The mid-movie skit around 23:00 is one of my favorites. Joel strutting around to that music with the bots in their sexy henchmen outfits 😂. Kills me every time. Tom: Joel you're ruining it for me. Joel, eats his kit kat cigar: I know.
The Production section of the Wikipedia entry on this movie begins, inauspiciously, with the words, “Neil Connery was working as a plasterer in Scotland until he was sacked for losing his tools.”
"Jerry Fleming, Ian's brother." As many times as I have watched this I do not ever remember catching that brother slam before. One of the best rips in the movie along that line.
OPERATION DOUBLE 007 - aka OPERATION KID BROTHER and O.K. CONNERY - was typical of Italian cinema-spoofs of the time. It's a lark, much like a comedy sketch on a Bob Hope special or a British panto. Sean Connery wasn't happy about the whole enterprise, even giving Lois Maxwell the cold shoulder on the next Bond after this O.K. flick. But Saltzman and Broccoli didn't mind too much - Maxwell later told friends that she was paid more for this flick than she was paid for all the Eon Bonds combined! Sean Connery himself could have done this project if he wanted to -- his contract with Eon permitted him to do one film a year that Saltzmann & Broccoli did not produce. That's why Charles Feldman offered him the CASINO ROYALE spoof. Connery said "yes.... for one million dollars." It was an unheard of salary for a film star, so Feldman passed. After the film opened, Feldman and Connery ran into each other; Feldman greeted Sean by saying "I should have paid you the million!"
This was the first MST3K I saw. Late to the party, it was 2004 and a friend was raving about it so I downloaded a few. Never looked back. Great to see it all these years later, and just as good!
I've said it before, I'll say it again... Pearl, Brain Guy and Bobo were all well and good, but damn! I could watch Trace and Frank's shenanigans for hours. Those two just had it down pat. And Joel... again, I love Mike Nelson as much as the next guy, but Joel had a special kind of affability. Good times, all around.
As one who, in my early twenties, stumbled upon MST in the early '90s (Joel era, thee best imo) there had already been - as I'm sure you're aware - a few key personnel changes prior to Comedy Channel dropping them / Sci-Fi Channel picking them up ...so maybe it was due to that that I was able to roll with the Sci-Fi line-up with a bit more ease. Bill had some _big_ shoes to fill, as Crow was Trace's baby from the show's inception. I recall thinking at first that I'd NEVER warm up to someone else giving life to Crow ...and to be sure, it certainly wasn't the same in terms of the character's quirky nuances and mannerisms Trace brought to it and that Misties had grown accustomed to. But all-in-all, I got used to the new Crow, and really enjoyed Bill's _Observer_ character ...especially liked it once they abandoned the Roman times jazz and moved on to the Castle Forrester set. However, I agree with you that MST's golden era remains the high water mark for this wonderful show ...which I consider to be one of the finer things that came outta latter twentieth century pop culture. All of the characters fit and interacted so well: Joel as the nurturing father figure, the invention exchange, the "mads" were a constant hoot(!!!) etc etc Also, I suspect it was largely a slightly older demographic - or at least one that hailed from a very different collective sensibility in the US that now feels unfortunately absent - that could better relate to and appreciate the overall bent of the writing and the show's humor during those early seasons. Nothing against subsequent seasons and/or personnel, as there are numerous episodes from those that I enjoy as well ... but again, there's just _something_ not quite as...? ... culturally observant and subversive in the writing and references.
I think the Sci-Fi era Mads really came together when Brain Guy joined them following the events of The She Creature. We didn’t quite have a character like him before and the fact that all his power couldn’t stop him from being dominated by Pearl really clicked. Plus, Bill really found his comfort zone and interpretation of Crow by then.
This episode has everything, Joel and the bots, the Dr. and Frank, Neil Connery, the evil heavy who resembles both Spencer Tracy and Lesley Nielsen simultaneously, the timely Torgo, and the woman in the skipper's hat playing both The Captain and Tenille, great stuff.
Neil Connery actually stared in 3 films, 2 of them he played Bond. He was on several tv shows in Scotland and also owned a plastering business. His career ended in the mid eighties when he was seriously injured in an accident.
To gain the knowledge I have, I've had to...do things...things I'm not proud of...I'd rather not talk about it. But if you see Trace again, tell him...tell him to call me. Wait, don't. Hell, I don't know what I want, it was such a confusing time in my life...
