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Summary: "Vodka sandwiches!"
Review: You pretty much can't go wrong with anything from MST3K; even the less-than-stellar moments ("The Unearthly", "The Gunslinger") beat 99% of what you'll find on TV nowadays. Happily, this is a good one: a movie just bad enough to work with, better than average sketches, and the riffing...the sweet, sweet riffing. To this day, I can't look at Cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz" without wetting myself (Just watch the movie.)Oh, and it's my birthday tomorrow...
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Summary: I ACCUSE JOEL & THE 'BOTS....
Review: ....of making me laugh my a$$ off. This is one of the greats. The "Truck Farmer" short is bleak and hilarious... from its ridiculous portrayal of pioneers heading west, to its non-PC depiction of farm workers, to the fact that there is not one truck in the entire thing. "Some farmers like to plow to Igor Stravinsky!" Thanks, Crow, for the belly-laugh! The feature is a new high/low in the non-SciFi genre... a morality tale for the Eisenhower era. Jimmy is a product of growing up in an 80-proof household... his parents swill the stuff like water. Jimmy's mother: this chick is off the chain. The "swinger" allusions are a riot... but it's like the Cleavers live next door... kinky! The scene where Jimmy sells Kitty shoes is priceless. Likewise, Kitty's horendous vocal numbers are brilliantly skewered by Joel and the 'Bots; you will be laughing so hard that you will have to watch them multiple times to catch everything. A supporting cast to die for, as well. When is Rhino just going to bite the bullet, pay the marginal copyright fees, and put this whole series out on DVD? THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE and WEREWOLF need to see digital glory.
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Summary: One of the best MST3Ks ever!
Review: This is one of the best MST3Ks ever! We begin with a short on farming. As a bulldozer plows through the woods, Servo comments, "The sad thing is this guy doesn't even work for anyone. He's just doing this for kicks." 'I Accuse My Parents' isn't really that bad. It's about a 25 year old high school student Jimmy, who blames his association with gangsters nicer than Mr. Rogers on his parents lack of love. OK it's black and white in the 50s but it's not nearly as bad as some of the movies we've seen on MST3K. The classic humor here comes from the way Joel, Servo, and Crow don't let anything go. In the beginning Jimmy wins an essay contest. An hour ½ later when Jimmy is on the street Servo says, "Now he's forced to sell his essays on the street." You really have to see this one. Trust me MST3K fans, this is one of the best! Why haven't they released the rest on DVD or VHS? Because these bombed big time and there was no profit. That's why.
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Summary: the stirring sequel to j'accuse...
Review: i accuse my parents is kinda underrated. it's a good episode. it features one of those great, inexplicably weird characters: the guy who runs the hamburger stand. if somebody was being that kind to me, religious or not, i'd get out of there tout suite. i was just thinking, this movie really defies the title MYSTERY SCIENCE theater 3000. there's really no mystery or science, except perhaps the twisted psyche of main character jimmy, which mike and the bots explore in one of the skits. the truck farmer short is pretty funny, and provides a frigteningly unflinching look at mexican near-slave labor (apparently it's not a big deal). i try to mention something for NEW fans in all of my reviews, so here we go: i wouldn't START here in exploring mst3k, but it's a good place to go once you've experienced some classic episodes like manos and red zone cuba
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Summary: Funny Episode!!!
Review: I really liked the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode featuring the film "I Accuse My Parents". The film revolves around Jimmy who tends to lie to any and everyone about his dysfunctional homelife. His mother is an alcoholic and his father is a gambler and adulter. Jimmy then meets a beautiful woman named Kitty and instantly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, Kitty is involved with a mobster, and the story just snowballs from there. The commentary from Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow is really funny and you can't help but add some of your own comments to this crazy movie. As an added bonus, you also get to watch the short, "The Truck Farmer" which basically talks about farming in the South during the winter - they made sure to show every unpaid worker they could. I would highly recommend this episode to any fan of MST3K! You won't be disappointed!!!!
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Summary: The Blame Game
Review: OK, this story's about Jimmy. At the start he seems to be a nice, smart, well-liked kid, who, for someone who looks like he's in his twenties, does real well in high school. But, as it turns out, Jimmy also has a real knack for lying and doing shady errands for his girlfriend's (Kitty) other boyfriend (mobster Charlie). And the whole reason he resorts to this life of crime is because his parents have a bigger interest in spending time at Jack Taylor's house with their good friend Jim Beam instead of spending time with Jimmy.
