Amazing Colossal Grade? Glenn looks concerned, he's just making sure that wasn't one of his own eyes crawling around down there.
Movie Pain: Low - Cheesy 50's creature feature goes down easy
Riffing: Some chuckles among many dead zones
Skits: Chuckle-Fest
"F-Troops" Forrest Tucker, headless mountain climbers, and a cute psycho...uh psychic square off against giant-killer eyeballs
There's lots of smoking and drinking found in this film which is the "officially sanctioned" start to the show. While not an awe-inspiring beginning (there are many missed riff opportunities: Such as the lack of commentary on the mountain climbers' phone, which looks strangely similar to a giant 'Kit-Kat' bar) The Eye has its moments.
Joel and the bots performing "Whole Lotta Love" on the Electric Bag-Pipes during the invention exchange is as funny as anything done in the series. And then there's the discovery that Larry wears high heels as part of a disguise when he sneaks into Deep 13! lol
The jokes roll out at a slower pace than in later seasons, but that doesn't mean there aren't significant jabs -"Get me 6 bags of onions and a giant eye chart!" - Joel. Plus we get to hear Servo's excellent 'Rain Man' imitation, which makes Joel chuckle.
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Host Segments
Invention: Joel demonstrates the Electric Bagpipes. Dr. F injects Dr. Erhardt with canine antiperspirant. Segment 1: Joel explains why it's bad for a human to lose their heads. Segment 2: Gypsy uncoils herself. Segment 3: Why giant eyes are scary. End: Good thing/Bad thing. No Stinger -but If I chose one? The climber at the beginning screams... "His head - It was torn off!"
Notable Riffs
* "She could eat corn-on-the-cob through a picket fence." - Crow
* "Hey look guys, they're being followed by a movie?" - Joel
* "Someone with a really big butt sat there." -Tom
* "Give them a giant pair of scissors and they'll put (poke) themselves out" - Servo
* "What's a giant eye going to do, pick you up and wink you to death?" - Joel
* "Let's get the dog drunk next!" - Crow
* "His head! It was torn off!!" - "You say that like it was a bad thing." - Hiker/Servo.
* "Dear Diary: Once again the fat guy got the bed..." - Crow
* "I'm Popeye the sailor man; I've got a guy's head in my hand!" - Servo
* "But your right, I probably read about it" - In the script" - Anne/Servo
* "When you shake it the head comes off" - Crow (about a snow globe)
* "He thinks that ball's one of his pupils" - Joel
* "What are they going to do next, have him drive a forklift?" - Joel
* "He must have slept with his hand in lukewarm water" - Joel
* "Four hundred and twenty-nine matches exactly, yeah four hundred and twenty-nine" - Servo (As Rainman)
* "Everybody is so negative" - Joel
* The "Crawling Eye" began life as a popular BBC television serial that was titled, "The Trollenberg Terror"
* During the final host segment, Crow's ram chip falls from his mouth and he makes a coughing sound. Later, when Joel asks Gypsy a math question, it looks like Crow is whispering the answer "Richard Basehart" to her
Skit Riff Explained
"Hey, don't open that door McGee!" - Crow
Crow is referencing the old-time radio comedy, "Fibber McGee and Molly". One running gag on the show was Fibbers over-stuffed storage closet. Whenever he'd attempt to retrieve something from storage, Molly would issue a warning and then you'd hear the resounding crash of items that spilled from the closet and onto Fibber.
The responses in the roll call are as follows...
Robot Roll Call: All right, let's go!
Cambot: Pan left!
Gypsy: Hi, girl!
Tom Servo: What a cool guy!
Croooow: He's a wisecracker.
Released on DVD: Volume 17 & Lost and Found
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