Also oddly fond of Servo’s butterfly stage (probably because of Mike’s revulsion and the party proboscis). When Crow and Servo explode into unintelligible snarling while portraying Bollus and Horseflop (Horsefly?), I’m in tears. They put me into hysterical laughing fits every single time. Segment 1 (Mike helps the Bots with their claymation therapy) and Segment 3 (Screaming skull) are two of my all-time favorites.
#Mst3k robot rumpus movie
I’ve seen this episode a million times, and I bust up every time it gets to that bit, probably the funniest bad-splice riff since Racket Girls.ītw, while we’re on the subject of Peggy Webber, was she ever in a movie where she didn’t appear constantly distraught and neurotic? Snow: Eric, I think I should tell you that Jenni has conf (cut) in me about the sanitarium.
…and, one of my favorites, one of those brilliant riffs that comes from bad splices: “You know, the Bible speaks of losers like you…” Still, the MST3K version, while not an instant favorite, was one of those episodes that grew on me very quickly, due in large part to the riffing: Even then, it seemed a bit dull, and slow to get moving. The Screaming Skull is one of those old clunkers I remember from my teenage late-night “Creature Feature” watching days. So…some?” Honorable mention: “GET A BOX!” Barry Schulman, who renewed them one last time just before getting canned, gets a special mention in the credits. Andrea DuCane couldn’t do hair and makeup this episode (the only episode in season 9 where she didn’t) so Mary K. In front of the camera, Peggy Webber was in “Space Children.” Nicholson worked on too many MST3K movies to name. Cast and crew roundup: Executive producers Samuel Z.And the episode closes out with a little blast from the past: a forced perspective gag.I have to assume Kevin was boiling in that costume inside a costume.His “this must be a great place to work” comment is probably something they heard at BBI a lot. That’s Patrick in the closing bit as the delivery guy.Also note, right at the end of the sketch, Mike’s elbow accidentally(?) brushes against Servo’s head - and of course it immediately falls off.I particularly like the way Mike keeps screaming in horror as he carefully selects just the right golf club. Segment 3 is an all-time favorite, one of those Looney Tunes-style segments that works perfectly.Jenni disrobes down to her underwear at one point, and I think the movie was trying to titilate the audience a bit, but jeez-louise that is the least sexy bra ever.That’s Barb Tebben as the as operator at Coffins Etc.This may not be the worst print of a movie they ever riffed, but it’s up there.As I understand it, we are to believe that, in addition to the skulls evil hubby Eric was placing around the house, the ghost of Eric’s dead first wife was capable of conjuring up tangible, corporeal objects (see the skeleton in the wedding dress, which is clearly a physical object–though it is transparent as it runs around the garden) in revenge for what we assume was his murder of her? Last time around I wrote a long plea for somebody to explain the movie to me, and I got several good responses.And the segment is hilarious, a rare look at the world through the eyes of the bots. Again, another nice build for segment 1.So I think you can pretty much blame him for this movie.
Alex Nicol, who plays unhinged gardener Mickey, was also the director.Fave riff from the short: “Thank goodness for the internal genitalia!”.The reaction by fans was overwhelmingly positive, with a lot of calls for more cartoons. The short is simply sublime, hilarious from start to finish.M&tB are still wearing their costumes as they enter the theater.I wonder why Pearl didn’t mention the short in her intro.The opening bit in the castle is one of those long-walk-for-a-little-bit gags, but I have to admit everybody’s costumes are pretty funny.Watch Mike as Servo explains his metamorphosis.Nice build on Servo in the opening segment kudos to whoever did it.This was the last episode of the show broadcast on Sci Fi Channel, January 31, 2004.This episode is featured on Shout’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Vol XXXI.Bill’s thoughts on the episode are here.The segments are hit and miss, but a couple of them are real classics. I wonder how it even came up that they would be able to use this cartoon. This is another one of those episode where the spectacularly funny short outshines some decent riffing on a drab, dull movie.
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