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The White Goddess was performed by Wanda McKay. The Portland, OR native was born Dorthy Quakenbush! Whoo baby, now THAT'S a name! Wanda was married to composer Hoagy Carmichael (Co-writer of "Georgia")
Riffs Explained
"You know if you bite one of those, it'll spark in the dark" - Servo
Spoken as 2 characters examine a flat round disc. Tom is talking about the old tale (which might very well be true) that says, when you bite into a Wint-O-Green Lifesavers it sparks in your mouth.
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With Short: The Phantom Creeps pt 1
203: First Broadcast - 7 pm Saturday, Oct 6th 1990
 Excellence Level: Bronze
Movie Pain: High - White devils are a distasteful lot
Riffing: Chuckle-Fest
Skits: Induced mostly smiles
This weeks experiment starts off with a "Phantom Creeps" short that's a lot of fun. The gang try out their Bela Lugosi voices and seem pretty happy with themselves.
The feature is about a missing heiress whose plane crashed in the jungle. George Reeves (Superman) and the "White Devil" (Ralph Byrd of "Dick Tracy" fame) set off in search of her. Highlights of the experiment are the stupid stock footage images of various animals seen from the airplane, and the "White Devil" shooting everything that moves. Natives, animals, coconuts... you name it!
One of my favorite riffs involves a call back to The Crawling Hand. A native girl wonders what "smart" means" and Joel answers "It means your stacked"- which is a reversal of the scene and riff found in show #106
The skits? Though the "Gobo Scopes" is pretty good the rest are mostly weird and a tad overlong. Jim Mallon's seen on screen via the Hexfield but it's an unremarkable appearance. Also, Crow is called "Art" for the first time during a Honeymooneresque sketch (Art Carney, Art Crow, get it.)
Host Segments
Intro: J&TB's play hide & seek with the "Elusive and inexplicable forces that control the universe" Invention: Joel has a remote controlled saw, while at Deep 13 Dr. F has attached his head to a saxophone Segment 1: Phantom creep infomercial. The Mads approve Segment 2: Gobo matte effects Segment 3: Hexfield visit from the white devils (Mike Nelson & Jim Mallon) End: Sitcom: "My White Goddess", letters, Frank mocks Clay No Stinger -But if I chose one? The White Goddess craves some french fried potatoes
Notable Riffs
Phantom Riffs
*"Hey, I just invented the post it notes." - Servo as Bella
*"You're not going to tell her about the new element you discovered are ya?" - "You mean "up-see-daisyum" - Monk/Servo as Bella
*"I'm sorry but he just can't help being creepy" - Crow as Mrs. Bella
*"He can't stand tobacco" - "How about his assistant" - "he can't stand smoking his assistant either" - Wife/Inspector/JoelWhite Riffs
*"I think a trip to the jungle will do you good" - "Well I went before we got here" - White Devil/Servo
*"Well they had to land, the rubber bands unwound" - Joel
*"Hu, it looks like they all just got out of the shower" - Servo on natives
*"It's a dance of death" - Joel and bots singing
*"I hope that's an acceptable greeting" - Joel (after Bob shot native)
*"What is this, the airplane of Dr. Caligari?" - Crow
*"Take that you stinkin' coconut!" - Servo as White Devil
*"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" - "Your in luck" - Mike/Crow
*"Get me! Sentenced to death and I'm 'still' making time!" - Joel as White Devil
*"Oh, Bob's alright. A little trigger-happy, perhaps..." - Joel as Mike
*"Bob has a hand compass..." - "And some french fried potatoes?" - Mike/Joel as Greta
*"Should I get out the anatomically correct doll?" - Servo
*"Hi I'm Satan. Enjoy the film" - Joel as snake
*"White goddess having trouble?" - "White fascist getting smart?" - Bob/Crow
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