@@OR2891 Better ant eaters than them damned blowhole breathin', beady eyed, hoop jumpin' dolphins. You know they can't even walk? Bottle nosed ,bastards.
Raúl Juliá sincerely putting his all into VO for wildlife stock footage is rather touching, he really didn’t have to but he gave his all to every part of this film
I like the story of how his last role he did the same thing for his kids who were big fans of Street fighter 2, really giving it his all. Would he never not have? Of course!
I got sent here because I got caught doppling my fingal in a public bathroom and now I'm forced to perform prophylactic rehab by enjoying this fine film.
My mother passed under traumatic circumstances when i was 10 y/o. On Saturday mornings, as my father and i sat together quietly, these guys gave me the feeling that i was present with friends and i wasn't bringing the mood down by being sad and i didn't need to explain myself. Thanks to these entertainers.
Death does not exist. The double split experiment proves Quantum law is real. Reality cannot exist without an observer! Observer is another name for "Creator of Reality"! Creator / God / Consciousness. Without conscience no Reality! Does the tree that falls in a jungle without anyone there to actually hear it make a sound? The answer is "No! There is no sound, there is no tree!" People still think their SOUL or CONSCIENCE is a RESULT of their BRAIN. But brain is organic MATTER, and matter cannot exist without an "external" observer... so we are all are gods in our own way and quantum thus also implies that CONSCIENCE has NO END (which I can understand) but also has NO BEGINNING, which is something I still cannot wrap my head around lol. But the double split experiment stares you right into your face and makes fun of you! Quantum is absurd. Don't try to understand it, because it is non-sensical in the 1st place, yet quantum is a fact! It is a scientifical proven fact! So death does not exist! Your mother is... in let's call it another dimension if you will, but her soul is immortal... separation hurts! Saying goodbye always hurt, and I am sorry for that pain. But she ain't dead because death is a lie, death does simply not exist. All is! Let quantum cheer you up! Don't loose yourself in formulas and equations, those string theory scientists have opened the door to knowledge but instead of appreciating their discovery, they lost themselves in the jungle of their own thoughts, and looked too far ahead while they only needed to look at what is, and has always been, right in front of their eyes! Your mom's unending energy cannot be lost, will never be lost, she will always be with you! Rest assured of this. I just KNOW that what I say is TRUE. Everything Is, Everything Was and Everything Will Always Be! Quantum rulez (at least in the Matrix we think is our REAL WORLD, but it is just a simulation...)
Fingal's eyes twinkled and his keys jingled when he left the jungle in his Honda to conga at the Dingle Family's party (and he was tardy) while his dapper doppel gobbled some waffles and then stealthily stole Daphne Dingle's best baubles.
I don't know why, but there's something comforting about watching bad movies, especially with mst3k. At 3 am, it's the next best thing to relax after The Joy of painting.
LifeOfBrian That's quite the coincidence.. I too have a playlist, I just woke on this episode and it happens that someone replied to me on it today xD. So I wrote this one year ago?? Wow.. So I've been doing this for at least a year! It seems we're a couple doing it also, that's interesting.
54:30 Servo making all those fat man noises, combined with Mike and Crow (Bill) not being able to control their laughter about it; one of my favorite MST3K moments ever.
"I seem to have died, is that okay??" I have seen this episode...LITERALLY more times than I can remember and that line with that face makes me BURST out laughing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Reading your comment made me laugh so hard it started a coughing fit....ah that riff/part of the movie is an mst3k all time favorite for me as well. Love your comment ❤
fun fact: the animal scenes in this movie are from a documentary called "animals are good people". I know this because we watched that documentary in high school and I can remember the animals getting drunk scene beat for beat because at the time it was easily one of the funniest things I had ever seen for school
This is one of the few films I’ve seen featured on MST3k that I just genuinely enjoy for its own merits. It’s a perfect microcosm of the eighties’s particular interpretation of the future. The bad stuff is goofy without being off-putting. Raul Julia is just giving the role everything he’s got. And damn it, the idea of transferring your entire mind and soul onto a vulnerable flash drive is pretty intriguing. But seriously-did an anteater kill the director’s father over a rigged poker game or something? Why all the hate?
i’ve said the same thing! i think “overdrawn” could be pretty good after a little revision, certainly no “casablanca” but definitely not too bad. the concept is fun and with a better script it could be a pretty solid release!
Holy shit, when I first watched this, and he said that, I laughed so hard I had to stop the movie & go in the bathroom cos my organs hurt & I was crying. I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed so hard at something. 5 minutes later I composed myself & resumed the movie. Good stuff 😂
ohhh dont worry, that just evolved to online content now. example being, a youtube channel having enough balls to make their own movie. success of that varies drasticaly
@@NegaRenGenX2gay2liftlol what's the risk there? Putting shit on TV where company's money and trust combined with hiring an entire crew to make a show with deadlines and writers for every episode. That's balls. CZcams ain't shit.
+Joseph Diefenbach You're both right, but seriously, instead of getting fired you can just take a virtual reality vacation (anteater or not)? I'll take it.
+Gongsun Zan It's not nostalgia, really. The music made me sad back when the show was on the air too. Something about always made me feel terrible that the episode was really...over. Heartbreaking... until another would come on right after because Comedy Central ran it in marathons back then. Then I'd perk RIGHT up!
