Jim Mallon
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From the second season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel and his robot friends add their comments to the film. In the film itself, a mysterious spool containing an unusual recorded message is found in the Gobi Desert. Thorough testing reveals its point of origin to be the planet Venus! An elite team of scientists launches a mission to uncover the truth behind the cryptic alien message and the beings responsible for its recording.
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From the seventh season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike and his robot friends add their comments to the film Laserblast. In the film itself, a teenager stumbles across an abandoned alien weapon that provides him with the ultimate weapon of revenge against the bullies who have tormented him. But the weapon's power source begins to mutate his mind and body.
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Mike and the Bots scratch their heads in confusion as an angel and a devil wage a bet about the morals of bread truck drivers in Out of This World (1954). Then the crew fights lapsing into a depression while watching the incredibly dour High School Big Shot (1959) in which a high school loser takes part in a heist to impress an attractive but dimwitted classmate.
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Joel and the Bots watch a re-edited version of Time Walker (1982) called "Being From Another Planet" in which a mummy awakened by a university team goes on a killing spree. The Mads are awfully proud of their "Tragic Moments" figurines while Joel and the Bots play haunted house on the SOL.
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The crew watch an education short about the wonders a home economics major can do for young women in The Home Economics Story (1951). In The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), lonely Viking women set sail to rescue a group of enslaved men. Joel and the Bots consider the waffle and present an iron that can turn waffles into pancakes at the invention exchange.
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Joel and the Bots sit through two shorts, one about water skiing and the other about a strange man who terrorizes wildlife in the Florida Everglades. In Teenage Cave Man (1958), a rebellious cave boy goes against clan rules and wants to explore horizons beyond the river. Joel and the Bots battle boredom on the SOL, present creative ipecacs at the invention exchange, and try to patch things up when the Mads start fighting.
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Joel and the Bots watch the classic short Mr. B Natural (1957) in which an androgynous person named Mr. B. Natural teaches a geeky middle schooler to play a musical instrument. Moving on to War of the Colossal Beast (1958), disfigured "Colossal Man" Glen is spotted in Mexico and his sister tries to save him. Joel and the Bots have a debate about Mr. B. Natural and are revisited by Glen on the Hexfield.