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12.23.95 | "JEERS TO COMEDY CENTRAL!" says TV Guide
The December 23rd issue of TV Guide sums up
the almost certain, but yet to be actually confirmed, cancellation of
MST3K as follows:
"Jeers to Comedy Central for canceling Mystery Science Theater 3000. Say
it ain't so: No more Mike and Joel? No more Tom Servo and Crow? No more
Torgo?! No says Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox, who admits, "It's a
sad day when we've got to let such a signature show discontinue
production" due to low ratings.
A sad day, indeed. Mystie-eyed fans can console themselves with an
upcoming MST3K CD-ROM, "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie," The
Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, and the 2nd "Conventio-Con Expo-fest-a-rama,"
to be held in Minneapolis on Labor Day. Last 'bot not least, there's
always the chance that another network will want new episodes of the
show when Best Brains (the outfit that produces MST3K) is free to
negotiate with another network in January 1997. Sounds like a no-brainer
to us."
(Source: TV Guide)
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12.10.95 | MST3K: THE END (?) - Part 3
Contrary to the mass speculation on Bboards, Jim Mallon (President and
Founder of Best Brains Inc.) has confirmed that Best Brains Inc.
does indeed want to continue making MST3K and further, Jim Mallon has
given his consent and enthusiasm to grass roots campaigns to either
convince Comedy Central
to purchase more episodes of MST3K or to release Best Brains Inc.
from their contract with Comedy Central.
(Source: Best Brains Inc.)
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12.07.95 | MST3K: THE END (?) - Part 2
Loyal fans of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 have and continue to besiege Comedy Central
with complaints about the recent announcement by Best
Brains Inc.
that Comedy Central
had canceled the series. Comedy Central's
president himself, Doug Herzog, has stated that
Mystery Science Theater 3000's track record is one of declining
ratings and that he wants the station to keep evolving with newer and
hipper shows.
Best Brains Inc.
has responded in kind and has stated that "ratings" had never been an
issue with regard to the economical viability of the show and that they
were surprised that Doug Herzog was suggesting this was the reason for
the decision to cancel the highly successful series.
Comedy Central then announced
that they were surprised Best Brains Inc.
had released the pre-emptive announcement about the cancellation of
MST3K, since representatives from both sides were still negotiating the
future of the series.
(Source: Best Brains Inc.
and Comedy Central)
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12.05.95 | MST3K: THE END (?) *************BEST BRAINS
INC. ANNOUNCEMENT*************
Best Brains Inc. has announced that not only has Comedy Central
declined to exercise their contractual option with Best Brains Inc.
for an additional three more episodes for Season 7, but that Comedy Central
has canceled MST3K as they have decided not to renew
Mystery Science Theater 3000 for an eighth season. Worst yet, Best Brains Inc.
has also announced that an exclusionary clause in their contract
prohibits MST3K moving to another network until 1997.
For their part, a Comedy Central
spokesperson called the Best Brains Inc.
announcement "premature," and quickly added that the series had
obviously not been cancelled since reruns were still airing. In what
could prove to be a grim foreshadowing statement, the Comedy Central
spokesperson reluctantly admitted that, "yes, they had not ordered any
new episodes beyond the six scheduled for season seven."
Fear not though fellow MiSTies for Best Brains Inc.
has promised "...to reappear in some form even if it is
direct-to-video."
(Source: Best Brains Inc.
and Comedy Central)
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12.03.95 | MST3K schedule changes (?)
Comedy Central has changed
the MST3K schedule. Below is the new schedule:
(Monday - Friday) - 2:00 AM (ET)
(Saturday) - 5:00 PM (ET)
(Sunday) - 7:00 AM (ET)
(Source: Comedy Central)
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11.23.95 | MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon gearing up!
Warm up your oven for your turkey and warm up your VCR's for the MST3K
'95 Thanksgiving Marathon! The
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thanksgiving Marathon begins today at
9:00 AM EST on Comedy Central!
