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The Sidehackers ()

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  • Season 3
  • Episode 2
A motorcycle racer and a violent stunt rider start a war of vengeance against each other. Joel and the Bots write a song inspired by the movie and chat with a few characters from the film on the Hexfield.
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Crow T. Robot / Dr. Clayton Forrester
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Joel Robinson
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Gypsy
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Tom Servo
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Frank / Gooch
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J.C.
Nathan Molstead ...
Jerry
Amy Kane ...
Sylvia
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Alexandra Carr ...
Magic Voice (uncredited) (voice)

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Jim Mallon ... (host segments)

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Joel Hodgson ... (creator) (creator)
 
Michael J. Nelson ... (head writer)
 
Trace Beaulieu ... (written by) &
Frank Conniff ... (written by) &
Joel Hodgson ... (written by) &
Jim Mallon ... (written by) &
Kevin Murphy ... (written by)

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Ken Fournelle ... (uncredited)

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Tim Paulson

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Trace Beaulieu
Joel Hodgson

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Faye Burkholder ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Alexandra Carr ... post-production supervisor (as Alexandra B. Carr) / production manager (as Alexandra B. Carr)
Kevin Murphy ... post-production supervisor

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Trace Beaulieu ... set designer
Joel Hodgson ... set designer

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John Calder ... audio

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Joel Hodgson ... gizmonic devices

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Trace Beaulieu ... special visual effects and other fancy stuff

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Ken Fournelle ... lighting
Kevin Murphy ... lighting

Music Department

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Charlie Erickson ... composer: theme song
Joel Hodgson ... composer: theme song / lyricist: theme song
Michael J. Nelson ... composer: additional music
J. Elvis Weinstein ... lyricist: theme song (as Josh Weinstein)
Joel Hodgson ... performer: theme song (uncredited)

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Robert Czech ... intern
Jann Johnson ... production assistant (as Jann L. Johnson)
Amy Kane ... intern
Tamra Lewis ... intern
Jef Maynard ... toolmaster
Michelle Molhan ... intern
Nathan Molstead ... intern
Jim Smith ... intern (as James Smith)

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Bryan Beaulieu ... special thanks
Randy Herget ... special thanks

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Plot Summary

In "The Sidehackers" (also known as Five the Hard Way (1969)), a motorcycle racer and a violent stunt rider start a war of vengeance against each other. Joel and the Bots write a song inspired by the movie and chat with a few characters from the film on the Hexfield. Written by skillwithaquill

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  • The Sidehackers (United States)
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  • 97 min
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Trivia When the movie was selected, none of the writers had watched the entire thing. While writing for the episode, they saw the entire movie for the first time, including the graphic rape and murder scene halfway through. Shocked, the writers edited the entire scene out of the episode. After that, movies being considered for the show had to be watched in their entirety before they were selected. See more »
Goofs During the "Sidehackin'" song in one of the bridge skits, a blue screen is used to show footage from the movie in the background. Joel's blue jumpsuit bleeds into the movie footage. The footage also shows through the neck of Crow's blue guitar. See more »
Movie Connections Features Five the Hard Way (1969). See more »
Soundtracks Sidehackin See more »
Crazy Credits Filmed in "Shadowramma" See more »
Quotes Joel: Well, you guys gotta understand, it's really hard to get a new sport going. It's hard to get the recognition that other sports enjoy. Can you name a few?
Tom Servo: Uh, kickboxing from the Philippines... uh, tape measure racing...
Crow T. Robot: And, uh, computations, and Australian rules football.
Joel: Right, and what do all these sports have in common that sidehacking does not?
Crow T. Robot: Uh, a rudimentary interest factor?
Tom Servo: A sense of fair play?
Crow T. Robot: A small measure of self-esteem?
Tom Servo: Yeah.
Joel: Right, these are all really good answers, but the thing I was looking for was terminology. It's impossible to have play-by-play or color commentary without it! So, let's put our heads together and come up with some terminology that really showcases some of the really exciting moves in our sport, sidehacking. Cambot, roll that footage.
Crow T. Robot: [footage plays, the next lines are voice over] It looks like the Wesley Brothers out of John Harding starting things briskly with the Fuller Brush Man in a Rumplestiltskin follow-through with a Teenage Coed Prison!
Tom Servo: Out of Wausau, representing Wisconsin, Mitch and Pitch performing the now famous Yank Me Crank Me!
Joel: That bright young team, the Allentown Poodles, with their rendition of the Swirly - Oh no, could that have been the Gunkout, Crow?
Crow T. Robot: Thanks, Joel. I think that was more of a Spinning Love Funnel from those fresh-faced kids of Kankakee Community College...
Tom Servo: Oh my goodness, it's a lineback, a slowburn and a hop, skip and a gold flame with a Fintoozler and an Itchy Gorilla! AN ITCHY GORILLA!
Joel: Uh oh, here comes the Big Blue Flamer, followed by Teatime Richard Scarry, the Full Tilt Bozo, Crazy and Just Plain Stupid!
Crow T. Robot: It's an exciting day, indeed, here at Japanese War Atrocity Park and Pavillion-On-The-Park, but - what's this? Is that the antiquated old papa Baba O'Riley attempting the Teenage Wasteland on the hey-de-hi-de-ho side of the track?
Tom Servo: From the darker side of the street come the Cap Snaffler, Maynard and Eleanor, Casey's Rolling Pizza and Just Imagine!
Joel: Meet you on the dark side of the moon, it's the Ghostly Trio, followed by No-Tell Motel, Aspercreme and Death by Chocolate!
Crow T. Robot: Uh-oh, hold onto your epidermis! It's Deputy Dawg and the Hard-Drinking Soldiers of Fortune attempting the oft-copied Leaky Cheese!
Tom Servo: Shake me, don't wake me, Crow... Looks like Bad Man and the Costumed Critters of Death are going crinkle-cut and somebody's got to pay... but, uh-oh! Funny Ha-Ha, Funny Strange and the Bad Man and Joe screaming "Hey world, check me out!"
Joel: Hand me a Hoover, it's Raspberry Commie, the Fruitful Snootful and Hickory Dickory Die attempting a Butterscotch Push with a Frontie-frontie-frontie!
Crow T. Robot: Ho ho ho! Is that Go-Go the Gorilla with Bloopers, Blunders and Practical Jokes with Starchy Cock-of-the-Walk in their Fintoozler? There's Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl in the George Barris custom show rod, bravely attempting the Big Buy with a Tommy Tune on the side!
Tom Servo: I gotta correct you on that, Crow, I think he's attempting a Stinky Guy with a Peter Allen - Uh-oh! That means he'll be disqualified and slapped with a Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich! That could be a problem for our Quentin Crisp, who's expected to deliver a Fighting Aranovich Brother or a God Your Helmet Smells Good...
Joel: Uh-oh! Here comes Nutsy, the Sidehacking Clown, performing his famous Tension Envelope routine! Don't get too close, 'cuz remember, kids, he who smelt it, dealt it... Let's give him a round of applause as we all pardon his blooper!
Crow T. Robot: Well, it's been a big day with plenty of sheer gut blow-outs, Juicy Lucies and a Woozle whose name was Peanut... This is Crow and Joel and Tom Servo in the pit.
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