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This is the "Episode Guide" mailing/posting for fans of "Mystery 
Science
Theater 3000".  It has been derived from a large number of sources --
see the credits in the FAQ posting for a detailed list of everybody 
who
has contributed at one point or another.

You should probably check the date in the "Version" line above to 
make
sure the copy you're reading is reasonably up-to-date before sending
corrections.  Speaking of which, corrections should be mailed to:

        rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu

Caveat: Considerable, uh, entropy exists where the first two seasons,
i.e. the KTMA seasons, are concerned.  It will probably all probably
get sorted out eventually, but this is probably not a pressing issue,
since very few people have or can get the tapes anyway.  The Comedy
Central seasons are much more organized.  Just relax.

Lots of people contributed to this guide; see the MST3K FAQ for a 
long
list of folks involved in making this happen.


First (KTMA) Season ("blue set", 1988-89)
-----------------------------------------
Credits (Hair Brain Productions):
Created by: Joel Hodgson
Produced by: Jim Mallon
Starring: Joel Hodgson (Joel Hodgson; he used his real name)
Puppet Operation and Voices: Josh Weinstein (Servo and Gypsy), 
Trace Beaulieu 
(Crow), Kevin Murphy (Cambot)
Mad Scientists: Josh Weinstein (Dr. Laurence Erhardt), Trace 
Beaulieu (Dr. 
Clayton Forrester) 
"The Love Theme from _Mystery Science Theatre [sic] 3000_"
Lyrics: Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein
Music: Charlie Erickson, Joel Hodgson
Sung by: "Joel and The Joels" (Joel Hodgson)
Recorded at: Sing Sing Studios
Program produced through the facilities of KTMA-TV.

KTMA-1 November 24, 1988 Thunderbirds in Outer Space
        Notes: A Gerry Anderson Puppet show

KTMA-2 November 24, 1988 Revenge of the Mysterons
        Notes: revpk's guess is that this is an episode of
                 "Captain Scarlet," a Gerry Anderson puppet show.

KTMA-3 November 27, 1988 Invaders from the Deep 

KTMA-4 December 4, 1988 Gamera vs. Barugon

KTMA-5 December 11, 1988 Gamera [Joel does film by himself]
        Pre: Deep froze Crow for Chrismas tree
        Skits: Phone messages: End credits/hair stylist
                 Gypsy does Godzilla impression
                 Ted Turner opinion survey
                 Coalition of friends for giant mutant turtles
                 and coalition of friends of giant slimey lizards
                 with long nasty tongues
                 Fight footage
        Post: Deep froze Crow for Christmas tree revisited

KTMA-6 December 18, 1988 Gamera vs. Zigra [Crow gets unfroze]

KTMA-7 December 31, 1989/January 1, 1989 Gamera vs. Zigra
        Notes: special New Year's rebroadcast

KTMA-8 January 1989 (week of Super Bowl) SST Death Flight
        Before show: "Death Flight Song"
        Pre: Dr. F wins lots of money/brings Larry Foundation 
Trilogy Gift Set
                 Joel does spit take 
        Skits: Servo gets pain shocks
                 Gypsy's voice is sexy!
                 Limbo to the "Banana Boat Song"
        Post: Letters from female fans
        Credits: Puppet Voice: Faye Burkholder (Gypsy)

KTMA-9 April 1989
        Skits: Joel gets trapped outside the ship for the
                 only all-robot episode.  

KTMA-10 May 7, 1989 The Million Eyes of Su-Muru
        Skits: Idio probes
                 Servo judged
                 "Love Theme" 
        Post: Servo's mouth doesn't work/900 in fan club
        Notes: from "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Based on a Sax 
Rohmer
        tale. Large-breasted females love to torture men in their 
rituals.
        [Note: Sax Rohmer is the creator of Fu Manchu.]

KTMA-11 May 14, 1989 Hangar 18
        Pre: Joel introduces movie
        Skits: Crow gets a spanking
                 Crow's memory cleanup
                 Crow's first memory
        Post: 1,000 fan club member will win Demon Dog
        Plot Summary: The Air Force captures a real flying saucer.

KTMA-12 May 21, 1989 The Last Chase
        Pre: Dr. F tries to make cold fusion in Larry's mouth
        Skits: Humanity lesson for the 'bots
        Post: Winner of 1,000 fan club member
                 Fan club letter 
        Comments: Lee Majors plays a race-car driver in a future 
without
        fuel. Because he's in denial, he's stashed away a racing 
car so he
        and Chris Makepeace can drive it cross-country to California,
        where cars are still legal. Both a jet plane and pilot
        Burgess Meredith are de-mothballed. For a low-budget film, 
the
        cinematography is on a professional level, at least. -- 
Brian Siano

KTMA-13 May 28, 1989 ???
        Skits: How does Godzilla burn a model KFC
        Post: Retrospective video on past episodes with "What a
                 Wonderful World" playing in the background.

KTMA-15 1988 Thunderbirds are Go
(this may be "Thunderbirds in Outer Space")

KTMA-16 1988 Gamera vs. Gaos
        Skits: Messages from the MST answering machine

KTMA-17 Gamera vs. Guiron

KTMA-18 January 1989 Time of the Apes

KTMA-19 January 1989 Mighty Jack

KTMA-20 Jan/Feb 1989 Fugitive Alien

KTMA-21 1989 Humanoid Woman

KTMA-22 1989 Phase IV
        Notes: This is actually a pretty good movie. Director Saul 
Bass is
        best known for his titles sequences for other filmmakers, 
such as
        for Vertigo, Psycho, Spartacus, and Walk on the Wild Side: 
and in
        some cases, rumors fly around that Bass actually directed 
some of
        the more interesting segments of these films, which gives 
you an
        idea of the man's rep. (For example, Bass storyboarded out 
Psycho's
        shower sequence, and some people have mistakenly given him 
the
        credit for Spartacus's battle sequences. And yeah, I think 
he's
        the same Bass of Rankin-Bass Productions.) This nifty 
thriller about
        a pair of scientists trying to understand an intelligent 
hive of
        ants was Bass's feature debut. Extraordinary ant 
photography by
        Ken Middleham and a good performance by Nigel Davenport 
make this
        a rarity-- a _good_ film MSTed by Joel and the Bots. There 
was
        also a lengthy, surrealistic sequence depicting how man 
would be
        controlled by the ants, but this was cut by the film's 
distributor.
        Knowing Bass's work, it's a major loss. -- Brian Siano

        Saul Bass is also known for the wonderful short film,
        "Why Man Creates" ---Rsk

KTMA-23 1989 City on Fire
        Notes; A low-budget disaster movie, starring (if I recall)
        Henry Fonda and Shelley Winters --- Brian Siano

KTMA-24 1989 Death at the Super Bowl

KTMA-25 ?? Space: 1999 -- Moonbase Alpha
(???)  Space 1999 film
        The first film was two episodes from the second season. One
        of which was the introduction of Maya(?)....the woman who
        transforms into animals.  I would guess the second half of
        the film was the second episode of the second season.
(???)  Space 1999 film
        Two episodes from the second season that form one story.  The
        plot is that that a bunch of aliens arrive disguised as earth
        people and only the Commander can see through the disguise.
        (I'm not sure if this was an MST 3000 film or not).
 
KTMA-?? The Chill Factor??
        We're not sure what this is.

Second (KTMA) Season ("red set", 1989)
--------------------------------------
Credits:
Writers: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Josh Weinstein, Jim Mallon, 
Kevin Murphy 
Associate Producers: Kevin Murphy, Vince Rodriguez
Production Assistant: Alex Carr
Make-up: Faye Burkholder
Director: Vince Rodriguez
Audio: Todd Ziegler
Camera: Kevin Murphy
Art Director: Joel Hodgson
Lighting: Kevin Murphy
Color Consultant: Lisa Erickson
Hair Designs by: Mr. Crow of Beverly Hills


Credits for Best Brains, Inc., which apparently started showing up 
in '89:
Created by: Joel Hodgson
Produced by: Jim Mallon
Crow (T. Robot): Trace Beaulieu
Joel Robinson: Joel Hodgson
(Tom) Servo: Josh Weinstein (Comedy Channel 89/90 season), Kevin 
Murphy 
(Comedy Channel 90/91 and Comedy Central seasons) 
Gypsy: Jim Mallon
Cambot: Himself
Dr. Clayton Forrester: Trace Beaulieu
Dr. Laurence Erhardt: Josh Weinstein (Comedy Channel 89/90 season) 
(TV's) Frank: Frank Conniff (Comedy Channel 90/91 and Comedy 
Central seasons) 
(Magic Voice; not credited on screen; all at various times): Jann 
L. Johnson, 
Alexandra B. Carr, Kevin Murphy, Ellen McDonough 
"The Love Theme from Mystery Science Theatre [sic] (3000)"
Lyrics: Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein
Music: Charlie Erickson, Joel Hodgson
Performed by: "Joel and The Joels" (Joel Hodgson)
Mastered at: Blue Light Music, Minneapolis
Shot entirely on location at Best Brains Studios, Minneapolis.
Filmed in shadowramma.

