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Gizmoplex
''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on WUCW, KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then moved to nationwide broadcast, first on The Comedy Channel (American TV channel), The Comedy Channel for two seasons, then Comedy Central for five seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was picked up by Syfy, The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons until another cancellation in August 1999. A 60-episode Broadcast syndication, syndication package titled ''The Mystery Science Theater Hour'' was produced in 1993 and broadcast on Comedy Central and syndicated to TV stations in 1995. In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunding, crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season, first released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, with another six-episode season following on November 22, 2018. A second successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Hodgson
Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian, and television actor. He is best known for creating ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K'') and starring in it; he played the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, ''MST3K'' was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by ''Time''.. From 2007 to 2013, Hodgson was part of the "movie riffing" project '' Cinematic Titanic'' with several of his fellow MST3K alumni, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download. He has been the creative lead for media at Cannae, a technology firm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania north of Philadelphia. Early life and career Hodgson was born on February 20, 1960, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and lived with his family in Green Bay and Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin west of Milwaukee. He grew up with an evangelical Christian upbringing and later claimed that the various shows his church would put on had a profound influence on his desire to become an ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Ray
Jonah Ray Rodrigues (born August 3, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles. He stars as Jonah Heston, one of the primary hosts of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. He is a former host of '' The Nerdist Podcast'' and was the co-host of Comedy Central's '' The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail''. Early life Originally from Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, Ray played in local Hawaii rock/punk bands and later moved to Los Angeles. Once there he first pursued opportunities in punk rock, but later started to focus on writing and performing comedy. Career Beginnings Ray started his TV career as a writer's assistant for '' The Andy Milonakis Show'', as well as working as a writer and performer on Showtime's sketch comedy pilot ''The Offensive Show.'' He is also a frequent sketch and stand-up performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and has made appearances on programs such as '' Saul of the Molemen'', '' Crossballs'', '' The Sarah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Comedy
Science fiction comedy (sci-fi comedy) or comic science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that exploits the science fiction genre's conventions for comedic effect. The genre often mocks or satirizes standard science fiction conventions, concepts and tropes – such as alien invasion of Earth, interstellar travel, or futuristic technology. It can also satirize and criticize present-day society. An early example was the '' Pete Manx'' series by Henry Kuttner and Arthur K. Barnes (sometimes writing together and sometimes separately, under the house pen-name of Kelvin Kent). Published in '' Thrilling Wonder Stories'' in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the series featured a time-traveling carnival barker who uses his con-man abilities to get out of trouble. Two later series cemented Kuttner's reputation as one of the most popular early writers of comic science fiction: the ''Gallegher'' series (about a drunken inventor and his narcissistic robot) and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Yount
Hampton Yount (; born June 14, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, known for ''Mystery Science Theater 3000.'' Yount was born in Warrenton, Virginia, to Renee and Victor Yount. Hampton has three siblings, Virginia, Henri and Clay, whom he has talked about on his podcast, Y'all Ever. Clay also appeared on "Doom Island", another one of Hampton's several podcasts, in April 2021. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, ''Rob and Elliot'', for the Boxcar Comics collective. His brother, Clay, continues to make comics and publish them on his website. He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg, Virginia and Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Podcasts Hampton currently hosts multiple podcasts, including Doom Island and Y'all Ever, which Hampton paused in March 2021. He also hosted Suicide Buddies, which is no longer running. Yount currently records Y'all Ever with Dave Ross, a Los Angeles comedian. On Y'all Ever, Hampton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abominable Pictures
