I know MST3K fans will be saddened to learn of the passing of the beauteous Katherine Victor, bemasked star of the godawful The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman, at age 81 on Oct. 22.
That’s too bad. I wonder if her tombstone will have a disclaimer stating that her death is in no way connected to DC Comics, or as it was known at the time National Periodical Publications.
You know, she was a Hippy Vampire, wasn’t she?
She wasn’t hippy–she was big-boned!
“You know, guys, I think that might not really be Chinese.”
I hope she died as she lived - in a wild beach-blanket go-go dance party.
I believe the cause of death was listed as “wild beach-blanket go-go dance partying.”
I’m gonna go see if I can find my tape of that episode and watch it tonight in her honor.
. . . I wonder if scary, Brillo-voiced Gloria from The Sinister Urge is still alive? . . .
Loretta King, ersatz Bride of the Monster from Bride Of The Monster lives. I mean, is alive.
Well, I’m attempting to rewatch Batwoman. To quote Mike, “It’s kinda like a Warhol movie . . . but weird.”
Okay, all together now…guys too…
bows head respectfully
“We, the girls who are dedicated to Batwoman, take our oath with all sincerity.”
For the rest of her life, Katherine Victor was kicking herself for turning down the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate in favor of The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman.
"I don’t know, it just seemed the superior role . . . "
“Hot soup, girls!”
I should go put on some hot soup and enjoy this movie again. Doesn’t matter what kind of hot soup, right? I mean, hell, the Batgirls didn’t care what kinda soup they were eating, so why should I?
“Hot soup” is to this movie what “a pack of cigarettes” is to Clerks.
Wow. Must have been Batwoman in a walker…
You might very well enjoy the hot soup, but I seriously doubt you’ll enjoy the movie. “It’s like they put six movies in a blender and pressed puree!”
I got to the point where Batwoman finally unmasks Ratfink and everyone goes, “it’s you!” and I’m thinking, “who? Have we seen him before?” and Ratfink offers an explanation of his evil-doing that makes no sense whatsoever, and then there’s an explosion and we’re all at a wild beach-blanket go-go dance party.
So then I shot myself.
I also loved that one of the movies in the blender was The Mole People, and that to more fully integrate the pilaged footage, Professor Neon, for no readily apparent reason, puts on a leather jacket before they go into the cave. I mean, if it’s because it’s cold down there, why didn’t they put the pilfered Batgirl into a parka?
Also, one of the greatest endings to an MST ever. When Servo started screaming “ENNNNNNNNNND! ENNNNNNNNNNND!” it echoed pretty much my entire feeling about the film.
Now that you mention it, a great many movies, from Citizen Kane to Alien to Broken Blossoms, could be improved considerably if they ended with an explosion and the whole cast ending up at a wild beach-blanket go-go dance party.
If you really want to TOR-CHA! yourself, pick up the Rhino DVD of the MST3K episode. The disc has the MST3K version AND the unmolested version.
Go 'head on, it’s your move.
I used to work the graveyard shift at a video store on the ‘bad’ side of town (it’s relative, but the ‘bad’ side of north salt lake is pretty mild). I loved Batwoman. I watched this gem about 15 times. There aren’t many things better than 10 early-20s, hourglass-shaped women in bikinis dancing the watusi to ventures-style surf music. It really got better every time. Nobody else could understand why this was in my employee’s picks.
But then again, I like Ed Wood and grew up on the Munsters, so it should make sense.
That’s 10 pounds of butt in a 5 pound bag!
[John Cleese voice] What a senseless waste of human life.[/John Cleese voice]