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MST3K 705 - Escape 2000

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“ Cleanup in Borough Five! ”
- Mike


The Movie[]

Main article: Escape 2000 (film)

In a dystopian future, residents of the Bronx take up arms against a sinister corporation that seeks to displace them.

The Episode[]

Host Segments[]

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Dr. F puts Pearl into a home

Prologue: Crow holds his annual auction to help the Really Good Cause, which he is not sure of. His first item? A penny. His second item is a nickel and his third item is a dollar.

Segment One: Crow accidentally lights the SOL on fire while trying to burn an ant with a magnifying glass near a pile of oily rags. Luckily, Gypsy takes care of everything. Meanwhile, Dr. F is forced to put his mother Pearl into a home. As in, locked in a little playhouse in the main room of Deep 13. Gypsy tells Cambot to activate the sprinkler system but he goes through the hallway.

Segment Two: Mike sets up Crow with his biofeedback machine, giving Crow a nice warm feeling. As Crow continues to relax, several small fires start across the ship.

Fire

Gypsy on fire

Segment Three: Mike plays the big boss, nearly choking Servo with cigar smoke. Crow doesn't understand all of the slang terms for getting Mike another beer.

Segment Four: Servo recovers from his smoking jag as the Mads call. Dr. Forrester has determined the ratings are too low, and so he introduces Timmy Bobby Rusty, who disturbs the crew. Alas, the ratings remain low, so Timmy Bobby Rusty is promptly dropped.

During the film's end credits, Crow leaves the theater to get his guitar and he and Tom perform their duet, "Leave Bronx", much to Mike's chagrin.

Segment Five: Tom lowers himself from a helicopter as Mike reads a letter. In Deep 13, Toblerone's laughter disturbs Dr. F. He comes over to yell at Clayton after the mad scientist complains and rescues Pearl from her home.

Stinger: Toblerone spits and laughs.

Obscure References[]

