602 - Invasion USA
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Communism. They tried that on me last week, and I told them where to get off.
Where was that?
My plant. "In Moscow."
Despite the best efforts of the little Dutch boy...
Do they really have to follow the roads when they're flying?
It's the freeway to the danger zone.
(Bombs drop all across the city. Cabbie smiles and shrugs.) Yeah, you see all kinds.
"What's that?" Oh, it's the end of the world as we know it. I feel fine.
Bleh, this sucks. I'm knocking off for lunch.
Yeah, me too.
Eh, I suppose I'll go with you.
Looks like James Sullivan really had his work cut out for him.
“There is no family so poor but that the evening meal can be eaten in an atmosphere of warmth and gentleness”...and control and repression...
"To the people of the invaded cities I bring this message: Do not despair." ...uh--to those of you not flash-fried.
"To the people of the invaded cities I bring this message..." ...you're on your own.
"We have huge stocks of atomic weapons." Everything must go.
Recently, I was taken by a particular article of literature. The author used sentences and paragraphs to express his point of view.
"Last time I met a girl I really liked, they bombed Pearl Harbor." -- I thought it was because Hirohito . . .
Would you really jump out of a window for me, you nut? I mean would you? Right now?
"He said we could safely reduce our armed forces by half." "He wasn't only wrong, he's dead." Guess he won't do that again!
"TWA Flight 289 to San Francisco tower, request landing instructions."
"Uh, well just keep coming down until you're not in the sky anymore! Don't you know how to land?"
Be yourself. Just be sure it's your best self. And be sure no one knows the real you.
"So then Sister Mary Patrick had him up against the wall, and nailed him..."
How about that sporting event...hmmm? one team emerged the victor...whereas the other, alas, found themselves vanquished
"I'm a tractor manufacturer." Daiquiri-swilling tractor manufacturer, ok?
"...it makes dad and mother uncomfortable and unhappy..." and they already dislike you enough.
Well, that guy makes a lot of sense too. I'm torn between mourning my boyfriend and subscribing to Marxist dogma...hmmm...mourn boyfriend; Marxist dogma...hmmm.
HALT! Who goes there?" The cubs! Stuffed turtles! Saul Bellow! Oh never mind, Oooaa, gag, choke, die. (Sorry, couldn't understand it all but it makes me LOL every time).
Some kind of bomb? I'm THE bomb, kid. I'm IT! Mr. A-1 ARMEGEDDON, DUCK AND COVER,END OF THE WORLD, FLESH MELTIN' ATOM BOMB!...but you can call me Bob.
"Last time I met a girl I really liked, they bombed Pearl Harbor."
"I thought it was 'cause Hirohito. . ."
"Mother is served first, then daughter" Let's go to the flow chart for this.
"Y'ever go see the Cubs play?"
"Yeah, they won! Oh! Damn!"
"If I had one a' these planes, I'd go to my house, put the bombs in my garage, and watch Love Connection. Then I'd just tell everybody I'd dropped it."
"The President stated, 'I'm rubber, you're glue. Everything you bomb, bounces back to you.'"
"The Racine Jaycees prepare another fireworks display!"
"Oh, that reminds me: I have to clean the toilet bowl."
"Hmm... Shoulda' washed my hands after handling that dead woodchuck. Oh, well..."
"Yeah, go piss up a rope!"
"Aahh, sit 'n spin, ya' cruddy skank!"
. . .requesting landing instructions."
"Well, just keep coming down 'til you're not in the sky anymore!"
"There's a bellhop back at my hotel --- knows all the angles."
"Calls himself 'Euclid'."
World War III separates the serious drinkers from the amateurs.
It's a long par 5 leading to the nation's capital.
"You forgot your beer!"
"You drink it!"
I don't drink this swill!
Boy, this many bombs? Must be a comedy club!
SERVO : "This music is like a good Danny Elfman Tune."
CROW: "You mean it doesn't exist?"
At least everyone who lived through the Blitz can rest assured its been used as filler for this movie.
This makes me pine for Red Dawn. "Avenge me! Avenge me!!!"
"Despite the heroic efforts of our armed forces..." Bozo has been cancelled.
"This is it. The final game of the World Series, ans we're the home team." And we're the Mariners.
"Nothing destroys the charm of a meal more quickly--" - than having a personality.
"Those boys genuinely greet their dad like they're happy to see him." They're not, of course..
What you are watching now should have been edited in the final version. My apologies.
"A simple centerpiece made from flowers in the backyard,"...is stupid!
He's got to strip and replace the oil in his hair with summer weight...
Mother is needed in the kitchen. Where the postman eagerly awaits.
Dont go building a robot while you're over there pushing the button Mike!
Their probably gonna bomb the Grateful Dead, & Starship ...
( wooooo hooooo YEAH !!! )
DO YOU, DO YOU !! ?? .................. WELL DO YOU, BETTER say YES DAMN IT !!
I can't stress 'unemotional' enough.
