Being from Another Planet
From MST3K
| 405 - Being from Another Planet | |
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| Air Date | July 4, 1992 |
| AKA | Time Walker |
| Movie Director | Tom Kennedy |
| Year | 1982 |
| Cast | Royce Alexander, Ben Murphy, Michelle Avonne, Nina Axelrod, Shari Belafonte-Harper |
| Preceded by | 404 - Teenagers from Outer Space |
| Followed by | 406 - Attack of the Giant Leeches |
Contents |
The Movie
Synopsis
Professor Doug McCadden (Murphy) is in charge of opening his university's latest acquisition - a sealed Egyptian sarcophagus. Opening it reveals an ancient mummy and a mold substance that proves to eat the flesh of anyone touching it. Later, sneaky student Pete Sharpe (Kevin Brophy) finds five hidden jewels in the bottom of the casket and distributes them to various co-eds on campus, not realizing that the mummy, recently revived with an overdose of x-rays, is bound and determined to reclaim them. [1]
Information
- Unlike most other mummy movies, this mummy is generally able to move at a pretty fast clip, probably due to the fact that he’s an alien on roller skates.
- Note to the film's producers: when you give your movie the title “Being from Another Planet,” it kind of wrecks the 'surprise' ending where we find out that the mummy is really an alien.
The Episode
Host Segments
Prologue: Joel and the Bots play Movie Slogan 20 Questions.
Segment One /Invention exchange: Crow makes a weird guess and Servo pulls a joke on the Mads. Dr. F wants a piece of the "Precious Moments" profits, and so comes up with their own "Tragic Moments" figurines, such as "Sparky's Last Romp", "By The Fire's Glow", and "I'll Get It!". On the Satellite of Love, Joel and the Bots express their outrage before presenting the Jack Palance Impersonator Kit.
Segment Two: Bad punning by the TP'ed Bots leads to Joel throwing a tribute to Bill Mumy.
Segment Three: The bots welcome Joel to their Haunted Boiler Room, hoping to make a profit. Included are eyeballs, guts, worms of hate, and brains. It turns out Joel loves brains!
Segment Four: Tom and Crow are down, and so Joel and Gypsy arrange for some fun, including the Hexfield Viewscreen Fun Time Holoclowns! It leaves them feeling kind of hollow.
Segment Five: Joel and the bots present the TV’s Frank Shopping Network, selling a V-shaped Diamond-Encrusted Mummy Communicator Type Thing and a letter from a viewer, all for the low, low price of bringing down the Satellite of Love! Dr. F ends up very displeased.
Stinger: Sleazy admin guy screams hysterically as his hand is fungussed.
Other Notes
Guest Stars
- Holo-clown #1: Michael J. Nelson
- Holo-clown #2: Paul Chaplin
Obscure References
- "Ladies and gentlemen, Jam Productions is proud to present the Black Moses of Soul!"
A reference to the Isaac Hayes album Black Moses.
- Holoclowns background music
From the 'Trumpy you can do magic things' sequence in Pod People
| preceded by: Season 3 | MST3K Season 4 | followed by: Season 5 | ||||||
| 1992 - 1993 | ||||||||
| 401 | Space Travelers | 1992-06-06 | 409 | The Indestructible Man | 1992-08-15 | 417 | Crash of Moons | 1992-11-28 |
| 402 | The Giant Gila Monster | 1992-06-13 | 410 | Hercules Against the Moon Men | 1992-08-22 | 418 | Attack of the the Eye Creatures | 1992-12-05 |
| 403 | City Limits | 1992-06-20 | 411 | The Magic Sword | 1992-08-29 | 419 | The Rebel Set | 1992-12-12 |
| 404 | Teenagers from Outer Space | 1992-06-27 | 412 | Hercules and the Captive Women | 1992-09-12 | 420 | The Human Duplicators | 1992-12-26 |
| 405 | Being from Another Planet | 1992-07-24 | 413 | Manhunt in Space | 1992-09-19 | 421 | Monster A-Go Go | 1993-01-09 |
| 406 | Attack of the Giant Leeches | 1992-07-18 | 414 | Tormented | 1992-09-26 | 422 | The Day the Earth Froze | 1993-01-16 |
| 407 | The Killer Shrews | 1992-07-25 | 415 | The Beatniks | 1992-11-25 | 423 | Bride of the Monster | 1993-01-23 |
| 408 | Hercules Unchained | 1992-08-01 | 416 | Fire Maidens of Outer Space | 1992-11-16 | 424 | Manos: The Hands of Fate | 1993-01-30 |
