Season 4 Episode Guide
SEASON FOUR: 1992-1993
First
shown: 6/6/92
Opening: "The Great Crowdini!"
Invention exchange: The dollaroid, facial tissue
Host segment 1: Space race advancements
Host segment 2: Reenacting the movie so Crow can do his killer Peck
Host segment 3: J&TB wonder: If one of them had to sacrifice
themselves...
End: Magic fun, letters
Stinger: Hackman, demonstrating that he's good in anything
First
shown: 6/13/92
Opening: Crow and Tom are the Thing with Two Heads
Invention exchange: Sitcom radio, Renaissance festival punching bags
Host segment 1: Crow and Tom disrupt Joel's soda shop sketch
Host segment 2: Different types of funny drunks
Host segment 3: "Servo on Cinema" looks at Ray Kellogg's
"Leg Up" directorial style
End: Hee-La the rock group rehearses, letters (including one from TV's
Frank!)
Stinger: Old guy gags on sody pop
First
shown: 6/20/92
Opening: Joel says "ping-pong balls," then wishes he hadn't
Invention exchange: Mr. meat & potato head, pop star Tupperware,
featuring Morrisey
Host segment 1: Song: "Oh, Kim Catrell!"
Host segment 2: The Fantastic 85
Host segment 3: More super-heroes
End: Playing the City Limits trivia game, letters, the Mads have had
enough of Morrisey
Stinger: Tiny radio controlled death from on high
First
shown: 6/27/92
Opening: Joel uses behavior modification to prevent a recurrence of the
"NBC Mystery Movie" gag
Invention exchange: Scratch and sniff report card, resusci-Annie
ventriloquist doll
Host segment 1: Reel to real
Host segment 2: J&TB recreate a pre-movie no-littering short
Host segment 3: A really boss-looking space ship visits
End: Duct tape fashion statements, letters, Dr. F. dines with a friend
Stinger: "When we return to our planet, the high court may well
sentence you to TORTURE!!"
First
shown: 7/4/92
Opening: J&TB playing movie slogan 20 questions
Invention exchange: Tragic moments figurines, Jack Palance impersonation
kit
Host segment 1: Bill Mumy tribute
Host segment 2: Playing haunted house with Joel
Host segment 3: Holoclown fun on the Hexfield
End: TV's Frank shopping network, letter, the "die-master"
Stinger: The heartbreak of extraterrestrial psoriasis
First
shown: 7/18/92
Opening: Shutting off the holo-clowns
Invention exchange: Patches the leech, insty-adolescence kit
Host segment 1: Taking over the world and what you'd wear to do it
Host segment 2: Talking about dreams over coffee
Host segment 3: Song: "Danger to Myself And Others"
End: Understanding the leeches, letter, Patches has been on Frank too
long
Stinger: Billy gets into it.
First
shown: 7/25/92
Opening: Joel has presents
Invention exchange: The Mads prepare to destroy Earth, but are stopped by
Jim Henson's Edgar Winter Babies
Host segment 1: Joel vapor-locks while trying to do Will Rogers
Host segment 2: While presenting the Killer Shrews game, the bots snap
Host segment 3: J&TB concoct the Killer Shrew drink
End: The shrewbots attack scientist Joel, letter, Frank isn't feeling
good
Stinger: "Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results."
First
shown: 8/1/92
Opening: Wash and wax day for the bots
Invention exchange: Decorator roaches (Steve Reeves visits!), the
Steve-o-meter
Host segment 1: Gypsy is the Helenistic ideal
Host segment 2: The water of forgetfulness, etc.
Host segment 3: What are Hercules and the nice lady doing?
End: The meaning of the Hercules movies
Stinger: The queen recalls Herc
First
shown: 8/15/92
Opening: Something's different about the bots (and Magic Voice)
Invention exchange: Mads' secret invention, cereal novels
Host segment 1: The Undersea Kingdom parade goes awry
Host segment 2: "What would you do if you were indestructible?"
Host segment 3: Joel does the Lon Chaney "eye thing," the bots
are no help
End: J&TB sign the "no cop/donut joke" pledge, cops in Deep
13
Stinger: Indestructible man struggles with a manhole cover
First
shown: 8/22/92
Opening: Crow and Tom run away (briefly)
Invention exchange: DEEP HURTING!, super freak-out kit
Host segment 1: The amazing BOOBY trap illusion
Host segment 2: Newly muscular Crow and Tom consider tough guy names
Host segment 3: Song: "Pants!"
End: Wayne Rogers syndrome, letters
Stinger: Old guy gets skewered
First
shown: 8/29/92
Opening: Joel is a caricature artist
Invention exchange: Big gulp berets, designer bio-hazard absorbent throw
pillows
Host segment 1: Rathbones dog biscuits
Host segment 2: J&TB don medieval costumes, but Tom ruins things
Host segment 3: Song: "Estelle"
End: Words you can't say on TV, letter, TV's Frank's not looking good
Stinger: Estelle's two-headed assistant
First
shown: 9/12/92
Opening: Gypsy wants to watch the movie and Joel agrees
Invention exchange: The lawn baby, the womb-mate
Host segment 1: "Good-natured" brawling
Host segment 2: Crow's "history" of Hercules
Host segment 3: The bots' lame Hercules action figure
End: Laying the Hercules movies to rest, letter, Frank being chased by
mower
Stinger: "Hercules! Help me!"
First
shown: 9/19/92
Opening: Tom Servo is color blind!
