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Joel Robinson quotes from Mystery Science Theater 3000

Played by Joel Hodgson · 542 quotes · page 28 of 37

Joel Robinson

4th most-quoted character in Mystery Science Theater 3000: in 542 of its 3,167 quotes
Most scenes with: Tom Servo (294), Crow T. Robot (271), Narrator (42)

Scenes with Joel Robinson 438

[Two clowns swing around a pole crotch to crotch.]

Oh, no! No, no -- they're doing it clown-style! No!

[One clown sweeps the other's behind with a hand broom.]

Ah! And Madonna thinks she's innovative!

Joel

Oh, please tell me this isn't happening.

[They continue to complain as one clown hits the other's behind with a mallet.]

CACrow [as Clown]

More, more, I'm a bad clown! Ha ha ha!

SAServo [as Narrator]

Yes, children's windows of perception are opened for a second, only to take in the horror that is the circus.

[Shot of a horse trainer and a horse]

JAJoel [as Narrator]

Hank Kimball's brought in.

CACrow [as Hank Kimball]

Hey, Mr. Douglas, I see you've got a horse. Well, it's not really a horse, it's more of a...

[A clown rings a bell.]

Hey, C. Everett Kook!

[We cut to two clowns slapfighting.]

Presenting Boppo and Freddie for the funniest prizefight in circus history!

Bing Crosby's relationship with his son Gary is re-enacted.

SAServo [as clown]

Ha ha! Let the nightmare begin! Hoo hoo!

Joel

This is the strangest debate format I have ever seen.

You know, don't laugh, but in a way, this is this town's passion play.

Joel

Oh. It's a full contact Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?!

CACrow [as Richard Burton]

Don't talk about our clown, Martha.

[Cut to the next act, a lion tamer]

KITTIES!

[As trapeze artists fly through the air]

Joel

I know, you're not going to complete 5th grade gym without doing this, right?

. . .

JAJoel [as trapeze artist]

Pass the word, Ed's been hitting the bottle today!

Oh, like that's been a big improvement over what we've been doing...

CACrow [as trapeze artist]

Party in Susan's dressing room!

[The young people run to the village center to celebrate Lemminkäinen's return after destroying their Sampo to keep it from the witch.]

SAServo [as Villager]

Huzzah, everyone! Did you hear there is no Sampo?

CACrow [as Villager]

Yah, it's really too bad.

JAJoel [as Villager]

No Sampo, eh? Bummer.

SAServo [as Villager]

Let us be gay, for he is a dickweed.

[The village women, holding hands, dance in a great circle.]

CACrow [as Villager]

I'm so glad it's a dry celebration! It's so much more fun than the kegger would have been!

[Now the young men and women of the village dance in a ring, while Joel and the Bots sing.]

SAServo [as Villager]

He failed to bring back the Sampo!

JCJoel, Crow [as Villagers]

Sampo!

SAServo [as Villager]

We shall die of starvation!

JCJoel, Crow [as Villagers]

Sampo!

Joel

Well to be honest, everybody, we don't know what a Sampo is.

Not a clue.

If you know what a Sampo is, write it on a piece of paper, throw it away and then try not to think about it. You'll be glad you did.

AAll

Sampo!

[On the SOL bridge, Gypsy takes the stage wearing a coat]

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting in her one woman show: Gypsy!

Joel

Here we go!

Ssshh!

[singing] There’s a big frontier out there called life, I ain’t nobody’s daughter, I ain’t nobody’s wife, I’m gonna stake my very own claim of land, And you’re gonna wanna know who I am… I’m Gypsy! Gypsy Rose Me! Gypsy Rose, not you! Not you! Or you! Gypsy Rose… Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Joel, Crow, and Tom applaud]

Thank you! Oh, thank you very much. You know, we're all traveling; You, me, that little gold guy over there. We're traveling on the big trip of life, and sometimes it turns out we haven't packed the right clothes for our personal journey. :[Gypsy takes off her coat, revealing a pink outfit underneath] "I've been struggling to make ends meet. The social worker stops by today, but we'll get by, somehow..." Thank you.

