Mystery Science Theater 3000 Video Releases - VHS Releases

VHS Releases

Rhino Home Video released several episodes from the Comedy Central era on VHS from April 1996 to January 2001. As of 2004, all of the tapes are out of print on their official website, but since then, all the episodes originally released on home video have been released on DVD either as a single or part of a volume pack. The only exception was 309 - The Amazing Colossal Man, which was pulled due to rights issues with the movie shortly after it was released. When these episodes were released on VHS (and then on DVD), most of the commercial sign logos were edited out (except for 320 - The Unearthly), along with most of the Turn Down Your Lights (where applicable) and Reel 1 cards. 518 - The Atomic Brain is known for missing the stinger on both the VHS and DVD Rhino release. It has been said that Best Brains is certain the master had the stinger, but Rhino has denied this.

Best Brains has produced VHS tapes and DVDs for independent sale through their info club newsletters, including the Play MSTie for Me series, the Tom Servo's Favorite Host Segments series, and the Poopie! series of outtake collections. They also released several Sci Fi Channel-era episodes from seasons 9 and 10, the 'MST Scrapbook tape (containing a diary of MST3K from KTMA-Season 6), and two shorts tapes of their own. The last original Best Brains video product was The Last Dance Raw!, containing behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the final episode of MST3K, 1013 (Danger: Diabolik). As of 2007, all of the tapes are now out of print but the Poopie! series has since been resurrected as a special feature on some of the Rhino DVD releases ( the first was re-released by Rhino on home video in 1998), with some bloopers from Poopie II edited, along with both of the two shorts tapes they made (Mr. B's Lost Shorts?!! as a separate disc, Assignment Venezuela and Other Shorts as a bonus) and all of the Sci-Fi episodes re-released by Rhino.

Best Brains re-released the entire Play Mistie For Me series onto one DVD (entitled Play MSTie For Me Triple Decker), along with Volume 1 of Tom Servo's All Time Favorite Host Segments and the first Poopie! tape in one DVD, entitled Tom Servo's All Time Favorite Host Segments! Vol. 1 (and MST Poopie!). The MST Scrapbook has been re-released by Shout! Factory, but only with the clips from KTMA and behind-the-scenes of the making of 321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. They explained that they would've loved to release the entire scrapbook, but it's full of too many clearance issues (logos, uncleared faces, movies used in the tape etc.). All the other Best Brains tapes have yet to see a DVD release.

A listing of video tapes released is listed below.