tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30524067791978458142012-02-02T21:00:04.544-05:00"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! ... Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Barry GoldwaterBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger510412532.470713-84.99622http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MXcEyL6xvEw/Sz5HYT9GJrI/AAAAAAAAA40/79TXcqk1BwE/S220-h/basil.jpgbasilsbloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationSubscribe with inclue!Subscribe with FeedLoungeThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-54400334023620280232012-02-02T07:00:00.004-05:002012-02-02T21:00:04.555-05:002012-02-02T21:00:04.555-05:00I'm watching all of the episodes of <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i> from the beginning. More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 209: The Hellcats</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 8 December 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000067J0B/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000067J0B">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000067J0B" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AAPQeHyQQZA/TynnnxiwFvI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/UiihTyJdzeE/s1600/IMG_0402.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AAPQeHyQQZA/TynnnxiwFvI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/UiihTyJdzeE/s200/IMG_0402.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel's <i>Sign Language Translator</i></td></tr> </tbody></table>This episode is hard to find. It came out on VHS back in early 2001, and on DVD in mid-2002. But, it's currently out of print. I'm fortunate enough to own the DVD. If you can call owning a copy of <i>The Hellcats</i> "lucky."<br /> <br /> The episode opens with everyone suffering from a cold: Joel, Servo, Crow, and even Magic Voice. Joel does the invention he's been holding for a couple of episodes. It's a sign language translator.<br /> <br /> Opens with a funeral of a biker. Joel &amp; the Bots make jokes about the way the bikers are dressed, including making references to Yasser Arafat and Sonny Bono-style clothing, but missed a Carrot Top reference.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-huI5TZJ3dxY/Tynnt3GL46I/AAAAAAAAD-Y/uwM0ZJO9-yM/s1600/IMG_0403.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-huI5TZJ3dxY/Tynnt3GL46I/AAAAAAAAD-Y/uwM0ZJO9-yM/s200/IMG_0403.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Funeral for a friend</td></tr> </tbody></table>In the KTMA season, Servo typed a letter to a relative using his feet. That was the basis for showing flashbacks. In this episode, he types a diary entry, but doesn't tell how he manages to type. Servo's flashbacks are from <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-106.html"><i>Episode 106: The Crawling Hand</i></a>, and the Shatner dialogue skit.<br /> <br /> Crow writes a diary entry, and has a flashback to <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-201.html"><i>Episode 201: Rocketship X-M</i></a>, where Joel asks if it's funny or not funny when certain items float.<br /> <br /> Joel's letter kicks off a flashback to <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-203.html"><i>Episode 203: Jungle Goddess</i></a>. It's the skit where he explains the binoculars effect used in movies, and offers other effects.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJj5TXs__GU/TynnzrQGqwI/AAAAAAAAD-g/Bqopz0D5FNI/s1600/IMG_0405.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJj5TXs__GU/TynnzrQGqwI/AAAAAAAAD-g/Bqopz0D5FNI/s200/IMG_0405.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh, I hate to shoot a butt like that!"<br /> "I'll do it!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>The riffing was fun. The movie actually had a plot of sorts, though it's not the kind of movie I'd care to watch. Not unless J&amp;tB are there to make it more interesting.<br /> <br /> The plot involved the death of an undercover detective who had infiltrated a biker gang that was running drugs for an organized crime boss that looks like Jonathan Winters.<br /> <br /> The dead cop's girlfriend and brother decide to infiltrate the biker gang to get revenge. What could possible go wrong?<br /> <br /> It's a good episode, insofar as the riffing goes. The skits, though, were pretty much flashbacks, which didn't do a lot for me. Sure, they were funny, but they were reruns. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> said that they did a flashbacks show because a staff meeting out of town caused a short work week. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 208: Lost Continent</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 24 November 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mystery-science-theater-3000/id380035125">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257643">Shout Factory</a>, <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/store/product.php?productid=78">Best Brains</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VKQ0Z0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003VKQ0Z0">Amazon Instant Video</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VKQ0Z0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vGj4mk60DfI/TyijrV_V3-I/AAAAAAAAD9g/KqfOpaRSCGs/s1600/IMG_0388.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vGj4mk60DfI/TyijrV_V3-I/AAAAAAAAD9g/KqfOpaRSCGs/s200/IMG_0388.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An exercise in futility</td></tr> </tbody></table>This movie features rock climbing. And more rock climbing. Oh, and rock climbing.<br /> <br /> Joel is wearing a different color (light blue-green) jumpsuit. I haven't seen that color outfit before. Just how many does he have? When the Mads sent him into space, did they pack a bunch of jumpsuits for him? Or did Mr. &amp; Mrs. Howell teach him how to pack?<br /> <br /> I loved the Mads' invention during the Invention Exchange. I've actually seen something like that. I don't know if it was exactly that, but I saw somebody going down the sidewalk in Columbus one day with something that looked a lot like that. Maybe they were inspired by this episode of <i>MST3K</i>. Or, maybe they were as serious as the Mads.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9g95uq5BgCo/Tyij4PgT0HI/AAAAAAAAD94/-cUjGss-q1g/s1600/IMG_0399.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9g95uq5BgCo/Tyij4PgT0HI/AAAAAAAAD94/-cUjGss-q1g/s200/IMG_0399.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You taste like Bud Abbott"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Though rock climbing was featured, the movie also recycles several snippets from another Robert Lippert film, <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-201.html"><i>Rocketship X-M</i></a>, which was riffed earlier in the season. And, Joel &amp; the Bots recycled some of the same riffs, but did them in the tired, I've done this before kind of voices.<br /> <br /> Early on, they either flubbed a riff, or made it a little naughty. Early in the movie, Hillary Brooke's character kissed Cesar Romero's character. Crow said, "You taste like Bud Abbott."<br /> <br /> Although Brooke also appeared with Abbott and Costello in <i>Africa Screams</i>, I don't remember Brooke and Abbott sharing a kiss.<br /> <br /> Brooke played Lou Costello's love interest on <i>The Abbott and Costello Show</i>. So, Crow either got the characters mixed up, or implied she was running around on Costello with Abbott.<br /> <br /> The <i>MST3K</i> crew really doesn't like Sid Melton. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, they explicitly said they didn't like him. They kept referring to him as the guy (Charlie Halper) from <i>The Danny Thomas Show</i>, which is correct. I remember him better as Alf Monroe from <i>Green Acres</i>.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb7VgZU67lc/TyijvL_2FBI/AAAAAAAAD9o/wt2zw027l2Y/s1600/IMG_0389.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb7VgZU67lc/TyijvL_2FBI/AAAAAAAAD9o/wt2zw027l2Y/s200/IMG_0389.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J3a7Yf6w2eE/Tyijz0JZ4mI/AAAAAAAAD9w/BGXF3DadgiE/s1600/IMG_0391.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J3a7Yf6w2eE/Tyijz0JZ4mI/AAAAAAAAD9w/BGXF3DadgiE/s200/IMG_0391.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sid Melton: target of abuse</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike Nelson as Hugh Beaumont</td></tr> </tbody></table>Sid Melton died last year. He was one of the last three living regulars of <i>Green Acres</i>, along with Mary Jane Canfield (<i>Ralph Monroe</i>) and Frank Cady (<i>Sam Drucker</i>).<br /> <br /> They liked Hugh Beaumont. Everybody liked Hugh Beaumont. He's in the punchline of the only dirty <i>Leave It To Beaver</i> <a href="http://cheezburger.com/View/1712244992">joke</a> I know.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v7WCEdRDsSQ/TyijmKK0RNI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/WDXW3s_lQso/s1600/IMG_0387.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v7WCEdRDsSQ/TyijmKK0RNI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/WDXW3s_lQso/s200/IMG_0387.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The man in the foreground fades away when the man in the background disappears into the fog</td></tr> </tbody></table>The movie contains a scene where they assist Melton with rock climbing by grabbing him by the seat of his pants. In the background, Hugh Beaumont nearly loses it laughing at that.<br /> <br /> The rock climbing scenes took over 15 minutes. I timed it. There was a Host Segment about 9½ minutes into it, so, as long as it seemed to us, just think what the actual movie-goers had to endure.<br /> <br /> One scene in the movie featured a rock climber falling to his death. The scene of him falling was shot from above. He had slipped, and another character was trying to hold on to him. When the poor guy fell, he disappeared into the fog, at the same time the other character disappeared into the rock.<br /> <br /> The "into the fog" effect was accomplished by fading one scene with the falling person into the other scene of the fog without the person. Only, they forgot about the other guy on the cliff. So, when they faded from one to another, the other guy just faded out.<br /> <br /> It's attention to detail like this that made Robert Lippert films fodder for Joel &amp; the Bots.<br /> <br /> As bad as the movie is, it has a little bit of charm. The Joke, Beaver's Dad, and Alf Monroe all in one movie can't be all bad. Okay, it can be all bad. 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He won Florida yesterday, and that means there's no chance for anyone else in the GOP race.<br /> <br /> Newt Gingrich supporters? Hate to break it to you, but it's time to pack it in.<br /> <br /> Rick Santorum followers? The writing's on the wall.<br /> <br /> Ron Paul supporters? The nurse will be by shortly with your medications. And a fresh supply of tin foil.<br /> <br /> The 2012 Republican primary season is done. There's no way anyone can catch Mitt Romney. Just look:<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nz1PF_UiHlo/Tykfte0STEI/AAAAAAAAD-A/hrLMk4eV2zg/s1600/GOPDelegates20120201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nz1PF_UiHlo/Tykfte0STEI/AAAAAAAAD-A/hrLMk4eV2zg/s400/GOPDelegates20120201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graph from <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates">The New York Times</a></td></tr> </tbody></table>See?<br /> <br /> After the big win in Florida, Mitt Romney has 71 delegates. He only needs ... let's see, 1,144 to win, minus 71 already won, leaves 1,073 ... Oh. My. Goodness. He only needs 1,073 delegates to win.<br /> <br /> Let's look at the upcoming primary calendar, do the math, and see where things stand.<br /> <br /> If Romney wins every delegate in every race, he would surpass the magic number of 1,144 as early as April 3.<br /> <br /> What about Gingrich? If he were to somehow win every delegate in every state from here on out, he wouldn't reach 1,144 until April 3, 2012.<br /> <br /> Rick Santorum? Heck, if he won every delegate in every upcoming race, he wouldn't hit 1,144 until April 3.<br /> <br /> Ron Paul? Well, if he went on a winning streak and won every delegate in every primary and caucus, he wouldn't pass 1,144 until April 3.<br /> <br /> So, there you have it.<br /> <br /> Romney can mathematically wrap this thing up in just over two months, on April 3, 2012. That's a done deal. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, none of the the other three could lock it up until April 3, 2012. And that's an impossible task.<br /> <br /> Hey, don't get angry with me. Numbers don't lie.<br /> <br /> Newscasters and party establishment will, but numbers won't.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-2351847223245137686?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fS0UVgz_yU8ieJRW-JMcClzFJf0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fS0UVgz_yU8ieJRW-JMcClzFJf0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fS0UVgz_yU8ieJRW-JMcClzFJf0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fS0UVgz_yU8ieJRW-JMcClzFJf0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-cGVGgcRPIE:gzr0BQ01xsA:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/-cGVGgcRPIE" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com1http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/02/game-over-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-48721619718719693782012-01-31T07:00:00.005-05:002012-01-31T21:55:42.852-05:002012-01-31T21:55:42.852-05:00I have decided to watch all of the episodes of <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i>. I started with the first show aired, and am slowly working my way through them all. More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 207: Wild Rebels</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 17 November 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8OIFA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000F8OIFA">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000F8OIFA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-thk-3I6mKGY/TyXZpl3JWzI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/ZMYIU4GjPUg/s1600/IMG_0361.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-thk-3I6mKGY/TyXZpl3JWzI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/ZMYIU4GjPUg/s200/IMG_0361.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel chats with Gypsy</td></tr> </tbody></table>This episode is hard to find. Very hard to find.<br /> <br /> It's never been released as a solo episode, but was part of the Volumne 9 multi-pack. Volume 9 is out of print, though one of those four (not this one) is available for sale as a solo episode.<br /> <br /> This is another episode that I had never seen before I began my task to watch all the episodes. Most of the other commercial releases from Season One and Season Two were shows that I had seen on Netflix or iTunes. Not so with this one. That's because Volume 9 is hard-to-find.<br /> <br /> Yes, I own it, but actually had never popped this particular DVD into a player.<br /> <br /> The biggest thing about this episode is: Tom Servo gets his old head back. After two episodes looking like Kid of Kid N' Play, he's the lovable bubblehead we want him to be.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MyGNLWLk_Cw/TyXaD7g-RLI/AAAAAAAAD9I/k7bTYBG0xwM/s1600/IMG_0380.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MyGNLWLk_Cw/TyXaD7g-RLI/AAAAAAAAD9I/k7bTYBG0xwM/s200/IMG_0380.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bank robbery. Useless information: it's either 1965 or 1971, based on the calendar.