MST3k.s08.e22 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

[@scareware]

the imdb entry for this movie lists "discrimination against anteaters" as keywords. Well done.

[@potatopower4026]

Discrimination lol those poor anteaters.

[@only257]

The Whole movie’s pilot is on Wikipedia ☺️

[@OR2891]

Imagine simping for filthy anteaters.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

@@OR2891 Better ant eaters than them damned blowhole breathin', beady eyed, hoop jumpin' dolphins. You know they can't even walk? Bottle nosed ,bastards.

[@daxmiller35]

Haha, Crow's "Oh, right!" at 7:39 is hilarious, for some reason

[@chuckporter9526]

Servo wanted SO BAD to make that "Cube-an" joke, he was rocking back and forth with excitement. Easily the most adorable gumball machine.

[@daxmiller35]

Him crying at 31:00 hahaha

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

Raúl Juliá sincerely putting his all into VO for wildlife stock footage is rather touching, he really didn’t have to but he gave his all to every part of this film

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

He did do a genuinely great job with the material provided, Fingal almost seems like a character...

[@johndoe7270]

I thought that might be him in the thumbnail!

[@badazzmaro]

I like the story of how his last role he did the same thing for his kids who were big fans of Street fighter 2, really giving it his all. Would he never not have? Of course!

[@toma.4808]

He's a professional. Whenever he takes on a role, he gives it 100%

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

@@toma.4808 Well, we _was_ a professional, and he _gave_ it 100%.

[@radiofreeacab]

My mother passed under traumatic circumstances when i was 10 y/o. On Saturday mornings, as my father and i sat together quietly, these guys gave me the feeling that i was present with friends and i wasn't bringing the mood down by being sad and i didn't need to explain myself. Thanks to these entertainers.

[@michaelkottler]

I feel you radiofreecab. Damn straight: OATMB is one strangely soothing MST3K experience right up there with Alien From L.A. (1988).

[@jessicapatton2688]

Sorry for your loss. This show makes the trauma go away for a little while. It’s almost like a guilty pleasure for me. It genuinely brings joy!

[@powercage]

A touching story. Glad you were comforted.

[@jasonbourneistreadstone]

MST3K is a popcorn/feel-good time. It's like eating comfort food with old friends. We need more shows like this today but it's mostly garbage instead.

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

Death does not exist. The double split experiment proves Quantum law is real. Reality cannot exist without an observer! Observer is another name for "Creator of Reality"! Creator / God / Consciousness. Without conscience no Reality! Does the tree that falls in a jungle without anyone there to actually hear it make a sound? The answer is "No! There is no sound, there is no tree!" People still think their SOUL or CONSCIENCE is a RESULT of their BRAIN. But brain is organic MATTER, and matter cannot exist without an "external" observer... so we are all are gods in our own way and quantum thus also implies that CONSCIENCE has NO END (which I can understand) but also has NO BEGINNING, which is something I still cannot wrap my head around lol. But the double split experiment stares you right into your face and makes fun of you! Quantum is absurd. Don't try to understand it, because it is non-sensical in the 1st place, yet quantum is a fact! It is a scientifical proven fact! So death does not exist! Your mother is... in let's call it another dimension if you will, but her soul is immortal... separation hurts! Saying goodbye always hurt, and I am sorry for that pain. But she ain't dead because death is a lie, death does simply not exist. All is! Let quantum cheer you up! Don't loose yourself in formulas and equations, those string theory scientists have opened the door to knowledge but instead of appreciating their discovery, they lost themselves in the jungle of their own thoughts, and looked too far ahead while they only needed to look at what is, and has always been, right in front of their eyes! Your mom's unending energy cannot be lost, will never be lost, she will always be with you! Rest assured of this. I just KNOW that what I say is TRUE. Everything Is, Everything Was and Everything Will Always Be! Quantum rulez (at least in the Matrix we think is our REAL WORLD, but it is just a simulation...)

[@dacksonflux]

"I thought he was Puerto Rican." "Don't say it." "Turns out he was CUBAN!"

[@ranpants0823]

Servo's increasing ire at the technospeak is still one of my favorite parts of this episode lmao

[@daxmiller35]

Why don’t you synth-up your FLAVO-FIVES??!!

[@jpl3k]

Who else is guilty for scrolling up this cinema while at work?

[@MERLINnecrofan]

Lmao love this comment.

[@IffyJottere]

I am lol

[@ben_the_angry_alaskanhawki1425]

Yup it's what I do while I poop at work hahaha

[@slowneutron6163]

I got caught scrolling up in the lavatory.

