"Am I so appealing to you now?!! (Shows him the scar on her face) Crow; "Look lady, I got a girlfriend with her head in a lasagna pan. I've seen it all!" 👳 Great line!!!
Without Joel, this show wouldn’t even exist. Joel episodes are great- mid into Season 1 Joel and bots really hit their stride. I. e , I Accuse my Parents is hilarious amongst MANY other episodes with Joel.
Oh!!!! From my childhood. My younger brother showed his work mates in Northern Florida this movie I taped on VHS. They were all hooked on MST. He is gone now but he did introduced them to this !
That entire movie happens around the fact that the doctor was an idiot and decided to drive super fast, causing a car crash, thus killing his own fiancee, thus the entire sequence of events is his fault.
Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again to save us from eternal judgement and give us eternal life if we believe Him. Only God can save us and freely give us new life inside forever
No movie of this genre can happen without at least one horrendous act of inconceivable dumbassery by a main character. Usually, it's one right after another from start to end, on the part of the attractive problem-man and the woman (several women, even) and the nicer-man who might have saved her. I finally realized that while watching one of these on Mst3k, here in my much later life, and now I can quit getting indignant every time it happens. What a relief it's been.
One of the best episodes by far! And I love how they established right away how Mike is already somewhat apt at snarking, via Tom and Crow's training. (Though it might've been funny to see Mike confused and totally out of his element for the first movie, while the robots snark.) My only other lament is that the monster in the closet can never be as funny as the first time I saw it.
Science will either turn you into a superhero or a monster. That's how powerful it is. You'll either be Spider-Man, a tragic monster like her, or a straight up killing machine like Them.
"Gutter bumber chute" - HEY...gutter bumber chute - WOO-HOO...gutter bumber chute - BU BA, BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH..." Believe it or not, I had that song stuck in my head a few days ago, even though I haven't seen this episode in months!! I've officially lost my mind...just like this movie. 😨 (help me!)
You're not alone, my friend. I have their tunes randomly pop into my head at any given time. It's usually just a signal from the bots that I need to watch one of their movies. LOL. Then it goes away....away.....away......LOL.
@@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353 LOL! What's worse is when you start singing the tunes out loud in public; then people think you're REALLY off your head! (Yes... pun intended!)
Eduardo Rivera gypsy is so childlike, she watched one of the movies with Joel and there was a fighting scene and she said "stop fighting guys play nice" Joel said "calm down gypsy it's just a movie" gypsy said " oh ok" :3
It's kind of sad that the bots are worried about being abandoned by Mike! Too bad they couldn't have had a reunion with Joel on Earth during the series finale.
Nah, don't worry about spoiling. I know about 'SoulTaker'. I'm talking about a special series final type of family reunion or made-for-TV-movie reunion. Or... Joel returned to the SOL when it started falling out of orbit and rescued everyone!
It was ruined a bit because my GIRL Gypsy spent almost the whole episode acting like a mean harassing drunkard to the boys due to the satellite being rigged and malfunctioning. She appeared way less in after Frank left the show, especially when Patrick played as due starting with Mike being put on trial.@@WayWardWonderer
Not to start a petty war but I always like mike better. He came off as a very lively and likable character. Joel was good too but he always felt kind of subdued.
I have to agree with you there. Mike always seems so happy and alive. He gave the show more energy. I still like Joel but sometimes he seemed so flat and just kind of there. Either way, Mike or Joel, great show!
I think both Mike and Joel each have their own strengths. It's hard for me to pick which I like better, I'd say I'm personally 50/50. Joel is definitely more mellow... and that's part of why I like "the sleepy-eyed guy". Mike is a terrific writer, and is more upbeat. I read that one of the main reasons Joel left was he wasn't as comfortable in front of the camera as Mike... which totally makes sense. Either way, they both kick ass! :-)
fourcrippledhorses I don't think anyone would disagree that Servo is dipped in awesome sauce, but he never hosted the show. The great debate would be the "Mike vs. Joel" question - similar to Kirk vs. Picard...
