The actress that played "The head" - Jan in the Pan- was Virginia Leith. She passed away last year at the age of 94. She donated her body (& head) to science, which some find ironic.

Corny movie aside “you already lost your patient, I’m going to save mine.” Is one of the most metal lines said in film.

Mike not knowing to carry Servo into the theater is just too good. "I've never been so humiliated..."

I thought it was pretty nice character development to make the bots the way they were in this episode. It would have been easy to make Crow and Tom they're usual immature selves here, but instead they are all pretty supportive of Mike and honest about not wanting to be left alone in space again. I don't know, I just thought it was a nice touch.

I've seen so many movies and shows where it's a head on a table, and it's obvious that the "head" has neck and shoulder muscles because they somehow move their head around as they talk. I respect this actress because she does a good job of not moving her head, even when emoting. I can almost buy the old hole-in-a-table trick because of her acting.

Curt's death scene is still the longest and funniest thing ever; guy staggers UP stairs, smearing blood all over the wall,gets to the front door,can't get out,collapses into a chair,then staggers BACK downstairs to finally die 🤣

"Kill me." "Later."

"The brain area" In medical school you learn that this is actually called "The head."

"Our soup of the day is cauliflower au gratin, today's special is salisbury steak and german potato salad" "Oh, I'll just see a menu, thank you" "I AM the menu..." nearly killed me

"Kill him!" "I can't! He's tearing my arm off!" One of their funniest riffs.

"Doesn't she need lungs?" "Nah, she has neck juice!"

I am so happy that they bothered to explain why the human carries Tom into the theater. 😍 And it's even a good reason!

"What you see is real." What you smell is unfortunate."

I vividly remember rushing home after trick or treating in 1993 (I was twelve) to wash the zombie makeup off my face and watch and tape this episode the night it premiered on Comedy Central.

Mike Nelson's 1st episode as the host of the show! :)

"Look at this brain. See it won't die!" Already had to pause because I was laughing too much.

Shame the annotations system was discontinued, I'd liked to have seen all the references.

The poor robots have a complex from joel leaving and are worried about mike doing the same

I just realized that Frankenhooker is basically a comedy reboot of this movie.

“Have at it. We’ll make it close casket.” I spit out my drink.

Leslie Daniels was "Dad" he's still alive at 102 years old soon. Just thought I'd share some info 04/16/2020

The whole point of this movie is so that they can show exotic dancers in a cat fight.

I think it's really cute that Servo's cup actually has liquid in it during the construction skit. That's such a nice touch (and a spill risk!).

The more I watch Clayton Forrester and TV's Frank, the more I think they are the perfect partner duo dynamic.

When a movie starts out with the dead guy breathing on the operating table, you know it's gonna be good.

'Ah! The road is attacking me!' If I ever get into an accident (again), that'll be my excuse

I got an advertisement halfway thru where a guy says "I felt so lucky to have survived the car accident." Lol cant be a coincidence

This is by far one of their best episodes. I love the “another dimension” gag.

This movie actually raised some interesting questions about morality and science. Not to mention the Doctor is a pretty diabolical villain.

"You know, this guy is kinda evil." This has to be my favourite Crow line ever.

I know there some good Riffing but to be honest Virginia Leith's preformence is pretty chilling, and feels very close to some of the dialogue from Frankenstein. The rest of the movie feels like they sort of wasted potential.

It's amazing what some guys will do for a little head.

Still the best show ever after all these years. Joel, Mike, Trace, Kevin, Frank, and the rest are awesome and the fans are tremendous. Lots of love for the satellite of love.

Pro tip (and possibly spoiler): don't go home with dudes who seem really eager to perform surgery on you ASAP

"this dance represents that there are no baked potatoes til after 5" is stuck in my head.

Welcome to bad movie hell Mike, enjoy your stay.

Servo (breathily): "Morning. It's a sleazy morning out there. You're listening to KPRN,... Sleazy, slutty music all morning long."

45:07 I never expected some random riff to resonate so strongly with me.

"HELP I'M IN ANOTHER DIMENSION"

5:50 That sounded like it hurt. Well-done to Frank Coniff for staying in-character! 6:52 For the curious, "gaffers", generally speaking, are responsible for setting up all the lighting on a movie set. The term is thought to possibly originate in the semi-permanent lighting-support structures studios would have in order to allow for the various lighting arrangements required by a vast variety of projects, and the long "gaff" sticks (familiar to boaters and fishers as a long rod with a hook on the end for, amongst other things, catching and reeling-in lines to hook- and trap-lines that are left floating on the surface of the water for retrieval) they used to move the lights around quickly, without having to climb up into the rafters to do so. "Grips" are responsible for the camera and affiliated equipment (eg., dolly-tracks, etc.), and their name is thought to possibly derive from the era of hand-cranked cameras mounted on tripods, which could often require many large, strong men, especially on difficult ground, to "grip" the tripod with sufficient strength to keep it from swaying from the cranking and thus ruining the shot. Also, "foley" is literally one guy's name, "Jack Foley", as he essentially invented all of modern movie-sound techniques single-handed. Quite a guy!

The first full Mike episode and an early on-camera appearance for Mary Jo Piehl in her pre-Pearl days.

Watch this directly after Mitchell for the full experience of Joel leaving and Mike taking over.

