Battle of the Genres
| "Battle of the Genres" | |
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| Best of the Worst episode | |
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| Episode no. | Episode 131 |
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| Link | www |
| Original release date | May 5, 2024 |
Mike, Mike, that wasn’t a swinger party. That was a children’s birthday party that was also a swinger’s party, okay?
Best of the Worst: Battle of the Genres is the 131st episode of Best of the Worst.
Films Watched[edit | edit source]
- The Baby (Horror)
- Interceptor Force (Sci-FI)
- Mr. No Legs (Action)
Votes[edit | edit source]
It was discussed that, per the normal rules of Battle of the Genres, the panelists would have to vote for Interceptor Force, which nobody wanted to reward. Therefore, normal Best of the Worst rules applied.
- Jay: The Baby
- Tim: The Baby
- Mike: The Baby
- Rich: The Baby
The Baby was determined the winner by a unanimous vote.
Jay voted to have Interceptor Force destroyed for its “sheer cynical laziness”. Rich agreed on the basis that they had not done a destruction in a while.
Interceptor Force was sent to Hollywood Fitness, a former Hollywood Video location that had been converted to a gym. Rich narrated a lengthy prank letter claiming he had rented the tape from the location with a date, but did not return it as his love died and he now associated her death with the film. A sticky note was attached reading “Please play on ALL monitors during peak workout hours.”
The letter was signed “Richard William Thomas Evans III”. Rich is credited as such at the end of the episode.
Description[edit | edit source]
Florps Hoggenwarsch once said, “The day four men in their forties spend a lovely afternoon with each other participating in such infallible and wasteful follies instead of putting in a hard days work, well that’s the day I put a pistol in my mouth!” Florps Hoggenwarsch was one of the literary giants of his time (1802 – 1842) as well as a notable cultural critic and observationist. Florps did indeed put a pistol in his mouth whence-forth he discovered that four of his dearest friends spent a lovely afternoon in 1842 reading aloud and mocking amateur books and poems to the enjoyment of a small crowd of other failures. The crowd consisted of toothless town-folk, drunkards, ex-convicts, perverted men, and failed politicians (some crossover) along with some very smart animals. As Florps friends read passages aloud from the failed poets and aspiring novelists of the time, the crowd laughed loudly and chewed on raw potatoes. They threw cornhusks and flatulated freely. These four men (friends of Florps) were in their element though. Having failed miserably at most of life’s endeavors, they found solace (and success) at mocking the attempts of others. They brought much joy to those peasants while they chewed baked wormroot vegetables and picked at their teeth with fish bones. When Florps discovered what his four very dearest friends were doing he was aghast! For Florps, you see, was a highly respected author having published many works including “A Summer Dreary”, “Whistling Willows” and the highly acclaimed “When a Man loves a Small Boy”. Florps knew his career was in danger if HE was ever associated with such ghoulish events. He had two options, take out his pistol and end the lives of his four friends or turn that pistol on himself. He, of course, chose the latter. In the rear of the crowd he made his presence known. “Here Ye! Here Ye!” he shouted. “For I am Florps Hoggenwarsch! And in my last words I proclaim… ’Those that can’t do! Make YouTube videos!” he then shot himself with his pistol. A silence fell over the crowd as his body fell to the Earth with a resounding thud. The event continued on without any further interruptions. After the show Florps body was placed on a horse cart filled with cornhusks, half-eated gabbygords, manure, and the discarded literature that the townsfolk laughed at. He was buried in a paupers grave. His friends went on to live happily ever after counting their gold coins in their respective castles.
This is an exceptionally long description.
Florps supposedly threatens suicide.
Themes[edit | edit source]
Mike encourages Rich to reveal Jay Bauman as a crew member drinking coffee.
Rich Evans is edited to emphasize his line “I’m giving it to The Baby!”
The crew refer to several characters in The Baby with nicknames. A lady is referred to as "Leathery Adrienne Barbeau".
Remarks[edit | edit source]
Commenter @Gustavo_PerezRamirez noted that Marianna Hill, an actor in The Baby, portrayed Dr. Helen Noel in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode Dagger of the Mind.