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Movie Summary  Movie: The Crawling Eye:  With Peter Breck and Alan Hale, Jr. An astronaut picks up a bad bug in outer space that makes him want to kill things. His pals on Earth do his bidding and blow him into a jillion pieces. One of those pieces, namely his hand (aided by his arm), goes on a killing spree. A fairly average teenager with an incredibly gorgeous girlfriend finds the hand and is soon under its spell. He tests his girlfriend's affections by breaking into her house and trying to choke the very breath from her body. Eventually, he takes the evil hand/arm to the city dump, where he lets a cat get whatever meat he can off it before they are both brought in by the law. — Mike Nelson Host Segments  Prologue:  Cambot programs canned applause for Joel. Joel explains the premise of the show.  Invention:  Joel shows off his finger-sensing saw and cuts off his own fingers. It's a trick, of course. Mads show off an arm stretching device that allows you to be like Reed Richards of The Fantastic Four.  Segment 2:  Crow bowls. Joel wants to play rock, paper, scissors. The robots refuse. Joel wants to play Murder Ball. They refuse. He says he should never have given them free will.   Segment 3:  Joel, Crow, and Tom attach fake rubber hands to their necks and lampoon William Shatner.  Segment 4:  The 'Bots question how a hand can be an effective monster. Crow, claims he would never be afraid of a hand. Just then, a huge hand comes up behind him and scares him.  Segment 5:  Joel asks the Robots to come up with a good thing and a bad thing about the movie. When they do, he gives them a ram chip. Larry strangles Clay with his elongated arms.  Stinger:  None. Reflections It seems as though Hollywood never tires of movies about rogue body parts. Personally, the horror is lost on me because I can't get past the physical problems inherent in a ten-pound arm having enough leverage to toss around and strangle an adult male. I will admit human organs are pretty scary, though admittedly limited in their athletic capabilities. There is little danger of being overcome by a pancreas. I should note that Alan Hale, Jr. tried his hand at serious acting in this thriller. Even then it was obvious that he was destined to become a greeter at The Skipper's seafood restaurant. — Mike Nelson