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704: The Incredible Melting Man

Upon his return to Earth, an astronaut has melting skin and cannibalistic tendencies.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:01:36

Opening Host Segment

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Start of Movie

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Mike, seeing the title "The Incredible Melting Man"
The George Hamilton Story.
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Credits
Starring ALEX REBAR as the Incredible Melting Man
Crow
He the guy they jam into freeway overpasses?

Rebar: an industrial term for steel reinforcing bars used in concrete structures.

00:10:24 (add an annotation)
Crow
Well, he's got a nice chambray shirt on.

Chambray: A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.

00:10:33 (add an annotation)
Crow, as the Incredible Melting Man
Uh, I'm in the mood for 14 cc of Ringer's lactate or somethin'.

Ringer's Lactate: a solution used to treat burn wounds.

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Crow
Why is she running through the EZ Mini Storage?

EZ Mini Storage: A chain of self-storage facilities in the US.

00:23:18

First Host Segment

00:24:51

Movie Segment 2

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Mike
Seve Ballesteros is *way* off the fairway...

Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros: Spanish golf player (1957-)

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Crow, as the Incredible Melting Man
My radio-keratotomy surgery went haywire!

Actually, "radial keratotomy" is an older form of corrective vision surgery which uses a scalpel to make incisions into the cornea. It has been mostly replaced by less invasive eye surgery using lasers, such as LASIK.

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Dr. Ted Nelson
Oh God. It's his ear.
Mike, as Dr. Ted Nelson
I've been following van Gogh.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): Mentally unstable Dutch postimpressionist painter, who sliced off part of his own ear.

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Mike, as the Incredible Melting Man
Folks, I'm with the DNR. I'm investigating the theft of some lemons from this road.

DNR: Department of Natural Resources.

00:42:24

Second Host Segment

00:44:39

Movie Segment 3

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Mike, as Sheriff
They either brought a dish to pass or that's their entrails.
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Mike, as the Incredible Melting Man
Ahem. I'm here for my dermabrasion with Dr Ted Nelson? Hello?

Dermabrasion: A surgical procedure for treating skin imperfections.

00:56:12 (add an annotation)
Mike
Couldn't they just put "Ibid." up on the screen? Please?

"Ibid.": Latin shorthand for "in the same place".

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Ted Nelson
Perry's with her...
Servo
....The Fridge?

William "The Refrigerator" Perry - A Defensive Lineman for nine seasons in the NFL, known as "The Refrigerator" for his massive size.

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Servo, as Drunk Guy
Did you have your stigmata again?

Stigmata: Spontaneously occurring wounds resembling the wounds of Jesus at his crucifixion.

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Crow
She's a strange cross between Barry and Cindy Williams.

Barry Williams - Best known for playing Greg Brady on "The Brady Bunch."
Cindy Williams - Best known for playing Shirley on the TV show, "Laverne & Shirley."

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Redneck girl
*Screams in horror*
Tom, as girl
The 8 Track ate Flirtin' With Disaster!

Flirtin' With Disaster (1979) - A song by the southern rock group Molly Hatchet

01:07:45 (add an annotation)
Servo
Steve 2: Electric Boogaloo.

"Electric Boogaloo": A common joke subtitle, referring to "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (1984).

01:08:20 (add an annotation)
Crow
Give her a wire monkey and see how she reacts.

Harry F. Harlow's classic developmental psychology experiment (1957): A baby rhesus monkey was separated from its mother and given the choice between two "mothers" made of cloth and wire.

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Mike, as Bearded Homeless Guy
You always were a good judge of men, Deathstalker.

A reference to a similar-looking character in the previous MST3K episode, "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell".

01:10:07

Third Host Segment

01:12:45

Movie Segment 4

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Crow, as Ted
I am *not* the NRA.

NRA: The American National Rifle Association. "I'm the NRA" is a slogan used for some years in their membership ads.

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Mike
Karl Wallenda has burst into flames!

Karl Wallenda (1905-1978): founder member of The Great Wallendas, a daredevil circus act.

01:18:35 (add an annotation)
Crow, as Sheriff
Ohh, why did I go on that high-phosphorus diet?

Phosphorus: A highly-reactive chemical element used in fireworks and other explosives.

01:23:15 (add an annotation)
Crow
Ted Nelson was found alive, and of normal size. There was no melting man.

A reference to the end of MST3K episode 421, "Monster-A-Go-Go".

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Mike
Cape Kennedy was renamed Cape Ted Nelson, then quickly renamed Cape Kennedy again.

Cape Canaveral, NASA's launch area off the east coast of Florida, was renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Ten years later, it was reverted back to Cape Canaveral.

01:25:11

Final Host Segment

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Servo recapping what he's learned from the movie
I also learned not to scream "I'm Ted Nelson" to a security guard.
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Credits
JONATHAN DEMME: Matt
Mike
Jonathan Demme! Ah, who cares. Anyway.

Jonathan Demme (1944-): Movie director, most notably of Silence of the Lambs (1991). (Yes, this is the same guy.)

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Crow
Right now I'm learning that even though this movie is about 80 minutes long, it feels like Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980): An episodic movie based on the novel by Alfred Döblin, with a total running time of over 15 hours.

01:28:11

Final Host Segment