Season Two Episode Thirteen: Godzilla vs. The Sea Mosnter
Network: Comedy Channel
Riffers: Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow
Mads: Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank w/Assistants Gerry and Sylvia
Plot Synopsis: Some teenage boys and a bank robber end up on a mysterious soutern island where a totalitarian group has enslaved all of the natives. The teens summon Godzilla for help. Godzilla and Mothra (now friends, I guess) show up, and Godzilla battles the Ebirah, a.. giant enemy crab. After attacking it's weak point (for massive damage) the villains' self-destruct device is triggered, and Mothra helps Godzilla save all the people on the island.
Host Segments:
Prologue: Joel reads the Velveteen Rabbit and does all the voices.
Segment One/Invention Exchange: Joel shows off his Mind Control Guitar. The Mads play their squeaky Doggie Chew Toy Guitars
Segment Two: Joel explains the very fictional origins of Godzilla with “The Godzilla Genealogy Bop”
Segment Three: Crow and Tom believe that Joel is suffering from space madness. They think Joel’s models of famous earth structures made from found objects are further evidence of his mental decline. So they destroy the models for Joel’s own good.
Segment Four: Despite Joel’s warning, Crow and Tom mock the Mothra twins, only to receive a visit from Mothra on the Hexfield Viewscreen! Fortunately, he’s a pretty mellow fellow. But later when the bots try to tell Joel about Mothra’s visit, Joel won't believe them.
Ending Segment: Joel teaches the bots about famous sayings that actors didn’t actually say (Beam Me Up Scotty-isms.) They look at some “Cool Thing” contest entries. The Mads briefly consider the possibility of reviewing policy and instituting a change to a less hostile posture toward JatBs, but it doesn’t go anywhere.
Stinger: Everyone bows down before Mothra
Review:
Great end to the second season. Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster is definitely an entertaining movie to riff on, though it's tough to keep up with everyone's names. Especially when most of the characters aren't named on screen >_>. Still, monster movies always seem to be a good source of lulz for the writers of MST3K.
The riffing was very entertaining, and really strong. Ending the second season with a one-two punch of Godzilla films seems like the right move to end that season. You can really tell how much the riffing has evolved since the first episode, and the host segments as well are a lot more entertaining to boot. 9.5/10.
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