The MST3K Marathon will be approximately 18.5 hours of pure holiday
laughs and will feature the below experiments in the order listed:
MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon (Thursday - 11.23):
9:00 AM (ET) - 0106 - The
Crawling Hand
11:00 AM (ET) - 0424
- Manos: Hands Of Fate
1:00 PM (ET) - 0512 - Mitchell
3:00 PM (ET) - 0519 - Outlaw
5:00 PM (ET) - 0612 - The
Starfighters
7:00 PM (ET) - 0609 - The
Skydivers
9:00 PM (ET) - SP13 - Poopie Parade of Values
10:00 PM (ET) -
0701TD - Night Of The Blood Beat (1995 Turkey Day Version)
(Source: Comedy Central)
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11.23.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0701TD -
Night Of The Blood Beast.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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11.23.95 | MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon gearing up!
The
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thanksgiving Marathon is set to begin
on Thursday the 24th at 9:00 AM EST on Comedy Central.
The MST3K Marathon will be approximately 18.5 hours of pure holiday
laughs and will feature the below experiments in the order listed:
MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon (Thursday - 11.23):
9:00 AM (ET) - 0106 - The
Crawling Hand
11:00 AM (ET) - 0424
- Manos: Hands Of Fate
1:00 PM (ET) - 0512 - Mitchell
3:00 PM (ET) - 0519 - Outlaw
5:00 PM (ET) - 0612 - The
Starfighters
7:00 PM (ET) - 0609 - The
Skydivers
9:00 PM (ET) - SP13 - Poopie Parade of Values
10:00 PM (ET) -
0701TD - Night Of The Blood Beat (1995 Turkey Day Version)
However, starting tonight at 12:00 Midnight EST, Comedy Central
will begin airing three Season 1 experiments to lead into the MST3K '95
Thanksgiving Marathon.
MST3K Midnight '95 Thanksgiving Marathon Lead-Up (Thursday - 11.23):
11.20 | 12:00 Midnight (ET) -
0102 - The
Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy
11.21 | 12:00 Midnight (ET) -
0105 - The Corpse
Vanishes
11.22 | 12:00 Midnight (ET) -
0107 - Robot Monster
The premise for this years MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon has Dr.
Forrester trying to take over the world (again) before his mother
arrives for a visit. Even though TV's Frank is absent from the holiday
festivities, he still manages to disrupt Dr. Forrester's plans for world
domination with an odd assortment of visitors who he has invited to Deep
13's Thanksgiving dinner. Frank's invited guests include Jack Perkins
(Mike Nelson), Mr. B Natural (Bridget Jones), Pitch (Paul Chaplin),
Kitten With A Whip (Kevin Murphy) and Michael Feinstein (Mike Nelson)..
This years MST3K '95 Thanksgiving Marathon is being referred to in the Comedy Central
'Bumpers' (commercials) as the MST3K Anthology, a reference to the
recent 6-hour televised Beatles special.
(Source: Comedy Central)
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11.07.95 | MST3K appears in December issue of Mad Magazine
In the latest issue of Mad Magazine, Issue 341
(December 1995), there are two MST3K appearances in the "Appalling 13"
spoof of "Apollo 13." Click on
either picture below for a larger image.
The first MST3K appearance is the all too familiar MST3K silhouette on
the left-hand side of title page 4 (note: That's right, it's Alfred E. Neuman sitting between Tom and Crow).
The second MST3K appearance is of Tom and Crow floating with the
"Appalling 13" crew in the space capsule on page 7.
Pick up your copy today wherever Mad Magazine is sold in your
neighborhood.
(Source: Mad Magazine)
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11.01.95 | Frank Conniff departs and Mary Jo Pehl
arrives
Mystery Science Theater 3000 lost one of its most endearing
characters when Frank Conniff (TV's Frank) decided to leave the show to
pursue another project (a 'career') in Los Angeles. After great thought
and consideration, the MST3K cast has decided that Mary Jo Pehl is the
only logical replacement ...(that they can afford).
Mary Jo Pehl will continue to play the character of Mrs. Forrester
(Clayton Forrester's Mother). Long live the Forrester's and MST3K!
(Source:
Best Brains Inc.)
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09.02.95 | Frank Conniff writes Attack Of The Killer B
Movies
NBC will air a 2-hour special titled "Attack
Of The Killer B Movies" tonight at 8:00 PM EST. This television special
stars none other than everyone's favorite Mistress of the Dark, Elvira.
