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Movie: The Revenge Of The Creature:
In this sequel to the superior Creature From The Black Lagoon,
the Creature - or, as he is officially known in the movie, the
"Gill Man," is captured from his beloved swampy home and taken
to a depressing Florida aquarium. There he is subject to
research (actually, thinly-disguised torture) by a scientist
with a hideously phony laugh, played by John Agar. John is
assisted by Lori Nelson, pretty and charming but hardly
believable as a prominent ichthyologist, being as she's only
about eighteen years old. Wouldn't you know it, the creature
escapes the minimum-security fish tank where he's being held,
and stalks poor Lori Nelson, with whom he is smitten. In the
end, a posse of cops and locals - who have for some reason ceded
complete martial law authority to Agar - track them down, save
the wet girl, and shoot the Creature for no good reason.
— Bill Corbett
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Prologue:
Mike, Servo, and Gypsy return to the Satellite of Love from the
edge of the universe, where they resume their corporeal forms.
There they discover Crow, who has been living there for 500
years. He doesn't remember Mike. They seem to be orbiting Earth,
however. But when they contact the planet, a
bespectacled-and-lab-coated ape answers. Terrified screams
ensue.
Segment 1:
Mike and 'Bots learn that it's the year 2525, and that apes have
becomes the ruling species on planet earth. They (and we!) are
introduced to Professor Bobo and his assistant Dr. Peanut, who
bring them up to speed and proceed to send them a cheesy movie.
When the satellite asks why they are still being subject to
crummy movies, the apes reply simply: it's ape law, given to
them by the Lawgiver.
Segment 2:
Mike and Servo try to repair the satellite, to get away from
this ape world. Crow introduces them (and us!) to the Nanites,
microscopic robots who might be able to repair the ship. The
Nanites immediately eject Servo from the ship's works, sending
him rocketing up into the air.
Segment 3:
A fierce alien - half-man and half-octopus - comes pounding on
the SOL looking for Servo. Servo apparently did business with
him on the edge of the universe, and has something this angry
alien wants. They talk in alien-ese for a while, and when the
alien threatens to vaporize the satellite, Servo gives it over.
It's a cask of French Vanilla pudding, apparently very valuable
to the alien's race. Servo brags to Mike that he had all sorts
of harrowing adventures while travelling the universe, but when
Mike asks for specifics, Servo advises Mike not to worry his
pretty little head about it.
Segment 4:
Crow and Servo sit catching up over cups of delicious coffee.
When Mike enters, Crow decides he wants to get to know the "new
guy" and offers him a complicated coffee drink from his huge and
unruly espresso maker. After battling the machine, Crow hands
Mike an extremely tiny cup of caffeinated beverage.
Segment 5:
Searching the databanks, Mike and the 'Bots learn the true
reason for the simian takeover of earth. It turns out that
Mike's descendants recklessly intermarried with many species of
monkey, causing a quick evolution to the apes who just sent them
the movie. Needless to say, Mike isn't pleased.
The apes call them: apparently their revered Lawgiver wants a
word with them. Turns out it's none other than Pearl Forrester,
who was cryogenically frozen for 500 years, thawed out by the
apes, and immediately crowned their Lawgiver. It was she who
sent them the movie, and she vows to dog Mike and the 'Bots to
the bitter end, carrying on the work of her son.
Stinger:
Professor Clete Ferguson (John Agar) takes a swim with his
electro-shocking stick.
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A new season, a new network, and many
changes. I was a rookie - or as my fellow writers put it, "new
meat." Though I had written for MST 3000 on a few episodes
towards the end of Season Six, this was my first show as a
full-fledged, full-time Best Brainer. Little did I know what
else would come my way: I was asked to provide the voice of
Crow, replacing the brilliant and justly beloved Trace Beaulieu,
part of the Mount Rushmore of MST 3000, who had decided that he
wanted to move onto other things. Honored and thrilled as I was
to be the Gold One's new alter ego, I was given this job on the
show on the Friday before the Monday we started production on
801. And I think maybe - just maybe - it showed in the
puppeteering for the first few episodes, especially this one,
where Crow seemed to have suffered a stroke during the 500 years
he hung out on the Satellite.
This show also began MST's happy affiliation with the SciFi
Channel, as well as an entirely new fiction to the show. This
was born out of necessity, since Trace was moving on. We first
batted around a number of ideas, including replacing Crow with a
new robot. That was ultimately something no one could imagine,
but many other radical changes - Ape World, Pearl Forrester in
pursuit, Nanites - were introduced here, and lots of other new
stuff would be coming up. Though everyone here missed the old
characters and elements, I think the new direction energized us.
And the movie segments - the bedrock of the show - remained the
same as ever. And that, I would contend, is a good thing.
— Bill Corbett
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