Hercules vs. the Moon Men
Jeff Tang
Deep Hurting! Deep Hurting!
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>
>
>Deep Hurting! Deep Hurting!
>
>that was great!
Sandstorms, Jeff, sandstorms!
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Michael K. Heney
Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
plot(?) revolves around a hot-air ballon, with the climax(?) being a
scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
dontcha know ...)
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Cliff Chaput
mhe...@access.digex.com writes:
>Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
>Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
>plot(?) revolves around a hot-air ballon, with the climax(?) being a
>scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
>the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
>dontcha know ...)
Yeah, they've been saying this for some time now whenever they see
anything remotely balloonish. I think they have this in the catch-
phrase bucket along with "A planet where apes evolved from men?!"
(along with other Planet of the Apes references), "I AM KIROK!", and
"You *will* bow down before me!"
Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some more I
can remember:
"You did it! You finally did it, you goddamn dirty apes!" (PotA)
"My mother was a saint!" (Public Enemy #1?)
"I got nowhere else to go!" (???)
"It's my way or the highway." (Roadhouse)
Any others?
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Lance Visser
+>Deep Hurting! Deep Hurting!
+>Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
+>Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
+>plot(?) revolves around a hot-air ballon, with the climax(?) being a
+>scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
+>the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
+>dontcha know ...)
The reference is currently more to a commercial that nick at night
ran for f-troop over the past few months. The commerical just basically
has the cheif pointing in the air exclaiming "It is balloon". I think they
have this reference a few times in the past as well.
Rao V. Akella
> "I got nowhere else to go!" (???)
"An Officer and a Gentleman"?
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David Ruby
>Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some more I
>can remember:
>"You did it! You finally did it, you goddamn dirty apes!" (PotA)
>"My mother was a saint!" (Public Enemy #1?)
>"I got nowhere else to go!" (???)
from An Officer and a Gentleman
>"It's my way or the highway." (Roadhouse)
>Any others?
how bout:
Works every time... (????)
McCloud!!! (from McCloud I believe)
By this time, my lungs were aching for air. (sea hunt or something)
It's hot and hurts and stuff (band aid commercial)
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John Caruso
>
>Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some more I
>can remember:
>
This is from An Officer and a Gentleman, in the scene where Louis Gossett
tells Richard Gere he's going to kick him out. The full quote is "Don't
you do it! I got nowhere else to go!", said in a cracking voice...Tom
Servo is usually (always?) the one who does this one, and sometimes he
just does one line or the other.
- John
Todd Grinnell
>Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some I can
>remember:
>"A planet where apes evolved from men?!" (Planet of the Apes)
>"I AM KIROK!" (ST:TOS)
>"You *will* bow down before me!" (???)
^^^I need to know this!
>"You did it! You finally did it, you goddamn dirty apes!" (PotA)
>"My mother was a saint!" (Public Enemy #1?)
>"I got nowhere else to go!" (Officer and a Gentleman)
>"It's my way or the highway." (Roadhouse)
>Any others?
"Tonight...on...Rescue IX I I" (William "Stop me before I act again" Shatner)
"FOOTBALL PRACTICE!" whenever someone wakes up (What does this mean?)
"Did I mention Uncle Bob and a clown suit?" when someone wakes up
Let's keep this going!
t-bone
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John Switzer
>Cliff Chaput <cha...@ils.nwu.edu> writes:
>
>>Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some I can
>>remember:
>
> ^^^I need to know this!
I can think of two possible sources:
1) Superman II where Zod vows to Jor-El "you will bow down before me, first you
and then your heirs!
2) Dune when Sting is fighting Paul Muadib - Sting makes this remark
during the fight.
Chuck Jordan
left me clueless. The funniest bits in "Undersea Kingdom," I think, were
whenever anybody said "Strange prisoners," Crow said "Weird prisoners."
What is this from?
Also, in INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, when they're walking through the sewer, Servo
says, "Hey I know what this is. We're in Karen Finley's wet bar." I just
don't get it.
Also, one of Joel's inventions for the exchange is Jim Henson's Edgar
Winter babies. Huh?
And I haven't noticed anybody in the Catch Phrase thread mention "Haikeeba!"
This, along with "Gymkata!" as in "Well, we just thought we'd look around..
