Mystery Science Theater 3000
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'''[[Wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' was a cult TV show that ran from 1989 to 1999 on Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel. The main premise of the show is a janitor by the name of Joel Robinson is trapped in space on the "Satellite of Love" by an evil scientist named Dr. Forrester and is shown the "worst [movies] [they] can find." To keep sane, he builds four robot companions to help him make fun of the movies, namely Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Eventually, Joel escapes the Satellite and is replaced with Mike Nelson. The show has proven to be influential, and [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show. | '''[[Wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' was a cult TV show that ran from 1989 to 1999 on Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel. The main premise of the show is a janitor by the name of Joel Robinson is trapped in space on the "Satellite of Love" by an evil scientist named Dr. Forrester and is shown the "worst [movies] [they] can find." To keep sane, he builds four robot companions to help him make fun of the movies, namely Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Eventually, Joel escapes the Satellite and is replaced with Mike Nelson. The show has proven to be influential, and [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show. | ||
| + | During the "Batman and Robin" episode of the spin-off of MST3K, RiffTrax, a wrestling mask is put on a vigilante and Bill Corbett comments "Next they're gonna put boxing gloves on him and force him to read e-mails". | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show. | *[[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show. | ||
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"That's something that I feel like I learned from Mystery Science Theater, I felt like they were always dropping... either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that... they knew that only about 10 people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway, so it was just sort of like... 'This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke.'" — Matt Chapman, Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a cult TV show that ran from 1989 to 1999 on Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel. The main premise of the show is a janitor by the name of Joel Robinson is trapped in space on the "Satellite of Love" by an evil scientist named Dr. Forrester and is shown the "worst [movies] [they] can find." To keep sane, he builds four robot companions to help him make fun of the movies, namely Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Eventually, Joel escapes the Satellite and is replaced with Mike Nelson. The show has proven to be influential, and The Brothers Chaps occasionally reference the show.
During the "Batman and Robin" episode of the spin-off of MST3K, RiffTrax, a wrestling mask is put on a vigilante and Bill Corbett comments "Next they're gonna put boxing gloves on him and force him to read e-mails".
Appearances
- A Jorb Well Done — Tom Servo can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
- Email personal favorites — Coach Z says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to the riff of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
- Random toon — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the feature film version's end credits.
- Which Ween Costumes? — The Poopsmith dresses as Voldar from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
