Building into the clear-blue sky, the island is on the move.
Hawaii?
No, an island!
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5th most-quoted character in Mystery Science Theater 3000: in 224 of its 3,167 quotes
Most scenes with: Tom Servo (132), Crow T. Robot (120), Mike Nelson (63)
Building into the clear-blue sky, the island is on the move.
Hawaii?
No, an island!
[Shots of a school are shown.]
Bilingual schools.
Bisexual students.
A land the size of Rhode Island, it is just as American in its way of life.
So you might as well just stay where you are.
For the visitor, Progress Island offers a tremendous variety of experiences, beginning with the rich and colorful heritage of the Caribbean.
...which we buried in order to build skyscrapers.
Look, just come here!
Condominiums, leisure villages, and a complete range of outdoor activities make Progress Island an ideal place to live for every member of the family.
Except Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, Grandpa, Grandma...
[After a normal piece of music is heard, a better piece of background music begins to play.]
Hit me!
A band concert under warm, tropical skies.
The music of John Phillips Salsa.
It has formed a continuing pattern of progress that started more of a quarter of a century ago.
[The background music ends, and we fade to another scene.]
A CENTURY AGO!
The largest crop is sugar cane, which has been cultivated here for centuries.
...so you can sugar-frost your damn cornflakes! Filthy American pigs.
[As the narrator talks about Puerto Rico's most famous export, rum, we see workers at a bottling plant.]
I love this job!
Almost all of the rum sold in the U.S. is produced here, and its export is vital to the economy.
So, drink rum constantly.
Flag on the moon. How'd it get there?
These are all just random sentences, folks.
Touch a button, things happen.
...Uh, sometimes.
Joseph Javorsky.
Rootie patootie.
A woman's purse... a man murdered... and footprints on the wasteland.
His limericks aren't very good...
Vacation time.
So... goodbye.
People travel east, west... north or south.
And some people just burrow straight down, I guess.
[Over a shot of the mountain...]
To get to the top... a man needs an airplane.
Or a giant pogo stick.
Jump from a plane, land at the top.
Or a helicopter would do. Did I say "Flag on the moon" yet?
Tom ServoKevin Murphy · 1,542 quotes
Mike NelsonMichael J. Nelson · 824 quotes
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JJonah171 quotes
GGypsy75 quotes
EEmily69 quotes
CFDr. Clayton Forrester57 quotes
PFPearl Forrester26 quotes
MMax22 quotes
KFKinga Forrester21 quotes
JPJack Perkins20 quotes
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