First (Comedy Central) Season (1989-90)
---------------------------------------

Credits:
Writers: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, 
Mike Nelson, 
Josh Weinstein 
Featuring: Joel Hodgson's Puppet Bots
Associate Producer: Kevin Murphy
Production Manager: Alexandra B. Carr
Editor: Randy Davis
Art Direction: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson
Set Design: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson
Lighting: Kevin Murphy
Make-up: Faye Burkholder, Clayton James
Costumes: Bow Tie
Gizmonic Devices: Joel Hodgson
Production Assistants: Jann L. Johnson, Steve Rosenberer, Sara J. 
Sandborn
Production/Post Production: Fuller Productions, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota
Production Staff: Ken Fournelle, Jim Fuller
Production Assistant: Jim Erickson
Special thanks: Randy Herget, Skyline Inc., Bryan Beaulieu, KTMA 
TV23, The 
Teachers of America, David Campbell, Rick Leed 

101 The Crawling Eye
        Pre: Larry not good in disguise
        Inventions: J: Electric bagpipe  MS: Canine Pineal Gland 
Serum
        Skits: Head games, Gypsy uncoiled, The Crawling Forrest 
Tucker
        Post: Name good thing/bad thing for RAM chip
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": This film is 
lowered
        a few notches by obvious special effects hoke. A 
mountainous ski
        resort area is terrorized by an unseen invader from outer 
space,
        who kills via poison gas. The creature turns out to be a 
large
        tentacled crawling eye which is more than a match for
        hero-scientist Forrest Tucker.
        From "Future Tense: The Cinema of Science Fiction": (Also 
known as
        The Trollenberg Terror) Set in an Australian ski resort 
called
        Trollenberg it concerns a scientist who becomes increasingly
        suspicious about a number of mysterious disappearances in 
the area.
        He realizes that all the missing people were seen in the 
vicinity
        of one particular mountain, whose summit is always covered 
in cloud
        no matter what the prevailing weather conditions.
        Eventually it is discovered that the mountaintop has been 
taken
        over by a number of grotesque alien creatures who use the
        manufactured cloud to conceal their activities. As they 
come from
        a planet with avery low atmospheric pressure they are at 
first
        restricted to the top of the mountain, but then they 
succeed in
        creating a force field which will enable them to extend their
        influence. The cloud begins to move down the mountain until 
it covers
        the village, and with the cloud come the creatures, which 
resemble
        giant turnips with tentacles. But all is saved when a 
squadron
        of United Nations planes arrive and bomb the monsters to 
pieces.
        (Special effects man Les Bowie.) "It had an awful lot of
        effects in it, and there was one shot of a cloud on the 
mountain
        that was really terrible. I squirm when I see it on TV now 
and I
        squirmed when I filmed it, but we were in a mad hurry at 
the time.
        We did the cloud with just a piece of cotton wool-- we 
stuck it on
        a photograph of a mountain with a nail and then filmed it. 
And they
        used that photograph time and time again during the film: 
every time
        a character looked out of a window they'd cut to this 
photograph
        and we'd have stuck the cotton wool in a new position. 
Awful!"

102 The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy (Commando Cody part 1)
        Pre: Dr. F blew up mad convention center/improved security 
at Deep 13
        Inventions: J: Air-bag helmet for motorcyclists  MS: 
Chalk-man
        Skits: Servo will save us from the demon dogs
                 Enoch--leader of demon dogs
                 Crow tries to be Enoch 
        Post: Joel sends demon dogs to fetch
        Credits: Special Guest Puppet: Enoch (Jim Mallon)
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A mad 
scientist irks the
        Aztec mummy when, after a series of poor attepts at gate 
crashing
        the mummy's tomb, he decides to employ a large robot to do 
the
        breaking and entering for him.

103 Mad Monster (Commando Cody part 2)
        Pre: How MS went mad
        Inventions: J: Hell in a Handbag  MS: Acetyline-powered 
lizard
        Skits:         Tom tries to pick up a blender
                 Stupid questions about werewolves
                 Joel switches Crow's and Tom's heads: 
Servo-Crowatian.
                 "Beverly Hillbillies" song parody
        Post: Ontological discourse
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Dr. Lorenzo 
Cameron has
        a plan. Through a series of blood transfusions, he believes 
he can
        create a race of superwerewolves to do battle with the Nazis.
        Assistant Pedro isn't too keen on the idea-- he's the 
doctor's
        first experimental model. 

104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet
        Pre:  Joel is a talk-show host (who?)
        Inventions: J: Toilet Paper in a Bottle  MS: Clay & Lar's 
Flesh Barn
        Skits:         Joel -- this is your life
                 Isaac Asimov's Literary Doomsday Device
                 Duplicate Isaac Asimovs (Aismovinator)
        Post:  Avocado Boy names - winner of the brainstorm
        Credits: Additional Writers: Alexandra Carr, Jann Johnson
                 Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley, 
Neil Brede
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson, 
Elisabet Sandberg
        Notes: This is where "Haikeeba!" comes from.


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105 Corpse Vanishes (Commando Cody part 3)
        Pre: Forrester gives Larry Foundation Trilogy Gift Set
        Inventions: J: Chiro-Gyro  MS: Flame Flower
        Skits:         "Tiger-Bot" issue on Data
                 Game of Tag
                 At the barbershop
        Post: Name good thing/bad thing for a RAM chip/Servo's head 
explodes
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 Post Production Audio: Rich Cook, TeleEdit, 
Minneapolis
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Bela Lugosi 
replaces
        George Zucco, John Carradine or the actor of your choice as 
the
        mad doctor who conducts rather unorthodox experiments in 
the hope
        of making his wife eternally young.

106 The Crawling Hand
        Pre: Joel explains show
        Inventions: J: Safety Saw  MS: Limb Lengthener
        Skits:         Let's play murder ball!
                 Shatner choking
                 What can a hand do?
        Post: Name a Good thing and a Bad Thing about this movie 
for a RAM chip
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 Post Production Audio: Rich Cook, TeleEdit, 
Minneapolis
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Funny stuff of 
the
        unintentional variety. An astronaut returns to earth with a
        dismembered hand which crawls around and murders the cast 
who,
        judging from their performances, deserve their fate. The 
hand is
        facetious portrayed by mechanical pieces of trivia apparently
        concocted during a bad day at the local five and dime store.
        The hand appears to be winning the battle between the fingers
        and the frightened humans until it is eaten by a stray cat.
        Movies are better than ever.

107 Robot Monster (Commando Cody parts 4 & 5)
         Pre: Joel explains show / Gypsy is injured
        Inventions: J: Cumber-bubble-bund MS: Self-inflating 
Whoopie Cushion
        Skits:         Can bumblebees fly and other conundra
                 Kill the Hu-Man!
                 Surrealism
        Post: The Life and Times of Ro-man
        Credits: Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 Post Production Audio: Rich Cook, TeleEdit, 
Minneapolis
        Notes: From "Castle of Frankenstein magazine #24": It is a 
handful
        of flicks like this that makes all these listing chores 
something
        to look forward to. Certainly among the finest terrible 
movies ever
        made, this ridiculous gem presents as economical a space 
invasion
        as ever committed to gilm: one (1) Ro-Man invader 
consisting of
        a) a gorilla suit, b) a diving helmet with a set of antennae.
        Hiding out in one of the more familiar Hollywood caves with 
his
        extraterrestrial bubble machine (no, we're not being 
facetious:
        it actually is a 2-way 'alien' radio-TV thing, consisting 
of an old
        war surplus shortwave set resting on a small kitchen table, 
that
        emits Lawrence Welk-like bubbles), Ro-Man's trying to wipe 
out the
        last six humans left on earth, and thus make the planet 
safe for
        colonization by Ro-Men (from the planet Ro-man, where 
else?) This
        early 3-D effort has attained legendary (and richly deserved)
        status as one of the most laughable of all poverty row 
quickies,
        although the pic does make some scatterbrained sense when 
viewed as
        a child's-eye monster fantasy (it's all a dream experienced 
by a
        sci-fi-crazed '50's tyke). Rousing musical score by Elmer 
Bernstein
        is great and keeps it all moving. Directed in three 
frenzied days
        by Phil Tucker, who also did the little-known and equally
        hysterical Lenny Bruce vehicle _Dance Hall Racket_.
        From "Danse Macabre" by Stephen King: ...I made a grave 
mistake
        concerning Robot Monster (and Ro-Man can be seen, in a mad 
sort
        of way, as the forerunner of the evil Cylons in Battlestar 
Galactica)
        about ten years ago. It came on the Saturday night Creature 
Feature,
        and I prepared for the occasion by smoking some pretty good 
reefer.
        I don't smoke dope often, because when stoned everything 
strikes me
        funny. That night I almost laughed myself into a hernia. 
Tears were
        rolling down my cheeks and I was literally on the floor for 
most
        of the movie. Luckily, the movie only runs about 
sixty-three minutes;
        another twenty minutes of watching Ro-man tune his 
war-surplus
        shortwave/bubble machine in "one of the more familiar 
Hollywood caves"
        and I think I would have laughed myself to death.

108 The Slime People (Commando Cody part 6)
        Pre: Crow - Portrait of a Morning Person
        Inventions: J: Bulging Eyes  MS: Screaming Cotton Candy
        Skits:         Bots vs. Commando Cody
                 Why was this film made?
                 Ship filled with fog
        Post: Silicon Diode Pie
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Slimy 
creatures from
        under the ground surface and begin a reign of predictable and
        laughable terror.