</td></tr> </tbody></table>Gypsy has a larger role than normal. According to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, they felt bad that the only female character had displayed a limited vocabulary and was performed by a man. They emphasized the story that most of her processing power was running the higher functions of the ship. Which doesn't fit the storyline that Joel built her after he was sent into space. Yes, I know: it's just a show, I should really just relax.<br /> <br /> Joel is wearing his teal jumpsuit. And he's got one of those beatnik goatee things going. He looks kinda like Maynard G. Krebs.<br /> <br /> This episode's film is a biker movie. After <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-202.html">Episode 202: The Side Hackers</a>, I wasn't looking forward to another bike movie. This wasn't quite the same. No rape-murder, at least. Just several plain old murders, which is much, much better.<br /> <br /> This celluloid masterpiece stars Steve Alaimo, who was best known as host of the Dick Clark-produced <i>Where the Action Is</i> in the mid-late 1960s.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hs2b0N84Zhs/TyXZ7zWaNEI/AAAAAAAAD84/ZQ-UpUwt0rg/s1600/IMG_0377.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hs2b0N84Zhs/TyXZ7zWaNEI/AAAAAAAAD84/ZQ-UpUwt0rg/s200/IMG_0377.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oDThB5KhVOk/TyXZ_I-56NI/AAAAAAAAD9A/9skSAQJhagQ/s1600/IMG_0379.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oDThB5KhVOk/TyXZ_I-56NI/AAAAAAAAD9A/9skSAQJhagQ/s200/IMG_0379.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Free Bird!"</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve Alaimo's crooning affects Tom Servo.</td></tr> </tbody></table>It also has an actor that appeared in a holiday classic. The biker called "Fats" is played by Jeff Gillen. You may remember him best as Santa Claus in <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AYJUW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0000AYJUW">A Christmas Story</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0000AYJUW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WfEU3ADQSVE/TyXZtUef9cI/AAAAAAAAD8Y/ByZI-t8M-tU/s1600/IMG_0368.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WfEU3ADQSVE/TyXZtUef9cI/AAAAAAAAD8Y/ByZI-t8M-tU/s200/IMG_0368.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7u-xUp0SWk/TyXZydp0M4I/AAAAAAAAD8g/NHCgATpp0SM/s1600/IMG_0369.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7u-xUp0SWk/TyXZydp0M4I/AAAAAAAAD8g/NHCgATpp0SM/s200/IMG_0369.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeff Gillen as Fats</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeff Gillen as Santa</td></tr> </tbody></table>Lots to make fun of in this film. The chase scene after the bank robbery involved tires squealing on a dirt road in the swamp. Maybe it was, as Tom Servo said, the Squealing Swamp. Which is better than the Fire Swamp. No <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes?qt=qt0482739">ROUSes</a>, at least. Unless you count the characters Banjo and Fats.<br /> <br /> There is a scene where -- and I'm not sure if this is the lighting or the coloring of the film, or if it's an actual goof -- the hero's car changes color in the middle of the race.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fMQqUca0qQc/TyXZ1ByKb6I/AAAAAAAAD8o/qILQWeVx-dg/s1600/IMG_0374.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fMQqUca0qQc/TyXZ1ByKb6I/AAAAAAAAD8o/qILQWeVx-dg/s200/IMG_0374.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B0egjrzDO4k/TyXZ3pfDY2I/AAAAAAAAD8w/7FwaU-yoE-I/s1600/IMG_0376.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B0egjrzDO4k/TyXZ3pfDY2I/AAAAAAAAD8w/7FwaU-yoE-I/s200/IMG_0376.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One color</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another color</td></tr> </tbody></table>Oh, the plot of the movie? Yes, it had one. A group of bikers decide to knock over a bank, and use a washed-up stock car racer (who sings and plays guitar) as getaway driver, but what they don't know is that he's actually working undercover for the police. Side plot involves the slutty girlfriend of the bikers -- they were taught to share -- falls for the driver/singer. Things go badly.<br /> <br /> This episode is an okay one. Not a great one, but not a bad one.<br /> <br /> Oh, and this episode didn't have a stinger. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> says it has one (Steve Alaimo dancing in the biker bar), but neither my DVD copy nor my iTunes copy has one.<br /> <hr /><div style="float: left;"><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-206.html">&lt;&lt; Previous episode</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/02/mst3k-episode-208.html">Next episode &gt;&gt;</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-4872161971871969378?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wFN_aZuohEr-FDK5T-97RGoPPo4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wFN_aZuohEr-FDK5T-97RGoPPo4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wFN_aZuohEr-FDK5T-97RGoPPo4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wFN_aZuohEr-FDK5T-97RGoPPo4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=94hzDO_YM7A:kMcdr8yz0Ic:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/94hzDO_YM7A" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com0http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-207.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-73348323381724577302012-01-30T07:00:00.003-05:002012-01-30T21:39:09.546-05:002012-01-30T21:39:09.546-05:00I'm watching all of the episodes of <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i>, from start to finish. More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 206: Ring Of Terror</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 3 November 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mystery-science-theater-3000/id333733952">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PC1PBG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000PC1PBG">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000PC1PBG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/store/product.php?productid=32">Best Brains</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AQ1PEU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004AQ1PEU">Amazon Instant Video</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004AQ1PEU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_8tjMu7--og/TyWok4ZExPI/AAAAAAAAD7g/JLDrfzjjTYc/s1600/IMG_0348.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_8tjMu7--og/TyWok4ZExPI/AAAAAAAAD7g/JLDrfzjjTYc/s200/IMG_0348.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Movie Sign!" ... Not!</td></tr> </tbody></table>This one is dark. Literally. It's hard to see. The blue/purple tinting is really evident, but it actually helps. Without the tinting, you'd never be able to see the shadows of Joel &amp; the Bots.<br /> <br /> The episode is available from a variety of sources, as you can see from the listing above. It's part of a four-pack (Volume 11) that's out of print. Though Rhino no longer had them, the four-pack is still in stock at MST3K.com. See the links above, if you want to add this (and four other episodes) to your collection.<br /> <div><br /> </div>This episode opens with a joke played on Joel by the Bots: They do a fake "Movie Sign," and we get to see Joel use the tube to the theater. Not sure when that was installed. I never noticed him using it before.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lz_h4MpcCVk/TyWoq0OlEdI/AAAAAAAAD7o/KXSlwtWNBm0/s1600/IMG_0351.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lz_h4MpcCVk/TyWoq0OlEdI/AAAAAAAAD7o/KXSlwtWNBm0/s200/IMG_0351.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Operation</td></tr> </tbody></table>Joel is back to wearing the teal jumpsuit. They should have changed the lyrics to the song. I know: it's just a show, I should really just relax.<br /> <br /> In the Invention Exchange, Frank does Frank (Dennis Hopper) from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U74NQW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003U74NQW">Blue</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003U74NQW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000063JDE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000063JDE">Velvet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000063JDE" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>. If you've never seen that film, you probably won't get the joke. And, while watching the movie would help you get the joke, I can't say that it's worth it. Unless you want to see something you'll never, ever forget. Ever.<br /> <br /> Dr. Forrester's invention is great: it's a life-size game of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017RSYCG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=faithchristianac&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0017RSYCG">Operation</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=faithchristianac&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0017RSYCG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, using Frank as Cavity Sam. Funny stuff. My favorite Host Segment was the autopsy of the Hoover vacuum cleaner. I'm not a fan of autopsy humor, but this was well done.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pVvsshN1Q3k/TyWot8Nl0XI/AAAAAAAAD7w/RZJVutBRbg4/s1600/IMG_0352.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pVvsshN1Q3k/TyWot8Nl0XI/AAAAAAAAD7w/RZJVutBRbg4/s200/IMG_0352.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42-year-old George Mather plays 23-year-old Lewis Moffit.</td></tr> </tbody></table>The bad part about great Invention Exchange or Host Segments is that they often coincide with a really bad movie. Not just bad. Not just MST3K bad, but poke sharp implements into my eyeballs bad. That's this movie.<br /> <br /> The plot of the movie is enough to fill a five-minute short. If you filmed it twice. Here it is: a college student has to steal a ring from a corpse, but a cat distracts him, his coat gets caught on something, then he gets scared and dies. Really. That's the plot.<br /> <br /> There was a <i>Twilight Zone</i> episode, <i>The Grave</i>, with a similar plot and ending that aired a year before this movie was made. I'm not suggesting that this movie stole the plot from the <i>Twilight Zone</i>. The Twilight Zone episode is an old west retelling of "<a href="http://www.menofalls.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2407&amp;Itemid=85">The Path Through the Cemetery</a>," a short story by Leonard Q. Ross. There are a lot of similarities between Ross' tale and this one.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ni59RU6mnoA/TyWo2iJZflI/AAAAAAAAD8A/W8v1Szlft5I/s1600/IMG_0355.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ni59RU6mnoA/TyWo2iJZflI/AAAAAAAAD8A/W8v1Szlft5I/s200/IMG_0355.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The payoff: Lewis' coat is caught, and he dies of fright. The end.</td></tr> </tbody></table>The college students are 40 years old. Well, the actors are. The characters are 20. They're played by people that are 40.<br /> <br /> Joel &amp; the Bots make fun of this during a Host Segment, where they do a promo for a college: The Old School. When I was younger, I would have thought that was funny. Now, I'm thinking that's where I'd like to go if I decide to pick up some additional courses.<br /> <br /> They reversed the order of things on this episode. After the movie, Joel was happy that things went so quickly. That's when the Mads surprised him with a short film: <i>The Phantom Creeps, Chapter 3</i>. That was evil.<br /> <br /> Frank makes up for it -- sort of -- with his song at the end of the show: "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World." That almost makes watching an episode of <i>The Phantom Creeps</i> worth it.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9l09QhbvQ6E/TyWoz8_18rI/AAAAAAAAD74/QxxrfVf5f1o/s1600/IMG_0354.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9l09QhbvQ6E/TyWoz8_18rI/AAAAAAAAD74/QxxrfVf5f1o/s200/IMG_0354.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g41dkDmerv4/TyWo6DLktuI/AAAAAAAAD8I/ZhUJF7MGF64/s1600/IMG_0358.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g41dkDmerv4/TyWo6DLktuI/AAAAAAAAD8I/ZhUJF7MGF64/s200/IMG_0358.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoover autopsy</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank sings!</td></tr> </tbody></table>I liked the riffing in the movie and the short. Had the picture quality been better, it would have helped things. The movie and short wouldn't have been any better, quality-wise, but you could at least see how bad they were. Instead, I had to hear how bad they were.<br /> <br /> They were bad. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 205: Rocket Attack U.S.A.</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 27 October 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rhp8AzjWq7Q/TyCc-SgIRvI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/r9DS3_MD-5I/s1600/IMG_0341.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rhp8AzjWq7Q/TyCc-SgIRvI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/r9DS3_MD-5I/s200/IMG_0341.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Servo gets a haircut.</td></tr> </tbody></table>This is another episode that's never been made available commercially. Unless you saw it when it aired on The Comedy Channel or Comedy Central, or obtain a fan copy of a recording of one of those broadcasts, you're out of luck.<br /> <br /> My recording seems to be from 1992. During the closing credits, the Penn Gillette voice-over mentions the debut of <i>The A List</i>, which, I believe, was in 1992. The Comedy Central logo is the one from 1991-1993.<br /> <br /> The color is slightly washed-out, but the audio is okay. The washed-out look makes the poor quality of both the short and the movie even more noticeable.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sLitsbFrAlY/TyCdJK2W8WI/AAAAAAAAD6o/I09cHxRUflk/s1600/IMG_0343.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sLitsbFrAlY/TyCdJK2W8WI/AAAAAAAAD6o/I09cHxRUflk/s200/IMG_0343.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mads' invention: Table Water Polo</td></tr> </tbody></table>The Mads' Tank Tops and Joel's Mirth Mortar both appear in the opening theme, as does another scene from this episode.<br /> <br /> Tom Servo gets a haircut. That skinny hed doesn't look good at all. I want the bubble back! Paul Chaplin, writing in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, says the change was intended to be a temporary change from the start. Other sources say that the Comedy Channel suits has received complaints that Servo's head was blocking the movie and the change was to fix that. For what it's worth, Chaplin wasn't on staff during Season Two; he joined the writing staff in Season Three.<br /> <br /> I love the Mads' Invention Exchange Table Water Polo. I'd play that! And the final segment was fun. But the first two Host Segments seem to go on and on. And on. And on.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oPYaxbKwz4E/TyCdNIBpGkI/AAAAAAAAD6w/1NokEG_8lO8/s1600/IMG_0344.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oPYaxbKwz4E/TyCdNIBpGkI/AAAAAAAAD6w/1NokEG_8lO8/s200/IMG_0344.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Fresh, delicious, tree-ripened girl!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>During the third Host Segment, Joel says his character's last name for the first time. The credits have listed "Joel Robinson" as the character's name since Season Two began, but this is the first mentioning of the name during the show.<br /> <br /> He gives his name to a visitor to the Satellite of Love, a Russian comedian stranded in space with two robots. Mike Nelson plays the guy trapped in space. This means that Mike has appeared in four of five Season Two episode so far.