This has one of the funniest opening sequences in any MST ever. Joel being a Bond villain is one of my favorite sketches ever. Also Neil Connery is dubbed and they don't even give his character a name, he's just 'Doctor Connery'.
I perfer to think that the studio knew the memetic badassery of the Connery bloodline, and didn't bother hiding it by giving the main character another name.
That villain-introduction scene is so ridiculous I absolutely adore it. Him watching a video off of a naked girl's back, walking around all bossy. with that obviously slimy villain music. Such an incredibly over-the-top. My adoration is infinite.
That song at the beginning is one of the funniest damn things I've ever heard, even without Joel and the bots adding their own lyrics. I still can't believe it was written by Ennio Morricone.
What’s interesting to me about this movie is it soundtrack. Morricone was probably told to make it as much like a James Bond soundtrack as possible, hence all the horns, the jazziness, and that magnificent title song! You know they told the singer to really go for that Shirley Bassey sound... “HEEEEEEE HOLDS ME!!!!!”
Apparently, Neil Connery's voice was dubbed because he'd just had an operation and it effected his voice. Completely useless fact for you but I'm a sad, sad, little man who likes to prove he knows stuff about things that don't matter to complete strangers on the Internet.
It sure took Torgo a long time (seven episodes!) to bring the Mr. Pibs he forgot after bringing the Mads the pizza. Love the Torgo segments. They should assemble all the Torgo appearances together and release a DVD of them!
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 this is actually a myth, the reason he killed himself was because he was deep into drugs and his father resented him for being an actor
its "flo-beeing" his back. im pretty sure. which if you didnt know, was a 1990s hair cutting kit that you attached to a vacuum cleaner it was spoofed in "waynes world" as the "suckcut. "its sucks as it cuts" though the audio is bad and i might be wrong'
www.annotatedmst.com/episodes/65/Operation_Double_007 to decipher all their caddy references except the Tom Thumb reference is wrong - I sent them an email to correct it. Tom Thumb in Twin Cities Minnesota was not the same as the big grocery store chains. Sorry. The joke is that Tom Thumb is a small corner store - making it very colloquial. slphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8000-Minnetonka-Blvd.-Texa-Tonka-1969-03-Polka-Dot-Dairy-1024x684.jpg So that's an image of what they're referring to - clearly NOT a big chain grocery store. Polka Dot Dairy: 1973. Became Tom Thumb convenience store under same ownership. is the caption. They were even store fronts in houses - my buddy bought a house that had a Polka Dot Dairy on the first floor.
One Can Never unhear the Dreaded cantor of the Torgo Theme. That is my opinion of the worst movie ever made, MANOS the HANDS of FATE, cult level badness.
"Good GOD, I'm ugly. Scared my own children out of the nursery today!" No matter how many times I watch this episode, that line still makes me chuckle. That and the Katherine Hepburn riffs.
Whenever I view this episode, I watch the "Joel impersonating evil mastermind" skit over and over. I know its been said before, and it will be said again, but here it goes..."I know!" ... Oh, and thanks so much for posting, ak!
Just learned that Neil Connery died six months after his older brother Sean. He earned more money (£5,000) for three months work on this film than he earned in a year in his usual job as a plasterer.
Mike Nelson doing an early cameo appearance as Torgo (from "Manos:Hands of Fate' fame which was also roasted on MST3K) initially caught me off-guard, but then I was in stitches. Also, Joel's "I know" sketch was priceless. God, I love this show so much.
Totally off topic, but I got a really weird Doctor Strange vibe from seeing just pictures of Neil Connery--and then seeing the way he places his fingers together for the first hypnosis, and the goatee thing...I dunno. It's just a strange comparison between doctors, I guess.
The theme song was sung by ♪KHRISTY♪ who is Shirley Bassey's cleaning lady's son's girl friend. Nun habits provided by the good Sisters Of Our Lady's Cousin's Brother.
I think the villain's evil plan was to scare the nations into submission through the power of his pleather jumpsuit. It sure had a blood-curdling effect on me! (shudder.)
+Letus the Dragon I agree. Second after that was when the Krankor guy from Prince of Space came back and visited the boys as they watched Invasion of the Neptune Men. Not really a running gag, but that was an awesome special guest :)
isnt that villain the same dude from Diabolik? way better MST3K episode haha, mike is just so much better joel only chimes in like every 5 minutes and never really makes jokes
37:21 lol, it's the "whooping....cranes" from Diabolik lol. See, just one more thing to go with the same bad guy. lol You know what else is funny? I randomly put on Manos today then chose this one to be the next one I watch, it had been awhile since I'd seen it. I didn't remember this was the one Torgo returned with their sodas! lol It lined it perfectly for me.
