The Atomic Brain
From MST3K
| 518 - The Atomic Brain | |
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| Air Date | December 4, 1993 |
| AKA | Monstrosity |
| Movie Director | Joseph V. Mascelli |
| Year | 1964 |
| Cast | Marjorie Eaton, Frank Gerstle, Frank Fowler |
| Preceded by | 517 - Beginning of the End |
| Followed by | 519 - Outlaw |
Contents |
The Short
WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Synopsis
A band of no-good punks beat a guy for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil, before arriving to pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten. Twist!
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The Movie
Synopsis
Hetty March (Eaton) is a rich old lady with plenty of money. With the help of rogue scientist Dr. Otto Frank (Gerstle) kept on retainer, she intends to have her brain (through the miracle of modern 1964 atomics) transferred into a young body. The body is to be selected from three candidates. Which one will it be? Anita from Spain, Nina from Austria, or Bea from England? What does her aged companion think of this? Will the scientist be able to gain something from this? And do the three donors suspect what awaits them? [1]
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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 fight fire with fire.
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 voice-over guy, but quickly finds him to be loathsome.
Closing (Segment Five): Crow is Hank Kimball as The Fugitive while Mike reads letters, while despite his better judgment "Dr." Frank consents to meet Dr. Fist.
Stinger: Anita teaches us Spanish for "AAAAAAAH!"
Obscure References
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 Sidehackers and Shorts Volume 2.
- 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 |