[Joel, Crow, and Tom applaud again. Gypsy takes off her pink dress, revealing a golden sparkling outfit.]

"I'm sick of fighting with you, boyfriend! But I'm not going to walk out that door; No sir, I'm going to run out that door!" Thank you, Thank you.

[Everyone applauds.]

Hey, is my act interfering with your conversation, buddy? [Crow, Joel and Tom laugh heartily] You get three guys together, huh? What, some sort of love connection screwup? [Crow, Joel and Tom laugh again]

JSJoel & Servo

Yay!

Oh, thank you, thank you. What a night, everybody! But before I go, I want to tell you a little story; A story about a gal who ran the higher functions of a little satellite in a synchronous orbit, A gal that everyone thought was perhaps, a little slow, a little naïve, a little... simple. But let me tell you something about that gal. She has spirit, she had guts! and most of all, she had a huge heart. That gal was on her journey and when her luggage ended up on another planet, that gal picked herself up, dusted herself off and wore the same outfit 2 days in a row. That plucky little gal, is... me!

[After speaking with Jimmy, Mr. Warren prepares some paperwork with concern.]

SAServo [as Warren]

Hmm. I didn't know he had a prison record. Says here he's wanted in Idaho.

JAJoel [as Warren]

Hmm? What in the world?! "Assault with a deadly weapon"?!

CACrow [as Warren]

A.K.A., the "Pantsless Salesman"? Or the "Piddling Peddler"?!

Bride of the Monster (movie)

[Joel's Invention Exchange is a machine that merges comic strips.]

JSJoel, Servo, Crow

Ziggy had Garfield neutered?! Now that's funny!

Hired! Part 2 (short)

[Warren has a sales meeting with all his employees.]

JAJoel [as Warren]

We're gonna have leadership the way my old man told me! You, put a handkerchief on your head! You, swat at imaginary elves! You, rock on the porch all night!

WMr. Warren

Sales are the most important thing in this business.

SAServo [as Warren]

Seeing as how we're salesmen, and all.

WMr. Warren

We're gonna work closer together than we have in the past in order to get more sales.

JAJoel [as Warren]

But first -- martinis!

WMr. Warren

Jimmy, I want to talk with you first.

CACrow [as Warren]

'Cause you've got the most problems.

[Torgo, whose thighs and knees appear to be hugely swollen, shambles unevenly to fetch luggage.]

Joel

Ah… that's not how you wear your Depends, Torgo.

Been hitting the Thighmaster, Torgo?

. . .

Like having Joe Cocker as your bellhop.

[The Master has just awoken his wives, now chattering in a circle as he looks on, annoyed.]

CACrow [as The Master]

What was I thinking?

JAJoel [as Announcer]

Women who lunch.

SAServo [as Announcer]

And the Manos who love them -- next Donahue.

. . .

Joel

You know, this scene is strong enough for a Manos, but made for a Womanos.

...and now, back to We Married Manos!

[The wives, clad in white, diaphanous robes, are fighting each other.]

Well, the talks broke down at this point.

Looks like the Russian Parliament.

JAJoel [as Announcer]

Next on ESPN, full contact nightgown wrestling!

Designing Women, the lost episodes.

SAServo [as Prof. Canning]

And now, the Manos Women's Guild will reenact the Battle of Pearl Harbor.

Joel

You know, this was the alternate ending to Beaches.

I see London, I see France, I see everybody's underpants!

. . .

You know, this isn't Lysistrata. I like it, but it isn't Lysistrata!

. . .

Joel

You know after this they're gonna laugh and cry and pierce each others ears.

. . .

It's the Wilson Phillips breakup.

. . .

I'm guessing this is the whole reason this movie was made.

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