GYMKATA!" are the best all-purpose MST phrases. Look at all the variations!
(For example, in one of the slow-motion fight scenes in Master Ninja II,
Crow says "Haaaaaiiiiiiiikeeeeeeeeeebbaaaaaaa!")
USENET's Chuck
ObMSTism: (from HERCULES UNCHAINED) This is not my beautiful house! This
is not my beautiful wife! How did I get here?
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SPY Magazine's 1,000 Reasons Not to Vote for George Bush:
NO 744: "Would I be a good president? I'd be crackerjack!" -- 1980
Matthew E. Merkelson
> Also, in INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, when they're walking through the sewer, Servo
> says, "Hey I know what this is. We're in Karen Finley's wet bar." I just
> don't get it.
Karen Finley is a performance artist who a few years ago used to ram yams up
her..how to put this politely,..butt. This was one of the reasons the NEA decided
not to fund her. Now , she covers herself with chocolate syrup.
There is actually reasoning behind her art, but those images blind the closeminded.
> --
> Chuck Jordan | jor...@castor.cs.uga.edu
> SPY Magazine's 1,000 Reasons Not to Vote for George Bush:
> NO 744: "Would I be a good president? I'd be crackerjack!" -- 1980
Timothy W. Lynch
>>>"You *will* bow down before me!" (???)
>> ^^^I need to know this!
>I can think of two possible sources:
>1) Superman II where Zod vows to Jor-El "you will bow down before me, first
>you and then your heirs!
This is almost undoubtedly it.
>2) Dune when Sting is fighting Paul Muadib - Sting makes this remark
>during the fight.
Nope. You're confusing this one with the "I *WILL* kill you!", which is
another popular MST3K phrase. That one is from "Dune".
ObMST: "Guys, we are in REALLY big trouble here."
Tim Lynch
John Switzer
>j...@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
>
>>>>"You *will* bow down before me!" (???)
>>> ^^^I need to know this!
>
>>I can think of two possible sources:
>
>>1) Superman II where Zod vows to Jor-El "you will bow down before me, first
>>you and then your heirs!
>
>This is almost undoubtedly it.
>
>>2) Dune when Sting is fighting Paul Muadib - Sting makes this remark
>>during the fight.
>
>Nope. You're confusing this one with the "I *WILL* kill you!", which is
>another popular MST3K phrase. That one is from "Dune".
Aarggh, you slime! Now I will have to watch BOTH of these movies to
lay my doubts to rest! And I'll have to do it without the assistance
of MST3K's bon mots! Oh, the pain . . .
Deborah M Brown
[Is it _Dune_, _Superman II_ or Memorex?]
>Aarggh, you slime! Now I will have to watch BOTH of these movies to
>lay my doubts to rest! And I'll have to do it without the assistance
>of MST3K's bon mots! Oh, the pain . . .
^^^ ^^^^
Souldn't that be "mon bots"?
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John Switzer
>In article <sphn2+=.j...@netcom.com> j...@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
>[Is it _Dune_, _Superman II_ or Memorex?]
>
>>Aarggh, you slime! Now I will have to watch BOTH of these movies to
>>lay my doubts to rest! And I'll have to do it without the assistance
>>of MST3K's bon mots! Oh, the pain . . .
> ^^^ ^^^^
>
>Souldn't that be "mon bots"?
Yeoow! You really know how to kick somebody when they're down, don't you!?! Oh,
the pain, . . .
Bob Scott
>
>>Perhaps we should compile a catch-phrase list. Here are some I can
>>remember:
>
>>"A planet where apes evolved from men?!" (Planet of the Apes)
>>"I AM KIROK!" (ST:TOS)
>>"You *will* bow down before me!" (???)
> ^^^I need to know this!
>>"You did it! You finally did it, you goddamn dirty apes!" (PotA)
>>"My mother was a saint!" (Public Enemy #1?)
>>"I got nowhere else to go!" (Officer and a Gentleman)
>>"It's my way or the highway." (Roadhouse)
>
>>Any others?
>
>"Tonight...on...Rescue IX I I" (William "Stop me before I act again" Shatner)
>"FOOTBALL PRACTICE!" whenever someone wakes up (What does this mean?)
Recurring dream of not making it to football practice, math class, etc.
