Best line: "Boy she's got a chip on her shoulders-Oooh! Sorry!"
No no, best line:
"Pull yourself up by your neck straps and get a job!"
You're both close, but not quite -- best line:
"So, this is kinda like a 'Farewell to ARMS', huh?"
A couple of lines that I don't get. Could someone please explain:
"But what does turning them into clowns prove, John?"
"I'm in another dimension!!!!!"
I think the 'clowns' line is just a bit of random goofiness on Mike's part. (At least it seems funnier that way.)
The 'other dimension' bit, on the other hand, comes from the fact that in the close-ups in question, the background changes from the wide shot. Obviously these 'reaction' scenes were filmed separately...a common enough practice in filmmaking, albeit your more upscale movies will try to match the backgrounds a bit better. That's what the guys are riffing on.
P.S. Thanks so much for reopening the board!
I think the 'clowns' line is just a bit of random goofiness on Mike's part. (At least it seems funnier that way.)
The 'other dimension' bit, on the other hand, comes from the fact that in the close-ups in question, the background changes from the wide shot. Obviously these 'reaction' scenes were filmed separately...a common enough practice in filmmaking, albeit your more upscale movies will try to match the backgrounds a bit better. That's what the guys are riffing on.
P.S. To the new Moderator: Thanks so much for reopening this board!
Ooops. Please disregard post #1.
If this is the one I think it is, then my favorite line is "Lucy, I'm hom....OH MY GOD, LUCY!!!"
Yup, this is the one. That line comes shortly after 'Auuggghh! So much for my work hand-carving those jade figurines....!!"
And while i'm at it, another favorite line from the opening sequence: 'Sure, have at 'im. We'll make it a closed casket.'
Boy, the doctor got an "earful" in the end!!
Hey,
The line refering to another dimension come from the fact that the guy playing the mad doctor did an episode of the outer limit where he was stuck in "another dimension"! I think he also had two right hand as a result of his experiments... Wierd.
Heh, I'll use spell check from now on.
Really? I didn't think Jason/Herb Evers did anything outside of Z-movies. Live and learn.
I though the "other dimension" line was referring to the fact that the extreme close-ups of Evers made him look like he was in all black setting, or another dimension. This would explain why, when they do a big close-up on the monster at the end, the riff is "I'm in another dimension!"
Hmm, I thought it was a twilight zone reference...
That's sort of what I meant--the all black thing looked like the opening of the Twilight Zone.
Right - the 'all black' effect is what led me to think it might be mismatched reaction shots. Something's definitely off between the closeups and the long shots, anyway.
I do know that I should really just relax but I’m a nitpicker and so can’t help it:
How come Mike didn’t know that he had to carry Servo into the theatre? The bots had already said that they’d been showing him movies to get into practice, so he must have been in the theatre with them before now!
My favourite lines:
“Well, his methods are unusual but his coffee’s great.”
“Hey look, the panel from What’s My Line’s behind her.”
“Meanwhile, at Kurt Cobain’s house.”
Could you just drop me off at my Minnie Mouse audition?”
“So much for my work with semaphore flags.”
Actually, I've always wondered where the 'bots got the movies to show Mike in the first place. Isn't it basic to the premise that the Mads have all the control over when/where/why the movies get shown?
(Then again, in various eps the guys show stills, clips etc. from the Satellite. Why on earth would they want to record them?)
Oooookay...deep breath...'It's just a show, it's just a show, it's just...' 
More fun riffs:
Doctor: "You're always running off to the country house..."
Servo: 'We have a country house?!'
Doctor: "I should have sold that place when your mother died..." '
Mike: 'Wait - Mother's dead?!!'
'He's at the 40, the 30, the 10...no one will stop him...'
As sultry background music accompanies the doctor into the parking lot: 'Stay tuned for the obscene call of the day, here on K-PORN...'
Nurse: "Oh doctor!"
Mike: 'Hey, look, Sylvia Plath!'
Nurse: "I'm so glad I caught you - "
Crow: 'Could you pee into the bell jar, please?'
Whiny assistant: "But how will you find a new body?"
Doctor: (giving him Grand Guignol-esque Meaningful Look) "There are ways..."
Mike: 'Lots of ways...many, many ways...did I mention there are ways?'
This isn't a laugh-a-minute episode, but there are plenty of good riffs (apologize for repeats) that come about.
"JoJo was a man who thought he was a woman..."
"The road's ATTACKING ME!"
"Oh thank you, God, thank you so BLOODY much."
"JANE KEAN! SHEILA MACRAE! ART CARNEY!"
"Mel Blanc makes his move: Yer goin' out with me, varmint!"
"I'm trapped in another dimension! Well, at least there's a cocktail."
"I'm here to feed your friend!" "Well, someone's copped an attitude!"
"This is the stupidest thing this clown's ever done...and he's done some •••••• things."
"Oh, GOOD one, Curt."
"I don't want this...I want something sleazy."
"You're not my dad! You're Hitler!"