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Women be different then men!

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313 - Earth vs the Spider
Air Date	September 14, 1991
AKA	Earth vs the Giant Spider
Movie Director	Bert I. Gordon
Year	1958
Cast	Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth
Preceded by	312 - Gamera vs Guiron
Followed by	314 - Mighty Jack

Contents 1 The Short 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Information 2 The Movie 2.1 Synopsis 2.2 Information 3 The Episode 3.1 Host Segments 3.2 Other Notes 3.3 Obscure References

The ShortEdit

SynopsisEdit

Professor E.C. Buehler tells us how to be effective speakers. He has a nifty wire rack to display his points on, and places an emphasis on being heard, understood, and especially "pleasing".

InformationEdit

• This short was included on Shorts Vol 3, released by Rhino Entertainment on VHS in Janurary 2001, and on DVD in August 2004 as an limited time exclusive bonus for ordering MST3K: The Essentials from a specially created Rhino site.

The MovieEdit

SynopsisEdit

When a man doesn’t come home one night, his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man’s wrecked car. Coming back with the sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and its body is then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of rock music by a teenage garage band revives the arachnid and sends it rampaging through the town. [1] Meanwhile, the girl and her boyfriend have gone back to the cave to look for a bracelet that she dropped (the birthday present from her father). The oversized arachnid then returns to its lair and the sheriff dynamites the cave entrance, unwittingly trapping the two teens inside with the spider. Rescuers open a small hole above the cave and send down a device that the teens use to electrocute the spider.

InformationEdit

Parts of the movie were filmed on location at Carlsbad Caverns. Parts of the movie were also filmed on a sound stage with matte effects to make it look like Carlsbad Caverns using a variety of scenic shots that you've seen before. On postcards sold in the gift shop at Carlsbad.

Laszlo Gorog also wrote The Mole People.

The EpisodeEdit

Host SegmentsEdit

Prologue: It's "Inside the Robot Mind" with host Crow T. Robot and special guest Tom Servo! They don't get past the introduction.

Segment One (Invention Exchange): TV's Frank steals the cheese phone from Joel. Joel presents the CD Blow Dryer to replace the In-Salon 8-Track and the Portable Dryer Cassette models.

Segment Two: Crow writes a screenplay, Earth vs. Soup. Joel and Servo are not impressed. This doesn't discourage Crow in the least.

Segment Three: The hot new rock group, Spidorr, is interrupted by a visit from the cranky Custodian of the 7th Galaxy.

Segment Four: Joel and the Bots lament the loss of cool, yet dangerous toys of the past, like Creepy Crawlers and Lawn Darts.

Segment Five: Tom and Crow write reports. Tom's report focuses on Bert I. Gordon's common themes. Crow's isn't finished yet. Frank has repercussions from consuming the entire cheese phone.

Stinger: A poor speaker from the short rambles on.

Other NotesEdit

Guest Stars

• Custodian of the 7th Galaxy: Michael J. Nelson

Miscellanea

• When Joel berates the Mads for idea theft and reaching "a new high in stupidity and evil", Dr. Forrester and Frank respond by saying "Thank you!" in the same manner Dr. F and Dr. Erhardt would reply during Season 1 whenever Joel commented on their evilness. The Mads then stare at each other uncomfortably. This wouldn't be the only callback to Larry this episode, either (see below).
• The Custodian's ship appears to be a model of a high school (complete with flagpole) with the the front end and nacelle wings of an AMT/Ertl Klingon D-7 class battlecruiser model.

Obscure ReferencesEdit

• "It's called Herbalife!"

Herbalife is a brand of personal health products sold via multi-level marketing.

• "Dr. Erhardt! So that's what happened to him!"

Larry's demise, perhaps?

• “Hey Joe!” – Mike Simpson “Where you goin’ with that gun in your hand?” –Tom Servo

Refers to the song Hey Joe by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

• Custodian of the Seventh Galaxy.

A likely reference to the seminal 70's jazz-fusion album "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" by Chick Corea and Return to Forever.

preceded by: Season 2		MST3K Season 3					followed by: Season 4
		1991 - 1992
301	Cave Dwellers	1991-06-01	309	The Amazing Colossal Man	1991-07-27	317	The Saga of the Viking Women...	1991-10-26
302	Gamera	1991-06-08	310	Fugitive Alien	1991-08-17	318	Star Force: Fugitive Alien II	1991-11-16
303	Pod People	1991-06-08	311	It Conquered the World	1991-08-24	319	War of the Colossal Beast	1991-11-30
304	Gamera vs Barugon	1991-06-22	312	Gamera vs Guiron	1991-09-07	320	The Unearthly	1991-12-14
305	Stranded in Space	1991-06-29	313	Earth vs the Spider	1991-09-21	321	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	1991-12-21
306	Time of the Apes	1991-07-06	314	Mighty Jack	1991-09-28	322	Master Ninja I	1992-01-11
307	Daddy-O (episode)	1991-07-13	315	Teenage Cave Man	1991-11-09	323	The Castle of Fu Manchu	1992-01-18
308	Gamera vs Gaos	1991-07-20	316	Gamera vs Zigra	1991-10-19	324	Master Ninja II	1992-01-25