MST3k 702 - The Brute Man

[@lcslndmt]

The scene with the old pissed off shopkeeper is one of the best moments from this show

[@burgundyyears]

Lots of scenery chewing from the supporting cast on this one. I blame the director. Rondo phones it in and everyone else is dialed up to 11.

[@MisterSplendy]

Yep. Rondo was a horrible actor, but the rest of the cast were so much fun. @@burgundyyears

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Creeper creeper creeper. You are giving me the creeps!

[@standr0id]

"DEAR GOD I HATE YOU!"

[@Frothenbath1]

Dear God I HATE YOU!!! Gets me every time. Love to see Mike losing it too, haha!

[@t1p9d]

The little "thank you" Gypsy says when Crow tells her he'll let her live always gets me.

[@gsxerwhite]

She asked him if he wanted a pickle when he was “pregnant” during the “Night of the Bloodbeast” episode

[@heathertiller89]

Lol

[@nyarg33]

Mike/Joel and the bots have no problems razzing each other, but gypsy is another matter. Don't be mean to gypsy

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

"Shut up!"

[@bigleaguechew87]

@36:00 I've never seen Mike lose it that bad. He had to put his head down he was laughing so hard. ROFL!

[@eawilmot101]

The only other time i recall Mike and the bots having this much fun making each other laugh is in the episode The Undead. It seems they really had fun riffing that one!

[@elafimilo8199]

But he recovered in time to deliver his next line, nice

[@boomboom6577]

@@elafimilo8199 is this mike lololol

[@sillygoose420]

i love how the grocery clerk legitimately has the most stereotypical old man voice you could imagine

[@jonathanyoung2588]

CONSARNIT

[@docdave15]

@@jonathanyoung2588 DAGNABIT!

[@notinspectorgadget]

DEAR GOD I HATE YOU

[@FUBARguy107]

​@@docdave15 Dad gummit

[@sertorrhenclegane]

Fun fact: Joan Bemis, the lady killed at the beginning of the movie, was played by Janelle Johnson, the mother of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees.

[@gsxerwhite]

Damn never knew that

[@teresas8173]

Love fun facts, thx

[@lividsphincter4098]

I didn't have fun

[@sapphonymph8204]

@@lividsphincter4098 boyfriend must've left you again.

[@balkthor]

@@lividsphincter4098 The second nephew once removed of the art director for Gamera went to the same elementary school as the son of the couple who loved next door to the boom operator for Monster A Go-Go!

[@jessn2925]

i watch the scenes with the mysteriously angry grocer over and over again....! i can't get enough of that guy.

[@cerealvapist333]

Mike losing his shit during the scene with the store owner and his employee kills me everytime. I guess it's that these guys are so consistently funny that hearing one of them really break up is just so hilarious.

[@trouty606]

God is dead? GOOD!

[@cerealvapist333]

@trouty606 MY GOD I LOATH YOU!!!!!!

[@mst3KGf]

@@cerealvapist333 Let's see. "Eat me, you hateful old fossil, signed Jimmy"...HEY!

[@andrewfrankovic6821]

That woman shopping when the old man was griping about the kid was next in line for the part of the witch in the wizard of oz. Lilith Motolov.

[@tleatherland]

This is one of MST3K's most underrated episodes.

[@redwolfe7049]

You're so right. I forgot how funny this ep is.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

Agreed.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Yep. Right up there with Teenage Crime Wave.

[@unclebuzzyschurchofgroove6190]

I enjoyed it!

[@civlyzed]

Definitely, and the short is great too! The Chicken of Tomorrow!

[@Banananner]

I love when Mike can't keep it together and can't stop laughing, like in the first scene with the cranky shopkeeper.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

haha i loved his quip in the short, "did America really need to be sold on the automotive industry at this point..?" seriously, did big oil fund this doc haha? that seemed so bizarre by the 50s/60s theyd been around for half a century, and i guess widespread and common for 3 i practically expected him to still call them horseless carriages

[@dallasdelay3468]

I agree

[@michaelcullen6494]

Lol

[@ianschulz1]

"God is dead?" GOOD!

