1003: Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
Movie: During a power outage, a Grandpa tells his grandson a story about a moldy old man named Merlin who has powers. Then he uses them to roam the streets looking for a monkey that was stolen from his shop.
Opening: The gang on the SOL is into 1920s college pranks. Mike is swallowing goldfish; Servo is stuck in a phone booth with a bunch of other hims; and Crow is flag- pole sitting, but he wants to come down, so he does.
Host Segment 1: Crow finally hits the ground, as continued from the opening. Pearl receives orders from the Institute of Mad Science for an experiment to inflict on Mike and Les Bots. The theory is that if one person is given complete power and authority over others, that person will become corrupt. Before Pearl can even finish her hypothesis, Servo has made himself autocratic ruler of the SOL. In a personal touch, Pearl adds a variant to the experiment: fire ants in the test subject's underwear, thus proving that insects can change the course of governments. Control group Bobo should have had no ants in his pants but, Bobo being Bobo...
Host Segment 2: Servo and Crow become niche reviewers and review each other. They give each other virulent and vehement thumbs down.
Host Segment 3: Servo, using a bogus magic book, accidentally turns Mike into an adult baby but Mike doesn't realize it. Mike makes a present for Servo.
Host Segment 4: Mike has got the entire series of children's books written by Ernest Borgnine, including Santa's Workshop of Shimmering Delights which is anything but delights.
End: Bobo is an ersatz toy monkey, sent up to the SOL by Pearl to wreak havoc and disaster. Pearl calculates their pain quotient, using a variety of standardized scales. Meanwhile, Brain Guy beams Bobo back down to the Castle, where he surreptitiously tries to get Bobo into a large bag. Bobo loves bags!
Stinger: Kid playing with odd monkey toy, lost in some fantasy play world, singing "Rock 'n roll martian.... rock and roll martian..."
Special Notes: The Brains picked the stinger because if you listen to it carefully, it sounds like the kid is saying "F***in' Old Martian, F***in' Old Martian."
