605 - Colossus and the Headhunters
Air Date	August 20, 1994
Movie Director	Guido Malatesta
Year	1960
Cast	Kirk Morris, Laura Brown
Preceded by	604 - Zombie Nightmare
Followed by	606 - The Creeping Terror

Contents 1 The Movie 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Information 2 The Episode 2.1 Host Segments 2.2 Obscure References

The MovieEdit

SynopsisEdit

The title character (Morris) barely escapes an earthquake. He then lands on an island overrun with headhunters. In trying to rescue an exiled young queen, Colossus nearly loses his own noggin. [1]

InformationEdit

• Distributed in the U.S. by American International Pictures and later bundled into the Sons of Hercules TV package.[2]
• In this dubbed English version everyone still calls the hero “Maciste” (Mike and the bots prefer to call him “My cheesesteak”). Nobody ever refers to him as “Colossus.”
• Kirk “Kirky” Morris, who plays Maciste, is actually Italian. His real name is Adriano Bellini.

The EpisodeEdit

Host SegmentsEdit

Prologue: Tom has done Crow's taxes. Turns out Crow owes $37,000 in back-taxes for the $12 he made selling Grit in 1989. Mike, on the other hand, is getting a $20,000 tax refund.

Segment One: Dr. F has invented Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter, the world’s most adorable pet. He sends Nummy to the SOL, much to Frank's dismay. Mike adores him immediately.

Segment Two: Pining for his beloved pet, Frank sings "Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter".

Segment Three: Nummy’s fur is everywhere, the Bots hate him, and Gypsy is allergic.

Segment Four: Nummy is sick, and Frank is sick, so Mike sends Nummy back to Deep 13.

Segment Five: The bots want to know what it feels like to get your head chopped off. And they want Mike to demonstrate. Mike reads a letter from a girl who got a B on her speech about MST. Also, her cat always tries to claw Tom Servo when he’s on TV. Another little girl has written a poem: "To Gypsy: Roses are red, violets are blue, I love you." The Mads are transfixed by NummyMuffinCoocolButter.

Stinger: A guy gets shot by an arrow during a big battle scene.

Obscure ReferencesEdit

• "...for the total of twelve dollars I made selling Grit in '89?"

Grit was an early nationwide newspaper (since converted to magazine format, and now distributed mainly in rural areas) whose subscriptions were sold door-to-door by children, many of whom were recruited through ads in comic books. Crow tried to sell Grit once more in episode 417, Crash of Moons.

• "Besides, Willie Nelson and Redd Foxx are calling!"

A reference to the fact that both Nelson and Foxx encountered highly publicized tax problems after being audited by the IRS.

• "No matter what occurs, I will find you!"

Frank is quoting the 1992 movie version of The Last of the Mohicans.

• "Let's see, do I sleep tonight, or not..."

Tom is referring to the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens.

• "The Ringo Starr Gang!"

A reference to the 1981 movie Caveman, in which Starr played the title role.

• "The Cross and the Switchblade!"

The Cross and the Switchblade was a 1963 book (filmed as a movie in 1970) in which evangelist David Wilkerson described his work among street gangs in New York City.

• "Terry Anderson!"

Terry Anderson was one of several Americans held hostage by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon beginning in 1985.

• "Is the 'Marat/Sade' down here?"

Marat/Sade is a play about the Marquis de Sade's confinement to an insane asylum.

• "Go back to watching 'Phenom'!"

Phenom was a short-lived sitcom from 1993-94 about a teenage tennis player.

• "They've imprisoned Michael McDonald!"

Michael McDonald was the lead singer for the Doobie Brothers during the late 1970s.

• "I don't want to go to Camp Snoopy!"

Camp Snoopy is the former name of Nickelodeon Universe, the small indoor amusement park located inside the Mall of America.

• "It's the Sledge-O-Matic!"

The Sledge-O-Matic is a recurring bit in which prop comic Gallagher smashes objects (most famously watermelons) with an oversized wooden mallet.

• "King Vitaman!"

King Vitaman is a breakfast cereal.

• "His favorite band is Blind Melon!"

Blind Melon is an alternative rock band best known for its 1993 hit "No Rain".

• "And now, the traditional viewing of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'!"

Berlin Alexanderplatz was a German TV miniseries that was later shown in U.S. theaters as a 15 1/2-hour-long movie.

• "There can be only three hundred!"

A parody of a line from Highlander.

preceded by: Season 5		MST3K Season 6					followed by: Season 7
		1994 - 1995
601	Girls Town	1994-07-16	609	The Skydivers	1994-08-27	617	The Sword and the Dragon	1994-12-03
602	Invasion USA	1994-07-23	610	The Violent Years	1994-10-15	618	High School Big Shot	1994-12-20
603	The Dead Talk Back	1994-07-31	611	Last of the Wild Horses	1994-10-15	619	Red Zone Cuba	1994-12-17
604	Zombie Nightmare	1994-11-24	612	The Starfighters	1994-10-29	620	Danger!! Death Ray	1995-01-07
605	Colossus and the Headhunters	1994-08-20	613	The Sinister Urge	1994-11-05	621	The Beast of Yucca Flats	1995-01-21
606	The Creeping Terror	1994-09-17	614	San Francisco International	1994-11-19	622	Angels Revenge	1995-03-11
607	Bloodlust	1994-09-03	615	Kitten with a Whip	1994-11-23	623	The Amazing Transparent Man	1995-03-18
608	Code Name: Diamond Head	1994-10-01	616	Racket Girls	1994-11-26	624	Samson vs. the Vampire Women	1995-03-25