Horror of Spider Island

(Mrs. Forrester, Bobo, and Observer audition for Mike’s dance revue [which is going to Singapore!]. Observer does a pretty impressive dance routine involving a chair and a non-working shower.)

Observer’s bit is from Flashdance, with Jennifer Beal. She’s a welder by day and a dancer by night, but in her case, the shower works.

(a shot of a guy in dark glasses)
Crow: It’s Dr. Strangelove!

This is a reference to Peter Seller’s role in one of the funniest movies ever, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. I think I’ve already explained Dr. Strangelove, but it’s also important to note that Peter Seller’s played about twenty million other characters in the movie also, including the President of the United States. He also played Mandrake; he at first played him as another manic character—the character originally had a cold—and he was so funny that the movie crew would crack up. But they ultimately decided to play him straight. I love when he (as Mandrake) is talking rather excitedly to Ripper, and Ripper walks out the door and you hear him shoot himself. Cracks me up every time. Of course, I am kind of weird.