"Another one of them new worlds. No beer, no women, no pool parlors...nothin'. Nothin' to do but throw rocks at tin cans, and we gotta bring our own tin cans."
-- Cookie, Forbidden Planet
Hey there, movie fans! My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we reopen the Drunk Cinema Theater to watch Forbidden Planet, the 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and featuring Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams, Anne Francis as Altaira "Alta" Morbius, Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius, and the first appearance of Robby the Robot!
In this eighth episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's Robby the Robot toy robot, the origin of Xan's cat Jess-Belle's name, what would happen if cats had opposable thumbs, Frank on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Sally Field being a better leading lady for Burt Reynolds than Loni Anderson, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Mystery Science Theater J. Elvis Weinstein, Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man, our plea for everyone to get drunk responsibly, Forbidden Planet having the first electronic musical score, the great Delia Derbyshire from Doctor Who, Star Trek ripping off transporters from Forbidden Planet, Earl Holliman appearing in the first Twilight Zone episode, Dr. Morbius being a space-age James Bond villain, Alta being a Disney princess, Commander Adams killing Alta's tiger, the C-57D crew being extremely horny for Alta, Robby the Robot having private time with a copy of Playbot magazine, sexy being the eye of the beholder, Morbius' secret space lab, Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 1950s men being big dumb clods, Robby making Cookie a cave full of bourbon, Xan finding a big hole in her shirt, Duck Dodgers in the 24th & 1/2 Century, Alta's mourning mini-skirt, our enjoying talking about other movies rather than the movie we're watching, chicks digging scars, Night on Bald Mountain, Dr. Morbius' Unchecked Primal Aggression, the non-stop gauges, Robby making microbrews, Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor, Diana Rigg being the perfect wife for James Bond, Bob Oedekerk vs. Steve Oedekerk, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 009, as Xan and I watch Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, the 2002 martial arts comedy film written, directed by and starring Steve Oedekerk as The Chosen One, Hui Lou Chen as Master Tang, Fei Lung as Master Pain a.k.a. Betty, and Ling Ling Tse as Ling!