"Quiet, you guys! This is my soap! I scheduled all of my classes around it!"
Two fratboys in a butt-on collision!
Film watched: Crash of Moons
The episode is available in the Gizmoplex here
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The Segments:
Prologue- Crow tries to sell Grit to Joel and Servo. Not the newspaper, but actual, literal grit.
Segment 1
- For the Invention Exchange, Dr. Forrester shows off a new line of toothpaste made of chocolate frosting that creates cavities instead of preventing them, which Frank pigs out on. Joel's invention is the Rock-N-Wreck Guitar, a guitar that easily reassembles itself after being dramatically smashed at the end of a concert.
Segment 2
- Competing for Gypsy's love, Crow and Servo put on a 1920s-style serenade for her, aptly named "Beneath the Gypsy Moons".
Segment 3
- Inspired by John Banner's overexuberent character Bavaro, the SOL crew creates "Banner-Grams", where you can send Banner to your door so everybody can share his optimism and long-windedness.
Segment 4
- Crow has Joel and Servo read from his new sci-fi screenplay. The overuse of incoherent space-babble drives them nuts.
Segment 5
- Someone has sent the crew their own Banner-Gram. Banner's tireless complimenting quickly annoys them, so they resend him to Deep 13 and let Dr. Forrester be tortured instead.
The MST3K presentation of General Hospital (Part 3) contains examples of:
The MST3K presentation of Crash of Moons contains examples of:
- Armless Biped: While neither of them are bipeds, Gypsy has no arms and Tom's don't work. Lampshaded in "Gypsy Moons":Tom: Take my hand! Oh, you can't.
- Bawdy Song: After being rebuffed, Crow turns the "Gypsy Moons" into one of these: "'Cause when the lights go out, and we're sittin' on the couch, y'know I'm gonna give you ever-y-thii—"
- Breaking the Reviewer's Wall: Today it's John Banner/Bavaro crossing over from the movie.
- Catchphrase: Joel and company are delighted by Bavaro's affectionate "Boopie!", and call it back a few times in future seasons.
- Credits Gag: John Banner continues complimenting Dr. Forrester relentlessly over the full duration of the end credits. Just before The Stinger, he switches focus to Frank.
- Dude Magnet: Joel and the bots definitely think Cleolanta is a hottie.Cleolanta: You are presumptuous.
Joel: And you are numtuous! - Fake-Out Fade-Out: Twice the screen fades to black for a transition and the guys try to make a break for it, only to reluctantly sit back down when the show continues. When it finally does end, Crow expects another fake-out and stays seated, so Joel has to drag him out.
- Motor Mouth: John Banner's character's endless Nice Guy yammering becomes a Running Gag, culminating in Dr. Forrester freaking out in a full-on Villainous Breakdown when Joel sends him a Banner-Gram... with Banner speaking continuously for the full running time of the end credits.
- Not So Stoic: Joel is annoyed when Crow turns "Gypsy Moons" into a Bawdy Song.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: During the last host segment, Servo asks John Banner what it was like working with Werner Klemperer on Hogan's Heroes. Banner briefly drops his jovial character and coldly threatens the crew to never speak of him again.
- Running Gag:
- "...Boopie!" and "Hi, Bavaro."
- Since John Banner of Hogan's Heroes fame is in the cast of the film, they make several references to Sgt. Schultz.
- Professor Newton being completely senile.
- Joel and the Bots expressing disgust any time someone mentions "evacuating."
- Serenade Your Lover: Crow and Servo do this to Gypsy in the "Gypsy Moons" segment. It goes smoohly until Gypsy rebuffs them in-song by saying she would rather date Stacy Koon note and Crow responds by singing Bawdy lyrics, which disgusts Joel to the point where he ends the whole thing.
- Shout-Out:
- Servo starts singing "The Windmills of Your Mind", in reference to the spaceship's spinning, circular design.
- To the tune of "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music:Cleolanta: It's a plot! A trick!
Crow: A fe-male trick~! - Joel throws to radio DJ Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins for a message while cutting off the sudden Bawdy Song ending "Gypsy Moons".
Joel: Stop! Stop! We hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. And now here's our own Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins with a message. Never again you guys. That's it. - Villainous Breakdown: When Joel and the 'Bots get a visit from John Banner via their own Banner-gram, Joel gets the idea of using the keyboard to send him away. Where do they send him exactly?Joel, Crow, Servo: (sing-songy) Oh, Dr. Forrester...
(cut to Deep 13; Dr. Forrester hears the doorbell ring, then storms right to the camera in pure fear)
Dr. Forrester: DON'T YOU DO IT! DON'T YOU DO IT! I KNEW YOU SENT A BANNER-GRAM! FRANK, DON'T OPEN THE DOOOOOOOOOR!
Frank: (obliviously opening the door) Hey, someone sent us a Banner-Gram!
Banner: Boopie!
(Dr. Forrester screams in agony; the button is pushed)
Frank: (Beat) ...Hi, Bavaro.