You only have these when you're NOT in school, so be patient Cliff :-)
>"Did I mention Uncle Bob and a clown suit?" when someone wakes up
>
>Let's keep this going!
>
OK, How about:
"Oh the Pain, the Pain.." (Lost in Space)
"Hooker's a good cop!" (grabbing somebody) (TJ Hooker)
"Smucker's Jelly and Jams..." (cheesy fake blood, etc)
"I wonder what THEY wanted..."
"By this time, my lungs were aching for air.." (Sea Hunt)
"Waaahh Ricky I'm /not funny/dead/a Lucy sketch/etc." (I Love Lucy)
"HEE HEE HEE! Do you like our little FILM?!" (Tales from the Crypt)
"Am I a CLOWN?! Do I AMUSE YOU?!" (???)
"Do you find me pleasing? Do I please you?" (???)
"NEXT on MacGyver/etc" (something blows up)"
"Animels vill be bred und SLAUGHTERED!" (Dr. Strangelove)
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R.CLOUGH
>"Am I a CLOWN?! Do I AMUSE YOU?!" (???)
That would be Joe Pesci, from _Goodfellas_.
Robert Clough, DUMC (though certainly not speaking for them)
"I'm all sixes and sevens and nines."--M.Jagger
Cindy Ketterling
>
Hokay ... I recall that in one of the gajillions of movies I've rented in
the last year was a scene wherein a character on the football team at his
high school wakes up, then suddenly realizes that he is late for football
practice, yells "Football practice!" and pretty much explodes out of bed,
running like heck for the door.
Now I could be terribly wrong on this one, but I think it may have been
from "Shocker". Anybody else remember this scene?
- The Cypherkat
william lamonaca
>"Am I a CLOWN?! Do I AMUSE YOU?!" (???)
>"Do you find me pleasing? Do I please you?" (???)
Star Trek(?) (Posiibly from the episode where Kirk is being held
captive by the aliens who can project illusions into peoples minds. Spoken
by the woman the aliens want Kirk to mate with.)
Christopher Schumann
<munch>
>Also, one of Joel's inventions for the exchange is Jim Henson's Edgar
>Winter babies. Huh?
>USENET's Chuck
<munch>
> Chuck Jordan | jor...@castor.cs.uga.edu
Edgar Winter is a musician (help me out here) who is very
tall, very gangly, has long white hair, and is very pale.
Hence the reference in _sword_
I am Mister Edgarwinter during the shot of the white horse.
chris
schu...@cs.wisc.edu
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(william lamonaca) writes:
>>"Do you find me pleasing? Do I please you?" (???)
> Star Trek(?) (Posiibly from the episode where Kirk is being held
> captive by the aliens who can project illusions into peoples minds. Spoken
>by the woman the aliens want Kirk to mate with.)
This first season episode was called "The Menagerie" and was based on the
original Star Trek pilot called "The Cage" which had Jeffrey Hunter as
Captain Christopher Pike rather than Shatner as Kirk. The scene where
the line may have been spoken involved Pike being tempted by Vina whom
the Keepers on Talos IV intended him to mate with.
Your Heinous
Edgar winter is a rock musician who is an Albino. He plays sax and Keyboards,
and is best remembered for his album "They Only come Out At Night", which
featured the hits "Free Ride" and "Frankenstein". He is also the brother
of Blues Guitarist Johnny winter, also an albino.
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Your Heinous
the Psychotronic encyclopedia, and found some news on a couple of films:
Tormented: NO!!!! Not more Bert I. Gordon <Mr. BIG> films! This is supposed
to be his most "adult" horror film, and is described as Tacky fun.
This should be interesting....
Hercules vs. the Capticve Women: Released with the vastly superior
"Herc. and the Haunted World", this was re-titled "Herc. And the Huanted
Women" <NOT A TYPO>. Herc goes to Atlantis, <ruled by Fay Spain> and fights
a weird upright dragon. He then sinks the island. Sounds like a good time, to
me !!!!!
--Judex--
william lamonaca
"I had Jello today"
Anybody?
Sean J. Orourke
I had thought that this was just a generic thing for a near-comatose hospital
patient to say when being visited.
gr...@polari.online.com
>OK, How about:
>"Am I a CLOWN?! Do I AMUSE YOU?!" (???)
- Goodfellas?
