Episode 803- The
Mole People
Movie summary:
Smiling idiot John Agar takes
Hugh Beaumont and Nestor Paiva beneath the surface of the
Earth so that they have no place to run when he begins his
windy pontificating through his muscled pie-hole. There they
find Alan Napier and other thin men living out their sad
existence in pleated skirts. Though aggressive at first, the
pigmentless dress-wearers are cowed by Agar's mighty
flashlight and shown the secret of their slaves, The Mole
People. Actually, it's a matter of some controversy whether
the mole creatures or their masters are the eponymous ones.
Both could be considered "Mole People," as the former are
indeed "moles" of a sort and the latter live among them
--"Mole People." I became distracted by this and don't
remember the rest of the movie, though I think Agar and
friends escape. Without Nestor Paiva, no big loss.
Prologue: Crow claims he's a space child because he has
replaced his normal inanimate eyes with glowing balls. His
"Supreme Leader" orders him to enslave Mike, Tom and Gypsy,
but he can't get it together and naturally, they remain
un-enslaved.
Segment One: It's Lawgiver Daze! Pearl Forrester forces her
simian charges to honor her with lame floats and lifeless
parades. Professor Bobo, uncomfortable doing any of it, ends
up kneeling before her begging to be killed. I think we've
all been there! The S.O.L. has been ordered to make baked
goods for the event. Servo goes over board, making way too
many funny sounding, ethnic folded pastries. Crow makes a
mile-high meringue pie that is actually a mile high! Believe
it...or not.
Segment
Two: Mike goes about thinking
he's funny again by dressing up as the "Gesture Professor",
a strange character from The Mole People who is not only
mostly bald but dabbles in weird gesticulations, a deadly
combo. The 'Bots have to talk Mike down. It's sad.
Segment Three: Servo tries his hand at a Gordon Lightfootian
sea epic, but can't get his guitar in tune. Sounds like a
thin premise until you actually see the sketch. It's
dynamite!
Segment Four: Crow, in the spirit of archeology (if there is
such a thing) digs through the crust of the Satellite and
finds evidence of an earlier "him." Crow's weird.
Segment
Five: Mike pops the
floorboards and finds a couple of "Pale Day Players", as we
call them, creatures who live beneath the surface of the
Earth. On Earth, the apes give Lawgiver the gift of a mute
hunk named Howard (played with chilling accuracy by Robert
Smith, not of The Cure but of the Minnesota Vikings. I've
been this close to him and he's quite beautiful. More about
that below).
Reflections: Robert Smith is a gorgeous man, better than
myself in nearly every way, I think. Chiseled from
Florentine marble, smart as whip, rich as Croesus, strong as
bear, the ladies love him. Me? Chiseled from sourdough
batter, smart as a rod puppet, strong as a gopher, rich as a
novelty salesman, the ladies whisper amongst themselves "who
is that icky guy?" Still, I have...oh, who am I kidding?
There's nothing to mitigate it.
Actually, it was great fun to work with Robert, our only
celebrity guest, to date. Now we just have to get Jack
Perkins on the show. -- Michael J. Nelson
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