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Movie Summary  Short: Is This Love?:  A young woman gets engaged and wants to quit school to get married. Her Romulan roommate asks her, "Is this love?" and presents her own far superior relationship as a paradigm for love.  Movie: Teen-age Strangler:  A strangler strangles teenage girls in a small West Virginia town. The heroic Betty and her no-good boyfriend Jimmy set up headquarters at the malt shop to try and crack the case. Unfortunately, the primary suspect is Jimmy, who moved to the town with his family to start anew after he was caught stealing bikes. Turns out Jimmy has taken the rap for his little brother, the sensitive and delicate Mikey. Turns out the murderer is—dunh-duh-dunh-duhhhh—the high school janitor. Isn't that always the way? Performances range from the fiercely overacted Mikey to the vehemently underacted malt shop owner, Marty. Still, the town is savagely nonchalant about the murders, and has time for one of the locals to stand on a counter at the malt shop and sing the hit single, "Yipe Stripes." — Mary Jo Pehl Host Segments  Prologue:  Mike tries to call his grandma and gets her answering machine.  Invention:  Forrester has Frank in his new Frank-N-Forcer, a bouncing harness contraption to keep Frank out of his hair. On the SOL, the Robots demonstrate the Waiter Baiter, an arm that signals the waiter so you don't have to!  Segment 2:  Mike, Servo, and Crow, discuss Hollywood romances - one can't help but get teary-eyed when Burt and Loni are mentioned.  Segment 3:  Mike is down with what's happening and raps with Servo and Crow.  Segment 4:  Mike transforms into Mikey from the movie, and he didn't steal no bike neither.  Segment 5:  Mike sings the hit single inspired by the movie, "The Janitor Song." In Deep 13, Frank gets sick from bouncing around so much.  Stinger:  Mikey, in the film's most moving moment. Reflections This was one of those films that reeked of hometown auteur living a dream that featured all his family and friends. We writers loved Mikey (John Humphreys) from the start. A grown-up John Humphreys was one of the stars of our ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama. We learned later that the film finally got its premiere in Huntington in 1994, complete with its local stars and hoopla worthy of Hollywood. John confirmed that yes, this truly was a hometown auteur's vision and he was related somehow and therefore chosen for his now immortal role. — Mary Jo Pehl