Invention exchange: Beanbag pants, recycled paper clothing
Host segment 1: Ths bots are playing soap opera, but Joel won't play
Host segment 2: Space modifiers
Host segment 3: A visit from Winkie on the Hexfield
End: Crow is Joel's guitar, Tom is the amp, letter, the Mads are stuck in
their bean bag chairs
Stinger: Space traitor tosses a chair
First
shown: 9/26/92
Opening: The bots hide in a ventilation duct
Invention exchange: Aunt Catherine wheel, drinking jacket
Host segment 1: Joel is stuck in ventilation duct, Crow and Tom are no
help
Host segment 2: Throwing pop singers from a lighthouse
Host segment 3: Crow and Tom pretend to be headless ghosts but Joel has
the last laugh
End: J&TB are depressed so they think happy thoughts, and does Frank
Stinger: "Tom Stewart killed me!"
First
shown: 11/26/92
Opening: A uncharacteristicly mean Joel dominates the bots in a game of
rock-paper-scissors
Invention exchange: Troll costumes, pocket pool
Host segment 1: Either you are or aren't a beatnik
Host segment 2: The bots' slumber party gets a call from Tony Travis!
Host segment 3: Servo stars in a dramatization of the life of a 50s rock
star
End: Crow and Tom go nuts, letter, Mads are a "hot" property
Stinger: Moon gets hysterical
First
shown: 11/26/92
Opening: During a posture check, Timmy the dark Crow appears!
Invention exchange: Big checkbook, junk food sports shoe
Host segment 1: Double entendres
Host segment 2: Joel explains universal switches, but Timmy interferes
Host segment 3: Joel defeats Timmy in a battle to the death
End: Lessons learned, letter, Timmy in Deep 13
Stinger: It's a secret passage miracle!
First
shown: 11/28/92
Opening: Crow is selling true grit
Invention exchange: Sugary Deep 13 toothpaste, rock & wreck guitar
Host segment 1: Song: "The Gypsy Moons"
Host segment 2: John Banner-grams
Host segment 3: J&TB read through Crow's latest screenplay: a space
opera
End: Letter, John Banner visits on the Hexfield; then the SOL sends Deep
13 a Banner-gram
Stinger: "Boopie!"
First
shown: 12/5/92
Opening: Crow and Tom quickly go through their "best friends"
stage
Invention exchange: Router Ouija board, funny gag fax
Host segment 1: Tom wants to make out (but he doesn't how)
Host segment 2: Tribute to Earl Holliman!
Host segment 3: The Rip Taylor Trio!
End: The case against the film-makers (they just didn't care!); Larry
Buchanan visits Deep 13
Stinger: Greasy drifter in sweater dress on the phone
First
shown: 12/12/92
Opening: Joel has something really scary to read to the bots at bedtime
Invention exchange: Quick primp kit, abstract paint-by-number kit
Host segment 1: "Co-starring with Scott Baio" acting lessons
Host segment 2: What to do during a four-hour layover in Chicago
Host segment 3: Writing workshop using the Merritt Stone method
End: "Who is
Merritt Stone?" (Tom's head explodes), Frank hopelessly confused
Stinger: "I am bugged!"
First
shown: 12/26/92
Opening: The bots have suggestions for ways they could be improved.
Invention exchange: The Mads have the sillies, beanie chopper, the
William Conrad fridge alert
Host segment 1: Craft project: spaceships made from household items
Host segment 2: Tom Servo duplicates himself--many times over!
Host segment 3: A grumpy Hugh Beaumont revisits on the Hexfield
End: Coming out of the robot closet, William Conrad shows up
Stinger: Duplicates cracking up as they choke each other
First
shown: 1/9/93
Opening: America is leaning on cheese!
Invention exchange: Action figure contest: Johnny Longtorso, non-violent
action figures
Host segment 1: Gypsy "doesn't get" Crow (or is it Tom?)
Host segment 2: Joel and Servo play keep away from Crow
Host segment 3: Examining "The Pina Colada Song"
End: Joel knights Happy King Servo and Sir Giggles von Laffsalot Crow
Stinger: Monster on the go-go
First
shown: 1/16/93
Opening: Family picture time on the SOL
Invention exchange: Snack-tion, unhappy meals
Host segment 1: The bots have some ideas for clown acts
Host segment 2: So, what's a sampo?
Host segment 3: Gypsy's one-woman show: "Gypsy Rose...Me!"
End: The bots are imprisoned wind, letter
Stinger: "What's going to happen to us now!"
First
shown: 1/23/93
Opening: Joel gets to see what Crow is dreaming...and soon regrets it
Invention exchange: The tough love seat, microwave Faith Popcorn
Host segment 1: "Hired!" the musical
Host segment 2: From the lame octopus to food monsters ("huh?")
Host segment 3: Willy the Waffle returns to defend advertising
End: Cambot re-edits the ending of the movie, letter, the Mads are
playing Bela and Tor
Stinger: Bela has looked better
First
shown: 1/30/93
Opening: Joel programs the bots to agree with everything he says
Invention exchange: Chocolate bunny guillotine, the cartuner
Host segment 1: Gypsy's big scene is ruined, Frank apologizes
Host segment 2: Why Torgo is a monster
Host segment 3: Joel dons a Manos cape, Dr. F. apologizes
End: The bots reenact the lady wrestling scene, Torgo's pizza arrives
Stinger: "Why don't you guys leave us alone?"