optiMSTieNot at all sure that I'm ready for Surgically Enhanced Starfighters.
This is going to be one greasy looking movie... as it is already.
Dr. Forrester getting antsy over Cowboy Mike's Original Red-Hot Ricocheeeeeeeeeeet BBQ Sauce not being bold is SO Dr. Forrester.
My new current favorite bit of closed captioning is now " (cowboy cheering and laughter) "
Title: "THE STARFIGHTERS"
Crow: "The Sean Penn Story!"
As someone who *cannot* stand Sean Penn, that riff is... therapeutic.
Even for gratuitous refueling sequences, this seems rather gratuitous.
Servo: "Geez, we should have Donna Summer singing for this scene."
Mike: "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII love to fuel ya, baby..."
This show, for real. Y'all.
Crow: "It was really awkward 'cause he yelled out Cordite Four, but he was with Cordite FIVE!"
Servo: "Oh, no, no, stay, I'll cook breakfast, over."
Mike: "Cordite Four, promise you'll call?"
[scream-laughing]
This movie has a much better, groovier, jazzier soundtrack than it deserves.
The Starfighters is squaresville, man.
I have no idea who The Starfighters was for.
Who among us HAVEN'T sauntered away from the phone while being put on hold, only for the operative to pick up while you're still away?
This cuts deep, is what I'm saying.
SERVO AND MIKE DANCING IN THE THEATER TO THE GENTLE EASYGOING FLIGHT MUSIC 😍
Say whatever you will about Monster a-Go-Go, but at least THAT had dancing at that Shakey's.
And the monster that wasn't a monster but... well, you know.
Huge slam on Blossom outta nowhere!
That Frankenhooker reference is unnecessarily savage. Also, hilarious.
[quick lunch break time]
Time to go back in! :D
Crow: "Is that the one guy?"
Servo: "Which guy is this guy?"
Mike: "That one other guy."
Crow: "Which guy?"
Mike: "I dunno!"
Accurate.
Character: "Vegas is a swingin' town!"
There is not one (1) character in this movie who should be using the term "swingin'."
[unfortunate aerial noise]
Servo: "Well, at least excuse yourself!"
He was saying what we were all thinking.
It feels wrong to admit that this theme music is kinda catchy.
Servo: "Did they ever consider that this WASN'T riveting?"
No. No, they did not ever.
This movie wasn't so much edited as it was put together by a series of blunt chops and strikes.
Mike, flatly and mechanically: "Ah, yes, that provided much needed comic relief from all the gripping drama."
Hahahahaha, PERFECT
[during a bland makeout session in a car]
Crow: "Anybody up for Travel Yahtzee?"
I will always be in awe of how good this writing is.
Mike: "Remember the world before this film? Before refueling?"
"The cutting room floor was remarkably clean."
Ain't that the truth?
The Surgically Enhanced print of the phone REALLY makes the red of the phone come through.
The United Servo Academy Men's Chorus Hymn will always be an A++ host segment.
Kevin Murphy and those golden pipes. [chef's kiss]
Guy: "What was the number of the downed plane?"
Mike: "Uh, four."
This show. This freaking show.
[during a rescue sequence]
Mike: "Oh, it was pretty rough, man! I had to eat a lizard and drink my urine!"
Servo: "BUT YOU WERE ONLY HERE FOR TEN MINUTES"
Maybe my favorite riff of the episode... *maybe.*
This movie works because we *care* about the characters.
[eye-rolls]
Servo: "So, how much penance does this movie count for? Couple years?"
Oh, if only.
[whew]
Aaaaaaand that was... not a great payoff for the movie.
It feels more like a wallet surrendering than a payoff.
This episode ended the only way it could: with Crow using the Information Superhighway to play four-person Boogers with some guy named Frodo.
These host segments with Synthia and Kinga are just the absolute best.
God, I love the Turkey Day Marathons.
And now, a little something lighter with Catalina Caper! LET'S GO :D
Love Servo's prayer: "And Robocop, even though he got a raw deal, but that's really none of my business."
