Season Two Episode Eleven: First Spaceship on Venus
Network: Comedy Channel
Riffers: Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow
Mads: Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank w/Assistants Gerry and Sylvia
Plot Synopsis: In the far off year of... 1985, a strange, extraterrestrial spool is discovered, leading to a manned expedition to Venus. The, which is mixed with ethnicities from all across the globe, land on Venus, but not after some trouble. There, they discover that the planet's population was wiped out by a nuclear error. Some of the crew members die horrifically, and the surviving members of the expedition return to earth with a warning for all mankind.
Host Segments:
Prologue: Joel adjusts Servo's sarcasm sequencer. It might be a bit high.
Segment One/Invention Exchange: Joel finally puts Servo on the correct setting (random) After passing on Pia Zadora and Dan Quayle, he goes crazy on Gallagher. The Mads plan on stealing another of Joel's inventions, which turns out to be a Junk Drawer Helper, a kit to start a junk drawer. The Mads attempt to present their own invention which is lost in their own junk drawer. They find Abe Vigoda instead.
Segment Two: The Bots create a robot of their own, the XT-5000 Ramjet Super-Configured Limited Edition Lighting Interface, Model L. Joel asks it a question and finds out it only communicates in foam.
Segment Three: The Bots spot a strange ship that is home to a fierce gorilla. Gypsy faints, leaving it up to Crow and Tom to calm it down. Crow angers it, while Servo is able to calm it into submission with his singing voice.
Segment Four: The Klack Industrial Company presents an ad for holiday foods. The edibility of Creamy Clotted Palm Spread, Sir Cheddar Snack-a-Lots, and Creamy Crunchpuppies is rather debatable.
Ending Segment: Crow kind of liked it, it reminds Joel of his childhood, and it leads to Tom's sarcasm sequencer overloading and his head exploding. Letters are read as Tom smolders. Back in Deep 13, Dr. Forrester is busy being ill into the junk drawer (which continues through the credits), forcing Frank to push the button on his own.
Stinger: The alphabet gang bids the astronauts adieu.
Review:
The movie had a lot going for it, but unfortunately it all sorta just fell short at the end. The movie had characters that really weren't given much more than a first (or last?) name, which makes writing down good riffs tough. I've seen worse.
The riffing was pretty damn entertaining, to be fair. Not quite on the same level as some of the other episodes in season two, but it didn't fall down to some of the worst of Season One, either. The host segments were pretty funny, though nothing special. 6/10
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