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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 3, 2004 19:16:59 GMT -5
If a reference or riff in an episode goes over your head, ask about it here. You'll only be made fun of for a little while. But the education you'll receive will last a lifetime.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Feb 3, 2004 19:40:59 GMT -5
Duuuuhh, what's a sampo?
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Feb 3, 2004 20:11:26 GMT -5
But doesn't realize there's an Esoteric 2 that was started earlier this week for stuff like this.
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Post by CherokeeJack on Feb 4, 2004 0:35:03 GMT -5
the Tom Servo segment in The Violent Years when he was dressed up with long curly hair and kept trying to sing through his crying. What is that a reference to?
and the "Chief!?" "McCloud!?"
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Post by mightyjack on Feb 4, 2004 1:01:05 GMT -5
AWWW Gawd, I hate that Host Segment. One of my least favorite of all time!!!
Anyway, Tom's doing Barbara Streisand from the movie "A Star Is Born".
And the Chief, McCloud stuff comes from an old 70's Mystery show (part of the "Sunday Mystery Movie" the gang used to reference through season 3 and parts of 4 before Joel made the bots stop saying it. lol) called "McCloud" and stared Dennis Weaver as a cowboy hat wearing detective.
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Post by Ator on Feb 4, 2004 3:41:28 GMT -5
For you Starfighters fans, the "Poopie Suit" is a real thing. Mike and the bots made it seem like a ridiculous thing in the ep, but that is really what they call it in the Air Force.
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Post by Ator on Feb 4, 2004 4:47:02 GMT -5
I've got one. When "The Starfighters" appears on the screen at the beginning, what does Crow mean by "The Sean Penn story!"?
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Post by NewGirl731 on Feb 4, 2004 8:51:28 GMT -5
Sean Penn was known as fighting with or beating up various photographers, etc. in the 80's. Get it? STAR (Sean Penn - sort of) FIGHTER?
By the way, a Sampo is a part of Russo-Finnish mythology, and I found it on line, but as I recall, the Russo-Finnish mythology is just as weird and hard to follow as the movies they make, so I can't explain it. Forrest's explanation is about as clear as you'll get.
"We'll never slip on our driveways again!" - Joel, The Day the Earth Froze
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Feb 4, 2004 12:16:12 GMT -5
For you Starfighters fans, the "Poopie Suit" is a real thing. Mike and the bots made it seem like a ridiculous thing in the ep, but that is really what they call it in the Air Force. And why exactly is it called a Poopie Suit? Does it have pooping facilities within it or what? Cause I'm not braving Starfighters so soon again to find out what the commander said about it.
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Post by JCrow on Feb 4, 2004 12:52:04 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread. I've actually recently been searching the web for information to understand references and riffs that have gone over my head in the past. Figure it could only help to enjoy it more on repeated viewings.
In 104-Women of the Prehistoric Planet, a few references in host segments don't register with me. In response to the horribly-tranlated Korean instructions for the doomsday device, Servo asks "Who wrote this, Charlie Callas?" And when Joel starts playing eeny-meeny-miney-mo to figure out which wire to snip, Servo says "Ah, the Samuel Beckett method." I know that Callas and Beckett were an entertainer and a bitter author respectively but I don't actually get the significance of the lines.
There's a small reference guide somewhere on the internet with a handful of episodes, maybe 6 or 7. Someone oughta revive it for this sort of thing. Maybe we could make that a little project on this board... trying to assemble a complete MST3K reference guide. Daunting, no? But a nice excuse to watch episodes again. ;D
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Post by Ator on Feb 4, 2004 13:41:48 GMT -5
And why exactly is it called a Poopie Suit? Does it have pooping facilities within it or what? Cause I'm not braving Starfighters so soon again to find out what the commander said about it. Actually, the truth is that it's environmentally sealed. Sometimes, the pilots have to fly LONG distances without stopping (like 15-16 hours or more). So, since the suit is sealed, they just go in it. Sounds sick, but there is no other way.
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Feb 4, 2004 14:25:32 GMT -5
Makes sense. Too bad they let the General's five year old daughter name it though.
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Post by mightyjack on Feb 4, 2004 15:44:16 GMT -5
* A Sampo? I have links to the original poem on my review of Day the Earth Froze if you wish to read it. * Charlie Callas used to make a lot of undeciferable sounds and noises in place of words when he did his act ("and then the guys went zzzip with the 'whistle" and voop!"), so I'm gathering Tom meant that the thing was impossible to understand? * The Beckett riff I can't help you with, I'm not very familiar with the man or his work.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 4, 2004 15:54:54 GMT -5
But doesn't realize there's an Esoteric 2 that was started earlier this week for stuff like this. Brief and boring history: There was a thread called "Esoteric References" started back in November that was a popular topic. Then it started having technical difficulties. As you mentioned, a new thread was started called "Esoteric 2" as a follow up to that. With the influx of so many new members (welcome everyone!), folks were starting threads to ask questions that best fit here. So I thought it made sense and would be helpful to start a clean thread, with a clear title and explanation for cleanliness and clarity's sake. Back to the topic- Charlie Callas was known for his sounds and facial expressions he used as punchlines. He's famous for pioneering the whole "Voomp voomp, ayee, ayyy, voomp" method of non-humor. Not sure on the whole Beckett thing. Edited to add:Dang, MightyJack and your lightening quick reflexes beat me to the punch. #nosmileys
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Feb 4, 2004 17:05:15 GMT -5
I never really understood the Three M corporation riffs that were said by Servo in episodes like Pod People and Mitchell. Can anyone clear that up for me?
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