[Recently], several of us [commenters in a certain thread] were commenting about how silly the spam messages were, which you’ve since deleted. They sounded like something weirdly translated into English, and I said this might be a good WDT, perhaps call it, “Say WHAT?” — sentences spoken by an MST3K character that make no sense whatsoever. I don’t mean sentences that are hard to hear or understand, like Buffalo Bill’s “New England journalists!” in “Riding with Death” (which I think was a redneck accented way of saying, “You act like you’re enjoying this,” by the way).
My “Say what??” would be from “Agent for H.A.R.M.” when Adam Chance says, “You think you can’t get hurt, Doctor, because this is America? Apple pie and all that jazz? Well, it’s my job to keep the pie on the table, and nobody asks me how I do it!” Why pie? Why does Chance have to keep it on the table? Where else would it be? My brain hurts…
I’ve got a classic: “Flag on the moon. How did it get there?” WHA? Ya wanna unpack that one for me, there, Coleman, buddy?
What’s your pick?
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Regarding “Wild Wild World of Batwoman”: picking lines from a Jerry Warren movie is almost like cheating in a topic like this, because all of his dialog reads like random words strung together from the dictionary. “Frankenstein Island”, riffed by Rifftrax, is exactly the same way; it was made long after “Batwoman”, but in the intervening years, Jerry Warren somehow managed to learn absolutely nothing about storytelling, screenwriting, or direction. Warren’s greatest achievement in “Frankenstein Island” was assembling a cast of attractive women wearing leopard-skin bikinis.
“Johnny, be careful.”
“I don’t care!”
Hmm. Not “Don’t worry, Mom” or “Yes Mom, I will”, but a bizarre declaration of apathy in the face of danger.
This is a RiffTrax instead of an MST3K episode, but given Mike’s reaction to this line from The Matrix Reloaded it definitely qualifies:
There was a line in Blood Beast that made reference to a “Snarf Farm”. I always wondered what that was about.
The policeman’s “explanation” of how pornography leads to all kinds of violent crime is a real head scratcher.
Turd gun was said in Angels Revenge…what does it mean? What does it mean??
In “Moon Zero Two” Catherine Schell, taking her first close-up look at the surface of the Moon, exclaims “It’s oblique!”
What the heck???
I say what to those four scientists in episode 210 who nuked that totally innocent planet. Disturbing.
@ #58 – I’d forgotten about that one! You’re right, after their nuke goes off:
@41 It comes from our bittersweet hearts.
Someone in the guide entry for Hellcats wrote that trumpet guy probs said “I bet all of you were only children!”
My pick: “Orferator” from Giant Spider Invasion. I’m thinking the guy flubbed his line and Rebane didn’t spring for a second take. The guy needed to take phone talking scene lessons with Alan Hale.
This exchange from Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Group is reconnoitering how to sneak inside the compound containing the weapon that could blow up the universe (or worse):
Rocky: It won’t be easy getting into this place.
Ken: How will we do it?
Rocky: Easy.
Then there’s that bit from Red Zone Cuba. Cook is remembering “another” man named Griffin he read about, who wound up in the pen for theft. “His wife took all the money and became a streetwalker.” That makes it sound as if Mrs. Griffin took her husband’s dough to fulfill her lifelong dream of being a prostitute.
@ #24: I agree that the way that kid was trying to wax poetic about shop class was pretty bizarre.
@ #44: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Italian%20Haircut Don’t know if that clarifies or muddles the scene further.
@ #53: At least it gave us the “Why Doesn’t Johnny Care?” host segment.
A joke they’ve used a few times that always gets me is something to the effect of “uh, yeah, you can use it!” in response to an unintelligible line of dialog. The first example that comes to mind is from Zombie Nightmare as our Detective Doogie Howser is getting out of the car and running up to the house. “Uh, yeah, you can use it!” doesn’t really make much sense, but it seems like exactly the kind of thing people would say if they didn’t quite hear you right and just don’t care if they did. Or maybe I’ve just been misunderstanding that riff for years.
The dog’s meat, have you seen it?
@63: . . . . . .uh, I don’t think that clarifies the “Italian haircut” thing. :shock:
As I recall, in the context of the episode, the phrase “Italian haircut” must have something to do with violence (as it occurs during a cat-fight scene), so I always thought it meant something akin to slicing somebody’s throat. Maybe it’s similar to a “Columbian necktie?”
