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Thursday, November 25, 2021

701 - Night of the Blood Beast

They're using his body for a breeding ground!

 

A movie about progressive unions.

You can eat turkey about any day of the year. Same goes with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, and various casserole dishes. But, what makes them so special when they’re served on Thanksgiving? Is it the preponderance of goodness? Is it the people we have it with? I think, like a great MST3K episode, it’s a combination of deliciousness served with some of your favorite people. And, like a fine Thanksgiving dish, Night of the Blood Beast offers up a fine turkey of a film to be carved up with friends and family and served with delicious hilarity.


Ancient Flash animation.

As Mike says in Satellite News’ Episode Guide, “like 78% of the films shown on MST, this one starts with a rocket crash.” Astronaut John has something make contact with his spacecraft while he’s up in the poorly animated heavens which sends him crashing back to earth, seemingly killing him. The rest of what I guess is the local branch of NASA (consisting of four people, an open top jeep, and the kind of truck the Joad family used) show up to take his body back. Once there, they discover he’s in a form of suspended animation and is, for lack of a better word, impregnated with shrimp-like alien fetuses. During the night, one of the scientists gets his head bitten off off-screen, and John wakes up, confused but seemingly alive. This is because of the titular Blood Beast which takes a rather inopportune time to introduce itself by bashing through a door. John defends the alien, saying it’s trying its best to communicate by ingesting the scientist’s brain to learn about humans and is only trying to save its kind. The rest of his coworkers, including his girlfriend, aren’t too thrilled. Things end with a confrontation in regular sci-fi filming location Bronson Canyon, where impregnated astronaut John realizes the alien will overrun humanity and insists his coworkers immolate him and his alien baby daddy. They do, not a little bit reluctantly. Brought to you by Roger Corman.


"You've got a serious infection of seafood appetizer."

Again, as Mike says, “Like 84% of films produced by Roger Corman, this quickly turns to one featuring gray men talking flatly in a gray office.” I’d also add its occasionally interspersed with a monster attack or two. Like, literally two. Suffice to say, this is about as typical riffing fodder as a movie for this show gets; it’s a goofy black-and-white science fiction fable that tries to be serious, is low-budget, filled with padding, and has a cheesy monster in it. But what makes this episode stand out so much?

John is ignoring some serious red flags about his partner.

First is the riffing. Fresh off what the cast and crew often describe as the life-draining experience of making MST3K The Movie, according to Mike they were more than happy to be back writing and in control of their own work. And their passion for what they’re doing shines through. Nearly opportunity for a joke, no matter how small, is taken. When two of the scientists approach infected/impregnated John, Mike says, “Hey weirdo, hey freak how are the shrimps?” As not-NASA shows up with an old truck to retrieve the dead astronaut, Tom says, “Great how they can run the space program and sell corn from their flatbed truck.” Just showing a stream of water prompts a classy reference as Crow says, “George said if I ever got in trouble to come back to the place by the crik.” Even when a character does something as simple as walk up to another, they get in a joke like Tom saying, “Hey, come in here and help me shake the candy machine.” The episode is littered with little goofs like that that just pile up the funny like a mountain of stuffing. The riffs come so fast and frequently it can make the modern seasons seems low and quiet! And boy does it pay off.


A fine cast of Steves.

Then there’s the excellent running gags. Thanks to some confusing edits, it seems like everyone at the farm-to-table space program is named Steve, including the women, so that when things spiral out of control and two scientists plot what to do about John, Crow says, “Hard to trust a guy not named Steve.” Then there’s Mike and the Bots absolutely pouncing on the idea that Steve and the alien have a tawdry love affair and shotgun wedding thanks to it knocking him up. When all the characters show up to confront John who has run away with the Blood Beast, Mike asks, “Okay, bride side, or Blood Beast side?” It all even culminates in Tom singing “Steves don’t preach, I’m in trouble deep.” Now THAT’S a development of a gag!


Nothing fancies up a movie like landline connections.

That’s not even mentioning the short! Once Upon a Honeymoon is an absolutely bizarre piece of mid-century corporate commercialism. An angel named Wilbur is tasked with helping songwriter Jeff and his wife Mary go on their honeymoon which has been derailed by a primadonna singer. So, Wilbur has to help Jeff get an idea for a new song. How does he do this? By helping the wife fantasize about redecorating their home, primarily with phones! Of course! Because this is by Bell Telephone, seemingly with the purpose of selling phones as home décor, but really coming across as an LSD trip home decorating musical with angels.


