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306: Time Of The Apes

A plot device transports a woman and two kids to a time when apes rule.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:01:34

Opening host segment

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Crow, after catching a baseball
Hey, I caught it! I knew that reading that George Will book would pay off.

George F. Will wrote "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" and "Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseball."

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Crow
Hey, they look like they're on a playground. These must be recess monkeys.
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Servo
Who took these photos anyway, Diane Arbus?

Diane Arbus is known for her photography of "outsiders" and the "physically unusual": twins, midgets, transvestites, among others.

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Johnny, while eating
I won't, mother.
Crow
And don't dub with your mouth full.
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Johnny's Mom
A tremor! Johnny, don't go. It's too dangerous.
Johnny
I don't care. Come on, Caroline.
Joel, as Johnny
Off to meet my doom, Mom, see you after school.
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Joel, singing
...holiday with Johnny, everything...
Servo, singing
...holiday with John...

This is sung to the tune of "Jolly Holiday" from the Disney film "Mary Poppins." (Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary...)

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Servo, at passing white van
Hey, it's Jame Gumb's van!
Crow, as Jame Gumb
It puts the lotion on its skin!

Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb is the serial killer pursued by Jodie Foster's character in "The Silence of the Lambs."

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Children, looking at supercomputer
It's fantastic, it's amazing!
Servo
It's cardboard.
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Joel
(as doctors put on surgical masks) I love you Margaret.
Crow
Frank, not now!
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Joel, as scientists turn knobs dramatically
Play Misty for me!

From the film "Play Misty For Me," which features a psychotic radio station listener who frequently calls in to request "Misty" by Errol Garner.

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Woman entering lab with children
Johnny don't touch any of the equipment
Joel, as Johnny
I don't care!
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Servo, while Johnny & co. pile into aluminum capsules
It keeps the hot side hot and the cold side cold!
Joel
How do it know?

From a 1985 McDonald's commercial for their McDLT (with its meat and vegetables in separate portions of its packaging).

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Joel, as movie characters are subjected to plot contrivance
Oh wow. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? They're gonna end up being in Irwin Allen productions.

Irwin Allen produced "The Time Tunnel," "Lost in Space," "The Lost World," and many other similar TV shows.

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Joel
Hello...
Joel and Servo
Hello...
All three, in unison
Hello... Hello!

Refers to the trademark greeting of the comedy troupe The Three Stooges.

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Servo
It's a whole planet of Ron Perlmans!

Ron Perlman played Vincent the "lion-man" in the 1987 furry TV series, "Beauty and the Beast."

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Johnny
No, I don't want to be killed by a monkey!
Crow
I want to die by my own hand!
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Catherine
Let's stay together!
Servo
Yeah, that's what Al Green said. I agree.

Al Green wrote the song (and released the album) "Let's Stay Together."

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Crow, as an ape crosses the bridge
Prepare to meet Kali... IN HELL!

Indiana Jones's memorable line from "The Temple of Doom," spoken while dangling from a swinging rope bridge.

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Joel
You know, it's good to have thumbs.
Servo
Huh?
Crow
Where did that come from?
Joel
I don't know.
Crow
You said "bowling ball" earlier. What did that mean?
Joel
I don't know, I was just... I don't know.
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Joel, as colorful truck full of apes drives by
He-hey, it's Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters!

Ken Kesey's "Merry Pranksters" were arguably some of the first "hippies," engaging in open drug use, non-comformist activities, protests, and colorful wardrobes.

00:22:54

First host segment

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Servo
Why doesn't Johnny Care? A film by Bell Labs.
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Joel, Crow, Servo
Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank, Watch him crap in his hand!
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Servo
Oh, they're gonna give him a 21 turd salute.
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Joel
If I'm an ape, then declare me guilty.
Servo
Between Man and Ape lies... Obsession.

Reference to the first of the ridiculous and overdone Calvin Klein perfume ads -- "Beyond reason is Obsession." The "between x and y" was added to popular consciousness by the Saturday Night Live parody, I think.

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Johnny
Mother!
Servo
Roseanne!

A reference to actress/comedienne Roseanne Barr, and/or the sitcom she starred in.

01:34:07

Final host segment