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[[caption-width-right:360:"It is sort of hypnotic, isn't it?"\\
"Hip? Not. Ick!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:360:The story of Hollywood in the early days.]]

-> '''Dr. Forrester:''' Well, Joel. We've got another cinematic compost pile for you called ''The Slime People''.\\
'''Dr. Erhardt:''' Oh, it's scabby, and bumpy, and absolutely hideous!\\
'''Dr. Forrester:''' But first, another space frolic with our bullet-headed friend Commando Cody.

Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (serial) chapter 6 and ''Film/TheSlimePeople''.

The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-029-theslimepeople here]].

!!The Segments
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[[folder: Segment 1/Invention Exchange ]]

* Joel invents eye-popping glasses for cartoons-in-training, and the Mads invent cotton candy that screams when eaten.

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[[folder: Segment 2 ]]

* The Bots put a doll of Commando Cody on trial to determine if he's real or fictional.

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[[folder: Segment 3 ]]

* The Bots complain about the nonsensical aspects and poor plot structure of the movie. This prompts Joel to explain that, like any movie, it only got made because somebody thought people would watch it. The Bots then come up with a TV show idea of their own, with a strangely familiar premise.

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[[folder: Segment 4 ]]

* The Bots fill the Satellite of Love with thick smoke in imitation of the "scary" mist in the movie.

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[[folder: Segment 5 ]]

* Joel tries to demonstrate how to bake a pie for robots, but the [[OneIPreparedEarlier one he prepared earlier]] met a predictable fate.

!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 6: Hills of Death'') has examples of:
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!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/TheSlimePeople'' has examples of:
* AnthropomorphicFood: The Mads' screaming cotton candy.
* EyePop: Joel's invention is a pair of glasses that imitate cartoon character eye pops.
* MST3KMantra: [[invoked]]Paraphrased by Servo when the others criticize the logic of his show pitch.
* ShoutOut: The courtroom segment pulls the famous BagsOfLetters bit from ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet''.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: The third host segment has the Bots pitching a TV series to Joel about a man trapped on a desert island by a pair of evil commodores and forced to watch bad TV series with only some mechanical friends made out of pieces of his boat for company. Joel doesn't think anyone would be interested in anything like that.