[@J70a.m-zg6gi_wha0]

Rondo Hatton was actually a rather sad man with acromegaly like Merrick and a gentle soul. RIP

[@themightycelestial]

Boy, I didn't realize that motor trucks played such an important role in the sale and distribution of chickens. The next time I see one (a motor truck, that is) roll through my neighborhood, I'll take that into account before I start hurling eggs at it from behind the bushes.

[@LoneKharnivore]

Not just motor trucks, motor trucks *fuelled and lubricated by quality petroleum products.*

[@andrewfrankovic6821]

@@LoneKharnivore Also delivering quality petroleum products for preparing fine poultry residue and hair maintenance.

[@Mefuki]

35:30 In the history of MST3K, I've never seen Mike lose it for as long as he lost it here.

[@thexalon]

"Rick Astley is selling newspapers" - and true to form, the Creeper proves he's never gonna give her up.

[@adiadv10]

One of the best MST3K episodes! The bio on wikipedia for Rondo Hatton shocked me. It's sad that this man actually experienced what it's like to go from being voted "most handsome boy" in high school to what you see in the film. Universal was so ashamed of exploiting him that they sold the rights when he died, which was before the movie was even released.

[@crowt.robot.6199]

exploiting? you mean employing? I hate the hollywood machine but it gave him work and us this great episode

[@tysontaggart7246]

​​​@@crowt.robot.6199 Well either way Universal didn't seem too proud of the movie if they sold of the rights before it was released.

[@WayWardWonderer]

Mike seemed to be laughing far more than usual in this episode, and I love it!

[@SoCalledSpaceAge]

I once tried to enact an elaborate plan of dark revenge against those who had wronged me in school but all I ended up doing was inconveniencing their laundry plans a little.

[@jondunmore4268]

Maybe you weren't deformed enough.

[@DutliAnvilhand]

33:33 "Oh right in the store! Hmm, the typewriter is making weird noises" I lost it.

[@jlprizm]

I was already cracking up at the crotchety old man but seeing Mike laugh had me laughing even harder.

[@kali3665]

41:34 - 🎵 We represent the Lollipop Guild!! Still one of my favorite moments in the episode.

[@AJF786]

I like how the blind lady didn't know he was on the run from the police, because when the police barged into her place they didn't even bother to identify themselves as such.

[@terrytobias7572]

I know... right?! If somebody was pounding like that on my door in the middle of the night, I'd be calling the police!! Of course, if a man were to come into my bedroom by the fire escape...... I'm sorry; what was I saying? My mind wandered a bit just then.

[@gsxerwhite]

I’m afraid she just didn’t have much to steal 😂

[@choosecarefully408]

@@terrytobias7572 You wouldn't be alive to be typing this, that's what would happen.

[@teresas8173]

They didn’t realize she was blind I’m assuming because it all happened so quickly, as soon as the inexplicable shooting started they ran out of the apartment to see the what was going on on another floor.

[@jimmsm7497]

They asked her if she had seen a man and she truthfully told them "she hasn't "seen" anyone.

[@Palmieres]

Blind lady: 'I'm alone most of the time, except when I get piano lessons" Servo: "Or when I'm at umpire school" Holy shit, that's an awesome joke.

[@amyquick4862]

I laughed my ass off. Also in the jewelry shop, when the blind girl says, "I'd like an appraisal of this jewelry" and Trace says "um, this is a Daredevil fishing lure." omg

[@nicholassoland8025]

"They forgot my fruit brute cereal!" XD

[@jchristian3]

"and some prune juice, Metamucil, Correctol, FibreCon, Go-Ease!.." I say that whenever an old person is on TV.

[@teresas8173]

Everything slows down with age, including the digestive tract

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Metamucil and espon salt does it for me ​@@teresas8173

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

That reminds me I need to go shopping.

[@sock2828]

"You know by itself that doesn't establish much." That always makes me laugh.

[@benrichardson5662]

Fun Fact: The actor for the brute man, Rondo Hatton, played virtually identical roles in several other movies, including Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death, along with Basil Rathbone, an actually great actor who had the misfortune of playing Lodak in The Magic Sword.

[@FUBARguy107]

Redoing my comment. I just watched the Magic Sword episode yesterday

[@eyedonthave1]

This is the best of the Mike episodes, they're cracking each other up the whole time.