Y'know, all joking aside, there are a lot of interesting and heavy ideas and themes in this movie that could have actually made for a pretty strong, thoughtful film, if they had been executed better.

Imagine if he wasn't in such a rush to get to the cabin, his fiancée would've lived, seen how messed up her soon-to-be husband was NOPE'd out of there immediately

I love it when a movie abruptly ends without a conclusion

Mike's first ever riff was "These people will be exploring issues such as teen issues".

"It's been sleezy and all" I don't know how long I've been using that cause of this movie.

"He's at the 20... the 10..." Lol 😂

I genuinely enjoyed that movie. It had good pacing, good acting, and made a very silly concept pretty horrific. Obnoxiously predictable though. Great first episode for Mike

58:02 made me spit coffee on myself. When will I learn not to drink anything while watching MST3K?

Hard to believe there was a time where organ and limb transplants where seen as horror film fuel.

I love the part when he goes to the burning car, puts his jacket inside, and apparently she wraps it around her own severed head so that he can carry it away (20:40-21:00). This is one of the best bad movies I've ever seen!

"IIIIIII ain't got no bodddd-eeee..."

35:20 "Meanwhile at Kurt Cobain's house"...oh...wow. He was still alive at the time, if you were wondering. This aired 6 months before he died.

58:03 still gets me every time.

"And now; Mel Blanc makes his Move. YOU'RE GOIN OUT WITH ME VARMINT!" LMAO

The Kurt Cobain joke bummed me out but then I realized that they made this before he passed away

See Virginia Leith ("Jan") in "Toward The Unknown" with William Holden. She was a fine actress and she was beautiful.

Calling Doctor Howard , Doctor Fine , Doctor Howard

This is quibbling, I know, but the heart beats entirely independently. Stimulating the brain would do nothing to start the heart. To answer the question no one asked or cares about.

"It's mildly unethical"

Does anyone else get really sad when they hear the end music?

New host, new set design, new door sequence, new lyrics. The beginning of the Mike era, indeed.

It always struck me as funny when they referenced movies the writers had already screened but hadn't aired by that point. Like Tom's "But, with radar!", even though Radar Secret Service was still seven episodes out. Or the numerous Joel-era appearances of Willy the Waffle, even though we wouldn't get to see "Case of Spring Fever" until the second to last episode of the original run of the show.

Mike's first foray into the Mad's experiment. Poor Mike.

Lead actor is Herb (later "Jason") Evers, who went on to guest shots on MANY TV series in the 60's & 70's, including a few of my favorite " Invaders" and "Mannix" episodes.

This is my favorite MST3K movie.

25:19 "Dude, he's wiring his lab for Quad!" Quadraphonic Sound was a 4-channel sound system that was popular in the 1970s and led to what is now called surround sound.

But what does turning them into clowns prove!?!

9:19 is a line from Jaws, when the marine biologist Hooper is cutting open a tiger shark.

My personal Mandella Effect- I swear I remember this seasons intro song having the line "needed a *NEW* test case," since Mike was the replacement after Joel escaped.

You'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed to a baking pan!

"Meanwhile! At Kurt Cobain's house!" My sides have left this plane of existence.

I saw this on TV before. I used to have a crush on Crow.

Bold statement from BBI (Best Brains Inc). First episode after Joel abandoned 'em mid season 5.

LOL Jan in the Pan is sooo Minnesota. there's so Fargo vibes here

When I first got this episode on VHS there's no telling how many times I watched it in a row.

The creature behind the locked door was played by James Carville.

"Wildly fluctuating nothing"

This was the first MST3K thing I ever saw, curtosey of my high school creative writing/English teacher in senior year.

I saw this when it was originally aired. I expected Torgo in this movie any minute!

Mike is the head writer.

I guess Jan in the Pan really came out...... AHEAD

In the credits Mike Nelson is listed as Wait for it Head Writer :)

Did they actually reference "The Picardian" at 23:03? As in, the Star Trek TNG newsletter? Wow!

I couldn't fix strudel 'cuz you've got the pan!

Remember: Keep circulating the tapes!

The actress who played the head was gorgeous.

Did anyone else wonder who did Jan in the pans perfect makeup every day?

50:50 is the best riff of all time. A slow burn and a simple joke but expertly delivered.

Joel leaves Best Brains Inc, & first unJoela is "Brain That Wouldn't Die."

"Doesn't she need lungs? No, she's got neck juice" LOL

This is a good one, folks. Get a big bowl of popcorn and a fresh pan of neck juice, then sit back and enjoy.

I don't know if it was intentional, what with every other scene making an excuse to show a woman in her underwear, but there's a very poignant theme of women having their agency over their bodies taken away by men, often men they trust. There's catharsis in Jan's vengeance, and of sparing another woman from being used the way she was used.

This is the very first episode I ever saw. It was one of the 3 that our Blockbuster Video had back in the day.

Jeez, Jan was right to be ticked at Mike at the end, but she could have let him apologize before she had to.... head off

I want a gutter bumber shoot

Laughed so many times during this episode. One of my favorite commentaries.

Edmund Kean did not have death scenes like this! Shows the depth of sophisticate comic talent the show had along with its obvious wonderful low humor...

The budget was so tiny they couldnt even wreck a car for the opening scene.