The back half of the movie was definitely some kind of recycled TV show/pilot from the early 80s, though I've no idea what it came from. That Ernet Borgnine's character talks about being a television writer makes me think the producer or creator saw a way to make a quick buck on some of his old stuff.

OK, OK. "Remember to believe in magic — or I'll kill you" is a good line.

The never-before-seen alternative ending to Troop Beverly Hills.

Soultaker and The Girl in Gold Boots are great. Ditto Diabolik. The rest of them: Eh. I don't think it's the riffing so much as the type of films they got. Too many of them just didn't fit the MST3K style.

"The Lutherans build a cyborg." Best riff of Season 10.

"We are from Europe!" (Five minutes of Crow and Tom laughing)

Food courts . . . OF THE FUTURE!

ARTHUR GODFREY! Will you shine your love?

"The boiler room has a receptionist?" Some friends of mine who'd never seen MST3K just lost it over that.

We are preparing to rock.

Bite me, fun it is.

My take:

I think I'm in the minority (and I know Best Brains hated them) but I really liked the story arcs. The host segments in Seasons 6 and 7 lacked focus and were embarrassingly overacted, like the show was just padding the space between the theater segments. Telling a story seemed to bring out the best in them.

Manzarek had some very strong feelings about how Morrison was depicted in the movie, IIRC.

JIM F———— MORRISON TOLD ME THAT

Point to any 60s album with a stripped down production, and you could argue it paved the way for punk. The Doors, The Beatles' Lady Madonna, Phil Ochs' Rehearsals for Retirement, etc., etc.

I'm not much into the Doors, but I'll take them over Creed any day. I assume the reviewer is trying to get a rise out of Doors fans (not that hard to do).

Ray Manzarek did a great job with that first X album. Clean, punchy, tight. The second X album isn't as good, and maybe the songs are weaker, but the production also seems sloppier. "Year One" remains fine, though.

Buddy Morrison and the Doormen

I thought Phil Ochs' "Another Age" might have fit this montage well. This is because Phil Ochs fans must always mention him when Dylan's name comes up.