This is definitely one of my MST3K favorites...despite the fact that there are more absurdities in it, per square inch of film, than imaginable. ha The good doc would've had so much 'splainin' to do from the outset! He wrecks his girlfriend's ride...a car with a registration, license plates, her personal effects in it; i.e., means of identification.. I liked the marble bust on the table near the entry to the "country house"...nice parallel symbolism. ha
"Russian wheelchair user Valery Spiridonov has volunteered to take part in the first operation, which would see his head 'frozen' to stop brain cells from dying and tubes connected to support key arteries and veins. The spinal cord would then be cut, repaired and fused on to a donor body and the skin stitched back together."
26:17 (and the rest of that scene) - on the right, the thing the doctor is pouring the liquids into, is Tom Servo's grandmother, Ethel Servo. Just some MST3k trivia for ya.
This film is actually sort of groundbreaking for it's time. The goryness and the extremely dark plot was ahead of it's time. Get it...ahead of it's time. Heyo.
It's likely just a coincidence, but the fact that the mst3k production company put this movie up after its first big hiccup is ironic. Best Brains vs The Brain That Wouldn't Die? Message received ;)
+Stephen Quinn No, under 31 but just past the type of fun that 21 was once engaged to 28 and ready to join 39, but lesser than 43 and a smidge shy of the millennial ridicule that tempers your incessant narcissism.
People looked different in those days. In a 50s era movie, if a woman looked like a 20 something shes a teenager. If shes in her 30s and 40s she looked more like 50.
Joel Hodgson's Kickstarter fund is so close to their final goal of $5.5 million to create a new, full season of 12 episodes. Go to Kickstarter(dot com)
+ftolmsteen Would it be on the Internet only or would they try to sell it to a network for broadcast and maybe have it picked up as a series again, how about the format, would it be the same?
+Peter Matuszak Joel is trying to sell the show to a network, but it could be internet only if nobody wants it. Maybe another option could be that Hulu or Netflix can take a chance with it.
Thank you for sharing, never seen the transition to Mike on board. Just saw Mitchell episode on New Years MST3K 2023 year end marathon (last one of 2023! ) Joel Escaped!
Well, I don't know about dead over paralyzed but most definitely death is better than being a damn zucchini, hooked up to a life support machine in a bed for x amount of years. Seems like there'd not be a hell of a lot of difference.
Depends on how far down I'm paralyzed. If it's just the waist down, I'll live. I can still join the X-Men or help Batman. But if I'll be the kind of case that only features in "heartwarming" movies, then do please kill me instead.
+Johann Schmidt// Red Skull Yes that's exactly what it was, basically a frankenstein monster, bunch of different parts put together. What makes me so angry really is they didn't just kill it. It's obviously dangerous even more so now that brain lady is coercing it, kill it!
this one is so funny... i laughed so hard i think i busted a gut er something. maybe i should call 911 and wow the acting is really nothing but fantastic. these actors must have gone to the same acting school captain kirk went to... three thumbs up for servo and crow you dogs really know how to put some icing on momas cake. no joke i really think this one gave me a hernia... thanks a bunch
This was one of the better movies on MST. Some shortcomings (like dead doctor suddenly becoming covered on the floor), but it was acted and executed and filmed quite well.
this is being shown on tcm in this area. right now. I miss mike and the robots and find that, since I have seen this movie almost countless times, that I can recite their remarks verbatim. it is nearly surreal without their commentary.
"Am I so appealing to you now?!! (Shows him the scar on her face)
Crow; "Look lady, I got a girlfriend with her head in a lasagna pan. I've seen it all!" 👳 Great line!!!
😂😂😂
Man, this was the first Mike episode, and a damn good one at that.
Huh...I guess so, Joel actually riffed Mitchell so I guess ur right ❤😂
"Let me die."
"After you clean your room!"
That's pretty sadistic considering she has no arms.
I liked Joel. But Mike will always be the king.
I disagree. They are both great. And without Joel MST3k would not exist and for that alone he is king.
"doesn't she need lungs?"-"no, she's got neck juice."greatest medical explanation ever.
+thick MclargeHuge I, too, live on "neck juice"
+bill ding hahahahaha!!!! still laughing!!!!!!!!
you poor brave soul you. im gonna go to etsy and buy you a knitted hat
"What you see is real...what you smell is unfortunate."
I have plenty of neck juice.
This movie shows just how far some guys are willing to go for some head.
@planetchinchilla you mean factual
😂😂😂
This is a very effective horror film. it's about as sleazy, reprehensible and despicable as it gets.
