Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). This amazing television show is truly a mystery to most people. It has really influenced my sense of humor and how I watch movies. The premise of the show is that a guy is sent into space and forced to watch bad movies by a mad scientist. The guy is named Mike J. Nelson who is joined by two wisecracking robot companions named Tom Servo and Crow T Robot. Now the creator of the show was a man named Joel Hodgson, he also played the original test subject, before Mike took over. That's a whole other story for another time though. I found out about MST3K through randomly renting the Mst3k movie at my local video store when I was about 10 years old. My sister and I watched it and had no idea what we had. Why are these 3 characters sitting there making fun of this movie? We weren't bothered by it though, we were amazed and amused by it. My mom asked what we were laughing so hard at and then laughed herself and joined us. My sister and I got to rent 2 movies every weekend and we would rent that movie over and over, for probably a period of months. Then, I made an amazing discovery. This wasn't just a movie, it was a tv series and it was on the Sci-fi channel, on saturday mornings. I would then get up and record every episode at 9 a.m. every Saturday I could. Now, it's hard for me to watch a movie without wanting to make fun of it and talk back to the screen. Also, I actively seek out bad movies to watch my own. So, for all that, thank you Mystery Science Theater 3000.