Posted on 11/24/2016 11:33:46 AM PST by Morgana
Twenty-eight years ago the little science fiction show that could, “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” premiered on Thanksgiving Day. It all started with one Earthling, series creator Joel Hodgson, and his gang of lovable robot puppets. Together they drifted through space in the “Satellite of Love,” warmly lampooning low-budget B-movies with titles like “Teenagers From Outer Space” and “The Leech Woman.”
It was an odd show whose shoe-string budget and screwball tone often mimicked the very movies it skewered. The misfit humor struck a note with fans and despite multiple series cancellations and resurrections, (including a recasting of Hodgson with Mike Nelson), the series endured for 197 episodes. And now, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, “MST3K” will rise again -- this time on Netflix with Hodgson once again steering the ship and new host Jonah Ray (the Nerdist Podcast). They will be joined on their new adventures by Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt.
But before the new episodes premiere in 2017, Ray and Hodgson will engage in the time-honored tradition of hosting the “MST3K” Thanksgiving marathon, featuring six fan-selected classic episodes (beginning at 9 a.m. PT at ShoutFactoryTV.com). The two recently reunited by phone to talk turkey.
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Cu-cu-cuckoo man!
The headline is almost a MST3 movie.
The Bloody Turkey From Space Who Ran A Marathon!
I thought Joel was a hoot.
Best TV show.
Ever.
One of the funniest shows ever.
Are these the “I got a mantis in my pant’is” guys?
Yes. I admit it. I love the show.
Yes!
“That’s where the fish lives.”
Poultrygeist.
One of Troma’s best releases.
28 years ago? I feel old.
One of the very few shows to have its origins as a UHF show.
While not all of its original run at KTMA in Minneapolis have been found (low quality), with three episodes missing, they have found the pilot for the show.
Patton Oswalt. No effing way. That punk can’t help but make everything far left hate (unless written for him, like the Goldbergs).
The show is not about geek culture and "gamerz" like the new crowd thinks... I enjoy the old shows repeatedly and many of the new ones u see rifftrax label. Keep circulating the tapes
Rock climbing, Joel...
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