MST3K 814: Riding With Death

Still trying to fill in one-episode gaps in my list of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes commented on, I've moved on to the eighth season. As it turns out, there's a link between "Riding With Death" ("And believe me, death does not pony up for gas.") and the last episode I commented on in that both feature William Sylvester. (However, I suppose I've opened up another "gap," if not an one-episode one for now, in that he was in a third movie featured on the series numbered in between these two...) Beyond that, I also find myself thinking about how I've looked at particular episodes with Mike in them and thought them "responses" to previous episodes (or whole genres) covered in the Joel episodes, and how "Riding With Death" ("Remember, when riding with death be sure to buckle up.") just might have a subtler connection than the ones I've thought of before. In this case, the connection is to "movies" consisting of two episodes of a TV series stuck together, in a fashion made famous by Sandy Frank and "Master Ninja"...
( 'Boy, I sure hope it never stops being the seventies, or we're all in trouble.' )