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At around the 36 minute mark, when the dogfight begins, watch the bots (namely Crow since he's the only one whose mouth we can see). It looks like they completely reedited in news riffs and dubbed it over. Crow's mouth keeps moving but he's not saying anything.
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The frame rate on this video seems like it's 60 FPS or something. It's unusually smooth.
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he's been missing for days and his family was just standing next to the fence the whole time?!
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why is that kid wearing shorts to play baseball?!
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Best viewscreen bit ever? Best viewscreen bit ever. Mr. A-Bomb was hilarious!
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Crow's squeaking from the window cleaner makes me laugh out loud every time. XD
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Without a doubt, favourite episode. Followed closely behind by Teenage Cavemen, Lost Continent, Riding With Death, and Daddy-O. No exceptions No refunds.. All fun!
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56:43 - Must've been the club car.
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Funniest opening host segment of all time. And this is coming from a 68%-ish Joel-leaning MSTie! The next segment with the mads is just about as as good; and then its all followed up by that perennial classic initiatory short. An inarguable canonical tour-de-force. Like father, like son. Think about it, won't you.
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Uuuugh. I don't know if it's because I grew up in the 90s but this film's morals and research are just all over the map.
What really bugs me is the military stuff in general. I know that people didn't know a lot about atomic bombs nowadays, but ARGH! If you got nukes, YOU DON'T NEED GROUND TROOPS AFTER THEM! The whole point of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were TERROR WEAPONS to prove to Japan they couldn't prolong the war at the current state, not to be thrown around like grapefruits, and you certainly wouldn't carpetbomb em like the glorious stock footage recycler pointed it out. Gets bad when the codeword thing with the 'Who won the World Series' was about the most realistic thing in the movie when it came to wartime tactics.
And then of course there's the ending. Hurrdurr it was all a dream! Quick, move your mindset to a constant warstate! Never enjoy a time of peace! To fight commies, we must become commies!
Ugh, I need a drink. Prop me up a Nuka Cola, barkeep.
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The leads going off to the Red CRoss to donate blood is another good idea for a first date. Too bad there's no festoonery involved.
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"Tanks are more important than tractors." Hahaha, wow.
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Don't joke around, guys, a lot of people in this country are still afraid of communism for some reason.
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Interactions between Crow and Dr. F. (such as the experiment with the doll) are funnier when you remember that Trace is playing both parts.
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27:15 "Over 500 planes were seen at 4:20 this afternoon." Crow's head, which had been looking off to the side, whips to attention. Tom turns to look at him.
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Don't go on a Date with your Family!
Turns out it's ~awkward~ and they usually don't put out, either.
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21:10 & 51:25 - Crow's dedication to the squeaky window bit has me rolling.
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The prequel to Inception!
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I dreamed I had a date with a Russian family...
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The Soviets launch an sneak air attack on America by going- through Alaska? Talk about totally giving up the element of surprise. And they drop tons of paratroopers- on ALASKA! They're more likely to me mauled by polar bears than to encounter any Americans.
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WTF- An atomic torpedo? Really? How far away would you have to fire that from to be safely out of the blast range when it hit?
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So, major American cities are being hit by atomic bombs and the response is to hold a blood drive?!?!
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16:27 You had an apartment in De De Johnson?
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The first scene of this movie features a guy grilling another for not being fascist enough. ("Should the govt. draft people for factory work?")
I suspect we're in for a wild, yellow, jingoist ride with this one.
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Oh, come on... multiple atomic weapons are dropped on NYC and ONLY 30k are killed? gimme a break. That should be at LEAST 6 digits....
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"but such are the vicissitudes of _________". I love saying this!! Now I know where I heard it!
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I love how calm everyone in the nation is, as atom bombs are dropped everywhere.
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The short makes me want to hurl! And I'm a child of that era! It's so....I can't even....Ja Wohl!
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That's it! I want a dr. Clayton Forrestor doll to go with my Tickle Me Grimaldi doll!!!!
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The hypnotist/Mr. Ohman-is the same actor who played "the Old Man" in ROBOCOP
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Crow's mother (aka the wire cage with an air-pop head) returns in the series finale.
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"Got a light....I think I hear one coming"
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Sometimes, Joel/Mike and the bots hit a home run on the first pitch. "A Date With Your Family" -- The Woody Allen Story!
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1:03:55 (Flames swept the entire state of California tonight...)
So, it's a typical Californian summer?
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I love how Crow always makes the "whoosh" sound himself whenever he rushes in or out of the room.
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Anybody going to mention Trace's epic line flub at 36:24?
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no Petey Plane, no fun
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tom servo's "surrender dorothy" from the Wiz is so random lmao
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Enigmatic bastard, isn't he?
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***SPOILER RANT BELOW, DO NOT READ UNTIL END OF FILM***
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AW!!! And the whole movie is a F****ING DREAM!?!?!? SERIOUSLY? DREAM SEQUENCE? THAT"S AN HOUR AND A HALF OF MY LIFE I WILL NEVER GET BACK YOU ******* **** ********* ********ING ******* PIECE OF ***** ******* ******ING **** FILM MAKERS! *heavy breathing* Ok.... ahh now I feel better. Push the button, Frank.
