320 - The Unearthly

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season Three: 320 - The Unearthly
By Joe Carradine on Saturday, December 30, 2000 - 8:41 pm:

"Look he's doing his Dangerfield...no respect, yeah, I get no respect."

"The bunny gland!!"

"Tor's hooked on phonics!!"

"I'd love to break his neck..."
"But I'd need a forklift."

This is a great riff on a classic black and white crappy flick. Tor is great as the moronic assistant and the scene where the palooka guy complains about cold breakfast is a gas!!


By kerriem. on Sunday, December 31, 2000 - 4:43 pm:

I got pretty tired of the 'hepcat' patter Joel and the 'bots fall in love with near the end of the film. A little of that New Yoik stuff goes a LONG way.

Up until then, though, some wonderful riffs:

Crow (as Tor fusses with the zombie): Now, you have combination skin, see...you're oily here, dry over here - uh-oh, dead here, that's a definite no-no...

Assistant: Lobo! LOBO!
Joel: (as Tor shows her a blank face): I'm sorry, Lobo's not in right now. But if you'd like to leave a message....

Doctor trying out his bedside manner): You're afraid? Afraid of what?
Joel: Carradines on my bed!

Servo as Tor): Tisket, tasket, green and yellow casket! (pause) PUN!!!


By Callie Sullivan on Saturday, June 16, 2001 - 10:37 am:

Appreciating our Parents short:
Narrator: “When he left, the room didn’t look like this at all.” Tom: “He’s in the wrong house!”
Narrator: “See that chicken? Here’s the way it looks when Tommy sits down to supper.” Joel: “Trumpy, no!”
“Tommy calls many men ‘father’.”
“Mom leads a life of quiet desperation.”
Narrator: “There’s the bed to be made.” Joel: “And the maid to be bedded!”
Narrator: “When a piece of train track was broken, Tommy fixed it himself.” Tom: “Killing four hundred commuters.”

That was a classic Gypsy moment when she broke the lights. Her “Oh” always cracks me up!

Main movie
“Stop giving him Burgess Meredith injections!”
“Look, John, just pick a seat and sit down!”

How did Servo get into the theatre without Joel?

“Ah, he’s a Tor-eador!”
“No wound? Hey, we need a wound! Make-up!”
“It’s Confusovision!”


By MikeC on Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 2:08 pm:

The other films of Tor Johnson cracked me up.


By MikeC on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 4:58 pm:

This isn't bad...but it isn't good either. The movie just isn't atrocious enough--it's badly acted, boring, shoddily written and filmed...but it's lacking a certain aspect of insanity.

Oh, and the riffing, as kerriem mentioned, goes down the tubes the second the hepcat patter is introduced.


By Blitz - Digimon Moderator (Sladd) on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 9:05 am:

Yeah, it IS bad. But not any kind of bad that any one of us civilians would have avoided if we'd made the movie, so it's not as funny.

Best riff:

*Tor pats the dog on the head*
"Dah, kitty!"


By Blitz - Digimon Moderator (Sladd) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 11:04 am:

Oh, by the way. Interesting that Dr. Forester is so happy to see Crow "burt beyond all recognition" (seeing that they're both played by Trace Beaulieu)


By Chris Diehl on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 7:50 pm:

"Music by the Edgar Allan Poe Marching Band."
"She's dating Mr. Dithers."
"I ask you, Morton Kondracke."
"What's the word? Thunderbird."
"This is how you throw a knuckleball."
"Tor make Bundt cake."
"Come to me in a thin negligee."
"The subject was roses."
"It's a skin compass."
"Tor, buddy, you can drop your eyebrows."
"Thinking is my business." "Along with applying for grants."
"I like my Trix heated."
"Tor feel unappreciated."
"That's not writing, it's typing."
"A day in the life of Biosphere 2."
"Whoa, switch to decaf."
"It's just a case of slight overacting."
"The Promised Gland."
"I'll take every precaution." "I'll take the curtains."
"That must be Ellen barkin'."
"Are they in the same scene or what?"
"My God, I'm impotent."
"Jethro wants to be a rock star."
"Jedro is dead. Long live Jedro."
"From one hot chick to another. Dinner's over and he's heading for dessert."
"Hey, she's still idling on the couch."
"Looks like Tor Johnson's going for the Don Johnson look."
"Would you get the door, for Tor?"
"A Briggs and Stratton breathalyzer."
"Pinking shears, pink thread, Elmer's wood glue and glitter."
"Now kiss me hard, through the mask."
"This Brown n' Serve is alive! Alive!"
"Look, John, pick a seat and sit down."
"My Dinner with Andre had more locations than this movie."
"She's been jerked."
"Tor's wearing a wooden kimono."
"Mulch good for garden. Rich compost."
"Mr. Lobo rising."
"What do you know? I am Ann B. Davis."
"Jake. I'll hit the sack and catch some Z's."
"He even sleeps crabby."
"It's like vadueville in slow motion."
"The dolly, man, she was poured into that dress."
"So, a makeout party and I wasn't invited?"
"Bob and Carol and Tor and Alice."
"We're watching Down By Law all of a sudden."
"Hey, we need a wound! Makeup!"
"Warm gun. Makes me happy."
"Who are you to judge me? I was in Stagecoach and Grapes of Wrath!"
"They're recording breakfast?"
"There's a scientist on a spree, and he's as skinny as can be."
"Kennedy, go that way." "And stay off the sauce."
"Oops. Blame it on the Bossa Nova."
"Get Michael Jackson on the phone. He might want to buy one of these guys."
"The birth of the World Wrestling Federation."
"Should I call you, or just roll over and nudge you?"


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