Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S06/E19 Red Zone Cuba



"Tom Servo: Well, I see the movie has finally thrown up its hands and said "I just don't know."

Crow: I wanna hurt this movie, but I can never hurt it the way it hurt me.

Mike: Did they even need to GO to Cuba?"

- Mystery Science Theater 3000's take

Film watched: Red Zone Cuba

The MST3K presentation contains:
"Mike: Everybody's having fun and smokiiiiing, and the dogs are eating toooooo... robbing people, killing people..."
 * Bowdlerized: The MST3K version thankfully omits the whole "raping the blind-deaf" daughter scene, per the show's "No Rape" policy.
 * Celebrity Resemblance: The riffs have remarked on how Coleman Francis looks like Curly Howard.
 * Continuity Nod: "The Master says you can't stay here!"
 * Mike and the bots call back to their previous Coleman Francis experience when they recognize Petey the Plane.
 * Fan Nickname: Chastain Justine
 * The Three Hobos
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: This was the second Coleman Francis film featured. In the first, The Skydivers, he goes entirely unmentioned, but by starring here he makes himself a running joke ("Obviously, you don't know who you've captured here - I'm Coleman Francis.", "The Yankees will pay highly for you, Señor Francis") and when Yucca Flats subsequently aired Mike and the bots freaked.
 * What's funny is that Mike had used The Beast of Yucca Flats as a warm up for The Brain That Wouldn't Die.
 * Mondegreen: Servo mishears part of the movie's Title Theme Tune as "Mundo Penis."
 * There's also Chastain's name; the bots mishear it as "Justine".
 * Napoleon Delusion: The movie drives Mike to believing he's Carol Channing at one point.
 * Notable Original Music: The "Bouncy Upbeat Song".


 * Running Gag: "I'm Cherokee Jack!" and "You shove off!" are running gag riffs by Mike and the 'bots.
 * In the review, Three Stooges references.
 * Sanity Slippage: The ending host segment. Even the Mads have gone insane by the end.

[Deaf-blind woman stares vacantly and plays piano]