[@davidmorse3190]

In my defense, I'm on light duty...oh the pain, the pain!

[@SmokingSpoon]

I don't know why, but there's something comforting about watching bad movies, especially with mst3k. At 3 am, it's the next best thing to relax after The Joy of painting.

[@JervisGermane]

Lots of us use MST3K to drift off to sleep. I haven't slept without them in years.

[@02hurst]

Jervis Germane Ditto

[@crieverytim]

Jervis Germane its kind of like being the first one to pass out at a sleep over back when you were a kid. theres a comfort there for sure

[@lifeofbrian5092]

me too! I just run a playlist and zzzzzzz.....

[@SmokingSpoon]

LifeOfBrian That's quite the coincidence.. I too have a playlist, I just woke on this episode and it happens that someone replied to me on it today xD. So I wrote this one year ago?? Wow.. So I've been doing this for at least a year! It seems we're a couple doing it also, that's interesting.

[@sapphire19885]

"I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple" I die laughing every time omg

[@HylianFox3]

"You make me tingle, Fingal. Are you single? Give me a jingle!"

[@savajbunny]

@@HylianFox3 "Would you like to mingle? Maybe a slice of Danish kringle?"

[@MD-bf2ce]

You want some Pringles Fingle? Do you have to tinkle?

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Fingal's eyes twinkled and his keys jingled when he left the jungle in his Honda to conga at the Dingle Family's party (and he was tardy) while his dapper doppel gobbled some waffles and then stealthily stole Daphne Dingle's best baubles.

[@Torgo1969]

@@eduardo_corrochio Nice!

[@jumptrash]

"Oh, it's T.V's Frank! He's went up in the world, good for him!" lmao

[@followingtheroe1952]

29:19

[@AspasiaB]

Apollonia: "Take a deep breath..." Crow: "Not THAT deep!"

[@ruthie8785]

Um I seem to have died is that okay?

[@koenvandamme6901]

Say what you will, this movie really nailed the unholy hell that is a data entry desk job.

[@cya2139]

See my most recent comment here

[@PlatoonGoon]

@@cya2139 Imagine telling someone over a year and a half later to go look for your comment for absolutely no reason to them.

[@ruthie8785]

@@PlatoonGoon Must be a Tooby.

[@drlee2]

And also the unholy hell that is most modern movies, except I'd unironically watch this movie over most of the crap that comes out now! lol

[@SoupwithSeafood]

"And now the news." "...That was the news."

[@ruthie8785]

BOODLOODLBADABOO

[@whoohaaXL]

​@@ruthie8785I had to try translate, knowing exactly it was that little jingle and it wound up turning it into skateboarding 😂

[@ShojoBakunyu]

"Data entry with no pants." is my work from home mantra.

[@LybertyZ]

Can I order this as a t-shirt? Or handbag?

[@har8397]

Data entry??? Who does that still??? It’s 2023 not 1993...

[@LybertyZ]

@@har8397 Data entry(and subtitling) will never go out of fashion.

[@dustincantrell6712]

Rual Julia was a hell of an actor. He tries his damnedest to make this movie watchable, but he just couldn't pull it off.

[@Nhamp2000]

Totally under-appreciated actor.

[@GrinninPig]

He was a credit to every movie he was in

[@TrillShatner]

Rual Julia? Like Rulia Joberts?

[@felixcolon599]

Shame when street fighter thr movie looks like casablanca compared to this

[@mindshuffler3332]

@@felixcolon599 OF COURSE!

[@StoneColdSergio]

"You know, I bet nobody ever looks up *this* cinema." Damn, it took Mike all of 5 seconds to completely eviscerate this movie.

[@ruthie8785]

And yet…here we are…

[@nintendianajones64]

​@@ruthie8785layers of irony

[@JasonTheDetectorist]

“This lovely Raul Julia pendant available only on the Home Shopping Network” 😂😂 I lose it every time!

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

"I seem to have died, is that okay??" I have seen this episode...LITERALLY more times than I can remember and that line with that face makes me BURST out laughing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[@joshuahoover6841]

When my son was about 8 years old he saw this with me for the first time, for the next year he would randomly walk up to me and say that

[@purplebec9112]

​@@joshuahoover6841for some reason that makes me laugh harder than the joke itself. I hope that's okay with you and I mean no offense

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Reading your comment made me laugh so hard it started a coughing fit....ah that riff/part of the movie is an mst3k all time favorite for me as well. Love your comment ❤

[@Alxnick]

Such a simple riff but it is easily in my all time top ten. Just so hilarious

[@greenranger8884]

"Surely this will cure him of his love of cinemas!"