I think you underestimate how many people enjoyed those segments. They were nice intermissions with a bit of silliness that were paced well, and were usually inventive with what the group did to play around or make fun of the movie. Plus they helped give the group more presence and kept them from feeling only like shadowy riffers, it gave a little bit of substance to their little world, or satellite rather, in space.
"It's Bernie from Room 222!" The first time I saw this episode, I thought of that joke a moment before I heard one of them actually say it. It's always gratifying to think an MST joke, then hear one of them say it.
17:50 Oh this was just priceless "I'm a famous plastic surgeon and hypnotist and can read lips" why not ad "and I'm a moon man too" it's like listening to a "When I'm grow up I going to be a...." spiel from a 5yr old. I have a feeling that when Neil showed this to Sean, all with stars in his eyes, Sean ruffled his little head and went "Awwwwww that was so cute" I'm sure you would have literally been able to see Neil's ego deflate
According to the IMDB for this movie (which was titled Operation Kid Brother in the UK, so I don't think Neil had too fragile an ego), Neil was cast after the OKB producer heard him speaking on the radio about union matters and decided he sounded exactly like Sean, which was apparently enough of a reason to build a movie around him. As for Neil, he did another movie and then opened a plastering business in Glasgow, but has appeared in a small variety of projects from the '70s to the mid-'90s, which would seem to indicate some degree of talent. Seems a pretty-quiet sort. Still lives in Edinburgh, which is also his city of birth. Edit: That's all to say that the "Neil Connery can do everything" stuff may have just been lazy screen-writing, as opposed to Neil's ego. Bond, at least, had a background as a lifelong, seasoned, elite special operative to explain all his skills; how do you explain a plastic surgeon being able to fight better than criminal thugs (surgeons tend to get into fist-fights as much as classical pianists, for the same reasons)? What's doing my head in is that the producer hired Neil, sight-unseen, based on his voice and its similarity to Sean's brogue, and then *dubbed* him in the flattest accent possible. Nobody's captaining this ship.
Lois Maxwell said that appearing in this film paid more than all she was awarded for all her appearances as Moneypenny in the real James Bond films *combined*. So I'm going to say "no".
18:37 how could these guys see one random character and just immediately dubs it to a rather obscure Asian president while being absolutely ON POINT with it lmao 😂
That would be a great MST3k costume. Just need a little mp3 player/speaker in the pocket of your "obscene tycoon lounging" robe, and then swan around place like you own it.
*FUN FACT:* Thanatos is from Greek mythology (which makes the nicknames of characters like "Alpha" & "Beta" appropriate). He was the personification of death.
Does anyone else find it fucking offensive that, immediately after Yashuko is killed, the guys stand over her body and casually chat about what they were able to "get out of" her? Jesus fucking Christ.
I am spanish. I can confirm that if you go to the Malaga airport, those people are still dancing in 2020. For no reason at all.
Weird Man.... Just weird....
How many portraits of Franco are there still?
@@Phoenix_Films This just in, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is STILL dead!
I love how many Misties there are from all around the world. Take care brother/sister
lol 1:03:22.
The mid-movie skit around 23:00 is one of my favorites. Joel strutting around to that music with the bots in their sexy henchmen outfits 😂. Kills me every time.
Tom: Joel you're ruining it for me.
Joel, eats his kit kat cigar: I know.
*I*
*K N O W*
😅😅😅😅😅😅. I know
I love that bit too but I think that's not a kit kat, it's a twix
He has gone Overdrive On swagger, Toxic Level Even Dr. Evil would go nuts
🤣🤣🤣
The Production section of the Wikipedia entry on this movie begins, inauspiciously, with the words, “Neil Connery was working as a plasterer in Scotland until he was sacked for losing his tools.”
He was accused of stealing them
"Jerry Fleming, Ian's brother." As many times as I have watched this I do not ever remember catching that brother slam before. One of the best rips in the movie along that line.
The running gag of people in the movie asking Neil Connery for his brother's autograph kills me
Inspired by true events😝
I know
The movie was intended as a parody of the James Bond series.
52:00
Servo's "... The hell was that?" makes me laugh every single time. One of the most perfectly timed riffs in MST3K history.
"terrorists were more fun back then"
"All metals will be instantly affected."
