x160 SSSSSSS (8/15/98)

HERPETOLOGISTS
Written by Hal "The Extraordinary Seaman" Dresner
Snake handling by Ray Folsom
Directed by Bernard "Night of the Blood Beast" Kowalski

MOVIE
Why are people always turning into stuff? We at HG Industries have "done" quite a few of these "body metamorphosis" movies, including two with people turning into mantises (mantii?). Anyway, this time the cheese comes in a slightly more pungent flavor, mostly through the inanity of the title, which consists of the letter "S" repeated seven times, beating the previous record-holder for consecutive "S's," Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. I mean, when this was out in theaters back in 1973, did you go to the ticket counter and simply hiss at the ticket guy? No wonder everyone took drugs back then. Anyway, the animal-transformation-du-jour is king cobra, with a side of asparagus, and if that weren't stupid enough, it's also got an embryonic Dirkkk Benedict playing the victim-savior-zoology major. By the way, Maltin? Three starsssssss.

TASTES JUST LIKE CHICKEN
dungarees> This is one competitive game of Connect Four
ElCriswell> huh? movie?
ElCriswell> where? where movie?
ElCriswell> Oh.
dungarees> It's not so much a movie as a visual tone poem, bow
dungarees> There but for the lack of a Ricardo Montalblan accent go I
dungarees> SSsssssssssuuuuuucccckkks
dungarees> Dirk Benedict! YESS!
dungarees> There goes the only hummer those two will ever see.
ElCriswell> Interesting filth hair gel on her.
BEMaven> How long has the geezer been in detention?
ElCriswell> Rowan's brother, Shemp Atkinson.
THX-1138> I want to see Cobra Commander dammit!
ElCriswell> Dr Stoner?
ElCriswell> duuuuuude
dungarees> Wilford Brimley and Bud Abbot share a Taster's Choice moment
ElCriswell> Are you hitting on me, Shemp?
BEMaven> Standing and talking. Imported from England.
ElCriswell> I only hope that Lembach will be staying.
ElCriswell> Walter Matthau IS Einstein IN "That Movie Who's Title I Don't Remember"
ElCriswell> So, each of these teens dies via snakebite, right? Please? Oh, mommy, can they?
dungarees> Is there any reason that he's carrying around 6 weeks worth of dirty laundry?
Ironf> Ohh just wait till you see what happens to face
ElCriswell> So he's carrying Dr Stoner's hacked up body parts in that valise, eh?
ElCriswell> Christina, meet your tepid love interest.
Ironf> Hi, I have lots of hair
dungarees> She's cute, but you can't tell, cause she has glasses on.
ElCriswell> I think that hair negates any potential cuteness, rees
THX-1138> Coming soon to Fox, When Trouser Snakes Attack
ElCriswell> Dr Stoner: He puts more towels under more doors in one day than you do all year
BEMaven> Stoner drinks alot. keeps seeing snakes in his bed.
ElCriswell> Oh, what a dick. Dying like that. WHAT A JERK!
BEMaven> Get use to Benedict's hairless chest. We'll be seeing a lot of it.
dungarees> I feel so sleepy...I hope your (grand)daughter doesn't take advantage of me in my weekend state.
dungarees> Enter Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy.
Ironf> he dreaming of having to fight BA to get him on a plane
BEMaven> He sees himself on a big starship with Lorne Green.
dungarees> That sure was one impressive hallucination budget they had themselves.
Ironf> he gives those snakes a lot of booze, doesn't he?
ElCriswell> I've seen better hallucination sequences on NOVA
dungarees> It was 10 four minutes ago. I think we should pitch in and buy this movie a continuity editor
Ironf> The signal is her saying "Hoochie mama"
BEMaven> feel free to put your least favorite child inside the enclosure.
ElCriswell> Dr Stoner, everyone. Let's give him a big hand.
ElCriswell> If only John Carradine was in this role.
BEMaven> all I can get up is one finger, Cris.
dungarees> They really care about the audience. You can tell by how they keep explaining every single fucking minor point ad nauseum.
ElCriswell> A little Face for the ladies...
Ironf> Enjoy
ElCriswell> and for the so-inclined men.
ElCriswell> I don't think that these characters even deserve riffs.