<br /> <br /> During the segment, the Hexfield Viewer finally gets a working opening. The window shade is gone, and the lens-opening makes it's debut. The first time the lens-opening happens is used in the show's opening theme, beginning with this episode. <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lm8Z6OZlEK4/TyCdO2bR7mI/AAAAAAAAD64/o-7vlHwDX1k/s1600/IMG_0345.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lm8Z6OZlEK4/TyCdO2bR7mI/AAAAAAAAD64/o-7vlHwDX1k/s200/IMG_0345.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying into Russia</td></tr> </tbody></table>Another "Hai Keeba!" (or is it "Hi Keeba?") reference. No pratfall, but a quickly grabbing of one character by another.<br /> <br /> We get the return of "Oh, I'd hate to shoot a butt like that!" That's the first time since Josh left. In fact, the last time, I think, was in a Commando Cody short.<br /> <br /> There are some scenes where Joel &amp; the Bots do the <i>2001</i> chorus, and it took me a minute to get it. At first, I thought it was just a ghostly wailing, and I looked for a ghostly character. Then, I figured it was simply referring to the dark setting. Then, it hit me: the monolith! I felt so stupid.<br /> <br /> The plot of the movie? American agents fly a small plane into the Soviet Union after Sputnik orbits the earth. They want to find if the Soviet Union learned all they needed to know to defeat the United States. They did. And, after an overthrow of the Soviet government by even more evil communists, they do. The left-leaning political leanings of Joel, in particular, are evident by the skits.<br /> <br /> Overall, though, a good episode, but not a great episode.<br /> <br /> Oh, and something new began with this episode. 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Them folks don't like other folks coming to town to tell them to sit down and shut up. If the crowd is actually people from Jacksonville, I expect they'll cheer, boo, or whatever, if they feel like it. If they are a bunch of transplants or college kids, they'll follow meekly along.<br /> <br /> Florida isn't a southern state, except by accident of geography. Jacksonville, though, is a southern city. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 204: Catalina Caper</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 13 October 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006RJCL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00006RJCL">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00006RJCL" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3YtKyvG-hww/TxylQzq50dI/AAAAAAAAD5w/C-pPlgeyGBw/s1600/IMG_0336.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3YtKyvG-hww/TxylQzq50dI/AAAAAAAAD5w/C-pPlgeyGBw/s200/IMG_0336.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Jacques Cousteau meets the Pink Panther"</td></tr> </tbody></table>This was one of the first episodes released on DVD. It was part of the first multi-pack DVD sets, following the first 10 single DVD releases. The set is no longer available commercially. It was also the first of the <i>MST3K</i> episodes to have the rights to the movie expire, and, therefore, the first one to have to come out of rotation.<br /> <br /> This episode is one that I didn't see when it first aired, or in reruns. I never saw it until it came out on DVD. Netflix had it on disc once, but no longer. This one is hard to find.<br /> <br /> When I first saw it -- before I began this whole "watch 'em all in order" project -- I was mildly amused by it. Since, at the time, I was still used to the later crew -- Mike, Kevin, Bill, &amp; Mary Jo -- it was a different experience. Watching it now, after two years of the original crew (KTMA and Season One), I'm able to see it without the shock of a different cast.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4oJtO0l7bbU/TxylcB4RTnI/AAAAAAAAD6I/TUnI2kKLXjM/s1600/IMG_0339.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4oJtO0l7bbU/TxylcB4RTnI/AAAAAAAAD6I/TUnI2kKLXjM/s200/IMG_0339.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Servo sings "Creepy Girl"</td></tr> </tbody></table>In this episode, Joel has gone back to a red jumpsuit, after three episodes in a teal outfit. I didn't understand the move to teal, since the opening song mentions that he's "just another face in a red jumpsuit," so the change back to red makes sense.<br /> <br /> It's a movie form the 1960s. And the first Host Segment during the film featured Joel telling the Bots about the '60s. He pretty much nailed it. Joel and I are around the same age (he's 19 months younger), so he remembers pretty much the same stuff I remember.<br /> <br /> Kevin has his first feature segment. Tom Servo sings a song called "Creepy Girl." It's hilarious. I hadn't seen it before. But it's great.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u7PcBMkx0_E/TxylYS5IYLI/AAAAAAAAD6A/ObQz7YsJXK0/s1600/IMG_0338.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u7PcBMkx0_E/TxylYS5IYLI/AAAAAAAAD6A/ObQz7YsJXK0/s200/IMG_0338.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, that's Little Richard</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Little Richard is in the film. Really. Like the Bots said, he's the only talent in the film. Naturally, his backing band is the Pat Boone Orchestra. Not really. But it could be. Could have been worse; we could have had Richard Dreyfuss singing "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006VXMLC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0006VXMLC">Hey Little Goldfish</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0006VXMLC" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />" to a dolphin.<br /> <br /> The movie is a light-hearted affair about a robbery in Catalina. Of course, with a title like <i>Catalina Caper</i>, you'd figure that, right. There is a lot of eye candy in the film.<br /> <br /> This is the first comedy the crew has attempted. Which means it's funny when it isn't funny and they point out how unfunny the funny is. The film actually has a plot: there's a theft of a priceless artwork, a double-cross, and a bunch of teens dancing on the beach. What the teens dancing on the beach have to do with the main plot isn't clear, but it doesn't matter; it's the point, I think.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OTzUnnuwMGY/TxylgiG9cdI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/27UUqoAoDSg/s1600/IMG_0340.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OTzUnnuwMGY/TxylgiG9cdI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/27UUqoAoDSg/s200/IMG_0340.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"They're standing four abreast."</td></tr> </tbody></table>This isn't a great episode, but a good one. It's certainly not a bad episode. Not an episode with lots of laugh out-loud funny bits, but there are a few chuckles.<br /> <br /> In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, Mike Nelson -- the <i>MST3K</i> Head Writer, not the character played by Lloyd Bridges in <i>Sea Hunt</i> -- says that by the time they had watched this film for the last time, they hated it, even more than they hated <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-202.html"><i>The Side Hackers</i></a>.<br /> <br /> They get in a "Hai Keeba" (or is it "Hi Keeba?") in this one, but not during a pratfall. It makes an appearance during a dance scene.<br /> <br /> Trace (as Crow) does a couple of Robin Williams impressions. He's pretty good at it, actually.<br /> <br /> On, and a catchphrase appears to have graduated to the next level. The "By this time my lungs were aching for air" riff -- said in the style of Lloyd Bridges of <i>Sea Hunt</i> fame -- was attempted twice, but each time was cut off by the others. The riff is no longer the joke; the saying of the riff is now the joke.<br /> <br /> Joel says "MSTies" during the final segment. It's the earliest episode in which I recall him using that term to refer to fans of <i>MST3K</i>.<br /> <br /> One other thing... during the Invention Exchange, the Mads introduce their "Tank Tops" ... made from real tanks! And Joel shows the Tickle Bazooka with the Mirth Mortar. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 203: Jungle Goddess</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 6 October 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> For the 6th time in the last 8 episodes, we're encountering one that's never been available commerically. Most of Season One and Season Two are or have been available on DVD. We're just in a stretch of mostly never-released episodes.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVLvWBSaOic/TxsSQe9soVI/AAAAAAAAD44/TeL16uof-ps/s1600/IMG_0329.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVLvWBSaOic/TxsSQe9soVI/AAAAAAAAD44/TeL16uof-ps/s200/IMG_0329.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remote-controlled circular saw</td></tr> </tbody></table>The copy I have is from a broadcast on Comedy Central. That's based on the original Comedy Central logo in the corner. That means it's from 1991, 1992, or 1993. There is no Penn Gillette voice-over at the end, which indicates it's from late 1991 (after the change to Comedy Central and before Gillette began his announcing duties), or late 1993 (after Gillette was no longer the announcer). Of course, it could be that there was simply no voice-over, which means it's anywhere in that 2-year stretch.<br /> <br /> My copy has a problem with the sound. By the end of the episode, the sound is slightly out-of-sync with the picture. It isn't noticeable unti a little over half-way through, and then, just barely so. By the end of the episode, though, there's no question that the picture and sound are not quite in sync.<br /> <br /> The quality of the image isn't bad. That's a little hard to tell, since the image quality of both the movie and the short are terrible. But, during the Host Segments, the picture is much clearer, though obviously a recording from a broadcast.<br /> <br /> The Invention Exchange features a gag I had never seen before: Joel did a remote-control circular saw gag. Not sure how he did, or would have done, that live. Funny, though.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J32_MFsJVoE/TxsSXQYDNzI/AAAAAAAAD5I/FDj6N3b18M4/s1600/IMG_0331.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J32_MFsJVoE/TxsSXQYDNzI/AAAAAAAAD5I/FDj6N3b18M4/s200/IMG_0331.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad Robot</td></tr> </tbody></table>After getting used to Josh Weinstein as Tom Servo, I'm now getting used to Kevin Murphy (again) as the voice of Tom Servo.<br /> <br /> For the first time since the Commando Cody film broke, we have a short film. This is part 1 of 12 of <i>The Phantom Creeps</i>., starring Bela Lugosi.<br /> <br /> Why the way, Kevin does the best Bela Lugosi imitation. Or maybe it's Joel. Bela Lugosi does a pretty good one, too, by the way.<br /> <br /> The short features the stupidest looking robot ever. Well, excluding <i>Buck Rogers</i> and other 1970s TV shows. But those were meant for kids. This is meant to scare adults. It doesn't.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-krYfw32LrlI/TxsSe9oxtLI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/xEMBgBsCy-0/s1600/IMG_0333.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-krYfw32LrlI/TxsSe9oxtLI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/xEMBgBsCy-0/s200/IMG_0333.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Great White Hunters of the film</td></tr> </tbody></table>They do another Yul Brynner reference in the short. When the mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his driver pick up a hitchhiker, they run off the road shortly afterwards. Doctor/Bela and the driver survive, but not the hitchhiker. That's when they say "I'm dead now. Don't hitchhike."<br /> <br /> This is also the short film where Lugosi utters the line, "How fortunate. This simplifies everything!" We'll hear that line again.<br /> <br /> On to the movie. It's bad. Really bad. No, really. It's bad. The image quality is horrible, and the sound is bad. It's not the recording of the episode, because, as I mentioned, the host segments look and sound just fine.<br /> <br /> Mike Nelson appears in another skit. This time, he's a Great White Hunter, based on the George Reeves character in the movie, coming to visit the Satellite of Love. That's three straight episodes where he makes an appearance. Looks like the promotion came with screen time.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ECo-dKnu5q0/TxsSjYuCGpI/AAAAAAAAD5g/It84cuuvMbc/s1600/IMG_0334.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ECo-dKnu5q0/TxsSjYuCGpI/AAAAAAAAD5g/It84cuuvMbc/s200/IMG_0334.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;" width="200"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGBQbwldaow/TxsSncDnJKI/AAAAAAAAD5o/OtcavfVZnT0/s1600/IMG_0335.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGBQbwldaow/TxsSncDnJKI/AAAAAAAAD5o/OtcavfVZnT0/s200/IMG_0335.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Looks like they all just got out of the shower." "Yeah, and they're on a snipe hunt."</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It's Ginger and Mary Ann!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>I began watching the show regularly after Mike took over. But I had seen some of the episodes with Joel. One thing I remember from the Mike years was Pearl Forrester (Dr. Forrester's mom) calling Crow by the name "Art." I knew his name was Crow T. Robot, so I just figured it was a gag where Pearl didn't know his name and they quit bothering to try to correct her. Not so.<br /> <br /> At the end of this episode, there's a sitcom skit, and when they finish, Joel does introductions like Jackie Gleason did at the end of his show. He introduces "Art Crow" and "Sheila MacGypsy" in the manner Gleason introduced Art Carney ("Ed Norton") and Sheila MacRae (the 3rd and final "Alice Kramden").<br /> <br /> In a later episode, this will be referenced again when ... well, if you don't know the story, we'll cover it when we get to it.<br /> <br /> Good riffing throughout. This is the classic MST3K crew: Joel, Trace/Crow, and Kevin/Tom. Though more changes in the cast will come, for the next few seasons, this will be the cast. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 202: The Side Hackers</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 29 September 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008DDI5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00008DDI5">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00008DDI5" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8piwlGO9rOU/TxSWADNJi2I/AAAAAAAAD4Q/3nLtwYnosA4/s1600/IMG_0317.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8piwlGO9rOU/TxSWADNJi2I/AAAAAAAAD4Q/3nLtwYnosA4/s200/IMG_0317.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry (R) and Sylvia (L) get the Mads ready</td></tr> </tbody></table>This is one of those that used to be available, but no longer. <i>The Side Hackers</i> (or <i>The Sidehackers</i>) was part of a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008DDI5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00008DDI5">three-movie four-pack</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00008DDI5" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (the other disc was a collection of short subjects, not an MST3K episode). The collection is out of print, but the other two movies have since been released as single episode discs, leading me to believe the rights to this movie expired, and that's what caused the four-pack to be removed from sale. I don't know that, just making a guess, but that would explain it.<br /> <br /> I have the Rhino four-pack, and have ripped the episode out to iTunes, so I can watch it whenever I want. I don't want to very often, because, well, this isn't a good film. And, it's not one of their better efforts with the riffing.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Smr_69jl6LQ/TxSWFBomm2I/AAAAAAAAD4Y/Kngbb4rJZys/s1600/IMG_0321.