I saw a very interesting film tonight. It was kind of a modern day retelling of Paradise Lost. For those of you unfamiliar with Milton's epic, it's about Satan coming to earth and trying to tempt mankind as part of an attempt to thwart God. In this case Satan was attempting to thwart Santa Claus. And instead of tempting mankind in general he tempted small children.

Santa had a palace of crystal and gold in heaven/space (over the north pole). He also had a cadre of small children from all over the world who apparently 'volunteered' to live with Santa and build toys for him. Also of note, Santa directed a number of musical numbers throughout the movie and the devil had a habit of prancing around when he was happy. And Merlin showed up later in the movie to help Santa out. Oh and the movie was made in Mexico in the 1960s.

It's not surprising in the least that MST3K chose to show Santa Claus. I think it's probably in the top two or three episodes I've seen. Even without the comments from Mike and the bots it would have been hilarious to watch (I've only mentioned a few of the bizarre elements here).

Quote of the YesterDay: "Alcohol and night swimming. It's a winning combination!"
- Lenny
Bustin picks up the first point (I'll add a scoreboard later when I'm feeling more ambitious) though I have to agree with Hbaka that it does sound like something Duckman would say.

Quote of the Day: "If I'm not back in five minutes, call the Pope."
- ?