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Comic science fiction. Adult puppeteering. Created by. Joel Hodgson. Written by. Presented by.

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Joel Hodgson (1. 98. Michael J. Nelson (1. Jonah Ray(2. 01. 7–present)Starring. List of actors. Trace Beaulieu (1. Josh Weinstein (1.

Jim Mallon (1. 98. Kevin Murphy (1. 99.

Frank Conniff (1. Michael J. Nelson (1. Mary Jo Pehl (1. 99. Bill Corbett (1. 99.

Patrick Brantseg(1. Jonah Ray (2. 01. Patton Oswalt(2. 01. Felicia Day(2. 01. Hampton Yount(2. 01.

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Voices of. Voice actors. Crow T. Robot - Trace Beaulieu, Bill Corbett, Hampton Yount. Tom Servo - Josh Weinstein, Kevin Murphy, Baron Vaughn. Gypsy - Josh Weinstein, Jim Mallon, Patrick Brantseg, Rebecca Hanson.

Theme music composer. Charlie Erickson (music)Joel Hodgson (music and lyrics)Josh Weinstein (lyrics)Best Brains (lyrics)Opening theme. Lyons (2. 01. 7–)Amelia Kane Shannon (2. Greg Tally (2. 01. Meredith Tally (2.

Larry Tanz(2. 01. David Mc. Intosh (co- exec producer, 2. Aaron Meyerson(co- exec producer, 2.

Producer(s)Kevin Murphy (1. Ivan Askwith (2. 01. David Soldinger (2. Jonah Ray (co- producer, 2. Location(s)Hopkins, Minnesota(1. Eden Prairie, Minnesota(1. Los Angeles, California(2.

Running time. 92 minutes. The show premiered on KTMA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 2. It later aired on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1. Thereafter, it was picked up by The Sci- Fi Channel and aired for three seasons until another cancellation in August 1. A sixty- episode syndication package titled The Mystery Science Theater Hour was produced in 1.

In 2. 01. 5, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 1. Netflix on April 1. Dvd Magnificent 7 (2016) Downloads Online.

To date, 2. 11 episodes and a feature film have been produced. The show initially starred Hodgson as Joel Robinson, a janitor trapped against his will by two mad scientists on the Satellite of Love and forced to watch a series of B movies as a part of the scientists' plot to take over the world. To keep his sanity, Joel crafts a number of robot companions—including Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, and Gypsy—to keep him company and help him humorously comment on each movie as it plays, a process known as riffing. Each two- hour episode would feature a single movie in its entirety along with associated public domain films, with Joel, Tom, and Crow watching in silhouette from a row of theater seats at the bottom of the screen.

These scenes were framed with interstitial sketches. The show's cast changed over its duration; most notably, the character of Joel was replaced by Mike Nelson (played by Michael J. Nelson) in the show's fifth season.

Other cast members, most of whom were also writers for the show, include Trace Beaulieu, Josh Weinstein, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett, Paul Chaplin, and Bridget Jones Nelson. The revival features a primarily new cast, including Jonah Ray as the new human test subject, along with Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt. MST3. K's original run did not garner high viewership numbers, but the show's popularity spread through word- of- mouth over the Internet from its fans known as MSTies (or ! Factory, who along with Hodgson now own the rights to the show and supported the revived series. MST3. K was listed as one of Time magazine's .

The show won a Peabody Award in 1. Emmy Awards in 1. Cable. ACE Award from 1. The show was considered highly influential, contributing towards the practice of social television, and former cast members launched similar projects based on the riffing of films, including Riff. Trax (ongoing as of 2. Cinematic Titanic.

MST3. K also brought to light several older movies that had not received public attention and were subsequently identified as some of the worst movies ever made, most notably Manos: The Hands of Fate. Premise. Nelson), and most recently Jonah Heston (Jonah Ray)—has been imprisoned aboard the spacecraft Satellite of Love by mad scientists and their henchmen (collectively called . The 'bots include Tom Servo, Crow T.

Robot, Gypsy (who is in charge of running the satellite's operations) and Cambot, the silent recorder of the experiments. Crow and Servo join the human as they watch the film in the Satellite's theater, and to keep from going mad, the trio frequently comment and wisecrack atop it, a process known as . At regular intervals throughout the movie, the hosts leave the theater and return to the bridge of the spaceship to perform sketches (. Episodes are approximately 9.

Mads before being sent the movie. During Joel Hodgson and Jonah Ray's tenures as hosts (and for a brief period at the start of the Mike Nelson era), the hosts and the Mads engage in an . Sirens and flashing lights (. The three then riff on the film (which is sometimes accompanied by one or more shorts) as it plays for both them and the audience. Occasionally the silhouette format is used as a source of humor or as a means of creating unobtrusive censor bars for scenes containing nudity. Cult Movie Clips Hickok (2017) there. The show transitions into and out of the theater via a .

Some sketches bring in new or recurring characters or other devices; the host would consult an external camera . At the end of each sketch, . Fan mail readings decreased during Mike Nelson's tenure as host and were dropped entirely once the show moved onto the Sci- Fi Channel. The final sketch of an episode typically ends on the Mads, with the lead Mad asking their lackey to .

After the credits, a humorous short clip from the presented film is replayed as a . In these, the original episode was split into two parts of roughly 4. New skits leading and ending each episode incorporated Mike Nelson portraying television host Jack Perkins in a parody of Perkins' Biography series in mock flattery of the MST3. K episode being shown. Prior to the show, Hodgson was an up- and- coming comedian having moved to Los Angeles and made appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.

He had been invited by Brandon Tartikoff to be on a NBC sit- com co- starring Michael J. Fox, but Hodgson felt the material was not funny and declined. One such idea was the basis of MST3. K, a show to riff on movies and that would also allow him to showcase his own prop comedy- style humor.

The film is set in the future and centers on a human, Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), who is the last crew member of a spaceship containing Earth's last surviving forests. His remaining companions consist only of three robot drones. MST3. K and the Joel Robinson character occasionally reflected Lowell's hippie- like nature.

The show's name came from the promotional phrase . Forrester was named after the main character of The War of the Worlds. The Satellite of Love was named after the song of the same name by Lou Reed.

Robot was inspired by the song . Here, Tom Servo (left), Joel Robinson, and Crow T. Robot, in silhouette, are watching the short Mr. B Natural in the 1. War of the Colossal Beast. The theater shots, the primary component of an episode, is filmed in .

The human host wore black clothing while the robot puppets were painted black; the screen they watched was a white luma key screen as to create the appearance of silhouettes. The actors would follow the movie and the script through television monitors located in front of them, as to create the overall theater illusion.

This led to the creation of Cambot as a robot that the host would speak to during host segments or filming them while in the theater, and Rocket Number Nine to show footage outside of the Satellite of Love. Hodgson felt they needed a filmed logo with the rotating effect as opposed to a flat 2. D image, and though they had envisioned a more detailed prop, with the letters being the tops of buildings on this moon, they had no time or budget for a project of that complexity and went with what they had. Elvis Weinstein (initially going by Josh Weinstein but later changed to J. Elvis as to distinguish himself from Josh Weinstein, a well- known writer for The Simpsons).