Crow: *_"ANIMALS VILL BE BRED UND SLAUGHTERED!!!"_*
38:40
I haven't laughed that hard at a line since The Movie itself. That timing was gold.
This is one of the greatest riffs lines ever. Hahhaha always cracks me up
OPERATION DOUBLE 007 - aka OPERATION KID BROTHER and O.K. CONNERY - was typical of Italian cinema-spoofs of the time. It's a lark, much like a comedy sketch on a Bob Hope special or a British panto. Sean Connery wasn't happy about the whole enterprise, even giving Lois Maxwell the cold shoulder on the next Bond after this O.K. flick. But Saltzman and Broccoli didn't mind too much - Maxwell later told friends that she was paid more for this flick than she was paid for all the Eon Bonds combined! Sean Connery himself could have done this project if he wanted to -- his contract with Eon permitted him to do one film a year that Saltzmann & Broccoli did not produce. That's why Charles Feldman offered him the CASINO ROYALE spoof. Connery said "yes.... for one million dollars." It was an unheard of salary for a film star, so Feldman passed. After the film opened, Feldman and Connery ran into each other; Feldman greeted Sean by saying "I should have paid you the million!"
The casino royale spoof is one of the most unfocused messes of a movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it
Was Charles Feldman Marty’s brother?
"lark"?
it's like Bob Hope? you mean it's not funny?
This was the first MST3K I saw. Late to the party, it was 2004 and a friend was raving about it so I downloaded a few. Never looked back. Great to see it all these years later, and just as good!
They just throw everything against the wall and see if it sticks and most of it doesn't.
RIP Neil Connery (1 January 1938 - 10 May 2021)
RIP Neil Niren Connery (1938-2021)
I like to think that the movie never even introduced the guy they're singing about in the beginning.
They're singing about Sean Connery.
@@jondunmore4268
They’re singing about Santy Claius.
I've said it before, I'll say it again... Pearl, Brain Guy and Bobo were all well and good, but damn! I could watch Trace and Frank's shenanigans for hours. Those two just had it down pat. And Joel... again, I love Mike Nelson as much as the next guy, but Joel had a special kind of affability. Good times, all around.
Something seemed a bit more natural. Oddly enough, might be the lovable awkwardness. Pearl and Bobo I felt came off a little forced af times,
As one who, in my early twenties, stumbled upon MST in the early '90s (Joel era, thee best imo) there had already been - as I'm sure you're aware - a few key personnel changes prior to Comedy Channel dropping them / Sci-Fi Channel picking them up ...so maybe it was due to that that I was able to roll with the Sci-Fi line-up with a bit more ease.
Bill had some _big_ shoes to fill, as Crow was Trace's baby from the show's inception. I recall thinking at first that I'd NEVER warm up to someone else giving life to Crow ...and to be sure, it certainly wasn't the same in terms of the character's quirky nuances and mannerisms Trace brought to it and that Misties had grown accustomed to. But all-in-all, I got used to the new Crow, and really enjoyed Bill's _Observer_ character ...especially liked it once they abandoned the Roman times jazz and moved on to the Castle Forrester set.
However, I agree with you that MST's golden era remains the high water mark for this wonderful show ...which I consider to be one of the finer things that came outta latter twentieth century pop culture. All of the characters fit and interacted so well: Joel as the nurturing father figure, the invention exchange, the "mads" were a constant hoot(!!!) etc etc
Also, I suspect it was largely a slightly older demographic - or at least one that hailed from a very different collective sensibility in the US that now feels unfortunately absent - that could better relate to and appreciate the overall bent of the writing and the show's humor during those early seasons. Nothing against subsequent seasons and/or personnel, as there are numerous episodes from those that I enjoy as well ... but again, there's just _something_ not quite as...? ... culturally observant and subversive in the writing and references.
I think the Sci-Fi era Mads really came together when Brain Guy joined them following the events of The She Creature. We didn’t quite have a character like him before and the fact that all his power couldn’t stop him from being dominated by Pearl really clicked. Plus, Bill really found his comfort zone and interpretation of Crow by then.
The older I get, the more I prefer Joel to Mike.
Oddly enough, I prefer Mike (and Eddie) to that sleepy-eyed guy. Mike seems .. I dunno... way funnier
When Frank is doing his Lederhosen-Hosen, you can see a tape F on the floor showing he is off his mark, but who cares, it's Tv.'s Frank.
you can see the thin string as well pulling the bobing buzzard
It’s just a show you guys really should just relax
la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
TV's Frank is ALWAYS a little off his mark. It's just how he rolls.