"I know most people thought he was a pain in the neck, but I never thought that." Apollonia literally SLAPS Fingal. She spends most of the movie scolding him. Why do you feel the need to lie, Apollonia?
20:13 - I seem to have died, is that okay? 35:08 - Are you ready to put him back in his own body? 50:31 - Here's looking at you 53:25 - You make me tingle, Fingal 54:32 - Burp!
One joke that has stuck in my craw since I first heard it that I think doesn't get enough attention: Rick: Fingal... It's up to you... Fingal: It's okay, buddy. I can handle it. Crow: And just what is the "it" which is to him "up" and which he can perhaps handle?
I remember being a kid and laughing so hard at "Loving Lovers Love" that I had tears running down my face. Mary Jo will always be my favorite MST3K writer.
In spite of all its problems (and ya its got a ton) I gotta admit I kinda like this weird little movie. It feels like a high school production that managed to get 1 legendary actor in its cast. I bet they scored Raul with the Casablanca angle...
Honestly, I kind of agree. The vast majority of mst3k movies are slapped together and complete trash, but this one is a little different. You can tell that a little bit of thought and creativity went into it, and it had (some) potential. It's actually pretty original even though it's comically bad.
So , in this “ super futuristic “ reality, where computers literally run the world...they keep track of massively important surgeries with color coded pieces of cardboard ?
What gets me every time I cue this episode up is how desperately Apollonia mishandles the situation when she's trying to keep Fingal pacified. If she'd identified herself immediately and basically said, "Um, you're gonna have to sit tight in the Matrix for a while, just chill in your room or something," the situation would probably have been defused. Instead she fuels Fingal's paranoia right from the start by pretending to be other people (a telephone operator, his mother) and delivering cryptic and very worrying messages. What the heck was that supposed to accomplish? Another thing: even though Novicorp and the "Fat Man" are supposed to be the bad guys, really they are _incredibly_ patient with Fingal when you think about it. He's doing a lot of damage, screwing up the world's weather and shit like that, but they're still willing to give him a chance at rescue. And why is he in this situation in the first place? Pissing around at work watching movies instead of doing his job. The film tries to pretend Fingal is some kind of rebel against an unjust system but he comes across like a spoiled, selfish asshole who ruins every chance given him.
+Monophylos Fortikos Also when she gets upset at him and the co-worker, it's like, 'what is your deal, lady? He's placated, and not prone to 'making waves' in the system.'
from what i understand, a lot of those elements are leftovers from the original short story (fingal was a voluntary dopple, appolonia could only communicate indirectly or via extraspecial circumstances, medical technology being refined and automated to the extent that working in health care is the same level as our fast food (hence Doby?), Fingal Time, the lack of any corporate angst etc)
When the gang starts pouring in the wheeze, fart and burp noises when Fat Man has his speech by the pool; I literally laughed to the point of tears while hunched over. Goddamn.
"Listen to me, Fingal. Your navel's really deep, I can't even see to the bottom of it. And if you fall in, I can't guarantee I'll pull you out." You heard it here first, folks.
He actually is, the more I look at it, the more it makes sense. Just the fact he caused catastrophic weather all over the world puts him in war criminal territory. He constantly harasses his coworker, he was watching old movies instead of working(I get it, his work is boring but someone has to do it and not doing your part only makes more work for the others), he causes an economic crisis.. You name it
What's that? Leaving people with open skulls and exposed brains in a strictly closed area of a mental institution/rehabilitation center where the entire lives of the people within depend on the outcomes of their experiences during a highly questionable and probably dangerous procedure? LET'S LET KIDS IN!!!
@RaceRed5.0Stang Isn't that basically how Uwe Boll came to be? Anyway, I have fond memories of WGBH shows from the '80s and early '90s, so I can't blame them for trying. There are a lot of factors to consider outside of funding sources.
"This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie." I don't doubt that. I'm only on a moderate amount of cough syrup, and it's certainly not doing the job. Thank God for Mike and the Bots.
Very accurate depiction of local PBS pledge drives I remember from my childhood, except Pearl has a lot more charisma than the actual people who had no business being on television groveling for money for their television station.
"His Lava Lamp's out of control!" "Verti-Go to hell!" "I like it though!! Wheeee, it's fun!!" "Whoo-hoo!" "You kiddin'? We're having an electronic sex party right now! Wheee!!" "I love you this much!!" "I don't care for you!!" Those lines (and more) always never fail to crack me up.
This is definitely one of the best MST3K episodes ever made. I had to rewind every few minutes because I was laughing too hard to hear what was going on.
I really do want the "You know you want me, baby" t-shirt. Maybe I can buy it through Public Pearl TV. Act now and get two for the price of one, AND they'll throw in a handy nightlight. 13:04 "I have data to process!" Because this is THE FUTURE, where we process data.
Sean D. Daily Actually, it's a great concept and the movie could have been much better than the *Matrix* if it had, you know, been better written, directed, and acted. But then again, I'm a massive Phil Dick fan.
Arkadia Moon: Hmmm... Well, if you put more of a Dick spin on it, then yeah: more faceless corporation ziggurats and less large sweating Shakespearean actors. I'd have to see it to believe it, though. You do get points for being a Dick fan, though.
