Mystery Science Theater 3000: EEGAH

May 18, 2016 9:32 PM - Season 5, Episode 6

"The name written in blood!" "The Crazed Love of a Prehistoric Giant for a Ravishing Teen-Age Girl!" Somewhere in the California desert, in defiance of all known anthropology, lives, in a cave, a caveman, played by a cave-Kiel, who's been given unnaturally long life by sulfur water. He comes into contact with 60s youth culture, and ends up face-down in a swimming pool, dead. Shtemlo! It's a popular episode, with pointless dune buggy scenes, whimsical editing, and much oddness to be spied. Note: in one scene Kiel laps up shaving cream with his gigantic tongue, so you may not want to watch on a full stomach. And remember, watch out for snakes! YouTube (1h32m) Premiered August 28, 1993.

Episode 506 EEGAH
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Movie:
Daddy-O's Drive-In Dirt - Wikipedia
IMDB (1962, 2.2 stars)
"Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage."
Directed by Arch Hall Sr. Written by him and Bob Wehling. Starring Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning and Richard Kiel as "Eegah."

posted by JHarris (7 comments total)

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posted by hobgadling at 6:08 AM on May 19, 2016 [2 favorites]

So, so creepy.
posted by Chrysostom at 8:14 AM on May 19, 2016

Every week we of the Fanfare MST3K Club watch that week's episode of the show in a chatroom. The room handles playing the episode (usually off of YouTube), but we follow along in a chatroom on the same page. This week, the show will once again be at cytube: https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub. For more (slightly out-of-date) information, please consult the club FAQ.

I've found some new stuff preroll material this week, this weird collection of video strangeness called the Oddity Archive....
posted by JHarris at 11:12 AM on May 19, 2016

This was one of the first Mystery Science Theater episodes I ever watched, to this day remains one of my favorites. Come for the endless dune buggy driving (don't worry, they're water filled tires!) stay for the bizarre biblical denouement.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 12:56 PM on May 19, 2016 [2 favorites]

Watch out for snakes.
posted by Scattercat at 12:45 AM on May 20, 2016

He resents my dune buggy!
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 5:02 AM on May 20, 2016 [1 favorite]

Sorry about my face
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 2:45 PM on May 21, 2016 [1 favorite]