After riffing on Mitchell in the fifth season, Baker, the movie's "star," was reported to have threatened to "kick their asses." Undeterred, the Satellite of Love crew later took on Final Justice, another Baker vehicle, in the final season, mocking the film - and Baker - relentlessly.
Still, that was nothing compared to Joe Don Baker. That night, when Kevin went out to eat, he found Vonnegut sitting at the same restaurant, alone. Unperturbed, Kevin then invited his hero to dinner, only for Vonnegut to politely decline, saying he was busy. Renowned writer Kurt Vonnegut, author of Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse Five, did not care for Mystery Science Theater 3000, telling Kevin Murphy (writer/Tom Servo) that even terrible art deserved respect.
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They went ahead with the movie anyway - they couldn't afford not too - but they had to cut the scene and have Joel and the 'bots talk their way around it. Based on only his partial viewing, the show ended up licensing the movie Sidehackers, only to realize too late there was a violent rape scene at the end of the film. And he couldn't skim - he had to watch every bad movie that came his way from start to finish. And the movie needed to at least be watchable.įrank Conniff took the brunt of it, as he was in charge of picking the movies for the first five seasons. For a film to work on MST3K, they needed a very particular set of terrible - nothing R-rated, not too much dialogue. As any connoisseur of dollar-bin DVDs knows, bad and so-bad-it's-good are very, very different things. For every film screened on the Satellite of Love, 10 to 20 were considered and rejected by the writers. Going scripted also allowed them to bring on more writers, and eventual cast members, including future host Mike Nelson, who was originally hired as the head writer.įinding a Hobgoblins or Manos: The Hands of Fate on the first try isn't easy.
Joel quickly realized the show would be much funnier if they watched the movie a couple of times, got a sense of what was going on, and then wrote a script that synced to the film perfectly. There's a reason they don't want you to see those episodes. Producer Jim Mallon would bring them the worst film he could find in the station's library, they'd watch five minutes, decide it was good enough, and go on the air.
While it's tempting to assume that everyone involved with Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an improv genius, making up withering one-liners on the spot, there's actually a script for each episode, and it's meticulously timed - to the second.ĭuring the first season on Minneapolis' KTMA public access channel - or as they later referred to it, the "pilot" season - when the budget was essentially non-existent, Joel Hodsgon, Trace Beaulieu, and J. So, join us, won't you? For 20 Things You Didn't Know About Mystery Science Theater 3000. But much like Tom Servo's head after it's been deep-fried into an onion blossom, there's more to this show than there at first appears. He'll be tormented by new Mads Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt.įor a show with less-than-humble beginnings, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has grown from cult favorite into a nerd powerhouse, tapping the likes of Mark Hamill and Dan Harmon for this latest go-round, to the delight of its loyal legion of fans. Joel himself was the first host, followed by Mike Nelson, and, as of this weekend, Jonah Ray is slipping into the jumpsuit. Hi-keeba!Ĭreated by Joel Hodgson, MST3K is the ages-old story of a lowly janitor kidnapped by mad scientists and shot into space, forced to watch awful movies onboard the dog bone-shaped Satellite of Love, with only his robot pals and their snarky repartee to keep him company. With the help of Netflix and a record-breaking Kickstarter, we're about to be graced with the first new episodes in almost 20 years. In the not too distant future, this Friday A.D., everyone's favorite no-budget comedy puppet show, Mystery Science Theater 3000, is coming back.
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