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Movie Summary  Movie: The Wild Rebels:  Rod Tillman (Steve Alaimo) plays a remarkably unappealing stock car driver who quits the business because he can't complete a lap without his car exploding. He heads to his favorite bar and meets a connvial group of bikers, who persuade him to return to their verminous clubhouse. Refusing their well-intended offer to drive the getaway car for their bank-robbing business, he inadvertently stings the ego of one of their pack, the oversensitive Banjo. Rod barely gets out with his life or a case of the crabs. The police persuade the not-all-that-bright Tillman to accept the cyclist's offer and report to them as an undercover agent. The shockingly incompetent police and the puffy, dim-bulb Tillman manage to make a real mess of it all, and a lot of fatalities ensue. Happily, the sharp-featured, scaggy motorcycle slut Linda is among the dead. — Mike Nelson Host Segments  Prologue:  Joel shuts down the higher functions of the ship to allow Gypsy to speak her mind.  Invention:  The Mads show their Hobby Hogs. Joel shows off his 3-D Pizza, à la the 3-D chess game from Star Trek and pizza lunch box.  Segment 2:  Joel teaches the Robots about the world of Harley-riding intelligentsia, implying that the Algonquin Round Table was crawling with neo-Nazi greasers.  Segment 3:  Wild Rebels Cereal! Joel and the 'Bots sing about a new breakfast treat, and pour milk out of an oil spigot. Magic Voice rounds out the cast.  Segment 4:  Joel sings a special song to Gypsy. The Robots, scorned as neo-Nazi greasers, jump him at the end.  Segment 5:  The 'Bots are depressed until Joel teaches them how to turn the movie into a positive.  Stinger:  Steve Alaimo dances like he has ergotism. Reflections The revelation about Gypsy's character was a conscious effort on our part to expand her function on the show. Weighing on our minds was the fact that we had one female character and she was a dim-witted, cow-like creature played by a man. Though we had written up the concept for the "Wild Rebels Cereal" sketch, we neglected to assign it to a writer, so it was cobbled together in about ten minutes before the initial read-through. It has that feeling about it, and I think that's a good thing. — Mike Nelson