801: Revenge of the Creature
Movie: The sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon, the "gill man" gets captured and taken to an aquarium in Florida. Then they shoot the creature fro no good reason.
Opening: Mike, Servo, and Gypsy return to the Satellite of Love from the edge of the universe, where they resume their corporeal forms. There they discover Crow, who has been living there for 500 years. He doesn't remember Mike. They seem to be orbiting Earth, however. But when they contact the planet, a bespectacled-and-lab-coated ape answers. Terrified screams ensue.
Host Segment 1: Mike and 'Bots learn that it's the year 2525, and that apes have becomes the ruling species on planet earth. They are introduced to Professor Bobo and his assistant Dr. Peanut, who bring them up to speed and proceed to send them a cheesy movie. When the satellite asks why they are still being subject to crummy movies, the apes reply simply: it's ape law, given to them by the Lawgiver.
Host Segment 2: Mike and Servo try to repair the satellite, to get away from this ape world. Crow introduces them to the Nanites, microscopic robots who might be able to repair the ship. The Nanites immediately eject Servo from the ship's works, sending him rocketing up into the air.
Host Segment 3: A fierce alien - half-man and half-octopus - comes pounding on the SOL looking for Servo. Servo apparently did business with him on the edge of the universe, and has something this angry alien wants. They talk in alien-ese for a while, and when the alien theatens to vaoprize the satellite, Servo gives it over. It's a cask of French Vanilla pudding, apparently very valuable to the alien's race. Servo brags to Mike that he had all sorts of harrowing adventures while travelling the universe, but when Mike asks for specifics, Servo advises Mike not to worry his pretty little head about it.
Host Segment 4: Crow and Servo sit catching up over cups of delicious coffee. When Mike enters, Crow decides he wants to get to know the "new guy" and offers him a complicated coffee drink from his huge and unruly espresso maker. After battling the machine, Crow hands Mike an extremely tiny cup of caffinated beverage.
End: Searching the databanks, Mike and the 'Bots learn the true reason for the simian takeover of earth. It turns out that Mike's descendants recklessly intermarried with many species of monkey, causing a quick evolution to the apes who just sent them the movie. Needless to say, Mike isn't pleased.
The apes call them: apparently their revered Lawgiver wants a word with them. Turns out it's none other than Pearl Forrester, who was cryogenically frozen for 500 years, thawed out by the apes, and immediately crowned their Lawgiver. It was she who sent them the movie, and she vows to dog Mike and the 'Bots to the bitter end, carrying on the work of her son.
Stinger: John Agar's wiggly swimming technique.
Special Notes: This was the 1st Sci Fi episode. Since Trace left the show, Bill Corbet took over the role of Crow, who you can tell isn't moving like he used to.
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