[@VexdGamer]

"I seem to have died, is that ok?" lives rent free in my head

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

This is one of the few films I’ve seen featured on MST3k that I just genuinely enjoy for its own merits. It’s a perfect microcosm of the eighties’s particular interpretation of the future. The bad stuff is goofy without being off-putting. Raul Julia is just giving the role everything he’s got. And damn it, the idea of transferring your entire mind and soul onto a vulnerable flash drive is pretty intriguing. But seriously-did an anteater kill the director’s father over a rigged poker game or something? Why all the hate?

[@ammagnolia]

Because f*** em, that's why

[@hankworden3850]

This movies blows on its own merits.

[@GrinninPig]

That man gave every film he was in his all. Sorely missed. I like this one too

[@carmina-solis]

i’ve said the same thing! i think “overdrawn” could be pretty good after a little revision, certainly no “casablanca” but definitely not too bad. the concept is fun and with a better script it could be a pretty solid release!

[@ohnoagremlin]

​@@carmina-solisagreed. i always describe this as "i like what it was trying to be"

[@vanessajazp6341]

The Mike and Pearl years with Prof. Bobo and "Brain Guy" were my absolute favorite!

[@MrJasonUncensored]

100%.

[@MsGrapeNehi]

Crow: "Hey, a midget rabbi cowboy!" Tom: "Yippee-yi oy vey." Ahahahah! I'm dying!

[@DiggitySlice]

"I seem to have died, is that okay?"

[@theonetruespice]

⁸⁸⁸

[@tiffanycramer4954]

Best line 🤣🤣

[@alexdionisos]

I want that on my grave someday

[@JoshRoweice]

Timestamp is 20:13 I can't stop laughing

[@ruthie8785]

“Boy I envy him right now.”

[@roecocoa]

I completely forgot "I'm playing the ponies on some well-meaning Liberal's coin; it's great!" And now I am dying.

[@kevinsellers2832]

54:30 Servo making all those fat man noises, combined with Mike and Crow (Bill) not being able to control their laughter about it; one of my favorite MST3K moments ever.

[@grilledsleaze]

Every time I watch this episode I have to rewind that part 10 times 😅 🥴💨

[@jjt2352]

I literally couldn’t control my laughter at that part either. It felt so authentic with them laughing along.

[@SnailMaster]

Breathing knocks the wind out of this guy! Especially 54:53. 😂😂😂

[@MFields2178]

This movie looks like a Sega CD game.

[@epocheon2901]

I think it was suppose to be 'Gomez's digital adventure' but they decided to make it a crappy movie instead.

[@daffers2345]

It was taped on VHS ... yes, really. That's why it has that crappy look!

[@vetterburns1048]

Early HD? Like Soap Opera quality from the 80's. (I love it!) Giggles for Everybody!

[@maggiesmith2600]

It was made for Canadian tv.

[@Alexanderortiz99]

Sewer shark

[@thescarletarcanatarot]

My favorite line is still “ I’ll see you on the Dark Side of Raul”🤣

[@Auteckre]

“I need other things from you, Felicia.” Mike: I need you to seal-coat my driveway.

[@emilygracey]

"Hooray for socks!" There is no reason that should be as funny as it is. One of my favorite jokes in the episode 🤣

[@Ghoopty]

Holy shit, when I first watched this, and he said that, I laughed so hard I had to stop the movie & go in the bathroom cos my organs hurt & I was crying. I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed so hard at something. 5 minutes later I composed myself & resumed the movie. Good stuff 😂

[@jamesgoward5687]

“All I can eat? The joke’s on them!!” Also respect for getting in a joke based on James Joyce’s book “Finnegan’s Wake”

[@joshuacordero347]

This is tied with Werewolf and Time Chasers as the greatest MST3K eipsodes ever.

[@aarondavis8943]

For me it's Devil Doll and The Dead Talk Back.

[@wiscomitch3412]

Space Mutiny would like a word…

[@toma.4808]

Hobgoblins

[@RichardBirdsall]

At 54:30 when Servo starts in on the fat man sound effects, hearing Crow laugh so hard makes my heart happy for some reason haha

[@MysticCabbage]

"I know most people thought he was a pain in the neck, but I never thought that." Apollonia literally SLAPS Fingal. She spends most of the movie scolding him. Why do you feel the need to lie, Apollonia?

