Film Crew # 1: Rue MacClanahan, Stripper

Before moving on to Rifftrax, Mike Nelson & compadres released four riffs of classic movies under The Film Crew moniker. First up was a 1968 drama named Hollywood After Dark starring future Golden Girl Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Or as Mike puts it, "She looks like my crazy aunt dancing at a wedding." It really is as off-putting as you might imagine, as Rue just isn't an attractive lady and the stripping sequences go on for a surprisingly long period of time. The original movie also features a twenty-minute robbery scene with absolutely no dialogue, light jazz music during fist fights, and an electrifying opening scene about the purchase of a $ 3 water pump from a junk yard.