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Rizwan's title: "TOW your mom hates" Originally aired Monday, February 28th, 2000. Drawing the Line: A response to ORL's banishing our show from filming in the dorms in which the show's dynamic duo practice a subtle form of passive resistance. Featuring: Mike Pesses, Ben Larson Next Clip > Opening credits Hosting sequence #1: A bizarre troll emerges from a rubbish receptacle and meets a private sleuth who can turn scotch tape into "The Mike and Ben Show." In black and white with French dubbing. Next Clip > Fightback, Where the Viewers Respond: Our public relations director responds to letters of praise and complaint from the viewing public. The first letter itemizes every facet of the show and pronounces that they all suck. Featuring: Kris Holcomb Next Clip > Drawing the Line, con't: A brief update on how the civil disobedience is coming along. < Previous Clip Hosting sequence #2: The same peculiar team attempts to purchase comestibles from a vending machine, but the tricky quarter escapes. In black and white with French dubbing. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Donating Blood Helps Us All!: Mike and Ben each give blood in their own way and later collide. They gleefully splash blood on each other, and their friends, in the style of a sorority movie pillow fight. Featuring: Mike Pesses, Ben Larson, Faisal Ahmed, Joe Walcek, Lawrence Givens, Jessica Moss Hosting sequence #3: The hunchback reclines on his stomach as door stops ricochet about his cavernous pie-hall. In black and white with French dubbing. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Fightback con't: Kris dances. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Hosting sequence #4: Tableaux in the toilet. In black and white with no dialogue at all. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Fightback con't: The second letter comes from a woman whose life has been strangely parallel to certain events on the show. Kris dismisses the coincidence, the letter, and its author with one scathing riposte. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Going His Own Way: The daring adventures of a young man with nothing to hide as he parades about campus in nothing but a Speedo and a winning smile. Featuring: Greg Snyder, Roberta Brodsky Fightback con't: Kris threateningly invites criticisim and announces himself Public Enemy #1. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Hosting sequence #5: The troll and the enchanter taunt a squirrel by lobbing things at him. This proves a bit of jolly fun. In jolly black and white with fun French dubbing. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Fightback #5: Kris responds harshly to a blunt letter denouncing the program by insulting the author's mother. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Hosting sequence #6: The wacky frogs are at it again, this time dropping lunch-related items off the side of the building to the mild concern of a Nordic passerby. In wacky black and white with froggy dubbing. Featuring: Thor Erickson (cameo) < Previous Clip Next Clip > Fightback con't: Kris is happy. He struggles to articulate precisely how happy but words fail him. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Westwood Undercover: A hard-hitting look at the thriving prostitution ring in Westwood and the toll it takes on the lovely young ladies who peddle themselves for other to-- well-- peddle. Featuring: Greg Snyder (voice), Mike Pesses, Sean Hart, Kris Holcomb, Sean Heckman, Roberta Brodsky Fightback con't: In spite of having declared the previous letter as the last one, Kris continues to sort throught the mail bag. A sort of anonymous terrorist, "The Icy Black Fist," threatens Kris personally, but Kris demonstrates his failure to be scared. Indeed, it takes more than bullets to stop a public relations director. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Hosting sequence #7: Bread falls into a rain puddle like the first leaves of autumn. The troll eats some bread. In black and white with damp baked goods. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Fightback con't: Kris places a brief but direct telephone call to your mother. < Previous Clip Next Clip > Hosting sequence #8: The shamus telephones the deformity and reveals one of his buttocks (the right one). < Previous Clip Fightback con't: Kris continues to dance. < Previous Clip Next Clip > David Lederman's two short independent student films: The first of these two films shows two little girls playing a game presented in the style of a high-intensity action suspense film. The second film shows the opening credits over footage of a young man prepared to ride his bicycle, set to the music of "Top Gun," but abruptly ends when he exits the garage. Fightback con't: Kris invites more letters and does a little more dancing, with singing as well. < Previous Clip Closing credits: Our French companions for the episode carouse with garbage cans, throw newspaper at each other, and tussle in the rain to the strains of Italian circus music. The Shanghai Ped logo appears as they continue to scrap in the inclement weather.   Un-like crab sandwiches, this page has a top. Let's go!