“ | "In regards to today's movie, I'm just going to say...rock climbing." | ” |
- Dr. Clayton Forrester |
The Movie[]
- Main article: Lost Continent (film)
An expedition sent to retrieve a rocket that went missing over the South Pacific discovers a plateau inhabited by prehistoric creatures.
The Episode[]
Host Segments[]
Prologue: Joel gives the Bots a locker room pep talk before the movie.
Invention Exchange: The Mads introduce "Rock Climbing", Frank demonstrates a mobile treadmill, and Joel doesn't have time to show his invention. When he refuses to go into the theater, he gets a shock to the shammies.
Segment Two: Joel and the Bots tell jokes before "Hugh Beaumont" drops by for a visit, where he reveals he's actually one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Segment Three: The SOL crew does a sketch, "The Explorers" (a Quinn Martin production), in which Joel plays a condescending explorer. The Bots refuse to support the White Male Reality.
Segment Four: Joel and the Bots spot a Cool Thing. They encourage the viewers to send in suggestions as to what the Cool Thing really is.
Segment Five: The SOL crew analyzes the movie, and come to the conclusion that Robert L. Lippert really liked padding, Tom Servo presents casting facts, and Crow gets a bit off base about the director. Joel reads a letter, and the Mads assert that they won, although they probably didn't.
Stinger: A cranky explorer by the fire with the party's doc.
Obscure References[]
- "The Incredible Mr. Lippert."
- A take on the 1964 film The Incredible Mr. Limpet. The riff would later be used as the title of a Ballyhoo Motion Pictures documentary on the career of Robert L. Lippert.
- "So this is what Ward does at the office."
- Ward Cleaver is the patriarch portrayed by Hugh Beaumont on Leave It to Beaver. His white-collar job was never specified in-show.
- "You taste like Bud Abbott"
- Bud Abbott was the straight man in the multi-media comedy duo of Abbott and Costello. The riff alludes to the fact that actress Hillary Brooke regularly appeared on their television show as Costello's girlfriend.
- "Hey we landed on a witch! Maybe the film will be in color from this point."
- Refers to the beginning of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The film begins in sepia tone, but after Dorothy's farmhouse is carried away by the tornado and falls on the Wicked Witch of the East, the film is in color until she returns to Kansas.
- "Maybe there was hand soap in the hydraulic fluid."
- A reference to one of the plot twists in the disaster film SST- Death Flight, which had been used by MST3K during the KTMA season.
- "Joel, why are we watching this dull mountain climbing sequence?" "Well, because it's there."
- A reference to a quote attributed to explorer George Mallory, his answer to the question "Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?": "Because it's there."
- "Football practice!"
- "Football practice!" comes from the horror movie Shocker.
- "A brontosaurus in Africa?" "Shhh!"
- A paraphrasing of a recurring joke from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, replacing the word tiger with brontosaurus.
- "Get all the Teen Titans!"
- A reference to the DC Comics superhero team, the Teen Titans, which debuted as a team of the kid sidekicks to the adult heroes.
- "They're looking for the Batcave."
- A reference to the film's lead Cesar Romero's having portrayed The Joker in the Batman television show and film starring Adam West.
Callbacks[]
- "We’re on our way!" (Rocketship X-M)
- "Charbroiled hamburger sandwich and french fried potatoes!" (Jungle Goddess)
- "Thees will seemplify everything!" (The Phantom Creeps)
- "Over here is the set of The Mad Monster..."
- "Chili peppers, they burn my gut." (The Side Hackers)
- "That square bugs me! He really bugs me!" (Wild Rebels)
- "Turd Museum in Citrusville" (Wild Rebels)
Behind-the-Scenes[]
MST3K Cast[]
Regular Cast
- Joel Hodgson - Joel Robinson
- Trace Beaulieu - Crow T. Robot / Dr. Clayton Forrester
- Kevin Murphy - Tom Servo
- Frank Conniff - TV's Frank
- Jim Mallon - Gypsy
- Alexandra Carr - Magic Voice
Guest Cast
MST3K Crew[]
Notes[]
- Joel finally gets to demonstrate his invention in the next episode.
- The Cool Thing is not revealed until next season's Fugitive Alien.
- During the movie's opening credits, Joel and the Bots joke about the similarity between the names of producer Sigmund Neufeld and director Sam Newfield. The two men were in fact brothers - Newfield had changed his name when he became a director.[1]
- The SOL crew immediately identify the reused footage from Rocketship X-M at the start for the rocket launch; but they don't appear to remember that they likewise previously saw the footage of the dinosaurs in Robot Monster. This movie was the source of the footage for that movie.
- "Rock climbing" became a recurring joke on the show after this episode, as shorthand for a particularly brutal part of a movie.
- First use of the, "You look, I'm bitter," riff.
- Joel begins wearing a turquoise jumpsuit with this episode.
- This episode aired fourth during Turkey Day '92 and third during Turkey Day '14.
- Edits to Lost Continent include:
- A scene was removed in which Major Nolan goes to talk with the scientists on the plane, including Dr. Rostov mentioning "unpredictables," events that can't be accounted for. This is referenced throughout the film.
- A brief sequence where the plane lands to refuel was removed.
- Scenes taking place on top of the plateau were tinted green in the original film. This was recolored to blueish-violet to match the rest of the film. Despite this, lines of dialogue were kept where the characters are surprised at the sudden change, and Servo jokes that if only the film was in color, it would mean something.
- The scene where Sergeant Tatlow dies and is buried by the others was cut, with Joel commenting on the "short mourning period" when the film suddenly jumps ahead.
Goofs[]
- In the prologue, Joel mentions the experiments before this episode as Wild Rebels and Rocket Attack U.S.A. The first is correct; however the episode shown before Wild Rebels was actually Ring of Terror.
- In segment 3 there is a cue card showing Dr. Sevrin from the Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden". The card credits Michael Sarrazin in the role, but Dr. Sevrin was portrayed by Skip Homeier.
Video Releases[]
- Commercially released on DVD by Shout! Factory in March 2010 as part of Volume XVIII, a 4-disc set along with Crash of Moons, The Beast of Yucca Flats, and Jack Frost.
- DVD special features include an introduction by Frank Conniff and the original theatrical trailer.
- Digitally available through Shout's official Youtube page (with annotations), Shoutfactorytv.com, Youtube, Rifftrax, Amazon Instant Video, iTunes, Vudu, and VHX.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Sensesofcinema.com Fast Worker: The Films of Sam Newfield
preceded by: Season 1 | MST3K Season 2 | followed by: Season 3 | ||||||
1990 - 1991 | ||||||||
201 | Rocketship X-M | 1990-09-22 | 206 | Ring of Terror | 1990-11-03 | 211 | First Spaceship on Venus | 1990-12-29 |
202 | The Side Hackers | 1990-09-29 | 207 | Wild Rebels | 1990-11-17 | 212 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | 1991-01-19 |
203 | Jungle Goddess | 1990-10-06 | 208 | Lost Continent | 1990-11-24 | 213 | Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster | 1991-02-02 |
204 | Catalina Caper | 1990-10-13 | 209 | The Hellcats | 1990-12-08 | |||
205 | Rocket Attack U.S.A. | 1990-10-27 | 210 | King Dinosaur | 1990-12-22 |