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309: The Amazing Colossal Man

Radiation from an atomic blast causes an army colonel to grow to sixty feet tall, so he attacks Las Vegas.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:38:17 (add an annotation)
Crow
Hey, what are we watching, the Arts & Entertainment Network?
Servo
The All-Hitler Channel, you mean?

The A&E Network (formerly the Arts & Entertainment Network) and the History Channel have both been nicknamed "The Hitler Channel" because of their many World War II documentaries (although this has been toned down in recent years).

00:38:29 (add an annotation)
Crow
Stock footage is hell.
00:38:31 (add an annotation)
Joel, as a plane zooms downward and crashes in a huge fireball
Hello, baaaabyyyyyy!
Servo
Oh, that's mean.

"Hello, baby!" is the opening (spoken) line in J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson's 1958 hit song "Chantilly Lace." Richardson died in a plane crash with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in 1959.

00:39:19 (add an annotation)
Crow, as a man is hit in the back by a knife
Message for you, sir.

In the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," this line is spoken by Lancelot's servant Concorde when he is hit in the chest with an arrow carrying a message.

00:42:19 (add an annotation)
Crow, as Carol
Uh, you look like Mr. Clean, Glen. The Procter & Gamble people are on the phone.

Mr. Clean is a brand of household cleaner produced by Procter & Gamble. Its mascot, Mr. Clean, is a muscular bald man.

00:42:31 (add an annotation)
Crow, as Glen
I'm huge. Don't smoke. I'm huge now.

Refers to a famous anti-smoking ad by actor Yul Brynner, filmed after he was diagnosed with lung cancer and aired after his death in 1985, in which he warns: "Now that I'm gone, I tell you: don't smoke. Whatever you do, just don't smoke."

01:22:26 (add an annotation)
Joel, as newsman just ends his report
Now here is Barry Zevan...

Formerly known as Barry Zevan the Weatherman on Channel 11 in Minneapolis during the 1980s.