Mystery Science Theater 3000 experiment #613: The Sinister Urge (with short Keeping Clean and Neat).
Originally aired November 5, 1994.
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The episode opens with the typical mental hygiene about, well, cleaning clean and neat. These shorts usually never mention one major downside of not practicing daily hygiene: having no friends, and being criticized by your peers for showering once every other week. Come to think of it, being ostracized by people your age is a whole different category for mental hygiene films, but that's not why we're here this afternoon.
Ed Wood's last "legitimate" film before he moved into the world of softcore porn sees a murderer named Dirk who works for a pornographer named Johnny Ryde, and Dirk's homicidal tendencies are influenced by the pornography he consumes. To make sure this is hammered down, we have this reiterated by Ryde's boss Gloria, and the police department. Eventually, Dirk's activities become too big for his bosses to ignore, and Gloria is ordered by her organized crime bosses to remove Dirk "permanent" like. Oh, and there's the subplot concerning a Midwestern would-be actress named Mary who ends up making porn with Ryde and Gloria before Dirk kills her.
Away from the theater, Gypsy is given pinking shears at a shower thrown for her by Mike and the 'bots. The main plot of the episode is TV's Frank plotting to blow up Deep 13 with Dr. Forrester in it, having been influenced by violent movies. Mike and company realize that their own fates hang in the balance, and need to help Dr. F not get blowed up real good. Fortunately, the timely intervention of potato cakes saves the day. See, Frank loves himself some potato cakes.
Recommended episode. The DVD has a special videotaped introduction from actor Conrad Brooks, who appeared in the movie as "Connie", complete with doing his own stunt of falling out of a car going down a cliff, and rolling down the mountainside. He's an interesting guy.
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