#43 in Mighty Jack's Top 100
Amazing Colossal Grade: Grrr, these punks give giants a bad name!
Movie Pain: Low - Dumb, but not unbearable viewing
Riffing: Hilarious
Skits: Wildly funny
Amazing Colossal Grade: Grrr, these punks give giants a bad name!
Movie Pain: Low - Dumb, but not unbearable viewing
Riffing: Hilarious
Skits: Wildly funny
"VOTG" is a riot from beginning to end with a plethora of quips drawn from the world of arts and entertainment: The musical "Bye, Bye Birdie" -"We hate you Conrad"-, author H.P. Lovecraft -"Cthulu" and I loved the line... "Charles Bukowski's sink". At the end Servo even mixes Oz with Andy Griffith -"Surrender Aunt Bea"-
In addition to those riffs, there's also; Servo spotting his Mother in the movie, the pointed slams on Kirk, a couple of funny Beatles references, and a nice callback to Bert's "Amazing Colossal Man" -The ducks recite Glen Manning's famous diatribe on sin- Heck, even a cheap "burp", performed by Crow when the Sheriff pats Kirk's tummy a few times, is a gas (bad pun, I know).
All that and the host segments are some of the best, with Frank getting fired and being replaced by Torgo.
Host Segments
Intro: A hearty workout on the SOL. Segment 1: Mike makes juice and Frank gets fired. Segment 2: Torgo is hired. Segment 3: M&TB interview Frank. Segment 4: "Let Me Be Frank About Frank". End: Frank tricks Torgo and gets his job back. Stinger: None, a tribute to Frank Zappa. But if I were to chose one... Opie takes a face full of red spray
* "Oh for dumb!" - Crow
* "Uh, she's tonguing the universe." - Servo
* "If it rains much more they will turn into sea monkey's." - Mike
* "I blinded me with science." - Crow as Opie
* "Chicks love big ducks, let's face it." - Crow
* "First base is a lot larger than I remember" - Mike as Johnny Crawford
* "You made my shirt a bra" - Crow as Tommy
* "I reject Tommy Kirk and all his works." - Crow
* "Just think - now that girl looks like leather, smells like Marlboro's and Giorgio, and makes her grandchildren call her by her first name." - Mike
* "Look, free breast rides and we'll waive the membership fees." - Mike as Beau Bridges
* "Mom, No! She's putting out for a nickel ... I have no mother." - Servo
* "Most of the town didn't have a problem with the Giant Regime." - Mike
* "Oh; I didn't grow proportionately" - Mike as Pete
* "Okay, sheriff, we've given your idea a lot of thought and we've decided to step on you." - Servo as Beau Bridges
* "Okay, show of hands: Who wet 'em?" - Mike as the Sheriff
* "So far, there's not a thing one wrong with this movie" - Crow (as girls dance)
* "Take me, you savage Mouseketeer" - Crow as Nancy
* "Tommy Kirk discussing 'goo' makes me very uncomfortable." - Servo
* "I dreamed I was standing by a big dead duck in my underwear." - Servo
* "What sins could a duck commit in a single lifetime?" - Crow as a Giant Duck
Riff Explained
"Back and to the left" - Crow
This comes from a scene in Oliver Stone's "JFK", when Kevin Costner (As Jim Garrison) explains his "5th shot" theory. Crow says this after Genius is sprayed in the face with red liquid.
"The guy's a lousy rebel" - "And he's never ever gonna be any good" - Giant/Mike
This refers to a line in the song "He's a Rebel". Which was a #1 hit in 1962 for "The Crystals". Who actually didn't do the song. Producer Phil Spector couldn't get the Crystals to come to L.A. from Brooklyn because they were afraid of flying. So he recorded the song -written by Gene Pitney (See show #619)- with "The Blossoms" but didn't give them credit on the record.
Stuff and Nonsense
* The Beau Brummels were NOT from England as M&TB suppose. They were actually a band from San Francisco, with one member who was born in Ireland. Those 2 songs they performed ("When it Comes to Your Love" and "Woman") are available on the band's second album "Vol. 2".
* For more cool trivia and info, check out this great site: VillageoftheGiants.net
Available on DVD: Volume 27
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