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Smr_69jl6LQ/TxSWFBomm2I/AAAAAAAAD4Y/Kngbb4rJZys/s200/IMG_0321.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cambot joins the fun</td></tr> </tbody></table>This is also the movie that was responsible for ... well, let's call it a "learning experience." Here's what happened. The MST3K writing team previewed a portion of a film before making the decision to include it in the show. Note, "a portion of a film" means "not the entire film." <br /> <br /> After selecting it, when the writers watched it to riff it, they were shocked by the brutal rape/murder scene. I've seen those scenes. They aren't something you'd want or expect to see on a show airing on a comedy network. The problem was, the rape/murder was a major plot point of the film. They could have made several cuts to omit the most graphic and disturbing (not the same thing, in this instance) images, and still get across the point that the girlfriend was raped and murdered. But, the easiest thing to do was to cut several minutes out of the film and have Crow utter the line, "For those of you playing along at home, Rita is dead."<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-P7d9PlfIc/TxSWKVVyZWI/AAAAAAAAD4g/NcLbUUgH78I/s1600/IMG_0324.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-P7d9PlfIc/TxSWKVVyZWI/AAAAAAAAD4g/NcLbUUgH78I/s200/IMG_0324.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"J.C" (Mike Nelson, R) and "Cooch" (Frank Conniff)</td></tr> </tbody></table>According to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, after this episode, they never gave the green light to a film without watching the whole film first.<br /> <br /> The plot of the film isn't actually sidehacking, which, by the way, is a <a href="http://www.sidecarcross.com/">real sport</a>&nbsp;-- the first world championship was in 1980, 11 years after this film was released. No, the plot of the film is the battle between J.C. and Rommel. Sidehacking is simply a background part. It could have been Tiddlywinks or Lawn Darts or Mumblety-peg.<br /> <br /> The movie begins light-hearted enough. Racing and laughing everyone's having a blast. Yes, it's all fun and games until the rape and murder.<br /> <br /> And, for the second show in a row, the hero dies at the end. Such a depressing film. I'm not saying the film shouldn't have been shot, but it should have been left for dead afterwards. Not a good film.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OnaBmJlyzkY/TxSWN1ahNaI/AAAAAAAAD4o/fH7K4Ll8dFg/s1600/IMG_0326.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OnaBmJlyzkY/TxSWN1ahNaI/AAAAAAAAD4o/fH7K4Ll8dFg/s200/IMG_0326.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hai Keeba!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Meanwhile, in Deep 13... We briefly saw Jerry and Sylvia, the Mole People in the last episode. This episode, they appear again, applying makeup to the Mads. It looks like the Mole People are running the camera and such for the Mads for their communication with Joel. In Season One, Drs. Forrester and Erhardt used some little joystick control to run the camera themselves.<br /> <br /> And, on the Satellite of Love... Cambot gets into the action.<br /> <br /> We've seen Tom Servo and Crow riff the movies. We even saw Gypsy make a brief appearance in the theater, though she didn't riff the film. And, while Cambot has been there the whole time -- that's how we can see Joel &amp; the Bots doing Joel &amp; the Bots stuff -- he's been an observer only.<br /> <br /> Until now.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QXBPSFSL2C0/TxSWS0HSp3I/AAAAAAAAD4w/ibPQPLsiFQw/s1600/IMG_0328.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QXBPSFSL2C0/TxSWS0HSp3I/AAAAAAAAD4w/ibPQPLsiFQw/s200/IMG_0328.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J&amp;tB make music</td></tr> </tbody></table>Cambot puts up some on-screen graphics in the style of ESPN of that era: the musical note, the image sizing in to leave a right and bottom border that was filled with updates. Joel acknowledges the riff on the movie.<br /> <br /> Mike Nelson appears again, this time as J.C. from the movie, along with Cooch, played by Frank Conniff. They finally figured out how to close the screen on the hexfield viewer.<br /> <br /> "Hai Keeba!" (or "Hi Keeba") makes another appearance during the fight between J.C. and Rommel. It's shouted by Crow when Rommel flips J.C. during their fight. The phrase is from <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-104.html">Episode 104 - Women of the Prehistoric Planet</a></i>.<br /> <br /> Oh, there's music in this episode. Lots of music. In fact, two of the Host Segments are made up of musical numbers. We'll see more and more of this to come.<br /> <br /> As I mentioned earlier, this isn't my favorite episode. Mostly, because of the movie. It's a bad movie, and an unpleasant movie. J&amp;tB make it better, but that's a relative term. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 201: Rocketship X-M</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 22 September 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> And so Season Two begins. This episode isn't available commercially, and never has been. It's a good one, though.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3P1OtLU7R0/TxRPEDCNOkI/AAAAAAAAD24/bdEHfwRcLuM/s1600/IMG_0302.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3P1OtLU7R0/TxRPEDCNOkI/AAAAAAAAD24/bdEHfwRcLuM/s200/IMG_0302.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cambot gets a new look and Joel gets a new jumpsuit</td></tr> </tbody></table>The opening song lyrics don't change, though the visuals do. They still refer to Joel as "another face in a red jumpsuit," and in the opening, that's what he's wearing. Some of the time. Later in the opening, he's wearing a different-colored jumpsuit. Teal or something.<br /> <br /> Cambot looks different. This is the third version of Cambot during the life of the show.<br /> <br /> In the KTMA season, he was separate from the camera. In Season One, he was integrated into the camera, and looked a lot like the KTMA Gypsy. Now, in Season Two, he looks more like a camera.<br /> <br /> This episode is also where, during the opening credits, Cambot's image is shown in the mirror. It'll be a mirror image from here on out, though he does make a couple of more changes in appearance along the way.<br /> <br /> The bridge of the Satellite of Love has a new look. They have Joel putting the finishing touches on Tom Servo's new voice. As he tweaks it, the are references to Dick Tufeld's Robot B-9 from <i>Lost In Space</i>, Douglas Rain's HAL 9000 from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, and Jackie Vernon's <i>Frosty the Snowman</i>, finishing with a voice that has a hint of the Mighty Voice that Josh used. But, it was a different voice.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMrtc-vdFR0/TxRPL5OVJGI/AAAAAAAAD3I/wgc3KPHG0_8/s1600/IMG_0304.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMrtc-vdFR0/TxRPL5OVJGI/AAAAAAAAD3I/wgc3KPHG0_8/s200/IMG_0304.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank replaces the "missing" Dr. Erhardt.</td></tr> </tbody></table>We also get to meet Frank for the first time -- other than his being in the opening theme -- and he makes an impression. He's not Josh ... but he is Frank. I immediately like the character.<br /> <br /> Late in the episode, Michael J. Nelson makes his first on-screen appearance (his voice had been heard in <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-110.html"><i>Episode 104 - Women of the Prehistoric Planet</i></a>). Of course, he'll be wearing a dress.<br /> <br /> The movie itself is bad. Bad science, bad plot, bad special effects, bad writing, and even some bad acting. But good riffing. Very good riffing.<br /> <br /> Despite how bad the movie is, I counted up the number of times I've seen the actual film, the non-<i>MST3K</i> version. The number I came up with was 27. Seriously, 27 times. That's not because it's a good movie. It's not. But, it's one of those silly Men In Space movies from the 1950s. I loved those when I was a kid. If I saw it when I was a kid, I can watch a bad sci-fi movie again and again. Note: "when I was a kid."<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTmCzf7e-qU/TxRPTy5F02I/AAAAAAAAD3Y/TUZUp-2QsDc/s1600/IMG_0307.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTmCzf7e-qU/TxRPTy5F02I/AAAAAAAAD3Y/TUZUp-2QsDc/s200/IMG_0307.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh look, it looks like an Al Jaffee Mad Magazine fold in."</td></tr> </tbody></table>Oh, and, I've seen this <i>MST3K</i> episode a few times, too. This was one of the first non-commercial releases I obtained.<br /> <br /> In years past, I saw mostly Mike-hosted shows when the show was on the air, though I did also see some Joel-hosted shows. When I began obtaining episodes of <i>MST3K</i>, I got what was commercially available. It was later that I stumbled onto the whole MSTiverse of swapping episodes that aren't commercially available.<br /> <br /> As much as I loved this movie as a kid -- hey, I was young and stupid -- I love this episode of <i>MST3K</i> that trashes the movie. This seems to be the perfect <i>MST3K</i> movie. And some of the riffs had me laughing out loud.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UwWTEhAb5rc/TxRPY7j2-aI/AAAAAAAAD3g/H3toBPyvf30/s1600/IMG_0309.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UwWTEhAb5rc/TxRPY7j2-aI/AAAAAAAAD3g/H3toBPyvf30/s200/IMG_0309.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Valaria" isn't quite as hot as she seemed in Robot Holocaust, for some reason</td></tr> </tbody></table>One in particular involved the death of a character. Yes, that's horrible. But it was Noah Berry, Jr.'s Maj. William Corrigan, who went on and on about Texas. When the Martians encountered the astronauts and attacked them with large boulders, one hit Corrigan, killing him. Servo, fed up with the character's constant Texas-talk, chimed in, "They got rocks that big in Texas?" I still laugh when I hear that.<br /> <br /> Oh, one final though about this episode. It shows the advantage to watching episodes in order. When I first saw this episode, and I saw Mike's Valaria, I had no idea who the character was supposed to be. Now, having seen <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-110.html"><i>Episode 110: Robot Holocaust</i></a>, I get it.<br /> <br /> This is Mike's first on-camera appearance. He'll make a lot more before he takes over the host role from Joel in Season Five.<br /> <br /> A couple of other things begin with this episode. Joel finally gets a last name.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqaRKMtK3nw/TxRPfqmm52I/AAAAAAAAD3w/pY_eqm4ZVZ0/s1600/IMG_0313.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqaRKMtK3nw/TxRPfqmm52I/AAAAAAAAD3w/pY_eqm4ZVZ0/s200/IMG_0313.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel's character finally gets a last name.</td></tr> </tbody></table>In the KTMA season, he went by Joel Hodgson, because it was his name. In Season One, he was referred to simply as "Joel" and his character didn't appear in the credits, though Joel Hodgson did. In this episode, the "Joel" character finally appears in the credits, with the last name "Robinson" ... the same name as the <i>Lost In Space</i> family.<br /> <br /> Two other things begin here. The term "Shadowrama" makes its debut. Also, the phrase "Keep Circulating The Tapes" appears in the closing credits.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9L3E1tbrQto/TxRPpZxfxWI/AAAAAAAAD4I/83slsS8n3I4/s1600/IMG_0316.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9L3E1tbrQto/TxRPpZxfxWI/AAAAAAAAD4I/83slsS8n3I4/s200/IMG_0316.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Keep Circulating The Tapes"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Some people still do. Although they aren't tapes any more. Most are DVDs. 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And a lot of people are getting their panties in a wad over it.<br /> <br /> The app is still under development, but word of it has leaked out, as has the working title of the app: <a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/01/17/app-that-would-guide-users-away-from-high-crime-areas-proves-controversial/">Avoid The Ghetto</a>.<br /> <br /> According to the <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PALL&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=8,090,532.PN.&amp;OS=PN/8,090,532&amp;RS=PN/8,090,532">patent filing</a>, the app is to help a pedestrian avoid "traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures." It <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/01/17/145337346/this-app-was-made-for-walking-but-is-it-racist">uses weather data, crime stats</a>, and such to make the determination.<br /> <br /> Well, the NAACP is all up in arms over that. Or is <a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/01/17/app-that-would-guide-users-away-from-high-crime-areas-proves-controversial/">going to be</a>:<br /> <blockquote>“I’m going to be up in arms about it if it happens,” said Dallas NAACP President Juanita Wallace.<br /> <br /> Wallace spent her afternoon at a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and said she felt safe there, but fears the app may project otherwise.<br /> <br /> “Can you imagine me not being able to go to MLK Blvd. because my GPS says that’s a dangerous crime area? I can’t even imagine that,” she said.</blockquote>The thing she's missing is that it won't say that MLK Boulevard is a high crime area unless, well, stats show it's a high crime area.<br /> <br /> You think maybe the problem isn't that people are pointing out that crime occurs, but that crime occurs? Nah, that'd make too much sense to actually address the real problem, when fake outrage over fake problems is much more fun.<br /> <br /> But, you know, maybe Microsoft is on to something. I wonder what other apps they could develop.<br /> <ul> <li>Avoid The Idiots. Using voter registration roles, it could find where Democrats live, and then you could avoid having to deal with idiots.</li> <li>Avoid The Tide. Using college records, it could find where <a href="http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/01/20/1900300/bama-fan-idd-celebrating-in-lewd.html">Alabama fans</a> live and help you not get someone's wang thrust in your face.</li> <li>Avoid The Crazy Women. Using information from Facebook, dating sites, and news stories, it will help you avoid hooking up with the future <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marianne-gingrich-newts-ex-wife-says-he-wanted-open-marriage/2012/01/19/gIQAJzgwAQ_print.html">Ex-Mrs. Ex-Speaker Of The House</a>.</li> </ul>There are probably several apps that could be developed that would be of benefit.<br /> <br /> Maybe I need to rethink my position on Microsoft being all evil and such.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-8450761312041878201?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bM4MAEnhYMUlSoD51Q77KQ3l-eE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bM4MAEnhYMUlSoD51Q77KQ3l-eE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bM4MAEnhYMUlSoD51Q77KQ3l-eE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bM4MAEnhYMUlSoD51Q77KQ3l-eE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=fEMnTNfdhNA:l4ujqCL-hWI:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/fEMnTNfdhNA" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com1http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/microsoft-apps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-56301616461314053702012-01-20T07:00:00.019-05:002012-01-22T19:34:45.048-05:002012-01-22T19:34:45.048-05:00I consider myself a fan of <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i>. However, I haven't seen all of the episodes. I've seen all the Mike shows, but not all the Joel shows. And, until recently, I hadn't seen any of the shows with Dr. Erhardt (Josh Weinstein, who also voiced Tom Servo).