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Movie Summary  Movie: Catalina Caper:  Originally titled Never Steal Anything Wet, the Warner Bros. movie Catalina Caper is a rollicking beach adventure/comedy. A group of teenagers with oddly shaped heads go on an unsupervised vacation getaway to the Anglo stronghold of Catalina Island. While seeking tepid romances, they accidentally stumble on a plot that involves a stolen scroll, a fey yachtsman and his porcine companion, a bald Greek man with obfuscuous intentions, and a thin man who does unfunny pratfalls and is played by the guy who played the ultra-annoying Exidor on the Mork & Mindy show. Stars Lyle Waggoner and Tommy Kirk. — Mike Nelson Host Segments  Prologue:  Servo and Crow say their prayers. They are in their robes and jammies, and they're just so cute, the little dickenses.  Invention:  The Mads unveil their Tank Tops—armor-plated cannon-firing beachwear. Joel shows off the Tickle Bazooka, which shoots Leathers and starts a war of joy and fur.  Segment 2:  Joel goes off on a weird soliloquy about the Sixties, which turns into a sort of Jungian analysis session for him.  Segment 3:  Servo sings the now-famous "My Creepy Girl" song.  Segment 4:  Frank throws a Tupperware party, which culminates in Forrester goring his eye out with a melon baller.  Segment 5:  Joel and the 'Bots try to figure out the movie using a very confusing chart Joel prepared.  Stinger:  A Best Brains Production. Reflections Catalina Caper was a difficult effort for the writers, save for Frank (who was not only delighted by the opening theme song, but also by Arthur and his sidekick. Lawrence) because it contained a lot of music and attempted comedy. We were also so troubled by the hopelessly confused plot, the attempt to represent the weird blond kid as an irresistible lothario, and the pathetic descent of Tommy Kirk's career, that at the final viewing it was even more loathed than the reprehensible Sidehackers. As far as we know, the reference to an ad campaign for Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl at the opening of the show ("Thank you, Tommy Kirk, for making us laugh about love ... again") was the first of many. — Mike Nelson