just kiddin...
...but I'd be afraid to watch...
The version of "Hamlet" they're spoofing is blasphemous, redeemed only by the spoof. It's a dubbed German version, with one of the dubbed voices supplied by Ricardo Montalban. The MST3K crew were tricked into picking it by Pearl who, to demonstrate her mercy, decided one week to allow the crew to pick their own movie. The crew tried to think of a nice, safe classic that no one could possibly screw up. . .