With special mention of the jokes involving the Enforcer chase and the movie's hero, David Ryder.
Also from Space Mutiny
Commander Santa Claus: Don't blame yourself, son.
Crow: It's not your fault you're a chunk-head.
"That scene really makes me think... about how much better a root canal would be than this movie!"
Over the credits, Tom and Crow ridicule Mike about how very Eighties the movie is. "All because of your Eighties. Your precious Eighties." "Yeah, it wouldn't have stopped being the Seventies if it wasn't for you, pal."
Don't forget Tom and Crow fighting in the escape pods.
The redoing of the opening credits skit in Cave Dwellers, especially the really really huge numbers of things that were apparently the property of Gizmonic Institute.
And Tom's "Eat it movie!" song shortly thereafter, made even better when you know that Kevin Murphy really did hate the film because of the Hitler Building (as did the rest of the crew).
Also the final fight between Godzilla and Jet Jaguar vs Megalon and Gigan, treated like a tag team Professional Wrestling match:
Tom: So what will Godzilla bring to this fight? Joel: He'll bring the legend that is Godzilla! Crow: Yep, he's the policeman: I don't always agree with his methods, but I respect him.
(Later, when Godzilla uproots a tree and starts clubbing Megalon with it:)
Crow: He's got a tree! He's got a tree!! This is not the Godzilla we know; he's fighting dirty! Servo(as Jet Jaguar): A tree? That is not like you. Joel(as Godzilla, as he tosses the tree aside): You're right, it isn't even the right club for this hole. Now let's win it our way!
(Later)
Joel: This is what it all boils down to, a little game of life that we call "character". Crow: Yeah, even if Godzilla doesn't win this fight he's still aces in my book!
Come on, people, let's hear some love for the shorts! "Mr. B Natural" in particular floors me every time I see it.
I'll show some love for the shorts: the Gumby one in particular: "It's my seventh day without food or water, have mercy!"
The hilarious song Tom sings during the Circus On Ice short-
Tom Servo (Singing): These two girls, they make quite a pair. They both come from your worst nightmare. They will haunt your soul forever. And now. When you see pink. You're gonna think. "We're doomed." They are agents of Satan...
Joel (Laughing): Stop it, Tom.
Heck, the entire Circus On Ice short is full of CMOF.
Even the tone of voice TV's Frank uses to announce the short is hilarious.
Frank: Circus.
Forrester:[Chuckles gleefully]
Frank: ...on Ice.
Forrester:[Laughs maniacally]
"It's an areological, auto-erotical, tubular boobular joy / Exposularegional, batchical-pouchular fun for girl and boy..."
Crow's squeaky Kathy Ireland impressions from episode 516, Alien From L.A.
Tom Servo's essay, "A Child's Christmas in Space."
"It's quiet in the cold of our own little orbit, starless and bible black. And as I look down on the big blue bean we would call home I think it so near, yet...oh, I wish on that star and I hope that in a little snow-covered house with a warm hearth and a loving family, maybe some kid is looking up tonight and wishing upon us. Oh, and how I hope sweet Santa will fly by tonight, because if he does I'm gonna reach right out and hug that big guy. Oh, for the sound of hooves against the steel hull of the ship. Oh, to see the rosy face of Santa in the portal offering me a Coke and a smile...of course, his face WOULD be rosy, because it's a vacuum out there! I mean Santa's heart would explode! But he wouldn't feel it because the capillaries in his brain would pop like little firecrackers due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper! OH, THE HUMANITY!! And his jolly old belly would start bubbling like a roasted marshmallow, eyes bulging and popping out...AND THE REINDEER—OH, THE REINDEER!!!—keep floating like holiday floats and in turn exploding in a hail of blood and entrails! Prancer: BOOM! Dancer: BOOM!"
Hell, anything they said during the Pipper sequence. The man sounded like a real-life Yosemite Sam, goldang it!
"If it's any consolation, I hates that rabbit, too..."
Pipper's explanation of Ziox culture, with Servo's interjections.
Mike Pipper: "Now, thousands of years ago..."
Tom Servo: "Uh-huh?"
Mike Pipper: "... long before the Indians..."
Tom Servo: "Yeah?"
Mike Pipper: "... this land was inhabited by the Ziox."
Tom Servo: "No, it wasn't."
Mike Pipper: "They were a highly intelligent race..."
Tom Servo: "Nu-uh."
Mike Pipper: "... far advanced in science, and architecture, and literature..."
Tom Servo: "No, they weren't."
Mike Pipper: "... they built a huge city..."
Tom Servo: "No, they didn't."
All of the Larry Csonka jokes, but particularly this one, as the camera focuses on the framed photo of the character who looks like him:
Tom: MVP, Super Bowl VIII, for Miami.
(after Rowsdower escapes the villains and catches his breath) "Hold on, I'm having a series of elaborate heart attacks."
(after Rowsdower wakes up screaming from a nightmare) Mike: "I forgot the liquor store closes at 8:00!!!!!"
The outtakes from Hercules Against the Moon Men is full of CMOA:
During the Super Freak Out bit, Gypsy knocks over the prop box used for the Super Freak Out kit. It results in revealing that the box is actually for a toy spider that's part of the He-Man toy line, with Joel and 'Bots reacting in terror to the spider.
Crow's line during one of the host segments is "I hate movies where the men just wear shorter skirts than the women." During one take, Trace instead says "I hate movies where the women wear shorter skirts than..." and as he trails off Kevin makes Tom say "I love movies like that!"