That "F" was for fool. Of course he's off the mark.
This episode has everything, Joel and the bots, the Dr. and Frank, Neil Connery, the evil heavy who resembles both Spencer Tracy and Lesley Nielsen simultaneously, the timely Torgo, and the woman in the skipper's hat playing both The Captain and Tenille, great stuff.
The lead bad guy is Adolfo Celi, who also played Largo in Thunderball.
And MANOS: The Hands of Fate!
Neil just died last month in Edinburg. 11 May 2021. He was 83.
Lil Tom Servo in a sailor's suit is the most precious thing I've ever seen.
Tom Servo is adorable :)
I have a giant Tom Servo tattoo on my back
Neil Connery actually stared in 3 films, 2 of them he played Bond. He was on several tv shows in Scotland and also owned a plastering business. His career ended in the mid eighties when he was seriously injured in an accident.
Succint and informative, thanks.
Shouldn't have tried doing his own stunts, I guess.
What kind of accident🤔
I mean, he was hansome man, so I can see him as Bond. George Lazenby was way worse actor and he got his one movie.
I was surprised to find out that this movie wasn't a porno with the sex scenes cut out.
To gain the knowledge I have, I've had to...do things...things I'm not proud of...I'd rather not talk about it. But if you see Trace again, tell him...tell him to call me. Wait, don't. Hell, I don't know what I want, it was such a confusing time in my life...
@16:48
“This time I want the girl alive. You killed her last time, and that really bothered me. Don’t kill her again.”
Nice riff.
RIP Neil Connery...thanks for this.
"Take THIS John Entwhistle!" Oh, how I love all the references to my favorite band!
This has one of the funniest opening sequences in any MST ever. Joel being a Bond villain is one of my favorite sketches ever. Also Neil Connery is dubbed and they don't even give his character a name, he's just 'Doctor Connery'.
It's a spoof.
I perfer to think that the studio knew the memetic badassery of the Connery bloodline, and didn't bother hiding it by giving the main character another name.
That villain-introduction scene is so ridiculous I absolutely adore it. Him watching a video off of a naked girl's back, walking around all bossy. with that obviously slimy villain music. Such an incredibly over-the-top. My adoration is infinite.
"Am I tripping, Joel?"
I suspect the film's producers most certainly were. It would explain a few things...
That song at the beginning is one of the funniest damn things I've ever heard, even without Joel and the bots adding their own lyrics. I still can't believe it was written by Ennio Morricone.
What’s interesting to me about this movie is it soundtrack. Morricone was probably told to make it as much like a James Bond soundtrack as possible, hence all the horns, the jazziness, and that magnificent title song! You know they told the singer to really go for that Shirley Bassey sound...
“HEEEEEEE HOLDS ME!!!!!”
Man in caftan: "I have an important announcement to make..."
- Joel: "I'm Rue McClannahan." LOL!
Apparently, Neil Connery's voice was dubbed because he'd just had an operation and it effected his voice. Completely useless fact for you but I'm a sad, sad, little man who likes to prove he knows stuff about things that don't matter to complete strangers on the Internet.
I think all old italian movies are dubbed even in Italy so I'm guessing it's very common that a voice dubbed in isn't done by the same actor
I'd go so far as to say it was dubbed by the outer limits guy. Probably bullshit, but many would believe it
@@seanjacobs7021 No, iT was dubbed by the Connery brother's cousin Kevin.
I thought that part was dubbed by Chip Hitler? Don't worry, we're all even smaller men here.
It matters to me, Mr Smallshorts
It sure took Torgo a long time (seven episodes!) to bring the Mr. Pibs he forgot after bringing the Mads the pizza. Love the Torgo segments. They should assemble all the Torgo appearances together and release a DVD of them!
Ha right before I read your comment I looked up this th-cam.com/video/fQsowfrKDEg/w-d-xo.html
Mike was awesome as Torgo
Mike was an awesome Torgo
the real Torgo offed himself due to permanent injuries from his character in Manos.... so they probably don't want to push it.
“ my name is Torgo I take care of the place while the master is away “ 😂
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 this is actually a myth, the reason he killed himself was because he was deep into drugs and his father resented him for being an actor
This one never had a real dull moment, and the gang delivered. Every skit worked for me too, including the Quickening joke.
They're not really that funny. Maybe it's American humour. I hear better patter everyday.
@@thursoberwick1948 then what the heck are you even doing here?
