Title: The Crustacean Aviation Situation!
Opening Scene: After repeatedly reversing over a postman in his Merman Mobile whilst under the accidental influence of peyote, Honky has decided to fly a stunt-plane in the shape of a Lobster in order to sky-write the words 'Sorry for your loss' above the funeral cortège to comfort the postman's grief stricken relatives. Although he has no experience of or qualifications in flying aeroplanes whatsoever, Honky has decided that this is the best way to deal with the guilt of causing the death of the postman, possibly because the peyote hasn't worn off yet.
Medical Emergency: Unsurprisingly, this episode's medical emergency involves Honky himself, due to the fact he is in a plane that he simply cannot fly.
Crime Scene: As Honky accelerates into the sky at horrifying speed he spies a Narwhal with robotic legs kicking down the door of a Home For Elderly Sardines. As the Lobster plane spins hopelessly out of control, Honky ejects from the doomed aircraft and watches helplessly from his parachute as the plane hurtles into the funeral cortège, exploding in a ball of fire and incinerating literally dozens of screaming victims.
Realising that he still has a robotically perambulating Narwhal to deal with, Honky focuses on the task in hand. Unfortunately he lands badly, impaling himself through the fin on the spire of a local church and soon Honky is flapping about in agony, spraying showers of arterial blood over a crowd of screaming worshippers, some of whom had only recently survived a Lobster plane crashing into their cortege.
It seems like no one will be able to stop the nefarious activities of the metallically legged Narwhal. Luckily, Fishface McBoobs is nearby, having just finished a topless photoshoot for 'Hot Blowholes' magazine. With seconds to spare before Honky expires in a lake of his own blood, Fishface climbs to the top of the church spire, staunches the bleeding with her bikini and then rides her pink moped straight through the patio doors into the Home for Elderly Sardines to apprehend the motorised bipedal Narwhal!
Domestic Crisis: Honky's doorbell is broken and he's worried he will miss the delivery of a sandwich toaster he won in a raffle.
Fascinating Fact 1: This episode was produced during the 1976 Hollywood Writers Strike, which meant the script had to be written by a man who worked in a sandwich shop near the studio and, although he was certainly enthusiastic, there were rumours of his rampant drug use and subsequent psychosis. Little else is known of this strike breaking scribe except that he never worked in Hollywood again and had a deep seated loathing of postmen.
Fascinating Fact 2: Due to an error in the continuity shooting schedule of this episode, the sandwich toaster delivery scene was never filmed. Much later, when the Director realised his error, he hastily inserted the scene into episode 167, where it made no sense at all.
Favourite Scene: Every scene is a classic in this episode but I can watch Fishface take her bikini off over and over again! And I have!
Bonus Detail: The pink moped ridden by Fishface McBoobs this episode exploded after the final take, killing twelve members of the public.
Here's a brilliant artist's representation of the exciting scene when the Lobster plane crashes into the funeral cortège! Notice the liberal use of cartoon tears to symbolise grief and overwhelming human suffering. I think the word that comes to mind here is 'dignity'.
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