Sean D. Daily I don't mind Raul Julia going Large Ham; it was virtually his professional speciality, after all. But the Chairman seemed fiercely determined to leave the marks of his teeth on every scrap of scenery in sight. He went full ham. Never go full ham. At least not when you're playing against Raul Julia, because no film could ever be big enough for that. I had to double-check that it *wasn't* based on a Dick story I'd somehow missed (the original was written by John Varley), because it seemed to have Phil's fingerprints all over it: as you say, the omnipotent corporate colossus, &c. It'd be really interesting to see a present-day attempt by more accomplished professionals to re-do this from go.
Arkadia Moon: I'm surprised it hasn't be rebooted and then rebooted _again_ yet. Hollywood seems to have rebooted everything else... I'm supposed to be a Dick fan, so why didn't I see Dick's fingerprints all over this? I mean, yeah, he didn't _write_ it, but it certainly uses a lot of Dick themes. Maybe it was the general public broadcasting vibe. Public broadcasting doesn't do faceless corporations and cold-sweat-soaked musings on the nature of identity and reality. Public broadcasting does _Downton Abbey._ You're right. Properly rewritten, and stripped of all its PBS DNA, it _could_ be all right. I'd like to see an independent studio do this. I'm afraid Hollywood would make it either too pretty or too _Dark Knight,_ and the _production notes..._
+Sean D. Daily uh, yeah...as a huge PKD fan the title alone should set off alarms...We Can Remember it for You Wholesale...come on, even the protagonist's name is PKD goofy...the Matrix is Dickian sci fi so you were on the right track at least lol
" I seem too have died is that okay"? " Doctor Who--The Hell Cares?" " Sucked let's go with the word movie!" " All I can Eat? Joke's on them!" I love those Riffs.
Being a UK fan of this show pre CZcams days meant multi region dvd players and importing dvds over. Nowadays it's even easier than ever to keep circulating the tapes
I don't get why so many people say this is one of the worst movies mst3k did it's one of the few that actually holds my attention on it's own, it's so weird it's good
+John Carver Its a failed high concept, as opposed to most MST3K fodder which tends to have the IQ of a tubeworm. I think that helps it hold up to repeat viewing, as well as raises the intelligence of the humor thats based off of it. Plus it's actually got a decent actor anchoring it. I feel like this is the most underrated episode ever made. Its one of my favorites, but its never listed on any 'best of MST3K' articles online...
Aesthetically it’s awful though. It’s painful to look at. I’m sure a lot of people worked hard on the sets and the special effects and everything but man fuzzy PBS 80’s video- not pretty.
@@Raulbikcube I feel like the crappy '80s video quality and lame '80s Chyron graphics add to the movie's awful Brutalism asthetic. It's Zeerust: The Movie.
the imdb entry for this movie lists "discrimination against anteaters" as keywords. Well done.
Discrimination lol those poor anteaters.
The Whole movie’s pilot is on Wikipedia ☺️
Imagine simping for filthy anteaters.
@@OR2891 Better ant eaters than them damned blowhole breathin', beady eyed, hoop jumpin' dolphins. You know they can't even walk?
Bottle nosed ,bastards.
Haha, Crow's "Oh, right!" at 7:39 is hilarious, for some reason
Servo wanted SO BAD to make that "Cube-an" joke, he was rocking back and forth with excitement. Easily the most adorable gumball machine.
Say what you will, this movie really nailed the unholy hell that is a data entry desk job.
See my most recent comment here
@@cya2139 Imagine telling someone over a year and a half later to go look for your comment for absolutely no reason to them.
"And now the news."
"...That was the news."
Raúl Juliá sincerely putting his all into VO for wildlife stock footage is rather touching, he really didn’t have to but he gave his all to every part of this film
He did do a genuinely great job with the material provided, Fingal almost seems like a character...
I thought that might be him in the thumbnail!
I like the story of how his last role he did the same thing for his kids who were big fans of Street fighter 2, really giving it his all. Would he never not have? Of course!
He's a professional. Whenever he takes on a role, he gives it 100%
@@toma.4808 Well, we _was_ a professional, and he _gave_ it 100%.
Who else is guilty for scrolling up this cinema while at work?
Lmao love this comment.
I am lol
Yup it's what I do while I poop at work hahaha
I got caught scrolling up in the lavatory.
In my defense, I'm on light duty...oh the pain, the pain!
Servo's increasing ire at the technospeak is still one of my favorite parts of this episode lmao
Apollonia: "Take a deep breath..."
Crow: "Not THAT deep!"
"I thought he was Puerto Rican."
"Don't say it."
"Turns out he was CUBAN!"
I got sent here because I got caught doppling my fingal in a public bathroom and now I'm forced to perform prophylactic rehab by enjoying this fine film.
Rual Julia was a hell of an actor. He tries his damnedest to make this movie watchable, but he just couldn't pull it off.
Totally under-appreciated actor.
He was a credit to every movie he was in
Rual Julia? Like Rulia Joberts?
Shame when street fighter thr movie looks like casablanca compared to this
@@felixcolon599 OF COURSE!
My mother passed under traumatic circumstances when i was 10 y/o. On Saturday mornings, as my father and i sat together quietly, these guys gave me the feeling that i was present with friends and i wasn't bringing the mood down by being sad and i didn't need to explain myself. Thanks to these entertainers.
