"Gaos! Gaaaos. Gaos come and me wanna go home."
Film watched: Gamera vs. Gyaos aka Gamera vs. Gaos
This is one of the nine Sandy Frank Japanese films originally used for a KTMA episode that was riffed again a few years later on Comedy Central.
The latter episode is available in the Gizmoplex here
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The KTMA Segments:
Segment 1- Joel addresses the callers they have been receiving, addressing one person in particular who complained about the abundance of Gamera films, bringing up the existence of the Mads for the first time. Crow is still frozen.
Segment 2
- Joel has Servo go through puberty, giving birth to the "DYNAMIC MIGHTY VOICE".
Segment 3
- Gypsy wants a voice change as well, only to be shot down by Joel. A caller wants to know when Crow will be unfrozen. Crow is still frozen.
Segment 4
- A young viewer invites Joel & the Bots to his birthday party. They can't make it, so Tom Servo sends special birthday wishes. He goes off on a tangent. And keeps going. And going.
Segment 5
- Tom Servo ends the episode by announcing the New Years Eve special. Crow is still frozen.
The KTMA version of Gamera vs. Gaos provides examples of:
- Brutal Honesty: When revealing to Servo that today's the day he goes through puberty, Joel comes right out and admits it's because he's gotten sick of Servo's high pitched voice.Joel: Hey, Servo, buddy, I'm glad you dropped by. You know why?Servo: Why?Joel: 'Cause today, my friend, you go through puberty. (pulls out a screwdriver)Servo: Puberty? Does that mean I'm gonna start perspiring and growing hair in weird places?Joel: No, it just means that I'm getting tired of your voice, and that it's time to change it, okay?
- Continuity Nod: Crow is still "frozen" like he was in the previous episode.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: This is the first episode where things start to change into how the regional version of the show would become. Namely, the Mads are first introduced, and we change out Kermit-voiced Servo with Mighty Voice Tom Servo. But at the same time, there's still some weirdness on display, demonstrated in particular with Joel assuring Gypsy that her voice is "deep and
sexy". - Full-Name Ultimatum: Inverted: Upon gaining his Mighty Voice, Servo announces his full name for the first time:Servo: We'll be right back after these messages, this is Tom Servo announcing.
- Running Gag: Joel and Servo name off some things that Gaos' head could be used for, like a ski slope or an ironing board.
- There are quite a few jokes about the grandfather being a cow.
- After Servo gets his Mighty Voice, he'll occasionally finish off what he's saying by announcing his full name.
- Shout-Out:
- When Joel is changing Servo's voice, he tells him to sing so he can gauge it. Servo decides to break out into "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
- The first change to Servo's voice is that it gets super high pitched. As Joel cracks, "That's a Chipmunk."
- The following changes evoke Dr. Ruth, Harry Kissinger, Satchmo, Droopy (or Carol Channing), Elmer Fudd, and Ethel Merman, before coming across the Mighty Voice.
- When Joel is changing Servo's voice, he tells him to sing so he can gauge it. Servo decides to break out into "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
- Vocal Evolution: One of the host segments has Joel changing Servo's voice from his vaguely Kermit-like one to the Mighty voice that Weinstein used throughout the rest of his time as Servo.
The Comedy Central Segments:
Prologue
- Crow and Tom imitate the raspy voices made popular by Harvey Fierstein and Lucille Ball.
Segment 1/Invention Exchange
- The Mads have invented special printers which show a person's self-image when they step inside. Joel combines the fax machine with tissue paper and gets a message from Linus Pauling.
Segment 2
- Joel tries to get kids into arts & crafts with his own easy-to-make Gaos head, but the 'Bots try to derail it with unsafe suggestions.
Segment 3
- For some reason, the SOL crew want to put on a Gamera-themed production of Götterdämmerung, but Movie Sign puts a quick stop to this.
Segment 4
- Crow pretends to be Ed Sullivan hosting his namesake show, where Joel stars as Gaos the Great, spinning plates designed to look like turtles.
Segment 5
- Joel and Servo discuss more outlandish ways that Gamera could've defeated Gaos, then invite the viewers to write in their own suggestions.
The Comedy Central version of Gamera vs. Gaos provides examples of:
- Call-Back: A character riding a motorcycle evokes mention of Rex Dart: Eskimo Spy from Godzilla vs. Megalon.
- Joel again stops Servo from singing Anthony Newley, citing his previous warning in Pod People.
- Irony: During the invention exchange Joel blows his nose using tissue that has the cure to the common cold printed on it.
- Subverted Kids' Show: The 'bots literally subvert Joel’s attempts to show kids how to make an arts and crafts Gaos head by dispensing mischievous advice to the audience. Their suggestions include eating paste, drawing on their bedroom wall with a permanent marker and cutting pictures out of public library books. Finally, when Joel takes Servo away for a time out, an unattended Crow announces that the word of the day is "booger."
- Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?: Spoofed in the last segment, when Joel and Servo come up with elaborate death scenarios for Gaos. Crow tries to pitch in, but his suggestions are too straightforward and not "Bond Villain"-esque enough for their liking.