Prince of Space:
The two kids are arguing about whether to call Prince of Space:
Kid 1: “What’s the matter with you, Mickey? We’re not in any danger and that’s when we call him.”
Kid 2: “I’m not afraid, if you are, go on home.”
(two different ideas)
Also, Nespah, from Neptune Men? huh?
@66 An Italian Haircut was slang for short hair at least in the 50’s, there was an episode on I Love Lucy about it, so in a catfight that would mean pulling out someone’s formerly long hair until it’s short.
@64 Uh yeah – pretty much. Check out the Flaming Moe’s Simpsons episode, there is a “Yeah you can use it!” joke.
#66, 68 – Yes, it does refer to the hair-pulling in a catfight; it’s just Weinstein-Servo’s out-of-context reaction to it that makes it sound silly. :)
That said, I’m not sure whether MST3K:TM’s
“They (handholds)‘re magnetic”
“And if you’re hands were metal, that would mean something.”
would qualify as say-what or just bad science. But then, we’ve already had plenty of overlaps in the thread so far.
Ha! Hair pulling! That makes sense. Thanks JCC and EricJ.
The Urban Dictionary has at least one pornographic “definition” for every idiom in the English language, so take it with a grain of salt.
@#64: I’m fairly certain “Yeah, you can use it!” is a Simpsons reference. In the episode “Flaming Moe’s”, it’s Moe’s response to Homer’s repeated “You just lost yourself a customer!”, which is completely drowned out by the crowd of people clamoring to order more drinks.
OOOUUUCHKAAA!
Oh, ouuuchkaa, of course!
Do you have any crackers? Sociables, anything?
(Incredible Melting Man)
From Wild Rebels, Rod to Banjo: “Look, you just keep tryin’ to put that square peg in a round hole and everything will be FINE.”
Is Chance’s apple pie line really that obtuse? I can explain it, at the risk of getting a little egg on my face…
He’s a secret agent. His job is defending America, and as we all know Apple Pie is the most american thing there is. So he makes sure we can all eat apple pie in safety, with little to no oversight. At the time there was also a perception of America as not so much a safe place, as a soft one – unwilling to do what it takes to win “the war”. There’d be nothing to threaten a guy who was raised in the USSR and, supposably, knows what hardship is.
There are a couple of movies (“The Rebel Set”, “Village of the Giants”, one or two others) that are chock full of hip lingo which didn’t stand the test of time and work its way into common parlance. Dig that nitty gritty!
@6
I’ve heard “sixes and sevens” used as a stand-in for that poop word that starts similarly.
I can think of hearing it used in Shaft on the version I saw on basic cable when Shaft asks the blind guy how things are going.
Peter Graves expressing that he felt “somewhat responsible” for the giant grasshopper plague. That’s like saying a meteor was somewhat responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs.
Many of the greats have been listed:
“Flag on the moon…”
“Watch out for snakes!”
“This is where the fish lives.”
Here are some I don’t think were mentioned yet:
When Johnny Longbone goes into his detailed description of his stew ingredients. It’s such an odd moment that has nothing to do with the plot.
I also love the crackers argument in The Incredible Melting Man. And the entire lemon picking incident. In fact, every line of dialogue from the old couple is comedy gold and totally out of left field.
“I’m never too old” from Fire Maidens.
Mitchell: when Martin Balsam scolds Merlin Olsen for being a lousy butler.
God, I love this show.
#41 – I watch Monster A Go-Go about once a week (just for background noise) and that drives me crazy that I can’t find out where its from.
Slightly off topic, I want a CD with music from MSTied movies. The songs from Pod People, Horror of Party Beach, Skydivers, the theme from Operation Double 007. What songs would you want?
And even more off topic, I think another discussion topic should be “Unanswered Questions”: legitimate questions we would want answered about MSTied movies, like plots/plot points, obscure references from the writers, etc. (Hey, some people like Fantasy Sports leagues, I would rather find out what the hell all the people involved in Monster a Go-Go were thinking or why Coleman Francis booked so many bizarre people in Skydivers)
#79 – I know what you mean about the songs. I want the opening song from Diabolik!
One that came to mind that is embarrassing every time I see it is in Clonus when the clone is in the old couple’s house and mentions the word clone. Then the old lady is trying to figure out where she heard that word. Come on! I know it’s the 70s but I don’t think it was that uncommon of a phrase. Not to mention what she begins to remember is “something about a tadpole.” HUH??? Do you not know what **** is?? For being a “salty old lady” you sure don’t have your basic reproduction education down.
