Amazing Colossal Grade: Why am I watching this dull experiment? Because it's there, haha! (Glenn quoting Joel who was quoting mountaineer, George Mallory)
Movie Pain: High - Rock climbing, GAA!
Riffing: Chuckle-Fest at best
Skits: Chuckle-Fest with high points
A test rocket crashes and a
crack team of scientist, military personnel, and an escaped mental patient -
venture into the land of the lost to retrieve it... Oh to heck with it - It's
about rock climbing!
Curiosity kills: When I'd
heard about this movie’s painfully long climbing sequences, I couldn't wait to
see it for myself. What a fool I was. Man does it drag on, but it's pretty funny
to hear Joel and the Bots echo my frustration through their riffs -Especially
in the spot where it was completely silent-
There is some action: A guy
falls to his death -"Dang, He has my keys!"- Actor Sid
Melton (Who speaks to his airplane like a lover) is eaten by a stop motion
dinosaur and has his butt fondled too.
There are also several
"Beaver" related jokes due to Hugh Beaumont's presence, but few
Batman zingers, despite having Cesar Romero (TV's Joker) as the star. So
there's some funny stuff (Pee Wee Herman show regular, Terry, gets shot!) but
it mostly induces chuckles, not guffaws. Hence the "Concerned Glenn" (for mid-range eps) as the grade.
Of Note: The "Soap in
the Hydraulics" riff is a reference to KTMAs "SST Deathflight".
Also, the "Cool Thing" contest is announced.
Host Segments
Intro: Joel's pep talk. Invention: Frank presents his
treadmill. No time for Joel's invention (he's holding the sign language
translator that we'll see next week) and he receives a shock when he refuses to
enter the theater. Segment 1: A classic
Hexfield visit from Hugh Beaumont. Segment 2:
Quinn Martin's, the Explorers. Segment 3:
Joel's playing with some rock climbers when the bots spot a cool thing outside.
End: A cute skit where our B-Movie hosts
share a few little known facts about the film. Stinger:
Our explorers by the campfire, smoking and straightening things out.
Notable Riffs
* "My spirit is snoring!" - Servo
* "Oh. We're in Hell. Neat." - Joel
* "Tell the plane I love her!" - Crow as
Melton
* "A whole new day of rock climbing!" - Crow
* "Shut up or I'll short sheet your rock" -
Joel
* "Lost Continent? I lost my keys once but that's
ridiculous!" - Joel
* "Hey, It does talk." - Servo as Melton
speaks to his airplane
* "...let's form a soccer team and eat each
other!" - Crow
* "What's a little poison gas..." -
"between friends." - Cesar/Joel
*"I didn't know Mountain time was so slow."
- Joel
* "Brain the size of a walnut..." "The
dinosaur?" "No - the director!" - Crow/Joel/Crow
* "I've seen tracks like these before." -
"Yeah, where?" - "Larry Mondello." - Huge/Cesar/Servo
* "I'd never wanted to die in a plane, but now
I'm very excited about it." - Crow as Lt. Wilson
* "Let's take a 15-minute break." "But,
ah, keep the camera rolling!" - Cesar Romero/Tom Servo
* "Remind me to kill you later." - Servo as
Hugh Beaumont
* "Who are you?! Where are we?! Could we get a
frame of reference or something. PLEASE?!" - A very frustrated Joel
Danny: "Scared, no."
Crow: "Worried? A little."
Servo: "Aroused? You bet!"
Riff Explained
"Oh you
taste like Bud Abbott" - Crow.
Spoken during a kiss. The
actress Cesar's smoochin' is Hillary Brooke. She also had roles in TV &
film with comedians "Abbott & Costello".
"Meanwhile
over Bowling Green, Tennessee."
- Joel. Oops. Uh Joel, Bowling Green is in Kentucky
Stuff & Nonsense
The native girl was played
by Acquanetta whose past is colorful and often clouded in mystery. Her real
name has been reported as either, "Burnu" or "Mildred
Davenport". Acquanetta said her mother was an Arapaho Indian and that she
was born in Ozone, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Later, her father (and new wife)
took her to live in Norristown, Pennsylvanian.
Other Acquanetta told tales:
The idea that she came from Venezuela was fabricated by columnist Walter
Winchell and Louis Sobel. The nickname "Venezuelan Volcano" was
coined by William Randolf Hearst. It’s also said that she was descended from
the Royal House of England and J. Edgar Hoover was a friend who helped get her
a visa and passport (Because she had no birth certificate).
Available on DVD: Volume 18
