| “ | A 'weirdie'? What kind of weirdo says 'weirdie'? | ” |
| - Mary Jo |
The Wasp Woman is the third release from Cinematic Titanic, released on DVD on August 7, 2008.
Movie[]
- Main article: The Wasp Woman (film)
A cosmetics company magnate uses an experimental treatment employing wasp enzymes in an attempt to reverse the aging process. She undergoes a deadly transformation.
The Episode[]
Prologue: The administrators ask the group how they like their living arrangements. Trace asks if anyone's cable went out, and an admin tells them it's not technically cable but a digital media center...yet it still went out apparently. Meanwhile Josh tries to smoke and two armed guards force him into the theater. Frank makes reference to the unusual circumstances of the film's star Susan Cabot's death.
Segment One: Mary Jo calls a board meeting and discusses an arbitrary sales drop. She then berates the men, save for Trace who compliments her pant suit.
Segment Two: Frank hosts his Hollywood Entertainment Cavalcade segment, claimed to be back by popular demand. He brings in Buddy Rich (credited as "Biddy Rich", played by Dana Gould), who behaves in keeping with his reputation for being temperamental and insulting. Frank releases wasps to get rid of Buddy.
Obscure References[]
- "B5, you sunk my battleship!"
- Reference to the popular board game Battleship.
- Zinthrop (pointing at dogs in a cage): "Look what do you see?" Josh: "More problems for Michael Vick"
- A reference to Michael Vick's felony conviction for dogfighting.
- "Painstakingly hand drawn cell animation, the background of Hong Kong Phooey."
- Hong Kong Phooey is a TV cartoon from the 1970s. Like much of Hanna-Barbera's shows at the time, it was produced quickly and inexpensively.
- "Shooting up in your own pharmacy...priceless"
- A reference to Mastercard's "Priceless" advertising campaign, which juxtaposed the cost of various items with the priceless nature of the experiences those items provide.
- "Hmm, which dosage should I use? Large? Extra large? Or the Belushi?"
- A reference to comedian John Belushi, who was overweight and died of a drug overdose. It's possibly that it could be a reference to John's brother Jim, who is also a large man.
- "It's a beautiful day in the labra-hood, it's a beautiful day in the waspy-wood..."
- A play on words reference to the theme song of the PBS children's TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
- "We'll find him alright, sooner or later we find them all." "Take that Waldo character, found him!"
- In the Where's Waldo series of picture books, readers must find Waldo among a large scene with many elements and characters.
- Mary Jo: "Hi my name is Janice, and I'm a wasp juice-aholic" The Guys: "Hi Janice"
- This is how people admit their problem in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
- "Barry Bonds will pay top buck for this"
- Reference to the Barry Bonds steroid scandal.
Behind-the-Scenes[]
Cast[]
Regular Cast
Guest Cast
- Dana Gould - "Biddy Rich"
- Sean Spillane
- Chris Pearce
Crew[]
- Created by Joel Hodgson
- Written, Produced and Performed by Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl, J. Elvis Weinstein
- Produced and Directed by Sharp-Ford
- Director of Photography - Tarin Anderson
- Camera Assistant - Ian Sherrington
- Camera Assistant - Brandon Zachary
- Gaffer/Key Grip - Jeremy Kerr
- Electric/Grip = Lockland Hickock
- Electric/Grip - John Phail
- Electric/Production - Vinnie Imbriale
- Production Designer - Arne Knudsen
- Set Decorator - Tiphanie Windsor
- Sound Mixer - Tony Bollas
- Video Playback - Rob Nowik
- Production Coord. - Virginia Sharp
- Production Assistant - Chris Pearce
- Video Post Production Services Provided by MomentLight LLC
- Audio Post Production Services Provided by Magnitude 8
- Video Editor/VFX Supervisor - Hernan Barangan
- Sound Editor/Sound Design - Tony Bollas
- Associate Producer - Grant Baciocco
- Filmed at Laurel Canyon Studios
Video Release[]
- A DVD was released in 2008. It is no longer in production but is available second-hand through several online venues.
- The DVD release includes a disclaimer at the beginning specifying that this is a different version from the 1995 remake of The Wasp Woman. This was done to appease Roger Corman, who had sent a Cease & Desist order to Cinematic Titanic, claiming that the 1995 re-make retroactively put the characters under copyright.
- Cinematic Titanic: The Complete Collection, a set containing all Cinematic Titanic episodes, was released by Shout! Factory in 2017.
- It can be streamed for free at shoutfactorytv.com and tubitv.com.