Oh this would be a good msting candidate for season 8, just think of all the X-File & MIB jokes they could have done. While there are dead spots a-plenty in this episode, there are also a couple of real good quips from all 3 of our theater dwellers. "It's a surprisetory!" - Crow. As well as a few pop culture references - Such as Joel singing some Loudon Wainwright (Bell Bottom Pants), Tom quoting from the short-lived "Far Out Space Nuts" (I said lunch not launch), and Crow thinking he's spotted some Danish radio equipment from "Bang & Olafson" on the alien craft.
The host segments are all aces as well (Kibbles and Bots? LOL). Very solid effort, though they do drop the ball a few times (Darren McGavin stars, so where are the Kolchak riffs?)
Host Segments
Intro: Joel rubs his head, announces the name of the movie, and shouts, "Movie sign!" Segment 1: A Meteor shower is heading for the SOL and Crow bugs Joel with child-like questions. Segment 2: Crow's memory is purged, no more complete episodes of "Punky Brewster", No more "Lyle Wagner Penile Implant Show", no more "George Hamilton Skin Care Hour". Segment 3: Crow's first memory - Joel reveals that the golden bots name stands for "Cybernetic Remotely Operated Woman"... Just kidding. End: The fan club is near its 1,000th member. Joel announces that there's a surprise (A demon dog) waiting for that lucky fan whose #1,000. No Stinger: But if I chose one - Men in black scramble up a hill as an overdubbed voice says... "Come on, we gotta get that rock back!"
Notable Riffs
"I feel like I know more than I already do" - Joel / "We're up a specific creek"- Servo / "Quick, call the cable company" - They'll never get the Disney channel now" - Crow/Joel / "Is there any exterior damage?" - "Taillights broken" - Bill/Crow / "What if they open it up and Meatloaf was in there" - Servo / "They're waiting for Prince to come out" - Joel / "Now they're glad they have rubber suits on" - Joel / "It's a Tor Johnson festival"- Crow /"They're dating one of our women!" - Joel on the Aliens / "Scientists check in but they can't check out" - Joel / "Hey, that's not an exit" - Crow (said as car drives off the road) / "Hey? A fine-tooth comb!" - Crow
Stuff & Nonsense
* I'm thrilled to see Darren McGavin on MST (like me he was born in Spokane, WA in the month of May). McGavin's best work can be seen in, "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the father in "A Christmas Story".
* Devo hair? Joel makes this observation about all the perfect hairstyles in the movie. Though best known for the red flower pot hats - New Wave band "Devo", once wore plastic hair on an album cover and in videos.
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