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Movie Summary  Short: The Phantom Creeps, Chapter 1:  This time Bela Lugosi has a beard taped onto his face. Playing against type, Lugosi is a mad scientist who has created a very homely robot. Would it have cost that much more to make a smiling robot? No. Then Lugosi has a device to render him invisible—well, more blurry than invisible. The whole thing is very blurry; it's not a very good print. Then there's a spider and a thing and-oh, just forget it.  Movie: Jungle Goddess:  George Reeves is the jungle goddess. Oh, no, wait. He's not. Two pilots search for a missing heiress whose plane has crashed in the jungles of Africa. When they find her, she's the queen of a jungle tribe and doing quite nicely. This film presents the worldview paradigm that the most whitest and the most blondest gets to be the boss of everything. When one of the pilots, Bob, carelessly shoots a tribe member, the two pilots are imprisoned by the natives (the Zambizis), and Bob is sentenced to hang. Mike implores the jungle goddess, Greta, to release them; she recounts a series of flashbacks for him which she narrates like she's doing a voice-over for a coffee commercial. Mike and Greta fall in love, and not only will she help them escape, she'll leave with them. Bob doesn't like their plan and takes off on his own, only to be speared in the back by one of the tribe members. Mike and Greta find the plane, take off for the good ole U.S. of A., and all Greta can think about is a new hat. — Mary Jo Pehl Host Segments  Prologue:  Joel and the 'Bots play hide-and-seek with the elusive and inexplicable forces that control the universe.  Invention:  Joel has a radio-arm saw, a saw operated by remote control, based on the notion that the farther away from the saw you are, the better. In Deep 13, Forrester has removed his own head and fused it to the bell of a baritone saxophone and he really wails.  Segment 2:  It's an SOL infomercial for a phantom creep who can blow up anything. You can get a real deal on the napalm spider, the defoliant spider, and mint.  Segment 3:  Joel teaches the 'Bots about the binocular point of view in the movie. Cambot shows "gobos," matte effects from the movie, including the Lucy scope and the Jose Feliciano scope.  Segment 4:  The two pilots (Jim Mallon and Mike Nelson) stop by the Satellite of Love with a list of demands: mineral rights, women, property, scalps, food, and clothing. They show Joel, Crow, and Tom their magic tire sticks.  Segment 5:  Joel is the star of My White Goddess, a sitcom portraying the life of the jungle goddess after she returns to civilization. In Deep 13, Frank really really enjoys the show.  Stinger:  A Best Brains Production. Reflections Segment Three runs a little long: not a judgment, just an observation. I left the tape running during this sketch while I was reviewing this episode, and I had time to run to the bathroom and stop by Jim Mallon's office to chat a bit. Seriously. When I returned to my desk, the sketch was still playing. — Mike Nelson