Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Crawling Hand
It'sMystery Science Theater 3000, America's only show that makes fun of really bad B movies from the comfort of a spaceship floating above Earth. Mike Nelson, along with his mechanical companions, wisecracking Crow and well-read chick magnet Tom Servo, make suffering through Hollywood's worst films a breeze. Adding their own dialogue, barrage of witty remarks, and an occasional colorful skit, they next hour and a half will fly by like it were only 90 minutes. There's no ushers with flashlights, crying babies, or women with big hair to spoil the fun.This is such an earlyMystery Science Theater 3000that Larry, not Frank, is Dr. Forrester's bumbling assistant.  It's sorta like Curly replacing Shemp.  Anyway, inThe Crawling Handan astronaut becomes unglued and blows his ship to smithereens.  Some of the wreckage makes its way to Earth, and among the charred remains is the poor clod's hand.  While frolicking on the beach, a wild-eyed med student, Pual, finds and becomes possessed by the lacerated limb and takes it home--Tom: "Thank goodness he brought a handbag."  For a while the two are happy, but eventually things get out of hand (hah, hah).  They start to fight, and as Crow says, "It's hand-to-hand combat."  Alan Hale Jr. costars as an overweight sheriff whose brawn surpasses his brain capacity.  Gee, now that's a stretch for him.  Show #106, original airdate December 1989.