I... how do I even make a joke about this image?

Yeah, Mike and the Bots have a lot of fun with it. As Jeff sits down to try to write a song, Mike says, “What would Liberace Do? Uh, better not do that.” Servo makes great use of the woman singing into the phone, begging her in a muffled voice that, “There’s been a horrible accident… get to the hospital… nuclear reactor exploded…” Oh and then there’s him constantly giving the angel Charles Nelson Reilly’s voice. “Ah, there’s a frisbee in the gutter, ho ho!” he says as Wilber watches from atop the couple’s house. It’s fantastic, and a top 10, maybe top 5, short.


Someone should let the Blood Beast know Crow is playing the "fake pregnancy" card.

The other special thing about this one? There are two versions of it. Oh, the movie riffing is the same in both. But, one is the typical MST3K episode, with some fun host segments, mainly featuring introducing Pearl to the world of Deep 13, such as when she makes Dr F perform a hilariously bad trombone recital, or when Mike and the bots sing magically about phones. The phone skit really helps sell the unreality of the short, and the rest of the skits are fine, but that’s not what I’m talking about.


Something to be thankful for.

I’m talking about the original version that aired a the end of one of MST3K’s many Turkey Day Thanksgiving marathons on Comedy Central. Each classic episode featured original shorts with Deep 13 being invaded by recurring guest characters like Pitch and Mr. B Natural, all leading up to the Turkey Day version of the episode itself, featuring different host segments all focusing on America’s favorite food and family related holiday (all of which are conveniently on the DVD release.) The Turkey Day segments are a holiday hoot, from Mike and the Bots talking about “The Game” which Gypsy wonders is either football, soccer, or baseball, to a bitter argument over whether stuffing or potatoes are the best side. But the best segments are in Deep 13 as Dr. F deals with all the unwanted visitors invited by the recently-departed TV’s Frank. Watching Mike as Jack Perkins drunkenly hit on Bridget Jones’ Mr. B Natural while Pitch the devil sips wine is… pretty accurate to at least the tone of most Thanksgiving. This does have the effect that the movie segments never really reference the host segments, but it’s a small quibble over so much holiday-themed fun.


A nice rogue's gallery for the holiday.

Ever since MST3K started doing their Turkey Day marathons in the early 90s, the show has been synonymous with Thanksgiving for many fans. And episodes like Night of the Blood Beast are why: it’s about loved ones gathering together to chow down on something good, be it turkey or a turkey of a movie. And for that, I and other MSTies can only say, “Thanks for MST3K.”


Short in a Riff:

This would be a good companion film with Eraserhead. -Crow


Movie in a Riff:

At least this is better than Junior. -Servo


Random Asides:

-For coming in at such a weird point in the show’s history, when Frank had just left and making the Movie had so drained them, this episode and season in general sure turned out great.

-The Game! skit is how us non-sportsball people feel about sports. Thanks Gypsy. Yes, even some of us Texans don’t watch the Cowboys on Thanksgiving.

"Did you see that ludicrous display?"

-Pearl calls Crow “Art” again, and not for the last time.

-I love that Pearl just carries around a bad movie reel in her purse.

-In the battle between Stuffing and Potatoes: ”Stuffing, the combination of nature’s 4 earth elements: fire, water, sky and crumbs.” ; “Potatoes watch helplessly as man is beaten to death.”

-The “dumb Donna” jokes border on being mean, but they’ve made fun of guys for being dumb before, so I think they’re fine.

-Early Pearl is kinda mid western goofy sweet, but has some of the meanness that S8 and up would perfect

-They really thrive off the small setting and tiny cast; like goofing on an outward bound work excursion. A secluded location with a small cast of dopey characters and a cheesy monster just makes for solid MST3K.

-I like pearl saying ‘let’s all go around the table and each give thanks to God, no offense satan” Pitch: “None taken”

-Dr Forrester is thankful for, “...My mom, my evilness, my pending world domination, thank you. Oh, and for my friends, who will be leaving immediately after the meal!”

-Pitch is thankful for, among other things, Pat Buchanan.