109 Project Moonbase (Commando Cody parts 7 & 8)
        Pre: Robot baths / Pictionary
        Inventions: J: Water Juggling  MS: Insect-a-sketch
        Skits:         Servo plays Commando Cody
                 Ties of the future
                 SPACOM--1001 uses
        Post: Gravity Fun
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley, 
Neil Brede
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 This episode is dedicated to the memory of Alan 
Hale, Jr.
        Notes: From "Future Tense: The Cinema of Science Fiction": 
Set in 1970,
        it starts with the first orbital flight around the moon being
        organized from a United States space station in orbit 
around the
        earth. The pilot of the spaceship is to be a female officer 
called
        Colonel Breiteis ("Bright Eyes," a typical Heinlein touch) 
and she
        is to be accompanied by two males-- Major Moore and Dr. 
Wernher.
        Little does anyone realize, however, that the Dr. Wernher who
        arrives at the space station is not the real one but an enemy
        impostor. The ship leaves its base on schedule but during 
its trip
        to the moon Moore discovers the truth about Wernher; they 
fight and
        in doing so activate the wrong set of controls which sends 
the shop
        hurtling out of its orbit. With their fuel almost gone they 
are
        obliged to crash-land the rocket on the moon's surface. They
        survive the landing but are stranded on the moon. Relations 
between
        Moore and the false Wernher do not improve and, during the 
erection
        of a television aerial on the summit of a moon mountain 
Wernher
        falls to his death. This leaves Breiteis and Moore alone on 
the
        moon, something that the American public finds very 
disturbing, and
        when communication with the space sation is established 
again one
        of the first things their commanding officer does is order 
them to
        marry-- to appease public opinion. Their marriage is 
subsequently
        performed-- via television-- by Madame President of the USA 
and the
        American public is able to breathe more easily.
        From "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction": This 
rarely-seen, low-
        budget SF film is of interest mainly because Robert 
Heinlein worked
        on the screenplay. A group of space explorers take off for 
the Moon
        from a station orbiting Earth. The aim of their expedition 
is to
        select a site for a lunar base, but their rocket 
crash-lands on the
        moon and only three survive. One of the survivors 
subsequently dies
        and the remaining two, a man and a woman (Colonel 
Breiteis!) are
        then married via television by the President of the USA 
(who, in a
        typically Heinleinian touch, is a woman). The ambitious 
idea is
        undermined by a very small budget reflected in Jacuqes 
Fresco's
        inadequate special effects.
 
110 Robot Holocaust (Commando Cody part 9)
        Pre: Joel explains show/"Human"/film broke (during Commando 
Cody)
        Inventions: J: Nitro-Burning Funny Pipe  MS: Stocking Mask 
of the Future
        Skits:         The We-Zone
                 SitCom Simulator
                 Servo the Fur-Clad Hero
        Post: "Name the Plant Guy" brainstorm
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley, 
Neil Brede
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 Audio Post Production: IVL Post, Minneapolis

111 Moon Zero Two
        Pre: Joel explains show/eats vicariously through viewers/
                 Larry's hair is lifeless
        Inventions: J: Teleporting Food  MS: Mouth-to-Mouth 
Celebrity Toothpaste
        Skits:         Tribute to Neil Armstrong
                 Games of the future
                 Zero-G Fight
        Post: Name good thing/bad thing for RAM chip
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley, 
Neil Brede
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
        Notes: From "The Science Fiction Encyclopedia": At the same 
time as
        the first actual moon landing, Hammer Films were making 
this quasi-
        Western, set on the Moon, and the results were predictably 
absurd.
        One of the hoariest of pulp Western plots is dressed up 
with a lot
        of colourful space hardware: a poor but honest space 
pilot/cowboy
        is forced by a group of villains to capture an asteroid of 
pure
        sapphire, but his principles triumph and he foils their 
plans. The
        special effects are unexpectely convincing, considering the
        relatively small budget, but the film has no other strength.

112 Untamed Youth
        Inventions: J: Never-Light Pipe  MS: Tongue Puppets
        Skits:         Greg Brady--An American Legacy
                 Inside Gypsy's brain
                 Gypsy is sick
        Post: Who's the goofy guy?
        Credits: Additional Production Assistants: Melanie Hartley, 
Neil Brede
                 Additional Production Staff: Jim Erickson
                 Audio Post Production: IVL Post, Minneapolis
        Notes: One of the minor players in the film is the late 
Eddie Cochran,
        best known for "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody."

113 Black Scorpion
        Pre: MS tried to make cold fusion walkman and failed / Party
                 Like It's 1990
        Inventions: J: Man's Party Favor  MS: same thing
        Skits:         Mangled Mexican
                 Strange things about humans
                 Ray Harryhausen
        Post: Letter of "helpful criticism" for Crow
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": ...teems with 
stunning
        stop-motion special effects but little else by way of 
entertainment.
        Mexico is invaded by hordes of giant scorpions a la Them! 
and the
        army is sent in to wipe'em out. Which they do...almost. One 
of the
        tinglers escapes to wreak much havoc in a highly populated 
area
        before duelling to the death with an army helicopter. 
Despite the
        Harryhausen host segment, this film was one of the last for
        Willis H. O'Brien, Harryhausen's mentor...and the man who 
created
        King Kong.


Second (Comedy Central) Season (1990-91)
----------------------------------------

Credits:
Head Writer: Michael J. Nelson
Writers: Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, 
Kevin 
Murphy 
Associate Producer: Kevin Murphy
Host Segments Produced (201)/Directed (202-213) by: Jim Mallon
Production Manager: Alexandria B. Carr
Production Assistant: Jann L. Johnson
Toolmaster: Jef Maynard (listed twice in 202-204)
Art Direction: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson
Set Design (not listed in 206): Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson
Gizmonic Devices Designed by: Joel Hodgson
Special Effects and Other Fancy Stuff: Trace Beaulieu
Additional Visual Effects: Industrial Plumbing and Heating
Hexifield Viewscreen Designed and Constructed by (beginning 205): 
Mark 
Gilbertson 
Post Production Supervision: Kevin Murphy, Alexandra B. Carr, Jann 
Johnson 
(207-213), Jim Mallon (207) 
Editor: Tim Paulson (201-205, 207-213), Randy Davis (206)
Lighting: Ken Fournelle, Kevin Murphy
Audio: John Calder, Fred Street (204)
Make-up: Faye Burkholder (201-203, 209-213), Clayton James (204-207)
Interns: Nathan Molstead, Tamra Lewis (201-212), Amy Kane, James 
Smith (201-
208), Michelle Molhan, Robert Czech 
Post Production Facilty: IVL Post, Minneapolis
Video Services: Fournelle Video Production Services
Special thanks: Randy Herget, Skyline Displays Inc., Bryan 
Beaulieu, The 
Teachers of America 
Executive Producers (beginning 205): Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon

201 9/22/90 Rocketship XM
        Pre: Changes on ship/new Servo voice/new assistant in Deep 13
        Inventions: J: BGC19 (Drum Set)  MS: same
        Skits:         The reporters of Rocketship X-M
                 Selective gravity class
                 What are your dreams?
                 Song Lyrics - space vixen
        Post:  "You Wouldn't Show Marooned, Would You?"
        Credits: Valeria: Michael J. Nelson
                 Jerry: Brent Peterson
                 Slyvia: Alex Carr
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Cheap attempt 
to cash
        in on George Pal's Destination Moon, Rocketship X-M is 
something
        of a classic in its low-life caliber. A rocket 
miscalculates its
        fuel supply and winds up stranded on Mars with no way to 
get back.
        Talk about poetic justice. First appearance of TV's Frank,
        Kevin Murphy as Tom Servo, and the "By this time, my lungs 
were
        aching for air" catchphrase.
Field}

202 9/29/90 The Side Hackers
        Pre: Cleanup the ship
        Inventions: J: Gretchen the Slinky  MS: Personal Slinky Train
        Skits:         Side hacking song
                 Side hacking jargon
                 The Life of Rommel & visit by J.C.
        Post: "Love Pads the Film"
        Credits: Gooch: Frank Conniff, J.C.: Michael J. Nelson
                 Jerry: Nathan Molstead, Slyvia: Amy Kane
                 "Sidehackin'" Written and Performed by: The Brains
                 Additional Music by: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: Cambot adds commentary during Sidehacking race. This 
was
        the first of two Ross Hagen biker epics.

203 10/6/90 Jungle Goddess (Phantom Creeps part 1)
        Pre:  Hide and Seek with the Elusive & Inexplicable
                Forces that Control the Universe
        Inventions: J: Radio Arm Saw MS: Doctor Sax
        Skits:         Bela's OK discoveries
                 Magic Binoculars & Scopes
                 Colonists arrive
        Post: "My White Goddess"
        Credits: Imperialistic Alien 1: Michael J. Nelson
                 Imperialistic Alien 2: Jim Mallon
                 Jerry: Jim Smith
                 "My White Goddess" Lyrics: Jim Mallon, Frank Conniff
                           Music: Michael J. Nelson
                           Sung by: "The Kevins" (Kevin Murphy)

204 10/13/90 Catalina Caper
        Pre: God Bless Tweekie
        Inventions: J: Tickle Bazooka  MS: Tank Tops
        Skits:         The Sixties
                 Creepy Girl
                 Gun Tupperware Party
        Post: What the Sam Hill was going on?
        Credits: Jerry: James Smith Sylvia: Robert Czech
                 "My Creepy Girl" Lyrics: The Brains, Music: 
Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Special Thanks: Eli Mallon 
(Koochy-koochy-koo)

205 10/27/90 Rocket Attack USA (Phantom Creeps part 2)
        Pre: Servo gets robot haircut
        Inventions: J: Button Candy Adding Machine  MS: Water 
Foosball
        Skits:         The Cold War--Charlie McCarthy Hearings
                 Civil Defense Quiz Bowl