I feel you radiofreecab. Damn straight: OATMB is one strangely soothing MST3K experience right up there with Alien From L.A. (1988).
Sorry for your loss. This show makes the trauma go away for a little while. It’s almost like a guilty pleasure for me. It genuinely brings joy!
A touching story.
Glad you were comforted.
MST3K is a popcorn/feel-good time. It's like eating comfort food with old friends. We need more shows like this today but it's mostly garbage instead.
Death does not exist. The double split experiment proves Quantum law is real. Reality cannot exist without an observer! Observer is another name for "Creator of Reality"! Creator / God / Consciousness. Without conscience no Reality! Does the tree that falls in a jungle without anyone there to actually hear it make a sound? The answer is "No! There is no sound, there is no tree!" People still think their SOUL or CONSCIENCE is a RESULT of their BRAIN. But brain is organic MATTER, and matter cannot exist without an "external" observer... so we are all are gods in our own way and quantum thus also implies that CONSCIENCE has NO END (which I can understand) but also has NO BEGINNING, which is something I still cannot wrap my head around lol. But the double split experiment stares you right into your face and makes fun of you! Quantum is absurd. Don't try to understand it, because it is non-sensical in the 1st place, yet quantum is a fact! It is a scientifical proven fact! So death does not exist! Your mother is... in let's call it another dimension if you will, but her soul is immortal... separation hurts! Saying goodbye always hurt, and I am sorry for that pain. But she ain't dead because death is a lie, death does simply not exist. All is! Let quantum cheer you up! Don't loose yourself in formulas and equations, those string theory scientists have opened the door to knowledge but instead of appreciating their discovery, they lost themselves in the jungle of their own thoughts, and looked too far ahead while they only needed to look at what is, and has always been, right in front of their eyes! Your mom's unending energy cannot be lost, will never be lost, she will always be with you! Rest assured of this. I just KNOW that what I say is TRUE. Everything Is, Everything Was and Everything Will Always Be! Quantum rulez (at least in the Matrix we think is our REAL WORLD, but it is just a simulation...)
"I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple"
I die laughing every time omg
"You make me tingle, Fingal. Are you single? Give me a jingle!"
@@HylianFox3 "Would you like to mingle? Maybe a slice of Danish kringle?"
You want some Pringles Fingle? Do you have to tinkle?
Fingal's eyes twinkled and his keys jingled when he left the jungle in his Honda to conga at the Dingle Family's party (and he was tardy) while his dapper doppel gobbled some waffles and then stealthily stole Daphne Dingle's best baubles.
@@eduardo_corrochio Nice!
This movie looks like a Sega CD game.
I think it was suppose to be 'Gomez's digital adventure' but they decided to make it a crappy movie instead.
It was taped on VHS ... yes, really. That's why it has that crappy look!
Early HD? Like Soap Opera quality from the 80's. (I love it!) Giggles for Everybody!
It was made for Canadian tv.
Sewer shark
"Data entry with no pants." is my work from home mantra.
Can I order this as a t-shirt? Or handbag?
Data entry??? Who does that still??? It’s 2023 not 1993...
@@har8397 Data entry(and subtitling) will never go out of fashion.
"Oh, it's T.V's Frank! He's went up in the world, good for him!" lmao
29:19
"You know, I bet nobody ever looks up *this* cinema."
Damn, it took Mike all of 5 seconds to completely eviscerate this movie.
I don't know why, but there's something comforting about watching bad movies, especially with mst3k. At 3 am, it's the next best thing to relax after The Joy of painting.
Lots of us use MST3K to drift off to sleep. I haven't slept without them in years.
Jervis Germane Ditto
Jervis Germane its kind of like being the first one to pass out at a sleep over back when you were a kid. theres a comfort there for sure
me too! I just run a playlist and zzzzzzz.....
LifeOfBrian That's quite the coincidence.. I too have a playlist, I just woke on this episode and it happens that someone replied to me on it today xD.
So I wrote this one year ago?? Wow.. So I've been doing this for at least a year! It seems we're a couple doing it also, that's interesting.
“This lovely Raul Julia pendant available only on the Home Shopping Network”
😂😂
I lose it every time!
54:30
Servo making all those fat man noises, combined with Mike and Crow (Bill) not being able to control their laughter about it; one of my favorite MST3K moments ever.
Every time I watch this episode I have to rewind that part 10 times 😅 🥴💨
I literally couldn’t control my laughter at that part either. It felt so authentic with them laughing along.
Breathing knocks the wind out of this guy! Especially 54:53. 😂😂😂
"I seem to have died, is that okay??"
I have seen this episode...LITERALLY more times than I can remember and that line with that face makes me BURST out laughing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
When my son was about 8 years old he saw this with me for the first time, for the next year he would randomly walk up to me and say that
@@joshuahoover6841for some reason that makes me laugh harder than the joke itself. I hope that's okay with you and I mean no offense
Reading your comment made me laugh so hard it started a coughing fit....ah that riff/part of the movie is an mst3k all time favorite for me as well. Love your comment ❤
Such a simple riff but it is easily in my all time top ten. Just so hilarious
I completely forgot "I'm playing the ponies on some well-meaning Liberal's coin; it's great!" And now I am dying.
fun fact: the animal scenes in this movie are from a documentary called "animals are good people". I know this because we watched that documentary in high school and I can remember the animals getting drunk scene beat for beat because at the time it was easily one of the funniest things I had ever seen for school
This movie is depicting the NWO dystopia that many elites have actually promoted.
