Miles O'Keeffe, who starred in this film, saw MST3K's treatment of it on TV and loved it. He was so impressed that he even called the show's producers/writers to compliment them, and asked if he could have a copy of the episode to keep.
The movie waa retitled "Cave Dwellers" for this episode. Its original release title is "The Blademaster."
Aired the same day that Comedy Central officially went on the air.
This episode is on the Volume 2 DVD Box Set of Mystery Science Theater 3000.