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Michael J. Nelson

He was working as a waiter at T.G.I. Friday's and doing occasional stand-up comedy when he was offered a job on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) doing typing in the writing room. The writers told him to feel free to make some comments on the movies they were watching, and he so impressed them with his wit and comedic timing that they made him a staff writer (and later the head writer).
Joel Hodgson chose him to be his replacement as the host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) because he was impressed with his leadership skills, his music skills and the fact that he looked great standing next to the show's puppets.
Regularly writing, recording and releasing downloadable commentaries for current movies to be played in sync with them, called "Rifftrax," along with other MST3K guests.
Provides commentary tracks for Off Color Films' colorized DVD releases. Has currently done Tell Your Children (1938), नाइट ऑफ़ द लिविंग डेड (1968), Carnival of Souls (1962), House on Haunted Hill (1959), and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957).
Recently moved from Minnesota to San Diego, California.

[His explanation of how the show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) lasted so long (10 seasons)] "I think the thing is just not to get famous, which is what we've done. We're always under the radar, we're durable because we're so not successful."
[Talking about the film Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)]: "We [the writers] started watching it, and had never seen anything like that. We kept saying to ourselves, 'There is no way we can do this movie, it is just too bizarre.' But we finally decided, 'No, we must bring this to the world.'"
[on dressing up as Star Trek: Voyager (1995)'s Capt. Kathryn Janeway in MST3K episode "Laserblast"]: "It is a small comfort to me that no matter how talented the make-up artist, how good the costume, how expert the lighting, I don't look anymore like a woman than Fred Gwynn does, without make-up."