Sat, Jun 1, 1991
Joel and the Bots endure Miles O'Keeffe as Ator while Doctor F. endures Frank's efforts to be Mike Douglas in "The Blade Master (1983)."
Sat, Jun 8, 1991
A giant mutated turtle wakes from eons of slumber and attacks Japan in "Gamera: The Giant Monster (1964)." The Bots create their own beauty salon and are treated to a visit from Gamera himself on the Hexfield.
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Sat, Jun 15, 1991
Alien eggs hatch on Earth after a meteor crash which spells trouble for a vacationing family, a singer on tour with his entourage, and a pair of poachers in "Extra Terrestrial Visitors (1983)." Joel and the Bots write their own song.
Sat, Jun 22, 1991
The Mads send the crew "Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)," another Gamera movie. This time, a group of travelers scour the jungle in search of the giant egg of a lizard-dog creature. Later, Joel and the Bots enjoy a simulated day at the beach.
Sat, Jun 29, 1991
The gang on the SOL have a gag-weapon war with the Mads and watch "The Stranger (1973)," an unsuccessful TV pilot about an astronaut stuck on an Earth-like planet where "perfect order" rules.
Sat, Jul 13, 1991
Joel and the Bots watch "Canines of the Caribbean (1985)", a Japanese rip-off of "Planet of the Apes (1968)", stage their own version of "Inherit the Wind," and Crow shows off the latest in ape fashion.
Sat, Jul 20, 1991
The crew riff on the short "Alphabet Antics (1951)" before watching "Daddy-O (1958)," a film about a group of teenage beatniks who spend their free time drag-racing. Joel is inspired to write a song and the Bots reenact a scene from the movie.
Sat, Jul 27, 1991
Gamera is back in "Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)" and this time he is up against Gaos, a bat-monster with the ability to shoot laser beams. Joel and the Bots make an arts and crafts project.
Sat, Aug 3, 1991
Crow and Tom build a cardboard fort while Joel introduces his idea for non-permanent tattoos during the invention exchange. In Bert I. Gordon's "The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)," an army colonel becomes a giant after an atomic blast.
Sat, Aug 17, 1991
Joel and the Bots watch as the alien Ken joins an Earth spaceship to fight his former masters in "Fugitive Alien (1986)." The Mads get a visit from Jack Perkins in Deep 13 while Joel forces Crow and Tom to reenact a scene from the movie.
Sat, Aug 24, 1991
The crew learns about the wonders of winter sports in the short "The Sport Parade: Snow Thrills (1945)." Later, in "It Conquered the World (1956)," a doctor tries to thwart a mad scientist's attempt to take over the world. Joel and Crow try out ventriloquism.
Sat, Sep 7, 1991
This time, the crew watches, "Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)," the fourth original Gamera film, including the Gamera Theme Song and a reenactment of an old favorite magic trick.
Sat, Sep 14, 1991
Joel and the Bots get tips on public speaking from the short "Speech: Using Your Voice (1950)" and watch a spider devour a town in "The Spider (1958)." Crow reads his screenplay "Earth vs. Soup" and Joel sets up a rehearsal for his rock band Spidorr.
Sat, Sep 21, 1991
A secret organization called "Mighty Jack (1968)" uses a submarine to battle a terrorist organization. Joel and the Bots make a Mighty Jack pet food commercial and sing the song "Slow The Plot Down!"
Sat, Nov 9, 1991
Joel and the Bots sit through two shorts. Then, in "Teenage Cave Man (1958)," a rebellious cave boy goes against clan rules and wants to explore horizons beyond the river. Joel and the Bots battle boredom on the Satellite of Love.
Sat, Oct 19, 1991
In "Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)," the seventh offering from Gamera, the infamous turtle faces off against an alien called Zigra determined on world domination. Joel and the Bots build a scale model of Gamera and make shoebox dioramas.
Sat, Oct 26, 1991
The crew watch the education short "The Home Economics Story (1951)." In "The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)," viking women set sail to rescue a group of enslaved men. Joel and the Bots consider the waffle and present an iron that can turn waffles into pancakes.
Sat, Nov 16, 1991
Ken and the crew of the Bacchus 3 return in "Star Force: Fugitive Alien II (1987)" while Joel and the Bots make a Captain Joe action figure and stage a "name that puppet" quiz show.
Sat, Nov 30, 1991
Joel and the Bots watch the classic short "Mr. B Natural (1957)" in which an androgynous person teaches a geeky middle schooler to play a musical instrument. Moving on to "War of the Colossal Beast (1958)," the Colossal Man is spotted in Mexico.
Thu, Nov 14, 1991
A mad scientist creates havoc when an experiment to stop the aging process goes awry when the crew of the Satellite of Love watches "The Unearthly (1957)".
Sat, Dec 21, 1991
Joel and the Bots take on the infamous Christmas classic "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)," in which a group of martians kidnap Santa Claus because they have no one on Mars to give their children presents. The crew performs the pinnacle Christmas carol.
Sat, Jan 11, 1992
The crew watch a ninja and a drifter save an airport from thugs in "Master Ninja I," a feature-length presentation assembled from two episodes of the series "The Master (1984)" while building a model car and training their ninja skills.
Sat, Jan 18, 1992
In "The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)," an evil mastermind plans to destroy the world but his arch-nemesis gets in the way. The movie is so terrible that the crew has a nervous breakdown, but the Mads celebrate their victory a little too quickly.
Sat, Jan 25, 1992
Joel and the Bots endure yet again two equally bad episodes from the failed action series "The Master (1984)".