+Jeffrey Riley I'd say that perfectly describes Dr Fiance too. Calling him "mental" is being too polite, Gypsy.
Oh, yeah. He's the sleaze I mean. Man, is he an evil character.
Ever heard of David Cronenberg movies? 🤢
The Brain That Wouldn't Die = The Head That Wouldn't Die = The Movie That Changed Its Title Half-way Through.
The Beach that makes you Old
Dear Lord...this movie makes me feel like I need to take a shower. With bleach.
Why bleach...!?
"Hey, YOU were gonna marry him!" Best smartass Crow line EVER!
As much as I love Bill Corbett as Crow, sometimes I just need a little Trace in my life. Gotta have my Dr. Forrester and T.V.s Frank!
I like Dr Forrester and Frank better than Pearl but like Bill Corbett better as Crow.
MST3K w/Mike Nelson, my favorite show in my life.
Without Joel, this show wouldn’t even exist. Joel episodes are great- mid into Season 1 Joel and bots really hit their stride. I. e ,
I Accuse my Parents is hilarious amongst MANY other episodes with Joel.
"Ahhh, the road is attacking me." I love it.
I guess he wasn't kidding when he said he only liked that girl for her brains.
"Luke, join me or you'll star in _Corvette Summer."_
And worse, _Wing Commander._
"He's either going to win the nobel prize, or the Heisman trophy"
"When you two are married, it won't be fun to watch anymore..."
Wow.
This explains a LOT of his kid's creepy factor.
That was OVERTLY DEVIANT
Oh!!!! From my childhood. My younger brother showed his work mates in Northern Florida this movie I taped on VHS. They were all hooked on MST. He is gone now but he did introduced them to this !
That entire movie happens around the fact that the doctor was an idiot and decided to drive super fast, causing a car crash, thus killing his own fiancee, thus the entire sequence of events is his fault.
At least he saved her mouth 😵
+Joshua Hugo
lol omg
Wasn’t that also the plot to “8 Pounds” lol
Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again to save us from eternal judgement and give us eternal life if we believe Him. Only God can save us and freely give us new life inside forever
No movie of this genre can happen without at least one horrendous act of inconceivable dumbassery by a main character. Usually, it's one right after another from start to end, on the part of the attractive problem-man and the woman (several women, even) and the nicer-man who might have saved her. I finally realized that while watching one of these on Mst3k, here in my much later life, and now I can quit getting indignant every time it happens. What a relief it's been.
I always liked Mike episodes best, his dynamic with bots was more fun
Joel was the dad
Mike was the step brother
I love Joel but Mike is a better comic actor. His character bits like Torgo are hilarious.
"A license plate, a boot... tricycle wheel? This man was a bottom feeder." 9:16
@22:29 does anybody else think that Tom Servo looks really cute holding a coffee cup and wearing a hard hat?
"I guess you can call that a farewell to arms", "you can call this my headquarters", and "ironically falls into arm chain"
Hilarious!
This. Joel established the working formula but Mike perfected it. They hit such a stride by season 7 or so.
Perfect illustration of why you NEVER take a drink from someone unless you watch them make it.
They might massage your brain area.
Especially from a spouse or sibling! I learned that on Forensic files.
One of the best episodes by far! And I love how they established right away how Mike is already somewhat apt at snarking, via Tom and Crow's training. (Though it might've been funny to see Mike confused and totally out of his element for the first movie, while the robots snark.) My only other lament is that the monster in the closet can never be as funny as the first time I saw it.
I had same thght, to see Mike "adapt" to the craziness 😁
"Look, lady, I've got a girlfriend with her head in a lasagna pan." LOL
The 50s were enamored of science, but I guess movies like this showed they were scared of it too.
What's even more funny is that the limb transplants the movie creators insisted was playing god are common practice nowadays,
Yog Sothoth
Well, not whole bodies yet. Or do you know something we don't know?
fourcrippledhorses
Well, if it isn't, he was cheated. And the doctors were Democrats.
Science will either turn you into a superhero or a monster. That's how powerful it is. You'll either be Spider-Man, a tragic monster like her, or a straight up killing machine like Them.
" i'll be right back...with a Milwakee saws-all". god i love these guys an their sense of humor....
