Who is this Richard Basehart that Gypsy is so fond of?
Born in 1914, he was a veteran movie and TV actor, perhaps best remembered as Admiral Nelson on TV’s “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.” The Richard Basehart thing on MST3K is basically a running gag that started in episode 101- The Crawling Eye: Joel asked Gypsy what 2 + 2 equals. She responded with a complete non-sequitur: “Richard Basehart.” You kinda had to be there. Q: Why is it that, in the opening credits of episodes 201 to 512, Cambot’s image in the mirror looks straight ahead and then pans left, but the camera’s point of view keeps pointing straight ahead and does not turn? A: It’s just a show, you should really just relax.