<br /> <br /> We just finished Season One and are getting ready for Season Two. But, before we start <i>MST3K's</i> sophomore year, let's get a wrapup of Season One.<br /> <br /> Between the KTMA season (Season Zero or Season K) and Season One, Josh (now J. Elvis) Weinstein met Michael J. Nelson and thought he'd be a good addition to the team. He was hired to "do some typing." That began as being typist for the existing crew of writers: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, and Josh Weinstein.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_EE-KqPz1s/TxRPchH-pNI/AAAAAAAAD3o/lIbcNhKM-G4/s1600/IMG_0312.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_EE-KqPz1s/TxRPchH-pNI/AAAAAAAAD3o/lIbcNhKM-G4/s200/IMG_0312.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>MST3K</i> promotes Mike</td></tr> </tbody></table>They soon found out that Mike Nelson was a funny guy, and he became one of the writers. In Season Two, he was promoted to Head Writer.<br /> <br /> Mike made his first appearance in the last episode of Season One, <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-104.html">Episode 104 - Women of the Prehistoric Planet</a></i>. Well, "appearance" isn't the right word. He provided the voice. He'll show up on-screen in Season Two.<br /> <br /> Josh, who had originally suggested bringing Mike in, wasn't as happy with a scripted show as he was with the ad-lib nature of the KTMA season. After Season One wrapped, he left the show.<br /> <br /> That meant that two openings needed to be filled: Tom Servo needed a voice, and Dr. Clayton Forrester needed an assistant.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EkI1fb78Cog/TxRPixLAbnI/AAAAAAAAD34/jqtyD5VGQuM/s1600/IMG_0314.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EkI1fb78Cog/TxRPixLAbnI/AAAAAAAAD34/jqtyD5VGQuM/s200/IMG_0314.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>MST3K</i> gets a new Servo</td></tr> </tbody></table>Kevin Murphy, who had been with the show since the start, took over as the voice of Tom Servo. He's the only Tom Servo I ever knew until I decided to watch all the old shows. Now, after 31 straight episodes with Josh Weinstein (the 18 that still exist from the KTMA season, plus the 13 from Season One), I'm used to Josh in the role. Let's see how long it takes me to get used to Kevin again.<br /> <br /> Frank Conniff, who was a comedian they crew was very familiar with, was hired as "Frank," a trainee to assist Dr. Forrester. He'll make his appearance in the first episode of Season Two. Frank Conniff was actually referenced in the KTMA season (<a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k14.html"><i>Episode K14 - Mighty Jack</i></a>). He'll be one of the writers, as well as the primary guy to pick the movies to riff.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxOdxZw5mQ0/TxRPH2MY1dI/AAAAAAAAD3A/jGMuYcUCC9M/s1600/IMG_0303.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxOdxZw5mQ0/TxRPH2MY1dI/AAAAAAAAD3A/jGMuYcUCC9M/s200/IMG_0303.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Conniff plays "Frank"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Joel went all of Season One going by the name "Joel." No last name. During the KTMA season, Joel went by his real name, "Joel Hodgson." I'm not sure when the character takes the last name "Robinson." I'll keep looking for that.<br /> <br /> After one local season (on the former KTMA) and after one national season (on the former Comedy Channel), I've enjoyed the show and its dynamic. Prior to this project, I hadn't seen a lot of Joel, and thought of <i>MST3K</i> as Mike's show. Yes, I've know all along that Joel started it, but I was more familiar with Mike as the experiment subject.<br /> <br /> Now, I'm used to Joel's character, as well as Dr. Erhardt, and Josh's Tom Servo. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 104: Women of the Prehistoric Planet</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 10 February 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8OIFA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000F8OIFA">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000F8OIFA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uTQ3WeP58QY/TxNWLG4aGCI/AAAAAAAAD2A/y81OTbKDcFc/s1600/IMG_0287.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uTQ3WeP58QY/TxNWLG4aGCI/AAAAAAAAD2A/y81OTbKDcFc/s200/IMG_0287.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel gets a couch.</td></tr> </tbody></table>This is the one that's numbered funny. According to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, the movie wasn't available when they got around to production number 104, so they skipped to number 105. After they finished production number 113, they finally did number 104. They never bothered to change the numbers, so while this episode is numbered 104, indicating season 1, episode 4, it's really just a number.<br /> <br /> This episode was the last one produced and the last one aired in Season One. And, since I'm covering the episodes in order, it's appearing here, at the end of Season One.<br /> <br /> Joel opens the show with a redecorated Satellite of Love -- he added a couch -- but doesn't repeat the premise of the show. I've not been a fan of that whole "Joel covers the premise" thing.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9rJ2QLhoBso/TxNWZmb82AI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/MT0aw9N9QjY/s1600/IMG_0293.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9rJ2QLhoBso/TxNWZmb82AI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/MT0aw9N9QjY/s200/IMG_0293.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not going around.</td></tr> </tbody></table>The dinosaur scenes feature not only close-ups of lizards playing dinosaurs, but a soundtrack playing <i>Creature from the Black Lagoon</i> music.<br /> <br /> There is one particularly silly ... or maybe it's just stupid ... scene where the explorers walk across a log to avoid falling into a boiling acid water pool. They did that rather than take two steps to the left and walk around the pool.<br /> <br /> J&amp;tB also made fun of Wendell Cory, who played the Admiral. a lot. A lot. Cory slurred lots of his lines, possibly due to his alcoholism, which lead to his death two years after this film was released.<br /> <br /> The Host Segments are totally unrelated to the movie. An Isaac Asimov Literary Doomsday Device is the common theme. I've read a lot of Asimov fiction and essays, and they seemed to have nailed him. Asimov was still an active writer at the time, though he had been slowed somewhat by AIDS, which he contracted during his 1983 heart bypass surgery, and that would kill him two years after this episode first aired.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a_GaCFYcx4M/TxNWAv6xhrI/AAAAAAAAD1w/LhRTEwSMt6c/s1600/IMG_0285.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a_GaCFYcx4M/TxNWAv6xhrI/AAAAAAAAD1w/LhRTEwSMt6c/s200/IMG_0285.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KgLy2FnfLvg/TxNWfNMKkrI/AAAAAAAAD2g/y7RdPAmgivU/s1600/IMG_0295.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KgLy2FnfLvg/TxNWfNMKkrI/AAAAAAAAD2g/y7RdPAmgivU/s200/IMG_0295.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;" width="200">Outside the Satellite of Love.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;" width="200">The Asimov Literary Doomsday Device goes off.</td></tr> </tbody></table>Michael J. Nelson makes his first appearance of sorts on the show during this episode. He's the voice of the Doomsday Device.<br /> <br /> Joel does interactions with the screen again. I don't think I've mentioned this, but he does that a lot. I don't recall Mike doing that. Not much, anyway.<br /> <br /> One scene that will come back to haunt us happens in this episode. A character ... the comic relief who, surprisingly, isn't Stuart Margolin, says "Hai Keeba!" during a karate exhibition. "Hi Keeba" would become a catchphrase.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqkoe3_ytYM/TxNWUQaYtuI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/Zq48oCNZx1Y/s1600/IMG_0290.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqkoe3_ytYM/TxNWUQaYtuI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/Zq48oCNZx1Y/s200/IMG_0290.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hai Keeba!</td></tr> </tbody></table>This episode was available for sale in May 2006 as part of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8OIFA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000F8OIFA">Volume 9 four-pack</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000F8OIFA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, but has since gone out of production. Often that's because of rights issues with one or more of the films, rather than poor sales. One of the movies in the four-pack (not this one) has since been released as a stand-alone DVD, and for streaming via Amazon and iTunes, so it is probably a rights issue with one or more of the movies. Possibly this one.<br /> <br /> For whatever reason, though, this episode isn't currently available for sale in any way, shape, or form. If you own the four-pack, you have an item that is valuable, since used packs are running over $100, and new boxes are running around $400.<br /> <br /> My copy is an original <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8OIFA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000F8OIFA">Volume 9 four-pack</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000F8OIFA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> I purchased. I suppose I could get $100 for it, but I won't. My <i>MST3K</i>. 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I looked at the Caller ID. It was my son.<br /> <br /> I answered, "Hello."<br /> <br /> Slight pause on the other end. "Hey."<br /> <br /> "Hey, there. How is everything?"<br /> <br /> He paused. "Pretty good." Another pause.<br /> <br /> "Something's on his mind," I thought. So, I ask, "What's up?"<br /> <br /> "Um," he said, then paused again. "I got a question."<br /> <br /> "Sure," I responded, not sure at all.<br /> <br /> "Um. Say I have two clocks. One keeps perfect time. The other loses 4 minutes an hour."<br /> <br /> "Uh, okay."<br /> <br /> He continued, "At 12 o'clock, they have the same time..."<br /> <br /> "Okay," I said as I tried to follow along.<br /> <br /> "Now, when the clock that is off 4 minutes each hour gets to 2:20, what time does the other clock say? I think it's 2:30, but I'm not sure."<br /> <br /> My turn to pause. "Uh. Well, you say the wrong clock is 4 minutes off. Each hour? After one hour, it's at 56?"<br /> <br /> "That's right. And I think 2:30 is right, but I'm not quite sure how to explain why."<br /> <br /> "Well, if it's off 4 minutes each hour," I said, thinking out loud more than anything else, "it's off 1 minute each 15 minutes, right?"<br /> <br /> "That makes sense."<br /> <br /> "And we're looking at what time? 12:20, uh, 2:20?"<br /> <br /> "Right."<br /> <br /> "That's ... uh ... 140 minutes, right?"<br /> <br /> "Yeah, 120 and 20 ... 140."<br /> <br /> "So, that's 10 times 14. So the other clock, the one that's right, would have moved 10 times 15, right?"<br /> <br /> "That's right."<br /> <br /> "And 10 times 15 is 150, or 2½ hours. That's 2:30."<br /> <br /> "Okay, I got the right answer. Good," he said.<br /> <br /> "Yep," I confirmed.<br /> <br /> "Well, I appreciate it," he said.<br /> <br /> "Sure thing."<br /> <br /> "Alright, then. We'll talk at ya later."<br /> <br /> "Okay, son," I said, "We'll see you."<br /> <br /> And the call ended.<br /> <br /> It's always great when the kids call.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-937433048635665586?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3vN7yyGaGBDcIRg6EBSWZkntic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3vN7yyGaGBDcIRg6EBSWZkntic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3vN7yyGaGBDcIRg6EBSWZkntic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3vN7yyGaGBDcIRg6EBSWZkntic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=-k8Ne_Lt96E:05Wum7_1d_s:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/-k8Ne_Lt96E" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com1http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/when-kids-call.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-446329524767923972012-01-18T07:00:00.004-05:002012-01-19T07:31:27.743-05:002012-01-19T07:31:27.743-05:00Lately, I've been watching <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i> episodes. I'm watching all of them. At least, that's the goal. And, I'm watching them in order. More about that <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 113: The Black Scorpion</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 3 February 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BMH6j3juPpI/TxMMcNJb4zI/AAAAAAAAD1o/-PXctsH-0t4/s1600/IMG_0283.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BMH6j3juPpI/TxMMcNJb4zI/AAAAAAAAD1o/-PXctsH-0t4/s200/IMG_0283.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trap-door Spider that was cut, along with the entire "Spider Pit Scene," from&nbsp;<i>King Kong</i>. Note the Comedy Channel Labor Day marathon logo.</td></tr> </tbody></table>This is the final 5th and final episode from Season One that's never been released commercially. The other eight (there's one more to cover after this one) have been available commercially, most of them still in print.<br /> <br /> The copy I have is from the Comedy Channel Labor Day marathon on September 1, 1990. That is the 3rd airing of this show. This copy has many of the hallmarks of an over-the-air VHS recording, such as color effects when the recording is started and shaky video when words are on the screen.<br /> <br /> While this is the last in production code order of Season One, it's not the last one produced, and not the last one aired. We'll cover more on that when we get to that episode.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eudINrYgX9I/TxMMZlFDiFI/AAAAAAAAD1g/8MiFsh84xNI/s1600/IMG_0282.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eudINrYgX9I/TxMMZlFDiFI/AAAAAAAAD1g/8MiFsh84xNI/s200/IMG_0282.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another creature cut from King Kong appears in this film.</td></tr> </tbody></table>Despite what Dr. Forrester says, the special effects weren't by Ray Harryhausen, but by the man who taught Ray Harryhausen, Willis O'Brien. He did the effects for the original <i>King Kong</i>, and some sources say that some of the creatures used in this movie utilized some of the same models from the famous "Lost Spider Pit Scene" of <i>King Kong</i>.<br /> <br /> Joel again lays out the premise of the show during the opening segment, where they're having a party. They do the duplicate inventions gag during the Invention Exchange. They'll do this gag again.<br /> <br /> Speaking of repeating gags, the added applause sound effects every time a character was introduced by another character. That got old fast. This is the second movie where they added sound effects. The other was <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-102.html"><i>Episode 102 - The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy</i></a>. I don't know what they have against Mexican movies.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BnjUVEvzJfs/TxMMQEudy_I/AAAAAAAAD1I/B8C_A1OcQLA/s1600/IMG_0277.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BnjUVEvzJfs/TxMMQEudy_I/AAAAAAAAD1I/B8C_A1OcQLA/s200/IMG_0277.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something is lost in translation.