Mystery Science Theater 3000

TV Series
1988–1999
TV-14
1h 30m

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8.6/10

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In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambo... Read allIn the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.

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IMDb RATING

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27K

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 8 wins & 15 nominations total

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Trivia
The show gained popularity after fans taped episodes and gave them to their friends. In seasons 3-5, a line at the end of the end credits says "Keep circulating the tapes." That ended after Best Brain's lawyers questioned the show's support of piracy.

Goofs
A line in the end credits thanks "The authors of the First Ammendment." The last word should be spelled "Amendment."

Quotes
Tom Servo: What do you think the lesson of the movie was?
Crow: Don't watch it.

Crazy credits
In some episodes Torgo's theme from 'manos' the hands of fate plays in the background of the credits

Alternate versions
For syndication, the show was aired as "The Mystery Science Theater Hour." Eleven episodes from seasons 2-4 were broken up into two-parters, and released as 22 hour-long episodes into what was effectively first-run syndication for the 1995-96 season. Although the original host segments were retained, new introductions were also filmed featuring Michael J. Nelson as the balding "Host" (a parody of A&E announcer Jack Perkins).

Connections
Edited from Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark (1960)

Soundtracks
The Love Theme from Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Lyrics by Joel Hodgson and J. Elvis Weinstein
Music by Charlie Erickson and Joel Hodgson
Performed by Joel and the Joels

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Featured review

Should go down in history as one of the greatest shows ever written

Mystery Science Theater 3000 could quite possibly be one of the most inventive and hilarious shows of all time. In a nutshell, an average guy is rocketed into space by his evil boss and is forced to watch terrible, cheesy, poorly acted, poorly written, poorly shot, B-grade movies (sometimes even lower grade than that). The only way he keeps his sanity is by mocking and riffing on the movie-of-the-week with his robot friends, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot. He is also kept company by the robots Cambot and Gypsy, who do not watch the movie.

Each episode of MST3K delivers almost non-stop laughs and great one-liners that make watching these awful movies not only bearable, but also hilarious! There are fans (known as MSTies) of all ages, from adults who have been watching it from the first televised episode to teens just discovering it thanks to the release of the DVDs.

All in all, I am a huge fan of MST3K and have never been dissatisfied with it. I've never seen an episode that didn't make me laugh out loud.

It's difficult to describe it to those who haven't seen it before, so if you're not one of the legions of fans of MST3K yet, hurry out and rent or buy one of the DVD sets. You won't be disappointed! 10/10