- I love the awkward thanksgiving dinner at Deep 13, passive aggressive family, drunk relatives, randos, etc.

-So I actually watched and took notes for this one way back in ‘17 and never finished the review. My lazy ass’s bad! But I had plenty of notes to go off of and got to rewatch this one again, so works for me!

-According to SoL-Mates, Once Upon a Honeymoon is directed by Gower Champion,who directed Bye Bye Birdie and Hello, Dolly! Woah!

-Crow’s advice to Pearl about her parental woes with Clayton: “Kill him. That’s what I’d do.”

-Parental pearls of Pearl: “A mother has to support her son, no matter what a loser he is.”

-I love that Tom’s mincemeat pie costume bit devolves into random Tom Waits lyrics.

-”I have lain with the Blood Beast and I am pregnant!” Crow, trying to leech off pregnancy sympathy. He also has it against babies.

-I kinda feel bad for the kid who’s letter Crow interrupted with his selfish whining. 

-I like what Beth on It's Just a Show has to say about mid-century design. And no, Adam, the 16 episodes you recorded from the '91 Turkey Day marathon are NOT enough for your entire life.

-Steve?


Additional Links

SatelliteNews Review

MST3KFandom Entry

Episode Guide entry by Mike and Bridget.

SoL-Matespodcast

It’sJust a Show Podcast

Sunday, September 5, 2021

603 - The Dead Talk Back

A radio... to communicate with the departed.

 

Pictured: Me as I write these reviews.

An episode of MST3K can live or die on the SOL crew’s reaction to the movie being riffed. Ideally, the movie has a lot of badness going on to give them a lot to riff on, like in Carnival Magic. But, even a dull, dreary movie can result in a great episode, like Manos: The Hands of Fate. But, “die” is the appropriate word here, because The Dead Talk Back is as listless as a corpse. And though they have some fun, Mike and the Bots don’t bring much spark of life to it.


Sorry, I'm from Texas, all I have are gun jokes, not crossbow ones.

C’mon pal, if you’re gonna murder somebody, seize the moment!” Tom says during the movie’s beginning as a mysterious man stalks a woman before killing her with a crossbow. Seizing the moment could really apply to this movie, as even with a short before it, it drags its slow run time out like a zombie lumbering out of a grave. We meet psychic researcher Henry Krasker, a man with dramatic line delivery and fantastic hair who calls himself, “A bit of a private investigator”, to which Crow adds, “I sell parts of my record collection to make ends meet. I also manage a bowling alley. Oh, well, look I’m kind of between projects at the moment… Please help me.” Krasker claims to have made, “A radio... to communicate with the departed.” “Gasp!” exclaims Tom with absolute sincerity. We then meet the rest of the people at the boarding house Krasker lives in, characters who should be interesting but just come across as either bland or overacted, like a single mother, a jazz musician, a religious fanatic, and an aspiring model, who Krasker’s voice over tells us will be dead in an hour and a half. It feels like it takes the entire time getting there. “Renee now had 39.5 minutes to live… She now had 39 minutes to live. She now had 38.75 minutes to live…” Crow counts down as the movie kills time while Renee lays around her room. After her death, the movie basically becomes a slog of a police procedural as the cops bludgeon viewers with narration and interview every member of the household, badly. “And another brutal interrogation scene peters out,” Crow says. Eventually, the movie remembers, “Hey, this is about a guy with a radio that can communicate with the dead! Let’s try that!” So, with 30 minutes left, we get an excruciatingly long séance scene. “These poor people are gonna confess just so they can get outta here,” Mike figures. Eventually it turns out… the jazz musician did it! Also, there was no radio that could talk to the dead, they just had the victim’s friend dress up as her ghost to lure out the guilty party. The End.


Time killing tension!

While they have a fun good riffs at the movie’s expense, this is one of those movies that just drags, with enough plot for a short but dragged out to feature length. They could’ve dug deeper into the movie, such as having more fun with Krasker, who is on the edge of being an eccentric and memorable character. They try with making the old lady a food addict, and they do have some fun with the cop voices and their narration, but in the way of Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, where it felt like they were making more out of the movie than it was giving them, here the movie doesn’t give them a lot, is pretty dry, and they don’t built much on it. Like when Renea retreats to her room, and Crow says, “She’s sneaking into her own lingerie drawer,” or when the jazz musician talks about putting on some dillies with Renea, and says he doesn’t want his parents to know, Mike says, “They’re anti dilly.” Still, their professional riffer attitude does shine through, so we get some good lines like, when Renea talks to someone on the phone and says she’s not supposed to call someone there, Mike says, “You being Amish and all,” or when one of the cops enters the room to talk to another, Crow says, “Kiss me, hard.” The quantity of jokes is fine, but the quality just felt lacking to me.