[@SC4211]

"How much?" "A dollar and a quarter!" "Here's a toe nail."

[@JoseBronxRican]

Regarding Mike losing it: I caught this episode after "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders", which is a more recent example. It's apparent nothing sets him off more than characters who react angrily to people for no reason. "My GOD, David...."

[@HylianFox3]

this is true of RiffTrax as well, Mike seems greatly amused by characters who are hostile for no reason at all

[@gsxerwhite]

That bitch was crazy

[@jennw4573]

“I’ll stab you in the eyes, so help me god!”

[@choosecarefully408]

He must have _hated_ Star Trek. "Dammit Spock..." DeForest Kelley would go from zero to steam coming out his ears in zero time flat.

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@choosecarefully408 I think his assumption was that McCoy (and/or Kelley) was three sheets to the wind at all times.

[@analogkid01]

Sit right back, and you'll hear a tale... Back in episode 203 ("Jungle Goddess"), Joel and the bots performed a Honeymooners-like skit about what would happen if a jungle-born woman were transplanted to 1950s America. At the end, Joel introduces Crow as "Art Crow" (like Art Carney). Later, in episode 402 ("The Giant Gila Monster"), one of the drawings of Crow from a viewer is captioned as "Art." How Pearl knows this, or why she thinks he's "Art," I don't know.

[@chillydawgg4354]

The kid who did the drawing obviously saw the jungle goddess episode

[@michaelccozens]

Pearl knows all and sees all. One does not question Pearl.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

@@chillydawgg4354 or the kid really wanted to hammer home that the picture was in fact art and not say a cheeseburger.

[@teresas8173]

@@MrRyan-wu4jx lolol 😅

[@Startafnwar]

It sounds pretty feasible. I've always wondered why Pearl always referred to Crow as Art.

[@crimped357]

mike has admitted on a couple of interviews that this is his favorite because of the cranky old shop keeper and the jokes made by Trace (crow)

[@Musicandlyrics2400]

30:00 calmest reaction ever to just realizing your home has been broken into

[@AJF786]

"He made the mistake of asking me to check his chemistry answers" Yes, the gargantuan mistake of asking your best friend for help. That _never_ works out.

[@applemask]

+Hylian Fox Not when your friend is that douchebag from Detour.

[@applemask]

+Applemask And "Radar Secret Service".

[@gsxerwhite]

He was a big fat jerk

[@HylianFox3]

@@gsxerwhite EVERYone in this movie is a jerk! Well, except Helen and the delivery boy...

[@williammatthews693]

He'll never suspect me...

[@notinspectorgadget]

1:26:55 What a bizarre note to end this dreadfully serious movie on.

[@LivingStoneWriter]

That felt so totally out of place. It was like the end of an Abbott and Costello movie got edited in by mistake.

[@Tareltonlives]

"Their next destination-" "BROADWAY!" "Joey 'The Coxcomb' Tortelli! Ricky 'the Bantam' Ciapatello!" "Jimmy 'Crazy Cock' Paccini!" I love the skit.

[@Geekaiju]

So, confession... I actually like this movie. It has the standard weaknesses of B cinema, and the long explanation is pretty clumsy, but I find the story of a deformed man on a revenge spree finding a strange love with a blind woman compelling and interesting. I find the deaths tragic and the character of Rondo compelling. I mean, it's cheesy, and MatB riff it well, but this is one of those MST3k movies I would be fine watching on its own, one night in a drive in, my arm around a lady :)

[@michaelccozens]

It's got a very "Frankenstein" feel to it, in some respects. The idea that it's semi-autobiographical makes it remarkably tragic.

[@DiggitySlice]

It definitely suffers from some tonal weirdness though, like any scene at the police station, _especially_ the ending scene, feel like they're from a different movie.

[@CuriousGoodsJessica]

I tend to make every movie my own MST3K episode, nobody wants to watch tv with me after I've been watching these videos

[@FUBARguy107]

One of the perks to being alone in my case. I can riff on any movie/show without judgement. Sometimes I get lucky and get a theater to myself for a newer movie too.

