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The Martian leaders consult their "Sage" for advice from which he tells them to give their children the freewill they desire. So the Martian leaders, in their infinite wisdom, decide that in...
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Watch with Shout! Factory TV. Martians abduct Santa Claus and two human children in hopes of bringing Christmas to their planet.
Martians abduct Santa Claus and two human children in hopes of bringing Christmas to their planet.
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Dec 2, 2019 · On this channel, you will find many of the best riffs and highlights from MST3K episodes, trailers from DVD box sets, bonus material including never-seen-before footage, as well as new original...
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Synopsis
Martians abduct Santa Claus and two Earth children in an attempt to bring joy to the children of Mars. Antics ensue.
Host Segments
Prologue: The Bots pore over expensive Christmas catalogs and tell Joel what they want for Christmas. Segment One (Invention Exchange): The Mads reveal their devastating holiday invention, the Wish Squisher, which can turn any cool present into something horrifically lame. Joel and the Bots demonstrate their own Misfit Toys, including Mr. Mashed Potato Head and the board game adaptation of Patrick Swayze's Road House. Segment Two: Crow writes his own Christmas carol, "(Let's Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas". Due to some violent lyrics, Joel is not impressed. Segment Three: Joel tricks Frank into sending up more Christmas specials. Some are good, and some are really, really bad. Segment Four: The SOL reads their Christmas essays. Crow reads "A Christmas Editorial", Tom reads the classic "A Child's Christmas in Space", Joel reads about 70's office parties, and Gypsy says it all. Segment Five: The crew sings their own version of "Angels We Have Heard on High", goes through their stockings, and reads a nice holiday letter, while the Mads exchange gifts. Stinger: Voldar laughs derisively.
MST3K Cast
•Joel Hodgson - Joel Robinson •Trace Beaulieu - Crow T. Robot / Dr. Clayton Forrester •Kevin Murphy - Tom Servo •Frank Conniff - TV's Frank •Jim Mallon - Gypsy •Alexandra Carr - Magic Voice
Trivia
•The music and lyrics for "(Let's Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas" were written by Michael J. Nelson. •All the "video cassette cartridge games" Frank presented for the Wish Squisher had cover labels for the same game: Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System. •This episode was the one they were working on when a crew from Comedy Central arrived at the studios to shoot footage for the documentary This Is MST3K. •The final segment of Frank and Forrester exchanging gifts is a parody of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi." Frank and Forrester later parodied the same story in Episode #521 - Santa Claus. •Ranked 7th in the Top 100 Episodes as chosen by backers of the Bring Back MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 campaign. •This episode aired ninth during Turkey Day '92, seventh during Turkey Day '94, and sixth & last during Turkey Day '15. •One of the contributing writers for this episode was Rob Schrab, who would later co-direct all of the episodes in Season 12. •The theme song to the film, "Hooray for Santa Claus" is one of the songs performed by the trio of hosts during their escape in Episode #1313 - The Christmas Dragon.
•"This is really cheap animation—
Clutch Cargo was a television series notorious for its poor and limited—some might say disturbing—animation. The most striking example of this is the way the characters' mouths were "animated" simply by superimposing the filmed mouths of the actors performing the lines.
•Father Martian tells his children to go to bed and Crow responds in a little girl voice,
The little Martian girl was Pia Zadora's first role, but she is probably most famous for winning a Golden Globe for the 1982 film Butterfly even though it was a flop. Her husband was accused of buying off the judges to get the award and she was also awarded "Razzies" as "Worst New Star" and "Worst Actress" in the 1982 Golden Raspberry Awards. She won more "Worst Actress" awards, and the Golden Raspberry Awards later named her Worst New Star of the Decade (1980–1989).
Servo is paraphrasing Robert De Niro as Al Capone in The Untouchables.
•"Are you sure it's not The Fish Who Saved Pittsburgh
•Commercially released on DVD by Rhino Entertainment as part of MST3K: The Essentials, a double-disc set which featured this episode and the previously released Manos: The Hands of Fate. As a limited time special offer, if ordered off a specially created Rhino website, a bonus disc of Shorts Vol 3 was also included with the set.
•Re-released in 2018 by Shout! Factory as part of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Singles Collection.
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. In the theater, the crew watches as a group of Martians, eager for their own Christmas back on Mars, abduct Santa and two children in "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel and the bots share essays about Christmas.
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