02.00 Mystery Science Theatre 3000
09.30 Family Guy
Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Season 7, Episode 13. "The Sinister Urge" A hilarious entry in the MST3K canon, using another badly-made b-movie from Edward D. Wood, Jr..
Story elements include pornography, a serial killer and a police investigation, but the movie is so badly made/acted that not much of this really registers. Especially with the MST3K gang riffing at the screen non-stop. Best bits? Hard to pick ones, when there are so many, but I'm particularly fond of the (many) scenes where the two main cops sit around an office and talk about the evils of porn. This happens many times and we never see them, you know, doing any sort of police work until the very end when they show up at the scene of the double murder (because the murderess phoned them and told them about it!). Dragnet, this ain't!!
Family Guy. Episode 18. "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" Lois drives the story in this one (with her obsession/depression with Christmas) but Stewie gets a great sub-plot where he believes that Santa has him under surveillance.
Biggest laugh in the episode (at least according to my sister) goes to the bit where Peter is engaged in a mad chase through a busy shopping mall, where he and his quarry stop to ride the escalator without moving. Resuming their chase once they reach the top.
Highlight? Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (porn provokes serial killers, you know)
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Thu, Dec 25, 08 - Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Family Guy