[@DH-ss4kk]

Clayton: Mother, I love you! Pearl: Hence, I feel strongly towards you as well

[@stephburdick]

My heart always goes out to Helen, the blind piano teacher. She becomes friends with the Brute Man, and she’s the only one who can get him to show his good side. She’s his only friend in the world, but she finally decides to betray him, even though she really hates to do it. Very sad.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Meh, she didn't decide to betray him - they milked it out of her.

[@matthewmarin703]

Am I the only one who doesn't find this guy's appearance to be weird or upsetting in the least? I wouldn't give him a second look if I passed him on the street.

[@boomboom6577]

It was in keeping with the social science discourse of the moment, marking certain physical features as signs of deviance, ie southern Italian , prominent jawbones, bulging eyes…. Bad times

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

You’d at least do a double take passing him by. That’s a really big noggin.

[@BakedSalmonNetwork]

But would you swipe right? 🤔

[@DiggitySlice]

@@boomboom6577 Italian? What? He literally had a condition. Humans react negatively to features like that because they're signs of ill health. Get over it.

[@tinlizziestudios4344]

Just hearing Mike laugh at that old man sketch is fun

[@minggnim]

- How much? - A dollar and a quarter. - Here's a toenail. LOFL!

[@jondunmore4268]

$1.25 for a week of groceries!

[@williammatthews693]

But aren't chickens with good self-esteem equally important? And another thing about eggs... stop throwing them at my car!

[@jackskxllxngtxn]

Thank you and everyone else who uploads these. I watch the playlist nearly everyday! It really cheers me up watching these. Like it’s guaranteed to make my day better and that means the world to me.

[@balkthor]

“Hmm, the typewriter’s making weird noises” may be the funniest line Crow said the entire series.

[@dannydinosaur73]

"Boy! Y'know, murder clues may lead to Creeper!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

Crow imitating the annoyed shopkeeper has me dying !!! 😂😂

[@danwolff9643]

Mike Laughing at the old man and the grocery boy makes me laugh so hard.

[@KIRA-EL]

The firs time seeing/hearing mike just crack up during that old man and his grocery boy scene.

[@CrisCozy]

Yeah same here not only was it hilarious I thought it was pretty awesome that Mike just could not help but laugh

[@nomatchesformikey7768]

+Kira Lawlet Creeper, creeper, creeper..you give me the creeps!

[@lisvender]

Why'd you hire me if you hate me so?

[@mewthebestt1751]

I saw this movie before watching it on MST3K. Old Man Hatred indeed made me crack up too.

[@deivi1]

God is dead?? GOOD!!

[@tomh.2405]

When I'm feeling blue and need something to smile about, all I have to do is remember Dr. Forrester saying, "Oh, well...he's not the first oily man that's taken Mom to the mat." (4:31)

[@darkprose]

"And the insurance company considers it cosmetic." LOL---that joke hasn't aged at all.

[@ListRankSell]

Crow: "Honey! My face is as big as ever, and somebody shot my sizzler off!"

[@jessicacomorre6711]

When Mike loses it during the ornery grocery owner scene 🤣🤣

[@leifcatt]

After leaving high school, Rondo joined the Florida National Guard to pursue a military career. Rondo first saw battle in the Mexican border war and then in France in World War I. There, he was exposed to poison gas, was hospitalized with lung injury, and was subsequently medically discharged from service and consigned to a pension. Returning to Tampa, he took employment as a reporter for the Tampa Tribune, where he worked until 1936 when he moved to Hollywood. Sometime after his exposure to the poison gas, Rondo began to develop acromegaly, a slowly progressive medical condition, which brings mutations after a person has matured physically, and reached their adult height. Acromegaly (a disorder of the pituitary gland) causes deformation of bones in the head, hands and feet, and internal and external soft tissues. The body resumes production of growth hormone, but as the bone structure can no longer continue symmetric growth (as in giantism). According to all available sources, Rondo's acromegaly was a result of the poison gas he'd been exposed to, though it is almost always caused by a tumor on the pituitary. This was filmed in 1945. Rondo was going blind because of his exposure to the poison gas in WW1. Rondo died Feb. 2nd 1946 of a heart attack at the age of 51.

