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Nightmare Café
S01E06 Aliens Ate My Lunch
Whelp here we are the final episode of Nightmare Café and
what an odd yet totally fitting send-off for this strange messy footnote in television
history. Aliens Ate My Lunch is an outright comedy. A tabloid writer rolls into
a small town with three little people he picked up along the way and stages a
fake alien invasion to get a story. Things get out of control and the employees
of the café step-in to try and keep anyone from getting killed.
The good: Anything that opens with cows being abducted by
aliens is ok by me and it’s a clever detail at the beginning of the episode that
demonstrates something is up beyond the simple comedy plot. Robert Englund dressed as a farmer complete
with seed cap and overalls is a delight. Bobby Slayton is fun as the tabloid
reporter and appears to be really enjoying his time on screen.
The bad: The comedy is broad and not well delivered. Every
new character creeps on Fay and it is supposed to be funny but it just feels
gross. Frank is a huge fan of this tabloid reporter which seems to be a detail that
doesn’t fit his character and comes out of nowhere. There is a lengthy unfunny
epilogue that tries making this episode feel like some kind of finale but it is
pretty obvious it never was intended for that.
The great: I’m pretty sure they stole footage from The Aurora
Encounter(1986) for this episode
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