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Movie Summary  Movie: Hercules Unchained:  This was the second in the series of Hercules movies starring American bodybuilder Steve Reeves. The plot is complex. Along with his wife Yole and young friend Ulysses (the Ulysses, apparently), Hercules sets out on some sort of mission to Thebes. They run into indestructible giants and so forth, but all seems well until Herc drinks (quite a bit) from "the Waters of Forgetfulness." He forgets his mission and moves in with Queen Lydia. She's desperate to stop his vague mission, and also desperate to keep him around for his gigantic thighs and massive engorged calf muscles. Ulysses helps Herc recover his memory. Herc fights some battles, wrestles some tigers, and everything turns out all right. — Paul Chaplin Host Segments  Prologue:  Annual wash and wax day on the SOL, Servo's invisible and weeping inside a menacing-looking washing contraption, and Crow's terrified, since his turn is next.  Invention:  The Mads display Decorator Swatch Roaches, including a Pete Max roach and a Zubas roach. A coincidental guest is Steve Reeves (Mike N), working now for a pest control company, On the SOL, the Steve-O-Meter tells you if an idea has already been thought of by Steve Allen. Everything has, even the Steve-O-Meter!  Segment 2:  In Greek mode, Gypsy sings and bashes her head into a lyre. Servo and Crow lay back and rediscover hedonism and grapes, which Joel must peel for them.  Segment 3:  Joel and the 'Bots partake of the Carob Shake of Pretentiousness, the Blizzard of Loneliness, the Fruit Stripe Gum of Stability, etc.  Segment 4:  Servo and Crow try to get Joel to admit just exactly what's going on with Hercules and "that weird lady," They know they just want him to say it.  Segment 5:  A long discussion in response to Gypsy's simple question: "Joel - why these kinds of movies?" Crow credits European resistance to postwar conservatism and sexual repression, which translated on the screen into big, sweaty guys pushin' girls around," Back on Deep 13, Steve reminisces about making the film in Greece: "I was usually up on the cliff's drinking that wine they got over there, it's great, it's about thirteen cents a bottle"¦"  Stinger:  The evil queen, wide-eyed and gulping. Reflections To be honest, we writers had no idea what was going on in the movie itself while we were writing it. It's pretty clear something was going on. We just never picked up on it. The movie contains one very obscure line. Over a shot of oars in the water, Joel says, "Oar folk at Joke Opus." This refers to a record store in south Minneapolis called "Oarfolkjokeopus." See how great that line is, now that you understand it? Do you suppose the Greeks actually believed the absurd mythology they constructed? Probably just the stupid ones did. To everyone else it had to be an elaborate inside joke, the sort of thing they'd build on during those endless nights of drinking and erotic purging. — Paul Chaplin