"Gutter bumber chute" - HEY...gutter bumber chute - WOO-HOO...gutter bumber chute - BU BA, BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH..."
Believe it or not, I had that song stuck in my head a few days ago, even though I haven't seen this episode in months!! I've officially lost my mind...just like this movie. 😨 (help me!)
You're not alone, my friend. I have their tunes randomly pop into my head at any given time. It's usually just a signal from the bots that I need to watch one of their movies. LOL. Then it goes away....away.....away......LOL.
@@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353 LOL! What's worse is when you start singing the tunes out loud in public; then people think you're REALLY off your head! (Yes... pun intended!)
@@terrytobias7572 LOL!!!! I know! I've done it at work and people tell me to put down the crack pipe. HA HA HA.
"What of her soul?" "It's in the car."
ahhhaaha that line got me too man
The Bots r awfully cute..Tom servo so cuddly cute.
Mad Scientists are hilariously funny exchanges.
Luv how Servo sings to the music soundtrack..
Eduardo Rivera gypsy is so childlike, she watched one of the movies with Joel and there was a fighting scene and she said "stop fighting guys play nice" Joel said "calm down gypsy it's just a movie" gypsy said " oh ok" :3
his voice sounds like Kenny from Most Extreme Elimination challenge
What you see is real. What you smell is unfortunate....
MST 3000 and Impractical Jokers are the only programs which make me say, "GOD, THAT'S FUNNY!!!"
So this is what The Reanimator would have been like under the Hays Code.
+Matt Lipton lol Steve Martin kinda re-made it as a comedy with 'the Man With Two Brains'
+Matt Lipton
This movie was inspired by Lovecraft's story and i think the 1985 film Re-Animator also borrowed from this movie
The what code?
The Hays Code. It was a government censorship board Hollywood had to go through from the 30's to the early 60s.
Matt Lipton Ah
"when you two get married it wont be fun to watch anymore" ~and there you have it
1:10:23 I COULDN'T FIX STROODLE CAUSE YOU GOT THE PAN!!! lol.
It's kind of sad that the bots are worried about being abandoned by Mike! Too bad they couldn't have had a reunion with Joel on Earth during the series finale.
They sorta did. Later, Joel returns for one host segment to ..... well I won't spoil it
Nah, don't worry about spoiling. I know about 'SoulTaker'. I'm talking about a special series final type of family reunion or made-for-TV-movie reunion. Or... Joel returned to the SOL when it started falling out of orbit and rescued everyone!
It was ruined a bit because my GIRL Gypsy spent almost the whole episode acting like a mean harassing drunkard to the boys due to the satellite being rigged and malfunctioning. She appeared way less in after Frank left the show, especially when Patrick played as due starting with Mike being put on trial.@@WayWardWonderer
@@WayWardWondererwon’t wreck that scenario for you, either 😀
I love how the space ship is the shape is a dog bone XD
Crow - "Doesn't she need lungs?"
Tom Servo - "No, she's got neck juice!"
Crow - "Oh!"
The actress eyes so expressive.
Well, she didn't get a lot much else to work with!
"Well, after hearing you say 'no' to his request, mines going to sound REALLY BAD."
Contestant number 3 slipped and her head fell off. I'll take her, I'll take her!
GUTTER BUMBERSHOOT!
Not to start a petty war but I always like mike better. He came off as a very lively and likable character. Joel was good too but he always felt kind of subdued.
I have to agree with you there. Mike always seems so happy and alive. He gave the show more energy. I still like Joel but sometimes he seemed so flat and just kind of there. Either way, Mike or Joel, great show!
I think both Mike and Joel each have their own strengths. It's hard for me to pick which I like better, I'd say I'm personally 50/50. Joel is definitely more mellow... and that's part of why I like "the sleepy-eyed guy". Mike is a terrific writer, and is more upbeat. I read that one of the main reasons Joel left was he wasn't as comfortable in front of the camera as Mike... which totally makes sense. Either way, they both kick ass! :-)
I felt Mike did better host segments, while Joel was the better riffer.
You're all wrong. Tom Servo is the best. What a cool guy, check him out!
fourcrippledhorses I don't think anyone would disagree that Servo is dipped in awesome sauce, but he never hosted the show. The great debate would be the "Mike vs. Joel" question - similar to Kirk vs. Picard...
