Date with Your Family was satirized on a season six episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as a short paired with the Cold War scare film Invasion U.S.A.. It is known as one of the most humorous shorts of the series, also containing many dark jokes ("Emotions are for ethnic people" and also "Brother has a tight psychological grip on Junior") because of the extremely restrictive nature of instructions for a common social event such as a family dinner. The title itself was mocked as well, with the characters cracking jokes that implied it suggested incest. Tom Servo referred to it as "The Woody Allen Story" while Mike Nelson commented, "Hey, I like my family...as a friend!". A Date with Your Family was featured in the first shorts set on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 - II DVD collection References External links Said MST3K treatment on ShoutFactoryTV 1950 short films 1950 films American black-and-white films American drama short films American social guidance and drug education films 1950 drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films