Season Four Episode Thirteen: Manhunt in Space w/Short General Hospitial Part One
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: Stalwart nurse Jessie Brewer is married to Phil Brewer, a cardiologist seven years younger than she. Phil has lost interest in Jessie and seeks the excitement of an extramarital affair. And Dr. Steve Hardy informs a patient that she has a hiatus hernia.
The Movie's Plot Synopsis: Rocky and his co-pilot Winky are sent into space to try to foil a gang of space pirates who have been preying on cargo ships sent out by the United Worlds, and who have also captured Rocky's girlfriend, Vena. Rocky is aided by a new invention, "cold light," which, in much the same way as heat causes mirages to appear in the desert, causes an object to become so cold that it disappears. Unsurprisingly the space pirates are employed by sexy-but-evil Queen Cleolanta of Ophesius.
Host Segments:
Prologue: It's snack time on the Satellite of Love! JatBs discuss the virtues of black and white versus color films. Tom Servo has no opinion, leading to the discovery he is color blind.
Segment One/Invention Exchange: Tom laments his blindness, but is consoled by Joel and Crow. The Mads show off their beanbag pants, perfect for lounging at a discussion salon. JatBs present their recycled paper clothing, leading to Tom being flashblind as well as color blind.
Segment Two: The Bots are playing soap opera, based on the General Hospital short, but Joel refuses to participate due to a traumatic childhood.
Segment Three: A discussion of the overuse of the modifier "space" that appears in the movie. The crew advocates a moderated use of modifiers.
Segment Four: Crow gets this movie confused with Fugitive Alien. JatB's then get a visit from Winky via Hexfield Viewscreen. He insists he is in a spaceship and has many hot girlfriends. The SOL's instruments note he's in his mom's basement in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Ending Segment: Crow is Joel’s guitar and Tom is the amp as Joel sings a la Winky before getting carried away with cool guitar solos. They read a letter via the Golden Throat. The Mads are still stuck in their beanbag pants, making it difficult to hit the button.
Stinger: The space traitor tosses a space chair directly at the space camera.
Review:
Another 50's science fiction flick. What is this, the 20th one? After a while, it gets pretty hard to tell them all apart, and it feels like they always have a similar plot. I just watched this movie, and I'm not 100% sure what it was about, though I guess that could be chalked up to the horribleness of this flick.
Well, I do remember the invisible ship, and the evil is sexy dressed Queen, and... Winky. That's.. about it, I guess. Regardless, the riffing was at least relatively good, though nothing too great. Same with the host segments, the bean bag pants gag was funny, and the Winky had a few chuckles in it as well. It's an alright episode, just don't expect to remember much of it later. 6/10
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