[@ohnoagremlin]

​@@Virstagpersonal issues detected.

[@Krunkwizard]

Raul Julia is great in this. RIP

[@PenguinDT]

You know, I have the feeling the people who made this movie haven't seen any 'cinemas' either.

[@dustincantrell6712]

Good 1

[@2morrowillcome]

to this day, i still consider the mst3k end credit theme music to be the saddest music ever created.

[@PIXPromosMore]

+elusivEuphoria It's only "Sad" because it marks the end of the episode...in any other circumstance, it's an Epic theme.

[@Joseph-xe1ry]

+Benjamin Kraftchick Yeah except they aren't bringing it back with Kevin, Bill and Mike who are in this episode, they are the best.

[@minorshan]

+Joseph Diefenbach You're both right, but seriously, instead of getting fired you can just take a virtual reality vacation (anteater or not)? I'll take it.

[@2morrowillcome]

+Gongsun Zan It's not nostalgia, really. The music made me sad back when the show was on the air too. Something about always made me feel terrible that the episode was really...over. Heartbreaking... until another would come on right after because Comedy Central ran it in marathons back then. Then I'd perk RIGHT up!

[@SpamNapkin]

I always thought of it as the show congratulating you for sitting through a crappy movie

[@bigginsmcsauce]

This was The Matrix *before* The Matrix, and Raoul is *THE ONE!*

[@LoneKharnivore]

The Matrix came from William Gibson's work, written in the 1980s.

[@darthbigred22]

@@LoneKharnivore Necromancer was 84 and so was this.... So yeah PBS should sue

[@Green-Raccoon777]

@@darthbigred22 Don't you mean "Technomancer?"

[@duckduck168]

Anyone else watch these so many times that now they just listen to it as they play games?

[@svenylford4047]

I listen to mst3k to help me get to sleep, its just so comforting.

[@madboogs]

@@svenylford4047 best sleep show ever

[@SpamEggSausage]

I listen to it when I make dinner

[@somecallmeTim-wi6pr]

yep. play em to go to sleep and play games. sometimes I'll play em at the gym, but I end up laughing my ass off in the middle of a set.

[@cthulhuhoops]

Yep. It's my background ambience for quite a few things.

[@WesCoastPiano]

This is the greatest MST3K episode of them all.

[@charlesd.mercuryii9963]

I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple.

[@BobK73]

I cracked up at that part. I went back to watch it again.

[@Roadvirus1]

You make me tingle, Fingal. Fingal, are you single? Give me a jingle.

[@KapnKerfuffle]

"I've got the fever for the flavor of a Fingal."

[@noahkarpinski1824]

I've only dabbled in doppels

[@carsonheschle642]

One of my all-time favorite riffs

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

54:45 The whole Servo Fat Man cough and hack bit is hilarious. Then hearing the other guys laugh under their breath...kills me every time. XDD

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

I'm back again!

[@JohnDM-um7qe]

I think i peed my pants XD

[@billybonewhacker]

I know. That whole sequence is. Hilarious.

[@JonKovach]

I love bits like this, others that come to mind are the "potato" sequence in POD People and the weird old dude in The Final Sacrifice

[@SnailMaster]

Breathing knocks the wind out of this guy. 😂😂😂😂 54:53

[@saedastarcaller]

Woah, huge slam on anteaters outta nowhere!

[@gypsyofmst3k3415]

15:17

[@MasDouc]

Totally uncalled for, poor anteaters.

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

Would you really scroll up a cinema about anteaters tho?

[@AWin187]

"ident" "that's a shame. Maybe you need a poly vinyl coating.." I am dying!!

[@mayorcool]

20:13 - I seem to have died, is that okay? 35:08 - Are you ready to put him back in his own body? 50:31 - Here's looking at you 53:25 - You make me tingle, Fingal 54:32 - Burp!

[@whiteydiamond]

16:17 BOLLOCKS

[@slowneutron6163]

I got sent here because I got caught doppling my fingal in a public bathroom and now I'm forced to perform prophylactic rehab by enjoying this fine film.

[@ruthie8785]

Did they put you inside a filthy anteater?

[@daxmiller35]

You didn’t want to bungle or bobble the fingal doppel

[@DougUnfunny]

RIP Raúl Juliá. Greatest performance next to M.Bison.

[@stirnersretrowave5094]

Of course!