"Attack Of The Killer B Movies" will also feature five star cameo
appearances from NBC's Saturday morning teen shows ("Saved By the Bell,"
"California Dreams," and "Hang Time").
The premise will be very familiar to MiSTies: Elvira kidnaps the hapless
teens and forces them into her parlor to watch "The Wasp Woman,"
"Killers From Space," "Monster From Green Hell" and "The Navy Vs. The
Night Monsters." (In order to fit the four movies into the two-hour
format, the movies are said to have been heavily edited.)
MiSTies may be interested in tuning in for more than just another
healthy heaping of bad B-movies..."Attack Of The Killer B Movies" was
also written by Frank Conniff. You see, he really is TV's Frank!
(Source:
NBC & Mistress of the Dark, Elvira)
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07.27.95 | Gramercy Pictures releases MST3K: The Movie
9-Card Lobby set at San Diego Comic Con '95
In an effort to support the upcoming release of "Mystery Science Theater
3000: The Movie" and to tease MiSTies mercilessly in the meantime,
Gramercy Pictures has released a 9-card Lobby Set of "MST3K: The Movie."
These highly sought after collectibles are in limited supply, so MiSTies
should hurry on down to the San Diego Comic Con
'95 starting today to pick up their card set. The San Diego Comic Con
'95 runs from July 27-30.
(Source: Gramercy Pictures & Comic Con)
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07.23.95 | MST3K: The CD-ROM in development by Voyager
Voyager is easily one of the best developers of multimedia CD-ROMs ever
and some of their titles include "Amnesty Interactive," "Comic Book
Confidential," "Theatre of The Imagination," "Who Built America?," and
...MST3K: The CD-ROM?
You heard right. Voyager and Best Brains Inc.
have announced that a MST3K CD-ROM is in development. No release date
has been set as of yet, but you can bet that MiSTies everywhere will be
powering up the ol' PC with the MST3K CD-ROM as soon as it is released.
(Source: Voyager)
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06.13.95 | MST3K returns to Midnight hour on Comedy
Central!
Starting today, Comedy Central
has announced the return of the midnight showing of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 for their Monday-Friday schedule. Comedy Central
has also begun a Viewer's Choice Midnight MST Summer Countdown. MiSTies
are encouraged to send in their 5 favorite shows. Comedy Central
has pledged to run the top 60 favorite MST3K episodes (as selected by MiSTies) each night for the next few months.
(Source: Comedy Central)
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06.03.95 | MST3K nominated for "Outstanding Individual
Achievement In Writing In A Variety Or Music Program" at the 47th Annual
Emmy Awards
Awards were presented for the 47th Annual Emmy
Awards and while
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was nominated for the category of
"Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety Or Music
Program, " the Emmy was awarded to "Dennis Miller Live."
The nominees are listed below:
- Dennis Miller Live - HBO - Jeff Cesario, Writer; Ed Driscoll, Writer;
David Feldman, Writer; Eddie Feldmann, Writing Supervisor; Gregory
Greenberg, Writer; Dennis Miller, Writer; Kevin Rooney, Writer
- Late Show With David Letterman Video Special - CBS - Michael Barrie,
Writer; Jon Beckerman, Writer; Robert Burnett, Writer; Donick Cary,
Writer; Jill Davis, Writer; Spike Feresten, Writer; Dave Hanson, Writer;
Larry Jacobson, Writer; Chris Kelly, Writer; David Letterman, Writer;
Jim Mulholland, Writer; Gerard Mulligan, Writer; Steve O'Donnell,
Writer; Bill Scheft, Writer; Jeff Stilson, Writer; Steve Young, Writer
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 - COM - Trace Beaulieu, Writer; Paul
Chaplin, Writer; Frank Conniff, Writer; Mike Dodge, Writer; Bridget
Jones, Writer; Jim Mallon, Writer; Kevin Murphy, Writer; Michael J.