@@thursoberwick1948humor is universal
@@notinspectorgadget here to poop in the punch bowl
No srsly, what. The. Hell. Was that showgirl ninja segment??
I’m left flummoxed and bewildered
This episode is in my top 5 with Secret Agent Super Dragon, Teenagers From Outer Space, Manos Hands of Fate and Mitchell.
You must include radar service
Mitchell!
Danger! Death Ray.
Its so obvious that you never watched final sacrifice
"What's it like being the TV, Cindy?"
"Well, it's better than foaming his back."
its "flo-beeing" his back. im pretty sure. which if you didnt know, was a 1990s hair cutting kit that you attached to a vacuum cleaner
it was spoofed in "waynes world" as the "suckcut. "its sucks as it cuts" though the audio is bad and i might be wrong'
No, it's definitely flobee-ing.
www.annotatedmst.com/episodes/65/Operation_Double_007 to decipher all their caddy references except the Tom Thumb reference is wrong - I sent them an email to correct it. Tom Thumb in Twin Cities Minnesota was not the same as the big grocery store chains. Sorry.
The joke is that Tom Thumb is a small corner store - making it very colloquial.
slphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8000-Minnetonka-Blvd.-Texa-Tonka-1969-03-Polka-Dot-Dairy-1024x684.jpg
So that's an image of what they're referring to - clearly NOT a big chain grocery store.
Polka Dot Dairy: 1973. Became Tom Thumb convenience store under same ownership.
is the caption.
They were even store fronts in houses - my buddy bought a house that had a Polka Dot Dairy on the first floor.
@@krispybacon9285 *GET-A-LOAD*
*OF THIS GUY*
*CAM*
Love the Sound of Music reference with the nun assassin: "I want this problem called Maria taken care of... permanently!"
My wife is not an MST3K fan...but we both laugh over this line...tossed randomly into conversations!
That Torgo music really knows how to kill the soul.
One Can Never unhear the Dreaded cantor of the Torgo Theme. That is my opinion of the worst movie ever made, MANOS the HANDS of FATE, cult level badness.
I looked up Neil Connery's Wikipedia page.
Its brevity kind of made me a little sad.
JanitorAntisocial, it’s better than nothing, don’t you think 🤔?
52:01- "...the hell was THAT?"
My thoughts exactly!
“Can I have your brother’s autograph?”
This movie’s catchphrase.
"Good GOD, I'm ugly. Scared my own children out of the nursery today!"
No matter how many times I watch this episode, that line still makes me chuckle. That and the Katherine Hepburn riffs.
Whenever I view this episode, I watch the "Joel impersonating evil mastermind" skit over and over. I know its been said before, and it will be said again, but here it goes..."I know!" ... Oh, and thanks so much for posting, ak!
*I KNOW*
Joel's "I Know" host segment is one of his best, I declare.
I know.
I died when he kissed Crow. XD
@Stevie Chan, I noticed he kisses the bots on several occasions...
then finishes with a chocolate see-gar. So good.
Just learned that Neil Connery died six months after his older brother Sean. He earned more money (£5,000) for three months work on this film than he earned in a year in his usual job as a plasterer.
Mike Nelson doing an early cameo appearance as Torgo (from "Manos:Hands of Fate' fame which was also roasted on MST3K) initially caught me off-guard, but then I was in stitches. Also, Joel's "I know" sketch was priceless. God, I love this show so much.
"this guy can't POSSIBLY live up to the song they wrote about him...he's probably just an accountant named Wallace."
Totally off topic, but I got a really weird Doctor Strange vibe from seeing just pictures of Neil Connery--and then seeing the way he places his fingers together for the first hypnosis, and the goatee thing...I dunno. It's just a strange comparison between doctors, I guess.
... yeah, I can see that.
Okay, seeing Adolfo Celi in that gold muumuu (starting at 54:15) means that no matter what else happens, today will not be a total waste.
The theme song was sung by ♪KHRISTY♪ who is Shirley Bassey's cleaning lady's son's girl friend.
Nun habits provided by the good Sisters Of Our Lady's Cousin's Brother.
+TalShiar69 ...only now, he's married to Carol Bayer Sager! :-)
I think the villain's evil plan was to scare the nations into submission through the power of his pleather jumpsuit. It sure had a blood-curdling effect on me! (shudder.)
I've always felt bad for Yashuko. Neil just wrote people off when they were shot right next to him. Like, no reaction at all. #RememberYashuko
Torgo is the best running gag.
"Running" is the wrong word.