This episode is one of my favorites. Joel and the 'bots are so "on", that even Kitty's songs, which when seen in their original state would be mind-numbingly unbearable, are hilarious enough to rewind and watch again before continuing with the rest of the show. The movie provides so much material to lampoon that the time just flies by while watching it. And just when you think it may be slowing down and getting a little dull, the character (and what a character!) of Al Frazier comes along to give the guys enough ammo to easily fill the last 20 minutes of the movie.
My experience has been that it's best to start newbies out with Mitchell, but when I'm not sure what I want to watch I always turn to I Accuse My Parents. And it provides a great alternative stress reliever. Did you burn tonight's dinner, lose your job, or get your hand slammed in a door? Forget swearing, just accuse your parents! It's fun!
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Summary: MST3K at its best
Review: "I Accuse My Parents" is absolutely one of the funniest episodes in MST3K's rich history. The "Are You Happy in Your Work?" sketch remains one of my favorites. This episode is vintage Joel. I'm a huge fan of both Mike Nelson and Joel and this is one of the funniest episodes either of them hosted. Joel is at the top of his game in this one. It's from the show's 5th season which is, for my money, when the show hit its prime. The season that gave us "Mitchell", "Eegah!", "Santa Claus", "Village of the Giants" and "Warrior of the Lost World" finds the whole writing staff at a creative peak. "I Accuse My Parents" is actually one of Joel's last (and best) episodes. If you enjoy this era of the show, you must buy this episode. The sound and picture quality of the Rhino DVD is terrific to boot.
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Summary: Not their best work
Review: I ordered this based on the title alone and ended up being disappointed. The movie itself was boring and there wasn't much the commentators could do to save it. I am personally a bigger Mike Nelson fan than I am a Joel fan, so perhaps I am prejudiced. I hope they release more movies from the more recent seasons soon...
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Summary: Go ahead, accuse your parents! It's fun!
Review: Episode 507, I Accuse My Parents, is a great example of the preachy melodramas that the MST3K gang ripped into gleefully before they moved to that other network that would not let the guys stray too far from science fiction movies. I would not call this a classic episode, but it's certainly very entertaining. Jim is a goofy kid who blames all of his problems on his parents. Sure, his mom is a lush and his father is a cold fish also known to slosh around in the bottom of the bowl, but the kid seems to have a good head on his shoulders'at first. Unfortunately, Jim's first place finish in an action-packed school essay contest seems to be the peak of his intellectual career. When his teachers want to meet the mother who inspired such a baseball and apple pie essay in praise of family life, Jim's thrilling victory is turned into deep shame when his mother stumbles in to the meeting as drunk as a fish. Only now do Jim's emotional problems (and stupidity) begin to come out into the open. Having lied about his family life for years, he begins to lie about basically everything. After managing to start a career in the lucrative shoe sales business, he meets up with a night club singer named Kitty. Soon he is lying to her about his family and throwing money around trying to impress her. Having no money to start with, he starts running odd jobs for Kitty's shady boss (who also happens to love Kitty). Too stupid to realize what he is doing, Jim finds himself smack dab in a life of crime. After making countless stupid mistakes, he justifies everything by accusing his parents. Yes, it is all the fault of the parents who gave him everything he wanted but didn't love him enough'how can he be blamed for doing odd jobs for his Mafia boss and lying like Rip Van Winkle in the mountains and pretending to be a big shot in front of his girlfriend? This movie is just a morality play. Ostensibly aimed at parents, its message is actually one of lying and passing the buck for troubled youths. It actually features three musical numbers, which Joel and the guys manage to pull us through with their typical acerbic comments. Melodramas like this just begged to be riffed, and the gang steps right up to the plate and knocks out a few extra base hits with this one. They also manage to make a horribly boring short, The Truck Farmer, bearable. The quality of the skits is also pretty high this time around. One of them features the infamous Tom Servo nude scene, while another gem has Joel and the Bots performing one of the snappy musical numbers from the movie. This video ranks above average on the old laugh meter and should definitely be a part of any MST fan's collection.
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Summary: I accuse the producers
Review: I love Mystery Science theater and I've written several reviews for episodes I've bought on Amazon. When I was looking for new episodes to buy and came across this one, the reviews made "I Accuse My Parents" sound like the most amazing DVD in the world. It wasn't. I did, do, and always will like Mike better than Joel. This episode (wih Joel) was a huge dissappointment after reading all the fantastic reviews.
The movie is about a kid who's on trial for something...murder or robbery or drug smuggling...and he blames his neglectful and adulterous parents for causig him to go to the dark side. The movie was tedious, the comments weren't all that funny, and I found myself wishing I had spent the money on blank videos to tape the episodes with Mike on the Sci-Fi channel.
The funniest part was the short at the beginning of the movie "Truck farming" which had its moments.
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