{"id":1264,"date":"2016-07-14T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2016-06-18T07:55:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T11:55:51","slug":"episode-guide-516-alien-from-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"Episode guide: 516- Alien from L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Movie:<\/strong> (1987) An airheaded Valley Girl follows her explorer father to the center of the Earth.<\/p>\n

First shown:<\/strong> 11\/20\/93
\nOpening:<\/strong> Boot camp at Fort Satellite O’ Love
\nInvention exchange:<\/strong> Dr. F demonstrates the vend-a-gut, M&tB have invented fridge udders (teats!)
\nHost segment 1:<\/strong> M&tB discuss that supermodel. What’s her name?
\nHost segment 2:<\/strong> M&tB sing: “My Wild Irish Ireland”
\nHost segment 3:<\/strong> M&tB introduce the “guess Kathy’s emotions” game
\nEnd:<\/strong> Nothing more to say about the movie, Mike reads a letter, in Deep 13, Frank still is dropping quarters
\nStinger:<\/strong> “Yuck!”
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\u2022 This is a wonderful episode. Great riffs, great segments and a real departure of a movie. Dull surprise!
\n\u2022 This episode is on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. XXVI.
\n\u2022 References. http:\/\/www.annotatedmst.com\/episodes\/alienfromla\/index.htm
\n\u2022 Speaking of \u201cMike won me over\u201d moments (as we were last week), I had a good friend for whom Mike\u2019s deranged “Hello, Joker!” greeting did the trick.
\n\u2022 Let me just say it: Teats! For several days after this episode, online MSTiedom was full of people saying \u201cteats\u201d just because they could.
\n\u2022 The desk on the bridge magically vanishes so they can do the “fridge tipping” gag.
\n\u2022 Mike does a little Joel-esque climbing around on the movie in the theater.
\n\u2022 This week\u2019s non-spaghetti ball bumpers: pan across the lab to a beaker, pan down to the notebook, pan from globe to blackboard as roll of toilet paper flies by.
\n\u2022 I love the first segment, where the bots assume the personality of that out-of-it relative surely everybody has. Sounds just like my mother-in-law (God rest her soul). By the way, I think they were thinking of Paulina Porizkova.
\n\u2022 The bots are still wearing their outfits as they enter the theater after segment 2.
\n\u2022 Obscure reference not mentioned on the references page: Ballet Trockadero<\/a>.
\n\u2022 I don’t really get why they keep saying Kathy has “big bones” Is it because she’s tall (Kathy’s 5’10”)? Usually \u201cbig bones\u201d is a euphemism for \u201coverweight,\u201d which Kathy is not.
\n\u2022 The classic Dull Surprise sketch immediately launched a catchphrase.
\n\u2022 Mike reacts harshly to mention of “Captain Ron” and finds it necessary to lay down the law … justifiably, in my view.
\n\u2022 Callbacks: It’s Klandinctu! (Crash of the Moons) He’s the best! (Pod People). This to me is good TV. (Jack Perkins).
\n\u2022 Crow is very “helpful” (i.e. blathering inane factoids) quite a few times in the theater — causing Tom tell him to shut up repeatedly.
\n\u2022 As if there weren\u2019t already enough classic bits in this episode, the \u201cfemmy movies\u201d bit<\/a> at the end is great fun. Nice way to distract from a long credit sequence, but several times they mention something called a \u201cvideo store,\u201d whatever that is.
\n\u2022 Cast and crew round up: Not a big one this week. Executive producer Avi Lerner also worked on “Outlaw.” Production designer Pamela Warner was an assistant art director on “Being from Another Planet.” In front of the camera, Russel Savadier is also in “Outlaw.”
\n\u2022 CreditsWatch: Host segments directed by Trace Beaulieu. “My Wild Irish Ireland” written and arranged by: Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson and David Sussman.
\n\u2022 Fave riff: “This whole room smells like my eyes!” Honorable mention: “Hey Count Chocula, clear the shot.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Movie: (1987) An airheaded Valley Girl follows her explorer father to the center of the Earth.<\/p>\n

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