Hogwarts' cooking instructor.

But, the episode is saved from the doldrums by two things. One is the short. The Selling Wizard is about display freezers for grocery stores made by Anheiser-Busch. The Wizard herself is an attractive woman in a semi-ridiculous outfit. Huzzah. It falls in the lower-middle of their shorts, not giving them a lot to work with, but being just kinda silly in that “internal industrial corporate video” way that they can breeze right through it. “Ah, the pizza dominatrix!” Tom cries when the Selling Wizard herself shows up. And as the short winds down, Mike calls it, “Leni Reifenstahl’s most powerful film.” It doesn’t quite give them as much to work on as something like Design for Dreaming, but this is the kind of short they can breeze right through. It’s just that that attitude would’ve benefited the movie itself more.


I heard a guy wearing weird sunglasses tell me all the boxes actually said, "We are your only God."

The other thing saving the episode is Crow’s Jerry Garcia impression. In host segment three, Mike and the Bots dress up like the Grateful Dead (“Mike, remember, the name of the movie is The Dead Talk Back, we’re The Dead, get it?” Tom explains). This leads to them singing a Grateful Dead style song, only for Crow to upstage them all with an extremelyyyyyyyy looooooooooong wah-wah-ing guitar solo. Like, it carries over into the fourth host segment, and plays over the end credits and even the Rhino DVD menu. Jokes that wear out their welcome, only to come around the bend and be funny again always kill me. Add in Crow’s ridiculous Garcia wig and beard and you’ve got comedy gold.


At least their Ben & Jerry's flavor is good.

Maybe the largely inert movie just sat on me during my viewing of this, but I’m sad to say I didn’t have that great a time with this one. It’s got a lot of riffs in it, a good short, and a fun running gag in the host segments, but this felt like one where the movie, either by being boring or even not interestingly bad enough, let them down and they couldn’t quite lift it up. If it had been worse, it would’ve engaged them more and even gotten the audience to root for Mike and the Bots to rip into it harder. As it stands, it’s an episode that, while having all the goodness of MST3K, doesn’t reach near the greatness it usually does.

 

Short in a Riff:

Meanwhile, the Soviets were launching Sputnik. -Mike


Movie in a Riff:

To talk to the dead, press 1. If you’d like the Ethere um, the Imperium, or the Emerald Beyond, please hold. -Mike


Random Asides:
-The main memory I had of this episode was the main guy having weird facial hair and that’s it.

-I like how the Mads’ evil invention of pinpoint marketing is basically how online marketing works now. Why do I feel a chill all of a sudden?

 

I think they invented the algorithm for this, too, the evil maniacs!

-I like what the Sol-Mates have to say about the riffing on this episode: there aren’t a lot of memorable riffs because most of the riffing is Mike and the Bots reacting to the narration, so we don’t get some big comical riffs like on other episodes, they’re just little reacitonary riffs, and they just kind of blend together and you end up just watching the movie. A good explanation for why I didn’t really like this one. That said, the Sol-Mates really did! So maybe it’s a taste thing. 

-the SoL-Mates also did their own seance with their review for the movie. Check it out here

-”Mike, it’s you, and you’re cool!”

But I don’t smoke!”

Isn’t it time you started?”

-The movie says it’s based on true events, but I’d bet good money it’s not based on anything real, like events or imagination or talent.

-The guy playing Krasker does an okay job, but if this had been a role that Donald Pleasance or John Carradine had said yes to, it would’ve made this movie a lot more fun.

-The main guy Krasker being a weirdo in a boarding house is the most believable thing in the movie.

-This movie may have terrible narration, but at least it’s not The Creeping Terror.

-The movie almost achieves a documentary-like feel through its ineptness.

-There’s a decent gag about the violence on the news at the 60 minute mark. Even Mike and the Bots have to admit it’s a good gag.

