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Posed This Way in Playgirl, Only without My Pants


Classic MST3Ked movie.

The cliched sheriff & "Love America Style" doctor ski-bum were my favorites (why didn't they make this thing a Mel Brooks comedy with these two?).

My next-door neighbor looks identical to the groovy doctor, the "Posed this way..." line always has me in sh*ts and giggles, from 1st time to 100th.

Just wondering, to anyone else who's seen this on MST3K, what's your favorite line?

"OOOO, too much vapor action!"

"Naaah, if I go into the Krispy Kreme it'll just be advancing the stereotype."

"Yeeah, it's like this chick I was makin' it with."

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MST3K: making the crappiest movies ever made funny.

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I love when the doctor is filling out a prescription to the wife "...A Devil's Haircut."

"Mrs. Beck, are you alright?"
"No she's not alright! She's married to Beck!"

And the colorful nickname for the sheriff, "Heinous W. Pervert."



You're jackin' in it, travel.

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The overly bombastic score being played when Doc transforms provides the best line: Mike: "Listen, The Planet of the Apes apes are coming!"

...he saw only a shadow on the waters that was soon lost in the West...

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I rolled at "Oooo too much vapor action" and "Yoho thats goood bat!" They use that voice and that line repeatedly. Revenge of the Creature- "Mmmm that is good chlorine!" The Leech Woman "Woah thats good Neipei!" High School Big Shot "Mmmm thats good booze!" and a bunch of others. Does anyone know what that is referencing? I think maybe a commercial from the 80s?

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"Mmmmm...that's great _________!" is a variation from a line from the old "Saturday Night Live". Dan Akroyd is the pitchman in a commercial for the "Bass-O-Matic", which makes bass into delicious shakes. Lorraine Newman takes a big drink, and says, "Mmmmmm...that's great bass!". Another SNL commercial was for the "Chinch-O-Matic", which turned chinchillas into pelts and delicious burgers. Lorraine takes a bite and says, "Mmmmm...that's great chinch!"

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Actually, I believe the "Ooooooo, that's good _________ !" is a Johnny Carson reference.

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"Big boys don't cry. Big boys don't cry." (whispered)

I think they did that in Time Chasers too. It's so funny.

...he saw only a shadow on the waters that was soon lost in the West...

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The MST fellas' repeated use of "Mmmm, that's good ____" actually references Johnny Carson's oily Art Fern character from the Tonight Show in the 70s. Johnny borrowed the phrase from Jackie Gleason, the originator of the "Mmmm, that's good ___" voice and line.

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indeed it is a Carson reference. thanks. i roll everytime they bust out with one of those riffs

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Some of my faves:

"Big boys don't cry. Big boys don't cry." (whispered)

"I've been undressing you with my sonar."


"Everybody has their opinion, and yours is wrong." -Dave Barry

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"Your mom called. She said, 'Squeak.'"

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I think my favorite line's are both right in a row when the "hero" is getting his first rabies shot. The doctor goes to inject him and Mike says "Koochie, koochie, koo" in this very quiet deadpan voice. Then a minute later, there's a weird light on the guy's crotch, and Mike says "There's a heavnely glow on his groin" or something like that. Rewound that part over and over.

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"I just got pimp-slapped by a bat.... how am I going to put THAT in a report?"

Half the world tries to be the other half.

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The sleazy Sheriff's jokes get me every time:

"McClod!"

"All he needs is the feather boa."

"Keep that bra-strap visible til I get back."

"Hey, I'm hetero-cidal!" (after he pronounced homicidal as homo-cidal)

"hey, you got a nice rack there too, fellah" (after the Sheriff had ogled the woman in her nightie he also sort of looked Dr. Beck up and down too)

"I'm giving you your Miranda beating!"

"Do you have something sheer for my deputy?" (in the lingerie store)

"Sorry, I'm being weird again, aren't I?"


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"Finally, an excuse to drink my urine."

Crowe, during a host segment:
"It's Mary, you spiteful bastards! ... I can turn the world on with my stinkin' smile!"

"We can also spackle your nose holes, if you want."

"I really gotta quit killin' guys."

He's a naturally occurring clown."

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"Any squeak you emit can and will be used against you."

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