Simply Perfect

Admirable film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

(r#21)When Betty Luster was born, her parents had no idea that she, along with the writing "talents" of Marvin David, would one day give birth to the indisputably worst fictional character created in the history of mankind. How awful is the character of "Mr. B Natural"? Let me count the ways.1) There is absolutely nothing natural about a freakish, psychotic man-woman-child jumping around and laughing at nothing.2) Mr. B Natural achieves the impossible: being a more annoying man-woman than Chris Tucker's utterly hate-able Ruby Rod from Luc Besson's Fifth Element.3) Mr. B Natural hurts children. She happily throws little Buzz (played by Forrest Gump look-a-like Bruce Podewell) onto his bed, almost breaking his arm. Buzz, too scared to move, can't protest and smiles desperately, hoping for his mother to come and rescue him, the poor guy.4) Mr. B Natural is a commercial a-hole. The entire short is just a marketing campaign for Conn, an instrument distributor.5) Mr. B Natural is clearly one of the incarnations of the devil, the eighth sin, the last sign of the Apocalpyse. I swear, this man-girl has "666" tattooed in the back of her neck. She's the bastard son of Freddy Krueger and Anton LaVey (yes, they're gay). Chuck Norris avoids her like the plague - he's too scared.In conclusion, Mr. B Natural is a disturbing and absolutely worthless short. If you're going to make a commercial, why make it this disturbing? If I was a kid and saw this, I'd be scarred for life. Jaded as I am, I'll probably just have emotional problems for the rest of my life. Thank you, movie.1.0 out of 10 - the absolutely lowest rating a movie can get. And Mr. B Natural deserves it. No one should have to be subjected to this. "Natural" is the 'Manos': The Hands of Fate of short films, only more painful. Avoid!

Pity the Conn instrument manufacturers -- which are still, possibly alarmingly, in business today -- aren't still doing media advertisements, because I might run into one of their infomercials on late night cable.Late night cable not existing yet in the 1950s, this ghastly short made its way into the classrooms of the day ... perhaps as a result of sweetheart deals and kickbacks to local high school music departments. Sporting a Grade C Mary Martin-clone speaking in a helium-driven voice, the audience is shown the dubious message that the route to high school popularity is to join the band, and of course to buy only the most expensive possible instruments.While this was seemingly the last thing (and one of the only, as to that) Ms. Luster did in show business, one can't help but think that the director, costumer and set designer had good times ahead working for the 1960s' Batman show.3/10.

I simply had to see some of the short movies that had something to do with Mystery Science Theater 3000 to know how bad it really was and I was told this was one of them. And it is true 'Mr. B Natural' is one of the worst short movies I have ever seen. In fact, it was so stupid I almost enjoyed watching it.A woman named Mr. B Natural is the spirit of music and when a boy is unhappy or something like that, she shows up. She gives the boy a taste of music and in the end the boy is playing an instrument which makes him confident. Or something like that. Basically it is a lesson for parents: give your kids an instrument to play and they will be confident and therefor happy.Now that I have written the above I am a little enjoyed. Can a subject of a movie be more stupid? I don't know, but I guess it would be very hard. If you like really stupid, you will enjoy this one. I almost did.

I saw this film on mystery science theater 3000 (that funny movie riffing show with the robots) and I am truly a new man (i feel ill)I could be blunt and attack the film as "an early introduction of severe homosexuality" or as "bring kids to the worshipping of satan," but I won't; what I will say is this: I think there is more to the spirit of music than an insane man-woman dancing to the sousafone and yelling fun fun fun. A MUST SEE