-I actually like the shots of the characters running during the chase scene. Not bad! But I like the dweeby noises Mike and the Bots make as they run even more.

-hoo boy, does Paul Chaplin have a lot to say about this movie and this episode in the Amazing Colossal Episode Guide. My favorite bits:

-“There’s a loser named Henry Krasker working on ways to talk to people after they’re dead, probably because no one will talk to him while they’re alive (Whoo! Good one!)"

-"So the dead never do talk. It’s just a real dumb movie"

-"There actually is detail in the film, but each detail exists in perfect isolation, unconnected to any other detail." (Very accurate to how it feels to watch the movie)

-"What I’m saying is it’s a bad movie. It’s a bold statement, and I’ll stand by it."

-"There was a time in my life when I had long, stringy hair and I believed that any song the Grateful Dead had ever done was better than any song any other band had ever done. Now I realize that’s not strictly true"

-So the movie was produced in 57 and went unreleased until 93. I. CAN’T. IMAGINE. WHY.

 

Additional Links

Satellite News Review

MST3K Fandom Entry

SoL-Mates Podcast

Sunday, August 15, 2021

1110 - Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

It was an age of magic. An age of sorcery. An age of chaos.

 

The grocery store toy aisle-versions of Chewy, Atreyu, and Conan.

One of the great things about the renewed seasons of MST3K is seeing how they apply what’s been learned and perfected in the art of riffing since season 10 to different genres. This has led to new favorites of mine, such as kaiju episode Yonggary, as well as okay ones, like swords-and-sandals epic The Loves of Hercules. Family fantasy film Wizards of the Lost Kingdom falls somewhere in between: it’s hilarious, thanks to the crew’s refined riffing skills, but, oddly, feels held back from greatness by the movie not being worse than it is.


Pictured: one charismatic and cheesy villain; one crabby hat.

A Roger Corman produced quickie from the 80s, Wizards is… oh my God do I really have to try to recount the plot? Sigh, fine. After an opening comprised of footage from other Corman-produced fantasy flicks of the 80s, we meet young wizard-in-training Simon, son of court wizard Wulfrick, and his betrothed, Princess Aura. Their kingdom of Axeholme is quickly invaded by evil wizard Shurka, and Simon is tasked with saving the day. How is Simon supposed to save the day? By retrieving his father’s magic ring. What happened to the ring? It was given to him before his father teleported Simon and his giant white carpet monster friend Gulfax to safety away from Shurka’s invading army. Only, Simon literally drops the ring right after being handed it, and now he must make a perilous journey back to the castle before Shurka and his men locate the ring. Way. To. Go. Simon. They soon meet loutish warrior Kor the Conqueror, who accompanies them as a bodyguard on their leisurely stroll I mean fantastic adventure back. They’ll face dangers such as bands of warriors, seductive spider-women, and puppets of varying degree of craftsmanship. It ends with the time-honored fantasy tradition of Simon and Shurka shooting magical colors at one another until Shurka is dead, the kingdom is freed, and Kor sets off to feed his crippling alcoholism. 

 

Kor conquering sobriety. Also, Tom Bombadil looks terrible in this adaptation.

So, you’ve got a bunch of random occurrences amounting to a plot, charmingly chintzy 80s special effects, and characters including a bratty teen wizard, a drunken warrior, and an overacting villain. If this sounds like the magical concoction to a great MST3K episode, it is. The only thing missing? A truly terrible movie. Because, as inane and inept as Wizards of the Long Kingdom is, it isn’t that awful, at least by MST standards. While there isn’t much for a story, a lot does happen, and it’s pretty well paced. But, there are no truly terrible performances or really aggravating characters to really fire up the SOL crew. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty for them to chew on. There’s the effects, like when Jonah wonders during the final magical fight, “Are they still fighting, or just sharing Spirograph drawings?” Oh, and then there’s one of my favorite staples of these movies, the castle sets, so when the evil army invades, Crow says, “Hurry up! We’ve got to take over this papier-mâché castle before it rains!” They even make fun of the stock footage from other movies, like when Simon wakes up from a dream sequence with parts lifted from Sorceress, Jonah asks, “Can I stay in the other movie please?” Then there’s the characters. Kor joins the ranks of oafs purporting to be heroes MST3K has made mincemeat of countless times. When he finds out a magic hobgoblin he’s just saved has wine, Tom says, “And Kor’s story arc is complete.” Then there’s Simon, our plucky boy wizard, which means he fails at the first task he’s given and relies on others to solve his problems for him. When he says, “I’ll try,” before attempting a magic spell, Jonah adds, “Even though trying goes against my millennial code.” 