  • "They dress like Randle P. McMurphy to leave the Bronx!"
Randle McMurphy is the central character in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest played by Jack Nicholson in the film adaptation where he often wears a denim jacket and knit beanie cap.
  • "Watch out! Her other jaw is going to shoot out!"
The Xenomorphs in the Alien film series possess an internal secondary jaw.
  • "Those squibs were meant for me!"
A squib is a type of explosive charge used to simulate gunshots in movies.
  • "What are the Mercury Seven doing here?"
The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for NASA's Project Mercury.
  • "They're NOT getting the Tom of Finland posters!"
Tom of Finland was an artist known for the overt homoeroticism of his work.
  • "Put that on still store."
A callback to the segment in the show in which they read letters from viewers and Cambot would capture a still image of the letters. It had been retired by this point in the show.
  • "But I'm with Parade!"
Parade is a now-defunct magazine that was included in many Sunday newspapers. It did not have a reputation for hard-hitting journalism.
  • "Wilford Brimley IS 007."
The elderly man in a suit bears a resemblance to heavyset actor Wilford Brimley, who was known for his thick moustache and folksy demeanor. Throughout his career, Brimley was the spokesman for Quaker Oats, Liberty Mutual insurance, and diabetes monitoring equipment.
  • "Sir, would you at least take a Watchtower—"
The Watchtower is a magazine published by the Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • "Lorenzo Lamas is Gino Vannelli."
Lorenzo Lamas is the main actor in the popular 90's TV series Renegade. Like Trash, he rode a motorcycle, wore black leather and jeans, scowled a lot, and shot some bad guys along the way. Gino Vannelli is a Canadian pop music singer recognizable for his curly hair and swarthy complexion. Trash bears a passing resemblance to Vannelli.
  •   "Realistic makes one of these that says 'Explode' and 'Don't Explode'."
Realistic is the brand name for Radio Shack's consumer electronics.
  • "Daaah, I gotta call Schneider!"
Schneider is the building supervisor on One Day at a Time, a TV sitcom from the late 1970s and early '80s. The show was rebooted in 2017 as a streaming series with a new cast, including a new Schneider.
  • "They tossed him onto the streets of Rio Bravo!"
Rio Bravo is a 1959 Western movie starring John Wayne.
  • "She's got a Bobbi Flekman voice!"
Bobbi Flekman is a character played by Fran Drescher in This Is Spinal Tap. Drescher is known for her nasal voice and thick New York accent.
  • "Steve Dallas, terrorist."
Steve Dallas is a character from the comic strip Bloom County. He has dark hair and typically wears sunglasses at all times.
  • "The Very Large Corporation of America."
The Very Big Corporation of America is a corporation featured in The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a short film that plays as sequences before and in the middle of the feature-length film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.​
  • "Sônia Braga looks on."
Sônia Braga is a Brazilian actress who appeared with Raul Julia (among others) in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
  • "Rockwell wants his coat back."
Rockwell is a former musician and singer best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me".
  • "Once had love and it was a gas..."
The musical score is compared to the disco song "Heart of Glass" by rock band Blondie.
  • "Drivin' my life away..."
"Drivin' My Life Away" is a country-pop crossover hit by singer songwriter Eddie Rabbitt, whose scruffy, bearded look resembles that of Trash.
  • "George Hamilton didn't know when to stop tanning."
The burned face of Trash's father is compared to actor George Hamilton, famous for his leathery appearance and skin-tanning enterprises.
  • "He took out Horshack!"
A looter shot by Trash resembles character Arnold Horshack, played by actor Ron Palillo, on the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter.
  • "Ah, Mister Homeless People, you see now there is nothing you can possess that I cannot take away."
Refugees outnumbered by RAS goons are compared to the recurring repartee in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark between characters Indiana Jones and rival René Belloq, who is always surrounded by large numbers of allies.
  • "He's got Ricky Ricardo Tourette syndrome!"
Tourette syndrome is a 'tic disorder' which often includes the characteristic of Coprolalia or uncontrollable verbal outbursts. Floyd Wrangler vaguely resembles actor Desi Arnaz, who played the character Ricky Ricardo on the iconic TV show "I Love Lucy".
  • "Ever since the salmonella outbreak, the Schwan's truck needs high security."
Schwan's Company is a prominent food reseller and home delivery service, which was hit by scandal in 1994 after its ice cream product was linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning in Minnesota.
  • "You turn me right round, baby right round..."
A random character wearing an eye patch causes Mike to sing part of pop hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by English band Dead or Alive.
  • "Lupita, no!"
A young female character hangs from the ceiling like a vampire. Lupita Tovar was a Mexican-American actress known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Dracula. The phrase "Lupita, no!" is a callback to Episode #521 - Santa Claus.
  • "They re-showed the Theismann injury..."
Joe Theismann is a retired American football player who was the quarterback for the American football team the Washington Redskins until he suffered a career-ending compound fracture in his lower right leg during a 1985 game. ABC's decision to screen the instant replay several times despite its palpably graphic content shocked millions of viewers, and remains one of the most controversial in-game production decisions in NFL history.
  • "She's so pop-u-lar!"
Crow is singing one of many mis-interpretations of the chorus to the Peter Gabriel song "Games Without Frontiers", an allegory of warfare by children.
  • "How can you have any meat if you don't eat your pudding!"
Mike is slightly misquoting a line ("How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?") from the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall", which the soundtrack vaguely resembles.
  • "Comin' in low out of the rising sun. Scares the hell out of the executives!"
A parody of a line from Apocalypse Now: "We'll come in low out of the rising sun, and about a mile out, we'll put on the music." "Music?" "Yeah, I use Wagner. Scares the hell out of the slopes. My boys love it!"
  • "Uh, guys, I sweated all over the GORP!"
GORP is another name for trail mix. It is alternately given as an anagram for Good Old Raisins & Peanuts, or Granola, Oats, Raisins, & Peanuts, or Grapes, Oranges, Raisins & Peanuts, or Gobs Of Raw Protein.
  • "SEGA!"
A reference to 1990s Sega video game commercials, which ended with a frenzied scream of "SEGA!!!"
  • "Shoot 'em all. We'll make more!"
A parody of the slogan ("Crunch all you want. We'll make more.") from a series of Doritos commercials featuring Jay Leno.
  • "Come on! Come on!" "Please please me!"
Quotes the lyrics to the Top 10 hit song "Please Please Me" by The Beatles.
  • "As destroyed as The Bronx is, there's still a Kinko's on every corner."
Prior to being acquired and rebranded FedEx Office in 2004, Kinko's had opened a prolific number 24-hour copy shops in American cities.
  • "Motion in the ocean/His air hose broke! Lots of bubbles/Lots of trouble!"
Quoted from the song "Rock Lobster" by The B-52s.
  • "Go ahead and hate your neighbor/Go ahead and cheat a friend..."
Trash walks through the aftermath of a battle, prompting Mike to quote anti-war song "One Tin Soldier", the theme from Billy Jack.
  • "The Andy Griffith Show Theme" [whistled]
Birdy and Big Little Man stroll away from the body-strewn battle zone, riffed by a lighthearted rendition of "The Andy Griffith Show Theme".
  • "Someday, love will find you..."
Servo's song over the end credits suddenly turns into "Separate Ways" by Journey.

Callbacks[]

Behind-the-Scenes[]

MST3K Cast[]

Regular cast

Guest cast

MST3K Crew[]

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Songs[]

Notes[]

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Timmy Bobby Rusty (played by Paul Chaplin)

  • Timmy Bobby Rusty is a spoof of the "Cousin Oliver Syndrome", a trope that occurs when a TV show introduces a younger character in an attempt to boost sagging ratings. It is derived from the character Cousin Oliver from the last season of The Brady Bunch.
  • This episode was ranked #88 among backers of the Bring Back MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 campaign in the Top 100 Poll. It is the lowest-rated episode of Season 7 to still rank in the Top 100 (as The Brute Man did not make the list).
  • This is the final episode on the original run of the show to feature a letter from the MST3K Information Club. Starting with the Season finale, letters from fans would no longer appear on the show.

Video Releases[]

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MST3K DVD Cover

References[]

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