My favorite is "The horror!" (Apocalypse Now)
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Your Heinous
My favorite doesn't get used all that much, but it kills me to hear it.
the best one is a 10-15 sec. promo with Tom. His closing line is
"Deal With it, Pink Boy"
"Pink boy" or Pink, I'm told, is a 50's phrase blacks used to describe early
suburban white males. Now, of course, it is a generic term for Non-Subgenius
types or normals, used by the church Of The Subgenius.
Dr. Forrester calls Joel a Pink boy, in "Robot Holocaust", and I think a
few others...heh
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"Sssaaaaayy!" Usually spoken by Servo whenever something...shapely...appears
on the screen.
"Oh wow." Joel seems to say this whenever a double entendre is uttered.
Examples:
Demi Moore in Master Ninja I : "Whatever you do, don't stop."
Joel : "Oh wow."
Basil Rathbone in Magic Sword: "My dragon will relish the flesh
of the princess."
Joel : "Oh wow."
"C'mon, row row row your boat. C'MON SING! ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT!" (usually in
a threatening tone)
-- from Dirty Harry
Jim
Matthew Duhan
I seem to remember it from shocker too. The guy is knocked uncontious
at football practice and wakes up in bed shouting "Football practice."
I think they've been doing it for longer than the movie's been out, though.
I'm not sure, but I feel real old now...
Matt
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Tom Servo
I'd agree with that. However, if it IS from something specific, it's probably
the same place where they got
"I made an ash-tray..." (I loved that one).
Your Heinous
>>Edgar winter is a rock musician who is an Albino. He plays sax and Keyboards,
>>and is best remembered for his album "They Only come Out At Night", which
>>featured the hits "Free Ride" and "Frankenstein". He is also the brother
>>of Blues Guitarist Johnny winter, also an albino.
>
>don't seem that similar (besides being albinos).
>
>
Not sure on this, but I would guess Edgar.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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Mike Garvey
scribed this stuff:
>Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
>Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
>plot(?) revolves around a hot-air ballon, with the climax(?) being a
>scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
>the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
>dontcha know ...)
Hardly. Tom has a penchant for noting character entrances or plot points
being punctuated by individual musical instruments, as in "The so and so
will be played by the bassoon", "He's being killed accompanied by French
Horns" etc.
The bassoon is of course, a double-reed woodwind instrument that serves as
the bass for the woodwind section in an orchestra. It has a range of nearly
four octaves from Bb below the bass clef staff, to nearly Bb above the
treble clef staff. I should know, as I am a bassoonist (just like Frank IS
the button). When you hear "The Sorceror's Apprentice" (with or without
Fantasia) that's just one example of bassoonery.
(Wanders off mumbling something about deal with it, my little free rotating
skanky boy!)
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>and is best remembered for his album "They Only come Out At Night", which
>featured the hits "Free Ride" and "Frankenstein". He is also the brother
>of Blues Guitarist Johnny winter, also an albino.
One thing I've been wondering...who's older, Edgar or Johnny? They really
TV's Steve
In article <h-pn9...@netcom.com>, t...@netcom.com (Mike Garvey) writes:
> In a prior missive, Michael K. Heney (mhe...@access.digex.com) eloquently
> scribed this stuff:
>
> >Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
> >Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
>
> being punctuated by individual musical instruments, as in "The so and so
> will be played by the bassoon", "He's being killed accompanied by French
> Horns" etc.
You are both right, but the way Tom said it was a direct lift from F-Troop.
He has said "It is ballon!" a number of times. Great TV and Classical Music,
together at last for the very first time!
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Cliff Chaput
>>Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
>>Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
>>scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
>>the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
>>dontcha know ...)
>
>being punctuated by individual musical instruments, as in "The so and so
>will be played by the bassoon", "He's being killed accompanied by French
>Horns" etc.
It's an F-Troop reference AND a musical references. Both references can
work together! Let's watch...
(Guess you'd call that a meta-reference, huh?)
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Cindy Vanous
>
>Hardly. Tom has a penchant for noting character entrances or plot points
>being punctuated by individual musical instruments, as in "The so and so
>will be played by the bassoon", "He's being killed accompanied by French
>Horns" etc.
