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The Starfighters

From MST3K

612 - The Starfighters
Air Date October 29, 1994
Movie Director Will Zens
Year 1964
Cast Robert Dornan, Richard Jordahl, Richard Masters
Preceded by 611 - Last of the Wild Horses
Followed by 613 - The Sinister Urge


Contents

The Movie

Synopsis

A movie about planes that, sadly, also has actors in it. Refueling is prominently featured.

Information

  • Robert Dornan, who plays young Lt. John Witkowski, is the former congressman from California who unsuccessfully vied for the 1996 Republican nomination for President, then lost his House seat in a hotly contested race the same year, losing by less than a thousand votes.

The Episode

Host Segments

Prologue: With his seriously impressive (by 1994 standards) computer, Crow attempts to access the wonder that is the information superhighway using state of the art (by 1994 standards) dial-up. When his talked up tech skills crumble when he's unable to connect, Mike and Tom have to restrain him from smashing the computer/himself.

Segment One: As Crow suffers through the queue waiting for technical support, the Mads attempt to introduce their new cranial ports, but are enticed by Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce, until they discover that the SOL crew has misrepresented its claimed boldness.

Segment Two: Inspired by the film, Crow and Tom reenact the spectacle that is... "refueling". Unfortunately Crow's on-hold tech support call finally reaches a human in the middle of it and he can't "disengage" in time.

Segment Three: The Bots "debriefing" of Mike is a little too literal.

Segment Four: The United Servo Academy Men's Chorus perform a stirring tribute to flight.

Closing (Segment Five): Crow finally gets to experience the wonder that is the information superhighway, but finds the wonder has been overstated a tad as Mike reads a letter, while the Mads finally get to show off their new cranial ports.

Stinger: Wife's killer elbow teaches Hubby whose boss.

Obscure References

  • "It's Budgie the Helicopter!"

Budgie the Little Helicopter is a character created by Sarah, Duchess of York for a series of children's books.

  • Poopie (or Poopy) Suits

Poopie Suit is a nickname for a water survival suit. Its nickname stems from the odor that it acquires after extended use. It comes with a neck gasket and does not, by design, breathe. At all.

Also, that really is the nickname for that particular piece of flight gear--not a 'sanitized for Hollywood' version.

Video Release


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