What happens when "the button" - the one Frank presses to end the show - gets broken? Here's a hint; it takes a full three minutes and nine seconds for the real credits to roll. Perhaps one of the funniest credit sequences in TV history.
From the driving-safety short Last Clear Chance, after the kid's brother has been killed in a car crash:
Mike (as cop): "You know, son, 40% of all accidents..."
My favorite Invention Exchange invention was TV's Frank's picture-in-picture TV that shows what you'd be doing if you weren't watching TV.
And on the Joel side of the Exchange, the Cartuner, which merges comic strips together to make new ones.
"ZIGGY HAD GARFIELD NEUTERED? NOW THAT'S FUNNY!"
Idiot Control Now! Hideous control now! Ninny on the road now! Minnie in control, wheels on fire, burnin' rubber tires ...
The Failure song and dance from The Day The Earth Froze
The hero of Jack Frost, in classic fairy tale style, distracts a bunch of mountain trolls or something trying to rob him, and throws their cudgels so high in the air they won't come down until winter. The trolls watch the cudgels fly away, and then look back down at the hero, and we get, in a completely deadpan indignant voice,
"You didn't tell us you were mythical!"
Samson vs The Vampire Women is generally a great episode, but Crow's laugh when you first see El Santo is priceless (skip to 5:39)
And every time the devil shows up. "I have a question!"
San Francisco International Airport had some top notch riffs. There's a subplot about a couple going through a divorce and the effect it has on their teenage son, which, honestly, few viewers probably cared about. But when the same kid steals an Ercoupe and has to be talked through flying and landing safely, we're treated to some of the darkest, most deliciously hilarious riffs ever.
"Davey? All those people down there are getting divorced because of you!"
Doctor: Take her to the Infrared Room. Bots: Infrared what? [cut to shot of half-naked woman] Crow: ...Mike, I beg you to get us an Infrared Room RIGHT NOW.
Also:
Mike:EXTREEEEEME Organized Crime!!
Also:
Prime Minister:...the socially sick elements of our society. Servo: Yeah, look who's talking!"
TV's Frank: I know! Let's play ring toss with your soul!
The clearing-the-land sequence from the "Truck Farmer" short. "Early tractor pulls, not that much fun... this is the freestyle competition!" "Aaaugh, it's Killdozer! Clint Walker, no!"
Also: "Go Speed Farmer, go Speed Farmer, go Speed Farmer goooooo!"
The show often made fun of the social attitudes at the times that the film du jour was made, but never with more shocking directness than during I Accuse My Parents, when the protagonist skates on a murder charge just because he had drunk parents: "Wow. Thank God I'm white!"
One outtake was supposed to have Joel have a simple word while eating waffles. And he blows that, apparently for no better reason than because he can.
Joel: Pancakes! — oh, I blew it, I'm sorry. Kevin Murphy: You nut! Get outta town... Joel: I'm sorry! Jim Mallon: Wahh wahh wahh! Joel: (giggles)
The SoL is heading straight for a black hole! There's only one man who can save the satellite...no! One woman...Captain Janeway!Sorta!
"Captain Janeway" then ends up singing "Proud Mary." It must be seen to be believed.
The ending of Rocky Jones Crash Of The Moons: Joel and the Bots receive a "Banner-Gram," which results in Bovaro from the movie (played by John Banner) visiting the SOL. They find him so annoying that they send him to Deep 13, where he annoys Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank throughout the credits. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the So L crew.
The invention exchange from The Atomic Brain, with Crow and Tom imitating Dr. F and Frank, and vice-versa. The meta joke of Trace's two characters mocking each other is delicious. "I'm Dr. Clayton Forrester, and I've got my head stuck up m--"
In the outtakes for Viking Women And The Sea Serpent, Joel walks out with a plate of waffles during one host segment. He's only supposed to say one word and he blows it.
Joel: Pancakes—oh, I blew it.
In the outtakes for The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Mike attempts to tell a story from his childhood and flubs it up, prompting Trace have Crow say "Get to the part where you pee!"
It's a nice day if it doesn't rain. It's always a nice day if it doesn't rain. If the sun isn't too warm. Mike:(As Tee) So you're a Delta Knight too, huh?
Season 10
Soultaker: Confronted by an unidentified ship shadowing the SoL, Mike must take charge. Unfortunately, he confuses it with the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Mike: Alright, I'm in command. Good, uh... put alien ship on viewscreen. (ship appears on screen). There!
Servo: Uh, yeah, I think we'll need a little something more Mike, life support is still failing and all.
Mike: Okay, uh, increase magnification!
Crow: Um, Mike, we actually don't have-
Mike: (oblivious) Alright, just a little bit more, good. Alright. Uh... shields up.
Crow and Servo: (confused) Shields?
Mike: Arm photon torpedoes.
Servo: Mike, we only had that one photon torpedo, but Crow set it off in your locker if you'll remember.
Mike: Well then... close hexfield. (viewscreen shorts out) ...There. I've broken the hexfield. Carry on, I'll be in my ready room. (flees)
Crow losing his contact lens just when Natalie was undressing. Crow comes back to late, and Tom mercilessly taunts him.
From The Girl In Gold Boots: The host segment where Mike spoofs Critter's wimpy singing and guitar playing while Crow is in the dreamy image above trying to tell him about a fire on the SOL. And the best part? Mike is a far better singer than Critter is.
Joanie shrieks for everyone to "GET OUT!!" and Crow quickly tries to leave the theater in response.
Future War: Crow's riff of "All. His. Pants. Are low-riders." comes to mind.
