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Summary: Definitely one of the best MST3K episodes.
Review: This movie has all the classic elements ripe for riffing and the riffing is really ripe in this episode. Gotta have for all msties!
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Summary: Oh, my mom. She's swell...........Liar! liar! liar!
Review: Well, even though this isn't one of the best mst3k episodes i've seen, it still made me laugh till I passed out. The Truck Farmer short is so depressing. And, I kid you not, but I swear that I see my grandma and great grandma in the fields picking vegetables! And they did do that work back then in that area! "My Grandma" is the one where Joel comments, "A preteen is put to work, her beauty will soon fade." Too bad they're not alive anymore to back my story. But the movie was hilarious, with that poor dumb clod Jimmy, who's one big liar, and a real complicated haircut. There's a drunk mom, a corpse for a dad, and a girlfriend with a weird profile. Also the mob is involved somehow. Add a hamburger garnished with french fried potatoes and you got I accuse My Parents! Enjoy!
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Summary: LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!
Review: Well all I can say about I Accuse My parents is that it isn't my favorite episode, but this one is freakin hilarious. And that's sayin' something about the other episodes I've seen. But this one does take the cake. You got a drunk mom, a corpse for a dad, and a girlfriend named Kittie Reed with an odd profile. Put it all together and you got the life of poor dumb clod, Jimmy. Oh, well. At least he won that essay contest, huh? Also love that depressing truck farmer short. I kid you not, but there are two women in that short who look excactly like my grandma and great grandma. And they worked in the fields in that area back then too! coincidence? I think not. Too bad they're not alive anymore to answer my questions! Adjka! Wait! Is his name jimmy? I forget.
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Summary: Another classic episode!
Review: This has one of my favorite host bits. The SOL crew lip sync one of the songs from the movie "Are you happy in your work?" I have to stop the tape when it's done so my laughter can die down. The guy working Gypsy keeps up with it very well! Also, Joel's art theropy session with Tom Servo and his 2 moms ("The guy should be in a straight jacket"). I love it! It helps that the movie is actually okay for a b-grade flick. It all begins with a funny short about farming. Nonstop fun. This is a must have tape. I understand a DVD is forthcoming.
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Summary: My couch got soiled but I don't mind....
Review: I have most all of the MST3K videos and this is the one we reach for the most. Not a 3 second interval can pass without us howling in laughter. This is my absolute favorite episode hands down because it is overflowing with the razor-sharp sarcasm Joel and the bots do so well. Tom Servo's opening credit song is rewind worthy and you'll be singing it to yourself after the movie is over. The host segments are off the scale funny. I hate over-hyping but I'M NOT! If you love MST3K and haven't seen this one, you HAVE to. HAVE TO. You'll wet yourself and maybe accuse your own parents!
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Summary: Strange choice for MST2k
Review: This video is not nearly as funny as Cave Dwellers (the funniest in the MST2k series). Strange choice of film for them to review/watch. Much better when they do Sci Fi.
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Summary: Great mid-series episode
Review: Jimmy's a pretty messed-up kid, and in deep to the mob. But when he finally comes to his senses, turns out he's almost Clintonesque in his ability to shift blame for his own actions onto other people. A note at the end of this 1944 morality play says it will be shown to American troops in World War II combat areas. I wonder what the Marines at Iwo thought of this little loser.We're also treated to an exciting short about farming. This is an excellent mid-series MST episode. The host segment exploring the psychological roots of Jimmy's problems is especially entertaining, but all the riffing is very high quality. Rhino picked a good one when they released this one on video.
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Summary: I Accuse My Parents
Review: Who can resist that title? This film has so much MST3K riff potential that it could have been written for them. A "roots of teen crime" premise (I was abused as a zygote), a weenie male lead, a hair-helmeted B-movie queen, innumerable too-easy booze references, fast-talking (as in auctioneering) mafiosos--just about anything you care to hyphenate can be found in abundance in this classic tale of a boy who is born, wins an essay contest, falls in love, unknowingly turns to a life of crime, commits murder and in the end (beginning) fingers mom and dad.I envision the Best Brains ensemble sitting around the writers couch going "What DON'T we joke about?". The film just seems to be made for them. A semi-musical b/w gift from the B-movie gods. What is most disturbing is that which lies beneath the quips, the underlying vibe of it all.
First of all the sketches, from first to last, build upon one another to a crescendo of psychoanalytic "huh?". Rooted in a self-conscious probe into male sexuality (naked Tom Servo) and bisexuality (Cake-N-Shake), the sketches continue on through alternative family structure and a chalk talk/baby mobile view of Jimmy's mind before going for the REAL throat--the Hamburger Guy. Is he God or just your uncle's weird friend? Or both? Insert willies here.
Anyway, all that was just a bunch of made-up crap. Enjoy this version of I Accuse My Parents because you should. And I will.
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Summary: I accuse this film of being really bad
Review: I Accuse My Parents, while not one of the worst films on MST3k, is still ludicrously incompetant enough to make Joel, Crow, and Servo's roasting of it a special experience. It's basically about Jimmy, who is neglected by his drunk parents and ends up killing someone. It could have been a thought-provoking story of how his parents' ignorance led him to join the mob, except he's so stupid he doesn't even realize he joined the mob! Also, depite his whines to the contrary, his parents ultimately had nothing to do with him destroying his life! Maybe if his father was in the mob, that would have at least been something. The episode has some great host segments, like the art therapy projects and trying to explain where Jimmy's madness actually comes from. A great episode from the Joel years!
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Summary: Get this!!!!!
Review: This has to be one of my favorites! I've seen it again and again and laugh out loud each time. Joel and the 'bots rendition of 'are you happy in your work' is just hysterical! If you have never seen MST3K, start with this one - one watch and you'll be hooked!
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