912: First Broadcast - 5 pm Saturday, Aug 29th 1998

Excellence Level: Silver
Movie Pain: High - I love Mickey, but Peggy Webber's the ultimate buzz-kill
Riffing: Solid, good humor w/superb short
Skits: Wildly funny for the most part

Decent riffing on a boring flick about a scowly faced woman who is haunted by her husbands former (and deceased) wife. Despite the offer of a free casket should one die of fright while watching this movie; the thrills mostly consist of long scenes of scowling girl simply sitting and Listening to things! Chilling isn't it. Key figure is Mickey the Gardner, a classic MST3K type character along the lines of Torgo & Ortega.
     The short, "Robot Rumpus", is a "laugh so hard you'll wet your pants" Gumby episode that will stand in history as one of MST3K's best and brightest moments! It's a very short short, but M&TB make every minute count.
     Nice host segments include the Bots hysterical Gumbesque play and Crow's skull, frightening Mike and taking a golf club to the noggin for his trouble.

Host Segments
Intro: Servo has become a butterfly. Segment 1: Pearl, Brain guy and Bobo play a trick on M&TB. Get those penguin costumes on! Segment 2: Inspired by Gumby, the bots do their own dark version of the short. Hysterical! Segment 3: The bots call for a free coffin Segment 4: Crow's screaming skull scares Mike End: The bots coffin arrives, and Bobo tries to pull another joke on M&TB Stinger: Throwing a chair at the ex-wife.

Notable Riffs
Gumby Riffs
*"That squares my breasts'." - Crow as Ma Gumby
*"Uh-Oh!" - "My Tail is lifting." - Pokey/Mike
*"I'm going to glaze your backside, young man!" - Servo as Gumbo
*"One of my classmates died in the kiln today, mother! - Crow as Gumby
*"Don't you worry your squishy little head about it." - Servo as Gumby
*"Mom threatened to make me into a bowl!" - Mike as Gumby
*"Son, I'll need a can of Playdoh to replace my butt." - Mike as Gumbo
*"Hey don't, that's "Wallace and Grommit's" yard." - Crow
*"Hey, you can throw things through Dad! I'm going to get an anvil." - Mike as Gumby
*"Davy and Goliath are moving next door, there goes the neighborhood." - Mike

Screaming Riffs
*"Remember folks, if you die of boredom, you do not get a free coffin. Sorry" - Crow
*"Yup, when you think of shocking horror, you think of German Oompah band music." - Crow
*"Yes, shocking horror arrives in style in you're 1953 Mercedes" -Servo
*"Here, have a stick, honey." - Mike as Eric
*"Now, how did she lose them?" - "She set them on top of the car and drove off" - Mrs. Snow/Servo on how Jenny's parents died
*"The movie that dares to graphically depict sometimes seeing peacocks and sometimes not seeing peacocks." - Mike
*"They're just like children" - "Children love to hang drapes" - Mrs. Snow/Crow
*"The skull got a pack of squirrels to knock on the door and run." - ??
*"You know, the gospel speaks of losers like you." - Mike as Rev. Snow
*"Mickey, the wide awake nightmare." - Crow
*"Well, apparently he killed a cross-dressing bee keeper as well." - Servo
*"You musn't go on thinking like this" - "You'll burn out your head" - Eric/Mike
*"GET A BOX!" - Crow, as Mickey fumbles with pots
*"Maybe he hired a cat to walk him around" - Crow (Explaining how the skull moves)
*"Martin Luther's nailing each Thesis individually." - Mike
*"Should I consider that my employee review?" - Servo as Mickey after getting smacked around.
*"Then a lion jumped out and shot her; at least that's what Eric said." - Crow as Rev. Snow explaining Marions death
*"It's alright..." "Uncle Lady is here for you." - Mrs. Snow/Crow