Abominable Pictures is an American creator-driven comedy production company that develops and produces content for television, web and film. Output Producer Jonathan Stern founded Abominable in 2006 to produce the first season of internet cult-hit '' Wainy Days'' with creator and frequent collaborator David Wain. The success of ''Wainy Days'', which released its 40th episode in 2012, was followed by the web series ''Horrible People'' and ''Hot Sluts'', both created by A.D. Miles, '' Funny or Die Presents'' on HBO, and ''Childrens Hospital'', created by Rob Corddry. ''Childrens Hospital'' became a television show on Adult Swim, where it aired seven seasons and won two Emmy awards. Abominable has also produced three seasons of procedural-crime comedy '' NTSF:SD:SUV::'', created by Paul Scheer, and two seasons of ''You’re Whole'', created by Michael Ian Black, both on Adult Swim as well as two seasons of ''Newsreaders'', a fake-newsmagazine spinoff of ''Childrens Hospital'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Brains
Best Brains, Inc. (first known as ''Hair Brain Productions'') is an entertainment company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It is best known for the creation and production of the comedy/sci-fi television program ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', A.K.A. ''MST3K'' (1988–1999). The company ceased producing the program when it was cancelled by the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) in 1999 and closed its studio. The company then functioned as the holder of the ''MST3K'' brand for negotiating home video releases of the show on Shout! Factory and its availability on streaming services like Hulu until its sale of the ''MST3K'' property to Shout! Factory in 2015. According to Joel Hodgson, the name "Best Brains" came from "...a phrase I found in a magic catalog. It was the old 'Vick Lawston' magic catalog. The copy read something like: 'from some of the Best Brains in the magic business!'" On November 10, 2015, Shout! Factory announced it had purchased ''MST3K'' and its associated intellectua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Eden Prairie is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It had a population of 64,198 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-largest city in Minnesota. The city is adjacent to the north bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River, about southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Set in the Twin Cities' outer suburbs, the community was designed as a mixed-income city model and is home to numerous commercial firms, including the headquarters of SuperValu, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Winnebago Industries, Starkey Hearing Technologies, Lifetouch Inc., SABIS, and MTS Systems Corporation. It contains the Eden Prairie Center mall and is the hub of SouthWest Transit, providing public transportation to three adjacent suburbs. The television stations KMSP and WFTC are based in Eden Prairie. The nonprofit news organizatioEden Prairie Local News(EPLN) also serves the community. The area features numerous municipal and regional par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopkins, Minnesota
Hopkins is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, located west of Minneapolis. The population was 19,079 at the 2020 census. The city is four square miles in size and is surrounded by the larger suburban communities of Minnetonka, Saint Louis Park, and Edina. The city's main street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2022 as the Hopkins Commercial Historic District. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. There are several small ponds on the western side of Hopkins, and creeks to the north and south. One of these creeks includes Minnehaha Creek. The north branch of Nine Mile Creek has its headwaters in Hopkins at the intersection of 13th Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard. The southern end of Hopkins is adjacent to main line of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad. Two main highways, U.S. Route 169 and Minnesota State Highway 7, service the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Tanz
Larry Tanz is an American entertainment industry executive. He has held executive positions with AOL Time Warner, and previously served as president and CEO of LivePlanet, as well as the president and CEO of Vuguru. He is currently the VP of Global Television at Netflix. Early life and education In 1988, Tanz graduated from the Ramaz School in Manhattan. In 1992, he graduated with a BA in Psychology from Harvard University. He also earned an MS in Behavioral Psychology from Harvard and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. At Harvard, he served on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. His published research as a graduate student included the study of addiction, in addition to experiments on decision mechanisms of laboratory animals. Career Early career Tanz worked as a Senior Associate at Mercer Management Consulting (now named Oliver Wyman). He left Mercer to become the Director of Strategy and Operations for AOL Time Warner. At AOLTW, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Stern
Jonathan Stern is the founder of Abominable Pictures, a creator-driven comedy production company that develops and produces content for television, web and film. He is the three-time Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer of the television comedies ''Childrens Hospital (TV Series), Childrens Hospital'', ''Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Medical Police, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', ''Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later,'' ''NTSF:SD:SUV::, Brews Brothers, NTSF:SD:SUV::'', ''You're Whole, You’re Whole'', and ''Newsreaders'', ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', ''Do You Want to See a Dead Body?'', ''Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy'' , ''Shrink (TV series), Shrink,'' and ''Garfunkel & Oates (TV series), Garfunkel & Oates''. In digital, Stern executive produced Yahoo's ''Burning Love (TV series), Burning Love'', ''Wainy Days'', ''Horrible People'', ''Beef'', ''The Hotwives of Las Vegas'' and ''The Hotwives of Orlando'' on Hulu. He has produced numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
