest budget time travel picture of all time: The Yesterday Machine! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Yesterday Machine is Season 2, Episode 7 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with MST3K prop master Beez McKeever. Recorded live February 8, 2022.

Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riff on an all-new batch of demented shorts during their A Night of Shorts 6 livestream! A Night of Shorts 6 contains the following shorts: It Must Be the Neighbors (1966) Telephone Courtesy Dating: Dos and Don'ts [aka How Do You Choose a Date] (1949) Better Use of Leisure Time (1950) Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 6 is Season 2, Episode 6 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Master Pancake’s John Erler. Recorded live January 11, 2022.

It’s a Christmas miracle as Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff riff on a movie they hoped they’d never, ever watch again: Manos: The Hands of Fate. This time with a pristine 1080p print thanks to Ben Solvey’s 4K restoration. Now you can see the pile of dirt Torgo is forced to sleep on! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Manos: The Hands of Fate is Season 2, Episode 5 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Jackey Neyman Jones (“Debbie” in Manos: The Hands of Fate). Recorded live December 14, 2021.

Astronauts and their rather unhelpful robot companion land on Venus only to stumble upon a group of scantily clad women who worship a pterosaur as God, and aren’t too fond of the Astronauts for killing their God. It’s the 1968 Mamie Van Doren-starring sci-fi flick directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women is Season 2, Episode 4 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian Blaine Capatch. Recorded live November 9, 2021.

Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riff on an all-new batch of demented shorts during their A Night of Shorts 5 livestream! A Night of Shorts 5 contains the following shorts: Adventures of Captain Marvel Episode One: Curse of the Scorpion (1941) How Much Affection? (1957) Halloween Safety First Edition (1977) Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 5 is Season 2, Episode 3 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff. Recorded live October 12, 2021.

When the inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin vanishing, it’s up to Ed Nelson and a rag tag team of UFO investigators to solve the case over an excruciatingly-long 60 minutes in the 1958 sci-fi borefest The Brain Eaters! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Brain Eaters finds Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riffing over the entire film during the livestream event hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Marcus Parks & Carolina Hidalgo, hosts of the No Dogs In Space, Last Podcast on the Left, and Movie Sign with The Mads podcasts! Recorded live September 14, 2021.

When a series of killings plague a small Santa Monica beachfront, a conspiracy unravels that is both uninteresting and boring in the schlocky sixties beach party flick, The Beach Girls and The Monster (1965)! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Beach Girls and The Monster is the Season 2 premiere of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with co-creator of the Daily Show, Lizz Winstead. Recorded live August 10, 2021.

The Mads are back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff on the 1953 sci-fi movie PHANTOM FROM SPACE! Stick around for a post-show Q&A with Frank & Trace and very special guest Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax)! A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit MST3K makeup artist Crist Ballas, who needs assistance with medical costs incurred during a recent and unexpected week long hospital stay.

The Mads are back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event as they live-riff on 1961 film The Choppers! A post-show Q&A with Frank & Trace and very special guest, Carolina Hidalgo (Movie Sign With The Mads)! A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Friends In Need Food Shelf in Minneapolis. The Choppers (1961) From IMDb: “A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.” Arch Hall Jr’s film debut!

The Mads’ seventh livestream from January 12, 2021, including their post-show Q&A with Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff and very special guest Mary Jo Pehl (Mystery Science Theater 3000, RiffTrax), hosted by Chris Gersbeck. A Night of Shorts 2 contains the following shorts: First Lessons (1952) Blasting Caps - Danger! (1957) How To Keep a Job (1949) Overcoming Fear (1950) How to Get Cooperation (1950) Science and Superstition (1947) The Trouble with Women (1959)

A recording of The Mads: Santa Claus vs. The Devil livestream on December 15, 2020. Features the entire film and post-show Q&A with Frank and Trace, plus special guests Andy Kindler & J. Elvis Weinstein. The film was also featured in the fifth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (episode #521), which first aired on Christmas Eve 1993. The devil Pitch became a recurring character on MST3K, played by writer Paul Chaplin. Chaplin said, "It's kind of a fun movie, and we all enjoyed it", noting that he made "quite an attractive demon". The episode may be the origin of the phrase "nightmare fuel"; during the movie, Crow T. Robot calls an animatronic Santa "some good old-fashioned nightmare fuel", and the phrase spread through MST3K message boards.

Gor, a powerful criminal from the planet Arous who takes the shape of a disembodied human brain, assumes the body of scientist Steve March, played with gusto by John Agar. What follows is the schlocky sci-fi classic The Brain From Planet Arous! Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: The Brain From Planet Arous finds Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff live-riffing over the entire film during the livestream event hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedian Dana Gould! Recorded live November 17, 2020.

The Mads’ fourth livestream from October 20, 2020, including their first live-riff compilation A NIGHT OF SHORTS 1 and a post-show Q&A with Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff and very special guests Rich Koz & Jim Roche (host and producer of MeTV’s Svengoolie), hosted by Chris Gersbeck. A Night Of Shorts 1 Contains The Following Shorts: Are You Listening? (1971) How Friendly Are You? (1952) Mighty Mister Titan (1964-65) Office Etiquette (1950) Halloween Safety, 2nd Edition (1985) More Dates for Kay (1952) Health - Your Cleanliness (1953) Danger! Poison The Cautious Twins (1960)

The Mads Are Back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event recorded live September 15, 2020 as they live-riff through 1956 film noir Walk The Dark Street, with a Q&A with Frank & Trace, plus special guest Jonah Ray. Walk The Dark Street (1956): A platoon leader returns from the Korean War and seeks out the brother of a soldier who had been killed while under his command. The men agree to engage in competition to "hunt" each other through the streets of Los Angeles using camera-guns. The platoon leader does not realize that the brother blames him for the soldier's death, and intends to kill him.

The Mads Are Back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“Dr. Clayton Forrester” and “TV’s Frank”) for this special livestream event recorded live August 18, 2020, as they live-riff through William Castle's 1959 classic, The Tingler, with a Q&A afterwards featuring very special guest Victoria Price, daughter of the legendary horror icon Vincent Price. Hosted by Chris Gersbeck. The Tingler tells the story of a scientist who discovers a parasite in human beings, called a "tingler", which feeds on fear. The creature earned its name by making the spine of its host "tingle" when the host is frightened. The Tingler remains most well known for a gimmick called "Percepto!", a vibrating device in some theater chairs which activated with the onscreen action.

Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, "The Mads" from Mystery Science Theater 3000, took their touring act online on July 21, 2020 with a live-riff of Ed Wood’s GLEN OR GLENDA (1958), and have held the monthly tradition ever since. Presented here is the full recording from The Mads' first livestream, including a post-show Q&A with Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, hosted by Chris Gersbeck. Glen or Glenda, the legendary debut film from director Ed Wood, Jr. (the infamous visionary behind Plan 9 From Outer Space), is a hilariously confusing but gentle tale of a young “transvestite” (played by Ed himself) who must come to grips with his identity as an angora-loving cross-dresser while also struggling to find acceptance from his fiancé and society at large.