History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E09Hamlet

* HaveAGayOldTime: Used in one of the riffs.[[note]]"Bunghole" here means the hole in a barrel, of course. Interesting that using the word "bunghole" as slang for anus dates back to at least the XVII century.[[/note]]

Film watched: ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1961 German TVMovie adaptation).

!!The [=MST3K=] treatment of ''Hamlet'' provides examples of:

** As Ophelia is buried:

-->'''Mike''': [[Music/LeslieBricusse Stop the world I want to get off!]]

* CallBack: When tricking Pearl into a fixed game of Three-Card Monte and raising the stakes for the final round, Mike imitates Geronimo's CatchPhrase from ''Film/FinalJustice'', the previous episode.
-->'''Mike:''' You think you can take me? Go 'head on, it's your move.

This was a filmed-for-television version of a Munich stage production featuring Creator/MaximilianSchell the previous year, which had gained some notoriety in West Germany for its fairly loose (and politicized) translation of Shakespeare's text. The movie was edited and dubbed into English at the behest of director Creator/EdwardDmytryk, who had worked with Schell on ''The Young Lions'' a few years earlier and wanted to help Schell establish himself in Hollywood. Schell regretted that the film had been dubbed into English, as he felt it removed the stage version's unique interpretation of the text, though to most viewers the dreary visuals and anemic direction are likely a bigger sticking point.

This was a filmed-for-television version of a Munich stage production featuring Creator/MaximilianSchell the previous year, which had gained some notoriety in West Germany for its fairly loose (and politicized) translation of Shakespeare's text. The movie was edited and dubbed into English at the behest of director Creator/EdwardDmytryk, who had worked with Schell on ''The Young Lions'' a few years earlier and wanted to help Schell establish himself in Hollywood. Schell regretted that the film had been dubbed into English, as he felt it removed the stage version's unique interpretation of the text, though to many viewers the dreary visuals and anemic direction are likely a bigger sticking point.

Film watched: ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1961 German TVMovie adaptation)

[[caption-width-right:359:If there's a Reichsführer, I'm leaving.]]

[[caption-width-right:359:If there's a Reichsfuhrer, I'm leaving.]]

* Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the week's movie, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough he didn't specify]] ''which'' version, so Pearl chooses a particularly shoddy 1961 German television adaptation (starring Creator/MaximilianSchell) [[DisproportionateRetribution just to spite him]].

* Crow and Servo decide to haunt Mike like Hamlet's father did. They run through his entire family tree trying to find a dead relative.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite managing to beat Pearl in Three Card Monte for the right to pick what movie they would do that day, even picking ''Hamlet'' for good measure, Mike manages to louse it up with just two words: "Your choice."

* OedipusComplex: This film talked Crow out of it.
-->'''Crow:''' Well Mike, this has convinced ''me'' not to kill your dad and marry your mom!

** Claudius is dubbed by Creator\RicardoMontalban; at one point Servo squeezes in a riff based on one of the more memetic moments of his career.

The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-hamlet/53cd481b69702d27d33a2400 here]].

* Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough he didn't specify which version]], so Pearl picks a cruddy 1961 German film adaptation (starring Creator/MaximilianSchell) [[DisproportionateRetribution just to spite him]].

* Crow and Servo decide to haunt Mike like Hamlet's father did. They run through his whole family tree trying to find a relative who's dead.

* The 'Bots introduce the Talking Hamlet action figure, whose verbose and longwinded speech comes with a very long pullcord. Pearl is harassed by Fortinbras, who is complaining about his role being omitted from the movie and insists on performing it live.

* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called ''Alas Poor Who?'' where the bots are shown random bones and have to guess whom they belonged to. Servo guesses wrong in the final round, while Crow gets all of his right but is disqualified because he repeatedly fails to phrase his answer as "Alas, poor _____."
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied... by presenting him with a poorly done version made in Germany.
* BedsheetGhost: When the bots try to pass themselves off as the ghost of Mike's father. Upon learning that he's alive, they try every other conceivable relative and get the same result.

* CallBack: When tricking Pearl into playing a fixed game of 3-Card Monte and raising the stakes for the final round, Mike imitates Geronimo's CatchPhrase from ''Film/FinalJustice'', the previous episode.

* ContinuityNod: It's established that Pearl is a gambling addict, so her AttentionDeficitOohShiny reaction to Mike's [[ShellGame Three Card Monte]] is in character.
* CreditsGag: After Mike finishes pulling the pullcord on the Talking Hamlet toy (which takes up the entirety of the last host segment), Hamlet's entire "To Be or Not To Be" speech is recited over the credits.

* ExactWords: Mike should never have allowed Pearl to pick which production. He calls out Zeffirelli and Branagh, but gives Pearl enough wiggle (he ''DID'', after all, say "[[TooDumbToLive your choice]]"...) and she chooses Observer's suggestion of one filled with "Germans" and "bratwurst".

* FreudWasRight: InUniverse, Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion. It could also be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another classic piece of theater]].
-->'''Tom Servo:''' Hamlet, get off your mom!

'''Tom Servo:''' Eww!

'''"Sirveaux":''' [[PsmithPsyndrome I won't respond]].

--->'''Hamlet's Father:''' It was murder most foul.\\

** Another is Mike and the bots' disdain for the many long monologues in the movie.

** When Ophelia whimpers "Woe is me...", Tom responds "''Woah'' is me." in the same infliction as Joey Lawrence's character in ''Series/{{Blossom}}''.

* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] A guy named Creator/PaulVerhoeven plays the gravedigger.

* The 'Bots introduce the Talking Hamlet action figure, whose verbose and longwinded speech comes with a very long pullcord. Pearl is harassed by Fortenbras, who is complaining about his role being omitted from the movie and insists on performing it live.

* CampGay: Fortenbras.

-->'''Pearl:''' ''[after dealing with Fortenbras]'' Is it ''me''? [[LampshadeHanging Am I a magnet for these idiots]]?![[note]]Considering her son is a maniacal MadScientist, and her companions are a talking ape and a pale-faced omnipotent being who carries his brain around in a bowl, then yes, she is.[[/note]]