I love the hell out of this scene, let me just get that out of the way right now: “Aaaand a month’s rations are gone in an hour.”
That being said, I gotta tell you, the only disappointing thing about this episode for me (and it’s a very mildly disappointing thing) is the choice of stinger. There’s, like, AN ENTIRE MOVIE full of delightedly bizarre things happening, and they went with “Bring on my fiancé!” as a stinger.
Hmmm.
If it were my choice, I would have gone with a stinger like…
-the one woodland bandit who sniffs his hand (?!) as he sneaks up on Ivan, only to get cymbal-punched for his troubles
-Baba Yaga dancing or having one of her freakouts, because that character is THE BEST. I was especially thinking of that part where she goes " My aching bones are very weary / My aching bones are very weary … oh, I ache all over. " (Side note: Crow’s riff there of “Well, back to the daycare” is an absolute gutbuster.)
Oh, do I adore this episode! It’s such a journey that always gives you something amazing around every corner. So many quotes, memorable characters and scenes happen here!
I have a tradition that I wait until the first snowfall before I watch this in full (or sometime in December, whichever comes first). To me, it’s not really Winter until I put on Jack Frost!
The only negative marks I have for Mitchell is that we don’t get very much Joel in the host segments, which is understandable, because [gestures at reasons]. Past that, it’s all killer, no filler.
If I were to do a top 10 list? It’d probably shake out like this through Season 12:
10 - Mac and Me
9 - Wizards of the Lost Kingdom I
8 - The Day the Earth Froze
7 - Squirm
6 - Bride of the Monster
5 - The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
4 - Space Mutiny
3 - The Final Sacrifice
2 - Mitchell
1 - Jack Frost
I don’t want to factor in Season 13 episodes until the season’s completed, but I could easily see Beyond Atlantis cracking the top 10.
I want to make my way through the entire series again and see Season 13 play out in its entirety before I lock that in, though.
Some people spend a lot of time cutting out paper snowflakes. Me? I spend a lot of time watching MST3K.
I have to say these “thread directories” are really clunky and require a lot of scrolling to skip to the meat of the discussion. Might I suggest posting them under the “Hide Details” feature instead? Then anyone interested can open it to find the other threads.
Thread specific: I very much enjoy this episode. It feels right at home to watch during the holiday season. It’s ridiculously storybook-ish and the dubbing is well done (often one of my issues on the foreign MST3K movies). The riffs are stellar.
However, since I still don’t know how to make goose giblets, I will never find a proper husband, despite my lustrous braid! Just kidding.
My aching bones are very weary / My aching bones are very weary 