 

Not pictured: a scene shot for the movie Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.

But, Kor’s not as memorable as Mitchell or Rowsdower, and Bo Svenson even imbues him with some affable charm, far more than Deathstalker had. So, Jonah and the Bots’ rips at him being a drunken loser, while hilarious, don’t come across quite as strongly as they could if he were lamer or more pathetic figure. And Simon is not as memorably wimpy as Troy or as engagingly aggravating as a Kenny, so Jonah and the Bots’ zings about him being a whiny loser feel a little inauthentic, even if they are funny. And Thom Christopher is just plain scenery-chewing fun as Shurka. Like I said, there is a lot going on riff-wise. It just feels as if the movie was remarkably worse it would’ve really pulled the best out of them and led to an even funnier episode. But despite the “let’s put on a show!” atmosphere MST3K provides, it’s run by professionals, and they’re determined to mine this movie for every ounce of comedy gold they can, from cracks at Kor and Simon, to the episode’s long running gag of Jonah and the Bots naming Shurka’s hat Crabby the Crab hat and giving it the voice of a Looney Tunes’ wiseguy. “You sure throw a swell shindig, boss!” Jonah growls when Shurka throws a celebratory dinner. There’s even a part where Jonah as Crabby and Tom as Shurka discuss suspension of disbelief regarding the movie’s plot!


"Remember, really cool kids wait until they're ready and mature before practicing necromancy."

The workmanlike comedy comes though in the host segments: funny, but no real standouts. The best is Jonah as Kor singing a doo-wop style song to Tom as Simon that compares necromancy to puberty and waiting for the right time to raise the dead. It’s pretty fun and has good lyrics like “One day you’ll create your own zombies / They’ll do everything you tell them to / Once you’re finally ready to share the magic inside of you!” but won’t be in any top MST3K song lists. The Suicide Cave playset bit at the end is also fun, as the show’s special effects are about on par with the movie’s, and jokes about playing with giant pieces of plastic will ring true for a lot of kids who grew up in the 80s-90s.


You just know that inside there's just a ton of that neon green slime the best 80s toys had.

If it feels like I’m nitpicking a really funny episode of a show I love, it’s because I absolutely am. It’s like my MST drunk brain can almost see the ethereal line between a good episode and a great one, and this just doesn’t quite cross it. If anything, the movie fails to match their effort! But, when that’s the worst complaint to have about an episode, that means it’s only one of many well worth revisiting.


Episode in a Riff

Ah, it’s like The Lord of the Rings, without all the fancy, good stuff. -Crow


Random Asides:

-The Crabby the Crab Hat jokes may affect your feelings for the episode. I’m about half-love and half-hate with them, but you can’t deny they’re not skillfully making something from the smallest bit of movie.

-The episode starts not with the SOL crew, but with Max discovering a weird machine unlocked with a key he found. Weird.

-I like Max’s defense of wearing the giant key around his neck: “I’ve long been a fan of male jewelry”

-The Mads’ invention of a corporate sponsor-based clock feels especially evil.

-I should use verbal smoke bomb of “love to stay and chat but we’ve got movie signs!” in my daily life

-My note for when Simon drops the ring: “Way to go, Frodo.”

 -Another note I had about the movie: "At least Corman's other sword and sorcery flicks strung their flimsy plots together with gore and bewbs."

-Them characterizing Simon as a whiny trust fund millennial is a lot of fun.

-What on earth is Synthia doing at the end as Kinga and Max sign off?

-This is the first episode for me to review that has podcast episodes done by It’s Just a Show AND SoL-Mates! AND after I’ve discovered Gizmonic Institute Radio! My favorite moments from each one: It’s Just a Show calling Simon and Kor’s journey, “time killing adventures”; the SoL-Mates referring to Kor as “Rowzwarrior” and Gulfax as “Teddy Fuxin”; and GIR calling him “Gulfwax”.


Additional Links:

Satellite News Review

MST3K Fandom entry

SoL-Mates podcast

It's Just a Show podcast

Gizmonic Institute Radio podcast