"The Beast of Yucca Flats" - oddly... they riff this a season later.
I wondered if they'd done it in series 0, the KTMA era.
This movie has some of the best lines ever! One of my favorites!
Omg I remember watching this with my older brother when I was little. This brings me back
"It was a 21 mile route from Batavia to St. Charles"
I love it when Mike mentions my hometown
This is definitely one of my MST3K favorites...despite the fact that there are more absurdities in it, per square inch of film, than imaginable. ha The good doc would've had so much 'splainin' to do from the outset! He wrecks his girlfriend's ride...a car with a registration, license plates, her personal effects in it; i.e., means of identification..
I liked the marble bust on the table near the entry to the "country house"...nice parallel symbolism. ha
Nice, Joel. The Bots have abandonment issues now because of you.
I just read an article about a possible head transplant operation happening in 2 years. So of course I immediately thought of this.
Head transplant operation?
On my god... it's...
IT'S...
IT IS I, DIO!
"Russian
wheelchair user Valery Spiridonov has volunteered to take part in the
first operation, which would see his head 'frozen' to stop brain cells
from dying and tubes connected to support key arteries and veins. The spinal cord would then be cut, repaired and fused on to a donor body and the skin stitched back together."
So are we talking like someone getting a new head or brain?
no he just got decapitated with the chainsaw
Hello, from 2 years in the future... the head has not been transplanted... they feared he would go insane, due to the chemistry issue...
26:17 (and the rest of that scene) - on the right, the thing the doctor is pouring the liquids into, is Tom Servo's grandmother, Ethel Servo. Just some MST3k trivia for ya.
Jeez, that lab assistant has the longest death scene.
This film is actually sort of groundbreaking for it's time. The goryness and the extremely dark plot was ahead of it's time. Get it...ahead of it's time. Heyo.
It's likely just a coincidence, but the fact that the mst3k production company put this movie up after its first big hiccup is ironic. Best Brains vs The Brain That Wouldn't Die? Message received ;)
"the Ropers" ... the final episode"
"I'm over 21"
21? She's over 41
+Stephen Quinn No, under 31 but just past the type of fun that 21 was once engaged to 28 and ready to join 39, but lesser than 43 and a smidge shy of the millennial ridicule that tempers your incessant narcissism.
+bill ding Ew stop!
People looked different in those days. In a 50s era movie, if a woman looked like a 20 something shes a teenager. If shes in her 30s and 40s she looked more like 50.
"Whats Done Is Done
And What I've Done IS Right"
Nothing Like Self-Confidence :)
"Mmm, honey roasted! Geddit, 'honey' roasted?"
"This is the most complicated beer bong I've ever seen!" 26:56
Help bring back MST3K!!!
Joel Hodgson's Kickstarter fund is so close to their final goal of $5.5 million to create a new, full season of 12 episodes. Go to Kickstarter(dot com)
+ftolmsteen Now we've got 12 episodes plus a holiday special!
+ftolmsteen Would it be on the Internet only or would they try to sell it to a network for broadcast and maybe have it picked up as a series again, how about the format, would it be the same?
+Peter Matuszak Joel is trying to sell the show to a network, but it could be internet only if nobody wants it. Maybe another option could be that Hulu or Netflix can take a chance with it.
+ftolmsteen they have Cinematic Titanic. Have you seen any of them? Good stuffs!
GOD I HATE TV TODAY,
WISH MST3K WAS BACK!
+Jared Caudill theres recently been a kickstarter to bring it back that joel started
420Meshuggah oh that's awesome to hear! thank you!
I love it every time Tom does his sleazy music
A man drugs a woman to subdue her...Bill Cosby must've seen this movie
Mike: "hahaha Have you seen *Frankenhooker*?" ...arguably the funniest quip in this monstrosity.
Thank you for sharing, never seen the transition to Mike on board. Just saw Mitchell episode on New Years MST3K 2023 year end marathon (last one of 2023! ) Joel Escaped!
This movie had to have been among the first of the gory horror genre. Actually a pretty unsettling film.
Be thankful they avoided all of the works of H.G. Lewis. 🤢
"I couldn't fix strudel cos you got the pan." 😂😆 This movie is my favorite, with 'Werewolf' the second. These guys are hilarious.
