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Summary: Joe Don Baker is Mittens!
Review: This is a can't-miss episode of MST3K! It's Joel's last episode, and he goes out with a bang with very funny riffs that will have you rolling on the floor! Many riffs deserved to be a favorite but only one can.Honorable mentions are: Joel: Mitchell! Tom Servo: Heart poundin'! Joel: Mitchell! Crow: Veins clogin'! Crow (in Andy Caufman voice): Thank you very much. All: My, My, My, My Goooooooooood! But my favorite is this one. Favorite riff-Joel: Mitchell, even his name says "Is that a beer?"
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Summary: Martin Balsam: The Dewar's Profile
Review: Being not only a devoted MST3K fan but also (choke!) a fan of Joe Don Baker, I felt awfully guilty about busting my gut for exactly five seconds. To paraphrase the Episode Guide, "this movie reeked of Schlitz and pizza left under the couch." You really can't ask for anything more. After all, in what other movie (and I'm sure that, even as I write this, somebody'll find one) in the 70s could you find Joe Don, John Saxon, Linda Evans AND Merlin Olsen (who really got dogged mercilessly)? Probably one of the best things about this movie is Martin Balsam's lively, fiery performance as Cummins. As Joel mentioned, "Do you have ANY facial expressions?" Purchase and enjoy. I made sure this was the first MST tape I bought.
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Summary: Heart pounding, veins clogging fun!
Review: The ending of this episode was sad as it was Joel's final show. They made up for it with a very funny final bit were you find out that our new host for the next five years is the temp guy Mike Nelson. The movie was the best part of the episode, leaving you wondering how Joe Don Baker ever got a film role. Zero tolerance sure is funny! Laugh and don't try to follow the plot, such as there is. (Note: This episode contains one the most gross things ever in MST3K movie as listed by the Best Brainers themselves. I'll just tell you it has something to do with baby oil. Shudder. Don't think about too much afterwards. I'm warning you.) A wonderful episode! Don't worry we'll bring 'em back alive! Rowsdover?
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Summary: It doesn't get much better than this
Review: I saw the premiere of "Mitchell" in 1994 at the University of Missouri, and I've been laughing ever since. For years, my friends and I have joked about what would be in a "vodka chlorine" (from the pool scene). Full of fun and smart remarks, "Mitchell" was a heck of way for Joel to bow out. You can't go wrong with this MST3K classic.
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Summary: MST3K's Holiest of Holies
Review: Episodes of MST3K come in two varieties: 1. Joel (Mike) and the 'bots are subjected to a film devoid of basic cinematic competence (poor production, no script, hapless actors) 2. Joel (Mike) and the 'bots take merciless aim at one character in the movie (which looks and feels like a real movie) and slice him/her to bits. We have, here, probably the greatest example of #2. When we first see the slothful Mitchell waking up in the backseat of a squad car, the boys let it rip (Joel: "Here's our hero, ladies and gentlemen." Tom: "Does anyone have a moist towelette?") and it just does *not* let up until Mitchell "breaks in" to his own apartment and rips Linda Evans out of bed as she sleeps ("Yanni? Is that you?"). God, I love it. I've seen it hundreds of times and it's STILL GOOD! If you've been put off by MSTs as described in #1 above ("Manos: The Hands of Fate" comes to mind), please give it another chance with Mitchell. You'll never look at Joe Don the same, even if he does a cute cameo in "Reality Bites" as Winona Ryder's father.
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Summary: I am hopelessly addicted to "Mitchell"!