This is one of the few films I’ve seen featured on MST3k that I just genuinely enjoy for its own merits. It’s a perfect microcosm of the eighties’s particular interpretation of the future. The bad stuff is goofy without being off-putting. Raul Julia is just giving the role everything he’s got. And damn it, the idea of transferring your entire mind and soul onto a vulnerable flash drive is pretty intriguing.
But seriously-did an anteater kill the director’s father over a rigged poker game or something? Why all the hate?
Because f*** em, that's why
This movies blows on its own merits.
That man gave every film he was in his all. Sorely missed. I like this one too
i’ve said the same thing! i think “overdrawn” could be pretty good after a little revision, certainly no “casablanca” but definitely not too bad. the concept is fun and with a better script it could be a pretty solid release!
@@carmina-solisagreed. i always describe this as "i like what it was trying to be"
I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple.
I cracked up at that part. I went back to watch it again.
You make me tingle, Fingal. Fingal, are you single? Give me a jingle.
"I've got the fever for the flavor of a Fingal."
I've only dabbled in doppels
One of my all-time favorite riffs
"I seem to have died, is that ok?" lives rent free in my head
"I seem to have died, is that okay?"
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Best line 🤣🤣
I want that on my grave someday
Timestamp is 20:13
I can't stop laughing
The Mike and Pearl years with Prof. Bobo and "Brain Guy" were my absolute favorite!
100%.
You know, I have the feeling the people who made this movie haven't seen any 'cinemas' either.
Good 1
"Surely this will cure him of his love of cinemas!"
"Hooray for socks!" There is no reason that should be as funny as it is. One of my favorite jokes in the episode 🤣
Holy shit, when I first watched this, and he said that, I laughed so hard I had to stop the movie & go in the bathroom cos my organs hurt & I was crying. I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed so hard at something. 5 minutes later I composed myself & resumed the movie. Good stuff 😂
I miss the days when local TV stations would take risks and produce their own content. You used to be able to see some great stuff.
Don’t we all
Not just local any tv station
This is represented well by Weird Al's _UHF_ I think.
ohhh dont worry, that just evolved to online content now. example being, a youtube channel having enough balls to make their own movie. success of that varies drasticaly
@@NegaRenGenX2gay2liftlol what's the risk there? Putting shit on TV where company's money and trust combined with hiring an entire crew to make a show with deadlines and writers for every episode. That's balls. CZcams ain't shit.
to this day, i still consider the mst3k end credit theme music to be the saddest music ever created.
+elusivEuphoria It's only "Sad" because it marks the end of the episode...in any other circumstance, it's an Epic theme.
+elusivEuphoria Watch last 5 minutes of BringBackMST3K telethon. Play towards the end. Should help.
+Benjamin Kraftchick Yeah except they aren't bringing it back with Kevin, Bill and Mike who are in this episode, they are the best.
+Joseph Diefenbach You're both right, but seriously, instead of getting fired you can just take a virtual reality vacation (anteater or not)? I'll take it.
+Gongsun Zan It's not nostalgia, really. The music made me sad back when the show was on the air too. Something about always made me feel terrible that the episode was really...over. Heartbreaking... until another would come on right after because Comedy Central ran it in marathons back then. Then I'd perk RIGHT up!
My favorite line is still “ I’ll see you on the Dark Side of Raul”🤣
This was The Matrix *before* The Matrix, and Raoul is *THE ONE!*
The Matrix came from William Gibson's work, written in the 1980s.
@@LoneKharnivore Necromancer was 84 and so was this....
So yeah PBS should sue
@@darthbigred22 Don't you mean "Technomancer?"
"I know most people thought he was a pain in the neck, but I never thought that." Apollonia literally SLAPS Fingal. She spends most of the movie scolding him. Why do you feel the need to lie, Apollonia?
@@Virstagpersonal issues detected.
At 54:30 when Servo starts in on the fat man sound effects, hearing Crow laugh so hard makes my heart happy for some reason haha
“I need other things from you, Felicia.”
Mike: I need you to seal-coat my driveway.
This is tied with Werewolf and Time Chasers as the greatest MST3K eipsodes ever.
For me it's Devil Doll and The Dead Talk Back.
Space Mutiny would like a word…
54:45 The whole Servo Fat Man cough and hack bit is hilarious. Then hearing the other guys laugh under their breath...kills me every time. XDD
I'm back again!
I think i peed my pants XD
I know. That whole sequence is. Hilarious.
I love bits like this, others that come to mind are the "potato" sequence in POD People and the weird old dude in The Final Sacrifice
Breathing knocks the wind out of this guy. 😂😂😂😂 54:53
"ident"
"that's a shame. Maybe you need a poly vinyl coating.."
I am dying!!
20:13 - I seem to have died, is that okay?
35:08 - Are you ready to put him back in his own body?
50:31 - Here's looking at you
53:25 - You make me tingle, Fingal
54:32 - Burp!
Anyone else watch these so many times that now they just listen to it as they play games?
