• 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS–Christmas versions of the bots: Tom’s head is a snow globe, Crow’s nose is a festive red. A great touch to a perennial favorite episode.
• 510- THE PAINTED HILLS–ingot Crow: Hilarious bot building.
• 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN–Weather Servo 9: It’s cooooold in space.
• 609- THE SKY DIVERS–Planetarium Tom: Let’s probe Uranus!
• 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS–Servo’s new head!: My all-time favorite. Riotous.
• 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT–huge Tom Servo: Movie bad!
• 806- THE UNDEAD–imp Crow: Tee-hee!
• 814- RIDING WITH DEATH–Tom’s buttless truck driver body: “Hideous”–Mike Nelson.
• 912- THE SCREAMING SKULL–screaming skull Crow: hilarious build for a hilarious segment
• 1007- TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST–Blossomed Tom: looks tasty!
Honorable mention:
• 511- GUNSLINGER–“Kaboom” Tom: Pop him!
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Okay, for this one, I am doing only structural changes to the bots themselves, not costumes, wigs, etc. There are many more than this. My favorites, in episode order:
The first trailer for the independent film “Triptosane,” which features the voice of Trace Beaulieu, is now out.
I ran through the list of episodes and found that I had almost no memory of the theme music for most of the movies. I guess, being mostly low-budget affairs, the themes were forgettable, But I did come up with five that jumped out at me. I’m sure you guys will remember others I’ve overlooked. Here’s my list: • Episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO: The credits theme is full of insane brass and wild screaming. Great stuff. • Episode 204- CATALINA CAPER: “Never Steal Anything Wet” sung by Motown great Mary Wells. Though this is not the catchiest tune. • Episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS: “Hurray for Santy Claus” A song guaranteed to get a theater full of sugared-up kids even more excited. • Episode 508- OPERATION DOUBLE 007: “The Man for Me” song by an Ennio Morricone regular Khristy. Great additional lyrics by Joel and Bots, but already a bombastic wonder. • Episode 601- GIRLS TOWN: “Girls Town Blues” sung by Paul and Mamie. Sets the tone for the zaniness to come. Honorable mention: “Mah, mah, mah, mah, Mitchell” from episode 512- MITCHELL. Oh Hoyt, how could you! The Newark Star-Ledger writes about Cinematic Titanic. However, the author, who claims to be a fan, either has a bad memory or a bad fact-checker.
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