</td></tr> </tbody></table>Dr. Erhardt says the movie has no recognizable cast. Which is true. Unless you've seen "<i>Creature from the Black Lagoon</i>" or "<i>An Affair to Remember</i>." Richard Denning starred in the former, and had 3rd credit (behind Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr) in the latter. Or, you may remember him from his recurring role as the governor of Hawaii in 69 episodes of <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>.<br /> <br /> The film isn't actually all that bad. It's certainly no worse than many other giant critter movies of the same era, and is far superior to most of them. It may have been a better choice to have riffed the 1995 Roger Corman film, "<i>Black Scorpion</i>." Plus that one has <a href="http://www.joanseverance.com/">Joan Severance</a> in it.<br /> <br /> The riffing is still funny. A lot of the riffs weren't directly related to plot holes or bad acting. There were many "generic" riffs, that could have been inserted into just about any movie.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MW97q24hoJo/TxMMSwr2WvI/AAAAAAAAD1Q/n95uTCsemLs/s1600/IMG_0278.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MW97q24hoJo/TxMMSwr2WvI/AAAAAAAAD1Q/n95uTCsemLs/s200/IMG_0278.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The line's been bugged."</td></tr> </tbody></table>For example, there was a priest in the film, and, as a result, they had a lot of Bing Crosby riffs along the line of "You know, Gary talked to me that way once. Once."<br /> <br /> There was also a scene where the characters were in a Jeep, and Tom Servo did a George C. Scott as Patton riff, "I'm tellin' ya, Brad, I'm gonna get to Messina before Monty."<br /> <br /> A couple of my favorite riffs:<br /> <ul><li>"And then tragedy struck: we ran out of stock footage."</li> <li>"Edmund Fitzgerald? This must be his wreck."</li> <li>"The line's been bugged."</li> </ul>Josh had Tom Servo do a Dr. Erhardt "Thank you!" as one of his riffs. It's the first self-referencing riff I recall.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A04tCjEOoUQ/TxMMXEuDVFI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/piSfQYa3qDw/s1600/IMG_0279.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A04tCjEOoUQ/TxMMXEuDVFI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/piSfQYa3qDw/s200/IMG_0279.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gypsy appears again. This time, she's a scorpion.</td></tr> </tbody></table>After not appearing for most of the season, we see Gypsy again.<br /> <br /> I liked this episode. All of the characters were in good form. The Invention Exchange was different, with the Mads not quite themselves, and the duplicate invention. Since this was the first time they pulled that gag, it worked well.<br /> <br /> The riffing was good, despite the extensive use of generic riffs. While every episode has these generic riffs, this one seemed to rely more on those than other movies.<br /> <br /> This was one of those episodes where you can enjoy the movie -- it's not great, but it's not all that bad -- and enjoy the riffing. 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I'm watching 'em. More about that <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 112: Untamed Youth</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 27 January 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> This is another episode that's never been commercially available. The copy of the recording I have is not as good as that of other unavailable episodes. The recording starts late (just barely, but you get tape effects and miss the first snippet of the opening song). The recording is also a little darker than, say, the previous episode, <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-111.html"><i>Episode 111 - Moon Zero Two</i></a>.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVRARjihshg/TxGVt4PduvI/AAAAAAAAD0k/gO264J_28YY/s1600/IMG_0267.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVRARjihshg/TxGVt4PduvI/AAAAAAAAD0k/gO264J_28YY/s200/IMG_0267.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Erhardt demonstrates the Tongue Puppet</td></tr> </tbody></table>The Invention Exchange has to have one of the strangest inventions: the Tongue Puppets. The idea is wonderful in that it makes fun of companies' ability to take two separate things and put them together in a way that produces something really really bad.<br /> <br /> This film is the first Season One show that's neither sci-fi nor horror. And, it contains scenes of rock legend Eddie Cochran. C'mon, kids. You know who Eddie Cochran is, right? <i>Summertime Blues</i>? Yeah, that Eddie Cochran. He plays one of the characters in the film, and even gets to sing a song. One song. Mamie Van Doren gets to sing four songs. Of course, it is Mamie Van Doren.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9qlGpgy_uA/TxGVw1p91mI/AAAAAAAAD0s/VMmbba4Sa9k/s1600/IMG_0270.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9qlGpgy_uA/TxGVw1p91mI/AAAAAAAAD0s/VMmbba4Sa9k/s200/IMG_0270.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eddie Cochran gets (but doesn't sing) the summertime blues</td></tr> </tbody></table>Okay, you kids do know who Mamie Van Doren is, right? Unlike Eddie Cochran (who was killed in a car crash in 1960), Mamie Van Doren is still with us. She's more tech-savvy than most people her age (she was born in 1931), and has a <a href="http://www.mamievandoren.com/">Website</a>, a <a href="https://twitter.com/mamievandoren">Twitter</a> account, a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Mamie-Van-Doren/542108571">Facebook</a> page, and such. And she looks pretty good for 81. Heck, she looks good for 41.<br /> <br /> The film is a return to black &amp; white after two color films in a row. Like the recent b&amp;w films, it has a blueish tint. There is an actor in the film named "Keith Richards," but it's not guy from the Rolling Stones. I checked.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gsm9avjL8M/TxGV3OA2TxI/AAAAAAAAD08/lqSYQWszHt0/s1600/IMG_0274.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gsm9avjL8M/TxGV3OA2TxI/AAAAAAAAD08/lqSYQWszHt0/s200/IMG_0274.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Check out the lever action."<br /> "Nice fulcrum."</td></tr> </tbody></table>Speaking of the Rolling Stones, the Bill Wyman riff was hilarious. You do get that one, right? If you need it explained, here goes. Let's see if I can get this right. Bill Wyman (yes, the Rolling Stones bass player, that Bill Wyman) was married to a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1266664/Mandy-Smith-I-DID-sleep-Bill-Wyman-I-14--man-life-God.html">much younger girl</a> around the time this episode first aired. And Bill's son was dating Bill's wife's mother. Yes, you read that right.<br /> <br /> And, one other Rolling Stone reference. One of the songs Van Doren sings is ... "Rolling Stone."<br /> <br /> The plot of the film -- yes, it has one -- involves teens being arrested on bogus charges, and made to work on a farm as sentence by a corrupt judge and corrupt farm owner and a corrupt ... okay, all the adults are corrupt and the teens (including 26-year-old Mamie Van Doren) are all innocent. But untamed.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xrsur08ZUU/TxGV0ERRFvI/AAAAAAAAD00/shR5Q4FL7DY/s1600/IMG_0272.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xrsur08ZUU/TxGV0ERRFvI/AAAAAAAAD00/shR5Q4FL7DY/s200/IMG_0272.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gypsy makes her first appearance in the theater</td></tr> </tbody></table>Gypsy is featured in two host segments this week, the most screen time she's had. She even make an appearance in the theater.<br /> <br /> They do a slightly different take on the whole "Richard Basehart" gag, but that's working out to be a running gag.<br /> <br /> I've seen competing information regarding who plays Gypsy during this time. Some references say Josh Weinstein did her voice, as he did in the KTMA season. Others say Jim Mallon took it over for Season One. I suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle for her early Season One appearances, but the closing credits are clear that this is Jim Mallon handling the role for this episode.<br /> <br /> I didn't mention it before, but this is the second episode in a row where they do a <i>Falwty Towers</i> riff referencing Manuel: "He's from Barcelona." I also enjoyed the Claude Raines reference in the movie opening.<br /> <br /> Overall, a fun movie and riffing experience.<br /> <hr /><div style="float: left;"><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-111.html">&lt;&lt; Previous episode</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-113.html">Next episode &gt;&gt;</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-8699870152942066091?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajmPUP4QDcoUkPc5Ph4XFC1-li4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajmPUP4QDcoUkPc5Ph4XFC1-li4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajmPUP4QDcoUkPc5Ph4XFC1-li4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajmPUP4QDcoUkPc5Ph4XFC1-li4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=7g2POBAVQ7k:-YrFMt_jNow:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/7g2POBAVQ7k" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com0http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-112.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-39881243378064410872012-01-16T07:00:00.003-05:002012-01-16T12:42:32.150-05:002012-01-16T12:42:32.150-05:00I've decided to watch all of the <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i> episodes. More about the project can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 111: Moon Zero Two</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 20 January 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> This is another one of those episodes that has never been commercially available. As such, it's only been seen via broadcast or by someone doing what's called for during the closing credits of so many episodes: "<a href="http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/legal.html">keep circulating the tapes</a>." I never saw the broadcast, but I have a "circulating tape." Or DVD.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idI5yVxsHbg/TxD10FenZ0I/AAAAAAAADz0/wnqVKZTiBe4/s1600/IMG_0261.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idI5yVxsHbg/TxD10FenZ0I/AAAAAAAADz0/wnqVKZTiBe4/s200/IMG_0261.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel dances to the music during the animated opening of the film</td></tr> </tbody></table>This episode only aired four times, twice in 1990 (The Comedy Channel) and twice in 1991 (Comedy Central). My copy is from one of the 1991 broadcasts.<br /> <br /> The show opens (after the theme song, of course) with Joel explaining the premise. Again. Not sure if this was their idea, or if it was The Comedy Channel that wanted these segments that explain the premise right after the opening song <i>that explains the premise</i>.<br /> <br /> Joel and the Bots get another film ... IN COLOR! That's two in a row. Could be a trent.<br /> <br /> The movie stars James Olson, who played one of the main characters in <i>The Andromeda Strain</i>. You've actually seen him in all kinds of roles over the years. His credits go back to include <i>Have Gun, Will Travel</i>, and go all through <i>The Virginian</i>, <i>Medical Center</i>, <i>Bonanza</i>, <i>Ironside</i>, <i>The Bionic Woman</i>, <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>, <i>Matt Houston</i>, <i>Murder She Wrote</i>, and a whole lot more. Yeah, you've seen him before. In this film, he was the first man on Mars whose career had taken a bad turn and winds up piloting people to and fro.<br /> <br /> The opening credits of the film would be perfect for a light-hearted adventure on the moon. The animation and the 60s music didn't seem to fit the film. Had it been a light-hearted affair, then yes. But not a mystery with a James Bond plot set in outer space.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YS9-dqBnM8/TxD2CWlvFuI/AAAAAAAAD0U/MoWE1aomXsc/s1600/IMG_0265.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YS9-dqBnM8/TxD2CWlvFuI/AAAAAAAAD0U/MoWE1aomXsc/s200/IMG_0265.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How to dress for travel on the moon</td></tr> </tbody></table>This was a Hammer Films production that didn't star Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee. Yeah, I know, they did lots of other stuff, but you never heard of any of that. Okay, a few.<br /> <br /> The movie is almost as 60-ish as an Austin Powers film. It looks exactly like what it is: a sci-fi film from the 60s that tried way too hard, but failed, to be scientific. It's one of those that's not quite done. You don't really care about the characters. You know who the hero is and who the villain is, but you don't really care about them.<br /> <br /> I'm one of those people that gets all bothered by poor attempts at demonstrating science. For example, when they turn the gravity off (don't know how you do that on the moon, but apparently you can) people selectively float. And, you can stand on a regular floor in zero G and throw someone without so much as a recoil. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, next time you find yourself in zero G, try throwing someone and see what I mean. I'd be happier if they never addressed the gravity situation, rather than have the rules apply sometimes, and sometimes not, especially during the same scene.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-trjPahG5zj4/TxD2H7hyQBI/AAAAAAAAD0c/DSk91NDfOOY/s1600/IMG_0266.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-trjPahG5zj4/TxD2H7hyQBI/AAAAAAAAD0c/DSk91NDfOOY/s200/IMG_0266.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gypsy appears</td></tr> </tbody></table>Oh, they never addressed this, but apparently, in the future, there are no black people. I don't recall seeing any blacks in this movie. Lots of British, but not too many blacks. Maybe they live on the Earth and all the white people moved to outer space. Which means that Earth in the future is Detroit and the moon is the Hamptons. But I didn't see <a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/series/royalpains/">Dr. Hank Lawson</a>, so he must be back on the clinic on Earth.<br /> <br /> Gypsy appears in the final segment. It's the first time in four episodes that she appears, and the fifth time this season, although she was allegedly in the giant hand costume in <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-106.html">Episode 106- The Crawling Hand</a></i>. They repeat the "Richard Basehart" gag from <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-101.html">Episode 101- The Crawling Eye</a></i>. It won't be the last time.<br /> <br /> This episode wasn't as strong as some of the other episodes from Season One, but still worth a look. 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If not, more about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 110: Robot Holocaust</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 13 January 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> This is only the second episode of Season One that isn't (or wasn't ever) available commercially. This one has never been released commercially in any format.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJRtDDs1h8M/Tw5HhMHS5-I/AAAAAAAADzU/86Dw1irUoiU/s1600/IMG_0258.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJRtDDs1h8M/Tw5HhMHS5-I/AAAAAAAADzU/86Dw1irUoiU/s200/IMG_0258.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of Commando Cody</td></tr> </tbody></table>This one is a recording from a 1991 rerun (either July 5 or November 29). The commercials are edited out, but the breaks are a little rough or abrupt. There are some odd spots in it that lead me to think this recording has more than one source and they're put together, though it could simply be some issues with how it was transferred to DVD from VHS.