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                 Visit from Cosmonaut
        Post: Review of the plot.  Letter: Issac Asimov rabbit
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Joel Hodgson
                 Sorri Andropoli: Michael J. Nelson

206  11/3/90 Ring of Terror (Phantom Creeps part 3)
        Pre; Fake Movie Sign
        Inventions: J: Pin-bolus MS: Lifesize Operation Game
        Skits:  The Old School
                Vacuum Autopsy
                Name a Good Thing about This Movie for a RAM Chip
        Post: "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World"
        (NOTE - Phantom appears after the movie)
        Credits: Special Guest Writers: Jann L. Johnson, Alexandra 
B. Carr
                 This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Trace Beaulieu
                 On-line Post Production Facility: Fuller Productions
                 "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World" Lyrics: Frank 
Conniff
                           Music: Michael J. Nelson
 
207  11/17/90 Wild Rebels
        Pre:  Crow & TS take over ship functions / Joel has a nice
                 chat with Gypsy
        Inventions:  MS:  3D Pizza            J: Hobby Hog
        Skits:  Famous Motorcycle Riders
                 Wild Rebels Cereal Song
                Gypsy and Joel together
        Post:  Distract yourself from the pain & weird hats
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Jim Mallon

208  11/24/90 Lost Continent
        Pre: Team Rally
        Inventions: J: <none> MS: Mobile Stationary Walker, etc.
        Skits:         Visit from Hugh Beaumont, Horseman of the 
Apocalypse)
                 "The Explorers" - A Quinn Martin Production
                 Hey, Look at That Cool Thing!
        Post: Padding--A Film Style
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Kevin Murphy
                 Cryptodad: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Average film 
with
        predictable plot. A group of scientists, looking for a lost 
rocket,
        crashlands on a prehistoric land mass and stumbles across 
countless
        dinosaurs of various shapes and sizes.
        This show introduced "Rock Climbing".
        Notes: Average film with predictable plot. A group of 
scientists,
        looking for a lost rocket, crashlands on a prehistoric land 
mass
        and stumbles across countless dinosaurs of various shapes 
and sizes.

209  12/8/90 Hellcats
        Pre: Everyone's sick with a cold.
        Inventions: J: Sign Language Translator: MS: <none>
        Skits: Dear Diary (Tom Servo)
                 Dear Kitty (Crow)
                 Dear Sandy (Joel)
        Post: Dear Richard (Gypsy)
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Joel Hodgson
                 Additional Music: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: Tom Servo's "Dear Diary" segment is recycled from 
the first
        season's "Crawling Hand." This gives newcomers a chance to 
hear
        Josh Weinstein doing Servo, however briefly.

210  12/22/90 King Dinosaur  (X Marks The Spot)
        Pre: Joel reads poetry/Dr. F fixing elevator
        Inventions: J: The Incredibly Stinky Sweatsocks MS: The 
Pocket Scientist
        Skits: Am I Qualified? (Crow gets activized)
                 Joey the Lemur
                 Emotional Scientist
        Post: Yet another Lippert Film
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Trace Beaulieu
                 Jerry: Nathan Molstad
                 Additional Music: Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Inane little 
premiere
        film by Bert I. Gordon about life on the planet Nova where 
dinosaurs
        (lizards) terrorize visiting explorers. The star of the 
show was
        a gila monster.
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Inane little 
premiere
        film by Bert I. Gordon about life on the planet Nova where 
dinosaurs
        (lizards) terrorize visiting explorers. The star of the sh
show was
        a gila monster.

211  12/29/90 First Spaceship On Venus
         Pre: Joel raises Servos' sarcastic sequencer
        Inventions: J: Junk Drawer Helper MS: none
        Skits: Foam Robot
                 Visit from a gorilla
                 Klack recipes ideas
        Post: Sarcastic Servo, Servo's head blows up
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Michael J. Nelson
                 The Gorilla: Crist Ballas
                 Abe Vigoda's Back: Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Music: "Klack Holiday Serenade":
                           Michael J. Nelson "O Sweet Mother O 
Mine": Kevin Murphy
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Foreign-made 
sci-fi with
        accent on brotherhood-- and boredom. A group of international
        astronauts investigate technicolor space scenery. The 
"Klack recipe
        Ideas" is one of the better host segments. Dr. Forrester 
missnames
        movie as "First Spaceship *to* Venus."
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Foreign-made 
sci-fi with
        accent on brotherhood-- and boredom. A group of international
        astronauts investigate technicolor space scenery.

212  1/19/91 Godzilla vs. Megalon
        Pre: All these stories and more--not!
        Inventions: Household Halloween costumes MS: Foosball 
goalie costumes
        Skits: My monster is better than your monster!
                 Rex Dart - Eskimo Spy
                 Orville Redenbacher skit
        Post: Jet Jaguar Fight Song / New Limbs / Letter
        Credits: This Week's Creative Pit Boss: Joel Hodgson
                 Additional Music: "Rex Dart Action Theme": Michael 
J. Nelson

213  2/2/91 Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
        Pre: The Velveteen Rabbit
        Inventions: J: Mind-Control Guitar MS: Squeeze Toy Guitar
        Skits:  The Godzilla Geneaology Bop
                 Jeol has been in space too long...
                Models Made from Household Items
                Crow and Tom contact Mothra
        Post:   Film Fallacies and Truths
                Winners of "Cool Thing" Contest
        Credits: Additional Writer: Faye Burkholder
                 Mothera: Michael J. Nelson
                 Roadies: Sylvia: Robert Czech, Jerry: Nathan Molstad
                 Additional Music: "Geneology Bop": Faye Burkholder,
                           Kevin Murphy Music: Kevin Murphy
                 Squeeky Toy Orchestra: Michael J. Nelson, Jef 
Maynard,
                           Alex Carr

Third Season (Comedy Central) (1991-92)
---------------------------------------
Credits for this season:
Head Writer: Michael J. Nelson
Writers: Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon 
(301-306), 
Kevin Murphy, Colleen Henjum (306-308), Paul Chaplin (313-324)
Contributing Writers: Bridget Jones, Lisa Sheretz (302-305), 
Colleen Henjum 
(302-305, 309-324), Jim Mallon (307-324), Paul Chaplin (307-312)
Host Segments Directed by (starting 303): Jim Mallon, Michael J. 
Nelson (234)
Associate Producer: Kevin Murphy
Production Manager: Alexandria B. Carr
Technical Supervisor: Timothy Scott
Production Coordinator: Jann Johnson
Toolmaster (starting 303): Jef Maynard
Manager of Business Affairs: Heide LeClerc
Post Production Facilty: IVL Post, Minneapolis
Video Provided by: Fournelle Video Production Services
Audio: Fred Street (301, 310, 318, 320, 322), John Calder 
(302-303), Bob King 
(305), Brian Wright (306-310, 312-317, 319, 321, 323-324), Timothy 
Scott (319) 
Editor: Tim Paulson (301-303)
On-line editor: Timothy Scott (305), Tim Paulson (306-307, 309-310, 
313-316, 
319, 323), Karen Lindsay (308, 311-312, 317-318, 320-322, 324) 
Audio editor: Timothy Scott (beginning 305)
Post Production Supervision: Kevin Murphy (301-303), Timothy Scott
Post Production Coordination (beginning 303): Alexandra B. Carr, 
Jann L. 
Johnson
Art Direction: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson (not listed in 303)
Set Design: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jef Maynard
Gizmonic Devices Designed by: Joel Hodgson
Lighting: Ken Fournelle, Kevin Murphy
Hair and Make-up: Faye Burkholder (301-310), Clayton James 
(311-312, 315-
316, 318-324), Mary Flaa (313-314), Andrea J. DuCane (317) 
Prop Assistant: Barb Oswald (303, 320), Lori Schackmann (308), 
Carolyn Sloat 
(312) 
Interns: Thomas Alphonso (301-312), Cyn Eells, Tom Henderson 
(301-312), 
Christopher Wurst, Cindy Hansen (313-319) 
Additional Music Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson 
(305-306, 310-311, 
313-318, 322-324), Kevin Murphy (314, 316, 323-324), Frank Conniff 
(322)
Special thanks: Bryan Beaulieu, Skyline Displays (Inc), (The) 
Teachers of 
America, Bill W. 
Executive Producers: Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson


301 Cave Dwellers
        Pre: Favorite New Name
        Inventions: J: Smoking Jacket   MS: Robotic Arm Wrestling
        Skits:  Opening "Credits"
                Fancy Prop Names (extraordinary names for ordinary 
objects)
                Sound Effects - Foley
        Post:   Continuity Problems
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Christopher Wurst
                 Gerry: Christopher Wurst
                 Additional Music: "Jupiter" written and arranged
                 by Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: Real title of this film is either "Blade Master" or 
"Ator the
        Blademaster." It's a sequel to the immortal "Ator the 
Fighting
        Eagle." Joel Hodgson claims that Miles O'Keeffe, star of this
        clunker, saw the show and called him up to tell him how 
much he
        enjoyed watching it. O'Keeffe apparently said that making 
the film
        was such a surreal experience, that watching it get skewed 
was lots
        of fun.

