Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Corpse Vanishes
TV Flash files “The Corpse Vanishes” as hour 5 of 209 in the TV Flash guide — Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999) on KTMA/Comedy Central/Sci-Fi, season 1, episode 5, aired 1989-12-19, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 209 in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 1. It aired 1989-12-19 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Women of the Prehistoric Planet” (S01E04). Next is “The Crawling Hand” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Joel and the robots are forced to watch a old Bela Lugosi movie about a mad scientist who is kidnapping brides in an attempt to keep his wife young. Also features a chapter of the Commander Cody serial as a lead in to the movie.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Corpse Vanishes sit in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 209 — hour 5 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Mystery Science Theater 3000 S01E05 air?
The Corpse Vanishes aired 1989-12-19 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Joel or Mike seasons?
Joel Hodgson created it and hosted early; Mike Nelson took over later. Both riff from the front row — pick a host, the robots stay the religion.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Silhouettes in the front row, heckling a bad movie until it becomes a friendship. The comedy grammar of riffing as love: robots, host segments, and thrift-store cinema treated like scripture. Patient, silly, and oddly tender about junk — the show recap culture still copies. If you have ever talked back at a screen, this is your church.
Flash: silhouettes in the front row, heckling a bad movie until it becomes a friendship, thrift-store cinema treated like scripture. Joel Hodgson created *MST3K* locally in 1988; national fame arrived in the 1990s on Comedy Central, later Sci-Fi Channel years. A human and two robots watch terrible films and joke over them from a theater's front row. **Heckling as love** — the comedy grammar recap culture still copies. If you have ever talked back at a screen, this is your church.
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