The Horn Blows at Midnight
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1) The star of this movie, Jack Benny talked as though it were the worst thing ever put to film, and got jokes for years about how the dead walked out of showings, they couldn't get people to watch it even by promising free dishes, the movie's director was now parking cars at Warner Brothers, et cetera.
2) For that reason that it was actively panned by its own star, it's an archetypical Bad Movie. The Plan 9 Before Plan 9.
3) Jack Benny was one of the biggest comedians of the 20th century, and as such simply too big to have escaped direct riffing thus far. (Jokes ABOUT him were fairly common in MST3K). This is especially since his movie career was no great shakes by comparison, and thus rife for a good riff.
Graeme Cree
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Zach
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Lest we forget it involves Gangster Angels and a giant cup of coffee as its set piece. This thing is bananas
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ViolaFury
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I hope to God he plays the violin somewhere in this thing! That would be the icing on the cake!
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Joseph Kyle
commented
hear, hear!
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Anonymous
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Many refs to riff!
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Brad Gunnell commented
This must be done.
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Michael H
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I'm in favor of this.