Kate Orman Staggering Gag?
:)
+Karstens Creations *Shambling
+Letus the Dragon Howdy dragon! You have an awesome avatar!
+Letus the Dragon I agree. Second after that was when the Krankor guy from Prince of Space came back and visited the boys as they watched Invasion of the Neptune Men. Not really a running gag, but that was an awesome special guest :)
Neil Connery would be a great addition to my werewolf movie
All I can think of is Ray Liotta
@@cliffbooth1029 Aw, come on - - he smells like apples!
I imagine Sean Connery giving a lot of autographs in Heaven, RIP!
You read too many novels by Fleming.... Jerry Fleming, Ian's brother!
isnt that villain the same dude from Diabolik?
way better MST3K episode haha, mike is just so much better
joel only chimes in like every 5 minutes and never really makes jokes
37:21 lol, it's the "whooping....cranes" from Diabolik lol. See, just one more thing to go with the same bad guy. lol
You know what else is funny? I randomly put on Manos today then chose this one to be the next one I watch, it had been awhile since I'd seen it.
I didn't remember this was the one Torgo returned with their sodas! lol It lined it perfectly for me.
I love it when Torgo shows up in a skit. :D
First time I read that I thought “Dahell? Where did Torgo find a skirt that wouldn’t bunch up around his knees?”
It's disgusting that a character in your movie can be replaced with a piece of paper or a flash drive, and is treated as such when she gets killed.
Have you ever read Johnny Mnemonic?
Amazing how well he can read lips. Seeing as how this whole movie was dubbed.
I was still recovering from "Who was in here?" "Someone with a knife!" when I got hit with "I know her, I've operated on her face."
"Not in front of Sir Walter Raleigh!" -gets me everytime
At least Neil didn't do Zardos... or Highlander 2.
"Are we gonna die? We're really not that far away." *giant explosion* I'm so glad no ones home I laughed too loud.
"To see your land." is a line from Sinbad, love the crossover lines, think theres a Mitchell one in here as well.
"That wasn't Sinbad" :D
31:34
One of many well placed Rush references in MST3K
My favorite episode. The wisecracking throughout is almost as good as the hilarious host segments.
Love Lois Maxwell. Good job riffing on a parody. That's not easy. This is interesting as it's a parody of James Bond but it's played straight.
Poor Studebaker, gave its life in the beginning of this movie.
I must say this is one of the best MST 3K 007 it's a keeper five star
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I think you underestimate how many people enjoyed those segments. They were nice intermissions with a bit of silliness that were paced well, and were usually inventive with what the group did to play around or make fun of the movie. Plus they helped give the group more presence and kept them from feeling only like shadowy riffers, it gave a little bit of substance to their little world, or satellite rather, in space.
"It's Bernie from Room 222!"
The first time I saw this episode, I thought of that joke a moment before I heard one of them actually say it. It's always gratifying to think an MST joke, then hear one of them say it.
I love how Joel starts to loose it laughing during the invention exchange. "Deedleedeedleedee!"
Gotta love ANY MST3K where Mike appears as "Torgo"!
17:50 Oh this was just priceless "I'm a famous plastic surgeon and hypnotist and can read lips" why not ad "and I'm a moon man too" it's like listening to a "When I'm grow up I going to be a...." spiel from a 5yr old. I have a feeling that when Neil showed this to Sean, all with stars in his eyes, Sean ruffled his little head and went "Awwwwww that was so cute" I'm sure you would have literally been able to see Neil's ego deflate
Positively shocking
According to the IMDB for this movie (which was titled Operation Kid Brother in the UK, so I don't think Neil had too fragile an ego), Neil was cast after the OKB producer heard him speaking on the radio about union matters and decided he sounded exactly like Sean, which was apparently enough of a reason to build a movie around him.
As for Neil, he did another movie and then opened a plastering business in Glasgow, but has appeared in a small variety of projects from the '70s to the mid-'90s, which would seem to indicate some degree of talent. Seems a pretty-quiet sort. Still lives in Edinburgh, which is also his city of birth.
Edit: That's all to say that the "Neil Connery can do everything" stuff may have just been lazy screen-writing, as opposed to Neil's ego. Bond, at least, had a background as a lifelong, seasoned, elite special operative to explain all his skills; how do you explain a plastic surgeon being able to fight better than criminal thugs (surgeons tend to get into fist-fights as much as classical pianists, for the same reasons)?