302 Gamera
        Pre: Warming up, "Commercial siiiign"
        Inventions: J: Portable Salad Bar  MS: Bird Cage Vacuum 
Cleaner
        Skits:         Love song to Tibby
                 Why we hate Kenny
                 Visit by Gamera
        Credits: Gamera: Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Music: "Tibby, Oh Tibby"
                 Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: "From the Gamera Filmography" GAMERA aka GAMERA, THE 
INVINCIBLE
        (1965), the first genre film to feature a child in a 
leading role,
        and the last one to be shot in black and white, was 
released in
        theatres in the United States, unlike all of the subsequent 
movies
        in the series, which were shown only on American 
television, with new
        footage featuring Brian Donlevy and Albert Dekker added to 
it.
        There is a war on, and an aircraft armed with nuclear weapons
        is shot down in the Arctic. As the plane crashes, a nuclear 
blast
        occurs. A giant prehistoric turtle emerges from the crash 
site
        shortly afterward, and attacks a nearby ship. It then makes 
its way
        to Japan, and destroys a geo-thermal power plant. A plan to
        temporarily freeze the creature and turn it onto its back 
with
        explosives proves unable to stop it, and the monster then 
heads for
        Tokyo, where it wreaks havoc. A new plan to use a trail of 
fire to
        lure the giant turtle into a rocket that will be shot off 
into
        space is put into effect, but just as the creature begins 
to follow
        the trail, rain begins to fall, and the fire goes out. 

303 Pod People
        Pre:  "Robot on the Run" - a work in progress
        Inventions: J: New Guitar Chord         MS: Public Domain 
Karaoke
        Skits:  New Lyrics for Unintelligible Song (Ave Maria) (It 
Stinks!)
                 "I'm a Virgin" T-shirt
                Music from Some Guys in Space (wall of keyboards)
                "You Are Magic, Aren't You Trumpy?" - Great Facial 
Expressions
        Post:   "Where Does All the Magic Go?"
        Credits: Additional Music: "A Clown in the Sky" Written
                 and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy 

304 Gamera vs Barugon
        Pre: User interface war
        Inventions: J: Audio-animitronic pop can MS: Disco 
Cumber-Bubble-Bund
        Skits: 5,000 Fighting Men and Monsters Set
                 T.G.I. Tokyo
                 Hollywood stars in Gamera movies
        Post: Read more about it
        Notes: From the "Gamera Filmography" GAMERA VS. BARUGON aka 
WAR OF
        THE MONSTERS (1966), the only Gamera film without a child 
in it,
        played in Japan at the same time as MAJIN, MONSTER OF TERROR,
        the first of three movies, also produced by Daiei, featuring
        a giant samurai warrior made of stone. Three Japanese 
treasure
        hunters travel by ship to a remote island in the South 
Pacific,
        and there find an object which they believe to be a large 
opal.
        The object is accidentally exposed to infra-red light 
during the
        voyage back to Japan, and shortly afterward, a prehistoric 
creature
        hatches from it and quickly grows to enormous proportions. 
When the
        ship reaches port, the creature causes widespread 
destruction,
        in part by giving off an energy ray similar in appearance to
        a rainbow. Gamera soon appears, having been attracted by 
the ray,
        and the Japanese military finds itself having to fend off 
not one,
        but two, giant monsters.  --- David Milner

305 3/28/92 Stranded in Space
        Pre: shooting gallery
        Inventions: J: "Bang" Uzi, knife, dynamite MS: "Bang" 
harpoons, nunchuks
        Skits: Toddlers TV Trading cards
                 What "Ward E" is to me
                 Kill Hooker! And Silence Magnum Poimanently!
        Post: Tom Servo -- Executive Producer
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writers: Jann L. Johnson,
                 Alexandra B. Carr 
                 On-line Editor: Timothy Scott
                 Audio Editor: Timothy Scott

306 Time of the Apes
        Pre: Tee Ball, Baseball season
        Inventions: J: Cellulite Phone  MS: Miracle Baby Wonder 
Growth Formula
        Skits:         Why Johnny doesn't care
                 Scopes monkey trial
                 Crow T. Robot's Fashion Minute
        Post: Sandy Frank song
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writers: Lynn-Anne Freise,
                 Craig Tollifson, Tom Wedor, Jann L. Johnson,
                 Alexandra B. Carr 
                 Miracle Growth Baby (before): Eli Kenneth Mallon
                 Miracle Grwoth Baby (after): Timothy Scott

307 Daddy-O (Alphabet Antics)
        Pre: Hanging round the water cooler
        Inventions: J: Air Freshener Mobile     MS: "Alien" 
Teething Nook
        Skits:  "Hike Your Pants Up" song
                The Drag Race
                Spit-Takes/Visit from Near-Sighted Guy
        Post:   Fruit Slapping
                Button Problem
        Credits: Bruce: Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Music: "The Pants Up Song" arranged 
with lyrics
                 by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy; "Baby Music" 
written
                 and arranged by Michael J. Nelson

308 Gamera vs Gaos
        Pre:  Lucille Ball Meets Harvey Firestein
        Inventions:   J:  Kleenex Phone  MS:  Self-Image Printers
        Skits:  How to Make Gaos
                Gameradamnerung
                The Amazing Gaos (spinning Gameras)
        Post:  Ways to Snuff Gaos
        Credits: Additional Music: "Opus 4, Number 23, Plate 
Spinning Song"
                 Written and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson 
        Notes: From the "Gamera Filmography" GAMERA VS. GAOS aka 
RETURN
        OF THE GIANT MONSTERS (1967) proved to be the most popular 
series
        entry in Japan. A volcanic eruption arouses a huge vampire 
bat that
        has a special affinity for human blood. Gamera appears and 
twice
        does battle with the creature, but is forced to withdraw 
each time
        after being injured by a supersonic sound beam emitted by it.
        It is soon discovered that sunlight is harmful to the giant 
bat,
        explaining why it appears only at night, and a plan to 
disorient
        the creature so it will be unable to retreat to its 
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        when the sun comes up by luring it with a substance similar 
to blood
        onto a rotating restaurant located on top of a hotel is 
then put
        into effect. At first it appears that the plan is going to 
work, but
        when the mechanism which keeps the restaurant turning 
breaks down,
        the creature escapes.
        --- David Milner

309 12/7/91 The Amazing Colossal Man
        Pre: Hiding from Joel
        Inventions: J: Non-Permanent Tattoos    MS: Music-Reviewing 
Plant Guy
        Skits:  Sensitivity Training (Things not to say around the
                           wife of a nuclear accident victim)
                Joel gets HUGE!
                Arrival of the Amazing Colossal Man
        Post:   Things the Colossal Man could have done
        Credits: Robert Plant: Kevin Murphy
                 Glen: Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Music: "Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata"
                 Performed by Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors From Screen to Scream": ...stands as 
being
        an imaginative film that holds up under the strain of 
low-budget
        blues. Col. Glen Manning (Glenn Langan) is the victim of a 
freak
        accident during the detonation of the first plutonium bomb.
        When a plane crashes near the site of the blast, Manning 
dashes
        to the wreckage only to receive the full force of the 
deadly blast
        head on. His skin burned from his body, Manning surprises 
military
        doctors by growing new skin and then growing to new heights.
        With radiation affecting his growth rate, the colonel's 
burgeoning
        body at first startles him, then enrages him as he realizes 
how
        freakish his condition is. Manning is troubled even more by a
        weak heart that cannot keep up with the antic of his 
ever-growing
        bulk. Langan offers a sensitive portrayal of the army 
freak, but
        the script gives him little to work from. Limited in scope 
and
        budget, the film ends on the usual monster-on-the-loose note.
        (War of the Colossal Beast is a sequel.)

310 Fugitive Alien
        Pre: Joel is a farmer, Gypsy is a cow
        Inventions: J: Musical Chair  MS: Auto-Rhino-Laryngilogical 
Dropper
        Skits:         Hat Party
                 Ship Captain Joel
                 Screenplay model
        Post: Buttons on the suit, Jack Perkins gets genetically 
altered
        Credits: Jack Perkins: Michael J. Nelson
                 Special Make-up: Crist Ballas, Glen Griffin

311 It Conquered The World  (Snow Thrills)
        Pre: Ventriloquism with Crow as the Woozle who's name is 
Peanut
        Inventions: J: Sony Seaman      MS: Halloween Costume Nooses
        Skits:  Winter Sports Cavalcade
                Coffee Clash (Dinner with the Lockhorns)
                Famous Hollywood Siblings
        Post:   Peter Graves' Ending Speech
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writers: Jef Maynard,
                 Jann Johnson, Alexandra Carr, Timothy Scott 
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Roger Corman 
cranked
        out this cute little quickie recounting the adventures of a 
cucumber
        creature from outer space who invades the earth via a 
pseudometeor
        and then proceeds to attempt to take it over. Aided by 
eight winged
        things (sort of vampire bats from beyond the sky types) who 
bite
        their victims and turn them into space zombies, the creature
        terrifies a number of Earthlings.
        From Future Tense: "The Cinema of Science Fiction": Lee Van 
Cleef
        stars as a scientist who is seduced with promises of fame 
and fortune
        by a Venusian who needs some assistance in conquering the 
Earth.
        The Venusian needs all the help it can get as it resembles
        Humpty Dumpty and is just about as maneuvarable. Living in 
a cave,
        it sends out little flying-bat creatures which fasten on 
people's
        necks and plant electrons in their spines, making them 
puppets
        of the alien's will. Eventually the scientist has a change of
        heart after his wife falls victim to the thing, and he 
decides
        to destroy it. In the film's hilarious climax we first see 
the
        creature ignoring a fusillade of army bullets and bazooka 
shells
        and then being overcome by the scientist, who wields a 
simple blowtorch.

