“ | My God, it's a styrofoam plate! Ah! | ” |
- Tom Servo |
The Movie[]
- Main article: Time of the Apes (film)
Trapped in a future where apes dominate the world, a boy, a girl and a young woman try to find a way back to their own time with the help of a human rebel.
The Episode[]
Host Segments[]
Prologue: The Mads can't reach Joel...all their transmissions are intercepted by Servo and Crow. So where's Joel?
Segment One: Crow, Gypsy, and Servo search for Joel but only find his uniform. Does that mean he's floating naked out in space? Sadly, yes. Servo: "Quick! Get the telescope!"
Segment Two: Realizing that Joel is locked out of the ship, Crow and Servo debate whether they should let him back in. They discuss several new privileges they'd like to receive as a reward for doing so, but movie sign intervenes before they actually bother to open the pod bay doors.
Segment Three: Cambot fools Crow into thinking that Joel is back on the ship, but it's just a joke. Things then get pretty surreal as Servo demonstrates various ways that fantasy can be made to look real.
Segment Four: Joel floats naked outside the Satellite of Love as Crow and Servo discuss their new Joel-less life together.[1]
Obscure References[]
- "Johnny, he's got your gun."
- This probably references Dalton Trumbo's horrific 1939 novel, Johnny Got His Gun. It tells of a soldier who has had his arms, legs, and face blown away and how he spends his days, trapped in a hospital bed, remembering his past. There is also an old song from 1880s titled "Johnny Get Your Gun".
- "Tickets? We don't need no stinkin' tickets."
- This is a reference to 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The commonly used phrase, "We don't need no stinkin' badges!", is a misquote. The actual dialogue is "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
- "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees!"
- The Monkees were a pop/rock group formed for the production of their eponymous TV show.
Behind-the-Scenes[]
Notes[]
- This is the only episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 that does not feature a human character aboard The Satellite of Love. Joel Hodgson was out of town, so appears only in footage reused from the first episode. Tom and Crow watch the movie alone in the Mystery Science Theater.
- Time of the Apes was later re-riffed in Episode #306.
References[]
preceded by: -- | MST3K Season K | followed by: Season 1 | ||||||
1988 - 1989 | ||||||||
K00 | The Green Slime | Not aired | K08 | Gamera vs Guiron | 1989-01-08 | K16 | City on Fire | 1989-03-19 |
K01 | Invaders from the Deep | 1988-11-24 | K09 | Phase IV | 1989-01-15 | K17 | Time of the Apes | 1989-04-02 |
K02 | Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars | 1988-11-24 | K10 | Cosmic Princess | 1989-01-22 | K18 | The Million Eyes of Sumuru | 1989-05-07 |
K03 | Star Force: Fugitive Alien II | 1988-11-27 | K11 | Humanoid Woman | 1989-01-29 | K19 | Hangar 18 | 1989-05-14 |
K04 | Gamera vs Barugon | 1988-12-04 | K12 | Fugitive Alien | 1989-02-05 | K20 | The Last Chase | 1989-05-21 |
K05 | Gamera | 1988-12-11 | K13 | SST- Death Flight | 1989-02-19 | K21 | The "Legend of Dinosaurs" | 1989-05-28 |
K06 | Gamera vs Gaos | 1988-12-18 | K14 | Mighty Jack | 1989-02-26 | |||
K07 | Gamera vs Zigra | 1988-12-31 | K15 | Superdome | 1989-03-12 |