RE:’…“Agent for H.A.R.M.” when Adam Chance says, “You think you can’t get hurt, Doctor, because this is America? Apple pie and all that jazz? Well, it’s my job to keep the pie on the table, and nobody asks me how I do it!” ….’
Hey!…That happens to be one of my all-time favorite Super-Patriotic-Golly-Gee-Whiz-Bang-Gutsy-Is-as-Gutsy-Does ultra-hype sayings….
I think it makes perfect sense in a John Wayne-ala-Captain America manner…
Heck, it`s right up there with ‘AMERICA–F**K YEAH!’ from the movie “Team America”.
RE: #57 :littleaimishboy says:
September 6, 2014 at 7:49 pm
In “Moon Zero Two” Catherine Schell, taking her first close-up look at the surface of the Moon, exclaims “It’s oblique!”
What the heck???”
–Actually, I believe what she exclaims is ‘It`s SO BLEAK!” (which pretty well describes the film as well as the Moon) not “It`s oblique!”
“It’s so bleak”?
hmmmm……
No ….. no, I don’t think so.
@79
>why Coleman Francis booked so many bizarre people in Skydivers
Bizarre people are often willing to show up and be bizarre for free, so if you want some random people to film bizarre people are less likely to want pay then extras are.
I thiiiink we may have run out of Weekend Discussion topics. Maybe taking a look at Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic would be a good idea. “Mission creep” is better than this.
#16
She’s faster than I thought.
Yeah? Well, you’re a jerk.
#79: I’ve been collecting music from MSTied movies for a while now. I have an actual 7″ of “Kiss Kicker” (Pig Sticker) from Hobgoblins. I also have the Operation: Kid Brother soundtrack, and an Arch Hall Jr. collection that features his theme from Eegah (as well as the other “songs” from that movie). If I ever find a copy of “Yipe Stripes”, I’ll be ecstatic (but I don’t think any were actually pressed, as far as I can tell–might have to rip it from the un-MSTied version of the DVD for that one).
RE: #83 :’ittleaimishboy says:
September 9, 2014 at 2:40 pm
“It’s so bleak”?
hmmmm……
No ….. no, I don’t think so.”
….Sparky…It is not a matter of ‘what you think’…WATCH THE MOVIE….(and pay attention this time)….
Which makes more sense…That you misheard ‘It`s so bleak!’ to be ‘It`s oblique!’..or that the screenplay writer chose to describe the barren surface of the Moon as ‘oblique’….?
Your aversion to admitting you are wrong is not going to alter the dialogue in your favor.
@ 85 – Yeah … well, we could do
“What topics should we discuss?” or
“What are your five favorite discussion topics so far?”
I think there are still plenty of potential discussion topic ideas, but there’s also nothing wrong with re-using a previous topic. There are lots of regular readers who weren’t here to contribute to them the first time around.
“Look! I’m hungry!” from Hercules Unchained. If you think about it a bit, you can see what he means to say, but he has quite a shorthand way of saying it.
This is where the fish lives.
Hi Sampo – That “flag” line has tripped up a lot of people, but what he’s actually saying is “Flagon theme – oooh!”
This of course refers to the Michigan-Minnesota rivalry, specifically to the “Little Brown Jug” awarded to the winner of each season’e Gophers-Wolverines contest (and to the song from which said trophy gets its name). Coleman Francis, as many know, was a huge Big 10 football fan.
Simple really!
In Cinematic Titanic’s Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks where the Doctor explains that falling in Love is making the monster more rational. Wanna unpack that one Doc?
Might as well bring one in from Rifftrax. In “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny”, a forlorn and drunken Santa, stranded on a beach in Florida, sings:
“… my predicament lacks its usual cheer,
Because Christmas Day will soon be here!”
The responses by Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy are perfect:
Bill: “So, usually, his predicaments are ‘filled with cheer’ … ???”
Kevin (imitating Santa): “They stopped leaving day-old bread behind the supermarket for me! What a cheerful predicament!!!”
How about the Gencorp commercial in “Time Chasers”. Talk about your”corporate crap” as Lisa put it. :rotfl:
THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS:
“110 in the shade, and no shade”. Well then, why’d you you even mention shade, dickweed?
One line I’ve always been curious about is in Village of the Giants, when they show the character Merrie recovering from being knocked out with Ether. Crow says the line:
“She’s dreaming she’s Susan!”
…who is Susan!? Can anyone solve this!?