Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03/E19 War of the Colossal Beast/YMMV
War Of The Colossal Beast:
- Hilarious in Hindsight: In the episode Mike plays Glen reading the usual fan letter, whose writer names Joel as their favorite character. Mike would, of course, find himself the subject of a lot of hatred from those kinds of people a year later.
Mr. B Natural:
- Crowning Moment of Funny: Mr. B, shame on you! HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?!
- "You know, I think Oscar Wilde only wished he was this gay."
- "See Buzz, it's fun to be psychotic!" Really, the entire sequence where Mr. B interpretive dances the various instruments is hilarious due to both its own Narm and Joel and the Bots' shocked commentary.
- "Ha ha...that's nice, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!"
- The debate between Tom Servo and Crow on whether Mr. B was a man or not, culminating in Crow's horror at Tom Servo's Unfortunate Implications.
- "You know, I think Oscar Wilde only wished he was this gay."
Crow: Mr. Servo, you've GOT to be kidding me! Let's assume for the moment that Mr. B Natural IS a man. My heavens! What a confusing message to send to little kids! Already, there's the painful feeling of isolation, the horrible, scarring acne - and Mr. Servo here would have us place a cross-dressing man with a clarinet slap dab in their bedrooms! Why not men in Little Bo Peep costumes with stinky cigars explaining the facts of life to our unsuspecting daughters? I, for one-- |
- The show actually topped this by featuring Mike Nelson's real-life wife, the lovely and talented Bridget Jones Nelson, as a dead ringer for Mr. B. Natural in the gathering of the MST3K Rogue's Gallery during the 1995 Turkey Day Special, which is featured on the Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI [Limited Edition] collection of episodes.
- The manufacturing company, C.G. Conn (which is still around) gets one, too; after watching the short, one fan emailed them to ask if this was the same company responsible for "Mr. B Natural"; the response was, "Yes, and don't hold it against us."
- Having Buzz play the same loud, fast jazz music from the previous scene during a slow dance.
- Fridge Horror: As pointed out by Tom Servo:
Mr. B Natural: And don't be so sure I wasn't in the garden with Mr. and Mrs. Adam. |
Joel: Mr. B, you're hot! |