Review: This is far and away my favorite MST episode. From Johnny Mathis robbing Saxon's house to Servo's "3M" narration, this tape requires at least three viewings to catch all the jokes your laughing will drown out! The host segments are OK, but the real showcase here is...MITCHELL! Chronicling the adventures of a slovenly, hygenically-challenged cop with a love of ring-dings, steak and cheap beer, this movie is a total laugh-riot. Joe Don Baker lurches through his role with all the grace of a hobo coming off a four-day bender. His pudgy, porsine face looks like a mass of pizza dough to which someone has affixed a pair of wax lips, and his ill-fitting, overly loud wardrobe causes one to wonder if Mitchell hasn't been fishing in the Salvation Army bin. Also worth mentioning is the scene in which Mitchell beds Linda Evans. This sequence couldn't be more nauseating if the producers had included coprophilia. One look at Evans running her fingers around Baker's food-encrusted mouth, and you'll be woofing your groceries! Basically, to understand this movie, you need only view the scene in which Mitchell is lying in his filth-ridden bed in a beer-clouded haze, his giant stomach sticking out like a medicine ball. Around him are crushed beer cans, food wrappers and cigarette butts. No doubt the clammy stink of skid-marked underpants, week-old pizza and decay hangs in the room. The MST gang looks at this scene, and Crow remarks: "Ladies and gentlemen, our hero." That says it all!
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Summary: My my my my MITCHELL!
Review: This is one of the best MST3K episodes around. This episode is #512. This episode is the last episode for Joel Hodgson. Even though he's going to leave they picked a GREAT movie for Joel's last show called Mitchell. Jon Don Baker is Mitchell, a not so bright, not so clean, heavy drinking, lazy cop who doesn't play by the rules. He stumbles onto a drug ring and begins conducting an investigation. The drug lords send our hero Mitchell Linda Evans so maybe Mitchell could stay off the case and stay in bed, but Linda Evans falls for our fat Joe Don Baker. Our just hero just doesn't quit, he stays on the investigation. Overall our hero walks around and kills a few people, drinks a few beers, eats some food, has some loven with Linda and a bottle of baby oil, and so on. Joel & his robot pals do a great job MSTing this trash which makes this movie worth watching. They make many jokes about Joe Don Baker that are just hilarious. The host segments are also funny. This video should be bought right away for any MST3K fan to enjoy as soon as possible. I think you'll like it VERY much!
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Summary: This is my fave.
Review: This is my favorite MST3K episode. Being a MYSTIE for years this one never fails to crack me up.
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Summary: Joel Hodgson's Last Episode is Also One of the Best!
Review: "Mitchell" marks the last MST3K episode featuring Joel Robinson, who in this episode finds his way back to earth in an escape pod disguised in a crate maked "Hamdingers". Additionally, this particular episode marks one of the relatively few times the series took on a movie genre other than sci-fi. The results are hilarious, and it makes you wonder why Best Brains, who produced the series, didn't consider lampooning more godawful cop and detective movies. The 70's were full of movies like "Mitchell" that deserved the MST treatment just as much! As mentioned by numerous other reviewers, the "baby oil" scene is so smarmy that Crow can't help but throw out the wisecracks...which definitely makes an improvement! One final note: The MST3K Episode Guide mentions that Joe Don Baker was furious over this particular episode and made some threats to various cast members. Whether true or not, it certainly adds to the legend!
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Summary: Joe Don Baker is Mitchell!
Review: This is one of the best MST3K episodes around. This episode is #512. This episode is also the last episode for Joel Hodgson to star in. Even though he's going to leave they picked a GREAT movie for Joel's last show called Mitchell. Jon Don Baker is Mitchell, a not so bright, not so clean, heavy drinking, lazy cop who doesn't play by the rules. He stumbles onto a drug ring and begins conducting an investigation. The drug lords send him hooker Linda Evans so he could stay off the case, but she falls for our fat Joe Don Baker. But our hero doesn't quit, he stays on the investigation. Overall our hero walks around and kills a few people, drinks a few beers, eats some food, and so on. Joel & his robot pals do a great job MSTing this trash which makes this movie worth watching. They make many jokes about Joe Don Baker that are just hilarious. The host segments are also funny. This video should be bought right away for any MST3K fan to enjoy as soon as possible. I think you'll like it VERY much!
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