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Movie Summary  Movie: Fugitive Alien:  This film is actually two episodes of a Japanese TV show. "Ken" is a sensitive Wolf Raider from the planet Valnastar, which is attacking Earth as the show begins. We know Ken is sensitive because Ken can't kill Ken, a little boy. Instead, he accidentally kills another Wolf Raider, Ken, and there you got your fugitive alien. Jowly, alcoholic Captain Joe (a.k.a. Ken) of the Earth spaceship Bacchus 3 takes Ken on, and the rest of the time we see Ken's new shipmates not trusting Ken and trying to kill Ken with a forklift. They fly around the universe inserting themselves into other planets' wars, and Ken proves himself useful with his jump suit full of exploding buttons. Toward the end, snake-bit Ken accidentally kills his girlfriend Ken, and we'll see you next week with another of Ken's adventures. — Paul Chaplin Host Segments  Prologue:  Joel pretends to be a dairy farmer, and wants to spray the 'Bots with insecticide. Servo: "Real life simulation? Call this what you may, the fact is, Joel's dressing Robots as farm animals!"  Invention:  Dr. F combines many drops (eye, ear, nose, etc.) in the "orbito-oto-rhino-laryngological dropper." Frank, demonstrating, nearly drowns. Joel plays the musical chair, made of xylophones. Crow: "What better way to sit in with your favorite musicians than to sit in with your favorite musicians, heh-heh," On Deep 13, a visit by very genial A&E host Jack Perkins! He's very genial all right, and very tiresome.  Segment 2:  Inspired by the Wolf Raiders' hair helmets, the SOL has a goofy-hat party featuring hats like the "Ted Koppel Satellite of Hair." On Deep 13, Jack won't shut up about Topol, so Dr. F is forced to use the cattle prod.  Segment 3:  Joel, playing Captain Joe from the film, stuffs cotton in his cheeks and drinks. He forces Crow, and Servo to play the crew in orange jump suits. They are not enthused.  Segment 4:  Joel analyzes the movie with the help of Syd Field's screenplay model. (It doesn't fit the model well at all.) In Deep 13, the genial Jack Perkins still won't keep quiet! Dr. F hits him at the base of the skull with a brick chisel.  Segment 5:  Joel describes the amazing buttons on his jump suit, then reveals what "the cool thing" was, from several episodes ago: Mexican Stoplight Candy. On Deep 13 Jack is introducing Topol some more, so Forrester decides to give him the head of Vivian Vance.  Stinger:  Cheeky Captain Joe says, "You're stuck here!" Reflections Kevin says that he, Trace, and Joel decided to do two shows' worth of this Japanese serial because they'd done them at TV23, and remembered them as fun. Makes you wonder what else my supposedly brilliant bosses have fun doing. One bit of good that came out of this show was the "Forklift Song," sung during the movie. Its original entirety: This is the song, written for the train chase This is the chase, Rocky and Ken He tried to kill me with a forklift! Olé! It was sung during a movie segment, and not as host segment. How come all the Japanese movies we've ever done depress the hell out of me? Is it the helter-skelter editing? Details like the unexplained though lovely red wigs on the Wolf Raiders? Whatever, their whole approach to film leaves me scratching my head. It's probably my fault. I mean, I'm not the dominant economy on the Pacific Rim, am I? — Paul Chaplin