[@hgodvilla00]

Gomez Addams?

[@Atheneastro]

And RIP Marvin Goldhar (the computers).

[@darthbigred22]

@@hgodvilla00 Right? Or Santa Anna. Poor guy was struck down in his prime when he was really starting to get some steam.

[@Green-Raccoon777]

FOR I BEHELD SATAN, AS HE FELL FROM HEAVEN! *LIKE LIGHTNING!*

[@Tgr2k1]

In spite of all its problems (and ya its got a ton) I gotta admit I kinda like this weird little movie. It feels like a high school production that managed to get 1 legendary actor in its cast. I bet they scored Raul with the Casablanca angle...

[@blakeleavitt3291]

Honestly, I kind of agree. The vast majority of mst3k movies are slapped together and complete trash, but this one is a little different. You can tell that a little bit of thought and creativity went into it, and it had (some) potential. It's actually pretty original even though it's comically bad.

[@followingtheroe1952]

I feel the same way about time chasers as well

[@madjack163]

"I bet no one ever scrolls up THIS cinema." Savage! 😂

[@glennmartin6492]

I miss the days when local TV stations would take risks and produce their own content. You used to be able to see some great stuff.

[@remixchild]

Don’t we all

[@remixchild]

Not just local any tv station

[@favoritemustard3542]

This is represented well by Weird Al's _UHF_ I think.

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

ohhh dont worry, that just evolved to online content now. example being, a youtube channel having enough balls to make their own movie. success of that varies drasticaly

[@whiteydiamond]

​@@NegaRenGenX2gay2liftlol what's the risk there? Putting shit on TV where company's money and trust combined with hiring an entire crew to make a show with deadlines and writers for every episode. That's balls. KZbin ain't shit.

[@vlex756]

I love the Pearl and Brain Guy duet. And her swift destruction of spot-light hogging Professor Bobo.

[@Tadesan]

Lol bobo

[@FrogsAmok]

AND NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF IN 82 😡👊💥

[@SunRabbit]

I just love Pearl.

[@aarondavis8943]

I love her hit song _Loving Lovers Love_ as seen on _Pearl! Pearl! Pearl!Pearl! Pearl!_

[@ruthie8785]

@@SunRabbit I named my dog after her lol. Pearlie Girlie.

[@kissfan7]

I remember being a kid and laughing so hard at "Loving Lovers Love" that I had tears running down my face. Mary Jo will always be my favorite MST3K writer.

[@Tadesan]

She's brilliant!

[@Sgtviolence]

One of the funniest women I’ve seen.

[@toma.4808]

🎶 I really do like pie 🎶

[@HylianFox3]

@@toma.4808 🎶I know a couple of guys 🎶

[@cradd2405]

🎶 They really do like pie. 🎶

[@jsfavouritemusic]

R.I.P. to Linda Griffiths, our Appolonia James.

[@joshhernandez5164]

"You know.. If only she'd turn to a cold beer I Would've been perfect". This line kills me every time! omg 🤣 48:37

[@roydhefley]

12:27 “prophylactic rehab, fingal!” -they’re gonna retread his condom?

[@Wildcat_93]

"I guess this movie was kinda like watching Casablanca... while having a small child use your groin as a punching bag." Hahahahaha!

[@jaded151]

10/10 comedy. ITS SO FUNNY WHEN YOU QUOTE THINGS FROM THE EPISODES.

[@SonicSeraphim]

"Listen to me, Fingal. Your navel's really deep, I can't even see to the bottom of it. And if you fall in, I can't guarantee I'll pull you out." You heard it here first, folks.

[@TyRiders2]

*blows Kiss* Goodnight everybody

[@DerekPower]

SonicSeraphim The really odd thing about it ... that line is actually in the original short story.

[@BobbyDrake2000]

I think they wanted to use a stronger expletive but couldn't for whatever reason.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

What's crazy is that line is completely ignored by Fingal. Just ploughs on and never gets addressed again in the whole movie.

[@LoneKharnivore]

Have none of you ever heard the phrase "navel gazing?"

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

"Were we just yelled at by a pork roast?"

[@kokosnood]

"Surely this will cure him of his love of cinemas"

[@natalieann3041]

I like the Pearl/Observer duet...

[@gregfaber3417]

Natalie Ann loving lovers love

[@Tindometari]

I really do like pie.

[@zarpkid]

Actually it felt so 80s too. The music and the style of singing 🎤 😂

[@ILjXYZ]

Hey! I can sing, too! And now you find yourself in '82!...

