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1013: Diabolik

Dashing, daring criminal Diabolik is on the lam with his equally attractive girlfriend, after he steals $10 million from the Italian government.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:07:00 (add an annotation)
Mike
Oh, my. The Two Fat Ladies have their own gang now.

"Two Fat Ladies": A British TV cookery show in the late 1990s which did indeed feature two overweight women, who rode a motorbike and sidecar to get from location to location.

00:07:08 (add an annotation)
Crow
Oh no, is this a Pink Floyd video?
00:07:31 (add an annotation)
Crow
Uniforms designed by William Rehnquist.

A Supreme Court Justice. They wear long, black... Oh, forget it!

00:07:51 (add an annotation)
Servo
If Hitler had won, and hired Stu Sutcliffe as a fashion designer.
00:08:01 (add an annotation)
Mike
Malcolm Forbes and friends go camping.

Forbes was very rich (he is dead now). He came from a very rich family, the Forbeses. He started _Forbes_, a magazine about money, and what to do with it. He also rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Strange but loveable. RIP, Mal.

00:19:22 (add an annotation)
Crow
Yeah, you go through Mop 'n' Glow by the case keeping this place shiny.

Mop 'n' Glow: A brand of floor cleaner.

00:20:03 (add an annotation)
Servo, as Diabolik
Let's have a tantric quickie.

Tantric sex involves using exercises to gain greater bodily control and is meant to extend the sex act to many hours without ejaculation. A quickie is sex done as quickly as possible, often in a public place.

00:20:48 (add an annotation)
Mike
Wow. Occasionally a spelunker just wanders in - "Hey, what the hell?!"

Spelunking: Exploring caves (usually as a hobby).

00:26:43 (add an annotation)
Spokesman
Your government, ever vigilant, determined to stamp out - to *crush* - the current crimewave, has restored the death penalty.
Mike
And so, Sister Helen Prejean pulls out a rifle and shoots him.

Sister Helen Prejean (1938-): A leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

00:54:05 (add an annotation)
Bad Guy
I’ve got a couple of experts at dealing with women here.
Servo
Dudley Moore and Rick James.

British comedian and actor Dudley Moore (1935-2002) was arrested for hitting his girlfriend in 1994; legendary musician Rick James (1948–2004) was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women.

01:02:57 (add an annotation)
Mike
You know, Quincy wouldn't take crap like this.

"Quincy, M.E." (1976-1983): A TV drama series starring Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy, a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths.

01:05:27 (add an annotation)
Servo
Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!

A line from "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964).

01:05:36 (add an annotation)
Crow
You know... sometimes O-rings can twist and lose their structural integrity!

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986 (it exploded shortly after launching, killing all seven crewmembers) was caused by a twisted O-ring losing structural integrity.

01:18:25 (add an annotation)
Crow
You know, nobody goes to this much trouble any more for frankincense or myrrh.

In the Christian nativity story, the three gifts brought by the Wise Men for the baby Jesus are gold, frankincense and myrrh. (Frankincense and myrrh are actually types of resin, or dried tree sap, used to make incense.)

01:23:13 (add an annotation)
Crow, as Diabolik
Ha-HA, I'm useless against your weapons! I mean...

A reference to MST3K experiment #816, "Prince of Space".