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MST3K 109 - Project Moon Base

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“ Oh, this is the future where they sold the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. ”
- Crow


The Short[]

Main article: Radar Men from the Moon

Synopsis[]

Cody continues to thwart the ray gun campaign of destruction. He then returns to the Moon to acquire some Lunarium.

The Movie[]

Main article: Project Moon Base (film)

Synopsis[]

A foreign agent attempts to sabotage an American lunar expedition.

The Episode[]

Host Segments[]

Prologue: Joel cleans up Tom and Crow for the experiment.

Servocody

Crow and Tom play Commando Cody

Invention Exchange: Joel demonstrates his water juggling. Dr. Forrester is unimpressed. The Mads show off their Insect-A-Sketch, which combines the classic Etch-A-Sketch toy with an ant farm.

Segment Two: Tom plays at being Commando Cody and keeps calling Joel Ted. Crow is stuck being Krog, but he wants a turn at being Cody.

Segment Three:

Joel demonstrates neckties of the future.

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Segment Four: The amazing all-purpose mystery substance SPACOM!

Segment Five: Crow and Tom hang upside down and read letters.

Obscure References[]

  • "Scarecrow, I think I'll miss you most of all!"
Crow is imitating Dorothy's goodbye speech from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
  • "They've got homicide doors on that thing."
A thug utilizes the back-hinged door on a moving car to take aim with a rifle. Such doors are colloquially known as suicide doors.
  • "Ahh, it's the Das Boot theme all over again..."
Joel compares the background noise as similar to that heard in the 1981 West German war film Das Boot.
  • "Look, it's Dr. Bellows!"
Servo is identifying actor Hayden Rorke, who played Air Force psychiatrist Dr. Bellows in the 1960s TV sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Behind the scenes[]

MST3K cast[]

Regular cast

MST3K crew[]

Full crew

Notes[]

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Futuristic neckties

  • The first use of the riff "Get your shoes on, we’re at Grandma's." A riff that reappears frequently throughout the series.
  • First use of the, "Saaaay!" riff (it occurs when Dr. Wernher is at the door of his hotel room and it looks like the spy is checking out his hinder).
  • One of the fan letters in this episode complains that there are no "color movies" on the show. The next episode features the first nationally-broadcast color film, Robot Holocaust. Previously produced Episode #104 features Women of the Prehistoric Planet, but did not air until later due to rights issues.
  • At the end of the movie, the theater is completely cleared during the final credits, but Joel peeks in and gets something from the seat before returning for the episode's final segment
  • Like many riffed movies, Project Moon Base was altered to adjust its aspect ratio for television and to fit within the desired time-slot by trimming several scenes. Footage cut from this film includes:
    • About 5 minutes' worth of slow shuttle launch/landing footage.
    • A scene during launch where Colonel Briteis starts feeling "space sickness" and Bill mocks her.
    • The scene in which SPACOM first learns of the imposter Dr. Wernher.
    • Bill joking about he and Briteis having to play Adam and Eve since they're stranded together on the moon.

Goofs[]

Video releases[]

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