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Pinky and the Brain (1995)
A Hoot!
It is a pity that animation is usually passed over by cultural snobs as "just kiddie stuff." Obviously, these people are deprived of decent entertainment, social commentary, and perhaps a sense of humor.
Pinky and the Brain is a rare jewel, in that this series has something for everyone. There is juvenile humor for the kiddies in Pinky's hilariously inane comments and actions, and then there is some truly pungent wit and hits against societal in/actions, and not just of the political nature, either.
My all time favorite episode was "Bubba Bo Bob Brain" wherein Brain came upon the idea to take over the world by becoming a country-western superstar. He was inspired by comments of fans of "Willy Ray Cypress," who declared that they listened to his song 20 times per day. Brain decided that he could use such devotion to his advantage by placing subliminal messages into his songs.
It took me about four viewings of this episode before I could stop laughing long enough to hear the dialogue.
A no-miss, even though the animation could be better.
The Creeping Terror (1964)
Oh, my ribs!
I just bought the MST3K version on Rhino video, and my ribs are killing me! I used to watch stinkbombs like this on "Nightmare Theater" as a kid, and this was one where I was laughing as hard as my dad!
Love that monster, where can I get the Beanie Ba... hey, wait a minute! The neighbors just threw out some ratty carpeting they have wanted to get rid of for years, hmm...
Actually, if you get a chance to see the MST3K version, do it. It is hard to imagine the Brains making this experience even funnier, but they pull it off. My favorite comment has to be when the monster has just eaten the occupants of a small convertible and the actors in the carpet suit are having a terrible time getting out of the car. It looks for all the world like the carpet/monster is attempting to mate with the little convertible. At this point, Crow asks, "Mike, what is it doing?" and Mike responds with, "Well, you see, when a monster and a small car love each other very much..."
Weird narration and timing of some sort of preachy message about remaining single aside, the visuals of the monster alone should put this movie on the list of funniest of all time. Even Men in Black's deliberate humor could not compete against the unintentional comedy of this movie.
Mr. B Natural (1957)
And they wonder?!?!?!
I have griped up a storm about my elementary/junior high/high school days, talking about mental trauma inflicted upon me. For those who say, "Aw, it could NOT have been THAT bad," I suggest a viewing of this very waste of celluloid. Music is a wonderful thing... why use this kind of nasty, evil, perverted thing on innocent young children? MST3K helped me overcome years of horror by riffing on this thing... Unfortunately, this piece of filth was played in a music class I was forced to endure as a young 'un.
Between this, and the folk "song" Tingalao, [about a walking, talking, eating with a knife and fork donkey] it is small wonder that any hope my father had for my being a brilliant concert pianist went into the toilet. I could kiss Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu and Kevin Murphy for their riffs on this horror! Thanks guys for helping me get at least mental revenge on something that gave me worse nightmares than The Wolf Man!
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
My ribs still hurt from howling at this one!
I am still trying to figure out how Mystery Science Theater 3000 missed this "jewel."
The sight of Miles O'Keefe in a blonde pageboy wig had me screaming with laughter! Had he been in a dress, he would easily have surpassed the "leading lady" in a beauty contest.
As other commentators mentioned, Sean Connery, indeed, should take his James Bond-era firearms training and seriously HURT the agent who put him up for this catastrophe.
The icing on the cake?
Poor Sean with green eyeshadow smeared all over his face... THEN he is decapitated by our "hero" and his head says something truly goofy like, "Body retrieve me," which it does, like a well trained puppy dog, without stumbling over any obstacles, or having to feel around for the head.
It was after that that my best friend's hubby came out of his office and demanded that we change the channel: She and I were laughing so hard that he was afraid that we would do SERIOUS permanent physical injury to ourselves.
Not one to miss, but keep an ice pack handy for your ribs, which will be aching after this.
Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)
Oh, the horror!
About the only thing bearable about this bomb was the fact that Mystery Science Theater 3000 made it the laughing-stock it deserves to be!
Eegah (1962)
What were they smoking when they released this thing?
The only thing that made this bearable was the Mystery Science Theater 3000 skewering of this. This is one movie that should have been left, in its entirety, on the cutting room floor. Tom Servo [of MST3K] had it dead bang on right when he said that Arch Hall Jr. looks like a Cabbage Patch Elvis.