Nelson, Head Writer; Mary Jo Pehl, Writer; Colleen Williams, Writer
- Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher - COM - Scott Carter, Writer;
Chris Case Erbland, Writer; Hayes Jackson, Writer; Tim Long, Writer;
Eric Weinberg, Writer
- The Kids In The Hall - CBS - Paul Bellini, Writer; Garry Campbell,
Writer; Diane Flacks, Writer; Dave Foley, Writer; Brian Hartt, Writer;
Norm Hiscock, Head Writer; Andy Jones, Writer; Bruce McCulloch, Writer;
Kevin McDonald, Writer; Mark McKinney, Writer; Scott Thompson, Writer
(Source: Academy Of Arts And Sciences - Emmys)
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05.25.95 | The Mystery Science Theater Hour officially
ends
Comedy Central has decided to
officially end The Mystery Science Theater Hour. A total of 30 regular
MST3K experiments (see list below) were given The Mystery Science Theater
Hour treatment in all. Long live "Your Host!"
0301H - Cave Dwellers
0302H - Gamera
0303H - Pod People
0306H - Time Of The Apes
0307H - Daddy-O
0309H - The
Amazing Colossal Man
0310H - Fugitive Alien
0311H - It
Conquered The World
0312H - Gamera Vs.
Guiron
0313H - Earth Vs. The
Spider
0317H -
Viking Women And The Sea Serpent
0319H - War Of
The Colossal Beast
0320H - The Unearthly
0321H -
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
0401H - Space Travelers
0402H - The Giant
Gila Monster
0404H -
Teenagers From Outer Space
0408H - Hercules
Unchained
0410H -
Hercules Against The Moon Men
0411H - The Magic Sword
0414H - Tormented
0415H - The Beatniks
0417H - Crash Of The
Moons
0418H - Attack
Of The Eye Creatures
0420H - The Human
Duplicators
0422H - The Day
The Earth Froze
0424H - Manos: Hands
Of Fate
0504H - Secret
Agent Super Dragon
0505H - The
Magic Voyage Of Sinbad
0507H - I Accuse My
Parents
(Source: Comedy Central)
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05.21.95 | MST3K Easter egg in The Simpsons
For those TV viewers with an acute eye, a MST3K Easter Egg was seen in
the latest episode 625 - "Who Shot Mr. Burns"
of The Simpsons. For viewers who missed it, look at the TV screen in
Moe's Tavern below (see screenshot image below). At the bottom of the
television broadcast is the unmistakable MST shadowrama.
Apparently even Springfield's Moe is a MST3K fan!
(Source:
The Simpsons)
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04.24.95 | "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie"
wraps!
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie has wrapped up production at
Energy Park Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota and post-production has begun.
Gramercy Pictures, a subsidiary of Universal is producing and releasing
the film for an early 1996 distribution run throughout North America.
Start saving your pennies today to buy your front row seats for Mystery
Science Theater 3000: The Movie!
(Source:
Best Brains Inc.)
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03.27.95 | "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie"
begins production!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 will soon shine on the silver screen as
Best Brains Inc. and original cast (sans
Joel Hodgson and Frank Conniff) began production at Energy Park Studio
in St. Paul, Minnesota on "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie."
Gramercy Pictures, a subsidiary of Universal is producing and releasing
the film for an early 1996 distribution run throughout North America.
Film Factoids:
Title Of The Film:
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Movie Being Riffed:
This Island Earth (1955)
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason
Cast:
Mike Nelson as Mike Nelson,
Trace Beaulieu as Crow T. Robot and Dr. Forrester,
Kevin Murphy as Tom Servo,
Jim Mallon as Gypsy
Director: Jim Mallon
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures
Writers:
Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Bridget Jones, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy,
Mike Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl
Start saving your pennies today to buy your front row seats for "Mystery
Science Theater 3000: The Movie!"
(Source:
Best Brains Inc.)
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03.25.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0624 -
Samson Vs. The Vampire Women.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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03.18.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0623 -
The Amazing Transparent Man.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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03.11.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0622 -
Angels Revenge.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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02.01.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 nominated for
1995 Cable Ace Award!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been nominated for the 1995 Cable
ACE Awards for "Best Comedy Series."
(Source: Cable ACE Awards)
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01.21.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0621 -
The Beast Of Yucca Flats.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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01.07.95 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Brand New
Show!
An all new
Mystery Science Theater 3000 show is scheduled for today!
Today's show is experiment
0620 -
High Danger!! Death Ray.
Cancel all your appointments and cook up a fresh batch of popcorn!
(Source: Comedy Central)
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