<br /> <br /> Since they switched to opening with Joel, this is the first episode where he isn't wearing a house robe to start the show. The first four episodes to air opened with the Mad Scientists, usually with one of them running the camera by joystick. The next four episodes to air went down the hallway with the doors closing, finally closing in the main bay with Joel in his robe. Now, this episode continues the hallway opening, but no robe for Joel.<br /> <br /> The Bots have joined him in the opening again. The first two Joel openings featured him alone. It looks like they've settled on the standard of J&amp;tB in the opening, which is pretty much as I remember.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LJPfam3R5ds/Tw5Hjqur94I/AAAAAAAADzc/SZ2OJnXvm2I/s1600/IMG_0259.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LJPfam3R5ds/Tw5Hjqur94I/AAAAAAAADzc/SZ2OJnXvm2I/s200/IMG_0259.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yew ah doomd!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Joel again explains the premise of the show again for the fourth time in five episodes, even though the theme song explains the premise. I'm glad <i>Gilligan's Island</i> didn't explain their premise every time.<br /> <br /> During the first interaction with the Mad Scientists, Dr. Erhardt mentions that he and Dr. Forrester "have been subterranean for 93 days." In reality, this show aired 56 days after the first episode. Yes, I know: it's just a show, I should really just relax.<br /> <br /> I noticed that they really love the <i>Sea Hunt</i> gags, using the "By this time my lungs were aching for air" for the third straight show. I imagine it'll be a <i>Sea Hunt</i> fest when they finally do a Lloyd Bridges movie. There's one coming up on Season Two that I've seen; the actual movie, I mean.<br /> <br /> The crew's displeasure (not just on-screen, but behind the scenes, according to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, with the Commando Cody shorts comes to a head. The film breaks.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yvwkFoRtutg/Tw5HnMM-nJI/AAAAAAAADzk/7m_Qoif2gPA/s1600/IMG_0260.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yvwkFoRtutg/Tw5HnMM-nJI/AAAAAAAADzk/7m_Qoif2gPA/s200/IMG_0260.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider..."</td></tr> </tbody></table>According to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, they don't show any more Commando Cody shorts. I suppose that's one way to solve a problem. But I'll miss Cody.<br /> <br /> The movie was their first color film in Season One. Joel &amp; the Bots played up getting all excited about it. Then got all depressed when the Mads told them it was the "edited for TV" version. They had to cut the movie because of the <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xkI0hvzP6JY/Tw5IMH_spDI/AAAAAAAADzs/kND__0SYBKg/s1600/Boobage.jpg">boobage</a>, from what I remember of the uncut version. Oh, and if you want to see the uncut version, you really don't.<br /> <br /> The movie had the occasional narration in order to help explain what was going on. It didn't help. Would hot Japanese she-villains have helped? Maybe. The hot German she-villain would have done better if she was able to speak English better. Or if her lines had been dubbed.<br /> <br /> If you see the actual movie, or even watching the <i>MST3K</i> version, you might think, "Is this what it would look like if a porn producer decided to make a post-apocalyptic robot film?" The answer is yes. Now you know why porn makers make porn. It's what they do. They don't need to be making nature documentaries. 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More about that <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 109: Project Moon Base</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 6 January 1990</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004R1719Q/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004R1719Q">Amazon Instant Video</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004R1719Q" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257360">Shout Factory</a>, <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/store/product.php?productid=82">Best Brains</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWU913qD20Y/TwzYkN6H2II/AAAAAAAADyM/IrsGWC81Cbg/s1600/IMG_0244.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWU913qD20Y/TwzYkN6H2II/AAAAAAAADyM/IrsGWC81Cbg/s200/IMG_0244.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Project Moon Base</i> or <i>Project Moonbase</i>?</td></tr> </tbody></table>Okay, what's the name of the movie in this episode? Is it <i>Project Moon Base</i> or <i>Project Moonbase</i>?<br /> <br /> Everything I can find about the movie calls it <i>Project Moonbase</i>. Except the title as shown in the actual movie. That reads <i>Project Moon Base</i>. So, I'm take the attitude that the movie knows it's actual name. Though this movie is so wrong about so many other things that it could be wrong about that, too. Everybody else seems to think so.<br /> <br /> The tinting of the black &amp; white shorts and films continues. Perhaps this is the way things will be from here on out. That would mean most of the b&amp;w episodes I've seen were tinted, and I never noticed it until I started watching the episodes in order, and the first several weren't tinted.<br /> <br /> Joel &amp; the Bots are getting tired of the Commando Cody shorts. I'm enjoying them. In riffed form, that is. I don't know how I could deal with it if not for the riffing.<br /> <br /> <table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VlaEAXjcgaE/TwzY0f0ZfhI/AAAAAAAADy8/wzyIdrrEqso/s1600/IMG_0250.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VlaEAXjcgaE/TwzY0f0ZfhI/AAAAAAAADy8/wzyIdrrEqso/s200/IMG_0250.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"She's absolutely ballistic!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>The movie, though, is truly bad. Some aspects are okay, but not many. Okay, there's nothing good about the movie. Except the hot Japanese she-villain. Only she's not Japanese. Or a villain. But, apart from that...<br /> <br /> The lead character, played by Donna Martell, was named ... get this ... Colonel Breiteis. As in "Bright Eyes." And, no, I am not making this up.<br /> <br /> At least they didn't name her Colonel Nicetush.<br /> <br /> Or Colonel Perkyboobs.<br /> <br /> Or Colonel Idhitthat.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vteNTPwXEOw/TwzY6NH-V2I/AAAAAAAADzM/CNpfNylVpT8/s1600/IMG_0253.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vteNTPwXEOw/TwzY6NH-V2I/AAAAAAAADzM/CNpfNylVpT8/s200/IMG_0253.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It's a ViewMaster." "Look! The Grand Tetons!"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Yes, they made fun of her a lot because of her looks. Joel and the Bots did, too.<br /> <br /> Despite how bad the movie was, the riffing was top-notch. Crow was great. Servo was fantastic. Joel was wonderful. The skits were good. Well, two out of three were. The lame one wasn't really lame, just not as good as the other two.<br /> <br /> This was a bad movie and a good episode of <i>MST3K</i>.<br /> <br /> The other day, I mentioned how mercilessly J&amp;tB ragged on Alan Hale, Jr. in <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-106.html">Episode 106 - The Crawling Hand</a></i>. I thought they crossed the line beyond good-natured ribbing and being just plain mean. I also mentioned that Hale died 17 days after that episode first aired.<br /> <br /> Joel &amp; the Bots remembered, and dedicated the episode to him. 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Why? Why not? Or, look <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a> to find out why.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 108: The Slime People</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 30 December 1989</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> This is the first Season One episode I've covered that has never been made available commercially. While <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-106.html">Episode 106 - The Crawling Hand</a></i> isn't currently available, it was. This one isn't and never had been.<br /> <br /> The copy I have, since it's not a DVD or iTunes, is from a VCR recording from 1991. The quality isn't great, but it's good. The sound has some issues, particularly at the start. The color has some issues, particularly the reds. If you decide you want to own a copy, be aware of that.<br /> <br /> Though this episode originally aired on The Comedy Channel on December 30, 1989, the recording I have is from the Comedy Central rerun of the episode on June 21, 1991.<br /> <br /> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9yaG0nYkgA/TwnuvxQrG9I/AAAAAAAADxc/7a6ra-B7Neo/s1600/IMG_0237.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9yaG0nYkgA/TwnuvxQrG9I/AAAAAAAADxc/7a6ra-B7Neo/s200/IMG_0237.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mads, askew</td></tr> </tbody></table>Again in this episode, the opening has Joel in is house robe, but the Bots are with him this time.<br /> <br /> In the Invention Exchange, when we first see the Mad Scientists, they've gone back to the skewed camera angle they used in the KTMA season. They actually did the skewed camera in the previous episode (<i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-107.html">Episode 107 - Robot Monster</a></i>), but I didn't make a note of that. This is the second consecutive to use the tilted camera angle on the Mads.<br /> <br /> I don't recall the tilted camera being the norm for the episodes. I don't remember it, and noticed it in particular during the KTMA season. Of course, if it's done right, it achieves the effect without being noticed. But then, making it noticeable seems to be the way they'd want to do it.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWvhBv5Jas/Twnu7cWvwII/AAAAAAAADx0/rG4SKycGWi4/s1600/IMG_0241.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWvhBv5Jas/Twnu7cWvwII/AAAAAAAADx0/rG4SKycGWi4/s200/IMG_0241.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0RZdDzu9sIk/TwnuzIcmOFI/AAAAAAAADxk/i15DvnCf2Wk/s1600/IMG_0239.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0RZdDzu9sIk/TwnuzIcmOFI/AAAAAAAADxk/i15DvnCf2Wk/s200/IMG_0239.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;" width="200">Black &amp; white scene from the previous episode</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;" width="200">Black &amp; white scene from this episode</td></tr> </tbody></table>They seem to have tinted the black &amp; white short and movie with a slight blue or purple tint. At least they aren't screwing around with the color of the seats and silhouettes. The <i>Shadowrama</i> effect has gone from various shades of gray to various shades of green. Now, for this episode, the shadows are black and the movie is tinted.<br /> <br /> <table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bH44vuSnGyY/Twnu33LTRiI/AAAAAAAADxs/ttRxHbaa0SM/s1600/IMG_0240.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bH44vuSnGyY/Twnu33LTRiI/AAAAAAAADxs/ttRxHbaa0SM/s200/IMG_0240.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reality court</td></tr> </tbody></table>I found the 2nd host segment, where the Bots propose a show <i>very</i> similar to <i>MST3K</i>, to be particularly funny.<br /> <br /> The reality court skit from the 1st segment was funny, too. I really enjoy when they take a segment and talk about the silly or impossible in a movie. Yes, there's the urge to say to Joel &amp; the Bots, "It's just a show, you should really just relax." But I don't.<br /> <br /> The movie itself was kinda weird. Maybe odd is a better term. The constant fog made it hard to see. Remember that John Carpenter movie, <i>The Fog</i>? This movie had more fog.<br /> <br /> It almost made it <i>Mystery Science Radio Presents</i>. Oh, well, the riffs are all audio anyway, though they do often relate to action on the screen. And, this was still the case, though you often couldn't see anything during the outdoor scenes. Which explains why so many of the riffs during outdoor scenes where you couldn't see were about your not being able to see.<br /> <br /> One riff that made me laugh out loud:<br /> <blockquote><b>Servo</b>: It is sort of hypnotic, isn't it?<br /> <b>Crow</b>: Hip? Not. Ick!</blockquote>Another didn't happen. I heard the line in the movie, and they said nothing. Which either means they missed it, or they decided to let it go.<br /> <blockquote><b>Cal Johnson</b>: One minute there was just a fog, and the next it got thick, and hard.<br /> <b>Professor Galbraith</b>: Well did you touch it? Was it hot or cold or rough, smooth or what?</blockquote>I had to rewind it to make sure I heard what I heard, then couldn't believe they let that line pass. Probably for the best, though.<br /> <br /> I don't think I could sit and watch <i>The Slime People</i> by itself, if I tried. I won't try. But watching it with J&amp;tB makes it's bearable. 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And, unless you count the Bowl Alliance (1995-1997 seasons), it was the first time the SEC champion lost the "title game."<br /> <br /> But was it really a title game?<br /> <br /> A lot of people seemed to be upset that Alabama, which didn't win its conference -- heck, it didn't even win its division -- was even in the title game. <br /> <br /> Of course, I don't remember hearing all those people piss and moan when Oklahoma played in the title game in 2004 (2003 season) even though they got beat by Kansas State in the Big 12 title game. LSU ended up beating the Sooners in the National Championship Game.<br /> <br /> I also don't remember a bunch of whining when Nebraska was in the title game in 2002 (2001 season) when they didn't qualify for the Big 12 title game. Miami beat the Huskers in the National Championship Game.<br /> <br /> But, this time, the non-conference champ beat the team that "deserved" to be there, unlike the two Big 12 teams from the 2001 &amp; 2002 seasons.<br /> <br /> Of course, this was a rematch from a game played earlier in the year. That's never happened before. Unless you count the 1997 Bowl Alliance title game (1996 season) between Florida and Florida State. FSU won the regular season finale, but Florida won the rematch in the National Championship Game.<br /> <br /> So what happened -- a non-conference champ in the game and a rematch in the game -- has happened before. All this whining should have happened the first time one of these things happened. Or the second. Or the third. Waiting until the fourth is a little late.<br /> <br /> What should have happened? There should have been a playoff. The 11 conference champions and the top five non-conference champions should have been placed in a pool of 16. Like I wrote about <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/college-football-playoffs.html">here</a>. Then, the two teams that are still standing after that have shown they deserve to be there. Who knows what would have happened? We may have had an Alabama-LSU rematch. Or, a game between Oklahoma State and Boise State.<br /> <br /> Will a playoff happen? No, because a true championship isn't the goal of the people in charge.<br /> <br /> So, we're stuck with a very imperfect system. 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More about that can be found <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 107: Robot Monster</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 23 December 1989</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mystery-science-theater-3000/id398018574">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D8LLI0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004D8LLI0">Amazon Instant Video</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004D8LLI0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257389">Shout Factory (Collector's Edition)</a>, <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/store/product.php?productid=80">Best Brains (Autographed Collector's Edition)</a></i><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HnwtC2QVcFg/TwmnGOVQBdI/AAAAAAAADxE/CKJtMNIeXMU/s1600/IMG_0230.