312 Gamera vs. Guiron
        Pre: School lunches
        Inventions: MS: Psychology Today Centerfolds J: Collapsible 
Garbage Can
        Skits: Bouncy Gamera Song
                 World of Amusement and Child-like Wonder
                 Richard Burton--One of the Good, Dead ones
        Post: Gamera marching song / Michael Feinstein's "Gamera" at
                 piano bar
        Credits: Michael Feinstein: Michael J. Nelson
                 Additional Music: "Gamera (in its many forms)"
                 Performed by Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From the "Gamera Filmography" GAMERA VS. GUIRON aka 
ATTACK
        OF THE MONSTERS (1969), the only Gamera movie in which a 
monster,
        other than Gamera, first seen in a previous series entry 
again
        appears in new, rather than stock, footage, had a few of its
        more graphic monster scenes edited out of it before it was 
released
        in the United States. Two curious children enter an alien 
space ship
        which has landed in Japan, and travel to the planet Tera in 
it.
        There, after witnessing a battle between a giant creature 
with
        a sharp, pointed head and one similar to monster Gaos,
        the children meet two alien women who lead them to believe 
that
        they will be well cared for when, in fact, the women plan to
        kill them. --- David Milner

313 Earth vs. The Spider  (Speech: Using Your Voice)
        Pre: Inside the robot mind
        Inventions: MS: Cheese Phone  J: CD-Player Blow Dryer
        Skits: Earth vs. Soup
                 Visit from the Custodian of the 7th Galaxy
                 Creepy Crawlers (sic transit)
        Post: Homework essays

314 Mighty Jack
        Pre: Joel's dead--not!
        Inventions: MS: Formal Flipper  J: "Ear" ear-muffs
        Skits: Mighty Jack Dog Food
                 Boy, is he smart!
                 Aquarium Camerawork
        Post: "Slow the Plot Down" shanty

315 Teenage Caveman  (Aquatic Wizards/Catching Trouble)
        Pre:  BORED - Poker game
        Inventions:  J:  Rainy Day Epicacs  MS:  Frank Threatens 
Dr. F
        Skits:  Catching the Great White Ross
                Fight in Deep 13 (with Star Trek fight music)
                Arguments against Change
        Post:  "We are the result of a a mad movie-watching 
experiment ..."
        Note: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": An intellectual 
caveboy
        crosses into the forbidden zone and finds out exactly why the
        elders choose to hide the origins of their species.

316 Gamera vs. Zigra
        Pre: Orbiting Root-Beer Kegger
        Inventions: MS: Three Stooges Guns  J: Crow-shish-ka-bob
        Skits: Tour of Gamera
                 Gamera Diaramas
                 Visit from Kenny and Helen
        Post: Interpretations of the Gamera Theme Song
        Credits: Kenny: Michael J. Nelson
                 Helen: Bridget Jones
                 Roadies: Kevin Murphy, Jef Maynard
                 Additional special thanks: St. Paul Harley Davidson
        Notes: GAMERA VS. ZIGRA (1971), which has been shown only 
on cable
        television in the United States, was released in Japan just 
a few
        months before Daiei went out of business for seven years 
because of
        insolvency. After destroying a base on the moon, an alien 
spaceship
        makes its way to Earth and settles at the bottom of the 
ocean. An
        announcement then comes from it that the planet going to be 
taken
        over, and that people are going to be used for food. The 
military
        proves ineffective against the ship, but Gamera soon 
appears and
        destroys it. A creature somewhat similar in appearance to a 
shark
        emerges, and it quickly grows to enormous proportions 
because of
        the difference between the water pressure of its home 
planet of
        Zigra and that of the Earth. The two monsters do battle, and
        although the alien creature seems at first to be 
outmatched, the
        Zigran, even more intent on taking over the Earth now that 
its
        means of returning home has been destroyed, soon manages to
        immobilize Gamera with a light ray that stops all cellular 
activity.
        --- David Milner

317 Viking Women and The Sea Serpent (The Home Economics Story)
        Pre: Wonderful World of Waffles
        Inventions: MS: Reanimate Meat  J: Waffle Iron
        Skits: Naming New Uses for Waffles
                 Waffles!
                 Willie the Wisecracking Waffle
        Post: Waffles the Song

318 12/28/91 Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
        Pre:  The Nature of Puppets and Their Symbiotic Relation 
with Man
        Inventions: J: Big Head         MS: Big Noses (Super Schnoz)
        Skits:  Emergency 911: Tom Servo is Dying
                Captain Joe Action Figure
                "Fugitive Alien" Song Medley
        Post:   The Ultimate Bad Guy
        Credits: Additional Music: Lyrics: Kevin Murphy

319 War of The Colossal Beast  (Mr. B Natural)
        Pre:  Create-Your-Own Mexican Junk Food
        Inventions:  J:  Between Meal Mortar  MS:  Breakfast Bazooka
        Skits:  Mr. B Natural - Woman or Man?
                Who's That Guy with the Big Head
                James Ungateen (?) KTLA Predicts
        Post: Bad movie/bread made from home perm
        Credits: Glen: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Bert Gordon's 
sequel
        to his successful Amazing Colossal Man has gigantic Col. 
Manning
        coming back, but this time as an enraged and slightly 
battered
        (as a result of his bazooka-induced dive from Boulder Dam 
in the
        last film's finale) titan bent on destruction. Great 
goings-on
        as the giant wrecks everything in sight before being 
electrocuted
        on high-voltage wires. "Mr. B. Natural" is one of those 
instances
        where everything works. Great intro for your friends. The
        "KTLA Predicts" host segment sneaks in a nifty reference to
        Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Soaps ("Dilute! Dilute! OK! OK!").
 
320 12/14/91 The Unearthly (Posture Pals, Appreciating Our Parents)
        Pre: 'Bots tape funny (dangerous!) home video
        Inventions: J: Celebrity Home Appliances      MS: Hard 
Pills to Swallow
        Skits:  Appreciating Gypsy
                The Many Faces of Tor Johnson
                "The Unearthly" Home Game
        Post:   Dead End Kids' Lingo
        Credits: Paint Box Artistry: Jef Maynard

321 Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
        Pre: Christmas catalogues
        Inventions: J: Misfit Toys      MS: Wish Squisher
        Skits:  "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas"
                Christmas Specials
                Christmas Essays
        Post:   Joel and Bots' Stockings
                Mads' "Gift of the Magi"
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writers: Lynn-Anne Freise,
                 Tom Wedor, Craig Tollifson, Bob Schrad, 
Christopher Whiting 
                 "A Patrick Swayze Christmas" Music and Lyrics: 
Michael J. Nelson

322 Master Ninja I
        Pre: American muscle cars
        Invention Exchange: J:  Pop-up classics MS: Gourmet IV bags
        Skits: The Van Patten Project
                 Ninja Tom Servo
                 Nun-chuks: "Chuks" Brainstorm
        Post: Funk Fusion TV-Action Band: Master Ninja Theme Song
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Mike Gandolfi 

323 Castle of Fu Manchu
        Pre: Satellite of Love Marching Band
        Invention Exchange: Servo: Telephone Chip  J: Big Head  MS: 
Stinky Bomb
        Skits: Miss Saigon Syndrome
                 Magic Carpet Trouble
                 What's the Deal with Fu Manchu?--breakdown
        Post: You haven't won--you/ve lost!
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Tired of 
remaining
        dormant, Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) and demonic daughter 
once
        again decide to take over the earth. Once again they are 
stopped.
        This film nearly broke'em-- skits performed with much 
sobbing and
        weak bravery. The film is, ya gotta admit it, pretty damn 
boring.

324 Master Ninja II
        Pre:  Improv Theatre
        Inventions:  J:  Gerbil Sphere II  MS:  Conveyor Belt Buffet
        Skits:  Dream 70's Van
                Col. Timothy Van Patten
                Pets for Fictional Detectives
        Post:  Lee Van Cleef Foam Core Doll, Favorite Movies
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Mike Gandolfi 
                 Additional special thanks: St. Paul Harley Davidson
 

Fourth Season (Comedy Central) (24 episodes, 1992-93)
-----------------------------------------------------

Credits for this season:

Head Writer: Michael J. Nelson
Writers: Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, 
Paul 
Chaplin, Bridget Jones (402-424), Mary Jo Pehl (404-424)
Contributing Writers: Colleen Henjum, Jim Mallon
Host Segments Directed by: Jim Mallon (402-403, 405-413), Kevin 
Murphy (404, 
414, 417, 420, 423), Joel Hodgson (415, 418, 421), Trace Beaulieu 
(416, 419, 
422) 
Associate Producer: Kevin Murphy
Production Manager: Alexandria B. Carr (401-414), Jann L. Johnson 
(415-424)
Technical Supervisor: Timothy Scott
Production Coordinator: Jann L. Johnson (401-414), Ellen McDonough 
(415-424)
Toolmaster: Jef Maynard
Manager of Business Affairs: Heide A. LeClerc
Production Assistant: Ellie/Ellen McDonough (403-414), Sarah E. 
Wisner (417-
424)
Video Provided by: Fournelle Video Production Services, St. Paul (MN)
Audio: Brian Wright (402-414), Timothy Scott (414-424)
Editor: Timothy Scott
Associate Editor: Bradley J. Keely
Post Production Coordination: Alexandra B. Carr (401-414), Jann L. 
Johnson, 
Ellen McDonough (415-424)
Art Direction: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jef Maynard
Set Design: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson
Lighting: Ken Fournelle, Timothy Scott (403-408, 416-417, 420-424)
Engineering: Rob "the engineer" Burkhardt
Hair and Make-up: Clayton James (402, 404-408, 410, 412-413, 
415-424), Andrea 
J. DuCane (403, 409, 414), Crist Ballas (411) 
Prop Assistant: Barb Oswald (402), Patrick Brantsey (417-424)
Toolmaster Jr.: Barb Oswald (403-405, 410)
Interns: Patrick Brantsey, Nathan Devery (402-412), Brendan Glynn 
(402-403), 
Suzette Jamison (402-409), Steven Sande (402-405), Curtis Anderson 
(413-424), 
Kelly Ann Nathe (413-417)
Additional Music Written and Performed by: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin 
Murphy 
(418)
Special thanks: Skyline Displays Inc., Teachers of America, Mark 
Gilbertson, 
all MSTies coast-to-coast, the authors of the 1st Amendment
Executive Producers: Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson

401 6/6/92 Space Travelers
        Pre: The Great Crowdini
        Inventions: J: Dollaroid  MS: Facial Tissue (with faces)
        Skits: American space race advancements
                 Astronaut and CB lingo
                 Problems we may have to face
        Post: Find the finder of lost loves
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Bridget Jones
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A good idea is 
a bit
        overworked in this John Sturges remake of his own Jeopardy 
(1952).
        While the world watches, a team of astronauts are lost in 
space.

