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405: Being From Another Planet

Alien mummy from King Tut's tomb is resurrected and wants his crystals back from thieving undergrads.

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Beginning of the episode

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Opening Host Segment

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Servo
Is it fueled by imagination?

(Not quite) the tagline for 'Radio Flyer' (1992)

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Crow
Should we be afraid, be very afraid?

Tagline for the movie 'The Fly' (1986)

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Crow
Is it a sassy, brassy, musical humdinger?
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Servo
Is it a new high in adventure, when they go thrill deep in danger?
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Joel
It is not the most exciting undersea odyssey ever filmed and it is not 100% pure adrenaline.

First is (not quite) the tagline to 'The Neptune Factor' (1973). Second is tagline to 'Point Break' (1991)

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Crow
Aha, then it's a bikini clad romp through summer's fun
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Servo
Is it a shocking exposé of souls in bondage, maybe?
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Crow
Is it not only is nose that grows?

Tagline for 'The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio' (1971)

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Servo
Is it personal this time?

(Not quite) the tagline for 'Jaws: The Revenge' (1987)

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Servo
Do we watch Dudley Moore juggle two women in a battle to save his sanity?
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TV's Frank
Well Joel, as the brilliant essayist and secret bigot, H.L. Mencken once said, No one ever went broke underestimating the... rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Or something like that. The point is...

H.L. Mencken was a journalist and social critic. The first part of the quote is by Mencken but the bit about death is actually by Mark Twain.

00:06:02

Movie Segment 1

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Crow
Number 9, Number 9. We are standing still.

From the Beatles song 'Revolution 9'

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Crow
Oh, it's the Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin is a controversial artifact, believed by some to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, but which carbon dating has shown to be much too young.

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Servo
Tom Kennedy! By the end of this decade, you will host a game show

Tom Kennedy was a gameshow host. The voice is an imitation of US President John F Kennedy, and his pledge to land a man on the moon.

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Joel
I'm ok, you're ok

Title of famous self-help book by Thomas Harris

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Servo
Thong?

MST3K 0301 - Cave Dwellers

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Joel
Indy, throw me the whip!
Servo? whispering
Throw me the idol

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Servo
You are about to enter the field of forensic medicine

Reference to opening sequence of TV drama 'Quincy'

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Servo, singing
Operation!
Joel
From Tutankhamun

Reference to the tv adverts for the childrens' game 'Operation' (1965)

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Servo, over silent shot of coffin
Ladies and gentlemen, Jam Productions is proud to present the Black Moses of Soul!
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Servo
Trumpy, you can do magic things!

From MST3K 0303 - Pod People

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Crow, as Ben Murphy puts his hands to his eyes
Oedipus, no!

In the Oedipus trilogy by Sophocles, Oedipus kills a man who turns out to have been his own father. When he discovers this, he gouges his eyes out.

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Servo
Out, vile jelly!

King Lear, Act III, Scene VII: Cornwall tears out Gloucester's eyes, and cries 'Out, vile jelly! / Where is thy lustre now?'

00:22:45

First Host Segment

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Movie Segment 2

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Crow
And get me two hardboiled eggs
Servo honks
Crow
Make that three hardboiled eggs

Classic Marx Brothers Groucho/Harpo routine, for example from the stateroom scene from 'A Night At The Opera' (1935)

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Joel
Bad movie? You're soaking in it!

A reference to the old Palmolive dishwashing liquid commercials starring Madge the Manicurist (1966-1992).

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Joel, as college student on dinner date
So, tell me seriously, what do you think of 'Critique of Pure Reason,' dollface?

Book written by the philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1781. The book itself is very long and hard to read due to complex termonology. Considered "classic literature," it is common fodder for undergraduate philosophy courses.

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Joel, as the jewel glows
Mork calling Orson, Mork calling Orson

Reference to tv show 'Mork and Mindy'

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Crow
Jim Henson's "Baby Babies"!

"Jim Henson's Muppet Babies" was a children's cartoon series featuring baby versions of Jim Henson's Muppet characters, including Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and several others. It ran from 1984 to 1991.

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Crow
Be scared. Be very a-scared.
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Second Host Segment

00:45:24

Movie Segment 3

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Servo, seeing two guards with flashlights
It's a CBS Mystery Movie
Joel
There wasn't a CBS Mystery Movie
Servo
I know, but you won't let us say NBC Mystery Movie

In MST3K 0404 - Teenagers from Outer Space, Joel uses aversion therapy to stop the bots making endless NBC Mystery Movie references whenever they see someone with a flashlight

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Joel
Here at DeVry, you can work on computers from 1978!
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Man
Look Doug, the bottom line is this ... whatever it is
Servo, sings
I'm against it!

From a song in the Marx Brothers 'Horse Feathers' (1932)

01:09:32

Third Host Segment

01:11:07

Movie Segment 4

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Crow, as Nerd
Can I go back to my game, I was up to the third level of Metroid!

Metroid was a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released in 1986. It lead to a successful franchise of games.

01:27:10

Ending host segment

01:31:53

Stinger