“ | "Hey, wait a minute!"
"She's nude!" |
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- Mike and Crow |
The Short[]
WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Synopsis[]
A gang of punks assault a man for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil. They then pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten.
Information[]
- This short was later used by RiffTrax.
The Movie[]
- Main article: The Atomic Brain (film)
Synopsis[]
A bitter elderly woman uses her fortune to fund an amoral medical researcher's attempts to implant human brainwaves into a different body (including animals).
The Episode[]
Host Segments[]
Prologue: Mike gushes as Crow and Tom do the final dress rehearsal for the performance piece Love Letters.
Invention Exchange (Segment One): The Bots dress up as and mock the Mads, leaving the Mads no choice but to respond in kind. As usual it doesn't go so well for Frank.
Segment Two: With the aid of a weather station kit, Tom has transformed himself into Weather Servo 9! He quickly learns why they normally don't leave the safety of the ship.
Segment Three: Mike shows Tom and Crow what a chin puppet is. They're disturbed by Mike's behavior... until he turns right side up.
Segment Four: Magic Voice chats with the film's narrator (voice of Bradford Dillman), but quickly finds him to be loathsome.
Closing (Segment Five): Crow is Hank Kimball as The Fugitive while Mike reads letters. Despite his better judgment "Dr." Frank consents to meet Dr. Fist.
Stinger: Anita's scream when she sees the cat in the mansion
MST3K cast[]
- Michael J. Nelson - Mike Nelson
- Trace Beaulieu - Crow T. Robot / Dr. Clayton Forrester
- Kevin Murphy - Tom Servo
- Frank Conniff - TV's Frank
- Jim Mallon - Gypsy
- Mary Jo Pehl - Magic Voice
Trivia[]
- When this episode was first released on DVD, the stinger was not included. Rhino Entertainment claims that the stinger was not included the master copy that Best Brains provided them. The stinger was included in the Shout! Factory re-release.
Callbacks[]
- “So klandinctu!” (Crash of Moons)
- “Trumpy you can do magic!” (Pod People)
- “Looking for the ‘Manos’ set.”
- Dr. Fist returns (Magic Voyage of Sinbad)
Obscure References[]
- "Sam the Eagle presents..."
The 'Young America Films' eagle logo looks somewhat similar to the similarly stern-looking Muppet Sam the Eagle.
- "Gordon Jump!!" "Our Maytag broke sir!"
Gordon Jump was an American actor who portrayed The Maytag Repairman in a number of Maytag commercials.
- "Oh Willard Scott! I'll gently polish you."
Willard Scott was a TV personality known for being the long-time weatherman on the Today Show. He would announce the birthdays of viewers turning 100 years old. He was also bald-headed.
- "I give you Cheetah Chrome!"
Cheetah Chrome was the alias of guitarist Eugene O'Connor who played for various punk rock bands like The Dead Boys as well as his own band Cheetah Chrome and the Casualties.
- "Young American! Young American!! He was a Young Ameriiiccaaannn!!"
Lyrics from David Bowie's hit song "Young Americans".
- "Weekend at Bernie's: The Armageddon."
Reference to a comedy film about a pair of insurance workers who are forced to pretend their recently murdered boss is still alive.
- "Doo! Doo! DOO! (Snaps fingers)....Coming this Christmas."
Servo is singing the familiar hook from the Addams Family theme song. The movie Addams Family Values was released the year this episode aired; though it was released a little before Thanksgiving rather than Christmas.
- "Ann-Margrock!"
Ann-Margrock is the Flintstones version of Ann-Margret.
- "That's Prince's new name, isn't it?"
In the 90's, in the midst of an ugly battle with his record company, Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol (which often led him to being referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" in the press).
- "Blanche, no! Rrrrrrrrrrrrr, dmmm dmmm dtttmm."
Inspired by the car pulling up to the gate, Servo is referencing the sororicidal scene from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- "Norm! Norm! Norm! Norm! Norm!" (short)
A double reference, to the character from Cheers, and to the members of the gang who are dressed identically.
- "Now, Janet..." "Dammit!"
A reference to the song "Dammit Janet" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- "Joe Orton would meet someone here."
A reference to the British playwright, whose posthumously published diaries speak (quite a bit) about seeking anonymous sex in public lavatories and similar locations.
- [ "Who is it?" ] "It's the plumber. I've come to fix the sink."
From a Sesame Street animated short.
- "Well, it seems like our options are limited. Are you familiar with Rita Mae Brown?"
Rita Mae Brown is a feminist author, whose most famous work deals with lesbian situations in an explicit manner unusual for the era in which it was published.
- "He's changing into the Incredible Hulk!"
In the Incredible Hulk TV series, David Banner's transformations into the titular beast would be started by a close up of his eye wide with horror.
- "Selznick International Pictures"
Selznick International Pictures (1935-1943) was a shortlived film production studios. Ms. Marsh's house resembles the building made as its logo.
- "Pete, Linc, Julie and ...Steve?"
Pete, Linc and Julie were three of the main characters of the 1968-73 television series The Mod Squad. The fourth character was Captain Adam Greer
Video Release[]
- Commercially released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in October 1997, the episode was also released at the same time as part of a 3-VHS set with I Accuse My Parents and Red Zone Cuba.
- Commercially released on DVD by Rhino in April 2003 as part of The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 3, a 4-DVD set with The Unearthly, The Side Hackers and Shorts Volume 2.
- The set was re-released by Shout! Factory in September 2016.
- The DVD features alternate takes for the host segments from this episode.
preceded by: Season 4 | MST3K Season 5 | followed by: Season 6 | ||||||
1993 - 1994 | ||||||||
501 | Warrior of the Lost World | 1993-07-24 | 509 | The Girl in Lovers Lane | 1993-09-18 | 517 | Beginning of the End | 1993-11-25 |
502 | Hercules | 1993-07-17 | 510 | The Painted Hills | 1993-09-26 | 518 | The Atomic Brain | 1993-12-04 |
503 | Swamp Diamonds | 1993-07-31 | 511 | Gunslinger | 1993-10-09 | 519 | Outlaw | 1993-12-11 |
504 | Secret Agent Super Dragon | 1993-08-07 | 512 | Mitchell | 1993-10-23 | 520 | Radar Secret Service | 1993-12-18 |
505 | The Magic Voyage of Sinbad | 1993-08-14 | 513 | The Brain That Wouldn't Die | 1993-10-30 | 521 | Santa Claus | 1993-12-24 |
506 | Eegah | 1993-08-28 | 514 | Teen-Age Strangler | 1993-11-07 | 522 | Teen-Age Crime Wave | 1994-01-15 |
507 | I Accuse My Parents | 1993-09-04 | 515 | The Wild Wild World of Batwoman | 1993-11-13 | 523 | Village of the Giants | 1994-01-22 |
508 | Operation Double 007 | 1993-09-11 | 516 | Alien from L.A. | 1993-11-20 | 524 | 12 to the Moon | 1994-02-05 |