Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S09/E07 Hobgoblins/YMMV
Though YMMV, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode of this movie contains examples of:
- Crowning Moment of Funny
- Mike: (singing) "It's the '80s! Do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan!"
- Servo's alternate lyrics to
Pig LickerIce SnickersKiss Kicker:
Lead Singer: (imperceptible singing) |
- Crow's "documentary" where he "proves" that women do not exist. This is mostly a joke on how The Smurfette Principle applies to the show.
- "Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins. What'cha gonna do with those hobgoblins..."
- "Meet the Hobgoblins - Frankie, Sniffles, Bounce-Bounce and The Claw!"
- The aforementioned Cardboard Pal moment.
- This may have been unintentional, but anytime Cardboard Mike's pointing finger gets in range of someone's nose...
- The interview with cardboard Rick Sloane, especially Crow doing the voice. Even Mike is cracking up.
- "Pig Licker! A man who licks pigs... or perhaps liquor made from pigs!" "...I would not want Pig Liquor."
- DON KING!
- *as a Hobgoblin pounces on Daphne* "Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!"
- Also:
(Daphne walks in, clothes disheveled) |
- Ear Worm: Mike's lyrics to "It's The Eighties" mentioned above.
- Funny Aneurysm Moment: In one scene, when a character remarks that "[Being a security guard] is not that difficult," Mike riffs: "JFK Jr. could do it." This was intended to poke fun at the George magazine he founded, which was losing money and not taken very seriously as a publication. A little more than a year later, John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a private plane crash he himself was piloting (the crash was attributed to pilot error caused by his inexperience). Suddenly, this riff sounds a lot more mean-spirited than it was meant to be. (Hobgoblins originally aired: 6/27/98. JFK Jr's plane crash: 7/16/99)
- And another one: a character picks up a gun, and Tom Servo riffs: "If found: please return to Hunter Thompson," a reference to Thompson's vast collection of firearms. About six and a half years later, Hunter Thompson committed suicide with a handgun.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: You may recognize bouncer Road Rash from the business end of Butch Coolidge's katana. Although this movie came out quite a while before Pulp Fiction, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode that made it well known came out a few years afterwards.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Servo's riff on Daran Norris' emcee, "Proof that there's no life after drama club!" is ironic when you consider that Norris was one of two guys to have a career after acting in this stinkbomb. (The other was the guy who played
Toe CheeseBack SweatSweat GlandButt CrackRoad Rash, who you may remember as Zed's pal Maynard in Pulp Fiction) - Mondegreen: Mike and the 'bots attempts to figure out the title of
"Pig Sticker" "Pig Licker" "Kids Snickers" "Iced Chicken" "Swiss Knickers" "Lint Kicker" "Fish Picker""Kiss Kicker"