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205: Rocket Attack USA

Guy spy sneaks into Soviet Union with aid of woman spy, but despite their efforts, New York City is nuked.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:01:34

Opening host segment

00:02:40

Invention Exchange

00:05:35

Short: The Phantom Creeps (Part 2)

00:20:50 (add an annotation)
Crow, as car stops in front of house
Hum, 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Doesn't look scary to me.

The address of the Munsters family in the TV show of the same name.

00:22:49 (add an annotation)
Woman
Is he dead?
Man
No, just stunned.
Crow
Stunned? He took six bullets!

Referring to a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, the "Dead Parrot Sketch". A man (John Cleese) brings a dead parrot sold to him by a pet shopkeeper (Michael Palin) back for a replacement.

00:22:59 (add an annotation)
Joel, as a car apparently starts driving itself
It's Christine!
Servo
Christine!

Christine, a book by Stephen King about a sentient car who goes on a killing rampage.

00:23:09 (add an annotation)
Servo
He's going to get a DWI: Driving While Invisible.

Play on DWI as in "Driving While Impaired" or "Driving While Intoxicated," the offense of driving while impaired by alcohol.

00:25:41

First host segment

00:28:28

Movie begins

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Crow and Servo
R-O-C-K-E-T in the U-S-A. R-O-C-K-E-T in the U-S-A

The chorus of the song Fire in Cairo by The Cure is also sung by spelling the letters like this.

00:45:46

Second host segment

01:12:28 (add an annotation)
Servo
Special agents are called in to slow the film down and grind it to a screeching halt.
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Crow
No one will be admitted during the breathtaking 'car parking' sequence!

A reference to taglines of older horror movies; for example, The Night of the Following Day: "Because of the unusual ending no one will be admitted during the final 14 minutes!"

01:13:56

Third host segment

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Joel
We could connect the access ports and get together and drink tranya or whatever it is you guys do.

Tranya, an alien drink in the original Star Trek series.

01:16:43

Movie resumes

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Tom
Do not try to adjust your set, we will control what is boring

Reference to the opening narration of the TV show The Outer Limits.

01:22:32 (add an annotation)
Crow, with accent
One 45 caliber handgun, two packages of chewing gum, one issue of prophylactics, one hundred...

Part of a quote from the movie Dr. Strangelove, make by Major T. J. "King" Kong.

01:23:28 (add an annotation)
General
Are you sure it's not an aircraft?
Crow, as general
Is it bigger than a breadbox? Is it known for its work in the theater?

Tom is asking questions like those in the game twenty questions, in which a person tries to guess something another person is thinking by asking yes or no questions. "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" is a common question.

01:29:42 (add an annotation)
Joel
Hey, it's Harry Truman
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Blind guy, woodenly
Help me.
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Crow, with German accent
Of course women would be chosen for their sexual prowess.
Tom, with German accent
And animals would be bred and slaughtered!

Tom and Crow's lines are similar to those uttered by Dr. Strangelove in the movie Dr. Strangelove.

01:33:14

Final host segment

01:36:16

Credits

01:37:18

Stinger