[@Styles_Breez]

Ugh that's horrible. Rip

[@kevindouglas5333]

No. Poison gas was a line made up by the studio

[@dustyhurd424]

I think it's also worth noting that he was voted Handsomest Boy senior year in high school.

[@sipioc]

Love how Mike loses it during the 35 min mark, "creeper creeper creeper"

[@jondunmore4268]

32:17 -- Aah, so THIS is where Vin Diesel learned his mighty speech delivery technique.

[@sailtheplains]

Oh man, my favorite part of this entire movie is the bit with the grouchy shopkeeper. He's fantastic.

[@AJF786]

Let's go be crotchety later!

[@michaelcortez1531]

'That was a long dull scene, congratulations!'

[@TomVfan]

"Chicken sliced to the width of one electron". Damnit doesnt work when I qoute it out context, i just get weird looks.

[@vincentvanpot4333]

One of my favorite episodes. The short was very funny and this movie gave Rob Zombie the song idea for his song; "The Creeper"

[@davidmorse3190]

Yes, I'd like to join the unholy alliance of big oil and big chicken

[@adamfowler5475]

"The guys escaping disguised as a chicken!" LOL man I love Crow so much.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

In the superstitious hope of garnering good luck and a better new year, I'm watching 5 mst3k's, 3 riiftrax and 2 Cinematic Titanics today in 2021, plus recording an homage to Bridget's and Mary Jo's comedic brilliance. Thanks you, all the geniuses who shared your talents with us. 🍹💖 🎭 ⚡️🥇 🎉

[@michaelccozens]

11:50 The narrator carefully avoids the intimate relationship at this stage of life between the cockerels and the wood chipper.

[@oldfan1963]

Thank you and everyone else who uploads these. I watch the playlist nearly everyday! It really cheers me up watching these

[@teresas8173]

Me too, I pretty much watch one episode every day, often at night before falling asleep. They are funny (of course) and make me forget my worries for while. I find them relaxing/comforting.

[@kaejae24]

The Old Man Killed It - I HATE CUSTOMERS

[@Perktube1]

When did he say that? Time stamp?

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

@@Perktube1 35:20

[@kellyweingart3692]

35:54-36:10

[@kellyweingart3692]

38:31

[@jonathanc4166]

'Go into the bedroom' 'do as i say' Yes mame order me around!

[@williammatthews693]

My kind of woman!

[@MutantSentry]

So, from the opening segment... Was Tom responsible for the housing bubble?

[@chillydawgg4354]

The bank is also to blame, it was probably a subprime mortgage

[@Capng123]

God I love season 7... the fact it was cut short seems to have galvanized the gang to make every episode as perfect as possible, it's like they concentrated the funny of a whole season into a handful of episodes (sorta like orange juice... but with comedy)!

[@RobertMuldooJP]

"Yes, chicken sliced to the width of one electron"

[@brianschroeder2292]

That’s my favorite line!😂🎉😊

[@whiskerstea]

Probably one of my absolute favorite episodes. :p

[@angbandsbane]

There's a line between "curmudgeon" and "High King of the Misanthropes" and I think the shopkeeper crossed it going 80 mph.

[@eclint]

Anyone notice that Crow stops himself from singing the Partridge Family theme @ 10: 03 and sort of apologies to Mike for bringing it up.

[@FUBARguy107]

They all tend to do that I think. They start singing something, stop and apologize. They only seem to do it when the others don't join in.

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

Love that Mike isn't at all shock with Tom being inside an egg.

[@wesseavey]

Wow, $1.25 for a bag of groceries

[@bjwilson2014]

I guess you could say that prices have been *creeping* up since the '40s.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

Nowadays you can get like one (maybe two if you're lucky) item off that list - but here, you get bread, coffee, potatoes and beans.

[@goober7535]

inflation y'all. inflation.

[@michaelcortez1531]

Here's a toenail

[@Palmieres]

Yeah, especially when you made $ 0.75/hour...

[@homsar21596]

Definitely one of the funnier episodes of MST3K (at least in my own opinion)!

