History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E14TeenAgeStrangler

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--->'''Crow:''' Giving gifts in a dorm -- punishable by expulsion.

[[caption-width-right:320:"Is this love? Or is it just rough sex with Michael Douglas?"]]

* Mike and the 'Bots ponder the nature of the short's question “What is Love?”, mostly in terms of celebrities.

''Is This Love?'' features a couple of high school sweethearts who want nothing more than to get married. Everyone around them tries to get them (the girl especially) to slow down and think about whether their relationship is genuine love, or merely a physical attraction.

Films watched: ''Is This Love?'' (short) and ''Film/TeenAgeStrangler''

Films watched: ''[[Film/IsThisLove1957 Is This Love?]]'' (short) and ''Film/TeenAgeStrangler''

!!The [=MST3K=] presentation of ''Teen Age Strangler'' contains examples of these tropes:

!!The [=MST3K=] presentation of ''Is This Love?'' contains examples of these tropes:
* ContinuityNod: At one point while Peggy and Joe are cuddling in the car Crow quips, "[[Film/{{Eegah}} Watch out for snakes!]]"
* DawsonCasting: Made into a RunningGag [[invoked]]. Liz's actress, Lynne Gorman, was 37 at the time of filming.
-->'''Crow:''' Oof, geez, how many times was SHE held back?\\
'''Liz:''' Hi, Peg.\\
'''Mike:''' ''(as Peggy)'' "Hi, Mom."
* FelonyMisdemeanor:
** Drinking in a dorm? '''Expulsion'''. And somehow Liz thought even ''that'' was too lenient of a punishment.
--->'''Mike:''' ''(innocently)'' Drinking in college? I've never heard of that...\\
'''Crow:''' Never!
** A BrickJoke later on:
--->'''Crow:''' Giving gifts in a dorm -- punishable by expulsion.
* RunningGag:
** Andy as Liz's henpecked fiance. "Look, would you just '''lay off for ten seconds!!"'''
** Many, many "age" jokes about how Liz [[DawsonCasting looks way too old to be in college]][[invoked]].
--->'''Liz:''' You always talk about your mother as if she was an ogre or something.\\
'''Mike:''' ''(as Liz)'' Why, I've known her for fifty years...!
* ShoutOut:
** The bots compare Liz's oddly arched eyebrows to the {{rubber forehead|Aliens}} of a [[Franchise/StarTrek Romulan]].
** Peggy's very arch mother causes Tom to imitate consummate GrandeDame Margaret Dumont, exclaiming [[Theatre/AnimalCrackers "Captain Spaulding!"]]
** At the title Servo quips, "Is this love or is it just [[Film/BasicInstinct rough sex with]] Creator/MichaelDouglas?"

* Mike attempts to call his grandma to help him get back to Earth. Calling long distance from space and answering machines hinder his plan.

* In order to get Frank to give him some privacy, Dr. Forrester straps him into the Frank-N-Forcer: a bouncing seat suspended over a bed of nails. Mike and the Bots create the Waiter-Baiter: a giant waving arm that attracts waiters so restaurant patrons don’t have to.

* Mike and the Bots ponder the nature of the question “What is Love?”, mostly in terms of celebrities.

* Crow and Tom are gang members on the blacktop, ready to engage in a rumble. Mike kills the mood by attempting to have the two gangs settle their differences.

* The bots trick Mike into wearing a pair of glasses that are wired to a device that makes him act like Mikey, the nasal-voiced dweeb from the movie. Mike eventually sees through the trick and puts the glasses on Crow instead.

* Mike, portraying a school custodian, sings the tender ballad “I’m a Janitor”. In Deep 13, Frank makes himself sick bouncing along to the song.

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Films watched: ''[[Film/IsThisLove Is This Love?]]'' (short) and ''Film/TeenAgeStrangler''