MST3K: Catalina Caper

Episode Rating: 2 stars

Plot: Trouble in Catalina when somebody does something involving some damn scroll and there's a lot of scuba diving and dancing and, aw hell, you figure it out.

Opening: Crow and Servo say their prayers. "When you've got a job like ours you have to believe in a higher power." Grudgingly, the two pray "God bless Tweeky."

Invention exchange: The mads invent Tank Tops, with real tank turrets. Joel creates the Ticklebazooka.

Host segment 1: Joel reflects on the Sixties. "Toys had metal edges and little pieces that were breakable and would fit in your mouth! They would take and make playground equipment out of stainless steel, then haul it up onto asphalt where you could get hurt!"

Host segment 2: Tom sings about Creepy Girl while Joel and Crow dance.

Host segment 3: Frank throws a bizarre tupperware-style party. Dr. Forrester: "You have a lot to learn about being a mad scientist."

End: Crow questions the premise of the film. Tom tries singing again. Joel tries to explain the plot, it descends into chaos, and he bangs them over the head with his chart. They read a letter and Tom starts singing again.

Stinger: None.

Music: From Segment 2

Oh, creepy girl
Lyle Wagoner's a total jerk
Second only to Tommy Kirk
Could you find it in your heart
To love a bot like me?
That fishy story you tell
Always makes me sleepy
But that's just what I get
For dating a girl that's creepy!
My creepy girl.

Oh, 'C' is for that feeling of uncertainty, for not quite knowing what ethnic group you're from.
'R' is for the gifts you give me every time you smile.
The first 'E' is for, uh, well, I don't really know,
But the second 'E' is really a grammatical thing, 'cause otherwise it would be 'crepy' and where would THAT leave us?
The 'P' is definitely not for platonic.
And 'Y'? Because I love you.

My creepy girl!

Oh what are you creepy girl? Are you French, Italian or one of those swarthy Gypsy types?
Well, your accent suggests a romance language, but I can't be sure.
But we can definitely rule out a Germanic language.
But it's okay, I'm a Bot without a country.
All I know is that I love you and I want to shout it from the mountain tops!
But, uh, first I'd have to get back down to Earth and actually climb a mountain.
Or they could just drop me off on a mountain, I don't care! That would be okay.
Because I just need you!

My creepy girl
Won't you be mine?
I'll give you scrolls and fish and tinker toys and wine.
I'll ditch these guys if you'll be my creepy girl
Be mine, before movie sign

Zingers

"Come on you ho-daddys, let's burn some books!"

Mr. Howll wannabe: I'll admit I have a flair for this sort of thing.
Crow: Alcoholism?

Tom: Is that the funny part, Joel?
Joel: I guess...

"Should I put the horsehead in my bed again?"

Blondie: Remember, breathe through your mouth.
Joel: Not through your hands.

"You know it's going to be funny he's wearing corduroy."

One-dimensional Blond Guy: This is the place!
All: Hell!

"Now I know why drugs were so big in the sixties: you need 'em."

"I think they sent the wrong people to 'Nam.'"

The geek from every Disney film: I didn't mean to embarass you.
Tom: Isn't this movie enough?

Henchman: "What about Locopatus?"
Crow: Why he'll thrash you from top to bottomus!

"Why did the Titanic have to sink and this didn't?"

"Please, I implore you, shut up!"

"Thank you Corky the waterclown for making us laugh at love... again."

My Thoughts

On the Film: I just can't understand why people think audiences like watching other people dance. I mean, I just don't get it. It's not as if it's terribly impressive to do this kind of dancing, and yet they jam the movie with it. Ugh. And then there was the stupid attempt at a plot... what a piece of trash.

From the early days of MST3K, it includes a couple references to The Comedy Channel, the network that morphed into Comedy Central. I particularly like the reference to Higgen's Boys and Gruber, which was a show on the Comedy Channel at the time. If you've seen the show you'll get it, otherwise... well, just trust me, it's a mildly funny reference.

One of my favorite parts is during Little Richard's song. Servo starts singing "The Nazi Party" in place of "Scuba Party". It really fits well. The music, I mean, not the sentiment.

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