"Oh, this is about general hospital stuff. Y'know, those little wrist tags, billing, that kind of thing."
"Well, I saw Howard Hunt in space."
"I saw Linda Hunt in space."
"I saw Huntz Hall in space."
"I saw Linda Hunt in space."
"I saw Huntz Hall in space."
Film watched: Manhunt in Space, with an installment of General Hospital
The episode is available in the Gizmoplex here
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The Segments:
Prologue
- Over snacks, Joel and the 'Bots discuss black and white films vs. color films. When Tom has no opinion, it’s discovered that he’s colorblind.
Segment 1/Invention Exchange
- Tom laments his blindness as Joel and Crow comfort him. Dr. F and Frank show off their new beanbag pants for discussion salons, which anchor them to the floor when they sit. Joel has the Bots model a line of clothes he's constructed from recycled and fast-burning paper, rendering Tom flashblind in the process.
Segment 2
- Inspired by the General Hospital short, the Bots play soap opera. Joel refuses to play along, mentioning that his sister used to force him to play soap opera all the time as a kid. When the 'Bots don't stop, Joel gets violent with them.
Segment 3
- The crew discuss how overused the word “space” is in the film, so they advocate for moderation of different modifiers.
Segment 4
- Winky visits the crew over the Hexfield Viewscreen. He insists that he’s broadcasting from his very own spaceship filled with all his hot girlfriends, but the SOL’s instruments say that he’s actually broadcasting from his mom’s basement in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Segment 5
- Inspired by Winky’s guitar skills, Joel turns Crow into a guitar and Tom into an amp to play some wicked solos. They also read a letter via the Golden Throat as well. The Mads struggle to push the button from their heavy beanbag pants.
The MST3K presentation of General Hospital (Part 1) contains examples of:
- Berserk Button: Joel refuses to play along with the 'Bots in their parody of the short, as he hated having to play soap operas with his sister when he was young. When Cambot keeps the act going by playing a "dramatic sting" sound effect, Joel marches right up and unplugs him as a warning to the others.
- Computers Speak Binary: Parodied during the installment:Servo: The body sees a hernia as a series of ones and zeros.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business / Rage Breaking Point: When Joel stumbles across the 'Bots' soap opera skit, he bluntly shoots down their attempt to rope him into it, bringing up how his sister would make him play soap opera when he was nine. So, when Cambot cues up the music again, Joel decides to unplug him.Joel: Okay, Cambot- that's it. (storms over to Cambot) That's it! Alright, that's it! (yanks out his plug; to the others) WHO'S NEXT?!
The MST3K presentation of Manhunt in Space contains examples of:
- Biting-the-Hand Humour: After a character says "There's like a million to one shot we'll ever be seen" Crow chimes in with:Crow: Oh, they're on Comedy Central.
- Call-Back: Crow has trouble differentiating this film from Fugitive Alien.Crow: I don't get why Ken and Tammy and Captain Joe are flying to the planet with the guy in the mime getup, and all that "Tried to kill him with a forklift!"Joel: Uh, Crow, listen, that was, like, twenty experiments ago.noteCrow: It was?!
- Even Evil Has Standards: When it comes out that Servo is partly colorblind, Dr. Forrester immediately starts mocking him by pointing at different colored objects and asking, "What color is this?" before feeling guilty and apologizing.
- Have a Gay Old Time: The crew gets a lot of mileage about Winky's "gay nightlife."
- Hypocritical Humor: Servo makes fun of the movie's Off-the-Shelf FX, prompting Joel and Crow to look around at the kitbashed SOL set.
- Mondegreen Gag: Queen Cleolanta's henchman Atlasan shall hereinafter be known as "Ampersand."
- Relax-o-Vision: Variation: After the borderline-traumatic visit from Winky, Joel decides he and the bots need to have a moment of quiet time.
- Rule of Funny: Servo being color blind comes out of nowhere for sake of a joke, given it's been clear in previous episodes he can see color. For example, in Season 1's The Corpse Vanishes, he complains about the film's lack of Technicolor.
- Scolding the Fourth-Wall Breaker: Shortly after the beginning credits for the movie.Servo: Look, it's the MST3K logo up there!
Joel: You're not supposed to know about that.Servo: Oh! [clears throat and starts Not-So-Innocent Whistle] - Space "X": Lampooned to hell and back.
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Squick: Winky repeatedly claims to the SOL crew that he's a swinging bachelor who gets tons of women, even though they know he's living in his mom's basement. After they call his mom to try and end the ruse, Winky's attempt at saving face... isn't ideal:Winky's Mom: (from upstairs) Winky! Telephone!Winky: (embarrassed) Y-yeah, o-oh, Clarissa, why don't ya start, the hot oil's warming up, but I'll be right up, okay?Winky's Mom: What? - What the Hell, Hero?: Crow questions Tom's heckling of Winky when it's exposed that he's a basement-dweller living with his mom.Crow: Oooh, you think we were a little hard on him?
- Ignored Epiphany: Joel, however, has a different stance:Joel: (taken aback) Uh... guys? I don't even think we... got through [to him]... And for Winky's sake, I hope we never do...
- Ignored Epiphany: Joel, however, has a different stance:
