The Kipper and the Corpse working at the Savoy he found a guest dead in his room, and was told to discreetly dispose of the body. Cleese turned this into "The Kipper and the Corpse" and the character who died was named Mr. Leeman in his honour. Basil and Sybil are working the bar where Mrs. Chase is fussing over her shih-tzu dog and Dr. Price wants some sausages, but all they can offer him are sandwiches. During the evening, a guest, Mr. Leeman, returns to "Fawlty Towers" feeling unwell; his business colleagues leave, after sympathising and making arrangements for a meeting the next morning.
The Corpse Vanishes writer Mary Jo Pehl describes the movie as "nonstop boredom and yawns aplenty" and a "low-key quasi-thriller." Like all the other first-season "MST3K" episodes, "The Corpse Vanishes" did not make the Top 100 list of episodes as voted upon by "MST3K" Season 11 Kickstarter backers. Writer Jim Vogel also took a dim view of the episode, ranking it #184 (out of 191 total MST3K episodes). "It’s not the worst movie in the world, although it is very weird," Vogel says, remarking that the low energy level from the riffers makes this an "MST3K" episode likely to bore the audience. The