MST3k: Teenage Strangler

Man this movie is SOOO SQUARE, Mike making the box with his fingers as Yipe Stripes is watoosied out on the lunch counter(the start of the counter culture)by one peppy young lady. Everyone joins in singing YIPE STRIPES!, including M&TB's who offer Seig Heil! That girl gets SO risque with those blooming pantaloons underneath her dress-"oh mama TOLD me not to come"-Servo. It's all very square and very fun as Mike and his robot pals skewer this relic from 1965..."see the incredible school zone action!"..."a daring chase scene well within the confines of the law"..."they're driving at speeds approaching the actual speed limit". A father reprimands his son very sternly, sending him banished to his room causing the concerned mother to utter "I love it when you act like der fuerer honey. Let's commit the marriage act." A teen girl after a long day-"a tumbler of VO, a fistful of yellows and I'll be set for the night." A fight breaks out in the school yard-"this is gonna happen when you serve tuna wiggle for lunch." All these great lines and many more are zinged out by Mike and his pals and then...and then, there is the character of Mikey in the movie. An adolscent with an extensive Streisand collection whom the Amish kids like to beat up and who cries in a pitiful squeel "Oh Jimmmmyyyyy!!" "please give me a swirlie". And my favorite line by Mike- "I just know Mikey ended up in Andy Warhol's factory." Along with this daring movie you also get the B+W short "Is this love?" which is lampooned quite nicely by the crew and there is a bonus MST outakes that didn't have any Joel outtakes most unfortunately but was fun nevertheless. The host segments are all funny culminating in Mikes' rendition of "I'm a janitor" that's guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye.                       8/10/09