[@svenylford4047]

They've got chemistry!

[@emmagrove6491]

As a chairperson of STEDAA (Society To End Discrimination Against Anteaters) I must protest this film.

[@chidagamer6497]

"This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie." I don't doubt that. I'm only on a moderate amount of cough syrup, and it's certainly not doing the job. Thank God for Mike and the Bots.

[@MIsguidedarCHAngEL]

When the gang starts pouring in the wheeze, fart and burp noises when Fat Man has his speech by the pool; I literally laughed to the point of tears while hunched over. Goddamn.

[@Kinnakeeter]

The part during the credits where Mike was complaining about the horrible movie had me rolling

[@Meltedcheese567]

Literally

[@tillitsdone]

I'm 54 and fart jokes never get old. The one in Mitchell, my God. It ranks up there.

[@marcelsmith5772]

​@@tillitsdoneSame her😂

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

That subway station @14:33, that's Yorkdale Subway Station in Toronto. I recognized those neon lights on the ceiling from the 80's.

[@curlygurl1263]

Love this program and my baby boy used to watch this along time ago. I miss those days. He is all grown up, and married. Those were fond memories 😊

[@kurtwk]

So , in this “ super futuristic “ reality, where computers literally run the world...they keep track of massively important surgeries with color coded pieces of cardboard ?

[@Fuzy2K]

Sadly, that may be the most realistic thing about this movie, actually...

[@kev3d]

And children molest patients on field trips.

[@NeSeeger]

The lowest bidder with the cheapest cost

[@Meltedcheese567]

Literally

[@ammagnolia]

Sounds about right honestly

[@LordZontar]

Best line is during the blizzard scene: "This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie."

[@imyouandurme]

36:10 "Mom, you died a long time ago, I haven't seen you in 15 years." (spoonful of soup) XD

[@doct0rnic]

+imyouandurme why arent you cuban?

[@jrny20]

Mm, homemade Swedish-Puerto Rican cooking

[@doct0rnic]

mom, you want your spoon?

[@P0552]

my nuts

[@vali6717]

I had read this comment right before I got to that scene. That was priceless

[@danmelvin9460]

"See you on the darkside of Raul..." Damned if that doesn't get me everytime...

[@sid2112]

The short story this is from is really good. Fingle gets a degree in it gets a date at the end.

[@DragonNexus]

"You must keep things normal. No surprises. Maintain the routine!" To help with this I re-created his dead mother to help him.

[@lilymariah2009]

The "So aging lesbian nuns run the future?" riff has to be one of my favorites in all of MST3K

[@limalepakko6074]

I thought he said ”moms”

[@PierogiPrince]

The absolute distain that Servo has for the techno-jargon is so subtle and it's so, so funny

[@Andyblarg]

"Good of you to spare me the time Mr Fingle" *BUUUURP*

[@OuchMyHooves]

my dad loved this show and we'd binge episodes for hours at night. i'd actually stay up until i only had like 3 hours before school with him watching these haha. i remember loving this episode the most and making him play it near weekly (at least partially). rest easy man.

[@monophylosfortikos4215]

What gets me every time I cue this episode up is how desperately Apollonia mishandles the situation when she's trying to keep Fingal pacified. If she'd identified herself immediately and basically said, "Um, you're gonna have to sit tight in the Matrix for a while, just chill in your room or something," the situation would probably have been defused. Instead she fuels Fingal's paranoia right from the start by pretending to be other people (a telephone operator, his mother) and delivering cryptic and very worrying messages. What the heck was that supposed to accomplish? Another thing: even though Novicorp and the "Fat Man" are supposed to be the bad guys, really they are _incredibly_ patient with Fingal when you think about it. He's doing a lot of damage, screwing up the world's weather and shit like that, but they're still willing to give him a chance at rescue. And why is he in this situation in the first place? Pissing around at work watching movies instead of doing his job. The film tries to pretend Fingal is some kind of rebel against an unjust system but he comes across like a spoiled, selfish asshole who ruins every chance given him.

[@wayneneary2321]

+Monophylos Fortikos well im sure glad you weren't there to advise on any of these story lines.. because we would never have MST3k!

[@cramirez3855]

yea. what wayne said

[@80MWH]

+Monophylos Fortikos Also when she gets upset at him and the co-worker, it's like, 'what is your deal, lady? He's placated, and not prone to 'making waves' in the system.'

