History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E09Gorgo

* Crow's nesting an egg for a Spix's macaw. He soon gains another egg.

* Crow fires some hot lead at weasels trying to eat the eggs. Meanwhile, Pearl is in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin to present today's experiment, ''Film/{{Gorgo}}''. He says that, while he enjoyed it, the film sent two of his assistant editors to the hospital. Just before Movie Sign, Crow's eggs are taken from him by Egg Protective Services after he tried to make an omelet and they got nervous.

* Mike and the Bots stage a production of ''[[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Waiting for Gorgot]]''.

* Mike tries to play ''Trivial Pursuit: William Sylvester Edition'' with Crow and Servo, but they don't care.

* The Nanites set up a circus with live animals, carnival games and acrobats (and Nate the Clown). Mike drops some quarters, which wreaks havoc on the circus (and Nate the Clown).

* Crow and Servo are in hot water with the mob over their planned line of ''Gorgo'' erotic calendars when they can't find a single woman in today's film. Mike points out two; one in Nara Island, another during Mama Gorgo's rampage. Pearl and Maltin are shocked as the film seemingly had no serious effect on Mike or the 'Bots. For a worse film, Maltin suggests one with Creator/MickeyRourke, and teams up with Pearl for future experiments.

!!The Maltin-approved ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' presentation of ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'' contains examples of:

* TheCameo: ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' critic Creator/LeonardMaltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; while he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), it supposedly put two of his assistant editors into intensive care.

* Crow fires hot lead at weasels trying eat the eggs. Meanwhile, Pearl is in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin to present today's experiment, ''Film/{{Gorgo}}''. He says that, while he enjoyed it, the film sent two of his assistant editors to the hospital.

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Maltin's cameo presents him as such, trying to talk up his video guides.

--->'''Mike:''' Wait... That... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers really doesn't work at all]].\\

!!The ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' presentation contains examples of:

* VisibleBoomMic: A rare example -- at 9 minutes in, Servo says "Hey, Mike Nelson!" and Mike says "Hey, Tom Servo!" When Mike turns his head [[http://youtu.be/J6NWEmwunmg?t=9m17s you can see his microphone sticking out in front of his mouth]].[[note]]In the earlier ''Laserblast'' episode, robot!Mike also has a headset microphone.[[/note]]

* VisibleBoomMic: A rare example -- at 9 minutes in, Servo says "Hey, Mike Nelson!" and Mike says "Hey, Tom Servo!" When Mike turns his head [[http://youtu.be/J6NWEmwunmg?t=9m17s you can see his microphone sticking out in front of his mouth]].

* Crow fires hot lead at weasels trying eat the eggs. Meanwhile, Pearl is in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin to present today's experiment, ''Film/{{Gorgo}}''. He says that the film sent two of his assistant editors to the hospital.

->''[[TheStinger (Garbled sailor speech)]]''

** when the crew first land on Nara Island, there's a reference to Film/HowGreenWasMyValley, which was set in ''Wales''

The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-gorgo/56f199f2531fa6085e00066b here]].

Before being released on DVD and Digital, it only aired twice on its premiere day. It was taken down from rotation due to copyright disputes.

* Crow fires hot lead at weasels trying eat the eggs. Meanwhile, Pearl is in Los Angeles with film critic Leonard Maltin to present today's experiment, ''Film/{{Gorgo}}''. He says that the film sent two of his assistants to the hospital.

* Mike and the Bots put on a production of ''[[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Waiting for Gorgot]]''.

* The Nanites set up a circus with live animals, carnival games, and acrobats (and Nate the Clown). Mike drops some quarters, which wreaks havoc on the circus (and Nate the Clown).

* Crow and Servo are in hot water with the mob over their planned line of ''Gorgo'' erotic calendars when they can't find a single woman in today's film. Mike points out two; one in Nara Island, another during Mama Gorgo's rampage. Pearl and Maltin are shocked as the film seemingly had no serious effect on Mike or the 'Bots. For a worse film, Maltin suggests one with Mickey Rourke, and teams up with Pearl for future experiments.

** Pearl calls Leonard Maltin [[Creator/GeneSiskel Mr. Siskel]], [[Creator/RogerEbert Roger]], [[Series/SiskelAndEbert Ebert]], and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Mr. Maltin-Ebert]], before finally settling on Leo.

* TheCameo: ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' critic Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; while he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), it supposedly put two of his assistant editors into intensive care.

** Meta-example: the little kid from the beginning sort of looks like a young Mike Nelson, or alternatively, a [[OlderThanTheyLook grown-up]] [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave Foley]].
* ComicallySmallBribe: Leonard Maltin agrees to help Pearl because she promised him a light lunch at Skybar (actually just an appetizer). She later [[MovingTheGoalposts threatens to downgrade it]] to a small decaf at Starbucks.

* ContinuityNod: Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a pair of bits in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E06TheUndead The Undead]]'' episodes. In ''Laserblast'', Mike and the 'bots read out the various critically-acclaimed movies ranked worse or no better than ''Laserblast'''s 2½ stars (like ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'', ''Film/SevenSamurai'', etc.). In ''The Undead'' (given a full three stars in Maltin's ''Video Guide''), Tom has Mike dress up as Maltin so he can ''freak out'' at him.

-->'''Mike''': See, what I don't understand is how you didn't notice them actually building a nest.\\
'''Crow''': Well, I was aware of ''some'' activity, Mike, but ::tch:: it's the top of my head! I suppose you know everything that's going on on the top of your head at all times?\\
'''Mike''': ''({{Beat}})'' I guess not...

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and Nate the Clown)]] by dropping his two bits directly on the counter, causing death and destruction and freeing the caged nanoscopic animals. As a bit of FridgeHorror, this is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: During Mama Gorgo's rampage, Servo sarcastically remarks that some of the people will be put "in hospital", perhaps even having come "from university."[[note]]In American English, you'd want to add an extra "the" in front of each of those.[[/note]]
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Leonard Maltin's cameo presents him as such, trying to talk up his movie guide.

--->'''Crow''': Mike, Servo? For what it's worth, [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} my heart will go on]].

* VisibleBoomMic: Rare for [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] -- at 9 minutes in, Servo says "Hey, Mike Nelson!" and Mike says "Hey, Tom Servo!" When Mike turns his head [[http://youtu.be/J6NWEmwunmg?t=9m17s you can see his microphone sticking out in front of his mouth]].

* TakeThat: For a worse movie, Leonard Maltin suggests something with Creator/MickeyRourke or Creator/EricRoberts. Combining the two gets The Pope of Greenwich Village, which (as of 2009) Maltin gave three stars.

** To ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E08TouchOfSatan Touch of Satan]]'':

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The crew use the typical American mispronunciation of [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot "Waiting For g'DOH"]] when in fact it's meant to be pronounced "Goddo", which sounds more like Gorgo anyway. PlayedForLaughs as something of a GeniusBonus[[invoked]] -- Servo himself corrected the mispronunciation in earlier episodes, so it's deliberate here.

* Mike and the Bots put a production of ''[[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Waiting for Gorgot]]''.

** One of the charters Mike and the Bots see is dubbed Creator/SamuelBeckett.