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<\/a><\/p>\nMovie: <\/strong> (2019) A paranormal investigator finds himself in the middle of a battle for possession of a magical talisman.<\/p>\n Host: <\/strong>Joel.<\/p>\n Opening: <\/strong>In the cold open, Kinga and Synthia are waiting for Dr. Erhardt to return with a host. When he arrives, the host is … Joel! And a somewhat older one at that. But Erhardt didn’t bring Joel’s bots, so Kinga grabs Emily’s bots.<\/p>\n Invention exchange: <\/strong>The Mads have electric lassos, but Joel explains their long history. Joel has given Tom a mood globe.<\/p>\n Segment 1:<\/strong> J&tB present “Fears,” a demon sitcom, but the bots have second thoughts.<\/p>\n Segment 2:<\/strong> Joel gives Tom Servo his original voice back. After intermission, Pearl introduces herself but Joel has no memories of Dr. F ever mentioning her.<\/p>\n Segment 3:<\/strong> J&tB DemonProv, a\u00a0 demon improv show. The Mads are impressed.<\/p>\n Close: <\/strong>The bots want to visit Emily’s again and Synthia and Pearl approve. The Mads have caught the improv bug.<\/p>\n Stinger: <\/strong>Nick makes his move.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> Movie: (2019) A paranormal investigator finds himself in the middle of a battle for possession of a magical talisman.<\/p>\n Host: Joel.<\/p>\n Opening: In the cold open, Kinga and Synthia are waiting for Dr. Erhardt to return with a host. When he arrives, the host is … Joel! And a somewhat older one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode-guide","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33243"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33466,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33243\/revisions\/33466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mst3kinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 This episode premiered on June 24, 2022.
\n\u2022 Joel has brought along with him a digital version of the episodes 101-512 door sequence.
\n\u2022 Fans of Cinematic Titanic know what a gift it is whenever J. Elvis riffs, and this ep demonstrated that again.
\n\u2022 Tom still has his J. Elvis voice in the theater, the first time since season 1.
\n\u2022 Long-time readers of this guide may be aware that I have exactly one criterion for whether I like an episode: am I laughing? In this case, oh my, I was laughing quite a bit. Some very funny stuff in this one.
\n\u2022 This week\u2019s LOTR ref: “That’s a wrap on Sauron.”
\n\u2022 Callbacks<\/strong>: “Pretty niiice.” Somebody gets called a “dickweed.” “Lentils.”
\n\u2022 Fave riff<\/strong>: “Party invites. And cryptocurrancy. Okay, two things.”
\n\u2022 Honorable mention:<\/strong> “To be fair, he does have resting punch face.” “Pete Davidson out.” “All the same room.” “Pregnant pause…” “My one weakness: a firm but gentle push.” “Right in the mysogyny.” “I”m gonna need a larger hangar from which to suspend my disbelief.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n