Ironf> I totally believe that is not dried white glue
ElCriswell> And over here is my naked Dirk Benedict.
BEMaven> snakes and lawyers. what an original metaphor.
Ironf> tube steak anyone?
BEMaven> feel like skipping rope, Deputy?
dungarees> I hope she fellates him to death before he can hallucinate to family dinners eaten 4 frigging seconds ago.
ElCriswell> I just hope I can chant the name "DR STONER" for the next few hours
BEMaven> Snakes a little squeeze? What are you implying?
dungarees> Squeal like a pig for me, blondie
BEMaven> No. It's the beach from "Wraith".
dungarees> Oh how I miss wearing only skin-tight turtlenecks
dungarees> It's the tender disrobing scene
Ironf> cue We've Only Just Begun
BEMaven> Why didn't somebody wipe the camera lens?
dungarees> After 10,000 strippings, her hair still beads
IronHelix> of course the stragetically placed branch
dungarees> Hey! We saw her butt cheek!
BEMaven> neat. They hired identical twins as body doubles.
IronHelix> she needs contact lenses
BEMaven> quit with the warning shots. shoot the ducks.
Ironf> The man with two noses
dungarees> You're supposed to ride the ducks, andre. SHoot the shit, ride the ducks
ElCriswell> I'm too busy proving I don't have a moustache.
THX-1138> Snake boy, voiced by Burgess Merideth
BEMaven> He's confusing Karate with Karma Sutra.
ElCriswell> So when do we get some snakebite action?
BEMaven> Didn't see his clippings? His toenail clippings?
Ironf> a motorcycle with a lawnmower engine. How quaint
ElCriswell> Dirk continues to showboat his lack of hair.
BEMaven> Not one snake POV shot yet. I don't understand it.
BEMaven> Harry's going to that UPS depot in the sky.
Ironf> and the ghost of the snake's former self appears with yoda
ElCriswell> Can I just say "Dr Stoner" a few more times?
ElCriswell> DR STONER! DR STONER! WOOOHOOO, DR STONER!
ElCriswell> much better.
IronHelix> black mambo?
ElCriswell> you think snakes and dr stoner's plans might've been just a bit too THIN of a premise to base a motion picture on?
Ironf> He wants to 'get it on'
BEMaven> Burning dead snakes excites a woman. Why didn't I find out sooner?
IronHelix> it probably softens yer skin but leaves dirt
ElCriswell> Can I just say "Dr Stoner" again? Dr Stoner. Ahhh, so refreshing.
Ironf> Beef is getting a special present, isn't he?
BEMaven> Bet the snake found a flask in the briefcase.
Ironf> O/~ Snake on the water O/~
ElCriswell> Dr Stoner: "Now to have my way with him"
ElCriswell> Ok, the snake premise is being stretched to the breaking point.
ElCriswell> To all the Face I've loooooved before....
BEMaven> Does she have a third arm there?
Ironf> I bet he snaps when finding Dirk with his snake in the open
ElCriswell> "You're messin with private stock. Our momma's like a virgin goddess"
BEMaven> doc missed the panty raid.
ElCriswell> Gee, I wonder if Dirk and Stoner get involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Ironf> or snake and mongoose as the case may be
ElCriswell> You're only allowed to fuck snakes! Damnit, you should know better!
Ironf> ahhh an anti-war poster on the other door
Ironf> please no dry humping in bed
ElCriswell> So, FACE, then.
BEMaven> Time to get up and bare your chest again.
ElCriswell> He's turning into a Snakeman!
Ironf> the Hulk!
ElCriswell> Powder 2: Mark of the Face
ElCriswell> Don't drive into any snakes... muhahahahahahahhahahah
Ironf> Oh speaking of, there was an Elvira hosted Eegah on Ebay
ElCriswell> Yuck. I watched an Elvira-hosted Night of the Ghouls today. She's reallllly unfunny.
ElCriswell> And mocking Eddy Wood! BLASPHEMY!
Ironf> Jim Henson's Little Snake Babies
ElCriswell> HMm, do you think that matches Dorff's performance as Candy Darling?
Ironf> Dr. Stoner was in a Cheech and Chong movie too.
Ironf> I mean Strother Martin
Ironf> He was in two GK films
BEMaven> all the snakes in the lab and he grabs a blunt object?
ElCriswell> But I will show the world that I can be it's master! I will perfect a race of snake superman, that will CONQUER THE WORLD!