I listen to mst3k to help me get to sleep, its just so comforting.
@@svenylford4047 best sleep show ever
I listen to it when I make dinner
yep. play em to go to sleep and play games.
sometimes I'll play em at the gym, but I end up laughing my ass off in the middle of a set.
Yep. It's my background ambience for quite a few things.
Woah, huge slam on anteaters outta nowhere!
15:17
Totally uncalled for, poor anteaters.
Would you really scroll up a cinema about anteaters tho?
"You must keep things normal. No surprises. Maintain the routine!"
To help with this I re-created his dead mother to help him.
"I bet no one ever scrolls up THIS cinema." Savage! 😂
This is the greatest MST3K episode of them all.
R.I.P. to Linda Griffiths, our Appolonia James.
I love the Pearl and Brain Guy duet. And her swift destruction of spot-light hogging Professor Bobo.
Lol bobo
AND NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF IN 82 😡👊💥
I just love Pearl.
I love her hit song _Loving Lovers Love_ as seen on _Pearl! Pearl! Pearl!Pearl! Pearl!_
One joke that has stuck in my craw since I first heard it that I think doesn't get enough attention:
Rick: Fingal... It's up to you...
Fingal: It's okay, buddy. I can handle it.
Crow: And just what is the "it" which is to him "up" and which he can perhaps handle?
Raul Julia is great in this. RIP
RIP Raúl Juliá. Greatest performance next to M.Bison.
Of course!
Gomez Addams?
And RIP Marvin Goldhar (the computers).
@@hgodvilla00 Right? Or Santa Anna. Poor guy was struck down in his prime when he was really starting to get some steam.
FOR I BEHELD SATAN, AS HE FELL FROM HEAVEN!
*LIKE LIGHTNING!*
I remember being a kid and laughing so hard at "Loving Lovers Love" that I had tears running down my face.
Mary Jo will always be my favorite MST3K writer.
She's brilliant!
One of the funniest women I’ve seen.
🎶 I really do like pie 🎶
@@toma.4808 🎶I know a couple of guys 🎶
🎶 They really do like pie. 🎶
As a chairperson of STEDAA (Society To End Discrimination Against Anteaters) I must protest this film.
I like the Pearl/Observer duet...
Natalie Ann loving lovers love
I really do like pie.
Actually it felt so 80s too. The music and the style of singing 🎤 😂
Hey! I can sing, too! And now you find yourself in '82!...
They've got chemistry!
"Were we just yelled at by a pork roast?"
In spite of all its problems (and ya its got a ton) I gotta admit I kinda like this weird little movie. It feels like a high school production that managed to get 1 legendary actor in its cast. I bet they scored Raul with the Casablanca angle...
Honestly, I kind of agree. The vast majority of mst3k movies are slapped together and complete trash, but this one is a little different. You can tell that a little bit of thought and creativity went into it, and it had (some) potential. It's actually pretty original even though it's comically bad.
I feel the same way about time chasers as well
"I guess this movie was kinda like watching Casablanca... while having a small child use your groin as a punching bag."
Hahahahaha!
10/10 comedy. ITS SO FUNNY WHEN YOU QUOTE THINGS FROM THE EPISODES.
So , in this “ super futuristic “ reality, where computers literally run the world...they keep track of massively important surgeries with color coded pieces of cardboard ?
Sadly, that may be the most realistic thing about this movie, actually...
And children molest patients on field trips.
The lowest bidder with the cheapest cost
Literally
Sounds about right honestly
"Surely this will cure him of his love of cinemas"
What gets me every time I cue this episode up is how desperately Apollonia mishandles the situation when she's trying to keep Fingal pacified. If she'd identified herself immediately and basically said, "Um, you're gonna have to sit tight in the Matrix for a while, just chill in your room or something," the situation would probably have been defused. Instead she fuels Fingal's paranoia right from the start by pretending to be other people (a telephone operator, his mother) and delivering cryptic and very worrying messages. What the heck was that supposed to accomplish?
Another thing: even though Novicorp and the "Fat Man" are supposed to be the bad guys, really they are _incredibly_ patient with Fingal when you think about it. He's doing a lot of damage, screwing up the world's weather and shit like that, but they're still willing to give him a chance at rescue. And why is he in this situation in the first place? Pissing around at work watching movies instead of doing his job. The film tries to pretend Fingal is some kind of rebel against an unjust system but he comes across like a spoiled, selfish asshole who ruins every chance given him.
+Monophylos Fortikos well im sure glad you weren't there to advise on any of these story lines.. because we would never have MST3k!
yea. what wayne said
+Monophylos Fortikos
Also when she gets upset at him and the co-worker, it's like, 'what is your deal, lady? He's placated, and not prone to 'making waves' in the system.'
from what i understand, a lot of those elements are leftovers from the original short story (fingal was a voluntary dopple, appolonia could only communicate indirectly or via extraspecial circumstances, medical technology being refined and automated to the extent that working in health care is the same level as our fast food (hence Doby?), Fingal Time, the lack of any corporate angst etc)
Yeah, her customer service skills ain't so good.
So, technically, this movie is cyberpunk.
Really boring cyberpunk, yeah. Which makes it more realistic than most cyberpunk
Best line is during the blizzard scene: "This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie."
