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Bride of the Monster

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423 - Bride of the Monster
Air Date January 23, 1993
Movie Director Edward D. Wood Jr.
Year 1956
Cast Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Bud Osborne
Short Hired! - pt. 1
Preceded by 422 - The Day the Earth Froze
Followed by 424 - Manos: The Hands of Fate

Contents

The Short

Synopsis

A Chevrolet sales manager is having poor results with his staff, so he gets some advice from his father.

Information

  • The short was released on Mr. B's Lost Shorts??!! by BBI on VHS and by Rhino Entertainment on DVD retitled as Mr. B's Lost Shorts, part of The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 6

The Movie

Synopsis

Legendary horror icon Bela Lugosi stars as Dr. Eric Vornoff, who, with Lobo (Tor Johnson), a crazed man-beast servant, is conducting flesh burning radiation experiments on humans in an attempt to create a legion of atomic superbeings.[1]

Information

  • Ed and his friends stole the rubber octopus from Republic Studios. It had been used in the John Wayne movie “The Wake of the Red Witch.” But either none of Ed’s crew could figure out how to work the motor that made the octopus’ tentacles move or they forgot to steal the motor. Anyway, whenever anyone was attacked by the octopus, the victim had to pull the tentacles around himself, and writhe and struggle to make it seem as though he were actually being attacked.
  • Bela was only paid $1,000! Of course, that was probably more than anyone else in the picture got paid, but still!
  • Ed began shooting this film with his then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller as the lead. Money ran out quickly, then Ed happened to meet Loretta King. Ed thought Loretta was rich, so he recast the role of ‘Janet Lawton’ with Loretta, hoping to cash in. Unfortunately, Loretta was not rich. Dolores was recast as a secretary. Dolores left Ed soon after filming was finished. Don’t miss Dolores and Loretta’s extremely tense scene together. Anyway, money ran out again, and Ed found a young actor named Tony McCoy whose father was wealthy. Mr. McCoy agreed to finance the film under two conditions: 1) that his son Tony play the lead; and 2) that the film end with a nuclear explosion, showing the dangers of atomic weapons. This second condition explains why at the end of the movie, the octopus blows up in a nuclear blast (as the heroes, standing just a few feet away, remain unscathed). Ed had some stock footage of an A-Bomb test and simply inserted it at the end of the film. Nobody does it like Ed Wood!

The Episode

Host Segments

Prologue: Joel connects a machine to Crow's brain to see what he dreams about. It involves money and Tom Servo in a candystriper's outfit.

Segment One (Invention Exchange): Frank and Dr. F are having a fight, giving the Mads the perfect opportunity to demonstrate their Tough Love Seat. Joel and the Bots have Microwave Faith Popcorn, predicting all of the trends of the future!

Segment Two: Joel and the Bots perform "Hired! The Musical".

Segment Three: Joel, Crow, and Tom begin by discussing the octopus from the film. Somehow the conversation wanders to cold tater tots and olive loaf. Everyone is grossed out and confused.

Segment Four: Willy the Waffle returns, this time to defend advertising. Willy the Waffle blurts out "knew your father, I did", one of 'Mr.' B. Natural's lines.

Segment Five: Cambot re-edits the ending of the movie so it makes more sense, with Joel and the Bots playing Bela’s part. They read a letter. The Mads pretend to be Bela and Tor. Frank is disturbed.

Stinger: Close-up on poor old Bela’s crazy eyes

Obscure References

"Hey isn't that the John Belushi biography?

  • A reference to "Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi" by journalist Bob Woodward.

"Jam Handy to the Rescue"

  • A reference to the song "Jim Dandy", sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue".

"Why does he have to read 'The Joy Luck Club'?"

  • "The Joy Luck Club" is a book by Amy Tan which focuses on the lives of four Chinese American families.

"Guess I shouldn't be trying to sell cars in Amish Country."

  • The Amish are a Christian religious denomination that are known for simple living, plain dress, and reluctance to adopt modern convenience, like cars.

"I have often walked down this street before"

  • The first line from "On the street where you live" from the musical "My Fair Lady"

"Submitted for your approval..."

  • A reference to Rod Sterling's narration in "The Twilight Zone"

"Hey, Edna Ferber and Joseph Kennedy"

  • Edna Ferber was and American novelist, playwright and author. Joseph Kennedy was an American businessman, political figure and father of President John F Kennedy.

"Moon for the Misbegotten" "Death of a Sales Manager"

  • "A Moon for the Misbegotten" is a play by Eugene O'Neill. "Death of a Salesman" is a play by Arthur Miller.

"J'accuse!"

  • J'accuse ("I accuse") was an open letter published on January 13, 1898, in the newspaper L'Aurore by the influential writer Émile Zola.

"Bella Abzug is actually a lot scarier than Bela Lugosi"

  • Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 - March 31, 1998) was an American lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist and a leader of the Women's Movement.

"I wonder who did his gowns for this one?"

  • Director Ed Wood was notorious for wearing women's clothing.

"Did you notice? No Hatfields?"

  • The Hatfields and McCoy's was a notorious feud.

"I'm dead Jim"

  • A reference to Leonard "Bones" McCoy from Star Trek who often had to remark (mostly about crew in red shirts) "He's dead Jim"

"Movie-beater Paints, for bad American movies, like yours"

  • A reference to "Weatherbeater Paints"

"Look out Mr. Trevino!"

  • Lee Trevino is an American Golfer who was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open.

"Hey, it's Boo Radley's house."

  • Boo Radley is a character in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" who, in the book, never leaves his house.

"Hi, it's Curt Gowdy. Can me and Phil Harris come in?

  • Curt Gowdy was an American Sportscaster and Phil Harris was an American Singer.

"Your Opium shipment's in Mr. Lugosi, sir."

  • Bela Lugosi was addicted to Methadone and Morphine, both Opium derivatives.

"It's a sinister day in the laboratory, a sinister day in the lab"

  • A parody of the lyrics to the theme to "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood". "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor".

"I will love him and feed him and call him mine."

  • A reference to the Abominable Snowman in Warner Brothers Cartoons who says "I will love him and hold him and call him George" after capturing Bugs Bunny.

Catchphrases


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