Cast and crew roundup: special effects guy Ray Mercer also worked on “Lost Continent,” “I Accuse My Parents,” “Radar Secret Service,” “Last of the Wild Horses” and “The Sinister Urge.” Sound guy Titus Moody worked on “Incredibly Strange Creatures.” Score composer Gene Kauer also worked on “Atomic Brain” and “Agent for H.A.R.M.” Producer Anthony Cardoza, worked on “The Hellcats” and “Red Zone Cuba.” Producer Anthony Cardoza and cinematographer Austin McKinney worked on “The Skydivers.”.I said in 1997, and I still say today, that the Academy should have had Crow and Mike do segment 3 at the Oscars that year (the year “MST3K: The Movie” came out).At the sight of a coyote, Tom says “Humphrey!” That coyote looks nothing like Humphrey.Like Frank, I like to eat lunch at 11:30.Still another: A reference to the short-lived TV show “The Five Mrs.Another then-current reference: “Marlon Brando arrives for the Larry King Interview.” Honestly, it seemed like a big deal at the time.Did anybody notice that the opening of TBOYF is vaguely reminiscent of the opening of “The Dead Talk Back”?.Maybe the mention of rum in the short? By the way, during the sketch Tom shouts “water buffalo!” at the partiers.
Segment 1 seems to come out of the blue. Callbacks: “This nose wheel feels mushy” (San Francisco International) and, of course, “I’m Cherokee Jack” (and several other references to Red Zone Cuba). Non-spaghetti ball bumpers: Film canister, book, beaker, bulletin board. The riffing in the second short has a lot of “fill in the blanks” jokes, as in “A booming economy…” “…is not here.” I don’t think they overdid it, but I think they hit the limit on that one. As a side note: I doubt that noted abolitionist Ben Franklin would say “Would you have your slave press my suit?” but I’m willing to overlook that one amid some great riffing. A nice mix, too: one classic 50s educational short, followed by an industrial. A rare two-shorter (the last one was in season 3). The political segments managed (mostly) not to offend folks of any particular stripe, but also managed to make some smart satirical observations. Of course the riffing is good in this episode: Mike already riffed on it during his training before his first experiment, as mentioned in episode 513- THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE. This episode can be found on Shout’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Vol. This terrible, terrible movie, the very sharp riffing (especially given what they had to work with in the main feature) plus not one but TWO shorts and some great, memorable host segments, makes for a classic episode. Ah, part 3 of the Coleman Francis trilogy, with the extra special sticky badness of Tor Johnson thrown in.
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