[@dndboy13]

from what i understand, a lot of those elements are leftovers from the original short story (fingal was a voluntary dopple, appolonia could only communicate indirectly or via extraspecial circumstances, medical technology being refined and automated to the extent that working in health care is the same level as our fast food (hence Doby?), Fingal Time, the lack of any corporate angst etc)

[@kevreads3269]

Yeah, her customer service skills ain't so good.

[@ElveeKaye]

I really do want the "You know you want me, baby" t-shirt. Maybe I can buy it through Public Pearl TV. Act now and get two for the price of one, AND they'll throw in a handy nightlight. 13:04 "I have data to process!" Because this is THE FUTURE, where we process data.

[@artiegohome]

I haven't seen that one but there's some pretty good fan made MST3K merch on Etsy.

[@contrapasta2454]

But now we are living in the future and there is tons of data needing processing.

[@6stringgunner511]

You don't need a nightlight to give a handy!!!😂

[@darthbigred22]

They nailed that...sad part is we can't come up with anything clever to do with it

[@Mathman1ac]

What's that? Leaving people with open skulls and exposed brains in a strictly closed area of a mental institution/rehabilitation center where the entire lives of the people within depend on the outcomes of their experiences during a highly questionable and probably dangerous procedure? LET'S LET KIDS IN!!!

[@mtheory79ify]

You should really just relax.

[@troywright359]

@@mtheory79ify it relaxed him to comment here

[@GrixieKong]

It’s fine as long as they wipe their hands after eating (and snacking).

[@troywright359]

@@GrixieKong Hey at 20:44 you got the kid trying to fondle someone, i didn't notice that's what he was trying to do before

[@svenylford4047]

Just don't get mustard on their brains

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Being a UK fan of this show pre KZbin days meant multi region dvd players and importing dvds over. Nowadays it's even easier than ever to keep circulating the tapes

[@lizerman74]

The telethon bits crack me up, I remember those shows on PBS when I was a kid all too well.

[@lancevance47]

I was at a telethon that the horse whisperer was hosting, got to meet him and volunteer at the event.

[@Kinnakeeter]

@@lancevance47 What was he like

[@Cheeyev]

"His Lava Lamp's out of control!" "Verti-Go to hell!" "I like it though!! Wheeee, it's fun!!" "Whoo-hoo!" "You kiddin'? We're having an electronic sex party right now! Wheee!!" "I love you this much!!" "I don't care for you!!" Those lines (and more) always never fail to crack me up.

[@haeleycurry8533]

Grab a bag of Flavo-fibes and settle in for some quality entertainment. "I need more butter for this ham!"

[@toma.4808]

As cheesy as this was, it wasnt really that bad. Linda Griffiths and raul julia as always, exceptional actors. RIP both actors.

[@VidGamer123]

Raul Julia will always be a legend.

[@WeerdMunkee]

It was a TV movie, after all. TV movies in the day they made this, were all pretty much this way. Lol

[@toma.4808]

@@WeerdMunkee true! Lol

[@GeraldM_inNC]

I've seen a lot of movies that were far worse.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

@@VidGamer123 should still be alive like John candy

[@hoyavp2236]

My dad knew Señor Raul Julia in high school. They were in a play together. They both couldn’t act then. 🇵🇷

[@HersheyHemi]

" I seem too have died is that okay"? " Doctor Who--The Hell Cares?" " Sucked let's go with the word movie!" " All I can Eat? Joke's on them!" I love those Riffs.

[@collegeman1988]

Very accurate depiction of local PBS pledge drives I remember from my childhood, except Pearl has a lot more charisma than the actual people who had no business being on television groveling for money for their television station.

[@madamx7422]

I grew up watching those in the 80s & 90s... yeah, it's scary accurate

[@SunRabbit]

I used to live in the NYC area so I vividly remember the WNET/Channel 13 ones.

[@Whitewater767]

1:10:40 "How's your homework, honey?" The way he says that cracks me up every time. XDD

[@BeeDub57]

Thank you, Floyd the Pervert.

[@toma.4808]

Appearing tonight? SLAYER!!😂

[@ThePhantomofFilm]

Just love the 80s educational video look of this movie.

[@BradyA1124]

I don't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

Definitely my favorite riff!