ElCriswell> Um, any reason why Sparky isn't punching or attacking Stoner?
Ironf> Take you shoe off and bet the crap outta the snake
THX-1138> He chose poorly.
THX-1138> Analconda!
ElCriswell> This is so pathetic.
ElCriswell> Why snakes? This movie should have used possums or maybe sloths. That would be HORRIFIC!
Ironf> Poor Face, what would Murdoc do in this instance?
ElCriswell> Smoke a cigar.
ElCriswell> Wait.
ElCriswell> I mean.
ElCriswell> Uh.
Ironf> That's peppard
ElCriswell> Yeah.
THX-1138> Fly a heelocopter
ElCriswell> I panicked.
Ironf> Murdoc was the crazy
ElCriswell> Everyone goes to the freak show. But nobody laughs when they leave.
THX-1138> Never seen a snake look like Frank Sinatra.
Ironf> the snake should have no problem with all that clothing.
ElCriswell> No snakes were harmed in the making of this picture. Ok, maybe not.
ElCriswell> midgets!
* Ironf hears a midget
ElCriswell> I smell midgets!
THX-1138> The Snakeman sleepeth
Ironf> Charlie Fox .... Arvin LeDoux, the Man with Two Noses
Ironf> Leave it to a frenchie to have two noses
ElCriswell> Excuse me, movie. We haven't had freak shows since the late 50s early 60s.
BEMaven> nancy drew...herpetologist.
ElCriswell> An amputee's work is never done.
THX-1138> No one looks at my snake without paying!
* Ironf writes SSSssss II
THX-1138> Ssssssss II is nothing more than Fly II
ElCriswell> SSSssss I is nothing more than excrement.
Ironf> no, that was ZZZzzzzzz
Ironf> ok, also from the main writer was
Ironf> Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)
Ironf> be he did give us this
Ironf> Eiger Sanction, The (1975)
BEMaven> first flick I've seen that pads with essay questions in science.
Ironf> Now he will never be able to get Roddy Piper and Tonga Tom any wrestling gigs
BEMaven> A future where you can't type resumes?
IronHelix> its the cheap fade!!
ElCriswell> Slow dissolves, the poor man's transformation effect
THX-1138> He's turning into a ribbed condom!
BEMaven> it's the Muppet Show with our special guest Strother Martin...yayyyy
ElCriswell> On the bright side, at least Dirk Benedict doesn't live.
IronHelix> hail to the almighty polymer
ElCriswell> This movie has all the subtlety of a hammer to the head.
IronHelix> the kazoo is escaping!!
BEMaven> this cuts down on the speaking parts, at least.
Ironf> Guest starring: Fodo from Beastmaster
* IronHelix gives the snake a medal for killing the stupin old guy
Ironf> When confronted by a snake, grunt at it
Ironf> Pull!
Ironf> The Freakin End
* ElCriswell throws popcorn at the screen
ElCriswell> Sheesh. They needed 90 minutes to do THAT?
ElCriswell> This could of been a 30 minute BAD "New Twilight Zone" episode


SHED SOME QUOTES

"Wow, he's hot."
"Can't deny an old man his nip every now and then."
"I feel like an orange!"
"I feel positively naked. And cold!"
"Dad I think I left some cages open. I better go lock them up."
"Harry was just a snake, Chris. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"You are a stupid little child."
"I've seen a lot of freak shows."

CRISWELL SPEAKS



ElCriswell> Amazing Results!
ElCriswell> I predict an influx of cannibalism across america!
ElCriswell> I predict that John Elway will grow a third arm and become a popular tv personality!
ElCriswell> I predict that Bill Cosby will be revealed to be a brutal, wife-beating, family-hating, jello-loathing bastard!
BEMaven> will JR be shot again, cris?
ElCriswell> I predict that Larry Hagman will have a series of strokes culminating in childbirth!
BEMaven> KTMA knows!
ElCriswell> I predict Dr Stoner will bore me out of my mind!
ElCriswell> I predict psychic commercials will last for decades!
ElCriswell> I predict this woman will die a horrible, painful death due to her crimes against humanity!
ElCriswell> I predict Scott Baio will be our 48th President!
BEMaven> KTMA predicts that nachos will become legal tender after the Millenium bug hits.

Say, anyone got any Valtrex?


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I'M DR. TED STONER!!!



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