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Post by CBG on Dec 21, 2012 12:30:16 GMT -5
This has been answered somewhere here...
It references a crew member named Ed. Someone - I think Mary Jo - started saying his name that way, and it stuck.
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Post by jimmydoorlocks on Dec 21, 2012 22:06:35 GMT -5
Wow, that's almost as obscure as referencing Mike's (I think) stolen keyboard or Kevin's dog Humphrey
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Post by Monophylos on Jan 30, 2013 17:15:58 GMT -5
OK, I've been wondering about this one for a long, long time. Just what's with Tom Servo's "Anthony Newley" lapse in Pod People? I love the lyrics...
When the harlequin is on the bed And the whisky haze surrounds his head William Holden's coming over, and he's got a fifth of--
Is there some particular reference here? I recognize Newley's name but I'm not up on my musical theater so I've got no idea whether Servo's weird little song is maybe a reference to one of Newley's musicals.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Jan 30, 2013 19:02:24 GMT -5
This is a really huge-assed thread, so you'll forgive me if this has been mentioned before...
In Mighty Jack, they're doing the bit where the incidental music resembles that of a famous performer and Servo does an obligatory Miles Davis reference... but, then, there's the inevitable close-up of an actor who resembles somebody more famous, and Servo blurts out "Teo Macero!" -- and I'm thinking hot damn, Murphy digs Zappa and Miles!
If you're not a hardcore jazz geek, Teo Macero produced most of Miles' recorded work in the early '70s, during Miles' fusion period, including his early fusion classic In A Silent Way. Now, a lot of people know who Miles was, but you'd have to be a heavy-duty jazz geek to know who Teo Macero was; that had to be one of the most esoteric references I'd ever heard in an MST3K riff.
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Post by Mitchell on Feb 11, 2013 23:29:59 GMT -5
OK, I've been wondering about this one for a long, long time. Just what's with Tom Servo's "Anthony Newley" lapse in Pod People? I love the lyrics... When the harlequin is on the bed And the whisky haze surrounds his head William Holden's coming over, and he's got a fifth of--Is there some particular reference here? I recognize Newley's name but I'm not up on my musical theater so I've got no idea whether Servo's weird little song is maybe a reference to one of Newley's musicals. I think it's a general reference to Newley, although Joel's singing sounds a lot like "Who Can I Turn To" which was part of his recording "the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd" which seems to be referenced by Joel's greasepaint line and Crow's smell line. Albeit, it's a bit of a stretch, but the mads could have been going off of memory. . .or I'm thinking much too hard about it.
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Post by TJ Truffleberrys on Feb 21, 2013 21:06:12 GMT -5
During Manhunt in Space, 2nd host segment, when they get movie sign, they start singing "c'mon and zuma zuma zoom." does anyone have any idea what song that is?
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Post by CBG on Feb 21, 2013 22:01:31 GMT -5
During Manhunt in Space, 2nd host segment, when they get movie sign, they start singing "c'mon and zuma zuma zoom." does anyone have any idea what song that is?
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Post by heleneotroy on Mar 7, 2013 8:09:28 GMT -5
Hey everyone! I'm always full of useless knowledge and generally the one my friends come to for explanation of esoteric riffs, but this one has me stumped:
Ep 812, The Incredible Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies
At approximately 17:35, when Angela is going out with Jerry and Harold for the first time, there is a shot of the house's front door and Angela's mother walking out of it slowly. When the door first appears on screen, Tom says "Oh, mom's going running!" Most of this riff is spoken before the mother even fully appears on the porch. I don't get it? Running? Anyone?
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Post by continosbuckle on Mar 8, 2013 14:18:23 GMT -5
Hey everyone! I'm always full of useless knowledge and generally the one my friends come to for explanation of esoteric riffs, but this one has me stumped: Ep 812, The Incredible Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies At approximately 17:35, when Angela is going out with Jerry and Harold for the first time, there is a shot of the house's front door and Angela's mother walking out of it slowly. When the door first appears on screen, Tom says "Oh, mom's going running!" Most of this riff is spoken before the mother even fully appears on the porch. I don't get it? Running? Anyone? I think that might have been a riff on the outfit she was wearing, which would have been exceptionally inappropriate for running. Otherwise, I've got nothing, or I'm not remembering it right. I think we all sometimes perceive subtext in these riffs when there is none!
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Post by CBG on Mar 10, 2013 9:06:41 GMT -5
I would agree with buckles...sometimes a riff is just a joke, and not a "reference". See, Mom's uptight, you'd never see her in "running gear", so the more casual attire she was wearing would allude to that fact. Thank you.
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Post by BJ on Mar 10, 2013 18:09:16 GMT -5
I always think of the song "You Call it Jogging (I Call it Running Around)" when I hear that line. I doubt that's what the writers had in mind, but it kind of works as a riff.
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Post by heleneotroy on Mar 12, 2013 12:13:25 GMT -5
I suppose what throws me is that the riff is almost completely out of his mouth before Mom even appears on the porch and we can get a good look at her.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 12, 2013 15:43:01 GMT -5
I suppose what throws me is that the riff is almost completely out of his mouth before Mom even appears on the porch and we can get a good look at her. There were quite a few occasions where they were a little off between the script and the time code. YouTube has a couple "rough cut" episodes, where you can see them flub a line in the theater and stop the playback to get it right. Over the course of 200 episodes, there were plenty of times when they just let the flub go if it was close enough.
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Post by TJ Truffleberrys on Mar 13, 2013 18:27:33 GMT -5
Rough cut episodes?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 14, 2013 23:47:39 GMT -5
Yep- Just a quick search reveals that the rough cut versions of "It Lives By Night" and "Magic Voyage of Sinbad" are still up on YouTube. They don't have host segments, but they do have the chatter between takes and breaks while they recorded the theater segments.
I've also seen one for Diabolik. During filming, editor Brad Keely threw in a montage of classic moments in previous movies, much to the surprise of Mike, Bill, and Kevin.
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