The waffles segments were drawn from the “A Case of Spring Fever” short with Coily the Spring Sprite—a short that wouldn’t air until the end of the 10th season, and led to my personal favorite segment when the bots wonder what life would be like if they didn’t have Mike...as it turns out, nothing really changes.
A close second favorite segment is from “The Starfighters,” a tedious Air Force movie about an F-104 squadron. “Sir Thomas Neville ‘Bullhead’ Servo” and the Servo Academy Men’s Choir Hymn—just a bunch of Servos in pseudo-Air Force uniforms, and Kevin Murphy harmonizing with himself in a hilarious, yet oddly beautiful song! All the lyrics are lyrics from random, mostly flight-related songs. It’s on YouTube, well worth a watch or 10!
MST3K is one of my all-time favorite shows. I have most of the episodes on my computer from the MST3K Digital Archive Project. It’s pretty much all I have to watch here in Afghanistan, so it’s nice to have the variety of insanely bad movies and the myriad jokes associated with them.
>>>the Servo Academy Men’s Choir Hymn
A parody of NPR music shows and chorale groups, the song and “chorus” is introduced by Mike. The Chorus, directed by Thomas “Bullhead” Servo, consists of several Servo heads (presumably from his many clones) atop uniformed plastic bodies; Servo’s multitracked voice provides the melody and harmonies. At the end of the sketch, Mike thanks the chorus for their song, only for them to start up a more undignified, slightly naughty song for a finale.
Here’s to the guys and gals who like to fly
Flying so high with some guy in the sky
Sky rockets in flight, afternoon delight!
Captain High at your service
Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon?
Take these broken wings and learn to fly me to the moon!
Sail on silver bird,
Have you ever heard that bird is the word?
In a big country, dreams stay with you
Come along with me Lucille in my merry Oldsmobile
We are kids for saving Earth
We are fans of Colin Firth
Off we go to yonder blue
We really move our tails for you!
Cross the wide Missouri!