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The Movie

Synopsis

Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast at Camp Desert Rock. Though burned over 90% of his body, he survives and begins to grow in size. As he grows, his heart and circulatory system fail to keep pace with his growth, and he is gradually losing his mind as a result of reduced blood supply to his brain. He reaches 50 feet tall before his growth is stopped. He escapes and wreaks havoc upon Las Vegas before he is finally stopped. [1]

Information

  • The sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, was released in 1958 and was featured in Episode 319.
  • Jean Moorhead (who would later be seen in Experiment 610 The Violent Years in the role of Paula Parkins) appears briefly as a woman in a bathtub as Glenn rampages through Vegas.[2]
  • During segment four Servo quips that Glenn "didn't exactly charm the pants off" Las Vegas during his last visit. Presumably he's referring to the giant's rampage across Vegas, which hadn't yet been seen by that point in the episode.
  • Scenes from this film were used in a subsequent Bert I. Gordon film Attack of the Puppet People. In a scene where the hero (played by John Agar) and his date go to a drive-in theater, The Amazing Colossal Man is the movie they watch.

The Episode

Host Segments

Prologue: Crow and Tom Servo make a fort to hide from Joel and get out of doing their chores.

Segment One (Invention Exchange): The Mads make a plant that reviews music, while Joel demonstrates a non-permanent tattoo that can be drawn on a paper waxboard and changed for your newest girlfriend.

Segment Two: Joel tries to teach the Bots how to be sensitive to someone whose spouse has been horrendously injured. The Bots aren't having any of it.

Segment Three: Joel is 50-feet tall, and he isn't happy about it. The Bots don't help at all.

Segment Four: Joel and the Bots ponder what it would be like to meet the Amazing Colossal Man, and then get their chance when Glenn drops by.

Segment Five: The crew ponders other things Glenn could have done, letters are read, and Frank discovers the joys of giant syringes.

Stinger: Glenn cracks up and then convulses.

Other Notes

Guest Stars

Obscure References

  • "I'm huge. Don't smoke, I'm huge now."

A reference to an anti-smoking PSA where Yul Brynner urged people not to smoke from beyond the grave.

  • "Message for you sir!" -Crow T. Robot after a trooper gets shot in the back.

Crow takes a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The quote comes from Lancelot's servant Concorde, who is shot in the chest by an arrow with a letter attached to it.

Video Release

  • Commerically released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in April 1996, the tape was later recalled due to rights issues. This is the only VHS release that has never been re-released on DVD by Rhino.


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