The closed captioning for Frank's "eyuck-geoo" is transcribed as " (goofy noises) ", and honestly, that's as it should be.
That opening song "Never Steal Anything Wet" is an ALL-TIME BANGER.
Grading on a generous curve, of course.
I'm ALWAYS here for a "CHARLIE! THEY TOOK MY THUMB!" reference to The Pope of Greenwich Village.
This is why I'll love this show forever.
We get references to Frankie Avalon and Dom DeLuise.
I'd like to think that this is how we brought The Million Eyes of Sumuru and Munchie upon ourselves for Season 13.
And we're introduced to the Creepy Girl, who would inspire the same terrific host segment song of the same name.
Not getting the creepiness that they allude to, but I'll allow it, because we got that song.
LITTLE RICHARD :D
Servo: "Prince, I hope you're watching this."
Crow: "Hey, we have a chair downstairs with that upholstery."
Servo: "Looks like a coffin lining."
Joel: "Hey, get the funk outta my face."
I LOVE THIS WHOLE SEQUENCE :D
THE CREEPY GIRL SONG :D
Another shining gold host segment for Kevin Murphy's Tom Servo. Just wonderful.
"The first E is for, uh, well, I don't really know, but the second E is more of a grammatical thing, because otherwise, it would be 'Crepy Girl,' and where would that leave us?"
Meanwhile, on the launch date of MTV...
Context: a woman shows up with her band out of nowhere and decides that they have to perform a song to save a bunch of relationships that could go sour.
Crow's riff: "Hey, it's Gloria Estefan and the Catalina Deus Ex Sound Machina!"
That is an incredibly dense joke with five layers, and another reason as to why I love this show so much. Best riff of the episode, and one of the very best riffs of the series. Just incredible.
"YA GOT ME!"
I don't get any of this, so... there IS that.
I could live to be a thousand, and I would never get tired of the comedic chemistry of Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff as Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank.
Those Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis voices, OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD.
[as the silly agent identifies himself]
Goofy guy: "Fingers O'Toole."
Tom Servo: "F.B.I., Pratfall Division."
Bless this ridiculous show forever.
That brings Catalina Caper to an incoherent and waterlogged end!
Up next in the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon is a personal favorite of mine, The Horror of Party Beach!
And now that I think about it, those are two films that really needed a crossover installment: The Horror of Party Beach Versus the Fools of Catalina Caper...
How could you NOT love Servo as a Gyuto monk achieving transcendence?
(Or at least using his speakers to pull a fast one on Mike?)
Mike celebrates Flavia's assessment of him: "She thinks I'm average-looking! :D "
I feel seen here.
REAL TALK: Mike and the 'Bots bust on this soundtrack a lot, but honestly?
I'm loving the music of the Del-Aires here. I'm a sucker for that surf rock sound, so...
[shrugs]
Also, it bears noting that I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this episode, The Horror of Party Beach.
At the end of Season 8, Space Mutiny, Time Chasers, and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank haul in a bunch of praise, and deservedly so (Space Mutiny is my fourth favorite episode behind The Final Sacrifice, Mitchell, and Jack Frost), but The Horror of Party Beach deserves to have its praises sung among those more celebrated episodes.
Crow using a goofy voice on the stupid monster design: "Is there anyone who enjoys pickles as much as I do? D'oh-oh!"
FIRST ROUND K.O.
Crow on the song Wigglin' Wobblin': "I think what they're really trying to say here is 'whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.' "
Servo: "But you're missing the underlying message, which is 'wiggle wiggle wobble wobble!' "
Love these goobers forever.
[as bikers attempt to use their leader as a human battering ram in a fight]
Crow: "Hey, I don't think this is a good idea, guys. Let's think about this, no, d-don't don't- OWWW MY NECK IS BROKEN"
freaking LOVE this :D
Ricki Yasha Tarr@optiMSTie Wow that is a line up, we need a watch party!
@RickiTarr I'd definitely be down for a watch party with a lineup like that, for sure, especially where enthusiastic MSTies are a part of the experience!
Michael K@optiMSTie ❤️ Creepy Girl 😂
@nifta Absolutely a series highlight! :D