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        Maintaining voice communication, the spacemen calmly talk 
to the
        earth below of their helplessness and the population of the 
world
        screams for a rescue attempt.

402 6/13/92 Giant Gila Monster
        Pre: The thing with two heads/odd couple 1999/Forrester's 
dead
        Inventions: J: Prop Old Sitcom/Movie Radio
                 MS: Renaissance Festival Punching Bags 
        Skits: Stupid/soda jerk
                 Favorite funny drunk
                 Servo on cinema (blocking) 
        Post: Hee-la rock group
        Credits: Additional Writer: John Carney
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Before the era 
of
        cheap sex and gore in the film industry there was such a 
thing
        as banality for banality's sake. Herein lies such fantastic 
stuff.
        A giant gila monster makes the rounds in tinker-toy towns and
        terrorizes local teens who are always pictured driving around
        in their hotrods or having sock hops. (This is the type of 
film,
        by the way, where the actors all use their _real_ first names
        in the script.) The lizard is eventually beaten by a brave 
lad
        who drives his hotrod full of nitro into the belly of the 
beast.
        Some fun, eh kids?

403 City Limits
        Pre: Ping pong balls/Servo has Crow's eyes
        Inventions: J: Fun Friend from Stake
        MS: Tupperware Container to Lock in Pop Star 
Freshness/Tupperware Coffin
        Skits: "Ode to Kim Cattrel"
                 New comic superheros (Fantastic 85)
                 Fantastic 85/185 continued 
        Post: City Limits trivia game
        Credits: Additional Writer: John Carney
                 Morrisey: Michael J. Nelson

404 6/27/92 Teenagers from Outer Space
        Pre: NBC mystery movie electro-shock (*zap!*)
        Inventions: J: Scratch-and-sniff Report Cards
                 MS: Resusci Annie Ventriloquism 
        Skits: Reel to real, Snacks in waste receptacle, Skelton 
visit
        Post: Duct tape fashions
        Credits: Resusci-Anne Provided by: Nancy Mason
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream":
        A young man from out of this world is sent to do the Earth 
in.
        Complications arise when he falls in love with a local teen 
queen.
        To make matters even worse, a monster from his spaceship is 
loose
        and, from what the audience can see of its shadowy form, it 
appears
        to be a lobster. With love showing the way, the homo sap 
from space
        guides his invading comrades' fleet into the side of a 
large hill.
        Destroying himself, the big lobster, and the thousands of 
ships in
        one large splat (unseen), the unearthly adolescent makes the
        supreme sacrifice in saving Earth.
        An excerpt from "The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped
        Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies," by Lester Bangs. 
(Collected in
        Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung):
        "I recall reading an item on the entertainment page of the
        daily paper after Teenagers from Outer Space came out to 
the effect
        that responsible people all over were so turned off by this 
pic
        that the financial angels and bureaucratic bosses of the 
studio
        that sponsored and released it ganged up on the poor guy 
that made
        the film, and gave him a good talking-to about devoting his 
talents
        to such a piece of trash, and even if it was his first film 
he
        should think of the public interest, etc. The item ended by 
saying
        that the guy had actually apologized, and promised to do 
better
        with the money that was given him for his second film."
        (For those of you who haven't heard of Lester Bangs, he was 
a rock
        critic for various 60's and 70's era magazines such as 
Crawdaddy
        and Creem.  "Psychotic Reactions..." collects some of the 
best of
        his work, and should be required reading for anyone 
attempting to
        understand rock and roll.  Just ignore what he says about 
Lou Reed
        [he's far too enthusiastic] and Yes [he doesn't understand 
them].---Rsk)
        "Tom Graeff" Profile from Re/Search: Incredibly Strange 
Films:
        "Some directors make dozens of movies, but never anything
        memorable. In 1959 Tom Graeff made only one movie, 
Teenagers From
        Outer Space, but it's enough to earn him a place in this 
book. It
        featured giant lobster shadows and 'alien" teenagers in 
silver
        jumpsuits and motorcycle helmets."

405 7/4/92 Being from Another Planet
        Pre: Twenty questions
        Inventions: MS: Tragic Moments Figurines
                 J: Jack Palance Impersonator Kit
        Skits: Lost in Space fan
                 Haunted boiler room
                 Joel's rainy day fun sketch and hexascreen 
holo-clowns 
        Post: TV's Frank Shopping Network
        Credits: Holo-clowns: Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin

406 7/18/92 Attack of the Giant Leeches (Undersea Kingdom 1)
        Pre: Holo-clown sequencer
        Inventions: MS: Leech Nicotine Patch  J: SOL Insty 
Adolescent Kit
        Skits: Dress to take over the world
                 Coffee and dreams
                 "I'm a Danger to Myself and Others" 
        Post: Problems with film
        Credits: Holo-clowns: Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin
                 Giant Leech: Kevin Murphy
                 Additional Music: "A Danger to Ourselves and 
Others",
                           Michael J. Nelson, Joel Hodgson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A small town 
situated
        in the Florida everglades is terrroized by a bad script, 
inept
        direction and several man-sized leeches. A bloody bore.

407 7/25/92 The Killer Shrews (Junior Rodeo Daredevils)
        Pre: Present time
        Inventions: MS: Revenge on people from the past (destroy 
the Earth)
                 J: Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies 
        Skits: Will Rodgers thing, Killer Shrew board game, Killer 
Shrew drink
        Post: 'Bots are killer shrews/Frank had too much Killer 
Shrew drink
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: Steve Hollenhorst

408 8/1/92 Hercules Unchained
        Pre: Annual wash and wax day
        Inventions: MS: Decorator roaches  J: Steve-a-meter
        Skits: Gypsy's Olympiad set
                 mythic foods (The Waters of Forgetfulness)
                 'Bots try to get Joel to explain birds and bees
        Post: Why these movies?
        Credits:  Additional Contributing Writer: Don Jurek
                 Steve Reeves: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules comes 
to the
        attention of a queen who picks her lovers and then disposes 
of them
        by having them stuffed and mounted, in that order. 
Engagement notices
        are posted and Hercules begins to sweat.

409 8/15/92 Indestructible Man (Undersea Kingdom part 2)
        Pre: Joel is crazy?/party in Deep 13
        Inventions: MS: For men (but women like it, too)  J: Cereal 
Novels
        Skits: Any excuse for a parade
                 What would you do if you were indestructible?
                 Lon Chaney eye thing
        Post: Affidavit to stop cop donut jokes/MS get noise ticket
        Credits: Additional Contributing Writer: David Sussman
                 Officer Kevin: Kevin Murphy
                 Officer Mike: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": As a killer 
brought
        back to life after his electrocution, Lon Chaney, Jr. 
stumbles
        through a role which apparently has been patterned after his
        first monster thriller, _Man Made Monster_.  As soon as he is
        released from his confines, the monster begins killing all 
those
        who sent him up the river way back when. Dreadful gangster 
story
        is heightened in sheer futility by a ludicrous "you are 
there"
        type narration describing the killer's moves as he makes 
them.

410 8/22/92 Hercules Against the Moon Men
        Pre: Crow and Servo run away from home/sand storm/DEEP 
HURTING!
        Inventions: J: Freak out  MS: <none> (woven into tapestry 
of the movie)
        Skits: Boobie trap, 'Bots get implants/new tough-guy name, 
"Pants!"
        Post: Changing actors
        Credits:  Additional Music: "Ode to Pants" Written and
                 Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, Frank Conniff
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules battles
        creatures from outer space while his audience battles nausea.
        When a country enslaved by moonmen and forced to undergo 
strange
        sacrificial rituals for the brigade of baddies from beyond 
cry
        out for help, Hercules gets miffed.

411 8/29/92 The Magic Sword
        Pre: Joel is caricaturist
        Inventions: J: Big Gulperets  MS: Bio-hazard Clean-up Pillow
        Skits: Basil Rathbones (for dogs)
                 Life in the Middle Ages
                 "Ode on Estelle"
        Post: Curses on TV
        Credits: Additional Music: "Ode on Estelle" Written
                 and Arranged by Michael J. Nelson, Paul Chaplin
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream":
        Fantasy filmmaker Bert Gordon's finest achievement. George, a
        lowly subject and the stepson of an elderly witch named 
Sybil, has
        long been the admirer of the kingdom's beautiful princess. 
When
        evil sorcerer Lodac kidnaps the girl to feed his pet 
dragon, George
        tricks his stepmother into revealing what magical treats 
she has
        cooked up for his twenty-first birthday. Locking mother 
dear in the
        basement, George collects his wondrous assortment of gifts 
(a magic
        sword, six of the bravest warriors in the history of the 
earth and
        a magic horse) and sets out to save the princess. Along the 
way he
        meets vampire hags, giant ghouls, deadly swamps and the ever-
        popular dragon. Confronting Lodac in his castle, George is
        surrounded by misshapen pinheads, dwarfs and a race of tiny 
people
        no more than six inches tall. Masterful fairy tale.