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In mother Russia, TV watch you.
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Lol they said landing in a field near Puget Sound. I hope they like their fields filled with trees.
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I'm actually digging this stock footage of the Shooting Stars and old Migs.
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Wait, there is no Boulder County in Arizona!
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Ugh yeesh this short makes me feel kind of sick...
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This is a good episode, but I have a harder time enjoying it because, when I scan through the comments, there are always so many political things. Nothing ruins good entertainment like a political discussion.
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I was expecting a Chuck Norris piece of crap and instead get this one.
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This was the most disturbing short they've ever riffed. Like worse than the music fairy even.
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“A cub is a young animal, a bear.” He doesn’t follow baseball, shoot him!
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All those who don’t support pointless military expansionism should DIE!
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So people are willing to change partners because of an hallucination?
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“What is word for Bo…” Wait, why aren’t we just speaking Russian?
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Loved the clear images of british army helmets in “Manhattan”.
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Yeah, I don’t think one missile from a fighter plane is going to take down Hoover Dam.
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The enemy invaders were dressed in US uniforms not for tactical advantage, but because it was cheaper to recycle the same uniforms the prop department already had and so they could us US WWII stock footage.
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“-What do you drink in San Francisco?
-A daiquiri.
-Sounds like a sissy drink to me.”
It’s San Francisco!
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Whenever I "introduce" someone to MST3K, I like to show them (or recommend) this short as an example of the show.
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The skit spoofing the pleasant dinner was hilarious, esp Crow's hair style.
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I saw the opening segment as a hat tip to Joel as it highlighted Mike's ineptitude at building cool robots like Joel was obviously able to do. Which is fortunate, as his creation was so Dalekish... "De-stroy, De-stroy, De-stroy..."
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Most of my life was spent in the Cold War, it's amusing to poke fun at it, put we were very scared back then guys.
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The ending of this movie is... I'm speechless.
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I know every movie in the fifties had an obligatory love story subplot but it's just awkward in this movie. It's jarring when it switches from a family dying to delicate music in a scene between the reporter and the blood-bank nurse.
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If they could have had it in this movie back then, they would have the Russians eating children.
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Of course every communist is furious, cruel, and borderline psychopathic. There's nothing like cold war movies made during the colf war.
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Saturday nights were the perfect slot for MST. Friday would have been kind of cool so that you had a whole weekend to look forward to. Wasn't there a point when they were played on Sunday afternoons or some crazy crap like that?
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Trace has mentioned this short as his favorite. I always show it to my Sociology classes.
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I think this is the best short of all of them, hilarious.
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Aahhh......the acrid stench of abundant stock footage!
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Man, the first version of Red Dawn was weird.
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This movie is low-budget greatness. Like Night of the Living Dead, it presents only a microcosm of a widespread disaster. Instead of focusing on non-stock-footage death and destruction, instead of witnessing the commie bastards dropping A-bombs on our cities, we focus on dull, boring scenes in bars and airports. How THRILLING!
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I love how this movie's suggestion to deal with communism, an omnipresent threat of government repression and the cessation of all individual will, is the nationalization of industry and all of the characters surrendering all of their time and money to the government.
...seems a bit...counter-intuitive...
Oh, and the killer robot sketch at the start kills me every time.
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/crow as jerry garcia...ONANDONANDON!!! never laughed so hard at an MST3K skit. far and away my favorite
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Ha! You wish, but just keep dreamin’ Lenin….we’re still here and only moderately Marxist at this point.
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I like the part where Crow chooses the brand x mommy, and makes an almost bodysnatcheresque squeal at Mike when he tries to intercede...don't you? *blissful sigh*
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This movie must've been really cheap to make. It's 85% stock footage. And that ending-- It was all a dream... Who wrote this script, an eight year old?
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So after the two guys land in San Francisco, they ride in a cab. The cabbie looks so much like Kevin Pollak. It's uncanny!
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44:25 A BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!!!!
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44:25 A BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!!!!
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44:25 - I like to think that there's a blooper reel out there of the actors laughing hysterically as that kid sweeps into the bar, shouts his line, and promptly leaves. I can't watch that part with a straight face.
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Probably shouldn't have watched this after finishing Fallout. I'm taking the film too seriously.
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Somehow I get the feeling this short is a good representation of what Romney's plan for America was.
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"Postpone disagreeable news till another time" ??? Like...... WHEN !!?? At dinner ? After dad starts drinking ??!! Maybe when mom & dad are doing the horizontal bop ?? Tell me ... WHEN IS a good time ??!!
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Who funded this fear mongering dreck? The military?
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A guy on you tube says Chuck Norris was in this movie, WHERE? He was age 12 +/- The kid in the back of the cab?
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One of the most underrated episodes!
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This short is the epitome of greatness.