MST3K 906: The Space Children

Heading into the ninth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I decided to watch the episode "The Space Children" not in small part because it happens to feature the first short of the whole "Sci-Fi Channel era," one touching both on "genre" and a topic of personal interest. While I suppose the closest I've ever come to visiting a World's Fair is EPCOT Center at Disney World, I do have a certain fascination in them, particularly the ones of the 1960s. After the episode begins with Tom Servo setting up a kissing booth, Pearl Forrester sends a cluster of telephones to the Satellite of Love, and after her phone conference doesn't work that well, she hurls the phone-focused short "Century 21 Calling..." at our heroes, who are sent on an enforced visit to the 1962 Seattle World's Fair...
( 'Aah, let's head over to the Steak and Martini Pavilion.' )

( 'I enjoy our warm chats about civil defence.' )

( 'Remind me never to be a child.' )

( 'He has a real screen absence.' )

( 'Oppenheimer took my stapler.' )

( 'Average suburban family to the rescue!' )