[@michaelkottler]

Along with Alien From L.A.(1988), Overdrawn at TMB (1983) is a b-movie classic, the MST3K treatment of which is both entertaining & soothing. + Kathy Ireland's acting zenith, Mr. Eating Raul, & Pearl PTV. "Let's watch, won't we?" Alien From L.A. and OATMB represent MST3K in apex-mode as the movies themselves, despite being highly derivative, are actually decent films in their own right and w/the addition of Mike and the Bots high-quality riffing transcend their b-movie roots entirely to become resplendent cinematic entities that are as strangely calming as they are fun to screen. Finally, Overdrawn ATMB shares the distinction of being one of the few films to feature an "Apollonia", e.g. The Godfather (1974).

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

This is definitely one of the best MST3K episodes ever made. I had to rewind every few minutes because I was laughing too hard to hear what was going on.

[@raygiordano1045]

"Were we just yelled at by a pork roast?" I have had some bad days at work, but life has spared me from that indignity, so far.

[@MikeyC19836]

Even in this Piece of Crap Movie. Raul Julia was still a Fantastic Actor.

[@cryingclown83]

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them. - Christopher Lee

[@vetterburns1048]

...and the Kicker IS? "My nuts." BOOM!

[@bchcomix]

@@cryingclown83 Great quote! I wonder if Christopher Lee said this in regard to The Howling II

[@MikeyC19836]

the empath loving joker haha you ain’t kiddin. Definitely a better movie choice

[@ILjXYZ]

What was he doing in this piece of sh.... suuurely quality, quality programming

[@SeanDDaily]

So this is the PBS version of _The Matrix?_

[@Tindometari]

Sean D. Daily Actually, it's a great concept and the movie could have been much better than the *Matrix* if it had, you know, been better written, directed, and acted. But then again, I'm a massive Phil Dick fan.

[@SeanDDaily]

Arkadia Moon: Hmmm... Well, if you put more of a Dick spin on it, then yeah: more faceless corporation ziggurats and less large sweating Shakespearean actors. I'd have to see it to believe it, though. You do get points for being a Dick fan, though.

[@Tindometari]

Sean D. Daily I don't mind Raul Julia going Large Ham; it was virtually his professional speciality, after all. But the Chairman seemed fiercely determined to leave the marks of his teeth on every scrap of scenery in sight. He went full ham. Never go full ham. At least not when you're playing against Raul Julia, because no film could ever be big enough for that. I had to double-check that it *wasn't* based on a Dick story I'd somehow missed (the original was written by John Varley), because it seemed to have Phil's fingerprints all over it: as you say, the omnipotent corporate colossus, &c. It'd be really interesting to see a present-day attempt by more accomplished professionals to re-do this from go.

[@SeanDDaily]

Arkadia Moon: I'm surprised it hasn't be rebooted and then rebooted _again_ yet. Hollywood seems to have rebooted everything else... I'm supposed to be a Dick fan, so why didn't I see Dick's fingerprints all over this? I mean, yeah, he didn't _write_ it, but it certainly uses a lot of Dick themes. Maybe it was the general public broadcasting vibe. Public broadcasting doesn't do faceless corporations and cold-sweat-soaked musings on the nature of identity and reality. Public broadcasting does _Downton Abbey._ You're right. Properly rewritten, and stripped of all its PBS DNA, it _could_ be all right. I'd like to see an independent studio do this. I'm afraid Hollywood would make it either too pretty or too _Dark Knight,_ and the _production notes..._

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

+Sean D. Daily uh, yeah...as a huge PKD fan the title alone should set off alarms...We Can Remember it for You Wholesale...come on, even the protagonist's name is PKD goofy...the Matrix is Dickian sci fi so you were on the right track at least lol

[@nealmaxwell790]

So this movie is what happens if the Matrix was made by Ed Wood?

[@HiGlowie]

After years of hearing great things about this show, I am SO glad I decided to sit down and watch an episode. Not even 5 minutes in and I’m cracking up.

[@schtive81]

@12:48 "Imagine me and you, and you and me. No matter how they tossed the dice, It had to be..."

[@svenylford4047]

So, technically, this movie is cyberpunk.

[@limalepakko6074]

Really boring cyberpunk, yeah. Which makes it more realistic than most cyberpunk

[@traxfish]

52:00 Because I'm that guy, Casablanca has a mild Mediterranean climate. The record high in July is 104, and the average high is 79.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

(shrug)

[@LoneKharnivore]

You're great :)

[@ParanormalNewsToday]

Three years later, but I appreciate your efforts.

[@DGX24]

I LOVE YOU THIS MUUUUUCH!! ...I DON'T CARE FOR YOU!!

[@growlerthedog]

16:20 That "BOLLOCKS" out of nowhere made me laugh!