Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03/E19 War of the Colossal Beast



Film watched: War of the Colossal Beast with short Mr. B Natural

What makes Mr. B Natural notorious as the Worst MST3K Short Ever is that Mister B Natural, "the spirit of music", is played by a woman. An extremely perky woman. With a voice that could break glass. In a costume that makes absolutely no attempt to obscure her sex. All this makes the short... disturbing. Unless of course you like that sort of thing.

The MST3K presentation of Mr. B Natural contains examples of:
"Mr. B: "When you reached down to grab that music, to make yourself feel better, you awakened the spirit of music inside you! That's me!"
 * Call Back: It features a few callbacks to Pod People. "It stinks!"
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?:

Servo (as Buzz): "So I'm attracted to guys now?""

"Buzz: I'd better go up to my room and do the reading.
 * Gender Bender: What Joel and the Bots imply Mr. B Natural is.
 * In the official episode guide, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) describes this as "Mary Martin syndrome," rants that "a man should not have great legs and boobs," and that this is the kind of thing that "sends well-adjusted young gay men run screaming for the closet."
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar:

Mom: All right, son. (pause) Uh, Buzz?

Crow: Now, this time don't make so much noise when you "read"."

"Mr. B Natural: You gotta inspect your horn, boy!
 * Done again later on:

Crow: And wash it every day!"

"Servo: Connnnnnnnnn!!
 * Satan: If you go with the Alternate Character Interpretation (see Fridge Horror above), Mr. B, who wanders around showing off her his magic tricks to impressionable teenagers and tries to get them to embrace "music".
 * Shout Out:

Crow: Conn LTD and the New Power Generation!"

"All: Come on and buy some crap from us!/You know that you want to!/And the white race will salute you/As you prance and gad about!"
 * Sweet On Polly Oliver: "Mr. B, you're hot!"
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: As per Servo: "Well, excuse me, sexless man-woman!"
 * With Lyrics

"All: White, we're white/We're really, really white/We're really, really, really, really whiiiiite..."
 * And again, during the dance: