Eegah!

Baron Scarpia · Post by **Baron Scarpia** » 2004-04-20 11:52am

Last night I watched what might be the most side-splittingly funny MST3K episode, perhaps only behind Manos: Hands of Fate and Space Mutiny for sheer hilarity.

The movie itself is so atrocious that it's hard to imagine how it was made. Arch Hall Sr. seemed to be using it as a vehicle for nepotism, casting his son in the leading man role. A more unsuitable choice could not have been found, since he happends to look like a bleach-blonde Pillsbury Doughboy except with a disgustingly unnatural-looking tan. Worse still, the boy must have had rock star ambitions, judging by the two astoundingly bad songs he "sings" throughout the movie. Ugh.

Anyway, the premise, as if it matters, is that giant Neanderthal Richard Kiel (Yes, Jaws from the Bond films) is still alive in the desert and terrorizes a teenage girl and her father (also played by Hall Sr.) while Hall Jr. wanders the Palm desert searching for them, endlessly shouting out his girlfriend's name ("ROOOOXIEEEEEE!!!"). Trying to describe the full badness of the movie would take forever, but some priceless moments include Roxie's literally squealing "Wheee!" when she's riding around in a dune buggy, her shaving her father when they are captives of Eegah, the father's essentially offering up his daughter to Eegah, the completely unmotivated fistfight in the pool party scene, and, of course, "Watch out for snakes!"

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir for MST3K fans, but this one is truly priceless.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-04-20 05:19pm

You're missing some of the best bits, then. There's any number of horrible continuity errors in that schlock of a film. There's the 'watch' scene, where the hand holding the watch does not match *any* of the character's hands on screen at the time. There's the laughable part with the car headlights, where the beam can clearly be seen to be coming from a flashlight offscreen.

Other than that, my favorite scene in the movie is the introduction to the dead relatives. "I am William Burroughs." ... "I, am William Burroughs." ... "*I*, am William Burroughs." ... "I'm Rose Kennedy."

-Damien

Baron Scarpia · Post by **Baron Scarpia** » 2004-04-21 09:50am

The DVD had the full movie on the other side, and you could access the scenes they cut during the MST3Ked version.

This has inspired me to seek out those gems of MST3K that everyone must see. I need help compiling the list, though.

So far, the ones I've seen that have had be in stitches include:

Manos, hands of Fate
Space Mutiny (probably my favorite)
Eegah!
Mitchell
Giant Spider Invasion
Kitten With a Whip
Gamora
Radar Patrol (or something like that)
Pretty much every short (though I've not seen the legendary Mr. B Natural)

So what are the other indespensible ones?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-04-21 10:42am

I remember seeing that movie 20 years ago,it was on pay tv listed as "Meilleurs Des Navets" along with another movie where RK was playing an alien.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2004-04-21 02:04pm

Pound for pound, Time of the Apes is my favorite MST3K episode. The Sandy Frank song makes it for me.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-04-21 03:45pm

Which was the one where the bad guy was a chicken-man named Crankorr? I think it was Prince of Space...

Anyway, that was one of the most hilarious Mike episodes I've ever seen.
"I'm going to bust out a can of jellied whoop-ass all over you!"

Then there's the Joel-era post-armaggedon movie starring "the Paper-Chase guy" and "Jimmy Carter," where a talking motorbike is run-over by an armored garbage truck named "Megaweapon."
Hilarious!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-04-21 04:03pm

My fav is Space Mutiny. Werewolf isn't bad, but has too many Zzzz moments.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-21 04:05pm

I'm quite fond of the Master Ninja Duology and The Giant Spider Invasion myself.

Baron Scarpia · Post by **Baron Scarpia** » 2004-04-21 04:36pm

Space Mutiny is probably my favorite as of now. I think that one had the perfect mix of the movie being horrible and the MST3K riffing being spot-on. A lot of people complained that they didn't mention the special effects were ripped from Battlestar Galactica, but does that really matter? I don't think that would have been all that humorous anyway.

Best moments:

The space Disco (jaw-droppingly bad scene)
"Would it help if I said, 'ho ho ho'?"
The dead crew member being in the next scene!
The golf cart chase - "Exceeding speeds of 3!"
"Meat Hardpack!"
The hero screaming like a woman, then calmly turning and jumping out of the cart...

It just goes on!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-21 04:38pm

I like to think that it was just way too obvious so they didn't even need to comment on it.

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2004-04-21 05:33pm

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank - It's like having genital surgery with no anaesthetic. Now, people make bald statements like that all the time, but in this case, it's almost literally true. You know how some films date instantly? ODATMB retroactively dated 10 years the instant it hit the can. It makes the contemporaneous episodes of Doctor Who seem like the product of an economic and artistic powerhouse of unattainable proportions.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-04-21 06:26pm

Baron Scarpia wrote:Space Mutiny is probably my favorite as of now. I think that one had the perfect mix of the movie being horrible and the MST3K riffing being spot-on. A lot of people complained that they didn't mention the special effects were ripped from Battlestar Galactica, but does that really matter? I don't think that would have been all that humorous anyway.

Best moments:

The space Disco (jaw-droppingly bad scene)
"Would it help if I said, 'ho ho ho'?"
The dead crew member being in the next scene!
The golf cart chase - "Exceeding speeds of 3!"
"Meat Hardpack!"
The hero screaming like a woman, then calmly turning and jumping out of the cart...

It just goes on!

"Excuse me, have I shown you my butt?"
"Coach says I have to turn in my report!"
Ed Grimley and Lobster Boy!
"Screens and keyboards inside the walls? This must be THE FUTURE!"

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-04-21 06:27pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I like to think that it was just way too obvious so they didn't even need to comment on it.

Have you guys seen (even a bit) of that crappy TV movie with the actor from Lois & Clark, that had stolen like every single exploding building and helicopter/car chase from T2? Some people are just shameless.