"I think it's about dentistry."
A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course...
Dr. Forrester: Well, our burnt offering to you this week, Joel, is a little scientific nugget called The Corpse Vanishes.
Dr. Erhardt: It features Bela Lugosi stewing in his own mediocrity.
Dr. Forrester: Yes. But first, another one of those space stinkers: "Commando Cody and the Bridge of Death".
Dr. Erhardt: Enjoy!
Dr. Erhardt: It features Bela Lugosi stewing in his own mediocrity.
Dr. Forrester: Yes. But first, another one of those space stinkers: "Commando Cody and the Bridge of Death".
Dr. Erhardt: Enjoy!
Films watched: Radar Men from the Moon Chapter 3 (serial) and The Corpse Vanishesnote
The episode is available in the Gizmoplex here
, on Shout! Factory here, and on the MST3k YouTube channel here.
The Segments
Segment 1/Invention Exchange- Joel invents the chiro-gyro for those with stiff bones. Dr. Forrester invents a flame-based variant of the old squirting flower.
Segment 2
- Tom and Crow read robot profiles in Tiger Bot magazine. They show disappointment at Twiki being the issue's Dream Date and Data wishing to be human.
Segment 3
- Joel and the Bots play tag on the bridge, with Crow and Servo getting pranked by Joel in the process.
Segment 4
- Joel and the Bots engage in some small-town barbershop talk.
Segment 5
- RAM chips for stating a good thing and a bad thing about the movie. Crow does exceptionally well, but Tom's head explodes as he tries to think of a good thing.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of Radar Men from the Moon (Chapter 3: Bridge of Death) has examples of:
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Servo and Crow are already waiting in the theater when Joel joins them to watch the serial.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of The Corpse Vanishes has examples of:
- Logic Bomb: The order to say one good thing about the movie causes Servo to short out.Servo: [weakly singing] Daisy...
- Shout-Out: Land shark!
- Squirting Flower Gag: The invention presented by the Mads is a Playing with Fire variant.
- Vampire Vords: The 'bots and Joel can't help but mimic Lugosi's accent whenever they add jokes for him.
- Your Head Asplode: Happens to Tom Servo for the first (but not the last) time in the series after he fails to think of a good thing about the movie.
- Your Other Left: While cutting Joel's hair, Crow tells him "Turn left. No, your other left".