[@mamc1986]

Its just so cliche. A deformed guy, falls in love with a blind girl (especially a hot one) and things don't go as planned, or it does. Hollywood just never seems to run out of cliches. :/

[@maxtew6521]

Agreed. Definitely overlooked in the canon of greater MST3K episodes.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

$2-3K for eye surgery. That'd just about enough to pay for a few of the diagnostic tests that'd be required today before they even considered the surgery.

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

35:55 Mike can't stop laughing at the cranky old grocery man. LOL.

[@kakashi76767]

Don't fear the creeper

[@planescaped]

He's a creep. What the hell is he doing here?

[@maxtew6521]

🤣

[@maryvandusen6755]

Needs more cowbell.

[@elafimilo8199]

We can be like they are!

[@gsxerwhite]

He’s got a Rondo thirst

[@SupesMe]

Read and watch up on Rondo Hatton, He's a fascinating guy much like Tor Johnson.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

He's a pathetic man (meant in a sympathetic sense); his looks were normal until he developed that disfiguring hormone impairment.

[@maxtew6521]

@@indy_go_blue6048 Yeah, I did some research some montha back, too. Sad story. I'm glad he got to make a career for himself, though.

[@jadentheprinceofdarkness4824]

Rondo and Tor The Thuggish but gentle Titans of B Horror

[@guitar8890]

Cried with laughter watching this episode. One of their best ever. :D

[@teresas8173]

“It’s just magnificent when the Tall Ships come into the harbor”, Tom 😂

[@mamarine81]

35:55 When Mike loses his mind at the old man...so funny.

[@1blahblahblog]

Ok, my Mama told me of this show, and I looked it up. She said that she loved it, and so would I. She was right. I like the chicken part: "AH! the car's taken off with no driver! The Chickens have taken over!"

[@jondunmore4268]

That gorgeous blind chick is Jane Adams. She played Vicki Vale in the 1949 BATMAN AND ROBIN. Didn't notice her steaming beauty in that stupid role. She mostly just did the Lois Lane oblivious shtick like, "Does Bruce Wayne know you have his car, Batman?"

[@reduxmod9178]

"Evening Creeper". "Hi Person". "Evening Creeper". "Hi Fella". 😂🤣

[@nunyabiz2889]

Mike was having a tough time holding it together there for a bit with that cranky store owner 😂😂😂. That made for one of the funniest scenes to come from this show.

[@guardian08527]

"Speed is essential" Crawling along at 7 MPH.

[@MarilynMonday]

Why were those shots fired upstairs when the police were bothering the blind lady and not announcing themselves as officers?? Who'd they shoot??

[@mattschneider6773]

Really shouldn't do this when I'm on the crapper....

[@kaejae24]

HERE'S NUMBER 23 DONNELY but be quiet, we have to sneak up on him

[@kevincunningham8983]

Love this ,love the comments, just started watching this one. Thought it was me ,fell in love with this movie and comments,been watching the brute for a week constantly. Can I call you creep!!!lmao

[@teresas8173]

I watch it often! It’s one of the funniest episodes, imo underrated. It’s in my top 10, but rarely see it mentioned by others who list their favorites. The short is great too.

[@RandomEntry13013]

11:09 The matter of fact speed that Kevin spits out "Yeah for pervs!" with still gets me every time. 😂

[@RyKells]

🎤Eat and grow forever...🎤

[@TemmiePlays]

This one has one of the best pre-movie shorts. If only it had electric chickens of tomorrow

[@nyarg33]

Time study

[@mikezylstra7514]

Chicken of Tomorrow: no 7 - 9 week old broilers or fryers - which btw, is why its "buffalo wings" instead of drumsticks. The chicken they sell today is way too old to fry. Enjoy your "buffalo wings" suckers.

[@GeishaShattori]

I love the look on Dr. Forrester's face at the end as the potion he uses on "Sandy" takes effect!

[@thegirlnextdork]

I was really hoping that Torgo was going to be Pearl's date.

[@bobbob465]

That may have been the worst grocery bag packing job I've ever seen. Let's bruise the hell out of the potatoes by putting the coffee on top of them, and then put the big loaf of bread UNDER the can of beans so that the can is practically falling out. Maybe the old curmudgeon is angry because he knows that Jimmy could run the place better than him.