Don't you mean "wurr wilf" ? ;-)
Well, look on the bright side, Bill - one less mouth to feed at the wedding will cut the catering costs ...
"What would you rather be, paralyzed or dead?" Umm, I'd take dead, thank you. XD
A lot of paralyzed people would disagree with you.
On the other hand, I TOTALLY get it lol
Well, I don't know about dead over paralyzed but most definitely death is better than being a damn zucchini, hooked up to a life support machine in a bed for x amount of years. Seems like there'd not be a hell of a lot of difference.
Depends on how far down I'm paralyzed. If it's just the waist down, I'll live. I can still join the X-Men or help Batman. But if I'll be the kind of case that only features in "heartwarming" movies, then do please kill me instead.
if that thing in the cupboard had tentacles this would have been a 10/10 movie. Unfortunately it only gets 9/10
+The Channel Fadge did they explain what that was? to my understanding its a failed experiment that was made my that doctor
+Johann Schmidt// Red Skull Yes that's exactly what it was, basically a frankenstein monster, bunch of different parts put together. What makes me so angry really is they didn't just kill it. It's obviously dangerous even more so now that brain lady is coercing it, kill it!
+The Channel Fadge Excellent analysis. Life is a sexually transmitted disease, and the mortality rate is 100%.
Eric Silva 98 percent DNA match.
Lord knows why Dr. Cortner kept that freak of nature alive in the first place. 🤔
57:44 - "Hi!!"
this one is so funny... i laughed so hard i think i busted a gut er something. maybe i should call 911 and wow the acting is really nothing but fantastic. these actors must have gone to the same acting school captain kirk went to... three thumbs up for servo and crow you dogs really know how to put some icing on momas cake. no joke i really think this one gave me a hernia... thanks a bunch
This was one of the better movies on MST. Some shortcomings (like dead doctor suddenly becoming covered on the floor), but it was acted and executed and filmed quite well.
Halloween weekend 1993, while my high school classmates were out having parties I was home watching this.
"Now here's how you do an invention exchange, bitch!"
I like this guy more and more with every episode.
"He's PREGNANT,too!?"
HAHA "Tag, you're god"
I made LEGOs of Tom, Mike, Crow, and Cambot!
Must have ran out of Legos
God bless you, sir. You're doing the lord's work.
This is actually one of the greatest stories ever told.
Right...😒
This one is really a masterpiece isn't tit?
And now Mel Blanc makes his move.
"Your'e going out with me, varmint!"
haha, they mentioned Night of the Lepus, Rifftrax just did that one, funny to think they kept it in mind from this show and actually riffed it
Can't believe they referenced frankenhooker ..... epic
I lawled at the part where Frank had all those lollipops fly from his hat XD
I'm glad you guys made fun of this one unmercifully! This movie is TERRIBLE!! OMG
So apparently Mike had some time to renovate the theater hallway between Joel's last episode and this one.
Of course. There WAS some time between the episodes,
The start for Mike Nelson, new theme and a new door sequence.
They missed a great chance to do a Goonies reference when the monster's face was revealed.
"Aaahh! Another dimension! Oh no! Aaaahh!"
"music relaxes the corpse" 😂 😂 😂
"Ironicly he falls into an arm chair"
The bit about hamdingers was strangely heartbreaking...
I got that too. I felt really bummed after that.
HUH?
This dance represents there are NO BAKED POTATOES after 5.
This is the sleaziest thing I've ever seen. And it was made in 1959 (released in '62 though).
watch Birdemic: Shock and Terror. it makes this film look golden
unless you're referring to the women and the music lol
whitehuayra Birdemic is worse, but it's not nearly as sleazy and creepy.
I really wish there was a radio channle called K-Porn, that music goes so well with driving around like a creep, lol.
I actually own an unriffed version of this movie in my DVD collection!
This IS one of my favorites, next to "Mitchell", I've watched it so many times - so many good lines 😉
Jan may be just a disembodied head in a pan, but she's the best head he'll ever have!
MAXBLAYLOCK speaking of head...did you get that line they used as a "zinger" at the end? "Whose to tell me to blow if I don't want to"... LOL.
this is being shown on tcm in this area. right now. I miss mike and the robots and find that, since I have seen this movie almost countless times, that I can recite their remarks verbatim. it is nearly surreal without their commentary.