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HnwtC2QVcFg/TwmnGOVQBdI/AAAAAAAADxE/CKJtMNIeXMU/s200/IMG_0230.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ro-Man, the Robot Monster</td></tr> </tbody></table>This one is a classic. The feature film. More about that in a bit.<br /> <br /> Joel, again in his house robe, again does an abbreviated explanation of the plot in the opening. He finishes with an Alfred Hitchcock imitation during the opening.<br /> <br /> Joel and the Bots' irritation at another Commando Cody episode rings true. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> it says they grew to hate those particular shorts. It's starting to show.<br /> <br /> During the short, they repeated the "Oh, I hate to shoot a butt like that" riff. Still funny. Oh, and Josh sneezed during the first short. It seemed real. They covered well.<br /> <br /> I suppose if I had to watch so many Commando Cody shorts as many times as the <i>MST3K</i> staff did, I'd hate them, too. But I don't have to, and I don't hate them. I see them as comedy fodder for J&amp;tB.<br /> <br /> This episode has more interaction from Cambot than previous episodes. Though we don't see Cambot, we see Cambot interact during two skits. And not the normal, "Move it in closer, Cambot" kind of reaction.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FH0XO6ZenYA/Ttwbo2YQbVI/AAAAAAAADfg/NBWIETFeUTs/s1600/IMG_0015.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FH0XO6ZenYA/Ttwbo2YQbVI/AAAAAAAADfg/NBWIETFeUTs/s200/IMG_0015.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3_-lf87h2E/TvuMEVQiA0I/AAAAAAAADq4/Y7YfSiEgTZk/s1600/IMG_0162.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3_-lf87h2E/TvuMEVQiA0I/AAAAAAAADq4/Y7YfSiEgTZk/s200/IMG_0162.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cambot at KTMA</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;" width="200">Cambot from Season One is a reworked KTMA Gypsy</td></tr> </tbody></table>During the discussion on science after the Commando Cody shorts, first Servo, then Crow, and finally Cambot explode their heads over Joel's assertion that bumblebees can't fly, but do. Later, during the surrealism discussion, Cambot gets into the act.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hRf690VQtwo/Twmo1Kgh_VI/AAAAAAAADxM/YG3T6ZbccTw/s1600/IMG_0232.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hRf690VQtwo/Twmo1Kgh_VI/AAAAAAAADxM/YG3T6ZbccTw/s200/IMG_0232.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BzXrcj4i5uo/Twmo5SwGoyI/AAAAAAAADxU/LYB9-WM0Ba4/s1600/IMG_0234.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BzXrcj4i5uo/Twmo5SwGoyI/AAAAAAAADxU/LYB9-WM0Ba4/s200/IMG_0234.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cambot's logic circuits fail</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cambot gets into the surrealism discussion</td></tr> </tbody></table>The feature film, <i>Robot Monster</i>, is a classic. Not as in "the film is wonderful" but as in "this film is <i>SO</i> bad..." Oh, there are rumors that the producer/director of the film, Phil Tucker, was so despondent over the movie's reception that he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, but missed (presumably because he was so incompetent). It's true he attempted suicide, but for reason unrelated to the reception of the film.<br /> <br /> The film's main antagonist, Ro-Man Extension XJ-2 (his friends call him "Ro-Man"), is a gorilla in the diving helmet, and is one of the oddest-looking creatures I've ever seen. Of course, if you shoot a film in 4 days on a budget of $16,000 then you're gonna take what you can get.<br /> <br /> I'm wondering how the sales pitch for this movie went:<br /> <blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ztLQfZN6FJI/Twmm8fikhRI/AAAAAAAADws/L0Bms5xN-u4/s1600/IMG_0227.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ztLQfZN6FJI/Twmm8fikhRI/AAAAAAAADws/L0Bms5xN-u4/s200/IMG_0227.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really good lizard glue</td></tr> </tbody></table>"There's this kid, see? And he gets stuck by lightning, causing two lizards with dinosaur parts glued on them to fight. We'll use really good lizard glue so the parts don't fall off, see?<br /> <br /> Then the kid wakes up and his pants legs are missing. Oh, and so are all the people on the earth, except for his immediate family and some science guy. <br /> <br /> You see, all the people are dead because of a Robot Monster that's actually a gorilla except for his head, which is a diving helmet. And the gorilla-guy uses a bubble machine to talk to the head gorilla-deep sea diver of his planet, see? And he wants all the rest of the people on the earth dead or his plan to kill everybody on earth will fail. <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tvaRjQ9IQWo/TwmnD2GIYGI/AAAAAAAADw8/HtnUHX_XmrY/s1600/IMG_0229.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tvaRjQ9IQWo/TwmnD2GIYGI/AAAAAAAADw8/HtnUHX_XmrY/s200/IMG_0229.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Cue the deus ex machina"</td></tr> </tbody></table>Then the gorilla-bot falls in love with the kid's older sister, so he doesn't want to kill her. She's like all hot and such.<br /> <br /> The big boss gorilla-helmet-guy isn't happy with his horny henchman, so me makes him kill the little boy with the missing pants leg.<br /> <br /> Then, the Robot Monster is killed by remote control by the boss gorilla-helmet-guy. By lightning. Naturally, that makes the lizardsauruses fight again. Then the kid wakes up with his pants legs back. It was all a dream, see? Oh, and then at the end, the gorilla-robot guy walks out of the cave three times without walking back in. <br /> <br /> We'll make millions!"</blockquote>Okay, maybe that's not exactly how the sales pitch went, but if it had, it'd have been closer to the truth than whatever was actually said.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KPOHOLLumVQ/TwmnANcEUiI/AAAAAAAADw0/VB-pymK17nQ/s1600/IMG_0228.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KPOHOLLumVQ/TwmnANcEUiI/AAAAAAAADw0/VB-pymK17nQ/s200/IMG_0228.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"An Armageddon weddin'"</td></tr> </tbody></table>At least they didn't go with the "it was all a dream" ending to the movie. That would've really sucked. Oh, wait.<br /> <br /> The 3rd Host Segment, about surrealism, seems to be rework of from <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k11.html">Episode K11 - Humanoid Woman</a></i>. That means that all the in-movie host-segments from that KTMA episode have now appeared in Season One: Playing tag showed up in <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-105.html">Episode 105 - The Corpse Vanishes</a></i>; Servo hitting on the blender reappeared in <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/mst3k-episode-103.html">Episode 103 - The Mad Monster</a></i>; the surrealism discussion was reworked for this episode.<br /> <br /> Again, I'm not being critical of the reuse of skits. It's actually a tribute to the quality of the work during the KTMA season. The crew mentioned in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553377833/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553377833">The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553377833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> that they didn't think the KTMA season was very good. 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So, if I can save a buck or two here or there, I'm more likely to.<br /> <br /> So, today, I took a lunch when I went to work. It was a Hormel microwavable meal, and it was about $2 or so. Some of them taste pretty good (some don't) and it's cheaper than hitting the drive-thru somewhere.<br /> <br /> While eating my meal, I notice that the outer paper on the meal had a coupon for 55₵ off some canned chicken. "Whoop-do-do," I thought. Then, I saw on the bottom on the paper, a recipe that used the canned chicken. It was for the Buffalo Chicken Dip. <br /> <br /> "Hmmm," I thought, "maybe that would be okay. And there's a game tonight. Hmmm."<br /> <br /> So, I clipped the coupon and pulled off the recipe. I figured I'd stop by the Winn-Dixie on the way to the house and get ready for the game.<br /> <br /> When I got to the Winn-Dixie, I called Wife and asked her about the other ingredients.<br /> <br /> "We got any cream cheese?" No.<br /> <br /> "How about Ranch dressing?" No.<br /> <br /> "Shredded cheese?" Just a little.<br /> <br /> "Buffalo wing sauce?" Nope.<br /> <br /> "Chips?" Ummm, no.<br /> <br /> So, I needed to buy everything. Oh, and some celery, because someone eats celery. (I don't.)<br /> <br /> I loaded the shopping cart with exactly what I needed, plus picked up a 12-pack of Cokes.<br /> <br /> That totaled ... $39.21.<br /> <br /> For chips and dip.<br /> <br /> For a football game that doesn't even feature my team.<br /> <br /> From a recipe on the packing of the meal I ate in order to save money.<br /> <br /> This saving money is going to break my wallet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3052406779197845814-8140840959455697380?l=www.basilsblog.net' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bQJVZBQbCKfyAa6IhWzh5l-2IJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bQJVZBQbCKfyAa6IhWzh5l-2IJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bQJVZBQbCKfyAa6IhWzh5l-2IJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bQJVZBQbCKfyAa6IhWzh5l-2IJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:4cEx4HpKnUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?i=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?a=Zrbfa0SMQuI:VIza08o5Ed4:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/basilsblog?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/basilsblog/~4/Zrbfa0SMQuI" height="1" width="1"/>Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.com0http://www.basilsblog.net/2012/01/frugal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-28744335767906263212012-01-09T07:00:00.005-05:002012-01-10T20:10:15.308-05:002012-01-10T20:10:15.308-05:00If you've been following along, I'm watching all of the <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i> episodes. More about that <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/11/play-mstie-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k04.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>Episode 106: The Crawling Hand</b><br /> <br /> <i>First aired: The Comedy Channel on 16 December 1989</i><br /> <i>Availability: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;tag=basilsblog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;y=0&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=mst3k%20the%20crawling%20hand&amp;url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&amp;sprefix=mst3k%20the%20cr" target="_blank">Rhino (out of print)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=basilsblog-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.mst3kvideos.com/episodes.htm">MST3KVideos.com</a></i><br /> <br /> This was the first episode to open with the doors closing on the "Spaghetti Ball" logo and the backwards trip down the hallway. The first four faded out then faded in on the Mad Scientists in Deep 13. This show, though, began the standard of the doors closing and Joel appearing before the Mad Scientists.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right; width: 200px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VePamTx5P0g/TwgXzoZLKZI/AAAAAAAADwE/4W-H6ahxBis/s1600/IMG_0222.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VePamTx5P0g/TwgXzoZLKZI/AAAAAAAADwE/4W-H6ahxBis/s200/IMG_0222.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel in the opening segment. And in his house robe.</td></tr> </tbody></table>During the KTMA season, the doors closed at the conclusion of the opening theme and would either show Joel on the Satellite of Love, or fade out after Door #1 closed and fade in on the Mads in their lair.<br /> <br /> It looks like that they realized that, despite the Mads controlling things, the stars are actually Joel &amp; the Bots. Although, again, as in the previous episode, the Bots are not in the opening and are already in the theater when Joel enters.<br /> <br /> This is also the first episode with an actual separate introduction rather than a combined Intro/Invention Exchange. Joel uses the time to explain the premise to people who weren't paying attention during the opening theme song.<br /> <br /> It is also the first appearance of the Magic Voice, which counts down the time to "Commercial Sign."<br /> <br /> The retreads continue. J&amp;tB do the "Joel wants to play" routine from <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k14.html">Episode K14 - Might Jack</a></i>.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nX9yQSI3KTg/TwgXqKFh1sI/AAAAAAAADv0/QTI4Du4CbRs/s1600/IMG_0220.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nX9yQSI3KTg/TwgXqKFh1sI/AAAAAAAADv0/QTI4Du4CbRs/s200/IMG_0220.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KpwJFBovWq4/TwgX47Z03RI/AAAAAAAADwM/58WOP2DZ6z0/s1600/IMG_0223.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KpwJFBovWq4/TwgX47Z03RI/AAAAAAAADwM/58WOP2DZ6z0/s200/IMG_0223.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel wants to play, the Bots don't (KTMA)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel wants to play, the Bots don't (Cable)</td></tr> </tbody></table>They also reused the giant hand prop from <i><a href="http://www.basilsblog.net/2011/12/mst3k-episode-k21.html">Episode K21 - The "Legend of Dinosaurs"</a></i> in a totally different context.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 425px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--yaTaHifQts/TwgXtTdT53I/AAAAAAAADv8/jfIbmHFopzc/s1600/IMG_0221.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--yaTaHifQts/TwgXtTdT53I/AAAAAAAADv8/jfIbmHFopzc/s200/IMG_0221.PNG" width="200" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzQhemv6hGo/TwgX9VXPJaI/AAAAAAAADwU/MWiqBPBv1E0/s1600/IMG_0224.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzQhemv6hGo/TwgX9VXPJaI/AAAAAAAADwU/MWiqBPBv1E0/s200/IMG_0224.PNG" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giant hand prop (KTMA)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giant hand prop (Cable)</td></tr> </tbody></table>Let me add this about the retreads. They were originally shown only on a local station in Minneapolis. The whole country didn't get to see them. Had they not redone the skits or repurposed the props, the nation (save the <i>MST3K</i> fans in 1989 Minneapolis) would have missed out.<br /> <br /> The movie was okay. The crew ripped Alan Hale, Jr. mercilessly, which I thought was a shame. He played the serious role just fine, I thought. I'd have preferred if they had continued the <i>Gilligan's Island</i> references, rather than insult his acting. Alan Hale, Jr. appeared in hundreds of TV shows and movies other than Gilligan's Island, in both comedic and serious roles, playing good guys and villains. He was a character actor, and, I thought, a darn good one. The Skipper may have been the role for which he was best known, but it didn't showcase his talent.<br /> <br /> Having said that, he did appear in stinkers like <i>The Crawling Hand</i>, so he is fair game. I just thought they had too much mean. Alan Hale, Jr. died 17 days after this episode first aired. Now who feels bad?<br /> <br /> One bit I noticed and particularly enjoyed was when the teen lead in the movie, Paul (Rod Lauren), speaks into a microphone and Crow's comment makes Joel laugh. That makes it seem more like a bunch of friends sitting around the screen, making fun of a movie. 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