When the gang starts pouring in the wheeze, fart and burp noises when Fat Man has his speech by the pool; I literally laughed to the point of tears while hunched over. Goddamn.
The part during the credits where Mike was complaining about the horrible movie had me rolling
Literally
I'm 54 and fart jokes never get old. The one in Mitchell, my God. It ranks up there.
@@tillitsdoneSame her😂
"Listen to me, Fingal. Your navel's really deep, I can't even see to the bottom of it. And if you fall in, I can't guarantee I'll pull you out."
You heard it here first, folks.
*blows Kiss* Goodnight everybody
SonicSeraphim The really odd thing about it ... that line is actually in the original short story.
I think they wanted to use a stronger expletive but couldn't for whatever reason.
What's crazy is that line is completely ignored by Fingal. Just ploughs on and never gets addressed again in the whole movie.
Have none of you ever heard the phrase "navel gazing?"
"I'd better call for a medico."
Tom: "Yeah, on the voice-com-flavo-link-synth-aaaaaaaach!!!"
The movie got a lot more watchable when I realised that Fingal was the villain.
I mean, the writers apparently didn't intend him to be, but he is.
He actually is, the more I look at it, the more it makes sense. Just the fact he caused catastrophic weather all over the world puts him in war criminal territory. He constantly harasses his coworker, he was watching old movies instead of working(I get it, his work is boring but someone has to do it and not doing your part only makes more work for the others), he causes an economic crisis.. You name it
@@Eisenwulf666 dont forget at the end when gave everyone bonuses .stealing company funds is illegal.
Based anarchist fingal
36:10 "Mom, you died a long time ago, I haven't seen you in 15 years." (spoonful of soup)
XD
+imyouandurme why arent you cuban?
Mm, homemade Swedish-Puerto Rican cooking
mom, you want your spoon?
my nuts
I had read this comment right before I got to that scene. That was priceless
"Wait! Switch to analog!"
"It has a warmer sound" 😂
"You know.. If only she'd turn to a cold beer I Would've been perfect".
This line kills me every time! omg 🤣
48:37
The "So aging lesbian nuns run the future?" riff has to be one of my favorites in all of MST3K
I thought he said ”moms”
What's that? Leaving people with open skulls and exposed brains in a strictly closed area of a mental institution/rehabilitation center where the entire lives of the people within depend on the outcomes of their experiences during a highly questionable and probably dangerous procedure?
LET'S LET KIDS IN!!!
You should really just relax.
@@mtheory79ify it relaxed him to comment here
It’s fine as long as they wipe their hands after eating (and snacking).
@@GrixieKong Hey at 20:44 you got the kid trying to fondle someone, i didn't notice that's what he was trying to do before
Just don't get mustard on their brains
And this is why PBS now imports movies from England instead of producing their own.
Although having seen such "masterpieces" as _The Projected Man_ I'm not sure that's an improvement.
If they can screw up as something as a movie type (yeah let’s call it a thing) I can see why.
@RaceRed5.0Stang Isn't that basically how Uwe Boll came to be?
Anyway, I have fond memories of WGBH shows from the '80s and early '90s, so I can't blame them for trying. There are a lot of factors to consider outside of funding sources.
Love this program and my baby boy used to watch this along time ago. I miss those days. He is all grown up, and married. Those were fond memories 😊
This movie feels like it's missing Steve Buscemi for some reason.
There's quite a few movies that are missing Buscemi.
Steve Buscemi would make almost 100% of movies better just by being in them lol
And a cranky Joel estevez
"This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie."
I don't doubt that. I'm only on a moderate amount of cough syrup, and it's certainly not doing the job. Thank God for Mike and the Bots.
To this day, “Well that’s a shame, maybe you need a polyvinyl coating?” will be the single funniest goof the MST3K writing team has ever created.
12:27 “prophylactic rehab, fingal!” -they’re gonna retread his condom?
The absolute distain that Servo has for the techno-jargon is so subtle and it's so, so funny
"Having their personalities being inserted into wild animals"
This is the future the furries want.
Of all the possible futures, this one doesn’t sound so bad
@@Stereobarf You're mentally ill.
I read this in Ben Shapiros voice 😂 "This is what the liberals want, ladies and gentlemen."
Very accurate depiction of local PBS pledge drives I remember from my childhood, except Pearl has a lot more charisma than the actual people who had no business being on television groveling for money for their television station.
I grew up watching those in the 80s & 90s... yeah, it's scary accurate
I used to live in the NYC area so I vividly remember the WNET/Channel 13 ones.
52:00 Because I'm that guy, Casablanca has a mild Mediterranean climate. The record high in July is 104, and the average high is 79.
(shrug)
You're great :)
Three years later, but I appreciate your efforts.
say what you will, "you almost god mustard on his brain!" is a GREAT line.
But still, the best thing in the movie are the spinning baboons.
I hate that scene, why are they letting some random asshole kids in lol. Nothing else bothers me in this movie
1:10:40 "How's your homework, honey?"
The way he says that cracks me up every time. XDD
Thank you, Floyd the Pervert.
Appearing tonight? SLAYER!!😂
"His Lava Lamp's out of control!" "Verti-Go to hell!" "I like it though!! Wheeee, it's fun!!" "Whoo-hoo!" "You kiddin'? We're having an electronic sex party right now! Wheee!!" "I love you this much!!" "I don't care for you!!" Those lines (and more) always never fail to crack me up.
