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301: Cave Dwellers

Ator helps a woman rescue her inventor-father from the grasp of mustached evil guy, and invents the hang-glider along the way.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:01:30

Opening host segment

00:02:20

Intro

00:03:12

Invention Exchange

00:05:14

Start of Movie

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Crow, watching the jerky, posterized video shown over the opening credits
Here you can actually see the driver turn and shoot Kennedy.

A reference to the shaky home movie of Kennedy's assassination, recorded by Abraham Zapruder.

00:05:45 (add an annotation)
Crow
I'd shoot Donald Regan to prove my love for Lisa Foster.

On March 30, 1981, John Hinkley Jr. Shot Ronald Reagan to prove his love for Jodie Foster.

00:05:55 (add an annotation)
Joel
Hmm... Borromel. The thorough, but gentle, laxative.
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Crow, as cavepeople fight
It's an early version of West Side Story.
Crow, as caveman
Unh. I just met a girl named Unh.

Referring to the song, "Maria" ... lyrics in the song go as follows: "Maria, I just met a girl named Maria..."

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Crow
Jeez! *Tolkien* couldn't follow this plot!

J. R. R. Tolkien's plots are often rather convoluted, but the scenes in this particular flashback are so confusing, even he wouldn't be able to follow it.

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Servo
Hai...Keeba!
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Servo
This has more pauses than a Pinter play.

Harold Pinter is an English playwright who achieved international success as one of the most complex post-World War II dramatists. His plays are noted for their use of silence to increase tension, understatement, and cryptic small talk.

00:22:05

First Host Segment

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Crow
I think your cape is FAAAABULOUS!

"Fabulous" is a phrase stereotypically attributed to flamboyant homosexual men, often used when describing someone's appearance or fashion sense.

00:42:51

Second Host Segment

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Crow, in Scottish voice, watching a time-lapse shot of the clouds
Before the dawn of time, a race of druids. Nobuty knew who dey were or where dey came from.
01:13:50

Third Host Segment

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Servo, as Ator takes flight in a hang glider
Oh, come ON!
Crow
What the...?
Joel
Terrific. [in a boylike voice] I'm the luckiest boy in the world... I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and touched the hand of God.
Servo
This is a little ridiculous. Okay, so... he kills a deer, he tans the hides, he stretches the skins, he makes an anodized aluminum frame, he learns how to extrude and weld, all in about five minutes, huh? Learned aerodynamics...

Joel's line paraphrases the poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., the first and last lines of which read: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth [...] Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."

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Joel, during an aerial shot of some mountains
Man, it looks like he flew into an OMNIMAX show, doesn't it?
Crow
He flew into another country...

IMAX Dome (formerly OMNIMAX) is a variation of the large-screen IMAX film format for use on dome-shaped screens. Like IMAX, IMAX Dome shows often showcase majestic aerial views of mountains and other landscapes.