109: First Broadcast - January 1990

Excellence Level: Gold
Movie Pain: High - Sexist pigs in space!
Riffing: Wildly funny, very steady
Skits: Solid, good humor

Colonel Briteis trip to the moon is fraught with danger. As spankings, sabotage and great quantities of flatulence stand in her way.
    When I saw that this experiment had two Commando Cody shorts, I was bummed. But during the usual dull fight scenes, Joel holds up a few Batman style signs that say things like, "Pow!" & "Bam!" and all was good again. There's actually some pretty sharp riffing on the first short, "It's me! It's always going to be me!!" says a frustrated Cody (voiced by Joel) who's simply trying to phone in some instructions to his dim witted pilot friend.
    And this solid work carries through to the film. Good thing to because I HATED this movie and its condescending attitude towards women. I really wanted to see Colonel Briteis give Dr. Bellows a swift kick in the nether regions!
    Beyond this distasteful thread, there's a lot to poke fun at in this movie. From the unemotional villain to the cheap "space-age" props that are employed. The guys do a great job in the theater (I loved it when Joel holds up the Cue cards during the Generals halting techo-babble speach), and out (Joel's water juggling bit, Tom as Cody, Crows napkin tie) all of which blend together to make this experiment my favorite from the first season.
    Of Note: This episode was dedicated to the Skipper, Alan Hale Jr. Who had recently passed away. Also: Notice at the end of the movies credits, someone returns to the theater, with what looks like a bot, and bends down as if to retrieve something. Curious.

Host Segments
Intro: Bath time for the Bots. Invention: Joel soaks the crew with his water juggling act. The Mads bring us the "Insect-A-Sketch" which combines the classic drawing toy with an ant farm. Segment 1: Servo (with Joels help) flies around as Cody, while Crow makes like Krog Segment 2: Neckties of the future! Segment 3: It slices, it dices, it's the miracle home product called SPACOM! End: Crow and Servo read letters upside down. No Stinger -But if I chose one? I'd select the scene where Briteis goes -as Servo calls it- ballistic.

Notable Riffs
Cody riffs
*"Meanwhile, at the Cody institute for people who almost die every week." - Servo
*"Hey, I'm not looking for trouble in here." - "So I'm just gonna hit you with this crow-bar." - Mechanic/Joel
*"I sent Ted to pick up some light bombs." - "He hasn't been able to lift heavy bombs since his hernia." - Cody/Crow
*"He's got a nasty tail wind."- "Must have been something he ate." - Joel/Crow
*"Hope this trips as easy as the last." - "Should be, since we are using the same stock footage." - Some guy/Servo

Moonbase riffs
*"Sorry, I blew up like that" - Crow, as slow speaking bad guy
*"She enters a room like a float"- Servo
*"I spanked your co-pilot didn't I?" Joel as the General
*"He's so Military... I bet he gives good spankings." Joel as Prattles
*"Inspector 12? He checked my underwear" - "Hey, who hasn't" - Joel/Crow
*"This is the future where they sold the Dodgers "back" to Brooklyn." - Crow
*"I love the smell of SPACOM in the morning. Smells like... chicory?" - Servo
* "Now that we have a space station..." "or FRISBEE" "it is at last possible to send a ship..." "or BATTERIES" "all the way around the moon." "or PLAYGROUND BALL." - General Greene/All
*"...Or large Barge." - All
*"Your over by a metric ton" - Servo
*"She's absolutely ballistic" - Servo on Briteis
*"Shove off" - "Same to you toots!" - Briteis/Servo as shovee
*"Look their using view-master technology." - Joel
*"He's not real, he just crawled into the septic tank." - Servo
*"It's filled with cat food! This rocket was suppose to go to the Cat Women of the Moon!" - Joel as Bill
*"She wouldn't have me on a silver platter." "How about on an air mattress slathered with butter?" - Major Moore/Tom Servo
*"That's the tee-shirt her mom got married in." - Joel