Grab a bag of Flavo-fibes and settle in for some quality entertainment. "I need more butter for this ham!"
So this movie is what happens if the Matrix was made by Ed Wood?
This is definitely one of the best MST3K episodes ever made. I had to rewind every few minutes because I was laughing too hard to hear what was going on.
I really do want the "You know you want me, baby" t-shirt. Maybe I can buy it through Public Pearl TV. Act now and get two for the price of one, AND they'll throw in a handy nightlight.
13:04 "I have data to process!" Because this is THE FUTURE, where we process data.
I haven't seen that one but there's some pretty good fan made MST3K merch on Etsy.
But now we are living in the future and there is tons of data needing processing.
You don't need a nightlight to give a handy!!!😂
They nailed that...sad part is we can't come up with anything clever to do with it
"I seem to have died, is that ok?" O LOL'd!!!!
Best line of the episode, I almost cried. Perfectly timed
I don't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple
Definitely my favorite riff!
The telethon bits crack me up, I remember those shows on PBS when I was a kid all too well.
I was at a telethon that the horse whisperer was hosting, got to meet him and volunteer at the event.
@@lancevance47 What was he like
32 anteaters disliked this
Make that 99.
102 now! Dirty, filthy anteaters!
it doesn't matter, they probably only disliked it cuz of the movie itself.
*107 ANTEATERS !!!* @15:09 for anyone who doesn't get it
122 now, but really can you blame them.
So this is the PBS version of _The Matrix?_
Sean D. Daily Actually, it's a great concept and the movie could have been much better than the *Matrix* if it had, you know, been better written, directed, and acted. But then again, I'm a massive Phil Dick fan.
Arkadia Moon: Hmmm... Well, if you put more of a Dick spin on it, then yeah: more faceless corporation ziggurats and less large sweating Shakespearean actors. I'd have to see it to believe it, though.
You do get points for being a Dick fan, though.
Sean D. Daily
I don't mind Raul Julia going Large Ham; it was virtually his professional speciality, after all. But the Chairman seemed fiercely determined to leave the marks of his teeth on every scrap of scenery in sight.
He went full ham. Never go full ham. At least not when you're playing against Raul Julia, because no film could ever be big enough for that.
I had to double-check that it *wasn't* based on a Dick story I'd somehow missed (the original was written by John Varley), because it seemed to have Phil's fingerprints all over it: as you say, the omnipotent corporate colossus, &c. It'd be really interesting to see a present-day attempt by more accomplished professionals to re-do this from go.
Arkadia Moon: I'm surprised it hasn't be rebooted and then rebooted _again_ yet. Hollywood seems to have rebooted everything else...
I'm supposed to be a Dick fan, so why didn't I see Dick's fingerprints all over this? I mean, yeah, he didn't _write_ it, but it certainly uses a lot of Dick themes.
Maybe it was the general public broadcasting vibe. Public broadcasting doesn't do faceless corporations and cold-sweat-soaked musings on the nature of identity and reality. Public broadcasting does _Downton Abbey._
You're right. Properly rewritten, and stripped of all its PBS DNA, it _could_ be all right. I'd like to see an independent studio do this. I'm afraid Hollywood would make it either too pretty or too _Dark Knight,_ and the _production notes..._
+Sean D. Daily uh, yeah...as a huge PKD fan the title alone should set off alarms...We Can Remember it for You Wholesale...come on, even the protagonist's name is PKD goofy...the Matrix is Dickian sci fi so you were on the right track at least lol
Just love the 80s educational video look of this movie.
" I seem too have died is that okay"?
" Doctor Who--The Hell Cares?"
" Sucked let's go with the word movie!"
" All I can Eat? Joke's on them!"
I love those Riffs.
Being a UK fan of this show pre CZcams days meant multi region dvd players and importing dvds over.
Nowadays it's even easier than ever to keep circulating the tapes
"See you on the darkside of Raul..."
Damned if that doesn't get me everytime...
@12:48
"Imagine me and you, and you and me. No matter how they tossed the dice, It had to be..."
I LOVE YOU THIS MUUUUUCH!!
...I DON'T CARE FOR YOU!!
I don't get why so many people say this is one of the worst movies mst3k did
it's one of the few that actually holds my attention on it's own, it's so weird it's good
+John Carver Its a failed high concept, as opposed to most MST3K fodder which tends to have the IQ of a tubeworm. I think that helps it hold up to repeat viewing, as well as raises the intelligence of the humor thats based off of it. Plus it's actually got a decent actor anchoring it. I feel like this is the most underrated episode ever made. Its one of my favorites, but its never listed on any 'best of MST3K' articles online...
+John Carver It's not bad, but I feel it drags a bit during the third act.
Aesthetically it’s awful though. It’s painful to look at. I’m sure a lot of people worked hard on the sets and the special effects and everything but man fuzzy PBS 80’s video- not pretty.
@@Raulbikcube I feel like the crappy '80s video quality and lame '80s Chyron graphics add to the movie's awful Brutalism asthetic. It's Zeerust: The Movie.
It has some pretty funny scenes, like the 2 gangsters running half-convincingly after Fingal, the larger one with a cigar in his mouth 59:23