Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: October 5, 1999
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001U0DO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,585 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Oh, Creepy Girl!", March 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Catalina Caper [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of my favorites; this Season 2 episode is worth every penny.
The movie itself is painfully unfunny - a teen beach movie that is trying very, very hard to be a comedy, but is just embarrassing. Fortunately, we have Joel and the 'Bots to help "Catalina Caper" realize it's true comic potential - as the butt of some seriously good riffing.

The movie features a dorky teenager and his dorky friend, who is an inexplicable chick-magnet. The pair head to the beach for their summer vacation, where they are entangled in, and foil, a criminal plot (masterminded by a character whom Joel and the 'Bots refer to as "lockjaw Jim Backus") to steal a really old scroll and sell a counterfeit copy of it to a Greek collector.

But the scroll thing is really only a subplot. What was the real point of this movie? The point seems to have been to have lots of young, white Americans frolicking in their bathing suits, and several catchy musical numbers - including one sung by Little Richard himself (Joel observes that he seems to be "hopped up on goofballs").

But there's more music than just the dippy dance tunes in "Catalina Caper." In one of the most stirring performances in his illustrious musical career, Tom Servo treats us to a very touching, love-struck ode to the film's fish-loving Creepy Girl. The song is truly adorable, and for me is the highlight of this very good episode. I can't see how any creepy girl could fail to be moved by the sweet, clever song, or by Servo's sensitive rendition of it.

You want this episode. Trust me, you do.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A triumph of the human spirit!, November 27, 2001

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Andrew S. Rogers (Stamford, Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Catalina Caper [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's not 'mystery' or 'science,' and it's harder to be funny with a movie that's itself trying to be funny, but 'Catalina Caper,' show 204, is one of my two or three favorite MST3K episodes ever. Oh bite me. It's fun!

These Season Two episodes seem to me to have an exuberance that was sometimes lacking in later years -- a spirit that obviously says, 'We can't believe we're getting paid to do this.' All of the host segments are top-notch, from the tank tops in the Invention Exchange, to Joel's explanation of the Sixties, to Tom Servo's famous 'Creepy Girl Song,' which I still to this day find myself singing from time to time.

The movie itself is a Sixties fever-dream of talented actors poorly used, untalented actors poorly cast, well-known musicians mysteriously appearing and disappearing, and a plot that Joel and The Bots (J&TB) couldn't decipher, even with a complex flow chart. J&TB's riffing, needless to say, is excellent.

If you're looking for MST3K at its best, this is one of the episodes you need to own.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode..., November 27, 1999

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Tom_Servo_the_3rd (Palatine IL.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Catalina Caper [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is my favorite episode ever. This is Mystery Science Theater 3000 at it's best. This is an episode from season 2 (episode #204) so the jokes are kind of old but it's still great. If your a Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan then you must have this video. If your new to MST3K then this is a great episode to learn about it's old days. Anyway I suggest this video for any fan of MST3K, or even if your not a fan of MST3K it's still funny video to introduce you to the great world of MST3K. The reasons why this video is so great is This video has the "Tank Tops" segment and the "Creepy Girl" song that Tom Servo sings. The movie has "little Richard" and "Tommy Kirk" in it so you know the bots are going to make use of that. So get this episode, now! You will like it VERY much.