MST3K 210: King Dinosaur

Opening up the latest Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD collection, I also moved one season ahead into the series with "King Dinosaur." Our heroes were dismayed to learn they'd be getting another movie from the prolific Robert L. Lippert; they'd already been through three movies he was involved with in the nine episodes previously shown in the second season itself. Just as how with "Rocketship X-M" they had started off referring to it as just a "Lloyd Bridges movie," though, they aren't so concerned about Bert I. Gordon directing it. Gordon, of course, would direct a whole string of movies tackled by the series through the third season and beyond. Before the movie itself, the series takes a new turn. After eight (and a bit) chapters of "Commando Cody and the Radar Men from the Moon," which had very much worn out their welcome among creators and fans alike by the end, and three chapters of "The Phantom Creeps," we get a more or less "educational" short...
( 'Will you guys knock it off? I can't concentrate on my own lame wisecracks.' )