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This may in fact be the last full episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" I'll ever see with Pearl. I started watching this show when it aired on the Sci-Fi (not calling it Syfy) Channel, but for some reason, this episode was one I always missed. It's great to see it, especially with how they worked some of the scenes in this episode into the opening sequence of this season! I don't know how they were able to even do that. It's still great to see Tom Servo as a Toaster Strudel and we even get Pitch who I believe is the same character from the "Santa Claus" episode.

The funny moments were too many to list. What comes to mind first is, "Are you by chance a professional entertainer?" followed later by, "Neither am I". Call me dirty but I also loved, "Get...your...hand...off...my...butt". Just seeing that goofy puppet made everything hilarious. I also loved, "Thank you woman who would never touch me in real life". One of the first great riffs was, "Thrill as he doesn't talk and I don't move my lips!". I also loved, "Dee plane! Dee plane!". As hilarious as ever. ****

Understanding the disposable nature of entertainment over the past 20 years or so with the advent of DVDs. Blu Rays, streaming and all manner of consuming and discarding movies and television shows, it is inevitable that films that stand well by themselves would be turned into fodder for adolescent-minded film brats who think that anything "old" or "low-budget" is "cheesy". The Devil Doll is a prime example of an effective low-budget horror film, but there is no distinction for the audience that requires yelling stupid things at the screen to maintain interest. While there are certainly films that could likely only be watched with some added attraction, MSTK takes films that are either good like this one, or hilarious on their own like the Gamera series, and makes them cringeworthy. To me the novelty wore off fast, and I;ve been to enough film showings with their disciples in the audience to know that MSTK 3000 is a danger to film audiences everywhere!