What's doing my head in is that the producer hired Neil, sight-unseen, based on his voice and its similarity to Sean's brogue, and then *dubbed* him in the flattest accent possible. Nobody's captaining this ship.
This is a spoof.
Thanks again for the upload analogkid. Keep circulating the tapes.
analogkid01: Bless you for that description.
Leslie Maryann Neal Not at all, that's what I'm here for. Anything else you need describing?
How about Antonin Scalia?
Leslie Maryann Neal Oh, easy. *ahem*. Justice Antonin Sc-- ...*hurk*...*hup*...bleh. I'm okay, I'm all right, I won't vom--...wait...wait...nope*BLALHALHALALLAHLAHLAHAHLAHGHLGHGLHGLHGLGHLGHHGGHGHGHLL*...
/Minnesota accent/ Oh, you know, we shoulda worn our raincoats.
+Leslie Maryann Neal - Whoa this is weird seeing this NOW...
I'll say 1 thing for this movie. it does have some nicely choreographed fight scenes
jim lillis "For some reason, I liked the fight on the boat better."
"And right into a Bob Fosse routine!"
The set pieces are also just bonkers for how big and expensive they must have been.
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@@number1fool every one of those scenes has the same chaotic energy as the cafeteria brawl in Blazing Saddles.
Did any of the actors, Neil included, feel so much as a pang of shame when making this spoof?
Lois Maxwell said that appearing in this film paid more than all she was awarded for all her appearances as Moneypenny in the real James Bond films *combined*.
So I'm going to say "no".
"Although I do tend to weather-vane in high winds." 54:39. Joel, you are brilliant, even though you made me waste beer thru my nose.
"C'mon girls, they hurt Bunny!" - a Mel Brooks reference, another reason I will always love and respect the MSK3K guys in a special way. 😘
Piss on you, I’m working’ fer Mel Brooks.
@@dougjb7848 Not in the face!
this one is a classic, right there with michell, manos, and gamera
The doctor's seduction techniques are amazing "I did you a favour you didn't resquest of me, so now you owe me some sex"
Brilliant.
Hey analog I've been away for a while. It's good to see you keeping these episodes up thanks again
ENNIO MORRICONE did the music for this stinker? Wow.
Strangely awesome isnt it
Maikol Rivas I know.
He did music for a lot of crap shows. Generally he tended to be as close to a redeeming feature as they got...
Lucio Fulci is credited with "The New Gladiators", for complex and absurd reasons.
That's all I know of Italian cinema. Thanks, Red Letter Media!
he's the musical equivalent to one of those actors who's actually great but will literally appear in any movie.
I love that Joel’s kissed Tom, Crow, and Gypsy at least once
So has Mike! Mostly in the “Love, American Style” skit.
18:37 how could these guys see one random character and just immediately dubs it to a rather obscure Asian president while being absolutely ON POINT with it lmao
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I just noticed....this video description is genius. So good dude...so good.
I know.
*Queue diabolical music*
He smokes a tootsie roll. BA-DUM BA-DAH!
That would be a great MST3k costume. Just need a little mp3 player/speaker in the pocket of your "obscene tycoon lounging" robe, and then swan around place like you own it.
*cue
52:02
"What the hell was that?!"
Tom speaks for us all there.
"Is Rick Wakeman on the premises?" LMAO. As if this movie wouldn't have been hilarious enough on its own...one of MST3K's best.
32:37. They missed a great reference to M.A.S.H.
OMG I love all the Monty Python References! um...SPLUNGE for me too!
*FUN FACT:* Thanatos is from Greek mythology (which makes the nicknames of characters like "Alpha" & "Beta" appropriate). He was the personification of death.
"Take off that ridiculous getup." - Yacht
"I see your schwartz is as big as mine" -- analogkid01-- I assume you like spaceballs too :o)
Thank you so much for this episode!!!
Does anyone else find it fucking offensive that, immediately after Yashuko is killed, the guys stand over her body and casually chat about what they were able to "get out of" her? Jesus fucking Christ.
So, so so good. Thanks for the UL, analogkid101.
1:13:52 'Manos' skit is finally finished! XD Classic!
I like it whenever they bring Torgo or Ortega back.
BeauSkunk ortega is the neil connery to manos' shawn connery
jim lillis Harsh, but so true!
I KNOW! It's always so hard to pick favorites, but I think this may be my favorite host skit ever.
15:42 I've never seen Joel drink anything in the theater before. I bet that part was supposed to be edited.
Apart from her taste in men, Moneypenny is one of the greatest women Earth ever knew.