>
any symphony or high school orchestra. Each character in the story is
represented by a different instrument. I thought it was silly when I
was a kid, I still think it's silly, and I have to say I laugh like a
madwoman when Tom assigns some character an instrument.
DOOR # 3 ...
As I've said before, it's not PIZZA, it's FISHER! Has nobody else in
the world seen these stupid ads? Fisher Nuts had ads for their product
emphasizing the freshness of vacuum-packing. Every time somebody opens
a can of nuts in one of these ads, you hear the whoosh of the seal
breaking, accompanied by a voice whispering "Fisher". I've also
noticed that the Joel and Company have used the "Fisher" line in one or
two points during different movies, although I'd be lying if I said I
remembered which ones.
Anyway, here's my new address, my new name, and my new .sig. Try not
to take it too seriously:
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> As I've said before, it's not PIZZA, it's FISHER! Has nobody else in
> the world seen these stupid ads? Fisher Nuts had ads for their product
> emphasizing the freshness of vacuum-packing. Every time somebody opens
> a can of nuts in one of these ads, you hear the whoosh of the seal
> breaking, accompanied by a voice whispering "Fisher". I've also
No, No, NO! It's not 'pizza', it's not 'Fisher'; it's three 'butter's'
and a 'parkay'...
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Mike Garvey
scribed this stuff:
>This is, of course, a reference to "Peter and the Wolf", as played by
>any symphony or high school orchestra. Each character in the story is
>represented by a different instrument. I thought it was silly when I
>was a kid, I still think it's silly, and I have to say I laugh like a
>madwoman when Tom assigns some character an instrument.
>
Along similar lines, there is Benjamin Britten's "Variations on a Theme by
Purcell" otherwise known as "The Young People's Guide to the Orchestra". I
also recall Tom saying something like "Here comes the harp" recently.
A little off-topic, but I as a bassoonist always get a little chuckle
watching the cantina scene in Star Wars (for obvious reasons), and remember
the jazz bassoon licks played in Jabba's fortress in "Return of the Jedi".
It's obvious that Kevin Murphy has at least a cursory musical background
from some the comments he imbues Tom with.
(Wanders off mumbling something about mon bots? Dat's right, mon)
hove tom
>scribed this stuff:
>
>>Anyone else catch Servo's comment "It is bassoon!" early in the movie?
>>Am I mistaken, or is this a reference to an F-Troop episode where the
>>plot(?) revolves around a hot-air ballon, with the climax(?) being a
>>scene with the chief pointing in the air, exclaiming "It is balloon!",
>>the firing upon it with arrows (and Our Heros are riding the balloon,
>>dontcha know ...)
>
>Hardly. Tom has a penchant for noting character entrances or plot points
>being punctuated by individual musical instruments, as in "The so and so
>will be played by the bassoon", "He's being killed accompanied by French
>Horns" etc.
>
>
>
"From now on, Steve's death will be represented by the oboe."
and,
"From now on, the oboe will represent this slagheap."
Do these lines maybe come from the narrated version of Britten's
"Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"?
John Switzer
>>
>Let's not forget these gems from "Hellcats":
>
> "From now on, Steve's death will be represented by the oboe."
> and,
> "From now on, the oboe will represent this slagheap."
>
> Do these lines maybe come from the narrated version of Britten's
> "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"?
Either that or perhaps Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."
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>
>It's obvious that Kevin Murphy has at least a cursory musical background
>from some the comments he imbues Tom with.
>
someone else made this same mistake when they referred to Larry's Tom
Servo and some of the "classic lines Larry came up with."
BB wrote a little article on how they write, and, bascially, there's no
telling who came up with the lines each person says. About 8 people
watch the movie about that many times, writing down whatever comes to
mind. lines are then reassigned to the 3 characters based on the characters'
personalities, not who said the line originally during the writing.
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Fuzzy Fox
>mind. lines are then reassigned to the 3 characters based on the characters'
>personalities, not who said the line originally during the writing.
That's how they write it NOW, but I'm not sure that's how they did it
back THEN.
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Montykins
>>
>This is, of course, a reference to "Peter and the Wolf", as played by
>any symphony or high school orchestra. Each character in the story is
>represented by a different instrument. I thought it was silly when I
>was a kid, I still think it's silly, and I have to say I laugh like a
>madwoman when Tom assigns some character an instrument.
>
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Communism . . ."
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