412 9/12/92 Hercules and the Captive Women
        Pre: Gypsy joins the experiment.
        Inventions: MS: Lawn-baby  J: The Womb-mate
        Skits: Good natured brawling
                 A History of Hercules
                          Hercules Action Figure
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Hercules 
visits the
        lost city of Atlantis and gets lost among the Amazons 
currently
        inhabiting the struggling, sinking city. Matching wits with 
the
        evil queen, battling live-giving rocks, Hercules escapes. 
Don't
        you wish you were that lucky? (Also known as _Hercules and 
the
        Conquest of Atlantis_.)

413 9/19/92 Manhunt in Space (General Hospital #1)
        Pre: Servo is color blind
        Inventions: MS: "Utne Reade" Neo-Salon Bean Bag Pants
                 J: Paper recyled clothes
        Skits: Soap opera
                 "Space" modifier
                 Winky visits
                 Calls from home
        Post: Crow is guitar, Servo is amp/Mads can't get up
        Credits: Winky: Michael J. Nelson

414 9/26/92 Tormented
         re: Crow, Servo and Gypsy in ventilation shaft
        Inventions: J: Aunt C/Katherine Wheel  MS: Drinking Jacket
        Skits: Joel's fallen from shaft
                 Pop singers to drop from a lighthouse
                 'Bots are bodiless
        Post: Happy thoughts and good things

415 11/25/92 The Beatniks (General Hospital #2)
        Pre: Rock, Scissors, Paper
        Inventions: MS: Good luck Troll Costumes  J: Pocket Pool
        Skits: These people aren't beatniks!
                 Tont Travis: Teen-bot idol
                 I'm Going to Make You a Star!
        Post: Is "dickweed" a swear word?  Crow in moon mode.

416 11/25/92 Fire Maidens of Outer Space
        Pre: Proper Posture--Crow's New Friend Timmy
        Inventions: MS: The Big Checkbook  J: Nike Airchilada
        Skits: Double Entendre
                 The Twin-Screw Universal Controller
                 Timmy - He's got to go
        Post: They're still sitting around!--letter--Timmy finds a 
new home
        Credits: Timmy: Jef Maynard
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream":
        More film flop. Fantastically abysmal production values
        equalled, if not surpassed, by totally outrageous plot. Space
        explorers meet a tribe of lost women and a few robots who 
menace
        everything in sight while classical music drones on in the
        background. Talk about cultural commitment.

417 11/28/92 Crash of the Moons (General Hospital #3)
        Pre: GRIT Salescrow
        Inventions: MS: Deep 13 Toothpaste  J: Rock 'n Wreck Guitar
        Skits: "The Gypsy Moons"
                 Banner Grams
                 Another Teleplay by Crow T. Robot
        Post: Visit from John Banner
        Credits: John Banner: Michael J. Nelson
        Additional Music: "The Gypsy Moons" Written and Arranged
                 by Michael J. Nelson, lyrics by Bridget Jones 
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": Another bunch of
        Rocky Jones television rejects spliced into a stew of space 
sap.

418 12/5/92 Attack of the Eye Creatures
        Pre: Tom and Crow are *friends*
        Inventions: MS: Router Ouiji Board J: Funny Gag Fax
        Skits: Tom Servo analyzes "making out"
                 Earl Holliman!
                 The Rip Taylor Trio (Because it's FUNNY!)
        Post: They just didn't care.
        Credits: Larry Buchanan: Michael J. Nelson
        Notes: "Larry Buchanan" Profile from Re/Search: Incredibly 
Strange
        Films: "...During the latter half of the sixties, Buchanan 
was
        hired by AIP to make eight made-for-television movies-- for 
which
        he is best remembered. The first, The Eye Creatures, is a 
remake of
        the Ed L. Cahn sci-fi comedy, The Invasion of the Saucer 
Men. Most
        of ths subsequent AIP-television films were also remakes of
        previous AIP films, among them: Creature of Destruction, 
Year 2889,
        and the unforgettable Mars Needs Women.
        "These films were made on the lowest budgets imaginable. Some
        of them used the same rubber monster costume. The most 
meorable is
        Zontar, The Thing from Venus, a remake of Roger Corman's 1956
        classic It Conquered the World... 
        "Buchanan is noteworthy for his paranoia. A firm believer in
        almost any conspiracy theory, he's made several movies 
purporting
        to tell the "truth" about subjects that the government (or
        Hollywood) have hushed up... [Down On Us], manages to ties 
the
        deaths of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison into 
a weird
        anti-rock conspiracy plot."

419 12/12/92 The Rebel Set (Johnny at the Fair)
        Pre: Joel reads scarey bedtime stories
        Inventions: MS: TV's Frank's Quick Primp Kit
                 J: Paint-by-number Mark Rathko 
        Skits: Crow's acting lessons
                 What would you do in Chicago?
                 Merritt Stone 
        Post: Who is Merritt Stone?
        Notes: Edward Platt ("The Chief" from "Get Smart" plays a
        beatnik criminal mastermind.

420 12/26/92 The Human Duplicators
        Pre: Redesigning the 'bots/Mads have the sillies
        Inventions: J: Beanie-Chopper (should have gone through the 
roof)
                 MS: William Conrad Fridge Alert 
        Skits: Spaceship craft project
                 Servo duplicates himself
                 Hugh Beaumont attacks
        Post: 'Bots admit to being robots
        Credits: Hugh Beaumont: Michael J. Nelson
                 William Conrad: Kevin Murphy
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A scientist 
sets up a
        mad lab to create a race of androids. Enter a giant from 
space to
        lend a not-so-helpful hand in the project and things get
        interesting (hopefully).

421 1/9/93 Monster A-Go-Go (Circus on Ice)
        Pre: Blessed are the Cheesemakers
        Inventions: MS: Johnny Long Torso  J: Non-violent Action 
Figures
        Skits: Gypsy doesn't "get" Crow.
                 Keep-away.
                 That Pina Colada Song
        Post: Tom, the Hap-py King!

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        Notes: "Monster A-Go-Go" is credited to Bill Rebane, but 
the truth is
        far more EVIL!!!!
        Herschell Gordon Lewis made his mark by inventing the Gore 
film in
        the early 60's with "Blood Feast", "2000 Maniacs", and 
"Color Me
        Blood Red". But he made lots of films for Southern drive-ins,
        and one of these was a little hillbilly action flick called
        "Moonshine Mountain". He needed to get the film out fairly 
quickly,
        but he also needed a second feature for it. He searched 
around and
        found that Bill Rebane had been making a film called 
"Terror At
        Half Bay", and had run out of money. Lewis bought it, and
        discovered he had 100,000 feet of nothing. Some sequences 
were done
        but there was very little connecting footage. He shot 
closeups of
        hands, feet, people walking down halls, ANYTHING to get 
this one to
        hang together. He redid the dialogue <such as it was> and 
added the
        crummy narration. Using the name "Sheldon Seymour", Lewis 
did the
        new dialogue, narration, and editing. Dubbing it 
"Monster-A-Go-Go",
        he foisted this puswad onto the public, and it actually did 
quite
        well down south, with "Moonshine Mountain". 

422 1/16/93 The Day the Earth Froze (Here Comes the Circus)
        Pre: Family Portrait
        Inventions: J: Snaction  MS: Unhappy meals
        Skits: Ideas for a Clown Act
        What, I implore you, is a sampo?
        Gypsy: A One-Woman Show
        Post: Delicately wafting scents borne by the wind--letter
        Credits: "Gypsy Rose Me" Written and Arranged by
                 Michael J. Nelson, lyrics by Mary Jo Pehl
        Notes: From "Horrors from Screen to Scream": A Swedish 
fantasy
        with some fine photographic wonders but a mixed bag of a 
plot.
        Hampered by a low budget and wooden characters, the film 
should
        appeal to the kids. A witch orders the sun not to rise and 
earth
        is turned into a ball of ice. Valiant heroes and a machine 
known
        as the "sampo" combat this Wizard of Oz reject.
                 --- Michael Grubb

423 Bride of the Monster (Hired!)
        Pre: Watching Crow's dream
        Inventions: MS: Tough Love Seat  J: Microwave Faith Popcorn
        Skits: "Hired!" by the SOL Community Players
                 Monsters of the Sea
                 A World Without Advertising
        Post: Re-edit of the final scene--letter
        Credits: Camera: John Finley
                 "Hired! Song" written and arranged by Micheal J. 
Nelson,
                 Kevin Murphy
                 This episode dedicated to the spirit of
                 William A. Murphy.  Thanks, Dad.

424 Manos: Hands of Fate (Hired!)
        Pre: Wonderful Joel
        Inventions: MS: Chocolate Bunny Guillotine  J: The Cartuner
        Skits: The scenic tour
                 Frank apologizes
                 Scary exaggerated features
                 Joel: the Master of Darkness
                 Forrester apologizes
        Post: Lady wrestling game/Torgo's pizza delivery

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