<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u2022 A lot of people say this may be Bert I.’s best, and it may be true. It’s definitely possible to get caught up in this one, as strange as it is. The riffing is good and the host segments are what we’ve come to expect from season four. Definitely a fun episode.
\n\u2022 This episode was included in Rhino\u2019s \u201cThe Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 11.\u201d
\n\u2022 “This is one dark mama-jama of a movie,” Joel says toward the end, and, wow, is it ever. It\u2019s also kinda dull for the first half, although the weirdness overwhelms the blandness in the second half. The script makes some bold narrative choices: nobody can sympathize with the awful, grasping, brassy Vi, and Tom didn’t actively kill her and yet he is still subjected to blackmail and as nightmarish haunting. It seems like Tom’s biggest mistake (not counting killing the hipster) was not immediately reporting Vi’s death.
\n\u2022 Cambot is leaning WAY over the desk to shoot Joel in the opening.
\n\u2022 That\u2019s definitely Mike as \u201cThe Aunt Catherine Wheel\u201d and \u201cUncle Carl,\u201d and it sounds like the same voice as \u201cGrammy Fisher\u201d and \u201cAunt Ethel\u201d but who is it? Trace, maybe?
\n\u2022 I have a special fondness for the \u201cdrinking jacket\u201d invention \u2014 I created my own and wore it in the costume contest at the second convention.
\n\u2022 Sadly the “Spalding, old man!” joke is not so funny now.
\n\u2022 Movie comment: They’re sending the invitations only a week before the wedding?
\n\u2022 I\u2019m no expert on men\u2019s calves but certain people of the female persuasion have expressed agreement with Crow\u2019s assessment. Any thoughts on Joel’s calves?
\n\u2022 This episode’s overused joke: \u201cSessions presents…\u201d Once or twice, okay, but they really beat it to death.
\n\u2022 After segment 2, Joel is so excited he playfully tosses Tom as they reenter the theater (Kevin is apparently laying on his back waiting to catch him).
\n\u2022 Crow goofs: The snack bar chef is NOT Merritt Stone. That\u2019s Gene Roth. But Stone IS in the movie: he\u2019s the clergyman who marries Tom and his bride.
\n\u2022 Callback: “Charles Moffett…” (Ring of Terror)
\n\u2022 Joel suggests this is more depressing than hanging in a bar talking to Neil Young. Why is talking to Neil Young depressing? He seems like a pretty cheerful guy.
\n\u2022 One highlight of the episode is the hilarious \u201chappy thoughts song,\u201d including Frank’s verse at the end. Great stuff. Note that the Prince Roach from episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED is on the floor near Frank.
\n\u2022 I’ve always enjoyed Joel’s use of the phrase “K’nerping for moisture.”
\n\u2022 During the song, Tom Servo’s head falls off. They keep going.
\n\u2022 Cast and crew roundup: Of course, many of the people who worked on this worked on other BIG movies, to wit: scriptwriter George Worthing Yates also wrote “Earth vs. The Spider” and “War of the Colossal Beast.” Cinematographer Ernest Laszlo also worked “The Space Children.” Editor John Bushelman worked “War of the Dinosaurs” and “Village of the Giant. Costumer Marge Corso worked on “Earth Vs. the Spider,” “Teenage Caveman,” “Bloodlust” and “The She-Creature.” And of course Albert Glasser did every movie ever. In front of the camera, in addition to Gene Roth and Merritt Stone, there’s Harry Fleer, who was also in “The Unearthly,” Vera Marshe, who was also in “The Space Children” and George Stanley, who was in “Earth Vs. Spider.”
\n\u2022 CreditsWatch: Host segments directed by Kevin Murphy. Tim Scott replaces Brian Wright as audio guy. Andrea DuCane did hair and makeup (the third of three times this season). And it is with this episode that we say farewell to Alexandra Carr, who was with the show since the KTMA days and did just about every job, including writer and performer. Her departure caused a lot of title shifts, but we’ll deal with that in the next episode. “Ammendment” is still spelled wrong.
\n\u2022 Fave riff: “Honey, I’m ho-o-o-o-oh, yeah, you’re dead.” Honorable mention: “C’mon, we’re going bowling.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nMovie: (1960) A betrothed jazz pianist believes he’s escaped his troublesome mistress when he fails to save her from a fall. But then he’s visited by her ghost … and a blackmailer.<\/p>\n
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