Posted on 06/23/2016 2:30:13 PM PDT by Morgana
Following the most successful crowd funding campaigns in history, the cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 is finally set to return. A Fourteen-episode season is set to air as soon outlet is announced. AND to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rifftrax, Joel Hodgson and many of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast will appear together with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy LIVE on stage for an MST3K REUNION SHOW set for June 28th! But first, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Won't You?
For those unaware, Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a high-concept, low budget, comedy TV series that ran for eleven seasons on various networks from 1988 to 1999. The show was the brain child of comedian Joel Hodgson.
The show is about a man (originally played by Hodgson, later by Michael J. Nelson) who is shot into space by evil scientists. Marooned in space, he is forced to watch bad movies. To keep from going insane, Joel Robinson builds himself a pair of wise-cracking robot companions to keep him company. Every week the mad scientists (aka 'The Mads) fire off an excruciatingly bad movie for their orbiting lab rat and his robot pals, Servo and Crow, to endure. But that is just the set-up. All of that is merely an excuse to get Joel and the 'bots in a darkened theater to make fun of some of the world's worst movies - all for our enjoyment! After some banter between Joel and the Mads at the top of the show, an alarm would sound and Joel would loudly exclaim "WE'VE GOT MOVIE SIGN!" Get in the theater, fellas. It's time for the hilarity to really begin!
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Maybe they can do an episode on Al Gore’s flick. That would be hysterical.
Manos: Hands Of Fate
*shudder*
I forgot about Mitchell.
The Frick and Frack of Outer Space!!
Eegah! Bonk-bonk on the head!
I loved this program. I was laughing like crazy on Sat nights late. May have partly been a bit loopy at that time of night. But it was fun!
Loved Crakor (Jap movies) and Overdrawn at the memory Bank and sone other movies which titles I don’t recall.
Oh, you Seinfeld fan!
I thought Phase IV was an excellent film, even though it got trashed.
My favorite comment:
During Space Travelers (a ripoff of Marooned) the three astronauts are talking to their wives, possibly for the last time. One of the astronauts gets choked up and says to his wife, “Look, I’ve got to go.” Before I could say it one of the robots chimed back, “WHERE??”
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