Season Three Episode Three: Pod People
Network: Comedy Central
Riffers: Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow
Mads: Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank w/Assistants Gerry and Sylvia
Plot Synopsis: An alien, after landing on Earth, discovers her eggs have been smashed by a poacher. Enraged, she kills the hunter and his friends, before she begings terrorizing more people.Only one egg remained. That egg is found by Tommy, a little boy who lives alone save for his mom and a lot of pets. It hatches, and Tommy names it Trumpy. Shortly after hatching, Trumpy grows as large as Tommy. Meanwhile, Trumpy's mother pushes Laura, a groupie, of a rock band hanging out in the woods off a small cliff. Critically injured, the other band members take her to Tommy's house, where she eventually dies.
Trumpy's mother kills more people, and Tommy sees this through his telescope. At first he think it is Trumpy, but later realizes it's another alien. Tommy unsuccessfully tries to sneak Trumpy out of the house, but he's caught by his mother, who grabs a rifle and tries to shoot his alien pal. He and Trumpy flee into the foggy woods, and everybody else pursues him. Trumpy and his mom finally meet up before she's gunned down. Tommy leaves Trumpy in the woods and goes back home with his mother and the surviving band members.
Host Segments:
Prologue: Crow does a segment from his one-man show, "Robot on the Run", and Tom does the intro to his own show.
Segment One/Invention Exchange: Servo doesn't want to be dropped from the program. Joel demonstrates a new guitar chord that blows up in his face, while the Mads wail along with their new Public Domain Karoke Machine.
Segment Two: JatBs sing their own version of the song from the movie, "Idiot Control Now". The Mads like it, but Joel says that "It stinks!"
Segment Three: Joel teaches Crow about how to create new age music, whichs leads to Music From Some Guys in Space.
Segment Four: Trumpy's magic causes mayhem on the SOL. That Mads are a bit weirded out by this.
Ending Segment: As JatBs pack up, they conclude the show with the beautiful "Clowns in the Sky", but the Mads think... It stinks.
Stinger: *after giving the A-ok sign* "It stinks!"
Review:
What a terribly hilarious movie. Half the movie felt like they were just throwing together three or four different omvies together. Not to mention the fact that the dubbing of this movie is really bad. The kid sounds like (and probably was) a 40 year old woman. At least it's better than Debbie from Manos.
It's not impossible to see why this movie makes for a fantastic episode (some damn good Host Segments.) Like Cave Dweller (and Gamera, sorta) the movies are so damn ridiculous that they move back up to So Bad It's Good territory, and that territory is like the gold mine for great episodes. If I had to pick a favorite from what I watched thus far as my favorite, THIS would be it. 10/10.
Favorite Riffs:
*One of the Hunters climbs up a rope to some eggs.*
Crow: Hey, dad hid the eggs good this year.
*During a closeup on a cave with a red light coming out*
Joel: Looks like Yoda's home.
Servo (As Yoda): Luke? Use the force, Luke.
*After one of the hunters breaks some of the eggs, the alien shows up (though we don't see it.)
Joel: Oh my goodness. It's the Easter Bunny and is he ever mad.
*During an extremely foggy shot*
Servo: Even the movie The Fog didn't have THIS much fog.
--
In the not too distant future
Next Sunday A.D. ....