Season Three Episode Nineteen: War of the Colossal Beast w/short Mr. B Natural
Network: Comedy Central
Riffers: Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow T. Robot
Mads: Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV's Frank
The Short's Plot Synopsis: A sexually androgynous spirit of music teaches Buzz Turner how to be cool. There is much confusion abound.
The Movie's Plot Synopsis: A mysterious series of food-truck robberies makes government officials doubt that the 60-foot tall Colossal Man is dead. He is discovered in a desolate mountain range in Mexico, insane and horribly disfigured. The military drugs him and transports him back to America, where he promptly escapes and wreaks havoc on a city. Also, the Colossal Beast has a sister now, despite us being told in the first movie he had NO family.
Host Segments:
Prologue: JatBs create new Mexican foods. Try some Spicey(sp?) Peachy Battered Chonga, Chickeny Gatorade Arito, or Del Grande Cheesy Beefy Blue Steak Tacos! Hey, that last one doesn't sound half bad...
Segment One/Invention Exchange: They come up with a few more Mexican Food dishes. I'm not sure if I'd want to try the Curly Joe Doritos. The Mads make the Breakfast Bazooka, and Joel uses sweet snacks and makes a Between-Meal Mortar.
Segment Two: The Bots debate whether Mr. B Natural is actually male or female. Crow is for the female side, while Servo is for male.
Segment Three: JatBs sing with the big head (from the last episode) when Glen (Mike Nelson, again) drops by.
Segment Four: KTLA predicts the future (the name of the TV Station in the movie) It's extremely random.
Ending Segment: JatBs partake of drugged bread because of the movie, letters are read by JatBs and Glenn. (Hilariously, the letter Glenn reads notes that Joel is their favorite.) TV's Frank enjoys some thorazine waffles.
Stinger: Mr. B Natural prances around.
Review:
Mr. B Natural is not only one of the most infamous shorts ever shown on Mystery Science Theater it is also one of the most popular. So much so that when Best Brains Inc. (the owners of MST3K) released a set of shorts on VHS/DVD, they called it Mr. B's Lost Shorts. One thing I've always wondered is why didn't they try an all-short episode of MST3K? Now that would have been hilarious.
The movie itself is also really good, but is unfortunately overshadowed by the short. The movie is dull (aside from about five minutes or so of Glenn attacking things) and the actors bad. Honestly, I don't know how they made a sequel that could be filled with more plot holes than you can shake a stick at, none of the original actors, and more dull than a pocket knife. At least it makes for some good riffing! 9.5/10
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